Rebirth Era: After the Beautiful Sister-in-law Refuses to Open Business

"According to what my sister-in-law said, Brother Song is going to marry a troublemaker. If that's the case, I'm afraid Uncle Song and Auntie will have a hard time. Maybe... maybe she will cause discord between Brother Song, Second Brother Song, and Brother Guoqing."

Not hearing Song Lan speak, Qin Bo continued, "Sister-in-law, I don't recommend Brother Song to marry that woman anyway."

"Sister-in-law knows. I will talk to my eldest brother first and see what he means."

It seems... she has to take some time to find out some things about Han Bailan and the Han family, especially those related to Han Bailan. It would be best if she could find out that she had been secretly dating that man before her marriage. If she is lucky enough to get evidence, she can ask her to cancel the marriage with Song Qingbin.

Song Lan thought about this and said, "Before we left the gate of the town middle school, Comrade Han seemed to have said that he wanted to cancel the engagement, right?"

"Yes."

Qin Boyan responded.

Song Lan: "If she can really do it, it will save my family some trouble, but I'm afraid it will have some impact on my eldest brother's reputation."

Qin Boyan: "For men, reputation...reputation is not important. Besides, this is not a feudal society. Even if it is a man in the old society, even if there are some flaws in his reputation, it will not have any serious impact on his life."

"What you said is wrong."

Song Lan said: "In the feudal imperial society, if a man had a bad reputation, he would not be eligible to take the imperial examination. In other words, he would never be able to enter the officialdom and would be despised by the people in his hometown. Once the news spread, he would be despised wherever he went."

Qin Boyan: "But this is not the feudal imperial era you mentioned, sister-in-law. We are now in a new society."

Song Lan: "Yes, men in the new society don't need to care too much about some harmless reputations. But what about women? If a woman is rejected, what will she face?"

This world is much better than her original world. Women and men have equal status, but... but in some things, women are still not very friendly. For example, when a man breaks off an engagement, or a couple gets divorced for some reason, as a woman, it is inevitable to be pointed at and talked about.

Yes, just as Song Lan thought, in the 1960s and 1970s, and even in the next ten years or so, girls who were broken off or divorced, especially in rural areas, did not have a good reputation.

Take what she had just heard in the village, for example. A female educated youth was accidentally rescued by a village scoundrel. In just half a day, gossip about the female educated youth spread throughout the village, forcing the female educated youth to marry the scoundrel who rescued her within just two or three days.

Otherwise, you will be drowned in spit while you are still alive.

The reason why the educated youth decided to marry that second-rate guy was probably because she didn't dare to take the risk. She was afraid that the rumors would suffocate her and force her to think inappropriately.

She just wants to survive!

Speaking of which, Song Lan heard this from Li Jumei.

When the mother and daughter were chatting, Li Jumei mentioned the village gossip and talked about how Ergouzi from the village married a female educated youth. Out of curiosity, Song Lan asked and found out the reason.

"This……"

Qin Boyan didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"Second brother, in the matter of breaking off the engagement, even if the woman is right, she will probably be affected to some extent. However, compared to the feudal society, women in our new era are better off after all."

In the world she lives in now, if the woman is right in breaking off the engagement, at most she will be criticized by some idle people, and it will not be difficult for her to get married again.

However, in her original world... no matter whether the woman was right or not, her reputation would be affected. If the elders in her family were conservative, the woman would either live a secluded life or be rumored to have died suddenly. Anyway, Song Lan felt that her original world was too unfair to women!

Yes, men are superior to women, and women are nothing more than vassals of men, tools for procreation, and are regarded by men like "clothing".

Song Lan calmed down and was about to speak again when she heard Qin Boyan say, "Sister-in-law, if Brother Song and that woman break off the engagement, it's not Brother Song's fault. It's that woman who was too unreasonable that caused their marriage to fall through. You don't need to feel sorry for her."

There is no doubt that the "she" Qin Boyan mentioned is Han Bailan.

"Unreasonable?"

Song Lan smiled and said, "Second brother, Comrade Han is just throwing a tantrum at her boyfriend. Although it's a bit unreasonable, if my eldest brother really wants to cancel the engagement for this reason, I don't think my parents will agree. Besides... we don't know what my eldest brother thinks yet!"

Breaking off an engagement is not a trivial matter, and Song Lan really couldn't guess what Song Qingbin was thinking at this moment.

"Sister-in-law, what you mean is..."

The car had already entered the old residential area for the machinery factory's employees. Qin Boyan frowned slightly, unable to figure out what Song Lan meant for a moment.

"If you want my eldest brother to cancel the engagement, the woman must have done something clearly wrong."

Song Lan replied.

"It's hard."

Qin Boyan understood that the woman had to be at fault, and obviously at fault, unless... unless the woman was two-timing, or doing something morally corrupt, or even breaking the law, then it would be natural for the man to propose a breakup.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Boyan said, "If that woman fell in love with another man before marrying Brother Song, and we happen to know about this, then all problems will be solved."

Song Lan's mouth twitched slightly: "..." Is this kid's mouth blessed? In the original plot, Han Bailan cheated on Song Qingbin before marriage, didn't she?!

As soon as you enter the gate of the town grain station, you will see a large courtyard. Behind the courtyard are several bungalows, which are dormitories provided by the grain station for its employees. However, there are not many employees living in the dormitories.

There is nothing to be dissatisfied with. The employees in the grain station either live in the town or in the village near the town. It is naturally more comfortable to live in one's own home than in a dormitory.

"Tell me the truth, what happened between you and Lanlan that made her run home crying and make a scene?"

Father Han sat on the edge of the bed. He looked at Song Qingbin and asked.

"Bai Lan didn't say anything?"

Song Qingbin was sitting on a chair in front of the desk. There was nothing unusual on his face, which made Han's father unable to guess what he was thinking for a moment.

After a moment of silence, Father Han spoke up: "I only heard Lanlan say it was related to your sister. Lanlan didn't mention the details in front of me and your aunt."

"Okay, I'll tell you the truth..."

Song Qingbin did not hide anything. He told Han Bailan the truth about what happened when she saw him and Song Lan standing at the gate of the town middle school, and what Han Bailan said to him and Song Lan, and what he and Bailan said to Han Bailan.

The more Father Han listened, the uglier his expression became, and the more ashamed he felt. He knew that his daughter was raised to be naive by him and his wife, and that she had a bad temper, but he never thought that she was mentally abnormal. How could...how could she speak without thinking?