Daiyu's career as a housekeeper finally came to an end after Tian's son's full moon. Originally, Tian had said that Daiyu would help her until the child was one year old. go out.The two of them didn't have a set goal this time. Daiyu remembered that her ancestral home was in Suzhou, but she had never seen the scenery there, so she decided to go there.Suzhou is very famous for its silk embroidery. Daiyu's dowry Zhuangzi and several shops are in Suzhou, and the Yang family also has many industries there. Suzhou is a suitable place.Thinking of Miaoyu and Qingwen in Suzhou, Daiyu wanted to go even more.Especially Miaoyu, Daiyu always felt that her situation was somehow connected with Daiyu's supposed fate.

Naturally, Yang Shili would not object, he packed up and saluted and rushed to Suzhou. The only difference from before was that this time Daiyu also brought a gift, and his foothold in Suzhou was also fixed.

Along the way, apart from a incident where the county honored women and set up a chastity memorial archway, there was nothing special. Except for the description of customs, culture and scenery, Daiyu only added one more anecdote.

Regarding the Chastity Archway itself, Daiyu and Yang Shili did not add their own views except for an objective and fair narration. They themselves don't know whether this is right or wrong, and they can only hope that the people who see it will understand it for themselves.But she was angry about the incident she encountered, and Daiyu even commented the words "extremely shameless" at the end.

Everyone who was commended as a chaste woman was called Aunt Sun.The Sun family is a family of farming and studying, and is well-known among the local villages. Every year during the festival, the county always has a share of condolences from their family.Aunt Sun married into their family 30 years ago. At that time, her natal family was not as good as the Sun family. The eldest son of the Sun family wanted to marry her because of a serious illness. Unexpectedly, the eldest son of the Sun family died on the first day of their marriage.Aunt Sun's natal family naturally regretted the marriage, but the Sun family insisted on marrying her in before the first seven days to keep watch over the family.

If the Sun family can adopt a child to her, and give her some money to live on, it is considered conscientious.However, they did not do this. They locked her in the yard with the memorial tablet of the eldest son of the Sun family, asked her to burn incense and wipe it every day, and then lived a life of eating vegetarian food, chanting Buddha, wearing plain clothes, no makeup, no jewelry, and no strangers. , I haven't lived a day of normal life for 30 years.According to the law of this dynasty, widowhood for 30 years can be reported to the county, and the county magistrate will go to Beijing to ask for the name of a chastity woman, and then the county will decide to build a chastity archway for her.The Sun family reported Aunt Sun's name to the county and obtained a memorial archway for their Sun family.

When Daiyu and Yang Shili passed by, it was the time when the memorial archway was completed. According to the custom, a chaste woman must be the first to pass under the archway. Appeared in front of people once.The two saw the real face of Aunt Sun, with gray hair, hunched back, cloudy eyes without a trace of clarity, unable to walk with the same hands and feet, abnormal white complexion, and protruding cheekbones , skinny and frighteningly thin, it was because of her appearance that Daiyu and her two thought of asking.Most of the old people watching were envious of the memorial archway of Sun's family. Only a mother-in-law with a basket on her shoulders whispered to Daiyu: "Zao, what a girl, she is only in her 30s, and she has become like this." .” After Daiyu gave her a dime, she told Daiyu about Mrs. Sun.

After hearing this, Daiyu felt a little blunt and uncomfortable, Yang Shili clenched his hands tightly and cursed in a low voice: "It's really unconscionable!" It's a pity that this kind of thing is beyond their control.

On this day, the two of them stayed in this small town. Before going to bed, Daiyu had been writing vigorously, with a sigh of relief in her chest, she directly replaced the customary regular script with hairpin flowers, and the words and sentences seemed to be completely different. Without sculpting, the speed is more than twice as fast as when writing other things.Before leaving early the next morning, I heard the latest news about Mrs. Sun.It is said that after the archway was built yesterday, Aunt Sun strangled herself to death on the head of the bed with her trouser belt in the middle of the night, and vaguely heard someone say that Aunt Sun was wearing the same red wedding dress that she wore the day she was welcomed by a rooster.When Daiyu and Yang Shili passed by the archway again, they only felt ironic.

When they arrived in Suzhou, the two of them first went to the embroidery village where Qingwen lived. The person in charge here was Jinglian, Daiyu's former maid, and now she married the manager of the embroidery village and became the housekeeper.Jinglian was very happy to see Daiyu, and specially called Qingwen to come over to meet her. Daiyu was relieved to see that they were living well, and asked her how to get to the Gu family.Daiyu vaguely remembered that Miaoyu's family name was Gu.

Jing Lian knew it as soon as she heard it, and even Qingwen knew it, "Second Grandma is asking about the cousin girl's house, right? Second Grandma and Second Master have a rest for the night, and I'll deliver the post right away. I'll find a sedan chair to take you there tomorrow. "Miss Cousin refers to Miaoyu. Miaoyu's mother's surname is Su, and some of the previous wives of the Lin family also came from Su's family. In terms of seniority, of course, Miaoyu can be called Miss Cousin.Daiyu responds to everything.

On the second day, because they were afraid that there would be no one to accompany the guests in the Gu family, they did not let Yang Shili pass, only Daiyu went there in a sedan chair.Fortunately, Daiyu thought about it a little bit more, if Yang Shili really went, no one would come out to accompany him.

Miaoyu greets Daiyu at the second gate. At this time, Miaoyu, who is dressed in elegant clothes, and Miaoyu, who was wearing rice field clothes and looked cold and aloof, are basically two people.The nanny who followed her was holding a one-year-old child in her arms, rubbing her eyes with her blushing hands, as if she had just woken up.

Daiyu blamed Miaoyu disapprovingly, "Why did you just take the child out like this, the wind and evils are most likely to enter the body just after waking up, so I don't know how to be careful." She took the child from the nurse and teased her.Miaoyu laughed and said: "The little things are solid, and once or twice there is nothing wrong." Then she led Daiyu to the inner house.

Daiyu was also happy for her when she saw that there were only a few staff in her house, and that the flowers, trees, and plants were full of energy.Ask her: "Where is the father of the child? What is the name of the child?"

Miaoyu said: "The child's surname is Gu, and the name drawn in the temple is Shaojun. As for his father," Miaoyu sneered, "I kicked him out."

Daiyu couldn't help but gasped, "What's the matter?"

Miaoyu said: "I originally recruited a husband by giving birth, just to continue the blood of my ancient family, and the person who recruited was also specially selected. At the beginning, it seemed that he was honest and responsible. He has an elder brother and a younger brother in the family. He has no complaints when he is treated badly, and he has always respected the elders and loved the young. He has a good character, and his family does not lack his bloodline, so he gave his family enough money to buy him back. It was agreed a long time ago, After giving birth, the surname must be Gu, but he himself did not change his surname. In order to take care of his feelings, he didn’t even sign a contract like a son-in-law who is recruited by someone else’s family.” There are more female households in the south, because there are many son-in-laws who recruit There has been a precedent of killing wives and children and then marrying another child, so there is an unwritten custom. Most of the women and sons-in-law who take birth and recruit husbands sign a contract of sale. In name, they are husband and wife, but in reality they are just slaves. Bite back.If both the woman and the children died for no reason, all the property left behind would naturally go to the yamen, and the yamen was happy to distribute this windfall, so that the people would not sue the officials or investigate, and they didn't care about this obviously illegal custom.

"Who knows, when the child is born, I want to take the money from the master, and I want the child's surname to follow him. Of course, I don't want to. Then I want to be the master of the family, let me hand over the family's property to him, and I want to arrange for my brother Come to manage Zhuangzi's store for me. For the sake of the child's face, I endured and ignored him. I just ordered my family members not to listen to his orders. He is good, but I feel that I am afraid of him. I want to live a happy life. Taking a concubine in the house really disgusted me, so I simply divorced him and kicked him out. With Master Lin's protection, as long as we don't intentionally provoke us on the ground in Suzhou, no one will bully us, so we don't need to find a top door It’s a signboard for registering a household. Anyway, we have a child, and our mother and I live more comfortably.”

Seeing how briskly she said it, Daiyu knew that she really thought so in her heart. Daiyu's own happiness in marriage was indispensable and she wanted others to be happy too, but seeing Miaoyu laughing happily with her child in her arms, she felt that this was also very good.Thinking of Miaoyu's temperament when she was in Jia's house before, I think this is Miaoyu.Then he laughed too.

Miaoyu saw that Daiyu did not persuade her to find someone to rely on like others, and said with a smile: "I just said that you are my confidant and understand me. Sure enough, I was right. My grandparents' sister-in-law, aunt, and other relatives have all persuaded her. I, and even the wives I know persuaded me, until I got impatient and went to the temple to get a lottery and said I didn’t have a red thread in my hand. You are the first one who didn’t know and didn’t persuade me.”

Daiyu said: "Others are doing it for your own good, they just think differently. We have known each other since we were young, and our love is unmatched by others. We also know each other's temperament well. I know you don't like it, so naturally I won't bother to persuade you. Besides, there is nothing wrong with your current life, just benevolent and benevolent."

Miaoyu laughed at her, "That's what you said. I think you and Young Master Yang are also seeking benevolence. I heard that your life is considered chic. The two of you are like-minded, and you can go out together. I don't know how many people I am envious of." .”

Daiyu smiled and acquiesced, there is nothing wrong with it, although many people don't understand them, but Daiyu herself feels that their life is really good.Then they talked about her manuscripts with Miaoyu enthusiastically. Miaoyu's talent was no less than that of Daiyu. The conversation between the two seemed to make them feel the joy of the legendary sages sitting and discussing the Tao.Travel notes, stories, customs and knowledge, in general, Miaoyu's unique insights are a supplement to the manuscript.After Daiyu said that Mrs. Yang and Yang Shili promised to print it for her, Miaoyu immediately said that she must give her a set, and Daiyu naturally agreed.

In the end, Miaoyu took the initiative to say that it would be better to add her story to the anecdotes, and told her some earlier events in her own family, her experience in the nunnery, and the matter of recruiting a husband after giving birth. , said with a smile: "If this matter is brought to Beijing, no one will believe it, and if it is believed, it will be cast aside. It is very common here, and it can be regarded as a strange story." Daiyu agreed with this statement very much, and it is true in other places Never heard of this.

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