I do research in ancient times

On the way back in the evening, Mo Zong had a lot of harvest.

Beans can only be put into sauce, so the price is very cheap. I bought two wooden carts for a few bucks.

Aunt Mei went back to tidy up, and then greeted the host family, saying that she was going to enjoy her son's blessing, and would not settle in Ancheng for the time being.

She didn't have much fluff at first, she only carried a package and went out of the city with everyone in Mozong.

There was also a girl named Pinghua, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a cyan birthmark on the lower left cheek.Her mother was Aunt Mei's partner when she was a dancer, and within two years of giving birth, she met a merchant from out of town.Her mother didn't want to take Pinghua with a mark on her face, so she left with the merchants and left Pinghua in the building to do odd jobs.

Aunt Mei saw that the child was pitiful, so she would take care of it from time to time.Later when she left the building, little Pinghua hugged her thick thighs, and spent money to bring them out.

"This child is very dexterous!"

Aunt Mei secretly talked to Ning Fei.

"Embroider and sew a dress, that's more than I can grab, and the strength is not weak, so I can cover it at home and outside."

"I thought about matching her and Hassler, but that kid refused to do anything, and ran out of the city as soon as he said it. I have no choice."

"I went out of the city, and it didn't make sense to leave her as a girl at Zhang Tuhu's house. Their family has a silly son who mentioned Pinghua to me not once or twice, and sometimes he would visit our house in the middle of the night. , so uneasy and kind!"

Having said that, Aunt Mei smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Juzi, we didn't eat in vain when we went, Pinghua and I help you to raise pigs and raise pigs! I can also push the millstone, the average man is not as strong as me!"

Oh, that would be great!

Ning Zazi nodded repeatedly.

He was still worried about who would raise the pigs!

Mo Zong is good at engineering, but his planting and breeding are both short boards, and talents are scarce in Wubao.

Now Granny Qiu and the elderly group are busy cottoning in the valley, so I can't pull old man Liu out of bed to start a pig farm!

Aunt Mei came at the right time!

"That's fine."

The young Juzi smiled slightly, and briefly introduced the situation of the pig herd to the future director of the pig farm.

"We now have 82 pigs, 40 of which are sows and 42 boars."

"It is planned to leave about 5 boars as breeding pigs, and all the rest will be castrated. After a while, 70 boars will be put into the pen, and all of them will be raised after castration. The pig farm is currently under construction, and it will be completed in about four or five days .Your job is to feed, water and clean the pens every day.”

"By the way, there is also the slaughter of pigs. All pigs other than the breeding pigs must be killed. I will give you a plan, kill the pigs according to the time and standards on the plan, and collect all the lard."

"The workload is not small, and the manpower is not enough. I will find some people to help you."

"Need not!"

Aunt Mei patted her chest.

"Isn't it just raising pigs and killing pigs!? The two of us can do it!"

She pulled Pinghua to her, and pointed to the girl with her head hanging down.

"The two of us are together, and she will help me when I kill, so I can work more quickly."

"When we enter Wubao, Jizi, give me a pig first and let me make gestures. I taught Pinghua all her skills, and she has a lot of spirituality in chopping bones and meat! It's just that the big girl of Huanghua is not good at studying foreign men. I The little brat in the family refused to let him see him alive or dead, so it was convenient for the pig."

OK... OK.

Ning saw the cold sweat on his forehead and silently lit a candle for Hasler in his heart.

No wonder Brother Ha wants to run away from home, it's not easy to live in the hands of Aunt Mei.

As soon as she entered Wubao, Aunt Mei's eyes were not enough.

She had never been to Mozong before, but she had heard some descriptions from her son.It's nothing more than how high the city wall is and how secure the city tower is. Except for the main building of the Zongmen, everyone lives in the same mud house.

But everything in front of me is completely different from the "mud house" that my son said!

The roads in the city are all made of unknown materials, and they are paved evenly, without even a hole!Rows of gray and white small buildings are still under construction, and they are neatly built, very grand and comfortable to look at.

There is also a huge granary and a spacious dining room. I heard that the house behind the dining room can still accommodate people, and the bed is always hot after cooking. Aunt Mei has never heard of these before!

"The winter building has not been completed yet. Hassler and the others live in the yard of the carpenter's class. It is inconvenient for men to live in it. Why don't you stay in the new dining room temporarily."

Ning Fei said to Aunt Mei.

After seeing off Brother Mu Ye, the function of the model room of the new dining room was completely completed, so before he left the castle in the morning, he told Mr. Xie that the residents of the dining room could move into the new home.

But the new dining room was relatively spacious, and there were still some rooms left. It happened that Mrs. Mei had no place to live, so it was just right to arrange it.

"What? I also have a house to live in!?"

Aunt Mei said in surprise.

"It's temporary."

Ning Fei shook his head.

"The houses in the new restaurant are all aunts and sisters who work independently in the castle. Aunt Mei, you are visiting relatives now. If Hassler has a house in the future, you can live with your son."

"I don't rely on him!"

Aunt Mei waved her hand.

"I didn't rely on anyone when I raised that kid. If I do a good job of raising pigs, can I live in too?"

"of course."

Ning Fei smiled and nodded.

He never underestimated the ability of women, especially in times of crisis, women are even more tenacious and resistant than men.What worries him now is that many women are unwilling to leave the house.The Yili School has occupied the Yunfu Academy for many years, and everyone in the world talks about their principles and morality, and believes that the highest value of a woman is to bear children and take care of her husband's family, otherwise it is against morality.

In such an environment, women are taught to obey, accept their fate, and even devalue themselves. If they don't know how to resist, they will not resist.

No, this is simply the Matryoshka policy.

The aristocratic family squeezed the labor and flesh of the poor family. In order to prevent the common people from the poor family from rebelling, they set a relief valve for them, that is, women from the poor family whose status is even lower than them.Once the common people became angry because they couldn't bear it, as long as they looked at women who were humbler than them, life would not be so difficult, and the effect of the comfort group was simply not better!

Yongxiguan is located in a border town, and the folk customs are tough, but not as strict as the etiquette of the Central Plains.But the status of women is not very high here. Although they can come out to work, their income is not high, and the jobs they can do are limited, and they still have to rely on men to live.

Ning Fei always hoped that there would be an opportunity to change, even if it was just a small gap, so that some poor women could come out and change their destiny.

This is not just talk of gender equality, but a real demand for liberated labor.Even in the modern United States, the background of the rise of the women's power movement is that the war consumes a large amount of male labor force, the society needs to maintain and develop, and the women trapped at home have to go out.

He, Mozong, didn't have that many people. If he wanted to survive the Little Ice Age safely, he had to let everyone play their part.

"Mozong welcomes people with all skills, regardless of gender. As long as you can make achievements recognized by everyone, you will be rewarded."

Hearing what he said, Aunt Mei slapped her hands in excitement.

"Don't worry, I know, I know!"

Even Ping Hua, who had been bowing her head beside her, raised her face at this time, her red phoenix eyes were shining brightly, and she silently clenched her fists.

That night, the couple lay in the brand-new kang room, feeling like they had a dream that they didn't want to wake up from.

"The brat didn't lie, this kang is really hot."

Aunt Mei touched her body, she came in a hurry and had no possessions, and she was lying on the kang with her clothes on.

She thought it would be cold in the middle of the night, but the kang was always warm, and her back was so comfortable that she was sweating a little.

"Auntie, I also want to do that pig job."

In the darkness, Pinghua said softly.

Her voice was a little hoarse, it was because she cried in the building when she was a child, and it didn't change when she grew up.

She was born in Louzi, and all she saw since she was a child was naked trading of flesh and blood.If it weren't for the mark on her face, the bustard in the building wouldn't be able to let her out, maybe it would have opened to welcome guests by now.

But just like that, Zhang Tuhu and her mother-in-law still had the idea of ​​letting her serve the stupid son.

She didn't know how many times she cried at night, she only hated herself as a daughter and had no other way of life except to marry!

Can you live by being married?

The elder sister of Zhang Tuhu's next-door neighbor married an oil seller last year and worked every day in her in-law's oil workshop. She would be beaten and scolded if she didn't like her, and she was too tired to carry a child.

Even so, the next day my sister still had to drag her frail body to cook and wash for the whole family. She had no way to support her, and her lochia kept coming. It's completely inhuman!

There is also the third lady in Qianjie, who has been beaten and scolded by her men for many years, and her body is covered with injuries every day.A few days ago, her husband lost money again, and chopped off half of her arm with an axe. After two days, she was gone, leaving behind a son and a daughter.

Pinghua sees a lot, so she doesn't want to marry.

She knew that Hassler treated her like a sister, and she wanted to serve him to repay Aunt May's kindness, but Hassler didn't want to, and she couldn't force it.

In fact, she didn't know what path she had left, so she just muddled around, living day by day, and when she was liberated, she would definitely not be a woman in her next life.

But today, after listening to the young Juzi, Pinghua felt for the first time that there was some hope in her life.

It turns out that in this place, women can also live, and they can also live with their chests up!

The aunts and sisters who live next door to them are equally miserable, but they can not only support themselves, but also earn themselves a place to live!

When they walked anywhere in Wubao, no one pointed at them. On the contrary, they would greet them with a smile, just like men!

She has to learn how to be a pig!She must learn to be a pig!She has to do better than anyone else, she has to earn a house for herself, not go hungry or cold, and repay Aunt Mei's kindness, even if she doesn't rely on a man, she can survive in this damn world!

Thinking of this, Pinghua didn't go to sleep anymore, she got up from the kang, put on her shoes and went out with Aunt Mei's butcher bag.