The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 210 Ambition

When Miss Qin came to visit her home, Chen Cui did not give her a very grand reception so as not to make her feel uncomfortable.

It would be too lonely at home with only her and Suisui, so Chen Cui invited Mr. Zou to come out to help entertain the guests.

Although Chen Cui didn't know why Mr. Zou agreed to go to Beijing with them, she always respected her.

Although she was a teacher, the servants always treated her with great courtesy. Their meals were delivered to her courtyard separately from those of Chen Cui and the others. They also assigned a sturdy maid to do odd jobs in her courtyard.

Perhaps because he has left the familiar environment of Longnan, Mr. Zou is now more active than before. He no longer stays at home. When he is in the mood, he will take Sui Sui out for shopping.

Mr. Zou was originally a very elegant man, and he was also knowledgeable and talented. He had no shortage of topics to talk about with a lady like Miss Qin, and the two of them were in great spirits.

At noon, Chen Cui invited Miss Qin to her home for lunch, and the dishes were naturally specially prepared.

Because she heard that Miss Qin had lived with her grandparents in Jiangnan since she was a child and only came to Beijing when she was in her teens, so many dishes on the table were of Jiangnan flavor.

Miss Qin really liked them and kept praising the dishes for being authentic and having the taste of her hometown.

After dinner, Mr. Zou said goodbye and went back to his yard to rest. Chen Cui also took the opportunity to leave for something and asked Sui Sui to take Miss Qin to her room to sit for a while.

Sui Sui had been warned in advance today, so he was extra clever and well-behaved when dealing with Miss Qin. He took advantage of her young age and obtained a lot of useful information.

By the time Miss Qin said goodbye, Suisui had already started to call her "Sister Ruozhi" affectionately, and the two of them agreed to meet again next time.

Back in the house, Sui Sui proudly asked Chen Cui for credit.

"Mom, if Big Brother and Sister Ruozhi succeed, I have contributed a lot to this, so you have to be rewarded!"

"Okay, you'll get some benefit from it. Tell mom what you found out today." Chen Cui said with a smile.

"Sister Ruozhi likes embroidery, painting, and chess. She also likes to do the Five Animal Exercises and Eight Section Brocade to strengthen her body. Her maternal family has been practicing medicine for generations, and she has read a lot of medical books since she was a child. Unfortunately, her father is an official, so she can't be a female doctor to treat patients. It's really a pity."

Sui Sui shook his head as he spoke.

In her opinion, being able to treat illnesses is the most amazing skill. Why can't Ruozhi be a female doctor just because her father is an official?

Chen Cui was silent.

Qin Ruozhi was not the kind of girl who was innocent enough to reveal her situation to a child casually. She told Suisui that she was a doctor just to let Suisui know.

This is a temptation, a test of one's attitude towards this matter.

Chen Cui concluded that Qin Ruozhi had not given up on practicing medicine and wanted to see her attitude towards the matter at this time so as to determine what she would do after getting married.

Does Changping know about this?

"I know. We first met because the rabbit she used for experiments ran into her brother's room. She was afraid that her family would find out, so she rushed to catch it. I helped her find it. Later, I even saw her sew up the rabbit's wound herself."

"So what do you think about this? If she wants to practice medicine after she gets married, will you allow it?"

Chen Cui stared into Changping's eyes and asked in a deep voice.

"Miss Qin also asked me this question, and my answer was that as long as she is willing and it does not affect our lives, then it is fine."

Chen Cui really didn't expect Changping to have such an attitude. Could it be that her daily subtle education was too successful, and her son turned out to be so open-minded?

You know, although there are female doctors nowadays, most of them are in the palace, specializing in treating concubines and female relatives. They only specialize in gynecology, and their status is not high, only slightly better than those female officials. In the eyes of those nobles, they are no different from those slaves.

As for the market, there are no clinics that specialize in treating women, and there are no female doctors who practice medicine. The only two or three female doctors have learned a little bit because of family background, and they only treat the female relatives of in-laws and old friends, and do not practice medicine formally.

Although Chen Cui often instilled in her children the idea that life is not easy for women and that women are no worse than men when it comes to getting things done, she herself was not sure how much of an impact she could have on them.

After all, this world is so deceptive, especially to women!

For example, Mai was first sold to her husband's family by her biological parents in exchange for a dowry. Then her husband's family sold her for money and later wanted to sell her daughter. This was all because of her gender.

If Mai was a man, none of this would have happened.

Even if the biological parents want to sell their son, they must obtain the consent and permission of the clan, otherwise it would be against human ethics.

But if the person to be sold is a girl, no one will ask about it, because girls will get married in the future and will sooner or later belong to their husband's family and will not be considered part of their own bloodline.

Even though Miss Qin was born into an official family, she was still subject to many restrictions and could not act according to her heart.

It was only at this time that Chen Cui understood why Miss Qin, the daughter of a third-rank official, would choose Changping, a peasant boy with no roots.

If Mr. and Mrs. Qin were attracted by Changping's talent and future development potential, then Miss Qin probably agreed to such a marriage because she wanted freedom.

If she had married into a prominent family, she would have become a standard noble lady or an official's wife after marriage, and it would have been difficult for her to practice medicine. However, it was different for the Liu family.

Compared with the Qin family, the Liu family today is far inferior in family background. Being able to marry into the Qin family is definitely a high-class marriage.

If the Liu family had any sense, they would not let the Qin family's daughter get angry, which caused a rift in the relationship between the two families and affected Changping's future.

Even so, before the marriage was finalized, Miss Qin carefully sent a message to herself through Suisui, expressing her wish implicitly, which shows how eager she was to become a doctor.

Chen Cui sighed. The Qin family chose Changping because Miss Qin's parents loved their daughter so much and didn't want their daughter to suffer any grievances.

Otherwise, there would be many men who would want to marry the daughter of the Vice Minister of Justice, so how could it be his own son's turn?

Isn’t it just that you want to find a family with a simple population, someone who is worse than your own, so that if your daughter is bullied in the future, your family members won’t be able to stand up for her!

Since Changping had no objection to this, she would not be a wicked mother-in-law and oppose Miss Qin's ambitions.

What's more, the awakening of women's self-awareness was something she had originally wanted to do in the future. Now that there was such a girl with a strong sense of self-awareness in front of her, she was like a helper delivered to her doorstep. How could she let her go!