Inside the martial arts hall.
Perhaps it was because Chen Wei's gaze was too firm that day, perhaps it was because the thought of a woman going against the norm to learn martial arts was too shocking, or perhaps it was because the ten taels of silver were too heavy.
Manager Wu has been looking at the gate for the past ten days.
He wanted to see whether the woman who swore that her family would definitely agree would ever step into the martial arts gym.
"Husband, are you still watching?"
Seeing this, the woman in the cotton and linen dress sighed on her weathered face: "Don't look. I saw that young lady through the crack of the door the other day. She was very beautiful."
"She wore jade hairpins that ordinary people would look down upon, and silk and satin that cost dozens of taels a piece."
"Even the embroidery on them is inlaid with Dong pearls."
"Either they are unmarried girls from high-ranking families, or they are the mistresses of noble families or the favored concubines of noble families. How can such pampered girls endure the pain of martial arts training? Shouldn't they take good care of their husbands and children?"
"That day, he suddenly rushed to the martial arts hall and shouted that he wanted to learn martial arts. I guess he had suffered some injustice in the backyard, and he was so angry that he could be comforted as soon as he returned home."
"As a girl, who would learn such vulgar things? When I get married, how can I be liked by my husband's family..."
yes.
How can I please my husband’s family?
When the woman said this, a hint of self-mockery and sadness flashed across her eyes.
Her biological parents despised her because she was a daughter and a money-loser, so they threw her into the river to fend for herself. Fortunately, God took pity on her and she did not die, but was picked up by someone.
In order not to be bullied.
She learned a lot of martial arts, and she studied hard and practiced day and night.
But after learning the final part, one, cannot join the army to fight, two, cannot open a school to teach skills, and three, cannot serve as a servant.
She had martial arts skills, but was forced to marry and have children under the pressure of rumors. Because she did not know needlework and only had crude skills, she was humiliated and bullied by her mother-in-law and lived without dignity at home.
If it weren't for the last...
She taught her husband the essence of martial arts and let him open a martial arts school to make money. I'm afraid that when her first child was a daughter, her mother-in-law had already taken a third concubine for her husband.
"That's true."
"Ah..." Shopkeeper Wu listened to the woman's words and nodded in agreement: "The young masters of the official families."
"Everyone likes delicate women, gentle as water, obedient and sensible, and with a body as graceful as a willow tree."
"If she really learns martial arts, her life will be ruined."
"Once people hear that she can't do needlework or embroidery and can only do boxing and kicking, they will definitely despise her and she will never be able to get married."
The woman's fingers gripping the door curtain tightened.
She lowered her eyes, suppressed the bitterness and pain in her heart, smiled in agreement and said nothing more.
then.
Shopkeeper Wu cast his eyes on the woman's slightly protruding belly and said quickly, "You better hurry in. If a stranger comes and sees you, it won't be good. Even if you're married, you have to always remember these rules."
"Has the doctor checked it? Did he say whether it's a boy or a girl?"
The woman quickly lowered the curtain, hid behind the wall, and said blankly, "No."
Manager Wu didn't get a satisfactory answer and opened his mouth to say something.
Sudden!
He glanced out of the corner of his eye.
I caught a glimpse of Shen Wei standing at the main entrance.
She didn't know when Chen Wei came, how long she stood there, or how many words she heard. She just felt that every word Manager Wu said was heartbreaking, even though it was directed at that woman.
But Chen Wei is very empathetic.
"you......."
"bass!"
Shopkeeper Wu stood up suddenly and stared at Chen Wei in shock for several seconds: "You really came?!"
Chen Wei had already changed into a black suit that was convenient for movement while she was in the carriage. She had Xiaoman specially custom-made it at the cloth shop these days.
She also took off the pair of elegant high embroidered shoes that she had worn in the Marquis' Mansion.
At first glance.
It looks like he is going to practice martial arts.
"I told you I'd come." Chen Wei glanced in the direction of the door curtain, then looked away and said to Shopkeeper Wu, "I'll come here every day at this time."
"You, why are you doing this..." Shopkeeper Wu added with a complicated expression, "Your delicate figure is what your future husband loves most."
"Learning such crude and unbearable martial arts will surely make your husband despise you. It's not worth it."
"Do you think learning martial arts is vulgar?" Chen Wei replied indifferently.
"Of course."
"Then all the men who learn martial arts in the world are just rude barbarians."
"This, this, this!" Shopkeeper Wu's face changed immediately after hearing these outrageous words: "How can you describe it like that? I'm talking about you women. Men learn martial arts to join the army and become generals."
Chen Wei sneered from the bottom of his throat and said nothing more.
Xiaoman, who was standing behind him, was stunned by the expression on Chen Wei's face, the look of world-weariness, disapproval, and annoyance with the world.
Since the day she entered the mansion, the girl has been calling for gender equality.
Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion laughed at the girl's wild ideas, but the look in Xiaoman's eyes when she looked at her... it was a disgust that came from the very soul and deep in her bones, a disgust for what Manager Wu had said.
The girl thinks that if men can learn martial arts and box, girls can do it too.
because,
In the girl's hometown, men and women are equal.
"Girl..." Xiaoman stared at Chen Wei with his lost eyes. He paused for a long moment before speaking his mind: "I, I don't want to wait for you in the carriage."
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