Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 207

Even so, the child still felt a little awkward: "The Zhang family is rich and powerful, why would they hire him? He's a scholar, but he's not good at studying, and he can't even farm. It's obvious he's useless. Why don't they find someone who's good at studying?"

"Oh, young lady, you don't know this. Scholars are noble and their families are mostly doing well. How could they be willing to be a live-in son-in-law and marry into another family? If it's good, it's fine, but if it's not, how can a real man bear to see the face of his wife's family?

Besides, the children of this son-in-law will take their mother's surname and are not considered members of his family. Doesn't this mean that his family line will be extinct? How can he face his ancestors after he dies?

Moreover, the girl looked sick and didn't look like someone who would be easy to bear. If she died without giving birth to a child, then no matter how wealthy the family was, it would have nothing to do with her son-in-law. It would be difficult to find a son-in-law in such a situation. She could only choose from desperate and poor families, and she had to be careful not to be wiped out.

He's probably the best among the short guys."

As Aunt Yu was talking, she started to feel thirsty. If she was the only one who was reluctant to spend money on tea, she could have endured it, but she was with the child. Seeing that the child's mouth was also a little dry, she asked:

"Would you like some fragrant drinks? I'll go buy a bowl for us to drink."

The child was not very thirsty, but it would be nice to have sweet water to drink, so she nodded immediately. Aunt Yu asked her to wait there while she went to buy a bamboo tube and bring it over, so as to avoid sitting on the stall and having people discover what they were carrying. After drinking, she could return the bamboo tube and get two coins in exchange.

The child gulped down the drink and handed it to her again. Only then did he remember what he had wanted to say but hadn't.

"How can a man not be able to see other people's faces? A lot of wives have to see their parents-in-law's faces after they get married, but they don't complain. So what if the children don't have their surnames? A lot of children don't have their mother's surnames, but the mother always loves the children more. Don't they feel that they can't face their ancestors?"

The child had so many questions in her mind that she couldn't finish asking them, but the one she wanted to ask the most was:

"What does it mean to eat up the entire family?"

Aunt Yu was annoyed by her nagging: "Miss, please keep your voice down. It's not good to say such things outside. Others will think you are a heretic if they hear it."

These things have been like this since ancient times, and they will not change even after thousands of years. There is no room for her to ask questions.

Everyone knows that men are always more precious and more ambitious. They may not be able to support a family, but they will still marry a wife even if they have to eat coarse food. Even if they marry into a wealthy family, they will marry into a wealthy family. Otherwise, they will not be able to give up their ancestral surname no matter what.

No wonder they think so...

They know how difficult it is to be a daughter-in-law. Marrying into the wife's family means becoming a daughter-in-law yourself. Who would be willing to do that?

The husband is the sky, even if he can't protect the family from wind and rain, he can still support their heads. But if a man marries into his wife's family, he will regard his wife as the sky...

Aunt Yu was very glad that she had never married, but when she thought about the loneliness and helplessness of living alone, she didn't want her children to feel the same way. There weren't many men she could rely on, but there were some. If she gave up hope early on and didn't even want to look for a partner, then wouldn't her life be like hers...

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.

Even if she doesn't have a child, she is now working in someone else's home. When she gets old, she will go to a place like Cigutang. At worst, she can just kick her legs and die.

Aunt Yu's thoughts turned several corners in an instant, and she didn't even hear what the child said.

There was nothing good to hear. The child naturally wouldn't say anything nice with his personality.

Aunt Yu didn't hear anything, so she just nodded her head, which was full of dissatisfaction, and talked about the matter of eating up the whole family:

"There's nothing much to say about this. It's nothing more than those who marry into the Yue family with bad intentions. Seeing that the Yue family has no sons and they have good tempers, they want to embezzle the Yue family's property and abuse their power in the Yue family. If they succeed, even the marriage into the Yue family will be invalidated. They may even drive out everyone in the Yue family and divorce their wives. This is still considered good. If they encounter a cruel person, they may even kill people. This is what is called eating up the entire family."

"To think there's such a thing!" The child, who always had a clear distinction between love and hate, flew into a rage the moment he heard it. "A live-in son-in-law doesn't behave himself, and dares to commit murder for money. He's really rebellious! No, I'm going to beat him up!"

The child rolled up her sleeves and rushed to Mr. Zhang's house. Aunt Yu was startled and quickly grabbed her sleeve: "Where are you going? Come back quickly! Who said that someone was trying to steal money and kill someone?"

The child didn't know any other son-in-law, so when he heard this, he immediately thought of Xu Cong.

After a second thought, he came to his senses: "Indeed, I didn't say that!"

There was still some resentment and regret on his face.

Aunt Yu didn't know what she regretted, nor did she want to figure it out. She only knew that her child must not marry a live-in son-in-law, otherwise, with her temper, she would beat him eight times a day. But if she married the wrong person, her husband's family would not be safe either, and someone would definitely die.

"Pah, pah, pah! How could my daughter marry the wrong man? Either she doesn't marry, or she marries someone from a very good family. Better still, she'll find a son-in-law. It's better to kill a live-in son-in-law than an entire family."

Aunt Yu's heart sank uncontrollably.

The child was still guessing: "Is this Xu Cong also a bad guy?"

Aunt Yu: "...Why do you say that?"

The child said confidently, "This guy is so enthusiastic! When we went to Hoenji Temple, he even said hello to Renri.

I saw Lian Li didn't even want to say hello. That person had been treated coldly, but when he saw us coming down the mountain, he actually took the initiative to say hello. How could he be a serious person?

And just now when we came to his house, he believed us without us even saying anything, without even calling us a liar. How can that be right?"

Aunt Yu: ...

"There's more," the child recalled, "he cried a little too hard. Daming said his brother was only a few years old when he left. He was only in his twenties, just over ten years ago. How old was he? I can hardly remember the people I knew when I was a child. Is his memory that good? Are his feelings that deep?"

It’s not that you can’t be sad when a family member dies, but family members are close to each other. The death of the daughter you raised for more than ten years is something that a child thinks is normal, but the death of the brother you met when you were a few years old and he cried so hard that he couldn’t even stand up, seems a bit... fake.

Aunt Yu: ...

Perhaps because she had heard so many outrageous things, Aunt Yu actually thought what she said made sense.

She almost nodded, but luckily she controlled herself: "Go away, don't talk nonsense, they might just be sentimental. You weren't that old when your master and the others left you. If something happened to them, wouldn't you cry?"

The child immediately pouted: "I don't like you saying that! Master and the others won't be in any trouble!"

"Oh, I just said that. They must be fine. What could happen? I'm just worried that you don't understand."

Seeing that she was unhappy, Aunt Yu immediately hugged her and tried to comfort her.

The stubborn donkey's hair was finally smoothed down. The child understood something after hearing what she said. She lowered her head and thought for a moment. Aunt Yu did not quarrel with her and let her think quietly. She took the empty bamboo tube to exchange for two cents and came back to take her away.

But the child touched his chest and said thoughtfully:

"I'm definitely sad, but not that sad."

"Then you haven't encountered such a thing. If you really encountered it, you might cry more sadly than him."

After hearing this, Aunt Yu didn't think the child was cold-hearted, but just thought she was being stubborn. She had such deep feelings for a cat that couldn't talk, let alone a person who could talk and laugh.

Seeing that she didn't take it seriously, the child said nothing more and the two of them left together.

The remaining remains were also delivered smoothly, but their families had to move, which took some time.

Asking around would have been a very interesting thing, but the child was not in the mood. She kept thinking about the analogy that Aunt Yu used to make about her master and the others.

Lian Li hasn't sent any letter back yet, and I don't know if he has found his master and the others. Hearing such words, I was definitely worried and having all sorts of thoughts.

But more than that, it's unbelievable.

The days spent with the Master and the others were the happiest days the child had spent in the past twelve years.

The child thought he would never forget those things.

But now when she thinks back on it, she feels like she has forgotten a lot.

In just five years, the faces of Master and the others have become a little blurry...

I am no longer the same as before.

Will they not recognize each other when they see each other again?

If memories become blurred, will feelings fade along with the memories?

Maybe a good person wouldn't do that, but the child knows that he is not such a good person.