Chapter 68
King Chen's words were unscrupulous, which made Yin Ji stunned.
She wasn't surprised by the viciousness of King Chen's words, but her brain was a little confused.
Yin Ji never thought that when the country was in turmoil, King Chen, not only led the crowd to resist strong enemies and protect the country, but also took the opportunity to kill the god of Chenshan Mountain.
But soon, she reacted that King Chen's words could not be said to be wrong, at least in this era, it had a certain amount of truth.
In Yin Xi's hometown, due to the extreme development of science and technology, the long life of the intelligent race, the generous welfare system, and the overall concept of society, the concept of reproduction has been infinitely weakened.
Physical aging is no longer a problem, just change your body, as long as your thoughts are not chaotic, you will always be young.
Without the burden of "pension", the function of "childbearing" has also been liberated from women, which can be conceived naturally or artificially.
In this case, it is entirely up to you whether you want to have children or not.
It is not uncommon for people who want to have children to give birth to tens of thousands in their lifetime; People who don't want children don't care at all.
There are many people who give birth to children and don't want to raise, it's okay, as long as you pay a sum of money every year, the government will help you raise them. When the child reaches adulthood, there is no need to pay.
Suppose you don't want to pay the money, and you lose, sell, or give away your underage child. Then I'm sorry, one counts as one, go to prison to reform well, reflect seriously, and the sentence is often measured in 100 years.
If someone has a problem with their consciousness or spirit, and they don't have the ability to move freely, that's okay. As long as you work enough hours, social benefits will be paid back to you, and you don't have to worry about it from illness to death.
But this world is not.
The backward productive forces and the basically non-existent social welfare system have shackled the weak body of human beings, making "old-age care" a big problem.
The superiors know very well that it is too difficult to count on a man's conscience. Therefore, they use "filial piety" as a constraint to determine social customs, so that children and grandchildren can provide for the elderly.
What's more, everyone at this time believed that after death, the soul would live in Hades. But the house of Hades is barren and cannot grow food, and the dead need to feed on the sacrifices offered by their descendants, and there is no one to offer sacrifices, and they will be hungry forever and ever.
This makes "no queen" even more frightening.
In this environment, it is natural for women with reproductive functions to be treated as assets.
As Yin Cheng saw when she was in Minjun, merchants would only take away young women and even girls, because their beauty and bodies could be exchanged for rich rewards, and boys, old women, and old people, even if they were given away for free, were not necessary.
By analogy now, Yin Ji can probably guess what society was like thousands of years ago.
The power of humans or demons is, of course, undoubtedly powerful, and they can fight against nature, and even change nature. But in terms of social concepts, it is not much different from now.
Thinking about it this way, Yin Ji can actually understand King Chen's thoughts.
As the king of a country, King Chen can indeed not have children, choose more than a dozen adopted daughters, and choose an excellent successor. There is the temptation of the throne ahead, and no adopted daughter will respect her.
But as long as human beings can't get rid of the shackles of physical aging, and the society does not have enough sound institutional support, even if they have extraordinary power, even if there is no external force influence of the god of Chenshan Mountain, the fear of old-age care will always be there, thus prompting some people to be full of thirst for reproduction.
A strong man, when he is in the prime of life, can naturally control the situation, and what about after he is seriously injured, his strength has declined, he is old, and even his body has died?
Biological children may not be able to do their best, enclosing their old and weak parents, not allowing them to come into contact with anyone, lacking food and clothing, and letting them "die of natural causes".
Even King Zheng Wu, a generation of male lords, was starved to death by his own son when he was old, let alone adopted?
Because the benefits follow you, let alone those who can give, others can't give?
Take half your life to gamble on people's hearts, it's okay to win, what if you lose?
But many things are like this, you may understand the truth, but you can't really understand it in your life, so Yin Cheng looked at King Chen's eyes, and said in confusion: "I sometimes feel very strange, people here, while unreasonably valuing fertility, and on the other hand, extremely despise life. ”
Once a woman is infertile, the woman loses the meaning of her existence – unless she is stunningly beautiful.
But in many people's families, children are born one litter after another, but there are not so many rations to raise them. There are many people who sell their children into slaves and maids, and there are many people who directly throw away their children and kill them. When others asked, they said that the child was sick and died.
Among the children who were "deceased", most of them were baby girls.
Isn't it deformed to give birth to a child vigorously, but not to raise it well? Not morbid?
King Chen couldn't understand Yin Xi's doubts, she didn't even know why Yin Xi felt strange. How many years, haven't they all come over like this?
The person who questions this is the freak, right?
Yin Ji saw King Chen's reaction, and a sadness rose from the bottom of her heart.
She originally thought that King Chen could understand herself, after all, she was the queen of a patriarchal society!
But now, Yin Ji understands that although King Chen is the queen, King Chen, who is reliable with the god of Chenshan Mountain - although he is a demon and a ghost, but his gender is still male - is undoubtedly the staunchest defender of this set of rules.
"I don't know if you're pathetic? Or am I pathetic. Yin Cheng muttered to herself, "But if you think about it, I still think I'm a lot luckier than you." ”
Hearing Yin Xi's words, King Chen's voice became extremely sharp and terrifying: "What did you say?" ”
It didn't look like a human sound, it was like the howl of a ghost.
Yin Ji was unmoved, just said softly: "Because I'm just lost, I can go home one day, and you-"
With her words, the cruelty in those eyes gradually turned into unwillingness and despair, struggling desperately, but they were replaced by another pair of clear eyes.
“…… There are no second chances. ”
Yin Xi's words were scattered in the wind.
She looked deeply at Chenshan, and there was a hint of compassion in her eyes.
At this time, the "soil" had spontaneously thrown the people out of the mountain, and the "wind" supported the thin body and floated in front of Yin Hui.
The man struggled to glance at Yin Hui, and his voice was so small that almost no one could hear it: "...... Eminem ......"
The "wind" blew on his cheeks, revealing his true face, and his immature face could be vaguely seen on his thin and deformed face.
Very young, no more than fourteen years old.
Thinking of Sun Qing, who is the same age but has a big waist and a round waist, Yin Ji can't tell what it feels like in her heart.
Therefore, she glanced at Yang Xiu and said slowly: "Go find this person's parents, if not, you will be this person's adoptive mother." ”