jdhmnovel Chapter 147 Refusing to Accept Your Fate
Chapter 147 Refusing to Accept Your Fate
After the imperial edict was announced, Yun Xi put away the imperial edict and followed the old lady to the upper room, deciding to have a heart-to-heart talk with her. After spending some time together, Yun Xi and the old lady had a better understanding of each other. She felt that the old lady was an open-minded mother-in-law, while the old lady felt that she was an innocent and pure child with a sincere heart.
This was what the system told her, and it was the old lady's private evaluation of her.
With this basic understanding, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along very harmoniously.
"The Queen is really open-minded. She said that women all over the world can also make achievements. Mother, we don't have to stay in the backyard all day. Can we go out and do something?"
The old lady smiled and said, "You can go if you want. I am not an old-fashioned person and will not keep you trapped at home."
Yun Xi smiled embarrassedly: "I know, that's not what I meant. Don't you know what kind of person I am? Although I came up with some ideas and suggestions, and was praised by the Queen, which of them did I personally worry about? It was all done by my husband, my second brother, and my father."
The old lady smiled and said, "You can't say that. Although it was their job, your role was the most crucial. Without you, they wouldn't know how to do it even if they wanted to."
"Then we are mutually beneficial. They have more opportunities to achieve success because of me, and I also achieve success because of them."
"In fact, they are the ones who get more benefits. If you take these things and ideas out, even if it's not them, there will be others who will beg to help you do the work."
Yun Xi smiled and no longer tried to be modest, nor did she deny it.
What the old lady said was absolutely true. In any era, there is no shortage of people who are willing to give their all to seek the welfare of the people of the world, there is no shortage of people who are willing to endure hardships and sins in order to leave their names in history, and there is no shortage of people who are good at seizing every opportunity to seek class crossing.
Therefore, whatever she wants to do can always be accomplished. It's just that Mu Sheng and the others made it easier.
"Mom, we are a family and we should help each other. What I mean is that I was a little lazy before, thinking that I could just let my husband and others do things. Now, since the queen has given an order to encourage me, I want to be a little more diligent. There are some things that I want to try to do myself. I have a lot of ideas."
The old lady smiled and said, "Then go ahead with confidence. You are right, we women don't have to be restricted to the backyard. We are no worse than men."
"That's right! Mom, let me think about what I should do first. If I encounter any difficulties, I will come to you for help."
"Okay, okay, go do your thing. If you need anything, just come to me. If you need help, find Mu Sheng."
Yun Xi shook her head. "Since I want to start my own business, and also to win the praise of the Queen Mother and become a role model for women all over the world, then I naturally want to lead more women to do things together."
The old lady asked curiously, "Tell me more about it."
"Mother, this is what I think. We women are confined to the harem. Do we want to be like this? No. For many people, they have no choice but to be trapped in the harem. Many women have no property, no land, no house, no money, nothing. And the education they received from childhood to adulthood only taught them to do housework and serve others. If they leave home, they have no ability to make money, and no place is willing to hire them to work. Apart from working as servants in wealthy families, what other ways do they have to make a living?"
The old lady nodded and said, "You make sense. It's not that easy to be a servant in a wealthy family. Go on."
"With wealth and power in the hands of men, women's status is naturally not that high, and they are naturally controlled by men in every way. So, I thought, I should do some things myself, find women to do the work, and pay them a salary every month, so that they can be more confident at home."
The old lady clapped her hands and laughed.
"Okay! If you have this idea, I support you!"
Although she came from a prominent family and had a noble status after marriage - her husband's family was noble but not rich, but they did not treat her unfairly.
She had never suffered, but that didn't mean she didn't know how difficult it was for women. Not to mention the lives of ordinary people, she didn't know much about them. Even among the officials, there were many women who lived poorly.
She is doing well because she is lucky. Those women who are not doing well just say that they are unlucky when they talk about it.
But why? Why can men fight against fate while women can only accept their fate?
Yun Xi wants to change the woman's situation, that is, to give her a chance not to accept her fate. Very good! People can't live entirely by luck, and their destiny must be in their own hands.
"That's great, mother. I knew you were the best mother-in-law in the world."
The old lady was delighted by her straightforward compliment.
Yun Xi understood the old lady's attitude and returned to her own courtyard happily.
"Host, what are you going to do?"
"Let's start with something simple. Under the current conditions, I can open a soap workshop and sell handmade soap. Then we will start growing cotton next year, and I can open a textile factory to teach everyone how to spin and weave. Later, we can buy more land, plant some flowers and plants, make scented tea, essential oils, and skin care products. Let's start with things that are easier for women to do."
The system immediately and attentively provided recipes for various handmade soaps, essential oil soaps, and moisturizers.
"I can also provide cotton seeds."
Yun Xi thought for a moment and said, "Look at the dowry boxes in my small storeroom and see which one has the most unnecessary items. Replace them with cotton seeds. We will plant cotton in the spring next year. It's too late to plant now."
Most of the dowry in her small storehouse was the betrothal gifts sent by the Mu family at that time, and finally all of them were sent over as dowry. The original owner didn't even know what was in it, and she didn't touch it.
"I gonna go see."
After the system came back, it told her: "In fact, the things the Mu family gave you are all good things. They are basically rewards from the emperor. Your dowry can be regarded as a great collection of the glory of the Mu family. It's a pity that they are not very practical. They can only be passed down from generation to generation as heirlooms."