All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

Chapter 119: Female Dominant Prodigal Son 2

This world is a world where women are superior, and the country she lives in is called Fengwu. Unlike the common female-dominated world in novels, in this world, women still give birth to children, and the reason why women are noble is because of their reproductive rights.

Legend has it that the First Emperor unified the world for a female immortal. Appreciating the difficulty of pregnancy, the immortal emperor bestowed a shower of rain. From then on, not only were pregnancies normal for ten months, but childbirth also became significantly easier. Most importantly, after intercourse, women could decide whether to have children based on their thoughts.

In this world, including Fengwu Country, women do not have the punishment of beheading. The most serious punishment is deprivation of the right to bear children. They are sent to a breeding house, where they mate with the convicted slaves in the breeding house and give birth to children. If the baby is a girl, she will be sent to a charity to be adopted by women who do not want to suffer the pain of childbirth. If the baby is a boy, he will be sent to a slave house. After he grows up, he will be sold to a wealthy family as a servant, or sold to a brothel.

Therefore, there are many brothels in Fengwu Kingdom. After all, the law stipulates that men can get married when they turn 14 or above. Those who do not marry after the age of 20 will be punished as a slave and sent to a brothel.

Becoming a monk? Absolutely not. Fengwu State only allowed men to study four books: "Nan Xun," "Nan Jie," "Nan Lun Yu," and "Zhen Nan Zhuan." Forget Buddhist scriptures; even "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" were forbidden.

But it was not so bad. Except for slave women who were only allowed to have one maid, commoners could marry one main maid and two concubines. Those with the rank of scholar or above could marry three main maids, and there was no restriction on concubines.

How could Lin Ruan not like such a world?

After sleeping until dawn, Lin Ruan gave the little boy a tael of silver as a reward, went downstairs to settle the bill with the pimp, and then walked out of the brothel.

The system said: "Host, those people yesterday are already dead."

Lin Ruan said "hmm" and continued walking forward.

She didn't rush home, but first went to the carriage and horse shop. Commoners in Fengwu Country mostly used donkey carts, so Lin Ruan chose a strong donkey and a sturdy, durable, and large-looking donkey cart. She then parked the cart in front of the cloth shop.

Lin Ruan bought almost all the ready-made clothes in the cloth shop, whether it was coarse cloth, cotton, or silk, whether it was cotton-padded clothes, outerwear, or underwear, and whether it was men's or women's. The cloth shop owner was so happy that he simply gave Lin Ruan all the more than 30 pairs of shoes she had selected as a gift.

After buying the food, Lin Ruan drove to the silver shop in the town. She just took a quick look at the styles of jewelry in the silver shop, and got on the donkey cart without buying anything.

She drove out of the county town, stopped by the roadside, and used her consciousness to enter the space and began to pack her things.

She first laid out three wooden boxes, each one meter square. She placed her newly bought shoes and clothes, along with her cotton-padded jacket, into the boxes, sorting them into her own, Lin's father's, and her servant's. Lin's father's box contained a set of white jade hair crowns, a set of agate hair crowns, and a set of silver hair crowns. Each set included a crown, a hairpin, a headband, and a headband, all housed in a mother-of-pearl lacquered wooden box, making it look exceptionally exquisite. There was also a box of various jade pendants—two pieces of white jade, one piece of sapphire jade, one piece of agate, and one piece of black jade; a box of finger rings—one each of sapphire, white jade, agate, sandalwood, and black jade; a box of five hairpins made of the same material as the finger rings; and a box of various headbands.

The original owner's servant was Chi Wenning, the illegitimate son of the former county magistrate, Chi Xiao. According to the law, the children of both the principal and the concubine were born to women of high rank, so there was no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children; only the sons born to slave-born concubines were clearly illegitimate children.

The county magistrate's wife was jealous and particularly stubborn because she had a daughter. She would marry off all her illegitimate sons when they came of age, but she didn't want them to marry too well.

So the original owner, who had just turned eighteen and passed the age of coming of age, caught the eye of the county magistrate's wife. He was already a student, which was not bad, but he had not yet passed the examination to become a scholar, so his future was limited. He was exactly the "ideal son-in-law" in his eyes.

After scrimping and saving, she found fifty taels of silver to prepare a dowry for the concubine's son and married him off to the original owner. Men at home didn't have names; they were simply addressed according to their age. Their names had to be chosen by their wives and then registered at the county office. Thus, Chi Wu became Chi Wenning.

In the box prepared for Chi Wenning, Lin Ruan first placed four mother-of-pearl lacquer boxes, a set of silver step-shaking crowns, a set of ordinary white silver hair crowns, a set of agate hair crowns, and a set of green jade hair crowns; a set of green jade pendants; two sets of forbidden steps, one set of white jade and one set of agate; the same number of finger rings and hairpins as Lin's father had, but of different styles. Lin Ruan also placed a box of hairbands and then closed the box.

Lin Ruan's own things were much easier to get: a set of green jade hair crowns, a set of white jade hair crowns, and a set each of gold, silver, white jade, green jade, and agate head ornaments. Before she could put anything else in, the box was almost full, so Lin Ruan could only squeeze in the few jade pendants she had prepared in the corners.

Why are there no gold ornaments among Lin's father and Chi Wenning's jewellery? It turns out that Fengwu Kingdom's laws stipulate that men are not allowed to wear gold, and gold ornaments are the privilege of women only.

Lin Ruan looked at the three full boxes and was very satisfied. She used her mind to put the three large boxes into the donkey cart and then drove back home.

Lin Ruan's home is at the entrance of Qingshan Village, a row of five blue-tiled houses, inherited from the original owner's family. Her great-grandmother was a merchant who, hoping to prepare her descendants for the imperial examinations, purchased land in Qingshan Village. Instead of pursuing a career in business, she became a landowner. Lin Ruan's mother passed the imperial examinations and became a scholar, but due to poor health, she passed away a few days after the birth of Lin Ruan.

Fortunately, the Lin family had no other relatives here, and the original owner was a daughter. Father Lin managed to preserve the family business and raised his daughter wholeheartedly.

The original owner had squandered all his family fortune in two months, leaving only these five houses. But Lin Ruan took a detour, storing the donkey cart in a deserted place. He then journeyed alone into the deep mountains at the end of the village. After emerging, he released the donkey cart and continued his journey home.

When Lin Ruan hurried back, he found his father and Chi Wenning huddled together on a bed. There was nothing they could do; there was no food at home, so they could only lie there and stretch their legs. It was already autumn, and while the days were bearable, the nights were still chilly. The father-in-law and son-in-law could only scrape by in this way.

When Lin Ruan entered the house, he found that Lin's father and Chi Wen Ning were almost fainting. He quickly drew a bowl of water from the well outside, dropped two drops of spiritual spring water into it, and then took out four mixed grain and vegetable buns wrapped in oil paper. He first fed them half a bowl of water each, and then handed the four mixed grain buns to Lin's father and Chi Wen Ning, two each.

Father Lin recovered after drinking half a bowl of water, feeling a bit stronger. He couldn't bear to eat the two buns, but instead handed them to Lin Ruan. He was certain that Lin Ruan had lost all the money she had exchanged for the land deed, which was why she came back so early. The burly old man panted, his eyes red, and said, "Daughter, we really have no money at home. Daddy, please stop gambling. As long as you stop going to the gambling house, I'd even die."

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