bayedsolid Chapter 229 A Female-Dominated World (1)
Chapter 229 A Female-Dominated World (1)
To prevent any uncontrollable events, Wangyou left a sliver of her consciousness outside before falling into a deep sleep.
Rumble!
"It's born! Congratulations, Scholar Xie! Your husband has given birth to a princess!"
"Haha, good! I, Xie San Niang, have an heir!"
The heavy rain couldn't dampen Xie San Niang's excitement about having a female ruler. She originally wanted to go to the study to see which name was better, but as soon as she saw the female ruler, a name popped into Xie San Niang's mind, deeply rooted in her heart.
Ten years later.
Wangyou sensed that her body was in mortal danger and woke up from her sleep early. She found herself in the water and quickly swam to the shore.
After spitting out a few mouthfuls of dirty water, and seeing the little girl gloating on the shore, Wangyou gave her a good beating, and then pushed her into the water.
Upon seeing this, the other girls all disappeared in a swarm.
"If you like pushing people into the water so much, why don't you try it yourself?" Wangyou knew exactly how to control the situation. When she felt she was about to run out of breath, she grabbed her hair and pulled her up. When she felt she was coming back to life, she pushed her back into the water.
After doing this several times, Wangyou picked up the person and threw him aside.
"Please, let me go! I promise I'll never bully you again!" Zhou Jinxue, pale-faced, was only focused on begging for mercy. She never expected that this mute woman would resist. She almost died.
"I'm telling you, don't ever show your face in front of me again, or don't blame me for being rude." Wangyou's clothes were soaking wet as she turned and headed home.
"Wangyou, where have you been? You're all soaking wet."
"Dad, let's not talk about this now, I'm going to change my clothes."
"Oh, Dad will go and make you some ginger soup."
After changing her clothes, Wangyou sorted through her memories. Fortunately, she retained a sliver of consciousness, and apart from not liking to talk, there was nothing else wrong with her.
In this world, men give birth, and the male and female structures are no different from those in her previous world. However, men have the added function of giving birth, which makes Wangyou extremely curious about how they give birth.
"Wangyou, your father is here to bring you ginger soup."
Wangyou opened the door and let her father in. Although Wangyou didn't really like the taste of ginger soup, since her father had brought it, she simply waited for it to cool down and then gulped it down.
"Dad, when is Mom coming back?"
“Your mother will be back tonight. She ate lunch at the school.”
"What about those other young masters?"
“Your second father is embroidering, your third father is cooking in the kitchen, and your fourth father is teaching your younger brother how to sew clothes,” Ling Chen said with a smile after watching Wang You finish the ginger soup. “They originally wanted to come see you, but I didn’t let them.”
"Alright, Dad, you can go now. I'm going to take a nap." Wangyou sent her father away and started going through her memories again.
Although she had read books in her memory, she did not go to school because of a prophecy from a high monk. Instead, her mother gave her early education. The books for her early education were not different, such as the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, and the Thousand Character Classic.
Wangyou pulled out a book of criminal law from her mind and began to look it up. In this world, women must marry two husbands by the age of sixteen, and one principal husband and three concubine husbands by the age of eighteen. If they have not married by the age of sixteen, the government will impose a fine of one hundred taels of silver per year.
If you can't afford the fine, the government will force you into a marriage, and who knows what kind of misfit you'll end up with.
Moreover, this world is extremely harsh on men. Men must wear veils when they go out and must be accompanied by women when they go to town, otherwise they are considered unclean. This forces some families with only men and no women to rely on acquaintances in the village to sell embroidery and the like in town in order to make a living.
If you encounter someone with good character, that's fine; but if you encounter someone with bad character, you can only hope for the best.
The most terrifying thing is that once a man marries, his dowry belongs to the woman, and if he is divorced, he will become a military prostitute. Therefore, many men can only endure it no matter how bad the woman they marry.
There is no such thing as divorce in this world. Even if you are from a wealthy family, it doesn't matter. Families who love their sons will carefully inquire about the character of the woman before she marries him. But such families are a minority. In most families, there are more men than women, and once the man is married, they basically don't care anymore.
Looking at the laws targeting men, Wangyou felt a headache coming on. How much must the person who made these laws have hated men or suffered so much at their hands to create such harsh laws?
Wangyou carefully reviewed the laws related to commerce and was relieved to find that there were no provisions prohibiting scholars from engaging in business.
Wangyou thought about the men here again. Most of them never left their homes. The one or two who occasionally went out with their wives wore veils and makeup, and they were also relatively small-framed.
Although she might be good-looking, the thought of having three husbands and four servants made Wangyou shudder. She'd better focus on earning money to pay the fine. She'd rather pay fines for the rest of her life than be forced to marry someone she didn't like.
In that case, her family can't just have her as an only girl; her father has to have another child. Otherwise, without other girls, her parents will drive her crazy. Her parents have been very good to her in this life, so she can't sever ties with them.
As evening approached, her mother, Xie San Niang, returned.
"Wangyou, are you alright today?"
"It's nothing. Zhou Jin pushed me into the water, and I beat him up back," Wangyou said with a smile.
"It's nothing, it's nothing... Daughter, you can hit people now! This is the first time I've ever heard you talk so much. Thank God, my daughter is back to normal." Xie San Niang said happily.
Looking at her mother and father's expressions, Wangyou suddenly felt that something was wrong with her sleeping. After all, not every parent in every world doesn't love their child; at least not in this world.
From now on, I'll go to the small world after I wake up in the system space.
The other concubines were also happy to see Wangyou recover, as she was the only girl in their family and their future support.
That evening, Wangyou poured a cup of tea for each of her parents. Then she put two pills for her father to have a daughter in his tea. Once she confirmed that her father was pregnant, she would give him a pill to prevent miscarriage, so that nothing might go wrong.
Moreover, the pills she refines can nourish the body, so she doesn't have to worry about her father losing too much. As for the other fathers, they can wait until her mother gives birth and then decide whether to give them pills. After all, these fathers, regardless of their selfish motives, have all treated her well and haven't complained that she's a bit silly.
However, we can't have several pregnant men in the family all at once, otherwise we won't be able to take care of them all. Let's take it slow.
As for her mother, give her a health-preserving pill tomorrow, and she'll be healthy and vigorous until she's a hundred years old.
After all, Wangyou herself wasn't that reliable.
Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants—whether one should forget worries or decide to pursue both the imperial examination and commerce, or one should believe that only those with power and money have the ability to challenge the rules.
Wangyou learned about the imperial examination system in this world from her mother. To be honest, it was quite difficult. Her mother, Xie Sanniang, had already become a well-known and capable person in the surrounding villages after passing the county-level examination. She opened a school, took in some students, and earned quite a bit of money every year. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to support so many husbands and servants.
However, after talking with Xie San Niang, Wang You still decided to go to the county to take a look, because she learned that her mother was actually at the very bottom of the list of successful candidates in the imperial examinations.