Chapter 685
New Customs and Old Rituals
Chapter 685 New Customs and Old Rituals ([-])
A gentleman is in service, and he doesn't know the period, so what?
The roosters perched in the grove, and at nightfall, the sheep and cattle came down.
A gentleman is in service, so why not think about it!
When a gentleman is in service, he does not spend the day and the moon, so why is there a man?
The chickens live in Jie, and the sun is at night, and the sheep and cattle are enclosed.
When a gentleman is in service, there is no hunger or thirst!
The mother also sang a song, stretched out her hand to stroke her daughter's hair, and said softly: "Mother, how can you not love your child?"
"That kid is not bad, and I believe in your vision, but he is a member of the army, serving every day, and it is difficult to stop."
"Son, when you get married, you will know the pain of missing you. What kind of day is it like to get together more and leave less? At that time, you will have to suffer for the rest of your life. How can a wife not miss her husband? You My father is not in the army, but he sells goods all year round, I still miss him, not to mention those soldiers of the Mohist family are not at home every three to five years..."
"I was young too, and I know what it's like to like it, but it's just like that after the past. Living a stable life is the real good for you. Can being a mother still harm you?"
The girl stood up angrily, and said, "Gao Liu, who doesn't serve? Even my brother is also in the army. Is it possible that I won't marry in this life?"
The mother pointed at her daughter and said, "Serving in the military service is nothing more than three years. After three years, you can return to your hometown. These ink men on their shoulders, especially those who have already become company commanders and sergeants, this To be in the military all your life. Can it be the same?"
"The family is not short of money, but I want to find someone with a poorer family, so that he can rely on our family and treat you well for the rest of his life. I would say that the poorer the better, as long as people are steadfast and willing to work, then he will I dare not treat you badly. Doesn’t the Mo family often say, what is that called...something that determines who is above and who is below..."
The speaker has the heart, but the listener has no intention.
The girl couldn't help but blush when she heard the sentence about who is on top and who is below. Thinking of those charming things, she wondered in her heart, why does it have anything to do with who is on top and who is below?
When she blushed, the mother immediately saw something, and when she thought about what she said, she immediately understood, clapped her hands and said: "You girl, what must you have done, why are you blushing?"
The girl didn't answer, she bowed her head and said: "The Mohists say that between a man and a woman, you can fall in love on your own..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was scolded all over his face.
"Fall in love by yourself? Fuck by yourself! You can spin a yarn, know a few words, what can you do? At that time, if people really say, 'Women are not happy, scholars are as good as they are. Scholars are not very good, they have two or three virtues' , what do you do? Can you live your whole life by spinning? Can you support yourself? Will you come back by then?"
"At that time, even if our family had some money, it would be difficult for you to marry outside. Even if someone wanted it, it would be because of our family's money. How can we really treat you well?"
"Since he talks about self-reliance, well, he is a sergeant in the army, and his family is said to be not bad, and he will definitely have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. What about you? Why do you rely on self-reliance? When the time comes, you will be far away from home, and you will depend on others for food and drink. Everything is obedient today, what about tomorrow? When your father was a salesman, I followed, walking step by step, not only because of love and dependence, but also because he can't leave me and I can't leave him, what do you have?"
After speaking, he picked up the small glass tin mirror and said, "If you rely on yourself, how long will it take you to have such a mirror?"
The girl was a bit guilty, but she murmured stubbornly: "I told him that I can teach calligraphy and become Mr. Mengtong of the village commune, and there are also spinning yarns in Sishang, so maybe I can't get by. Besides, he just needs to treat me well... ..."
"How are you?"
The mother sighed, and persuaded: "Don't you hear that 'Qi has shore, and Xi has pan. The banquet of the chief horn, laughing at Yanyan. Swear firmly, don't think about it. If you don't think about it, it's too late'? Could it be that the young man treated Bu Mosi badly when he hugged her back then?"
"I just said, stay closer to home. If you are bullied, you still have your parents and brothers. If you really treat you badly, you will go home. It's just more mouths to eat..."
She had other concerns in her heart, but it was inconvenient to say it in front of the child.
Even though there are still many things left unsaid, the atmosphere is already a bit dull, and the playful and laughable "Caizhou" just now is about to change to the original taste.
Just when the atmosphere was about to change from dull to crying, the door opened, and the head of the family who was away came back.
Both the mother and daughter were taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Why are you back here? But what happened?"
Although the place where I traded with the barbarians was not far from the city, it usually took half a month to sell before I could return. Unexpectedly, this time it was so fast, my wife couldn't help wondering if something happened.
The man looked in a hurry, but he returned in a hurry, but he didn't have that panic or ruined look, and said to the woman: "Hurry up and prepare the money at home."
"What happened?"
The wife obediently went to the inner room, but couldn't help but ask again.
The man's tone became a little excited.
"What's the matter? Good thing! Gaoliu's policy is about to change again. Isn't this because some people are going to migrate? It is allowed to hire long-term female workers for a period of four years. You only need to take care of food and drink, and give a little less money. I'm just for this Hurry back and prepare the deposit.”
"It's not just me. Many people who do plush yarn and woolen work have been invited to the dinner tonight. They have something to talk about."
When the wife heard it, she exclaimed, "That's a big deal. Long-term workers were not allowed to be hired before. Isn't this long-term worker like a slave boy?"
This place of Gaoliu is not Sishang, the Mo family has been doing things here in a lukewarm manner, and did not irritate Zhao Guo too much.
For example, when it comes to concubines, it is just to organize women. When some people who get rich first want to take concubines, they will take turns to bombard them, but it is not like Sishang, which has clear civil law regulations that strictly prohibit this.
This long-term worker is similar. I never said that I am not allowed to hire, but it is very difficult to hire. In addition, I have been advocating that everyone is equal and there is no slavery. This is already an unwritten rule.
Unwritten rules are not rules after all, Gaoliu is a city that relies on fleeing people to gather, and it is impossible for a single woman to escape.
And as long as the fugitives must be young and strong, the Mohists will organize them to carry out production and reclamation, so this unwritten situation arises: some hired workers in some workshops are only female workers, because their men generally have land and rely on rough land. When the land is worked, women work as weavers in exchange for some money.
The man heard the word "Li Tong" and cursed: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not like this. This matter has been debated for a long time within the Mo family, so don't add to the confusion. It's not Li Tong, it's just a four-year long-term worker. During this period, we have to manage food and housing, and only need to give the minimum amount of money every month, and we will talk about it after four years."
"Isn't this just for us to talk? At the beginning, it was said that it would be two years. That's not enough. After two years, they just got their hands on it. They are all people who can't spin woolen yarn. They only earn a fraction in two years. We have to talk about it. At least four years. There is still money to be made in four years."
"This time, a lot of female slaves came here, mainly to solve the problem of the number of men and women here, but the Mo family must first let them adapt to their status as human beings. But for a while, Gaoliu really couldn't control these people, so they just You can use our power."
"If you want to use us, then you have to benefit us, not for two years..."
A businessman pays much attention to profits, and his mouth is all about money, especially when it comes to the matter of two or four years, he is even more stubborn.
But there are some things that the man didn't fully say. It seems that the negotiation with Zhao Guo is not going well. The Mo family is worried that things will change over time, so they temporarily decide to move the required population at once, so the arrangement of these populations is a big deal.
If it was divided into four or five years, it would definitely not be the merchant's turn to come forward, but since the move was all at once, it would be difficult to accommodate and digest it only with the strength of the Mo family.
This time, the Mohists came to entertain, including all walks of life in Gaoliu City, basically all the industries that employ workers, and his family's manpower is barely able to fill in, especially now that woolen is selling well, he So he handed over the groceries that went to the Hu people to sell, and hurried back by himself.
The woman heard the words, and quickly said: "That said, there are quite a few people who want to move here at once. If you want to speculate on grain..."
Before he finished speaking, the man scolded: "Speculation in food? I think you think you are living too long. Do you really think that the Mohists don't kill people? Then the gentlemen of Zhao State killed one after another on the battlefield, and the noble women threw them to wash their hair. In the workshop, who dares to speculate on food? The new order has been issued, and today's banquet has an appointment to discuss this matter."
"What were you two talking about just now?"
The wife said angrily: "Ask your daughter! You actually fell in love with someone in the Mohist army, and you want to make a private life with him. Just a few days ago, it was reported in the newspaper that the concubine who forced the son to death Mi..."
The man was surprised and said: "Good thing! He is a young man from the Mohist family. Many people in this city are his classmates and are from Sishang. It will be convenient for him to do things in the future. Not to mention anything else, just revealing some news is worth ten dollars." Jin, let alone others?"
The wife scolded: "Money, money! You have been a businessman for a long time, you know money, and you have nothing else in your eyes. That is your own daughter, what do you think of your daughter? Thinking about profit, profit, profit!"
"Besides, who is that young man? He forced Mr. Zhao to be killed. If the Mo family loses in the future, their family will be punished by the whole family! , when the time comes, we will be implicated..."
Hearing the words, the man sighed and said: "A woman's opinion. Back then, when I went deep into the barbarians with a little goods and people, the danger was ten times higher, so the profit was ten times higher. How did our family get up? At that time, it was not a matter of life. came back?"
"This matter is not only ten times the profit, but three times the profit, you can go all out, and ten times the profit, so what if you bet your life?"
"The current situation...you still can't see through it. If the princes are really powerful enough to kill the Mohist family, it will still be used until now? Which of the Mohist's remarks should not be punished, but who dares to do so?"
"Besides, there is only one thing. Under the Emperor of Heaven, common people, peasants, businessmen, and businessmen are all equal. After being equal, who wants to be a slut? I love myself, but before right and wrong, I can tell the difference."
(End of this chapter)
A gentleman is in service, and he doesn't know the period, so what?
The roosters perched in the grove, and at nightfall, the sheep and cattle came down.
A gentleman is in service, so why not think about it!
When a gentleman is in service, he does not spend the day and the moon, so why is there a man?
The chickens live in Jie, and the sun is at night, and the sheep and cattle are enclosed.
When a gentleman is in service, there is no hunger or thirst!
The mother also sang a song, stretched out her hand to stroke her daughter's hair, and said softly: "Mother, how can you not love your child?"
"That kid is not bad, and I believe in your vision, but he is a member of the army, serving every day, and it is difficult to stop."
"Son, when you get married, you will know the pain of missing you. What kind of day is it like to get together more and leave less? At that time, you will have to suffer for the rest of your life. How can a wife not miss her husband? You My father is not in the army, but he sells goods all year round, I still miss him, not to mention those soldiers of the Mohist family are not at home every three to five years..."
"I was young too, and I know what it's like to like it, but it's just like that after the past. Living a stable life is the real good for you. Can being a mother still harm you?"
The girl stood up angrily, and said, "Gao Liu, who doesn't serve? Even my brother is also in the army. Is it possible that I won't marry in this life?"
The mother pointed at her daughter and said, "Serving in the military service is nothing more than three years. After three years, you can return to your hometown. These ink men on their shoulders, especially those who have already become company commanders and sergeants, this To be in the military all your life. Can it be the same?"
"The family is not short of money, but I want to find someone with a poorer family, so that he can rely on our family and treat you well for the rest of his life. I would say that the poorer the better, as long as people are steadfast and willing to work, then he will I dare not treat you badly. Doesn’t the Mo family often say, what is that called...something that determines who is above and who is below..."
The speaker has the heart, but the listener has no intention.
The girl couldn't help but blush when she heard the sentence about who is on top and who is below. Thinking of those charming things, she wondered in her heart, why does it have anything to do with who is on top and who is below?
When she blushed, the mother immediately saw something, and when she thought about what she said, she immediately understood, clapped her hands and said: "You girl, what must you have done, why are you blushing?"
The girl didn't answer, she bowed her head and said: "The Mohists say that between a man and a woman, you can fall in love on your own..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was scolded all over his face.
"Fall in love by yourself? Fuck by yourself! You can spin a yarn, know a few words, what can you do? At that time, if people really say, 'Women are not happy, scholars are as good as they are. Scholars are not very good, they have two or three virtues' , what do you do? Can you live your whole life by spinning? Can you support yourself? Will you come back by then?"
"At that time, even if our family had some money, it would be difficult for you to marry outside. Even if someone wanted it, it would be because of our family's money. How can we really treat you well?"
"Since he talks about self-reliance, well, he is a sergeant in the army, and his family is said to be not bad, and he will definitely have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. What about you? Why do you rely on self-reliance? When the time comes, you will be far away from home, and you will depend on others for food and drink. Everything is obedient today, what about tomorrow? When your father was a salesman, I followed, walking step by step, not only because of love and dependence, but also because he can't leave me and I can't leave him, what do you have?"
After speaking, he picked up the small glass tin mirror and said, "If you rely on yourself, how long will it take you to have such a mirror?"
The girl was a bit guilty, but she murmured stubbornly: "I told him that I can teach calligraphy and become Mr. Mengtong of the village commune, and there are also spinning yarns in Sishang, so maybe I can't get by. Besides, he just needs to treat me well... ..."
"How are you?"
The mother sighed, and persuaded: "Don't you hear that 'Qi has shore, and Xi has pan. The banquet of the chief horn, laughing at Yanyan. Swear firmly, don't think about it. If you don't think about it, it's too late'? Could it be that the young man treated Bu Mosi badly when he hugged her back then?"
"I just said, stay closer to home. If you are bullied, you still have your parents and brothers. If you really treat you badly, you will go home. It's just more mouths to eat..."
She had other concerns in her heart, but it was inconvenient to say it in front of the child.
Even though there are still many things left unsaid, the atmosphere is already a bit dull, and the playful and laughable "Caizhou" just now is about to change to the original taste.
Just when the atmosphere was about to change from dull to crying, the door opened, and the head of the family who was away came back.
Both the mother and daughter were taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Why are you back here? But what happened?"
Although the place where I traded with the barbarians was not far from the city, it usually took half a month to sell before I could return. Unexpectedly, this time it was so fast, my wife couldn't help wondering if something happened.
The man looked in a hurry, but he returned in a hurry, but he didn't have that panic or ruined look, and said to the woman: "Hurry up and prepare the money at home."
"What happened?"
The wife obediently went to the inner room, but couldn't help but ask again.
The man's tone became a little excited.
"What's the matter? Good thing! Gaoliu's policy is about to change again. Isn't this because some people are going to migrate? It is allowed to hire long-term female workers for a period of four years. You only need to take care of food and drink, and give a little less money. I'm just for this Hurry back and prepare the deposit.”
"It's not just me. Many people who do plush yarn and woolen work have been invited to the dinner tonight. They have something to talk about."
When the wife heard it, she exclaimed, "That's a big deal. Long-term workers were not allowed to be hired before. Isn't this long-term worker like a slave boy?"
This place of Gaoliu is not Sishang, the Mo family has been doing things here in a lukewarm manner, and did not irritate Zhao Guo too much.
For example, when it comes to concubines, it is just to organize women. When some people who get rich first want to take concubines, they will take turns to bombard them, but it is not like Sishang, which has clear civil law regulations that strictly prohibit this.
This long-term worker is similar. I never said that I am not allowed to hire, but it is very difficult to hire. In addition, I have been advocating that everyone is equal and there is no slavery. This is already an unwritten rule.
Unwritten rules are not rules after all, Gaoliu is a city that relies on fleeing people to gather, and it is impossible for a single woman to escape.
And as long as the fugitives must be young and strong, the Mohists will organize them to carry out production and reclamation, so this unwritten situation arises: some hired workers in some workshops are only female workers, because their men generally have land and rely on rough land. When the land is worked, women work as weavers in exchange for some money.
The man heard the word "Li Tong" and cursed: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not like this. This matter has been debated for a long time within the Mo family, so don't add to the confusion. It's not Li Tong, it's just a four-year long-term worker. During this period, we have to manage food and housing, and only need to give the minimum amount of money every month, and we will talk about it after four years."
"Isn't this just for us to talk? At the beginning, it was said that it would be two years. That's not enough. After two years, they just got their hands on it. They are all people who can't spin woolen yarn. They only earn a fraction in two years. We have to talk about it. At least four years. There is still money to be made in four years."
"This time, a lot of female slaves came here, mainly to solve the problem of the number of men and women here, but the Mo family must first let them adapt to their status as human beings. But for a while, Gaoliu really couldn't control these people, so they just You can use our power."
"If you want to use us, then you have to benefit us, not for two years..."
A businessman pays much attention to profits, and his mouth is all about money, especially when it comes to the matter of two or four years, he is even more stubborn.
But there are some things that the man didn't fully say. It seems that the negotiation with Zhao Guo is not going well. The Mo family is worried that things will change over time, so they temporarily decide to move the required population at once, so the arrangement of these populations is a big deal.
If it was divided into four or five years, it would definitely not be the merchant's turn to come forward, but since the move was all at once, it would be difficult to accommodate and digest it only with the strength of the Mo family.
This time, the Mohists came to entertain, including all walks of life in Gaoliu City, basically all the industries that employ workers, and his family's manpower is barely able to fill in, especially now that woolen is selling well, he So he handed over the groceries that went to the Hu people to sell, and hurried back by himself.
The woman heard the words, and quickly said: "That said, there are quite a few people who want to move here at once. If you want to speculate on grain..."
Before he finished speaking, the man scolded: "Speculation in food? I think you think you are living too long. Do you really think that the Mohists don't kill people? Then the gentlemen of Zhao State killed one after another on the battlefield, and the noble women threw them to wash their hair. In the workshop, who dares to speculate on food? The new order has been issued, and today's banquet has an appointment to discuss this matter."
"What were you two talking about just now?"
The wife said angrily: "Ask your daughter! You actually fell in love with someone in the Mohist army, and you want to make a private life with him. Just a few days ago, it was reported in the newspaper that the concubine who forced the son to death Mi..."
The man was surprised and said: "Good thing! He is a young man from the Mohist family. Many people in this city are his classmates and are from Sishang. It will be convenient for him to do things in the future. Not to mention anything else, just revealing some news is worth ten dollars." Jin, let alone others?"
The wife scolded: "Money, money! You have been a businessman for a long time, you know money, and you have nothing else in your eyes. That is your own daughter, what do you think of your daughter? Thinking about profit, profit, profit!"
"Besides, who is that young man? He forced Mr. Zhao to be killed. If the Mo family loses in the future, their family will be punished by the whole family! , when the time comes, we will be implicated..."
Hearing the words, the man sighed and said: "A woman's opinion. Back then, when I went deep into the barbarians with a little goods and people, the danger was ten times higher, so the profit was ten times higher. How did our family get up? At that time, it was not a matter of life. came back?"
"This matter is not only ten times the profit, but three times the profit, you can go all out, and ten times the profit, so what if you bet your life?"
"The current situation...you still can't see through it. If the princes are really powerful enough to kill the Mohist family, it will still be used until now? Which of the Mohist's remarks should not be punished, but who dares to do so?"
"Besides, there is only one thing. Under the Emperor of Heaven, common people, peasants, businessmen, and businessmen are all equal. After being equal, who wants to be a slut? I love myself, but before right and wrong, I can tell the difference."
(End of this chapter)