My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Si Muyan said firmly, "If the legislation is perfected, the woman can choose to take the child away, and the child can choose to live with the father or the mother."

"But……"

Feng Zizhou and his second sister were both dumbfounded. They had never thought that this could be possible. It was obvious that the child was the man's inheritance.

"If the bloodline is male, doesn't that mean it's also female? A child is born after ten months of pregnancy, so isn't he closer to his mother? As for the saying that children have always been male, that's all bullshit. Feng Zizhou, you've read a lot of history books since you were a child. Did you know that a long, long time ago, humans, like many animals, were matrilineal, and children were raised by their mothers. The father's role... was just that one night."

Si Muyan said this very frankly, but her second sister who was already married and had children couldn't help but blush. Although Feng Zizhou was not married, he was not young anymore. He even exchanged books that were not worthy of being published in public with his friends in private. How could he not know about pregnancy?

Indeed, when it comes to having a child, the father’s role is just that one night…it can’t even be said to be just one night, just that one moment.

Feng Zizhou didn't dare to think too much and quickly added, "I haven't read such a history book. Besides, humans are different from animals. Once a child is born, it must be raised. Without a father, who will raise the child?"

Si Muyan asked, "Why can't we raise a child without a father? In a matriarchal society, children are inherited from the matriarch. My children will be raised by my sisters and brothers. This is the case in every household."

If every household is like this, then there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

Feng Zizhou quickly shook his head: "But women have to take care of the housework, besides taking care of the children, how can they afford to raise them? Not all families have money. People with poor families can hardly take care of themselves, let alone raise children."

After all, it is men who support the family nowadays. Also, a divorced woman is not welcome in her parents' home, and she has to take her children back with her. Wouldn't that make her a real burden?

Si Muyan sighed, "What you said is the crux of the matter. Women should be self-reliant. Parents and brothers may not be reliable. Whether a man is reliable or not depends entirely on his conscience. Besides, no one knows which will come first, an accident or the future. The only one you can rely on is yourself."

"Everyone is like this now. It's so difficult to change!" Feng Zizhou sighed and felt that the matter of the woman's divorce was difficult, whether he moved forward or backward.

The second sister pursed her lips and said nothing. She was so stubborn that she rarely listened to her eldest sister's words, especially the line "Which comes first, the accident or the future?" She had thought that Sanlang was willing to work hard, and even if the rest of the Jiang family wasn't doing well, they could still make ends meet. But when Sanlang got into an accident, she lost her support and almost couldn't even save herself and her child.

The only person you can rely on in this world is yourself.

The second sister clenched her fists. She now relied on her family, but she didn't dare to think about whether she could support the entire family without her father and elder sister.

The three of them were silent for a long time. Si Muyan spoke again, "Whether it's changing the law or changing everyone's mindset, it's just a thought, but everything is difficult at the beginning. The worst thing is not even starting. We'll do our best, and it may not be very effective, but if everyone takes the initiative to take that step, then slowly, ten, twenty, a hundred, or even a thousand years from now, what will happen? When women can truly stand shoulder to shoulder with men, our current thoughts will not be in vain."

For two consecutive days, the atmosphere in the Si family was not very good.

Xiang Mu came once and gave Feng Zizhou and her second sister some mountain products, expressing her gratitude for their righteous words. She also apologized and said that her daughter was possessed by a demon that day and therefore blamed them for the incident.

The second sister inquired about the two children's situation and learned that although the Zuo family still didn't take good care of the children, they would not deliberately starve them.

The thought of the two young children, with no one to take care of them, made her heart ache. Xiang's sister-in-law's little daughter, barely older than Xiaoxia, had to endure so much pain.

In such an atmosphere, the nosy little girl from the village, Xiao Fangniang, was peeking at the door.

Seeing this, the younger sister rolled her eyes and simply went over to open the door and asked, "Xiao Fang Niang, aren't you busy today? Why are you standing at my door?"

"Hehe." Xiao Fangniang laughed dryly twice and walked in. She went to the main room, looked at the little food on the table, and shamelessly picked up some to eat, saying, "I'm done with my work. Hey, Wan girl, don't look at me like that. I'm just... coming here to talk to you."

Xiao Fangniang is not a clean person. Not to mention housework, she doesn't even clean up after herself. She wanders around the village with a messy hair, gossiping about the neighbors, which is what she is best at.

The younger sister complained that her fingernails were dirty and that if they touched the snacks at home, the snacks would become unclean too. So she took a plate of snacks and handed it to Xiao Fangniang: "If you like to eat them, take them all away."

Xiao Fang's mother had no idea that her younger sister despised her. She thought her younger sister was very generous and gave her all the snacks. She was overjoyed and stuffed them all into her clothes. Then she started talking.

"Hey, Wan girl, let me tell you, after the incident in Kaoshan Village where Zuo Er was beaten with a stick a few days ago, several wives in the Zuo family asked for divorce!"

My younger sister had been planning to chase Xiao Fangniang away, but after hearing this, she froze and asked, "The Zuo family is so despicable. If my sister-in-law succeeds in getting a divorce, the other people who have been bullied will surely be upset and want to divorce too. So, did they succeed?"

"Alas, there is only one divorced one."

The younger sister frowned: "Why?"

Xiao Fang's mother said, "It's for the children. Look at how pitiful the two children were after Xiang's sister-in-law left. How could mothers with children bear to leave them? If you ask me, women are easily soft-hearted. They don't care about their own lives for their children. But how many men would be so soft-hearted? So, we women have it so hard."

The younger sister didn't want to listen to her nagging, so she asked again: "Those with children are reluctant to leave, but what about those without children? It can't be that only the daughter-in-law is childless."

"That's not the case." Xiao Fang's mother waved her hand. "But divorce is not something that can be done simply by the woman's willingness. Her family must also support her. A married woman is like spilled water. Even if her parents agree, she still has to see if her brothers and sisters-in-law agree."

After hearing this, the younger sister felt upset. She couldn't make decisions about her own affairs and had to look up to her man, her parents and her brothers.

Xiao Fangniang continued, "Besides the Zuo family, there are several other families in Kaoshan Village whose wives are causing trouble. I've also heard of divorces in surrounding villages. Well, the others are fine, but the Zuo family is now spreading bad things about your family everywhere."