This made him doubt whether it was a mistake for him to accept his classmate's invitation.
"I'm not saying all this to put any psychological burden on you. It's always good to have a little more risk awareness when you go out for fun."
The young boy nodded in agreement. Last month, they had seen a classmate who went to Qingyang to swim almost drowned, and a classmate who was riding in a horse-drawn carriage had an accident and broke a leg.
Grandma is right, accidents happen all the time, so it’s always good to be more careful!
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The next morning, as soon as Qiao Xin sent her children and grandchildren away, she heard someone report that Wang Caiwei had brought people to visit.
After they exchanged a few pleasantries, they were seated and had tea. Qiao Xin then asked directly.
"Have you finished your own business?"
Wang Caiwei stood up and bowed, "Madam, it's all done! I brought my father here to thank you for saving my life."
Qiao Xin waved her hand, "It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning. Your father's recovery won't be in vain. I see that the master is really getting better. You can relax a little bit now that you have someone to back you up. Don't you think so?"
"It's all thanks to the old lady. My daughter and I are grateful. As long as the old lady doesn't mind the bad reputation of my Wang family, I will serve her wholeheartedly in the future."
Qiao Xin knew that Wang Yuanwai was referring to Wang Caiwei's breaking off of the engagement. Nowadays, aristocratic families value reputation more than human life. An evil trend of restricting women from going out has already begun to blow in Nanliang.
If another man touches your arm, you will want him to chop off your arm. This evil wind has begun to revive in the aristocratic families of Dajing.
It was because the Northern Rong invaded and robbed many noble ladies and abused them wantonly, making these so-called noble families feel ashamed.
It's a pity that instead of urging the men of the family to work hard and seek revenge, they directed their accusations against the women.
If you hadn't gone out to the streets and participated in the drinking parties, this wouldn't have happened. They analyzed the situation over and over again, and in the end, they pushed the blame onto the defenseless woman.
When Qiao Xin heard Qiao Yunqing talking about this story, she just sneered: "A bunch of cowards, just an excuse for a broken-back dog."
What really made Qiao Xin angry was that Zhang began to imitate other people who restricted the girls in the family to learn martial arts. From time to time, she would say something behind her back in front of the children: don't smile with your teeth showing, don't walk with a swagger, and be virtuous, elegant, and stable before you can get married!
After two days of good life, she has lost her sense of self. Qiao Xin was not angry. The next day, she asked Yu Guanjia to spend money to buy a rigid and obedient nanny to sit next to Zhang.
And tell her that when she has learned to be virtuous, gentle and graceful as she calls it, she can set an example for her niece and daughter, because words are not as effective as actions.
After Zhang experienced the real cash Shuya personally, she never dared to mention these four words at home again.
What a nice reputation, but when he really started to study metaphysics, he realized the bitterness of it. This was even more painful than when her mother-in-law ran exercises for her.
When the nanny once again frowned and asked her to straighten her back and shrink her stomach, so that she could only eat a dozen mouthfuls at a time and couldn't sleep in the middle of the night due to hunger, her husband turned a blind eye and a deaf ear, and Zhang couldn't hold on any longer.
The next day, he crawled to Qiao Xin's side at dawn, helped her put on clothes and shoes, asked her if she was hungry, and asked her if she was thirsty...
Qiao Xin just watched her performance, and she couldn't stand it anymore, so she said timidly that she knew she was wrong and would never force her children to learn those crappy rules in the future. No one could stand it!
Qiao Xin looked at her expressionlessly, "Does it hurt when the needle pricks your body? You have a good heart and want to learn from others how to be a qualified mistress of the house, but you should not bring all the good or bad things into your room. You said that you have learned so many rules during this period of time. Does Erlang treat you differently?
Do you still think that life as a woman is not hard enough, so you desperately put on more locks? Are you stupid? If you really educate the ladies like you, they will not even be able to fight back when they encounter danger in the future?
You don't think they won't be in any danger for a while, do you? You've been in the capital for a few months now, and you've heard about the wives and daughters of families in the backyard from time to time. Haven't you heard enough?
In the future, I would rather the girls of the Qiao family become shrews in the eyes of others than to be bullied by others!"
Zhang's eyes widened, looking at her mother-in-law in disbelief. Her mother-in-law really didn't care about her reputation at all.
In troubled times, humanity is gone. Is reputation good enough? Survival is the most important thing. The peace in this world is only temporary. Whether it is the Northern Rong or the Southern Liang, Da Jing and them will have disputes again sooner or later. Instead of hoarding and learning the capital for survival while the countries are temporarily maintaining a balance, they lock themselves in a cage.
Zhang was the original body's daughter-in-law. If this was Qiao Xin's own daughter, she would have been slapped in the face a long time ago.
As for breaking off the engagement, it was no big deal. Nowadays, it was as common as eating and drinking. Besides, it was not the woman's fault. She was not so blind and deaf that she didn't know right from wrong.
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