In ancient times, it was a society where men were inferior to women, strong women were very rare, strong was not tough, nor domineering, but a kind of self-reliance and self-improvement from the bones, this kind of woman never thought that she was weaker than men, whether it was career or life, she would never be attached to men, and many strong women in later generations were this kind of women.

Li Zhang also dealt with some strong women in his previous life, for example, one of his former bosses was this kind of woman, and now the same is true of Mrs. Liu, Li Zhang has some experience in dealing with such a woman, the key is to follow her, otherwise there will be no good fruit to eat, especially when the other party's status is still above you.

"I did open a small braised meat shop for a living, but unfortunately I came in a hurry today, and I didn't have time to bring some braised meat for Mrs. to taste!" Li Zhang replied with a smile at the moment, he didn't think there was any shame in opening a braised meat shop, but he also thought he was very proud, because it was this shop that he supported himself and his sister, as well as the orphans of Douzi.

"Hehe, I also heard that your braised pork is very famous, and I must try it when I have a chance in the future!" Mrs. Liu seemed to be very interested in Li Zhang's braised meat shop, but when she said this, she turned her words around and said again, "But at your young age, I'm afraid it's very hard to open a shop to support your family, right?" ”

"It's not hard work, although the store is a little busy, but there are many people in my family, the division of labor is clear, everyone does their own thing, and compared to the days when I couldn't eat enough, now I am much happier." Li Zhang said honestly, he also had a satisfied smile on his face when he spoke, he was indeed very satisfied with the current life, of course, there were many things that needed to be improved, but he was not particularly anxious.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Mrs. Liu was silent for a moment, and then spoke again: "Listen to Xiao Wu, you and your sister used to live in Yizhuang, and you also have to support more than a dozen orphans?" ”

"Yes, my father gambled, my sister was young, I had to start to take on the responsibility of supporting myself and my sister when I was seven or eight years old, at that time I mixed with a bunch of orphans all day long, I couldn't eat enough and didn't have enough clothes, and fortunately, Uncle Wu often took care of us, so we survived." Li Zhang said calmly again, he was talking about the life of the last Li Zhang, although he had these memories, but his feelings were not very deep, so there were not too many emotional fluctuations when he said this.

"Then you don't hate your father?" Mrs. Liu suddenly asked curiously at this time.

"There's nothing to hate, no one can choose their parents, they love as they do, but I have to be responsible for my own life, no matter how humble my background is, as long as I manage it well, I won't be too bad in the future!" Li Zhang said meaningfully at this time, this is not chicken soup, but the experience he summed up with his own life experience in his previous life.

"Good!" When Mrs. Liu heard Li Zhang's words, she stroked her palms and shouted, her fair skin showed a little flush of excitement, and she pointed at Li Zhang and praised at the moment, "I didn't expect you to have such ambition at such a young age, when I was as old as you, I only thought about eating enough, and I didn't understand this truth until I read a lot of books later." ”

"Madame didn't have enough to eat before?" Li Zhang also asked curiously when he heard this, just now he had heard Mrs. Liu say that she had been hungry when she was a child, but Li Zhang didn't believe it, but now he heard the other party mention it again, so he became curious.

"Not only can't you eat, although your father is a bad gambler, he still has a father, but my parents died when I was a child, and I don't even know who my parents are!" I saw that Mrs. Liu showed a self-deprecating smile at this time, and even had a somewhat sad look in her smile, even if she can't enjoy the food and clothes now, she still can't make up for the hardships she suffered back then.

Li Zhang was even more surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that the graceful and luxurious woman in front of him was also an orphan, and like the ugly girl, they didn't know their parents, and they didn't even know what their surname was, which made him feel a little cordial to Mrs. Liu.

"Madame doesn't have to be sad, our parents can't give us, we can rely on our own hands to fight, originally I didn't have much confidence in myself, but with Madame in front, I am more convinced that I will live a better life in the future!" Li Zhang immediately opened his mouth to comfort that he and Mrs. Liu were also in the same disease, and there were more topics to talk about similar experiences.

What Li Zhang didn't expect was that when she heard his comforting words, Mrs. Liu turned sad and smiled: "Hehe~, that's not necessarily, women can change their fate by marrying, for example, I am, you don't have this opportunity as a man!" ”

"Women can marry a lover and change their fate, but men can also study and participate in the imperial examination, so God is still very fair, giving men and women the opportunity to change their fate." Li Zhang replied with a smile, at this time, he had already forgotten about Lu Wu's telling him to talk less.

"Huh? Do you compare a woman's marriage with a man's study? Mrs. Liu was also stunned when she heard Li Zhang's words, and it was the first time she compared these two things.

"These two things are means to change fate, a woman wants to marry a good family, the appearance must not be too bad, so she has to learn to dress up, in addition to learning female popularity, women's morality, etc., and after getting married, if you want to have a long-term relationship with your husband, you can't just rely on these, in addition, you must know how to get along with your husband, show your ability to govern the family, so that your husband can't do without herself, so that the marriage can be happy."

"And the same is true for the imperial examination, if a man wants to be named on the gold list, he must go through several years of hard study, and finally enter the officialdom in high school, this time is no longer good to rely on reading, but must show his ability to be an official, as well as communication in the officialdom, etc., this is also the so-called way of being an official, don't you think the two are very similar, madam?" Li Zhang talked about the similarities between marrying and studying in one breath, and finally asked rhetorically.

"Hahahaha~, you kid is not very old, but this mouth is really powerful, although what you said also has some truth, but if you let the princes in the court know that you compare reading to a woman to marry, I'm afraid you have to work hard to find you!" When Mrs. Liu heard this, she finally couldn't help laughing.

The Great Song Dynasty Yangwen suppressed martial arts, so that the scholars have always been above the top, and even said that "everything is inferior, only the reading is high", which shows how proud the scholars are at this time, not only do they look down on the martial artists, but all other non-scholars are not taken into their eyes, let alone low-status women.

"It's not a good thing to read too many books, some people just read books into the belly of a dog, which one of those great traitors in all dynasties and dynasties is not a reader?" Li Zhang said with disdain at this time, he actually had some contempt for the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty, because it was precisely because of these scholars that the Great Song Dynasty was militarily weak, and the entire history of the Song Dynasty was basically a history of being bullied by foreign races, and he felt very aggrieved whenever he saw the history of the Song Dynasty in later generations.

"Well, this is like what a young man should say, although it is a little extreme, but it does make some sense, but I am very curious, you look down on scholars so much, do you have any plans for the future?"

When Mrs. Liu heard the arrogance in Li Zhang's words, instead of blaming, she praised it, because Li Zhang's performance just now always made her feel that she was not talking to a child, but discussing things with an adult, and only this sentence revealed a little bit of the rampant and sharp spirit of a young man.

"Read!" Li Zhang's face was not red and he replied breathlessly.

"You...... Don't you look down on readers? Mrs. Liu also felt a little speechless about Li Zhang's inconsistent performance, listening to Li Zhang's words just now, she never imagined that he would actually plan to be a scholar he despised?

"But you can be an official by studying!" Li Zhang spread his hands at this time and said helplessly.

"You want to be an official?" When Mrs. Liu heard Li Zhang's words, she frowned, and seemed to be a little unhappy.

"I don't want to be an official, I'm too tired, be a good official for the benefit of the people, I definitely need to work hard, there are endless things to deal with every day, be a corrupt official, I can't go down to that mouth myself, and the officialdom is deceitful, I have to beware of other people's calculations everywhere, I feel tired just thinking about it!" Li Zhang said helplessly again.

"Then you still want to be an official?" Mrs. Liu asked curiously.

"No way, people bullied me some time ago, I don't even have the ability to fight back, I don't want to bully others, but I don't want to be bullied by others!" Li Zhang showed a heavy expression at this time and said, these are his psychological words, except for Jin Shan, Mrs. Liu is the second person who knows his thoughts.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Mrs. Liu's originally frowning brows unexpectedly relaxed, and even showed a somewhat sympathetic expression, she is also the one who climbed up from the bottom, and naturally understands the meaning of Li Zhang's words the most, and even Li Zhang's situation also evokes some memories of her beginning.

"It's not easy for you, although I'm also an orphan, but I just need to take care of myself, but you still have to raise your sister, and even more than a dozen orphans have to worry about your food, clothing, housing and transportation, it's not easy for you to count you than me, no wonder you are so young and have such different ideas." Mrs. Liu finally sighed and said again, her eyes were also full of memories.

"Madame, a weak woman can come so far, she must have suffered a lot, and it is nothing for me to suffer a little as a man." Li Zhang smiled modestly at this time, after coming to the Great Song Dynasty, it was the first time he was praised by others like this, which made him even more fond of Mrs. Liu.

Looking at Li Zhang's smiling face, Mrs. Liu's heart suddenly moved, she had already decided how to arrange Li Zhang's father and son, but now after seeing Li Zhang with her own eyes, she suddenly changed her mind.