Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 321 Peace

"Okay, I'll get it." Song Ying stood up, thought about it, and decided to go to the kitchen in the back to get a plate to put it on. In just a short while, when he came back, he found that everyone was asleep!

She was stunned and speechless: "Didn't we agree to have a chat around the fire?"

Yuan Qing opened his eyes, rubbed his temples, and said, "They have been making a fuss all night and are really tired."

"You haven't fallen asleep yet." Song Ying was a little embarrassed for a moment. It was the middle of the night and they were the only two awake.

"After dozing off for a while, my mind became clear again." After a pause, Yuan Qing added, "It's the same when I study at night. When I feel sleepy, I can doze off for a while and my mind will become clear again."

"You guys study so hard." Song Ying blurted out, but the words felt a little awkward, so he changed the topic to today's events, "You were really good today, that riddle was really difficult."

After saying this, she wanted to strangle herself. What was she talking about? She had already praised him before.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Qing's answer was completely different from before: "That Mr. Lin is really amazing. I have been trying to figure out this riddle for months in advance. I also spent a long time looking through books in the library before I found out that there is a variant of "ci" (ci), which looks like "shou xin" (shou xin)."

"Have you checked in advance?" Song Ying was surprised. "Do you like that Luqiqin very much?"

Playing the piano is not taught in community schools. Could it be that the academic workload in the academy is so intense that they would still teach them to play the piano?

Yuan Qing used the tongs to move the charcoal in the basin. "It doesn't matter if I play the qin or not. The main thing is to become famous."

Song Ying moved her lips, wanting to say that scholars pursue fame and wealth, but she held back the words, took two oranges and roasted them on the edge of the charcoal basin, and asked tactfully: "Why do you want to become famous? Don't you already have a master?"

"The teacher has already presided over last year's college entrance examination. He will be transferred to another place before the next college entrance examination. As the saying goes, people are forgotten when they leave. By then, the title of Grandmaster's disciple may not be very useful.

The county and prefectural examinations were open to the public, and whether or not an essay was accepted depended to a certain extent on the liking or disliking of the county and prefectural magistrates.

Song Ying was a little confused. What did this have to do with becoming famous? Since whether he could succeed depended on the likes and dislikes of the county magistrate and the prefect, shouldn't he find a way to leave a good impression on them?

Yuan Qing smiled slightly and said, "With a reputation, as long as I am not extremely hostile to the county magistrate, they will be more cautious when treating my papers during the exams, reducing the impact of their likes and dislikes."

Song Ying was stunned after hearing this. It took her a while to figure out the relationship. She asked in confusion, "If that's the case, why don't you just write the article in a style they like?"

"To flatter people with literary talent is a low grade."

Song Ying: “…”

No wonder people say that scholars have too many twists and turns in their minds. This one is too complicated!

Also, the next exam will be three years later. It’s too early to start becoming famous now!

Then she remembered that Yuan Qing had suggested that Song Yuan go to school after studying at Wu Tixue's Guanfeng Society. She felt that Yuan Qing was indeed far-sighted and had made plans early on.

"So, Lin Wencai and the others' provocation tonight actually helped you." Song Ying sighed, thinking that if Lin Wencai and the others knew about this, they would probably be even more upset.

In fact, the five scholars traveled around to study and exchange knowledge with scholars from other places, with the goal of becoming famous.

I came here originally to make a name for myself, but ended up helping others instead. Tsk tsk!

Speaking of this, Yuan Qing was in a good mood and nodded with a smile: "Yes."

Song Ying thought for a moment and said sincerely, "Then you are really good. This riddle has been around for several years. Some people have been trying to figure it out for longer than you, but they still can't guess it! It's because you are good that you can seize this opportunity!"

Yuan Qing smiled more and more, and warned: "By the way, don't let other people know about this. They will say that I am too eager for fame and fortune, and call me a scheming person."

Song Ying nodded and joked, "Aren't you afraid that I will accuse you of being a scheming person?"

Isn't the safest way to not tell anyone, preferably not even your family members?

"You won't!" Yuan Qing was very sure, "Because you are also a scheming and restless person. Otherwise, you would still be that illiterate orphan who lives by the looks of others."

Song Ying was stunned. She had been called restless before. It was an insult and an accusation, but why was it praised by Yuan Qing?

"According to what you said, it's not a good thing to be law-abiding?" she said with a smile.

"That's right! The so-called obedience is just a tool made by the superiors to enslave and manage the inferiors! If the inferiors are obedient, then the superiors will always be the superiors. No matter how they treat or enslave them, the inferiors cannot resist. What's the good of such obedience?"

Song Ying fell into deep thought. People who behave themselves are indeed easier to manage. Take the big kitchen in Shen Mansion for example. Those obedient maids never complain about too much work and too little pay, nor do they cause trouble for Mama Fang, who is in charge.

However, Mother Fang would only mention them when scolding other restless maids and old women, letting the restless people learn from them. She would never think of them at other times.

That's not right. When assigning difficult tasks like washing vegetables in winter and making fire in summer, we will think of them, because they may just complain a few words but do the work quickly and well.

From the perspective of Fang's mother, the "superior", she would definitely prefer such obedient maids and old women, but it is so unfair to those obedient people!

Then, Song Ying realized something even more terrifying: the entire society's requirement for women is to behave themselves!

Moreover, for women, this is an extremely important moral quality. Girls who are not obedient will be despised and no one will want them!

Therefore, in fact, the whole society is enslaving women to make them easier to manage! The standard for marrying a wife requires that she be obedient and law-abiding, just to make it easier to control the wife!

Looking back on the past, from the occasional words and sentences of Grandma Li and Second Aunt Yang, it is not difficult to see that before they got married, they also lived the same life as before. They were not well fed and clothed, but were required to do a lot of work. They were taught to be gentle, capable, and law-abiding, so that they could be good wives in other people's homes in the future.

They have been enslaved like this for so long that they believe deep down that this is correct and that women should abide by the law, so they educate and demand the next generation of girls in this way!

Suddenly, she thought of Xiaoxiang.

In the past, she didn't quite understand why Xiaoxiang's mother, Zhang, was determined not to let Xiaoxiang associate with them. For this reason, she even didn't come to Huichuntang to sell herbs, but went to the farther Sanyuan Village market to sell them at a price that was obviously lower than Huichuntang.

Now, she understood a little.

In Zhang's cognition, or in Zhang and Zhao Hu's cognition, it is extremely important for girls to be obedient and law-abiding. If Xiaoxiang associates with them, she will become less obedient.