Chapter 165 Girls' Building
"You go and do your work first." Shi Xuanying did not ask any further questions.
Today's test was direct enough. County Magistrate Cao was a smart man and would certainly know her ambitions and her intentions to recruit her.
"I am resigning."
After leaving the county government office, County Magistrate Cao returned home with a lot on his mind.
Mrs. Cao saw his serious expression and felt a pang in her heart: "Old Cao, did the master blame you? Alas, this is my fault. I will go and apologize to the master."
As she said this, she called her maid to help her dress up.
County Magistrate Cao grabbed her and said, "Don't make trouble. The Lord not only didn't blame you, but also said that you are courageous and wants you to manage the workshop of the government office."
"Ah." Madam Cao was stunned, then surprised and delighted, "Really?!"
"Don't be happy too soon. The adults think you are too emotional and told you to go back to her when you learn to use your brain." County Magistrate Cao has been married to his wife for twenty years and he feels he knows her personality very well. For an emotional person, it is extremely difficult to learn to use her brain first!
Madam Cao ignored all this and said happily, "Your Excellency is really broad-minded! I will go to see you tomorrow!"
County Magistrate Cao was about to pour cold water on her when she suddenly heard her ask, "Since the Lord didn't blame you, why did you look so gloomy when you came back just now?"
"Yes, yes..." County Magistrate Cao scratched his head irritably, "I can't explain it to you in a short time, so don't ask!"
"Then you think about it. I'll go back and pack my clothes for meeting the adults tomorrow." Mrs. Cao really left him alone and walked away humming a little tune.
County Magistrate Cao looked at the empty door, his expression blank for a moment, then he smiled helplessly and shook his head.
County Magistrate Cao was different from most men in the Small Chen Kingdom. He never thought that women did not need to know what was going on outside, and he looked down on those who treated their wives as fools.
He felt that those people were really stupid. Before the age of ten, children were mostly raised by their mothers. If the wife was an ignorant woman, how could she raise a child well?
County Magistrate Cao was born in a common family and had never met any nobles, but he loved to dig up some secret information. By chance, he heard that the mistresses of the aristocratic families not only needed to socialize, but also held considerable property. Families like them also paid unimaginable attention to the upbringing of their daughters.
Therefore, the aristocratic families rarely intermarried with people "outside the circle".
County Magistrate Cao couldn't tell whether the news was true or not, but he thought it made sense! After all, "a stupid father means stupid mothers", and no one wants their son to be influenced by a narrow-minded woman.
Mrs. Cao's father was a scholar, and was one of those who was most deceived by the upper class. The way their family raised their daughter was truly horrific.
There is a custom among the people of Xiaochen Country that any family with some money will build a girl’s building after their daughter is born. The girl will be raised in the building from a young age and is not allowed to go out of the door for eating, drinking, defecating or urinating.
To put it bluntly, the dog is freer than his daughter.
When Mrs. Cao first got married, she was like a quail, and County Magistrate Cao was so afraid that the loudest noise would scare her to death.
She walked out of the Girls' Building, but her heart was trapped inside. After they got married, it took her a long time to adapt and gradually come out and become a "living" person.
If it were when they had just gotten married, his wife would not even dare to breathe if he didn't smile, let alone leave him alone humming a little tune.
"Alas!" County Magistrate Cao was a little envious of his own wife. It was true that ignorance was fearless.
County Magistrate Cao was very conflicted.
This contradiction can be seen from his past actions.
If he was a courageous and ambitious man, he would not be content to live in a corner, nor would he surrender directly when Qu's army attacked. But if he was a man with no ideas and no abilities, he would not have become the "local emperor" of Tao County.
I will be going home tomorrow, and I have to get up early to catch the bus, so I will present this humble chapter to you.
