"I have Xue'er as my husband, how can I persuade my sister not to marry? Not relying on you and not marrying are two different things. ”

Uh, it's so embarrassing, why did you ignore this?

Liu Ru cleaned up her mood and asked Chen Yuan: "What is the meaning of 'not letting men'?" ”

She vaguely felt in her heart that what Chen Yuan was about to say was probably what she had been pursuing but to no avail.

Chen Yuan raised his hand, clenched his fist, and said energetically: "Self-esteem, self-love, self-reliance and self-improvement!" ”

Liu Ru was stunned by the rushing vitality, and then couldn't help laughing.

Chen Yuan is so energetic, it is so cute, Liu Ru has never seen such a vigorous woman.

She herself has been displaced since she was a child and has been growing up in a state of confusion.

Then the old man took her hand for the first time in her daze, and taught her poetry, scriptures, and moral essays. In less than a year, she has transformed from an ignorant girl into a talented woman with a lot of temperament.

During this time, the women she saw were full of jealousy of her because of her favor, and she had seen all kinds of ugly faces.

For her, that experience was really short-lived, after Zhou Daodeng's death, she instantly returned to her life of exile, and was driven out of Suzhou and exiled to a foreign land.

In the process of her exile in the whole Jiangnan, the women she saw, even the ladies in some families, were all gentle and delicate, and more were lifeless and empty.

There has never been a person like Chen Yuan who is full of vitality and makes people's blood boil when they look at it.

I think I've seen one too! Thinking of this, Liu Ru is heart floated a girl who once had a relationship. That girl is almost thirteen years old this year, right? I don't know if she still has the same vitality as she did at the beginning? is in a prostitute family, but can be well protected by the elders in the family, I don't know whether to pity her background, or to envy her for having a good childhood?

Seeing that Liu Ru was smiling, Chen Yuan didn't follow: "Sister Liu, don't laugh!" I'm serious! ”

"I also know that sister, you're not joking, it's just that sister, you look so cute, I can't help laughing! Then I realized why the playboy didn't bother to look at my face, and said that after seeing you, I would no longer be self-conscious. Originally, I saw that although my sister was stunning, she was only the best in the world, and there was no difference. Now I found out that my sister's infectious power is really pitiful, and people can't help but love it! ”

When Chen Yuan heard this, he just smiled shyly: "My sister said she laughed." Although my sister has not lifted the veil, these eyes have exposed my sister's beauty, so why should my sister be modest? ”

The two daughters exchanged views on appearance for a while before they came back to the original topic.

"My sister said self-esteem and self-love. If it weren't for the fact that my sister was also in the affiliation and had a life of involuntary self-reliance, I almost thought my sister was mocking. With an identity like mine, self-esteem is still there, but self-love is difficult. ”

"When I was in the pear orchard before, Xue'er never talked to me about this kind of topic, for fear of irritating me. It wasn't until after he ransomed me out that he often persuaded me with similar arguments. But he didn't want me to feel inferior to him because I was redeemed by him. He said that he wanted to raise eyebrows with me and love each other. There is no husband for wife, only husband and wife are equal, one and the same. ”

Liu Ru was completely stunned and muttered, "Are husband and wife equal?" ”

Liu Ru almost doubted her ears, can husband and wife really be equal?

Since they met, Liu Ru has repeatedly laughed at Hua Xue's fear, but in fact, she has always been strange in her heart. There is never love for no reason, and there is no fear for no reason. Hua Xue didn't owe Chen Yuan, but she could be regarded as having a great favor with her, so why was she afraid of her?

Although Hua Xue has been arguing with Liu Ru, Liu Ru can feel that Hua Xue is not sensitive to the word fear of guilt in her heart, and she is not the kind of shame that her shortcomings have been exposed.

Now listening to Chen Yuan's words, Liu Ru almost immediately believed that Hua Xue had indeed always wanted to be equal to Chen Yuan's husband and wife, and had always done so: Chen Yuan said that Hua Xue would listen, could it be that Hua Xue would not listen to Chen Yuan? The two obviously get along with each other, no one is inferior or higher, and they do treat each other equally.

It's just that the concept of equality between husband and wife has too much impact on Liu Ruye.

She was originally Zhou Daodeng's concubine, so it is strange that she can be equal. It's just that when she faced Zhou Daodeng, she was like a teacher and an ancestor, and she always had a reverent mentality, and she didn't think there was anything wrong.

But later in Songjiang, getting along with many talented people, there has always been a gap between the front and back, and what is the problem, Liu Ru has only now realized: although a few of them have always maintained respect for themselves, that respect is completely out of etiquette. In their hearts, they never considered themselves equal to them. Not even himself.

Liu Ru was stunned to recall the past, and then she figured out: The big gift she has been pursuing to marry is just to make herself have a little status in the family after marriage, and not be bullied. And the ultimate goal of this pursuit of status is nothing more than these two simple words "equality". Although this is something that I never dared to think of before.

Liu Ru was in a trance for a long time before she said: "There is no second flower snow in the world, who is willing to defeat Liu on an equal footing with me?" ”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "Xue'er said that equality is never sought. The equality sought will not last long. If you want equality, you can only be self-reliant. ”

Liu Ru repeated in a trance: "Didn't you ask for it?" Self-reliant? ”

Remembering that Chen Yuan did say that "self-reliance and self-improvement" is the way out, Liu Ru seemed to have a surge of strength and asked: "Why be self-reliant, how to be self-reliant?" ”

Chen Yuan asked: "My sister is erudite, dare to ask above the three emperors, why is there an emperor Wa?" ”

Liu Ru was extremely puzzled by Chen Yuan's jumping thinking, and still replied: "Legend has it that Emperor Wa created people, and the Three Emperors are also human bodies, of course, Emperor Wa is on top." ”

Chen Yuan asked another question: "Since the Three Emperors, all the people who worship are men, why is there only Emperor Wa, and it is above many men?" ”

Liu Ru wanted to say: "Didn't I explain? Because people are all created by Emperor Wa, it is natural to respect Emperor Wa. ”

But she felt that Chen Yuan asked this because she didn't hear it clearly, so she thought carefully about what Chen Yuan meant, and came to a conclusion that she couldn't believe: "Are you saying that before the Three Emperors, women were respected in the world?" ”

Chen Yuan nodded: "That's what Xue'er told me." Xue'er said that before Xihuang knotted ropes into nets and used them in fishing and hunting, human males hunted with weapons such as clubs, which could not meet the needs of the tribe at all. On the contrary, it is the dexterity of women and the picking of fruits that are the main source of food for the tribe. At that time, women were the leaders of the tribe. ”