Chapter 1307 - 1334: Vacation Island 9

Chapter 1307: Chapter 1334: Vacation Island 9

Nianyang smiled faintly, "So what if it’s a girl? Girls are so considerate, much more well-behaved than sons. I’d actually hope to have two little girls!"

The other Saozi turned pale, "Pfft, pfft, pfft, Chu Saozi, take your words back quickly, you can’t say that. Be careful, if you really give birth to a girl, you’ll be the one crying."

Nianyang said lightly, "What’s wrong with girls? Just because they’re girls, doesn’t mean they aren’t your own children?"

Mei Yanfang said sarcastically, "When a girl is born, she grows up to be someone else’s. Sons are the ones who carry on the family line.

Everyone says having sons keeps you secure in old age, that’s an age-old rule. You can go out and ask those who’ve been through it; daughters raised to adulthood almost all forget their parents."

"A mother’s love brings forth filial piety from the children," Nianyang responded,

"You overly favor sons and indulge them while treating daughters with either beatings or scolding, and you still expect them to take care of you?"

Mei Yanfang’s face stiffened. Her house was particularly close to Nianyang’s courtyard. She often hit and scolded her daughter, and Nianyang probably heard it all. These words were directed at her deliberately.

Nianyang spoke leisurely, "Some women, really, I don’t get it, why do they want sons so badly? I thought the Qing Dynasty has fallen, right? There’s no throne to inherit at home, is there really a difference between sons and daughters?

We’re women ourselves and yet look down on our own daughters. All this talk of age-old rules is really just personal prejudice."

Mei Yanfang gritted her teeth, "After a daughter is born and married off, isn’t it just to carry on someone else’s family name?"

"You can also bring a husband into the family," Nianyang said. "Besides, if a son’s daughter is a grandson, isn’t a daughter’s child also a grandchild? All are your grandchildren. Furthermore, if you have a son, you still have to prepare a house and marriage gifts for him. With a daughter, you don’t, and you’ll even receive the bride price. So isn’t having a daughter more profitable in the end?"

The other Saozi were dumbstruck, right, they always said daughters were a loss, but now it seems maybe sons are the real expense?

Mei Yanfang said resentfully, "Stop trying to brainwash us. I bet you just want a daughter yourself and are afraid we’ll laugh at you, so you’re deliberately saying these things."

Nianyang ignored her, knowing it’s not easy to change these women’s preference for sons over daughters.

But it’s fine, when her plan is put into action, she believed these women would completely change their views.

Mei Yanfang glanced at He Suzhi, and said again,

"Chu Saozi, I advise you to stay away from this barren hen, otherwise, even if it’s supposed to be a son, it might turn into a daughter, like Xu Banxian said, He Saozi is destined never to have children."

He Suzhi turned pale, and the other Saozi, as if remembering something, all distanced themselves a bit.

Nianyang said coldly, "Mei Saozi, what era is this? You still believe in fortune-telling. If fortune-telling worked, why would we need hospitals? When you’re sick, why not just get your fortune told to see when you’ll recover and then go home to wait to get better?"

He Suzhi immediately looked at Nianyang with gratitude. Every time Mei Yanfang mocked her in the past, no one would stand up for her, and she could only hide and cry alone.

Mei Yanfang was left speechless, rolled her eyes, and was about to go back inside with her spring couplets.

Just then, her two daughters, Dayan and Eran, ran out in panic,

"Mom, help, something’s happened to little brother."

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