Thinking that everyone here does the same, Gu Yanzhang nodded in agreement.
"Wife, those poor families only want to give birth to boys. They all think that daughters of noble birth are raised by other families."
"For example, the restaurants that do business with us are just like other families. They don't give birth to daughters of noble birth. After giving birth to daughters of noble birth, they try to kill them. If they can't kill them, they say she has a strong life. When she is five or six years old, they let her go out to become a Taoist priest. When they are raised in the Taoist temple until they are fifteen or sixteen years old, they will go to see them. If they are good, they will be abducted home. If they are not good, they will continue to be Taoist nuns in the mountains."
After hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan hesitated for a while and nodded gently.
"For those ladies, I think it's actually quite good for them to stay in the mountains and be nuns forever."
In this way, they won't be used as tools, or be ordered around like cattle and horses by their husband's family.
Chen Xuanxuan is not happy about having children.
She used to think that having children is scary. She thinks that women who like to have children and those who think about having a son for their husband's family are warriors. Now, she still holds this view.
Thinking that her original body had given birth to six children, but her father-in-law was still not satisfied and thought that there were only four grandchildren in the family, which was too few, Chen Xuanxuan raised her head and emphasized to Gu Yanzhang again, "Master, my health is not good. If we still have children together as before, I really won't live for a few more years. Maybe you will die of dystocia right after giving birth to a child. At that time, you can only hope that there will be a woman willing to marry you in your lifetime..."
People in small places only have such conditions. Which daughter is willing to be a concubine for a man with children? !
If some daughters can't resist the sweet words of men and become concubines of men, they will become the shame of the whole family.
Everyone shouted and cursed them.
Including their parents and brothers, they couldn't raise their heads for the rest of their lives.
Because of the reality, Gu Yanzhang knew very well that even if his family was living a better life now, it was impossible for him to marry a concubine or a second wife.
There were more men than women here. If someone married his daughter to a man of the same class whose conditions were not much better than his own, as a second wife or a concubine, everyone in their family would be criticized.
...
"Wife, I know. Don't worry, we are both this age, I will never force you to give birth to a son for me. My father is old and his mind is not so clear. You just ignore what he said to us, let's not bother with him."
After hearing Gu Yanzhang's assurance, Chen Xuanxuan felt much more comfortable.
She really didn't like to deal with her cheap husband in bed.
Thinking of this, Chen Xuanxuan suddenly changed the subject and said, "Boss, tell me, which family do you have your eyes on now?"
"By the way, our family is going to arrange marriages for our two sons this year. If we hold their marriages together, we should save some money."
Gu Yanzhang nodded and said, "If we hold them together, we should hold them together."
"We will give the same amount of betrothal money to the wives of our two sons. The new house will also cost the same amount of money. We are not partial parents, we will treat everyone equally."
After hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan hadn't said anything yet, but Gu Dazhu and Gu Erzhu, who were sitting next to them, couldn't help but cheer, "Thank you, Mom and Dad..."
"Dad, I don't need a beautiful wife, nor do I need her to be rich. I just want someone who can give birth to a son. Moreover, she must be diligent, filial, sensible, and able to do a lot of housework. Most importantly, she doesn't have the temper of a spoiled girl, is good to me, and can take good care of people..."
Upon hearing what the impetuous Gu Erzhu said, Chen Xuanxuan rolled her eyes at him without any hesitation.
Good guy, really a good guy, does this kid think that the requirements he just said are not high?
Thinking of some men who have no skills but look for wives like an emperor choosing a concubine, Chen Xuanxuan sighed and said, "Erzhu, what kind of wife you can marry depends on how rich our family is."
"Our family is not rich, we are really poor. If you want to marry a woman who is not too pretty, but is hardworking, filial, sensible, and can give birth to sons and take care of people... the requirements are too high. Because in our place, a little beauty who looks a little pretty can't even afford the five taels of silver betrothal gift."
"What's more, beautiful women are bought with money. You want to marry a good wife...even if you get married by chance, our family can't afford to support her..."
When Gu Erzhu heard this, he retorted hurriedly, "Why can't our family afford to support her?"
"Mom, don't you work all day long?"
Chen Xuanxuan frowned reflexively when she heard this.
After taking a deep look at her adopted son, she curled her lips and sneered, "Erzhu, from the tone of your words, you seem to have a lot of opinions about me?"
"What's the matter? Can't you see that I work so hard at making buns at home every day?"
"Don't you know in your heart why our family has been able to eat enough every day in the past year or two? Why do we make money every day?"
Noticing the discomfort on Gu Yanzhang's face when he looked at Gu Dazhu, and the surprise in Gu Erzhu's eyes, Chen Xuanxuan suddenly laughed, "It seems that you, the Gu family, have learned the skill of picking up the bowl to eat meat and putting it down to curse your mother very well..."
Seeing the sarcasm on Chen Xuanxuan's face, Gu Yanzhang immediately expressed his opinion.
"Wife, don't bother with the second son. He is only a teenager and he doesn't know much. He vaguely remembers a few words from others..."
Chen Xuanxuan waved her hand at him and said, "Come on, I know, I know..."
At this time, she could only be thankful that she was not the kind of person with a saintly heart.
If she was really like some time-traveling women. As soon as she traveled to the ancient society, she would be open-hearted and treat her original cheap husband and cheap sons wholeheartedly. Then now when she heard her son blaming her, she might be heartbroken.
Even if she was not heartbroken, she would definitely be discouraged.
Thinking about the fact that she and these people were actually just a little bit of face because they were together day and night.
The kind of partners living together.
Chen Xuanxuan was no longer angry.