Chapter 14: Engagement?
When Mrs. Mu rushed out with a broom and saw Zhao Qi and Zhang Han on the wall, she beat up Lu Li, who ran over to complain, and said while beating: "Look at Ren'er and Hand'er, such a high wall can be climbed, and then look at you, you can't eat anything, and you are embarrassed to come to complain."
After he was tired, he walked under the wall with a smile and said to the two hairy children on the wall: "You two come down quickly, don't fall, oh my stupid boy, how can the old student live if he falls."
Lu Lizard touched his ass behind him and rolled his eyes, who is your son? I'm my own! My son's dim sum was robbed by an uninvited guest, and he didn't help me, and he endured beating me, but what's the matter with being so good to two outsiders?
I can't stay on this wall, I robbed other people's children of food, and I also caused Lu Lizard to be beaten. Zhang Han can not change his face seriously, but Zhao Qi's face is not so thick. After jumping down, he lowered his head very embarrassed and said, "Madam, the kid is ignorant and robbed Brother Lizard of food, and I hope Madame doesn't blame him, this matter is indeed my fault with Zhang Han."
Seeing that Zhang Han didn't move, he stabbed him with his elbow, only to hear Zhang Han reluctantly say: "Please punish Mrs."
"Cut, fake." Lu Li, who was behind Mrs. Mu, looked away disdainfully, in his eyes, these two people were devils who ate people and didn't spit out bones, and would they apologize to him? I must be thinking about how to trick him.
"How do you speak? No upbringing. Mrs. Mu was not happy, slapped Lu Li's head, and then pulled Zhao Qi's hand into the room, and said as she walked, "The second lady and your aunt discussed a good thing for you, and your aunt insisted that she couldn't be the master, and she wanted you to make your own decisions, so let's not delay, hurry up and take a look." β
Zhao Qi's face immediately darkened, what else could this be? Didn't Zhang Han say it all just now? Mrs. Zhao has mentally married Lu Hui to herself since she was a child, and now she is probably pulling herself over to discuss this matter.
If it is according to the habit at this time, children have no human rights, and these things are decided by adults, and the nominal adult is Zhao Ji, but it seems that Zhao Ji is still democratic, and he didn't directly agree, and wanted to ask for his opinion.
To be honest, Zhao Qi is not too accustomed to this era now, and he is not very used to the marriage arranged by others, and he is only eight and a half years old now, is it a bit too early to talk about marriage? Zhao Qi's thoughts are still bound by the ethics of later generations, the men of this period can marry a wife at the age of almost sixteen, and the woman can become a monk at the age of thirteen, if he marries a thirteen-year-old little Lori as a daughter-in-law, then he will not agree to kill him, in addition to cherishing the little Lori's undeveloped body, he can't pass his own morality.
The front yard didn't sit long before being pulled to the backyard again, and I didn't know whose room it was, Zhao Ji and Wang knelt on one side, and Mrs. Zhao sat on the other side, as if a meeting was held, it seemed that as long as Mrs. Mu brought Zhao Qi over, the meeting could start.
Zhao Qi pretended not to know anything, glanced at several elders blankly, and then saluted: "Zhao Qi has seen A-Niang, and has seen Mrs. Zhao."
"Hey, it's all at home, what's polite, do it quickly." Mrs. Zhao didn't stand up, she still knelt on the soft couch, but her body couldn't help leaning forward, and she stretched out her hands to beckon Zhao Qi to sit beside her.
Behind him, Mrs. Mu pushed him, and he had no choice but to walk to Mrs. Zhao's side, and sit down on the soft couch next to her, kneeling like everyone else. He couldn't understand who invented this way of sitting, it was really fucking uncomfortable, it was okay to sit on the soft couch for a short time, and after a long time, he felt that his legs were going to be broken.
Mrs. Zhao took Zhao Qi in her arms, hooked her chin to observe it carefully, and then praised him: "What a handsome man, he will definitely be able to get ahead in the future."
Zhao Qi was at her mercy, is this a human talk? I can't figure it out, why looks can be related to the future, if there is something called the entertainment industry in the future life, the good-looking point is that there is no acting skills and no strength can be very promising, but the actors of the Warring States are excellent actors, and if they don't sound good, they are showers, so what future can they have? At the bottom of society, what's the use of being good-looking, except for being taken by the lonely mother-in-law of the official family to reward a few meals for a few days, it is regarded as a great kindness.
"Mrs. Xie compliments." Even if there are a hundred unhappy in the heart, the number of etiquette that should be there is still indispensable.
"Get up, I'll make it clear for my mother, Mrs. Zhao wants to marry Hui'er to you, I don't know if you have any opinions?" Zhao Ji is empathetic, you have something to say, you have to make a fuss on my handsome face, do you promise you if you praise me? If you don't praise me, you have to agree!
Zhao Qi really wanted to tell these people loudly that he didn't agree, but he didn't dare, believing that Mrs. Zhao next to him would immediately turn her face when the word "no" came out of his mouth, and he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he could only do his best to slow down this matter, and said: "A-Niang, since Mrs. has discussed it with you, I will naturally comply, but the child is still young, and it is not appropriate to talk about marriage."
Mrs. Zhao's face was full of happiness, he patted Zhao Qi's head with a smile, and said, "People are big ghosts, who wants to marry you at this time of the girl's family?" As long as you agree, this is considered an engagement, and when you grow up, you can get married. β
Zhao Qi is full of black lines, this smell is too big, you don't make it clear, Lao Tzu thinks that I will get married at this time, as long as I don't get married, but how old is she talking about growing up? This can't be verified sloppily, so I asked Mrs. Zhao: "I don't know how old my husband is when she grows up?"
"Of course it's sixteen years old, aren't you all at this age, the kid is not big-minded but not small, and it's not impossible to get married early, it depends on whether you can achieve something." Mrs. Zhao stretched out her middle finger and poked Zhao Qi's eyebrows with a smile.
She obviously misunderstood what Zhao Qi meant, why did Zhao Qi want to get married in advance, he wished that the later the better. Zhao Qi is not a master who swallows his anger after suffering a loss, so he stubbornly asked: "Can I marry Hui'er after twenty?" After all, a man is determined to be in the court, and if he can't do it, he doesn't have the face to marry a wife. β
He thought that he had said it very tactfully, who knew that several women would turn their faces when they said that they would turn their faces, this time even Zhao Ji disagreed, and the women said in unison: "No!" Then he blasted Zhao Qi out. They just wanted to hear Zhao Qi say in person that he agreed, and since he himself had already agreed, it was useless, so naturally he kicked out of the room and did what he liked.
After Zhao Qi was kicked out, he watched Mrs. Mu close the door with a confused expression, touching the back of his head for unknown reasons, he finally saw what it means to turn his face faster than turning a book, and he was still praising his handsomeness just now, and immediately shut him out of the door?
At this time, Lu Buwei, who happened to be passing by, touched Zhao Qi's head with a smile, and said: "I am not good at mixing women's affairs, and I don't think it is appropriate to marry Hui'er to you, Hui'er is a concubine, so she is naturally not worthy of you, but since Mrs. Gongzi has agreed to this matter, I will not be able to speak, and I will suffer you."
"The adult is too worried, the kid doesn't feel that Lu Hui is not worthy of the kid, the kid looks down on the concubine, and it is the blessing of the kid to be able to marry the adult's daughter, the kid just thinks that the marriage date set by the ladies for the kid is a little early." Zhao Qi saluted Lu Buwei in a proper manner, and then expressed his worries.
Lu Buwei was a little surprised and said, "Isn't it normal for a man to marry a wife?" How can you think it's too early? I married Mu at the age of sixteen, but she was not pregnant for a long time, so she accepted Zhao as a concubine when she was nearly thirty years old, and she just wanted a child. I tell you this just to tell you that it is not a bad thing for a man to marry early in his first room, and it will not delay you from taking a concubine in the future. β
Zhao Qi couldn't laugh or cry, do I look like that kind of womanizer? Why do you always think of me badly? This can't be done, you have to save your image, so you hugged your fists and said: "The adults are wrong to blame the little ones, and the little ones don't think so much about themselves, but it's just that sex is too early for women."
"Oh? What are your insights? Lu Buwei's eyes lit up, Zhao Qi's statement is fresh, this rule has been so many years that no one has ever put forward the judgment that marriage is not good for women.
Zhao Qizheng said: "Adult, how old was Lu Hui when the kid was sixteen years old?" She is only thirteen years old, thirteen is when women begin to develop, if at this time intercourse is obviously not good for their body, if they are pregnant, it is even more terrible, because the body function is not fully developed, it will lead to dystocia when they give birth, the mother and child who are lucky are safe, and the bad luck is afraid that they will not be able to keep the child, this is not bad, if the mother and child can not keep it is the worst situation, after listening to the words of the boy, do you still think that marrying a wife early is not a bad thing? β
Lu Buwei was silent for a long time, he really didn't think about this, the idea of patriarchy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, no one will consider how women are, even if there is a situation where mother and son choose one or the other, most people will choose the child in the womb instead of the hard-working woman. Although Zhao Qi's words woke him up, but the world is ignorant, and others may not be able to understand what he can understand, Zhao Qi's ideas are indeed very advanced, but they are not suitable for this era, and Lu Buwei deeply regrets him.
"Child, your idea is indeed refreshing, in your heart, you put men and women on the same footing, but how can you say that there are so many unequal things in this world? How can a woman be compared to a man? I don't object to your remarks, but I can understand what you say, but others can't. Lu Buwei sighed, turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something and said, "You can learn from me in the future, your talent should not be buried."
"Yes." Zhao Qi saluted respectfully, and LΓΌ Buwei taught him another lesson, he was right, he took it for granted, and it was obviously out of place to look at the problems of this era from the perspective of later generations, LΓΌ Buwei could understand it because he had a high level of understanding, and if he said this by another person, he would be regarded as a rebellious remark.
Their thinking is: the ancients were doing this, why should you question it, do you think you are wiser than the sages?