Intern Chinese teacher Xie Shurou told Mu Hongsheng the story of Hua Mulan vividly, not to mention the thirteen-year-old girl Mu Hongsheng was stunned, and even the maids who served tea and poured water on the side listened very seriously.

"Our young lady often says that Miss Xie has extraordinary knowledge, and it is true," Lotus Ye said with a smile: "The story of this female general is really fresh and interesting."

Mu Hongsheng's big eyes were shining, and she looked excited: "Hua Mulan is really powerful, she has made so many military achievements."

"That's the story," the water chestnut pursed his lips and laughed: "In reality, how can a woman go into battle to kill the enemy?" Miss Xie's story is well told, we young ladies have to take it seriously!"

"Why can't a woman go up to the battlefield to kill the enemy?" Xie Shurou turned her head and looked at the water chestnut: "What is the difference between women and men?"

The water chestnut looked at Xie Shurou and was speechless for a while. If Mu Hongsheng asked this, it would be normal. This little girl grew up with a group of future generals, and practiced martial arts and learned the art of war with the sons of the Mu family, and Mrs. Mu was also used to her on weekdays, so she naturally thought out of her mind, and she was ignorant when she was young, but she often shouted that she wanted to go to the north with her brother and brother to become a general.

In the past few years, I have gradually become sensible, but I have said less such things, and occasionally mentioned it, and everyone only took her as a joke, and no one took it seriously.

But right now, Miss Xie actually said something similar, which made the water chestnut really a little unsure of how to answer. Theoretically, Miss Xie Si is the granddaughter of Xie Xiang, she has been carefully raised since she was a child, and her words and deeds are in line with the norms of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Miss said stupid things again," the water chestnut was at a loss, Xie Shurou's maid Pan Liu looked like she was not used to seeing it, and raised her mouth to complain: "Fortunately, it's not at home, if others hear it, won't it cause trouble?" There are so many men in the Great Zhou Dynasty, where can it be the turn of women to go to the battlefield. ”

Xie Shurou looked very disapproving: "Whether you are qualified to go into battle to kill the enemy, whether you are qualified to be a general, it is not based on gender, but on ability." As long as a woman has the ability, why can't she go to the battlefield? ”

"Miss," Pan Liu almost didn't roll her eyes: "Don't say anything about this, let Miss Mu listen, it's time to laugh at you." Going to the battlefield to use knives and guns is all done by men, and the ability of a woman's family is in the back house, and it is only right to be a face-saving grandmother when she marries someone in the future. ”

"What is Righteousness?" In front of Mu Hongsheng, Xie Shurou had nothing to avoid, she immediately began to refute: "The rules tell us that women should be locked up in the back house to serve men, so we honestly accept our fate, thinking that this is the natural truth?" Who made this rule? Why do women have to revolve around men all their lives? It's all the same person, why can men be free, do whatever they want? ”

"Why did the young lady say this," Pan Liu curled her mouth: "Men don't want to do anything, others don't say anything, just say that our prime minister's house, how hard the lord and the uncle are, go to the court every day, and go to the yamen, this is not all for our house, men work so hard, women serve them wholeheartedly is not what they should be!"

"Isn't my mother hard?" Xie Shurou immediately asked: "My mother, as the daughter-in-law of the family, manages such a big family, from the moment she wakes up in the morning and wakes up until dark, why don't you think she is hard, you only think she should be like this?" The family's food and clothing, daily contacts, checking accounts in the shop, and reporting the harvest in the grange, which one is not my mother is taking care of, if there are many things, I see that my mother is busier than my father. ”

"How is it the same," the ancient indigenous maid couldn't understand Xie Shurou's thoughts at all: "This is all a family matter, and the eldest grandmother, as the daughter-in-law in charge of the family, should have been in charge." You can't let the lord or the uncle personally ask about these trivial things, right? The master is the prime minister, and what he is in charge of is a national affair, so it is not a joke for him to ask about the harvest of the grange? Others should laugh at the fact that there are no rules in our house. ”

After listening to Xie Shurou's arguing arguments with her master and servant for a long time, Lotus Ye also smiled and opened her mouth: "Men make contributions outside, and women are housekeepers in the house, this is a rule since ancient times." Miss Xie is everyone's best girl, and she will definitely be able to marry a good husband with ability in the future. ”

"If women weren't confined to the house, where would we need men to earn face for us." Xie Shurou's face turned a little pale, she really hated the deep-rooted social concept of male superiority and inferiority here: "Where are women worse than men?" We girls are born to be cultivated as accessories of men, and this is the case with all the big families in Beijing. ”

"For example, our Xie Mansion, what was I doing when my brother was studying with a famous teacher? My grandmother and mother invited a female gentleman to teach me embroidery and play the piano, which is not an equal education at all. If in this world, boys and girls can receive equal education and can take the imperial examination together, maybe half of the court will be female officials! Do you think that women are locked up at home because we are not inherently smart? Not good enough to be born to be good? No! Not at all! Because we don't have the opportunity to prove our worth. Because we are bound by the so-called 'rules' set by those men......"

"Miss!" Xie Shurou's two maids were shocked, Pan Liu was so frightened that she didn't even care about the rules, and while she was busy covering Xie Shurou's mouth, she looked at Mu Hongshang with a begging face: "Don't say anything like this again." It's bad to let others hear. Miss Mu, our young lady is talking nonsense, you should not have heard it. ”

"But......" Mu Hongsheng was silent for a moment, and then spoke very bravely: "I think Sister Xie has some truth." My fourth brother and my brother can't beat me now! They are going to be generals in the north in the future, I think if I work harder and practice kung fu well, not to mention being a general and leading thousands of troops, at least I can go to the battlefield, right? ”

"You must be fine." Xie Shurou pulled down Pan Liu's hand, and looked at Mu Hongshang firmly: "Don't believe yourself just because you're a girl." If everyone has the same opportunity, who says that girls are inferior to men? ”

Oh, my God! Now the lotus leaf and water chestnut are about to roll their eyes. Her own lady is already uneasy enough, and she can't control a bunch of strange ideas during the day.

Originally, I thought that being in the same place with a lady like Miss Xie would be able to learn to be quieter for a long time, but the result was good, this Miss Xie was even more uneasy than their young lady. Even if his ideas are out of line, he even instigated their eldest lady to come!