From "Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty".
Baili Xi married a wife in his thirties because his family was poor. His wife's surname is Du. At that time, it was popular to travel around the world to seek opportunities to get a job, after all, you can't submit your resume online like now. Baili Xi also wants to travel, but he is worried about his wife.
Du Shi said: The concubine heard that the man was ambitious in all directions. If you don't want to be a leader in the prime of life now, how can you guard your small family all day long?I can support myself at home, so you don't need to worry about it. She slaughtered the only old hen in the family and practiced it for Baili Xi.
Later, Baili Xi worshiped the prime minister in Qin, and Du's son also went to Qin. After parting for many years, they didn't dare to recognize each other rashly, so they could only find an opportunity to enter the house and sing the ballad they had made up before in front of Baili Xi, and the two finally recognized each other and hugged Da Mourning. At that time, Bailixi was already an old man in his seventies. But in any case, it is a warm ending of a happy reunion.
The story of Le Yang's wife is more famous. Le Yangzi picked up gold on the road, and his wife said: "Men with lofty ideals do not drink the water of stolen springs, and those who are incorruptible do not eat the food that comes from them." How can a gentleman break his virtue because of such a small profit?
Le Yangzi went out to study and Xi and couldn't hold on, so he ran home halfway. His wife cut the freshly woven cloth on the loom with a knife and told him that learning Xi is like weaving, and that once he interrupts his studies, just like the cut cloth, his previous efforts will be wasted.
Duke Wen of Jin stayed in the country of Qi for seven years when he traveled around the world, and married his wife Qi Jiang. Later, the Qi State was in turmoil, and the people who followed Chong'er thought that they should leave the Qi State and go to the Song State or the Qin State and the Chu State, and not make any plans. But Chong'er is greedy for his wife Qi Jiang, and he has long put the grand plan and hegemony behind him, and he doesn't want to go into exile anymore.
After Qi Jiang knew about it, he drunk Chong'er, taught people to carry them out of the palace at night, and explained to a group of people who gave Chong'er to go out of the city overnight, and even the fox Yan who followed Chong'er praised it: Mrs. cut the love of the house, in the name of becoming a son, virtuous and rare through the ages!And she did everything she could, and she would kill all the maids who overheard their plans. Kill decisively, not inferior to men.
Do you think I want to say that marrying a wife should be a virtuous one?No. What I want to say is that from ancient times to the present, we have never lacked such smart, virtuous, courageous, and wise women. However, they can only hide behind men, and are called xx, xx's wives. They can't even leave their names in history.
So why are more and more women reluctant to get married, and even if they do, they are no longer willing to put their family first as before and revolve around the pot all day long?Because they have caught up with the best era, this is the era of women's collective awakening, they can finally have the opportunity to go on the stage and shine their own light, in addition to their husbands and children's three meals a day, there are other possibilities in life. Women, unlike men, have been the protagonists since ancient times. Such an era is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for women, and if they catch up, how can they not cherish it.