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

Si Muyan waited for a while, and seeing that they were silent, she sighed deeply: "Uncle Fang, Aunt Fang, you are both good people. If Fang Tongsheng was just an ordinary person, how could I refuse this marriage? But it's obvious that he is no ordinary person!"

Fang Tongsheng looked at his younger sister and immediately lowered his head.

He was filled with guilt. He clearly felt that he loved her very much, but the words spoken by the eldest sister of the Si family actually wavered him.

He wanted to study, become a superior person, and hold a high position in government, but for Si Muwan, he would give up all of these.

Are you really willing?

Si Muyan took in Fang Tongsheng's expression. She actually liked this boy very much. He was knowledgeable and had ideas. More importantly, he was not blindly in love and knew how to make choices.

She cleared her throat. "Fang Tongsheng, I know about your relationship with my younger sister. It's not that I'm unreasonable and want to break up a couple... Well, my younger sister, go to the yard with him and have a good talk."

Is this a formal farewell for them?

Fang Tongsheng's eyes suddenly turned red. He really couldn't bear to leave. He had never seen a woman more beautiful and gentle than Wan'er.

He fell in love with her from the first moment he saw her, and felt that if he could marry her, his life would be complete.

My younger sister stood up and walked out with a sad step, which actually seemed a little funny, just like an actor on the stage pretending to be sad.

Fang Tongsheng also followed him out.

Si Muyan sighed lightly, and seeing that her hand was still being held by Fang's mother, she struggled to let go.

It was Fang's mother who felt embarrassed. She was so grateful to the Si family. She didn't expect that the Si family was not living well themselves, but she still thought about them in everything.

Wouldn’t it be great if the Si family weren’t sinners?

But the Si family is not a sinner, and their Fang family cannot possibly be like this.

Mr. Fang was in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, while little sister Fang went to get some water with red eyes and offered it to Si Xingzhi and Si Muyan.

My little sister stood under the tree in the yard, with her head down and not saying a word.

Fang Tongsheng mustered up the courage to say, "Wan'er, I know what your sister said is true, but I don't want to give up. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. As for the future, I don't care whether it's good or bad."

what?

My sister was confused. Why didn’t it happen as I imagined?

No, I'm a burden. How can you not care?

The little sister's mind was working fast and tears suddenly fell, which made Fang Tongsheng feel even more distressed.

At this moment, his emotions overcame his reason.

"Wan'er, I'm sincere. I can swear."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, ready to swear, but his younger sister held his hand down.

"I won't let you swear." The younger sister's eyes were red. "Brother Fang, I'm telling you, you are not allowed to swear on your future for the rest of your life. Do you understand?"

Fang Tongsheng was stunned: "But..."

"No, but, Brother Fang, I don't like you. I'm not even sixteen yet. Life is long, and no one knows who I'll meet or what's going on in the future. I don't want to be tied to you so early."

In fact, what my younger sister said was her true feelings, but it was obvious that Fang Tongsheng didn't believe it at all, and there was even more emotion in his eyes.

The younger sister didn't allow him to speak, and said seriously, "If I stay with you, it will only wipe out all our feelings. Brother Fang, I hope I can live in your heart, not beside you, okay?"

Fang Tongsheng was completely moved. Even though he felt that men don't shed tears easily, he couldn't help crying at this moment.

The younger sister reached out and patted his arm: "Brother Fang, please remember that on the road of life, don't stop for anyone except your family!"

On the way back from the Si family, Si Muyan and her younger sister felt relaxed.

I was so happy that I solved this problem perfectly and received so much gratitude from the Fang family.

Only Si Xingzhi felt heavy-hearted. Looking at his two daughters, he felt so distressed.

Even though he knew that his eldest sister's words were just excuses, he still felt very uncomfortable, because those words were not entirely false. His daughters should have been treasures in the sky, pearls surrounded by stars.

When I got home, my second sister was still nagging, saying that the Fang family was really a good marriage and it was a pity that I missed it.

Finally, Si Xingzhi couldn't stand it any longer and said, "That Fang Tongsheng should have a great future. If his future is delayed because of your little sister, wouldn't that make them a couple with grievances? Even if we take her back, what will happen to her child? Should we keep him in the Fang family, or separate him and his mother?"

The second sister held Xiaoxia in her arms for more than a month, and her heart softened as she could already laugh and hum.

This is her daughter.

How could a child be separated from its mother? But if the situation described by Daddy really happened, it seemed that my younger sister would be doing the child the best for her by not taking him with her.

After this, the second sister never mentioned the Fang family's situation again.

Aunt Jin was concerned about the marriages of the three sisters of the Si family. The eldest and youngest sisters were both virgins, and it would be nice for them to marry into a good family and live a stable life. As for the second sister, it might be a little more difficult, but finding a husband with slightly less conditions, or a widower with children, was not impossible.

After the younger sister found out, she complained to the second sister: "In my opinion, Aunt Jin is just bored and wants to make trouble. I don't want to get married."

"I don't want to either." The second sister rarely agrees with the youngest sister. "Eldest sister is right. It's too early to get married now."

Although people in the village get married early, at the age of 15 or 16, they become old maids at the age of 18 or 20.

But in fact, in the city, girls generally don't marry so early. Especially in wealthy families, the whole series of three matchmakers and six betrothal gifts, from engagement to marriage, takes at least two years.

Girls start looking for a man when they reach the age of fifteen, and usually choose one at sixteen or seventeen, and marry when they reach eighteen. If they marry later, at twenty, it is not a big deal.

However, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, women must get married. If they are still unmarried by the age of 22, they must pay a certain amount of money every year.

When Si Muyan first heard the news, she was really shocked. So, in this dynasty, there is actually a single tax?

And this single tax only applies to women?

But if you look into it carefully, you will understand. To put it bluntly, it is because of the preference for boys over girls that the gender imbalance is caused. In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, there is not even enough for one man to one woman, not to mention that the rich and powerful families have three wives and four concubines.

It is not easy for such an ordinary man to marry a wife.

But being a woman really has a very hard life. As the saying goes, every family has a good daughter, but every family has no good daughter-in-law. Without a daughter-in-law, every family is worried, but with a daughter-in-law, the whole family bullies her. So you know that being a daughter-in-law is not a good thing.