Chapter 102
“Divorce is also a woman’s right.” Zhu Yan Shu said.
A hair-raising topic was initiated at the breakfast table. It started when the discussion between Yang Yuyan and Yang Yucan extended from the balcony to the living room, which was overheard by Zhu Yanshu, who then joined the conversation, followed by Zhang Ma who came to the living room to call for breakfast, which she also joined, and finally Su Chunjun who knocked on the door, which he also managed to join in.
So, on the morning of the day when they were to make new clothes for the engagement ceremony, all the people in the house were discussing the divorce.
Su Chunjun swallowed a mouthful of wontons and said, “I think that in the future, the rights of men and women will reach a balance, even if it’s only a superficial equality, and women will no longer be treated differently under the law, and will no longer be considered as not having the same rights and obligations as men.”
Zhu Yanshu said, “This is indeed a trend that we are learning from the West.”
Yang Yuchan: “Western society does have a lot to learn from us. Their developed science, powerful industry, and perfect social system.”
Zhang Ma stood next to her, “I just think it’s good that that woman can hire a lawyer to get a divorce too.”
Yang Yuyan lowered her head and just ate the wontons, refusing to get involved. She carefully looked at Su Chunjun several times, fearing that he would misunderstand that she wanted to break up with him, and could not find a suitable opportunity to explain, her heart was very anxious, which was manifested in the fact that she did not go to hold the small pickled vegetables that were placed next to her, which in the past she liked to eat very much.
Su Chunjun noticed her silence and deliberately asked her, “Yan Yan, what do you think?”
It was almost time to have a name! He could finally call Second Miss Yang by her maiden name. He let the name roll past his tongue and flicked it out lightly.
Yang Yuyan: “This is certainly very good. But outside of the divorce, I’m afraid the property issue is the biggest difficulty.”
Su Chunjun immediately applauds, “Well said!” He was a little surprised, but then he realized that he had underestimated Yang Yuyan. Although she is young, she is not a child in an ivory tower, what she sees and hears, what she thinks, is no worse than an adult.
“Yang Yuyan is talking about one of the biggest problems of divorce for women nowadays,” said Su Chunjun. Su Chunjun said, “Women don’t own property, so how can they keep their property after divorce? Lawyers nowadays love to use Western law in their defense as a rule, but ultimately it depends on what the judges think.”
To put it bluntly, it depends on whether or not this lawyer can get through to the judge. Because the fact of divorce is a novelty, if not the famous imperial concubine and the emperor divorce, the world does not know the husband and wife woman can also take the initiative not to man, since ancient times only seven out of three do not go. In the imperial consort and the emperor after the divorce, newspaper reports, are crying order collapse, the heavenly program does not exist.
But even if there is such a sensational story for everyone to know that women can also be divorced, but after the divorce, how women have to live and how to protect themselves, it becomes a problem again.
Because there is no relevant legal provisions, and even if there are such legal provisions, whether the judges have read them is still a question. Many judges nowadays do as they please when trying cases. They are more concerned about cases related to the rich and powerful and have no interest at all in the divorce cases of the general public, and often pass judgment on them casually.
This often causes more harm to women who see divorce as a lifesaver.
Many women do not leave their homes. They are transferred from their fathers to their husbands without any sense of self. Their dowries are not in their own hands. They live in their father’s house when they are at home and in their husband’s family’s house when they are married.
So when they are divorced, they are thrown out on the street, with no place to live, no money to buy food, and nothing, and if they can be re-admitted by their mother’s family, then that is already a blessing. Otherwise, they can only be reduced to beggars, or suffer even more tragic things.
Yang Yuchan firmly said: “Therefore, the most important thing is to enlightenment. It is important to let women also have channels to obtain education, so that they can also recognize the world, so that they can grasp their own destiny.”
Yang Yuyan also said, “Counter. Until one day, we ourselves can intervene to formulate legal provisions related to ourselves, and only then will we be truly protected.”
Su Chunjun applauded for her, “Amazing! Is Yan Yan going to be a judge in the future? Then I won’t dare disobey Taiza in the future.”
This joke was well played.
Zhu Yanshu and Yang Yucan both secretly let go of their hearts. It was Zhang Ma who also left with a smile.
Yang Yuyan heard that he wasn’t angry, instead he was confessing to her, and under the joy in her heart, she scolded him, “What nonsense!”
After breakfast, Zhu Yanshu and Yang Yucan went back to the house to change their clothes, and Yang Yuyan was also going to change another skirt for going out. She hesitated for a while and changed into a white shirt with ruffles, underneath she wore a pink pleated skirt with a pair of white half socks and a pair of brown small leather shoes.
She stood in front of the mirror and turned around, hesitated, and took another shawl before coming out.
Su Chunjun then sat in the living room and waited for the three ladies to get changed. He took the poem that Yang Yuyan had copied and read it, seeing that she had also drawn the flowers, arches and the moon described in the poem in the corner of the page, so he quieted down and slowly savored this romantic thought of hers. When he heard the door slam, he immediately stood up, intending to give a good compliment.
Turning around to take a look, the first one to walk out was none other than Yang Yuyan.
She was wearing a white blouse, chest bulging, waist tied tightly, not a handful, pink pleated skirt like petals scattered and closed, below revealing her snow-white rounded calves, white as if she had never seen the sun.
She spun around in front of him, inclined her head and asked him adorably, “Does it look good?”
Su Chunjun then let out a breath, he had been holding his breath just now.
“Good looking, really good looking.” He wanted to step forward, but restrained himself from standing a step away, “Perfect for you, pure and beautiful.”
Zhu Yanshu pushed the door out, as soon as he saw Yang Yuyan, he praised, “It’s so nice to wear it like this, oops, I should buy you a few more shirts, why haven’t you worn them before? It’s all right, go and get a bow tie to wear, go, do you have one there?”
Yang Yuchan also came out, she just simply changed into a new shirt from last year without dressing up much. She said, “I have it there, I’ll go get it.”
She turned around and went back, in a few moments she took four or five bow ties out, all for girls, there were red plaid ones, dark green ones, black ones, and yellow ones.
Zhu Yanshu picked the red one and tied it for Yang Yuyan with her own hands, “Of course you should use red for happy events.”
The small bow tie was tied under the collar button. Zhu Yanshu was dissatisfied again, “It would be better if there was a pearl collar button pinned here, I remember I have one.”
She went back to the house to look for it, and Zhang Ma followed her in to help her look for it, and it took her a while to find it. Because Zhu Yanshu has not used this collar button for a long time, fortunately the pearl has not lost its color, still warm and shiny. Zhu Yanshu put it on the bow tie, pillow-shaped pearl is as big as a thumbnail cap, and the gold bracket underneath is a little dull.
She held Yang Yuyan’s shoulder and pulled her in front of the full body mirror, looking at Yang Yuyan who had grown into a young girl in the mirror, she sighed, “It’s so pretty, it really suits you.”
Yang Yuyan looked at the young girl in the mirror, her eyes are moist and black, her face is rich in youthful luster, her cheeks are slightly flushed, the corners of her mouth can not help but smile. She was surrounded by her mother, her sister, her boyfriend, and Zhang Ma.
She was happy, very happy.
Her eyes were slightly moist.
She quickly smiled, blinked, and touched the large pearl on her collar button, “It’s so big.”
Zhu Yan Shu said bashfully, “Here you go.”
She pushed Yang Yuyan to Su Chunjun, who looked like he had become mute since a while ago, and said, “Mr. Su, take care of her for me.”
Only then did Su Chunjun find his tongue, nodding his head in a panic, gulping, and somewhat stiffly extending his arm to Yang Yuyan for her to take.
He saw her reddened eyes, and a slightly disoriented face.
He didn’t know why she was sad, guessing that it might be because the thought of marrying someone made her uneasy.
He said softly, “We’ll live here from now on, I won’t let you be separated from your mom and sister.”
Yang Yuyan held his hand tightly and hmmm’d.
Zhu Yanshu wrapped her arms around Yang Yucan and whispered, “Mom is also keeping good things for you, when your good days come, I’ll give them all to you.”
Yang Yucan was both touched and amused, “Mom, how could I be that careful? Today is Yan Yan’s good day, if she doesn’t shine, who will?”
Zhu Yanshu happily shook Yang Yucan’s hand, “Big sister, mom is really happy. With you sisters, mom’s life is worth it.”
Zhu Yanshu then felt that the suffering of the first half of her life was over, and from now on, their family’s happy life was just about to begin.
She turned her head and saw that Zhang Ma hadn’t changed her clothes yet, and hurriedly urged, “Zhang Ma, why haven’t you changed yet? Go change quickly, it’s time to go out.”
Zhang Ma still felt that it was inappropriate for her to follow the Zhu family mother and daughter to make new clothes, “I’d better not go.”
Zhu Yanshu: “No. Must go, I’ve made a deal with the others.”
She pushed Zhang Ma back.
Not long after, Zhang Ma changed her clothes and came out, nervous and happy.
Yang Yuyan then went to pull her, relieving her of her uneasiness. Su Chunjun stood on the other side and said with a smile, “Zhang Ma, you’re still embarrassed?”
Zhang Ma laughed and scolded, “Mr. Su, from now on, you’re the aunt of this family, we’re a family, so leave some virtue in your mouth.”
Ms. Zhu swayed and held Yang Yucan and walked to the gate to wait for the yellow bus.
Auntie Ma was sitting at the gate, next to Master Ma on an old chair. There was also a box of orange soda on the ground.
When Auntie Ma saw the Zhu family’s mother and daughter come out, she hurriedly greeted her, “Mrs., Miss, Miss, Mr. Su, are you going out?”
Zhu Yanshu smiled back to her, “Going out for a walk.”
Auntie Ma was about to open a soda and invite them to drink it.
Zhu Yanshu said, “No, no, we are in a hurry to go out, you are a businessman, how can you make money if you keep treating people to drinks? No, no, no.”
At this time, the yellow car also came over, a few people were on three cars, and soon left.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money from the company.
Grand Master Ma also smiled and said vaguely, “No, no.” His spirits were getting worse now, and he would easily pass out in the house, so Dame Ma took advantage of the good sun and warm weather to move him outside to make his spirits better.
“Try it, this soda is pretty good, I can taste it even if you’ve had it.” Ma Da-ma opened a bottle, inserted a straw, and handed it to Ma Da-ma, asking him to hold it in both hands and suck it slowly.
The first time I saw this, I saw a group of young men and women riding bicycles, and when they saw the man on the road drinking soda, they came over and asked, “How much is a soda?”
Ma Da Ma quickly said: “Soda 10 cents a bottle, orange flavor. There are straws too, and they cost two cents.” The straws were made of paper, which was Yang Yuyan’s idea, saying that some ladies might not like to drink from the mouth of the bottle, so it would be more civilized to use straws.
Civilized or not was not the most important thing, but Zhang Ma was worried that the straws would not be sold, and she would have to spend money to buy them for nothing, only 50 straws for 10 cents, and if she could not sell them, she would lose money, and the paper would go bad.
As a result, I did not expect this side really have many ladies willing to buy this account.
This line of men and women in the two painted lipstick lady to ask for a straw, the results of drinking soda, the other girls to see the two of them showy sucking soda, but they have to drink with the boys as much as tilting their necks, not paying attention to drink to the neck to go, surprisingly, some people behind the back of the straw and buy it again.
Auntie Ma smiled as she waited for them to finish their drinks and retrieve their bottles, and politely sent them away. In her hand she grabbed a handful of Mao tickets and coins, sat down and carefully unfolded the tickets before stuffing them into her pocket. She said to Mr. Ma, who was next to her, “I made money again today! I’ve made 50 or 60 cents in just a few moments!”
Master Ma nodded with a smile and pushed the bottle of soda to her. Dame Ma took a couple of sips to quench her thirst and pushed it back to him, saying, “It tastes pretty good, I’ve never had it before, so drink it, drink it.” She sat down and shouted, “Soda, good orange soda ah! Delicious orange soda!”
The three yellow buses came to a stop in front of the tailor store. Ms. Xue, the owner of Ms. Xue’s Suit Shop, stood at the door early and waited, and as soon as she saw them coming down, she immediately came out to greet them, her voice rising high: “Yo, yo, yo, Ms. Zhu, what kind of elixir have you taken? How come you seem to have gotten younger!”