The next day, accompanied by Gao Han and relying on the memory of the original owner, Ji Xia came to "her" house and prepared to take her sister back to Taoyuan County.

Her younger sister is named "Zhao Di", and she should be two years old now, with a face like a pink ball. When the original owner ran away from marriage and left home, Zhao Di just started babbling, which was very cute.

Before he could enter the door, he heard a voice like a prayer in the distance.

Ji Xia and Gao Han wondered: What are you doing?

Pushing the door in, Ji Xia and Gao Han were stunned by the scene in front of them.

I saw that there was an incense case covered with yellow cloth in the middle, and a girl wearing a small red jacket was lying on her back on a golden tray. A man dressed as a Taoist priest was chanting to the baby girl.

The girl did not cry, did not make a fuss, did not move.

Because she's dead!

Ji Xia was suddenly filled with grief and indignation, and almost stumbled to the Taoist priest, only to hear that the Taoist priest's mouth was chanting, "Respect the fast, bow to the Buddha...... I respectfully invite the gods such as Zhugaran, Jiedi, Gongcao, St. Si Puxi, and Shenwei Yuanzhen, to pray for the elimination of disasters and the safe male fetus......"

Her sister is dead!

But even if he dies, he still has to be put on the incense table as an "offering"? And pray for a boy for the family!

The more she thought about it, the more ridiculous she felt!

Ji Xia seemed to stop breathing, and she looked at her sister's pink little face.

Her heart was pierced.

I haven't seen her for a few months, she has grown up a little, and her characters are much longer, taller than what Ji Xia has been thinking about day and night. She was still wearing the clothes that Ji Xia had made for her before leaving, but now they didn't fit, revealing her little white arms like green onions.

A fishy smell blocked Ji Xia's throat, and tears kept rolling in her eyes.

She pushed the Taoist priest away, swept all the offerings on the incense table to the ground, and held her sister in her arms.

Her body was so small, so soft......

Ji Xia blushed his eyes, clenched his fists, let his nails pinch the blood marks in his palms, his chin line was also tight, and his cold voice penetrated his eardrums: "Get out!" ”

She saw that the Taoist priest was stunned on the spot, and directly stepped forward and pushed him.

This push seems to have accumulated all the power of sadness and anger in Ji Xia's body.

The Taoist priest didn't expect this weak woman to have so much strength, she almost fell to the ground, snorted coldly, glanced at the couple kneeling on the ground, shook her sleeves, and turned to leave.

"Xuanjing Dao Chief! Xuanjing Daoist, don't go! ”

Halfway through the ceremony, it was destroyed by Ji Xia, and this stinky girl also drove away the venerable Xuanjing Daoist. The couple who knelt on the ground, that is, the biological parents of the original owner, could no longer tolerate it, got up and rushed in front of Ji Xia, and slapped Ji Xia hard.

Ji Xia didn't have time to dodge, and his face suddenly hurt hotly.

Countless images flashed in Ji Xia's mind, humiliating and desolate, intertwined. It was a gray memory of the original owner, and there was no half color.

Gao Han stopped the two in time, "What are you doing!" ”

"I beat my daughter, what are you doing! What are you! ”

Gao Han glared angrily, as soon as the couple saw Gao Han's clothes and outfits, and then looked at Gao Han's extraordinary bearing, they knew that this person was not a good person, so they fell directly to the ground and accused Ji Xia.

"This conscienceless little slut, I lost a lot of money by running away from marriage, and now I'm back to destroy my rituals!"

"Losing money, it's so big for nothing!"

"I'm really here to collect debts!"

"I didn't contribute to this family at all, and I didn't have a son!"

……

It turned out that she left home at that time to escape from marriage! Gao Han's eyes were full of distress when he looked at Ji Xia.

"Who pricked her with a silver needle!" Ji Xia said quietly.

The two people on the ground complained about Ji Xia and did not answer.

"Who pierced her with a silver needle! Who is it! Ji Xia's eyes almost erupted in flames, and he roared angrily.

The man on the ground was stunned for a moment, and said coldly: "The mage said, as long as Zhao Di is subjected to a thousand needles, your mother will be able to give birth to a boy in the next child!" ”

Ji Xia is almost about to faint, the sex of the fetus is determined by chromosomes, how can you rely on this crooked way! What foolishness!

She trembled her hands and stroked her sister Zhaodi's head distressedly.

Baihui acupoint.

Do they know that acupuncture of Baihui acupoints requires extreme caution, and if they are not careful, they will cause death!

Just now, when Ji Xia was holding Zhao Di, the cause of her death was discovered.

"You two are murderers!"

Ji Xia hugged the little Zhaodi, didn't look back, and strode out of the house.

Gao Han chased after him, "Festival mourning ......"

Astute as he was, he took in her grief and tried to comfort her, but he didn't know how to speak.

Stories like Zhao Di are staged many times a day! Even if a girl grows up safely, she will still face child brides, pawn wives, concubine abuse, and martyrdom......

In this era, the hardships and hardships of girls begin from the beginning of life.

How could Ji Xia not know?

In the long-term agricultural civilization, men became the main labor force, which could be passed on from generation to generation and continue the incense, which caused the "gender preference" of the ancients. Coupled with the help of dowry, servitude, and taxes, the baby girl will be considered a "money-loser who eats idle food with her mouth open" and should be abandoned......

With a heavy heart, Ji Xia buried her sister Zhaodi on a hillside by the river, hoping that the scenery here could soothe her pain.

Gao Han and Ji Xia have finished their work, packed their bags, and are ready to say goodbye to Jin Zesen and return to Taoyuan County.

"Don't be in a hurry to go back first, there's just a lot of excitement here!"

This Kanazawa Sen is also really, Ji Xia and Gao Han are both mature and stable personalities, how can you like to join in the fun? If Xue Dabao is here, he will definitely stay.

Jin Zesen saw Ji Gao and the others refusing to leave, and hurriedly said: "Our famous rich businessman Guan in the capital has recently got a new fifteen-year-old lady, and he is very happy!" In the past few days, I have been holding a banquet in the Drunken Immortal Residence. ”

"Drunken Immortal Residence?" Ji Xia asked puzzled.

"Yes, Master Guan's family has a big business, and the branches of Drunken Xianju are all over the calendar. By the way, do you know why Master Guan is so lucky to this little lady? ”

Where will the summer and the cold know! He shook his head helplessly.

This Kanazawa Sen is used to whetting people's appetites. However, old husbands and young wives, apart from greedy beauty, what other reason can there be?

"This little lady was originally a disciple of the Xuanjing Dao Master!"

Gao Han suddenly understood.

Master Guan is a superstitious person, and he has to be a "Taoist aunt" as a lady, so he can't "offer"?

As soon as Ji Xia heard the words "Xuanjing Dao Chief", he sneered: "Heh, that god stick!" ”

The thought of the man in a Taoist robe and pretending to worship the Buddhist gods made her feel sick.

"Eh, the Xuanjing Daoist has real skills! Don't talk nonsense! Kim Zesen stopped.

Although Kanazawa Sen does not believe in ghosts and gods, he has also witnessed the "divine skills" of Xuanjing Dao Chief.

Ji Xia scoffed: It seems that this 'magic stick' is still quite famous in the capital? But he no longer refutes Jin Zesen. The ancients had limited knowledge, so they would naturally be deceived by Xiaoxiao, but in fact, they could be solved with scientific knowledge.

"Then will this 'Xuanjing Dao Chief' also attend the banquet?"

"Of course! The head of the Xuanjing Dao is a guest. ”

Ji Xia smiled, turned his head to Gao Han and said, "Why don't we go and have a good time?" ”

Ji Xia really hates this kind of shameless person who pretends to be a god and cheats people out of money, and wants to see what kind of magical power that "magic stick" has, if he can be exposed on the spot, I don't know if it is considered a "merit"?

Jin Zesen was happy to see that Ji Xia had changed his mind, and hurriedly asked the little maid to put the burden of the two back into the guest room.

The group came to the Drunken Immortal Residence.

I saw that Master Guan was sitting on the main seat, with "Xuanjing Dao Chief" on one side and a girl on one side.

The girl was dressed in a ruyi satin embroidered dark flower cloud brocade dress. The head is full of green silk and is tied into a flowing cloud bun, and a silver moon hairpin inlaid with several night pearls is inserted obliquely, reflecting the black and shiny hair. It's like a bride's makeup.

However, that face is immature. The girl's skin was as delicate as jade, soft and delicate, and her cherry mouth was delicate, and she was smiling faintly at the moment.

Ji Xia couldn't help but sigh: Such a beautiful girl, sitting next to an "old man" with gray hair, is really a tyrannical thing.

The old man kept showing off to the visitors how delicate and soft the new concubine was, beautiful and moving, and when the interest was high, he pinched the waist of the concubine, and the concubine made a timely "sigh", which made the guests laugh.

Ji Xia is very disgusted with this kind of obscene behavior of disrespecting women, but since she experienced the matter of recruiting Di, she also understands the helplessness of ancient women - this is their fate, they have faced the moral shackles of "three obedience and four virtues" since birth, they have no independent personality, no free choice, and their only way back is to be objectified, privatized, and become an accessory of men!

Perhaps, being able to marry Master Guan and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life is already "signed".

Mr. Guan is the richest businessman in the capital, and most of the people he has befriended are high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital. Most of the guests at the table next to Ji Xia were the daughters of officials in the capital. Several ladies gathered together to discuss Master Guan's new concubine, and from time to time there was an unbearable sound of laughter entering Ji Xia's eardrums.

Their words were very measured. Witty and insinuuating funny things with puns and subtle content. The ladies used elegant words, expressed euphemisms, carefully considered every word, and were subtle and cautious, but Ji Xia still understood it!

Ji Xia looked around, everyone's eyes were bright. The atmosphere that gradually formed around these people was full of obscene, profane, silver, and evil thoughts.

Family background, education, status and status are just a thin fig leaf on the upper class ladies of this era, which can only hide their appearance, and when they encounter the romance between men and women - those who are despised by etiquette and religion, those imprisoned emotions, at this moment, are exposed, they can't help but bloom in their hearts, and they feel ecstatic in their hearts.

Ji Xia suddenly thought of Mr. Lu Xun's words: The brave are angry, and draw the knife to the stronger; The weak are angry and draw their swords at the weaker. I deeply agree. When these officials and relatives who were suppressed by male power saw the Guan family concubines who were weaker than themselves, it seemed that the fact that they were poor women in this society was ruthlessly exposed.

No, how can they be the same as this poor concubine, they have a family background, they are talented, they are the wives of the official family that Ming Media is marrying, and they have a powerful position higher than her!

However, in this patriarchal society, they are just poor women, and they can only cover up this fact by "sarcastic" her......

Just thinking about it, I unconsciously met the eyes of the little concubine.

Ji Xia suddenly felt that the little concubine was inexplicably a little familiar, but after thinking about it, she was the new beloved disciple of Xuanjing Dao Chang, and the favorite concubine of Guan Lao Xinna, and she was just a small servant in Taoyuan County, and she had only been in the capital for more than a month, how could she have met her, probably yes, people are similar......

At this moment, Daoist Xuanjing was performing his "stunt" at the kind invitation of Master Guan - putting his hand into the oil pot!

Ji Xia saw the clue at a glance.

Hey, the ancients had limited knowledge, and they were easy to be deceived! But anyone who has had nine-year compulsory education will never fail to see this little trick of the "magic stick"!

Just as she was about to step forward to expose it, she felt that the little concubine was looking at her, her eyes were shining, and she seemed to have a thousand words.

Ji Xia suddenly thought, if the "magic stick" behavior is revealed, will it affect her? So I dismissed this idea.

Looking at the delicacies on the table, Ji Xia was not interested, and all she could think about was the eyes of the concubine.

There is joy, unwillingness, helplessness, and grief in her bright eyes...... It seems that there are a thousand words, but they cannot be spoken.