Why are rural people more patriarchal?

In fact, in addition to the old ideas of inheritance, it is also affected by the environment.

In the countryside, they all have to farm and do farm work, and it is of course advantageous to have great strength, and women are certainly not as good as men.

Another point is that in this era of insufficient food and clothing, conflicts often occur, even because of a mouthful of food, which may develop into fights between families or between villages.

At this time, if there are many brothers and uncles in the family, the momentum is enough.

It's just that what can an old man and a woman do?

Women are inherently weak, so of course the peasants hope that there will be more children in the family who can support the family.

Like Jiang Xiaojia, even if others don't look down on him, he will feel very weak.

Jiang Liutao has poor bones and a slender body, so he can't do heavy work, and he has to take care of Jiang Xiao carefully over the years, so most of the farm work at home falls on Jiang Songhai.

Jiang Songhai has been malnourished for a long time, and his strength is not great, so he can't plant much land.

Jiang Xiao didn't talk about it, she used to be sad for a long time if she helped dry the herbs.

Therefore, half of the land that the Jiang family got was lent to the old Jiang family to plant rice fields, and their own family did not dare to plant all the rice fields with one cent of land, leaving a small part of sweet potatoes and vegetables.

That's it, Jiang Songhai has to work in the fields most of the day.

In short, his family's rice is not enough to eat.

There will be no new grain until June and July, and for more than two months, his family may have to borrow some grain or buy rice.

Jiang Xiao sighed, scooped a small half bowl of rice, scooped water and washed rice next to the water tank, poured it into the iron pot after scooping it up, added a small half bowl of water, covered it with a lid, sat by the stove and handed the firewood, and cooked the porridge.

Grandma is almost going back, she will definitely pinch some sweet potato leaves and fry them when she comes back, and then cut some shredded radish, and the meal will be solved.

Jiang Xiao plans to think of ways to earn some money to improve the family's life, and it is best to let his grandparents stop farming.

She is not good at farming, and she does not want to go to the field to farm in this life.

Besides, she studied painting for so many years in her previous life, and although she was so seriously injured by painting, she didn't want to give up painting.

It's just that here, who can she sell her paintings to? People guess she's stupid, who buys this kind of stuff that can't be eaten or worn these days.

"Xiaoxiao, open the door. ”

There was a sound of grandma banging on the door outside, Jiang Xiao hurriedly went out and opened the door, and when he looked out, He Laidi and Song Xiyun were gone, probably because he was tired of scolding and had to go home to cook.

Ge Liutao carried a dustpan with a thick rope, a dustpan of sweet potato leaves on one side, and a few sweet potatoes and a handful of water spinach on the other.

Putting the dustpan on the ground, she didn't care about wiping the thin sweat on her forehead, looked at Jiang Xiao worriedly, and said in a low voice: "Xiaoxiao, when my grandmother just returned home, I heard the neighbor say, your second uncle beat you?"

Jiang Xiao definitely wants to sue, not to let his grandparents be angry for him, but to let them stay away from the old Jiang family from their hearts.

"Yes, if I hadn't rolled into Shi Zhuang's vegetable field, I might have been beaten to death by my second uncle. ”

Ge Liutao gasped and asked in disbelief, "What is your second uncle doing?"

At this time, Jiang Songhai also came back, carrying a hoe on his shoulders and a bamboo basket in his hand, and an old man behind him was unhurriedly carrying the burden and walking this way.

Jiang Xiao thought to herself, she finally saw the patriarch of the old Jiang family.

This slightly hunchbacked, black and thin old man is Jiang Songhai's eldest brother Jiang Songtao.

Jiang Xiao's words just now, Jiang Songtao must have heard it at such a distance, but he just glanced at it, walked past his door, and entered the door next door.