Chapter 13: The Little Sister Who Respects Men and Women

Chapter 13: The Little Sister Who Respects Men and Women

This is a world where men are superior to women and it subverts human cognition. Men have a high status and are the ones in power in this society, while women are delicate and rare and are the objects to be protected.

The burden of both production and childbirth falls on men's shoulders. Men are responsible for pregnancy, childbirth and raising children, while women only serve as "sowing" tools. Every child has the obligation to provide for his mother in her old age when he reaches the age of sixteen, and no one is immune.

It can be said that this world is very friendly to women.

When every woman is sixteen years old, an official matchmaker will come to her home for a physical examination. Once she is healthy, she will enter the marriage market and go on blind dates organized by the government. Each woman needs to form a temporary couple with the person assigned by the government until the man becomes pregnant. Only then can the woman start her next marriage.

Since there are more men than women, every man has a fertility target, while women have ten fertility targets, which can only be more, not less.

The original owner, Zhang Shan, was Zhang Duofa’s third child, a girl.

She should have been pampered, but Zhang Duofa's first two boys had the same mother and she was Zhang Duofa's true love. After Li completed her target, she lived in Zhang's house and became Zhang Duofa's wife.

As long as the targets are met, the government will not interfere.

The original owner made a living under Li's nose. When the two sons grew up and reached the age to get married, the Zhang family did not have the money to pay the betrothal gift, so Li set his sights on the original owner.

Women do not have much say in this society, but they cannot be persecuted or abused. However, there are also dark industries related to women, such as brothels. The women in them all have physical problems and cannot make men pregnant, so they are used to relieve men's desires.

Only a few women do this secretly. They have no children and can only earn money for their own retirement, so that they won't be driven out of the house by their nephews when they are old and starve to death on the streets.

Li had a younger sister who did this. She earned a lot of silver every month. She wore gold and silver and spent money extravagantly. Her nephews and nieces also respected her very much.

So Li set his sights on the original owner and thought of a way to ruin her health. He used threats and inducements to make her a secret prostitute to earn money for his two sons. The original owner's health was ruined and she could only rely on her nephew to support her in her old age, so she agreed to Li's suggestion and hung up the sign.

The two elder brothers also used the original owner's money to successfully marry temporary wives and have children. The original owner took care of the daily expenses of his nephews, but the nephews knew that he was a secret prostitute and looked down on her. When she got old, contracted a serious disease and could no longer make money, the nephews drove her out of the house.

The big house of the Zhang family was built with her help. The temporary wives of the two elder brothers of the Zhang family were hired with her money. Her nephews were all raised by her, and her money was also used to hire temporary wives for their nephews.

The Zhang family spent her money to develop, and when he could no longer make money, he kicked her out...

The original owner died on the first snowy night after being kicked out of her home. The road was silent and the moonlight fell on her body. At this moment, she only felt relieved.

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"Shan'er, mother made sweet soup, come and have some." Li walked into Zhang Shan's room carrying a bowl of sweet soup.

"Thank you, mother."

Zhang Shan took the sweet soup, put it on the stool beside the bed, turned around and packed her clothes to wash.

"Hey, why don't you drink it? There's a lot of sugar in it, it's easy to go bad if left for too long, drink it first and then go out and wash it."

Seeing that Zhang Shan didn't drink, Li became anxious.

"Mom, I'm not thirsty yet. I want to drink this good stuff slowly. I'm not afraid of it going bad in the cold weather."

Li naturally refused and chased after him with the sugar water in her hand. Just then, her eldest brother came over and saw the sugar water in Li's hand. He immediately snatched it and drank it.

"Hey, hey, hey, you can't drink this, you can't drink it, spit it out!" Li's face turned pale with fright, and she reached out her hand to dig into Zhang Dalian's mouth. Her fingernails were all black, and Zhang Dalian didn't even try to avoid it.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

You said I can’t drink it, I guess you want to save it for your brother!

Li was somewhat partial to Zhang Er, which made Zhang Da somewhat dissatisfied.

Li didn't know what Zhang Da was thinking. She just felt that she was doomed. This was the abortion drug she got from her little sister. If she took it, she would not be able to have children.

But now she is outside, with so many people watching, and she cannot tell the truth. If people know that she has this medicine and plans to give it to Zhang Shan, she will go to jail.

Li wanted to take Zhang Da back home to induce vomiting, but Zhang Da was still angry and turned around and went to the ground.

"Oops!"

Li slapped her thigh, wanting to cry but without tears.

Thinking of something, she turned and ran to find her little sister, hoping there was some antidote.

Ye: "Antidote? That drug has the effect of a tiger or a wolf. No antidote will work... Did you give it to your son by mistake?"

Li started crying, Ye rolled her eyes and spread her hands, there was nothing she could do.

Li hadn't caused trouble for many days, and Zhang Shan was also at peace.

It wasn't until the official media came to check on Zhang Da and found that she couldn't get pregnant that the Zhang family became lively again.

When Zhang Da saw Zhang Er's gloating smile, a raging fire of despair rose up in his heart, burning him to the point of losing all reason.

"Zhang Er, is it you who harmed me?"

"Brother, don't be desperate. Why would I plot against you?"

But the contempt in his eyes still hurt Zhang's wide eyes, and the little rationality he had left was gone.

"Zhang Er, I'm going to kill you!"

Zhang Da stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Er's neck. Li and Zhang Duofa quickly pulled them apart. The two men took sides in the fight and Zhang Da was punched twice by Zhang Er. Zhang Da glared at the family of three with red eyes, looking like a man-eating wolf.

Zhang Shan didn't say a word the whole time. The original owner cared about the family's affection and often interfered in the brothers' affairs, but never got any good results. She was even scolded by her two brothers.

Unlike her, she doesn't care about anything, so why would she care about their life or death?

Zhang Da learned about Li's request to Ye for the sterilization drug after Zhang Shan accidentally revealed it to him. He hated Li and Zhang Er very much. Men in this world have an obsession with children, and this obsession can drive people crazy.

With a little push from Zhang Shan, Zhang Da learned to find the abortion drug himself and give it to Zhang Er. Now Zhang Da felt comfortable. Since he couldn't have children, no one else could either!

But Zhang Er didn't know until the official media came to his house and found out that the Zhang family had fallen to the bottom. At this time, Ye was accused of selling infertility drugs.

Ye was arrested, and the medicine that would make Zhang Da and Zhang Er exterminate their descendants came from her hands. Li also got her hands on it. This incident had a great impact, and Li was also arrested.

Zhang Duofa slumped on the ground. The clan leader grandfather passed by him and said, "Duofa, when you insisted on letting Li stay, I reminded you. Do you think so many women don't want to stay in their son's house to enjoy the good life? You have to listen to the advice of the predecessors!"

Zhang Da and Zhang Er don't get along with each other, and they don't care about their father Zhang Duofa. Zhang Duofa sat on the ground for a whole day and no one came to greet him.

Looking at other families’ loving fathers and filial sons, Zhang Duofa felt so regretful.

When Zhang Shan reached a certain age, the official media came to her house and the examination results showed that she was in good health. The next day, they asked Zhang Shan to go to Yuanyang Tower. It is believed that Zhang Shan’s first neighbor husband was a very handsome scholar, Gu Jinghe, who had an elegant temperament and was gentle and decent.

One month after the marriage, Gu Jinghe became pregnant. Zhang Shan left the Gu family and used the betrothal gift to buy a house in the town and moved out. This was allowed and encouraged by the government. The house belonged to Zhang Shan's private property, and even Zhang Duofa could not occupy it by force.

Zhang Shan's good fertility made her market better. Her second husband was the county magistrate's youngest son, who had a perverse temper and was very resistant to having children. Now he was already twenty years old and had no children. He had to have one this year, so he was forced to marry Zhang Shan.

A month later, the young master Wei Fengqin also became pregnant, and Zhang Shan started to go to the next one, the young master of Dongfeng Restaurant, Shangguan Heng. He had phoenix eyes, a hump nose, smiling lips, and a red teardrop mole under his eye. He had a seductive style and was a man eager to complete the task.

The betrothal gift was high and the mother got married quickly. A month later, Shangguan Heng also became pregnant.

After all this busyness, it was the end of the year. Zhang Shan packed up her gifts and pension money and went to her mother's home. On the way, she met a pair of twins from the capital. They were plotted against and had difficulty in having children, so they came to the countryside to hide.

After learning that Zhang Shan was pregnant, he found someone to propose marriage to her after the New Year. The betrothal gift was generous and Zhang Shan was happy to accept. A month later, she became pregnant with twins.

After a month's rest, Zhang Shan began to be urged by the official media, but she didn't find anyone she liked for the time being. It happened that Gu Jinghe gave birth to a girl named Gu Sui.

Zhang Shan delayed for another month, and Wei Fengqin also gave birth to a daughter named Wei Qingci.

Zhang Shan finally found someone she was satisfied with, Xie Lingjun, the young master of the Xie family in the east of the city. He had just come of age, so Zhang Shan packed up and got married to him. A month later, Xie Lingjun became pregnant, so she came back.

Coincidentally, the third child was born, a daughter named Shangguan Xi.

Gu Jinghe found Zhang Shan and planned to welcome her back home. This kind of situation is very common. Many men's children have the same mother, just to reduce conflicts between brothers.

A month later, Gu Jinghe became pregnant, and Zhang Shan moved to the Wei family. Wei Fengqin was no longer opposed to having a child, and planned to have both a son and a daughter, so she also invited Zhang Shan.

At this time, the twins who were far away in the capital were also born, all girls - Wen Ruoshi, Wen Ruoci, Wen Ruoge, and Wen Ruosong.

After Wei Fengqin became pregnant, Zhang Shan went to Shangguan's house again. Shangguan Heng needed an heir (in this era, women would move out when they reached a certain age and often had no inheritance rights). Zhang Shan gladly accepted and left when Shangguan Heng became pregnant.

When I got home, I found that the Wen brothers were already outside the door, and the four servants behind them were holding children.

"Madam Zhang, the child has never seen his mother since he was born. We brought them to see you. I hope we didn't disturb you."

"Don't bother me, don't bother me, come in and sit down!"

The weather was cool, and the four plump girls were looking very cute with their round eyes. Zhang Shan took them and weighed them, and they were all heavy.

Zhang Shan used a rattle to tease the children, and the Wen brothers followed her, but their eyes never left the four children.

Half an hour later, the Wen brothers left with their children. Zhang Shan thought that she would see the official media of the Wen family soon, until Xie Lingjun gave birth to a son, and then the Wen family came.

The women were not able to circulate, so the Wen brothers moved to the town to live. When Zhang Shan left again, the four sisters could already speak.

After Xie Lingjun recovered, she married Zhang Shan again. However, Xie Wei was too independent and had a loud voice, and Xie Lingjun preferred her delicate and gentle daughter.

After leaving Xie's house, it was New Year's Day again. Zhang Shan gave some money as a gift to her biological mother, and returned to her hometown with a lot of bags. However, she learned that Zhang Duofa was paralyzed in bed, and neither Zhang Da nor Zhang Er took care of him.

What can Zhang Shan do?

She could only give the money as a tribute and go home. In this world, respecting parents is regulated by law. As long as the amount is not less than the prescribed amount, no one would dare to blame her.

As for Zhang Duofa’s son’s unfilial nature, that is his son’s problem. It is not right for his daughter to be fully responsible for his retirement just because he is unfilial.

Regardless of the fighting between the Zhang family's father and son, Zhang Shan has already met her fertility target and can now sit back and wait for retirement.

Years later, Gu Jinghe gave birth to a son, Gu Rong, Wei Fengqin gave birth to a son, Wei Qinghan, Shangguan Heng gave birth to a son, Shangguan Hao, the Wen brothers gave birth to two sons, Wen Ruofeng and Wen Ruoya, and Xie Lingjun gave birth to twins, Xie Zhao and Xie Mu.

Zhang Shan has fourteen children. The official media no longer bothers her, so she can start her own business. She bought a rouge shop and it is doing very well. Gu Jing and the others sometimes bring the children to visit her, and she has a pretty good relationship with the children.

The Zhang family's father and son died in an accidental fire. When Zhang Shan rushed there, the house had been burned to ashes, and the bodies could not be recognized; they were all buried together.

Li died in the second year of his imprisonment in a fight.

Sixteen years later, Zhang Shan sat on the kang, using an abacus to calculate the money her children had given her as filial piety, and she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.