However, merely learning how to cook by fire and cook did not save Kalia from being beaten—in the courtyard of the nobleman's mansion there were numerous women, who were divided into several ranks according to their relationship with the "lord" who had four wives, and they were said to be equal among themselves, but the one who was most favored by the "lord" had the position of "chief" and could order the other wives to do the work, and anyone who dared to question whether this violated the "equality of wives" The women of the rules think that they have not been beaten enough - below the wives are those high-ranking female slaves called "concubines", who have given birth to children for the "master", and these children are extremely fortunate to be recognized by the master, have the status of free people, and even their mothers also have the status of "concubines", and will not be betrayed again (but can be driven out) - below the concubines, there are those who have children but do not get the favor of the "master", and the children inherit the slave status of the mother and are "master" Slaves of the lower ranks and newly purchased slaves who were enslaved and bought -

Kalia was the last, so while working in the kitchen, she was ordered to stand closest to the door, where the lord could most easily reach her, and if she dared to try to hide a little inside, the other women would immediately teach her with their nails and slaps to make her understand her lowly status.

Yes, although the Karaman's system of "equality of all wives" has been highly praised in many books and online posts, and some women have a deep yearning for it, feeling that it is civilized and humane, and it is better than the oppression system of wives and concubines in ancient China. But the Karamanites never said that "wives" were equal to "concubines" and "slaves"! The fact that wives are higher than concubines and concubines are higher than slaves is actually no different from ancient China. Unlike China, there is only more than one "wife" pressed on the head of concubines and slaves.

In fact, it is the "master" who treats his wives unequally. What can they do? Without the permission and accompaniment of the "master", they would have violated the Shariah and would have been publicly executed, not to mention the judge who would accuse their husbands, who could divorce their wives without going through the judge......

Kalia had seen this happen before. In Karaman, "chief wife" means "first wife", and she could theoretically forbid her husband to marry a new wife - a word that even Kalia would not believe, and probably only a girl who longed to cross the house would believe - less than a month after Kalia was sold to the house, the "lord" decided to marry the daughter of a powerful governor in the vicinity, and the other party made a condition that he should be the "chief" when he entered the door, so the original "chief" was divorced with a black lump with a beaten face"That," the "master" mercifully announced. He would not teach her to be a beggar, but for the sake of the five sons she had bore him, he still kept her at home and gave her a bowl of rice to eat. She sleeps in a bed and can meet her five sons.

"What a kind man!" The women in the kitchen praised this act of kindness with all their hearts, "Where else would she go?" She's that old. She is twenty-nine years old, and no man will want her. Without a man wanting her, she would starve to death. ”

"She can go to work." Kalia said stupidly. She was born and raised in Neustria and had never been outside the country before, and it had never occurred to her that the situation in Neustria was so special, where a fifty-nine-year-old woman could work to support herself.

"Workmanship!" The women in the kitchen shouted in amazement: "Let the women work!" Truth, what a miserable and inhumane thing it is! My lord said that those women who do not believe in the truth in foreign countries will be forced to do heavy work, and those of us who obey the truth, as long as we blindly obey, will never suffer that kind of misfortune, my lord is merciful, and he will do what he says-"

"Is work a miserable thing?" Now it was Kalia's turn to be surprised, because she was a princess, so the women she came into contact with were all professional, they were all dressed beautifully, they were well fed and they were not beaten, she really didn't see how miserable they were.

"The master said that foreign women who don't believe in the truth have to cut off ** in order to work! Scared to death! The speaker, a twelve-year-old concubine who had just given birth to a child, said as she brought her intact nipple to the child's mouth, feeling very relieved: "Thank you for the truth! How lucky we are that those of us who are women can be protected by the rules of the truth and do not have to go out to do the hard work! ”

At this point, the "master" walked into the kitchen, and about what he felt unpleasant about the amount of dowry for his new wife, or maybe the hunt did not hit any satisfactory prey, and he came in with anger, and it happened that the concubine was not careful enough to stand closer to the door, so he grabbed his hair, and his head clattered on the door frame several times, and in her crying, he pulled two handfuls of black oily hair from her head, threw them on the ground, and walked away.

All the women in the kitchen were silent, and it was not until the old man's footsteps were far away that they whispered praises to the truth.

The concubine, who had been beaten and had her hair plucked, stopped crying and then praised the truth.

No one talks about workmanship anymore.

It is obvious that women are never allowed to go out to work to support themselves in Karaman, and if they leave the "master" (whether voluntarily or forced), there are only a few ways for them to wait: the first is to marry another "master" and beat them with another person, and the new husband is in worse condition, maybe he will be hungry in addition to being beaten; the second is starvation; The third is to be a "bride of the night", and finally die of old age or starvation. Either way, it looks ...... Or praise the truth, praise the merciful lord just beats, and does not throw them out!

On that day, the twenty-nine-year-old former chief wife took her bedding and moved to the back, cold little room, where the old man's abandoned wives lived, and they all lived there, except for the daily chores in the kitchen, which were devoted to praising the truth. The spacious and bright bedroom in which she had lived, facing the little garden, began to be renovated and decorated with splendid brocade to welcome the arrival of the pampered new chief wife.

In addition to this, the lord prepared a huge amount of dowry, and sent special people to the distant market to buy rare foreign goods and expensive jewelry, which made the women in the kitchen marvel at how happy the new chief wife would be for many days.

It is said that she has just turned ten years old, born in a famous family, pure and flawless, and the same age as the eldest grandson of the master, which is the age when she is young and beautiful and suitable to be a bride. (To be continued......)