Cai Yan's story, Guo Peng is familiar to everyone.

"Eighteen Beats of Hu Ji" and "Poems of Grief and Indignation" are also very famous.

Guo Peng is emotionally moved by this woman who has been displaced all her life in troubled times.

Her sister was much luckier, and was allowed by Cai Yong to give birth to several sons, one of whom was Yanghu, the hero of Jin and Wu.

Now they are still young, Cai Yan is thirteen years old, Cai Wan is only nine years old, Cai Yan is upright and beautiful, gentle temperament, although Cai Wan is young, he is also steady and dignified, and it can be seen that he has received a good education.

For today's women, it is not required to have good talents, as long as they know how to be filial to their in-laws to take care of their husbands and raise their sons, and education is also an ambiguous thing.

Among them, having a son is the most important point, as long as you can have a son, other problems are harmless.

During this period, it was very common for women to remarry.

It is not difficult for a widow who has been married or a divorced woman who has married someone to remarry, for example, the wife of Han Xiang Chen Ping has married five husbands, and Chen Ping is her sixth husband.

The queens of the emperors of the Han Dynasty also had many widows who remarried, Cao Cao's wife had many widows, and the queens after Liu Bei entered Sichuan were also widows, and there was no social pressure on widows to remarry.

Comrade Cao Cao also got the nickname of "Cao's wife" because of this.

And there are profound social factors in this.

First, Cheng Zhu Lixue has not yet appeared, and has not yet become the official guiding ideology, and the folk atmosphere is generally relaxed and open.

The two are due to the necessity of continuing future generations, and the ancients regarded the inheritance of incense as the destiny of heaven and attached great importance to it.

At that time, the fertility conditions were very poor, the survival rate of infants and young children was extremely low, and from the emperor to Li Shu, there was no guarantee that their children could grow up healthy and safe.

In such a situation, the advantage of married women, especially those who have given birth to children, over unmarried girls is particularly obvious.

They have experience in childbearing, they are no strangers to childbearing, they are not strangers to being raised, and they are not afraid, the probability of successful childbearing and parenting is higher than that of young girls, and the survival rate of offspring is relatively higher.

In such a situation, it is not uncommon for widows, especially widows who have been born and raised, to remarry, and even compete for marriage.

Cai Yong loves his daughter and is willing to give her a good education, which is also good for them.

Mothers who raise children understand cultural knowledge and are talented, which is very beneficial to the education of children from an early age.

After the two stood firm, Cai Yong spoke: "Guo Fujun and his father are old acquaintances, and they have to meet after ten years of separation. ”

"Yes."

Cai Yan and Cai Wan nodded together, then sat aside, their own servant took the piano and handed it to them, the two sisters looked at each other, nodded, and began to play.

Guo Peng is still the Guo Peng who doesn't know the piano, he didn't understand the piano twelve years ago, and he still doesn't understand the piano ten years later.

But with a faint incense and listening to the pleasant sound of the piano, it also belongs to the rare luxury enjoyment of this era.

Where else could you pursue more?

After the song was played, Guo Peng praised politely, recognized and agreed with Cai Yong's careful teaching of his daughter, and said that he would also seriously educate and counsel his son.

"Zifeng still doesn't know how to play the piano, right?"

Cai Yong laughed: "Twelve years ago, you and I first met, you didn't understand the piano, and now twelve years later, you still don't know the piano, hahahaha!" ”

"Why does Cai Gong have to be like this."

Guo Peng smiled bitterly: "The student is really not very talented in piano art, not as talented as the two sons-in-law, and even less talented than Cai Gong." ”

"Hahaha, the talent is ......"

Cai Yong shook his head with a smile, and the smile on his face revealed some self-deprecation: "Zifeng, I hope I can be like you, with the talent of a soldier and herdsman!" ”

Cai Yong said and pointed to his two daughters.

"You told me early in the morning that qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, for the country, is a small way, over the years, I feel more and more like this, when encountering anti-thieves, can you use qinqi, calligraphy and painting to let them know their mistakes? In a year of famine, can we use piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to feed the people? In the event of an invasion by foreign enemies, can you repel them with qin, chess, calligraphy and painting? ”

Cai Yong sighed deeply.

"I wish I was good at the same as what my son was good at, in that case, I could also fight for the country, put down the rebellion, and leave a name in history, perhaps, it is because of this that I have no sons, only two daughters!"

Cai Yong's words made Cai Yan and Cai Wan both lower their heads and remain silent, looking a little depressed.

What else can Guo Peng say?

Is it possible to say that women can hold up half the sky?

Shaking his head and smiling, after thinking about his words, Guo Peng slowly spoke.

The student once heard that Mencius lost his father at an early age, and Mencius's mother moved the family's residence three times in order to give Mencius a better living environment.

Meng's mother said that this is not a place where children can live, and then Meng's mother moved her address to the side of the market, and Mencius learned to sell goods on the street and bargain, and Meng's mother felt that this was not a place where children could live.

The third time, Meng's mother abandoned the market and chose to settle next to the butcher's house, and Mencius pretended to slaughter livestock, but Meng's mother still felt that she could not live here, so she chose the fourth time.

This time, Meng's mother chose to settle next to the school palace, and then Meng's mother saw Mencius learning etiquette, so she felt that it was a place to live, a place where children could grow up correctly, and then Mencius became a sub-sage.

Of course, Mencius was gifted and intelligent, but if it weren't for his knowledgeable mother, who had not paid attention to Mencius's teachings since she was a child and did not move her residence, Mencius might have become a merchant and a butcher, rather than a sage. ”

Guo Peng paused, and then spoke: "The same is true for the education of children, children are raised by their mothers after they are born, if there is no smart, wise and talented mother, how can they teach their children to become people who understand etiquette and righteousness?" ”

As he spoke, Guo Peng pointed at Cai Yan and Cai Wan again, and said: "The two sons-in-law are talented and understand etiquette, and they will be mothers in the future, and they will also let their children be talented, understand etiquette, and cultivate talents useful to the country, how is this not the credit of Cai Gong and the two sons-in-law?" ”

Cai Yan listened, his eyes lit up, his mood was no longer frustrated, and he secretly looked at Guo Peng.

Cai Wan listened, a little confused, but his mood was better than just now.

Cai Yong listened, was silent for a while, sighed, and smiled.

"What Zifeng said does make sense."

After that, Cai Yong asked Cai Yan and Cai Wan to stand up and stand in front of him.

"Guo Fujun's words, have you all remembered them?"

"Remembered."

Cai Yan and Cai Wan responded in unison, Cai Yong nodded, and let them go down.

At the banquet that night, Cai Yong also asked Cai Yan and Cai Wan to pour wine for Guo Peng together, and thanked him for saving his life before.