Liu Dazhu is right, water buffaloes do indeed love water.
The sun wasn't hot at the time, but the cow was covered in mosquitoes.
The cow's tail swung back and forth to shoo away the mosquitoes.
Perhaps annoyed by the bites, the water buffalo would stick its neck out and try to go down into the river when it saw it.
Su Qingci twirled the ox rope twice in her palm, making it taut, and pulled it to the other side.
She also wants to find a deserted area to properly study her farm.
We walked to the foot of a quiet mountain, let the cow graze on fresh grass, and found a clean stone slab to lie down and sunbathe.
As soon as I lay down, I heard a series of incoherent sounds that sounded like crying or singing.
Startled, she jumped up.
"It's broad daylight, the sun is shining, you can't possibly see ghosts!"
If you listen carefully, it sounds like a woman singing an opera with a sobbing voice.
Driven by curiosity, Su Qingci led the cow slowly inside.
Soon, a thin pregnant woman appeared, supporting her back as she squatted down, pulling up bamboo shoots, and singing "The Autobiography of a Good-for-Nothing" in a tearful voice.
"Let the eldest son be strong, he's the eldest son of his parents-in-law!"
"Let my brother-in-law be strong, he's just a nobody to his parents!"
"People either like their firstborn son or spoil their youngest."
"Let the girl be strong, she's a delicate guest who won't last long~"
"Three years of strength, five years of harmony, and they'll be carried out in glory!"
"...What's wrong with being a little more tolerant?"
"Her husband was drunk outside, so she gently helped him into the room."
"Boil a pot of tea, add some brown sugar, and help him sober up!"
"...Don't gossip after drinking, for men are born with a fiery temper, and in their anger, they might beat their wives."
"Family discipline falls on the son, every word carries the burden of a mother's suffering."
Anyone who hears these lyrics can imagine a melodramatic family drama.
Add to that the pregnant woman's pitiful cries.
It makes one's anger rise from the heart.
Su Qingci shouted and replied to the other person in the same tone.
"Let him be strong as he may, I'll hang myself from the rafters with a white silk ribbon!"
"Let him be strong, I'll raise my knife and pierce his heart."
"Let him be strong, I'll bring my money and find a new groom!"
Seeing the other person looking at her with surprise, Su Qingci said expressionlessly:
"Either hang yourself, or kill the other person, or find a new groom, or let him force himself on you? Is this the self-cultivation of a breast cancer patient?"
Shen Chuntao awkwardly lowered her head, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and forced a smile. "Hello, my name is Shen Chuntao."
"It's the Gaotang Brigade!"
"You, you're a new educated youth, right?"
"Yes, my name is Su Qingci."
"You didn't sing that part correctly just now."
"You should sing it like this."
"Hmm~"
Su Qingci cleared her throat.
"My in-laws are strong, let them be strong, I'll throw sulfuric acid on their chests!"
"Let my husband be strong, I'll be like Jinlian, feeding my husband!"
"Let our children be strong, let them be strong, hoping they'll become top scholars!"
"See, doesn't this sound much better?"
Shen Chuntao stared in shock at Su Qingci, who was smiling like a little white rabbit.
Then, a weak, disapproving murmur rang out:
"Pouring it on my chest, it'll vent my anger, but I'll rot in jail and feel ashamed before my parents!"
"Hey, young master, a moment of bravado has cost you your life, Yuanlang!"
"With strong children, she'll be there for them; in her old age, she'll be a carefree mother."
Su Qingci rolled her eyes; the other person was hopeless.
He immediately said in an annoyed tone:
"Yes, let him be strong as he wants, let me, this coward, bang my head against the wall!"
"Where did you learn this feudalistic 'Three Obediences and Four Virtues' song? We have gender equality now."
"You never mention hardship in your words, yet every word you say touches my heart."
"He's also hot-tempered and beats his wife. I slapped him so hard he saw stars and had to lean against the wall!"
"You should think of it this way: it doesn't matter who's stronger, just let me be stronger."
"And what kind of nonsense is this song you sang about, 'When your husband is drunk, you have to gently help him into the room, take good care of him and make him hangover candy, and don't say anything bad about him, or you'll get beaten up'? What kind of rubbish is this?"
Su Qingci thought that most women in this era still regarded their husbands as their heaven, so she couldn't help but ask.
"You didn't learn this from your mother when you got married, did you?"
"Then let me tell you, this life is just too suffocating!"
"If your husband gets drunk outside, kick him into the outhouse. Don't say anything before he's drunk; curse him after he's drunk. Women are born rebellious, holding grudges and bringing up old scores. Don't let him off easily!!!"
Shen Chuntao looked at the serious-looking Su Qingci and burst out laughing.
"You have such an interesting way of talking."
"The song I'm singing is a Huai opera."
"It's not about compromising, but about the great wisdom of women in handling family relationships."
"That's what I'm saying. As a woman, when you're in your husband's family, don't confront them head-on; you should use gentleness to overcome strength."
"Tch, I don't like hearing these grand principles."
"Anyway, a person's life is only smooth sailing for a few decades, so I'm not going to put up with this nonsense."
"If it's my personality, I'd be fine as long as we don't interfere with each other, but if I encounter someone whose whole family bullies me..."
"I will not use soft tactics to overcome hard ones with them."
"Let him be strong, I'll sit in the lobby with my AK."
"Let him be as strong as he wants, I'll just let them hang themselves from the rafters with white silk!"
"Let him be strong, I'll cut him down with one strike!!"
"I don't drink toxic chicken soup, I don't care about life and death, if you're not convinced, then fight."
Shen Chuntao was completely dumbfounded when she heard Su Qingci's words.
Although we have been liberated now, as long as women still have to "marry," gender equality is impossible.
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