Chapter Fifty-Six: This Is Called Thanksgiving
Cao Ying discussed with Princess Shoukang yesterday for a night, but encountered several unsolvable problems, and only Zhao Yan could solve these problems, so she had no choice but to ask for help. ”
"Ha~, why didn't my third sister come, and didn't she say that she didn't need our man's help?" Zhao Yan jumped out of bed and said with a smile, yesterday he kindly put forward his opinion, but was interrupted by Zhao Kangning several times, and now he came to ask for help, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world?
"Oh, don't be so careful, the third sister is like that, and you don't know it." Cao Ying said to Zhao Yan in a rare coquettish manner, after last night's conversation, Zhao Kangning also needed Zhao Yan's help in this matter, so he was a little embarrassed to come to see him this morning, so he only let Cao Ying come alone.
"Huh? Didn't you still call Sister Kangning yesterday, why did you call me the third sister like me overnight, so shouldn't you change your name to call me husband in the future? Zhao Yan suddenly smiled and said, since getting married, Cao Ying has always called him the king of the county, although there is nothing wrong with such a title, but I always feel a little raw, not like a couple at all, taking advantage of this opportunity now, Zhao Yan feels that Cao Ying should change his words, which is not a trivial matter for couples.
Cao Ying didn't expect Zhao Yan to take the opportunity to take the opportunity, and the request was not too much, after all, the two had already worshiped heaven and earth, but the word "husband" seemed simple, but it was definitely not easy to make a woman say it sincerely, so after Cao Ying heard this, she immediately blushed and lowered her head, not even daring to look at Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan was not in a hurry, he looked at Cao Ying with a smile, and after a long while, he saw Cao Ying raise his blushing face and said, "Then if I change my words, will the county king help us?" ”
"Hehe, you call first!" Zhao Yan didn't answer positively, in fact, he also knew that Cao Ying was slowly accepting his husband, so he dared to make this request so boldly, otherwise if it was the same as before, even if Cao Ying urgently needed Zhao Yan's help, she would not change her words.
"Husband...... Husband...... Husband! Cao Ying mustered up her courage, and finally screamed out with great difficulty, but her voice was pitiful, if there was a mosquito humming next to her, I am afraid that Zhao Yan would not be able to hear what she was saying at all.
"The voice is too small, and it lacks emotion...... Zhao Yan deliberately commented, Cao Ying's face immediately changed when she heard it, and she just wanted to stomp her feet and leave angrily, but at this time Zhao Yan continued, "Considering that this is the first time that the lady is called a husband like this, it is barely qualified, as for the question that the lady asked just now, let me help you analyze it!" ”
Hearing Zhao Yan call herself a lady later, Cao Ying's face couldn't help but turn red again. Although the men of the Song Dynasty could collectively refer to young women as Niangzi or Little Niangzi, among husband and wife, the title of Niangzi was the affectionate name of the husband to his wife, just like the husbands of later generations called their wives treasures, which were very affectionate and even fleshy.
Zhao Yan didn't think there was anything, but he thought about it for a moment and said: "According to the current customs of the Great Song Dynasty, generally women will get married before the age of 15, and even some will marry at the age of 12 or 13, but the best childbearing age for women is after the age of 24 to 35, but it is obviously unrealistic to let the women of the Great Song Dynasty postpone their marriage to twenty-four all of a sudden." ”
When he said this, Zhao Yan paused for a moment and then said: "If you want others to accept your postponement of marriage, then you can't change too much at once, so I propose that when you first start, you can set the age of a woman's marriage at seventeen or eighteen years old, most of the women at this age are actually mature, even if they give birth, there will not be much danger, and this age is not a few years older than the current age of marriage, which is easier for others to accept!" ”
Cao Ying heard Zhao Yan's words, and nodded in agreement, in fact, she also thought so, but when Princess Shoukang heard that a woman was twenty-four years old and the most suitable for childbearing, she had to set the age of advocacy for marriage in the future to twenty-four years old, but in this way, it will definitely be unacceptable, after all, twenty-four years old is actually considered old for the women of the Great Song Dynasty, and even some women in their twenties have already become grandmothers, so when the age of marriage is pushed to twenty-four at once, I am afraid that no one will believe them at all. Even apart from Princess Shoukang, there will really be no woman who is willing to wait until twenty-four to remarry.
Thinking of Princess Shoukang, Cao Ying also sighed in her heart, Zhao Kangning is two years older than Zhao Yan, she is seventeen years old this year, and Princess Bao'an, who is a twin with her, has also married Wang Xu, but Princess Shoukang is very reluctant to marry for some reasons, and even said in private that she wants not to marry for the rest of her life, and the princess's marriage has never let them be their own masters, fortunately, Princess Shoukang is favored by the Empress Dowager Cao, and everything follows her, with the protection of the Empress Dowager Cao, Princess Shoukang has never married.
"I see, Dosev...... Husband! With the first time, Cao Ying obviously felt much smoother when she called her husband for the second time, but her face couldn't help but blush, and then she turned around and prepared to leave, maybe in a few days, she would slowly get used to this title.
"Wait a minute!" At this time, Zhao Yan suddenly stopped Cao Ying and said, "Lady, are you and the third sister planning to promote your fertility theory to others with such empty mouths and white teeth?" ”
"Any questions?" Cao Ying turned her head suspiciously and asked, she felt that after setting the age of publicity, she could use the identity of the medical saint Niangniang to publicize this matter, and then Princess Shoukang persuaded the court to support it, and finally the two of them gathered some noble ladies and noblewomen to persuade them to support this matter.
"Of course, there is a problem, to publicize the knowledge of eugenics, you can't just rely on your mouth, at least you have to have a propaganda pamphlet, such as a eugenics handbook and the like." Zhao Yan said with great certainty that in later generations, family planning was greatly engaged, and pamphlets on eugenics and fertility were all over the street, especially in hospitals and marriage registration offices, almost just by seeing people, Zhao Yan was most familiar with this kind of propaganda method, and it was very suitable for Cao Ying and them to use now.
"What is the Eugenics Handbook?" Cao Ying asked confusedly, as a native of the Northern Song Dynasty, he had no concept of propaganda brochures at all, and it was impossible to understand Zhao Yan's words.
"To put it simply, it is one or several pieces of paper with words written on it, which explains why there are disadvantages of why a woman is married before the age of fifteen, especially the impact on the woman and the future fetus, and why you want to marry at seventeen or eighteen, what are the benefits of doing so, plus some women's physiological knowledge, this is a propaganda brochure, you can print more at that time, just give it to others!" Zhao Yan tried his best to explain in words that Cao Ying could understand.
Cao Ying was also very smart, and immediately understood what Zhao Yan meant, but she quickly thought of two questions, and immediately said: "This brochure needs to use paper and printing, and the quantity is large, it must cost a lot of money, and we have no experience in writing this kind of manual, so we don't know how to write it at all." ”
When Cao Ying said the end, a pair of wonderful eyes looked at Zhao Yan again, and a sweet smile appeared on her face, which made Zhao Yan very helpless, so she had to speak: "I can write the manual for you, but our palace has no money now, and the coal business on the Cao family's side will not be able to defeat the Gao family in a while, and it will not be divided in a short time, and the matter of postponing the age of a woman's marriage is not something that can be done in a day or two, so you had better open the soap workshop first and wait until the workshop earns money. At that time, you will be able to use the money to print brochures. ”
"The husband is so good, the concubine is going to discuss with the third sister, with her to help us promote the soap, it will definitely let all the ladies in Tokyo know that our soap is several times stronger than bath beans!" Cao Ying saw that Zhao Yan helped her solve two big problems again, and she almost jumped up with joy, perhaps with the improvement of the relationship between the two, she was very reserved and precocious before, but now she is more and more like a teenage girl.
However, Zhao Yan's eyes rolled at this time, and he suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile at the moment: "Lady, don't you have a little gratitude for helping your husband so much?" ”
"Thank you, husband!"
Cao Ying was really a little natural, Zhao Yan wanted to thank her for really saying thank you, which made Zhao Yan almost faint, and said helplessly: "I don't want this kind of thanks." ”
"What's that thanks?" Cao Ying still hasn't figured out the situation.
"Come closer, I'll sue you!" Zhao Yan lazily explained again, revealing a smile that he thought was the most harmless.
Cao Ying instinctively felt that Zhao Yan was playing some bad idea, but just now Zhao Yan helped herself so much, she couldn't refuse, so she had to walk to Zhao Yan's side carefully, but before she could react, Zhao Yan grabbed her shoulder, and then gently kissed her on the lips, soft and sweet, and it felt very good.
"This is called thanks, and we will set the rules in the future, if you want me to help, you must be ready to thank you, but next time you have to take the initiative yourself." Zhao Yan said with a smile, although Cao Ying is still young and can't really be a husband and wife for the time being, and he can't get that hand, but there is no shortage of hugging and kissing between husband and wife, which is also a way to enhance feelings.
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