The abandoned wife married into a wealthy family, and the scumbag father wailed every night

"Grandfather, one day I will make you understand that women can be as great as men, and can also become the backbone of the family!"

Zhou Nianchu stared at Lord Zhou for a long time, spoke in a loud voice, then turned and left without hesitation.

Lord Zhou looked at Zhou Nianchu's departing back in silence for a long time without moving.

The carriage wobbled out of the Zhou residence, and Xi Que looked at Zhou Nianchu with a worried look on his face:

"Miss, are we really going to the new mansion awarded by the Emperor?"

"I have lived in this Zhou Mansion for so many years. It is like a prison. I will feel more comfortable only when I leave here."

Zhou Nianchu glanced at the gate of the Zhou Mansion without any trace of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Oh."

Xi Que replied somewhat dejectedly. She didn't know why her nose felt so sour after hearing what the young lady said.

She was also a person who was not liked by her family. Her grandmother said she was a money-loser, and even her mother did not love her as much as she loved her younger brothers.

But why is she the money-loser? She clearly gives money to the family every month, while her younger brother asks their mother for money all day long. Her younger brother is the money-loser!

"Xi Que, you will also sign up later. You usually help me with chores and you know how to do math. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn things around, so don't miss it."

Zhou Nianchu looked at Xi Que with a serious face and said, then handed her the indenture contract in his arms.

"Little Miss..."

Xi Que held the contract of sale in her hand tremblingly. It was not that her family had difficulty making ends meet, but her grandmother despised her as a money-loser and insisted on selling her.

She thought she would be a servant for the rest of her life, but she never expected to be free again.

With tears in her eyes, she threw herself into Zhou Nianchu's arms and burst into tears.

"But I don't have any money to give you. My monthly allowance was taken away by my mother to help my younger brother get married."

"Silly girl, your redemption silver is only 50 taels, what do I need it for?"

Zhou Nianchu said indifferently that 50 taels of silver was not enough for her to buy a set of jewelry.

Hearing this, Xi Que cried even louder, but my parents signed the death contract just for the 50 taels of silver!

The price for a living contract is 10 taels of silver, and the price for a dead contract is 50 taels of silver.

Zhou Nianchu felt sad when she heard this, but she was not much luckier than Xi Que. Their belongings would also be sold by their families, but her price would be higher.

This world is so unfair to women!

Zhou Nianchu hugged Xi Que, who was crying and gasping for breath, and spoke as if he was talking to her or to himself.

"So, you have to sign up, you have to earn a future for yourself, and you have to make sure they don't dare to treat you like an object anymore!"

The Xiangjun Mansion that Feng Junyi gave to Zhou Nianchu was just across the street from Zhou's mansion, so they arrived there quickly.

Zhou Nianchu and Xi Que stared blankly at the brand new door plaque, on which were clearly written the two big characters "Zhou Mansion".

Zhou Nianchu's heart was pounding, and he couldn't help but murmured:

"Women... can women use their own surnames as door plaques?"

At that moment, she didn't know whether she was shocked or happy. She thought the emperor would have a plaque with the words "Xiangjun Mansion" hung on the door, but she didn't expect that the emperor would have a plaque with her surname hung on the door!

An unprecedented sense of pride and confidence filled her whole body. She was no longer the dodder that would become homeless if she angered her family. She now had her own home!

The door plaque made by Xie Yiyao using Zhou Nianchu's surname not only caused a huge shock in Zhou Nianchu's heart, but also formed a huge impact in the hearts of every citizen in Yanjing City.

It turns out that women can also build mansions using their own surnames!

Some ideas are quietly taking root and sprouting in this conservative land, waiting for the day when they will bloom and bear fruit!

After the common people in Yanjing City learned that female workers in textile factories earned the same amount of money as men, their thoughts had actually changed unconsciously.

He no longer looked down on women as much as he did before. After what happened with Zhou Nianchu, he began to value women even more.

Qinzheng Hall.

Xie Yiyao was leaning on the couch in a totally unpresentable manner.

"Feng Junyi, please draft an edict to tell your pedantic subjects that anyone who dares to stop women from applying for the female official examination like the Zhou family did will be charged with treason!"

Feng Junyi's eyes were gentle and deep. He glanced at Xie Yiyao, who had no image at all, picked up the pen and wrote as she said, then handed it to Tai'an.

Sure enough, after Xie Yiyao's operation, the list of women who registered increased a lot.

Xie Yiyao was very satisfied. As the Ministry of Finance continued to improve, it would certainly recruit people every year. Once people saw the tangible benefits that this group of female officials would receive, they would rush to sign up.

This is a typical annual civil service examination, and it's very crowded!

The matter of recruiting female officials has come to an end. The results will be known in the exam in three months. Xie Yiyao will not worry about the matter of female officials for the time being.

Through this recruitment of female officials, she discovered something more important: the low status of women in this era was rooted in an unhealthy system.

"Feng Junyi, if we abolish the system of divorce, can you withstand the pressure from those old antiques of the previous dynasty?"

Xie Yiyao asked Feng Junyi seriously.

The truth is that the idea she proposed was too shocking to the ancients. She should have stopped and calmed down the anger of these ancient men for a few days after recruiting female officials before challenging their authority.

However, if the system of divorce is not abolished, women will always be oppressed and inferior to men. Even if they can become officials in the court or work to earn money, they still have to put men first in everything.

There is no way to save a woman's life because her life is in the hands of a man. A man's words of divorce would probably scare many women to death.

After all, the ancients had a deep-rooted idea that divorced women were inferior and should commit suicide to show their dissatisfaction.

"Just go ahead and do it. I can't help you much in governing the country, but I will definitely not hold you back."

Feng Junyi said to Xie Yiyao with confidence that he didn't care about those pedants in the court at all.

So the next morning when a new notice was posted on the official wall of Yanjing City, the whole Yanjing was shocked!

This notice was like a thunderclap that made all the people dizzy and light-headed!

The notice clearly stated: Starting from October 7th of the first year of the Qinghe period, Deng Xiaoping completely abolished the "divorce system". Husbands and wives could only divorce amicably, and women could have custody of their children just like men.

In other words, men will no longer have absolute control over women, and the issue of children, which is the most important thing for women to give up, will no longer exist.

If the couple divorces through no fault of the woman, and the woman wants to take her child with her when she returns home, the man has no right to stop her.

As soon as this shocking notice came out, all the men and women in Deng were stunned!