Chapter 260: The Terrifying Lack Of Interest
“In this world, only women can manage men well.”
E Ji was someone who stuck firmly to principles. She hadn’t forgotten a single word her mother told her back then, and she would resolutely carry them out.
Lying in Yun Ce’s arms, her forehead pressed against his chin, her little hand pinching his arm, her belly that had swelled considerably rubbing gently against the man’s stomach…
Even Yun Ce, who always had strong opinions, felt that what E Ji’s mother said was right.
“Think about it, when men gain glory, who is it for? Isn’t it for women?”
“When men get money, in the end, isn’t it spent on women?”
“When men clean themselves up, isn’t it for women to see?”
“Those people have lost their drive, but it’s not really their fault. No matter who it is, ending up in a state where no one wants them is pretty miserable, especially these men who are unwanted by almost everyone. Can’t they just live for themselves?
Unwanted, unwanted by women, they lose the idea of earning money, lose the notion of making themselves presentable, and spend their days just getting by one day at a time, not even finding death so scary anymore.
What do you think?”
1 As E Ji spoke, she even placed Yun Ce’s hand on her breasts, which had grown larger due to pregnancy.
1 “If those guys were like husband, with a pregnant wife and a child about to be born, try letting those thirty-six children pressure them again. It would be strange if they didn’t tear them apart.”
1 “Back then, those disabled men from Hekou Village who were discarded by the army into the village, at first they all sought death, making a fuss about not wanting to live, their appearance no better than these people.
1 They just took advantage of Hekou Village having no men. Those women had no choice but to stick with them. Later, as you saw, when trouble came, even without legs, they still wanted to protect the women in the village, and they did a pretty good job.”
1 “Husband shouldn’t worry about those people. Just leave them to the women in the manor to manage. Even though it’s deep winter month, the river network on our manor hasn’t been dug yet. Even if it’s cold, concubine has no intention of stopping this work.
1 Before, I was worried about overworking the men on the manor and causing resentment. Now, with these people, the men on the manor can be reassigned to the Jin Suo Pass and Jingkou Pass construction sites.”
1 The nagging voice of E Ji came to his ears. The nameless anger in Yun Ce’s heart gradually extinguished. He realized he might have underestimated E Ji, always seeing himself as her protector.
1 Hearing her say this now, who was whose protector was still hard to say.
1 Yun Ce reached out and held E Ji’s thick waist, making her big belly press even closer against him. Occasionally feeling the fetal movement, this kind of interaction was even more heartwarming.
1 When dawn broke, the windows in Yun Ce’s bedroom were roughly flung open by someone. Piercing cold wind immediately poured in from the window. Yun Ce tucked the quilt around E Ji, got out of bed. Today, he was ready to properly educate that extremely rude black feathered eagle.
2 Previously, the one with the habit of opening windows was the red date horse. Later, Yun Ce spent some effort to cure the red date horse of its habit of headbutting the window open early in the morning.
2 Now, it was replaced by that black feathered eagle.
2 The eagle that had been recuperating at Yun Clan Villa for over half a year had finally regained some of its former kingly demeanor, especially the three golden feathers on its forehead constantly growing sideways. It looked like the three feathers were about to form a ring. Once they did, without a doubt, this guy would be the true king of birds.
2 Yun Ce’s hand was as fast as lightning, about to strike the bird’s head, but the bird flexibly ducked its head to avoid it. This move that always worked on the red date horse actually failed against the black feathered eagle.
2 It not only dodged Yun Ce’s strike but also opened its mouth and croaked “gua” once.
2 Looking at the black feathered eagle perched on the window, Yun Ce turned back to E Ji, who was dressing, and said: “It listens to you very well now?”
2 E Ji stretched out her arm, and the black feathered eagle jumped down from the window, hopped to the clothes rack, picked up E Ji’s vest in its beak, and excitedly brought it to her.
2 E Ji put on the vest and sat on the edge of the bed. The black feathered eagle immediately fetched her embroidered shoes. Seeing she didn’t wear them, it fetched a pair of short boots from the shoe rack.
2 E Ji slipped her feet into the boots, and the black feathered eagle even knew to hold the back of the boot in its beak to help her put them on in one go.
2 “They like to work. Why does husband refuse? Even if it’s not good once or twice, over time, they’ll do it well.”
3 Yun Ce laughed: “When it used to take my shoes away, was it trying to help me?”
3 E Ji held back a laugh: “Yes, husband always kicked it away with one foot. Later, it didn’t dare help husband with work and had to help me instead. Over time, it seemed very clever.”
3 Yun Ce looked at the black feathered eagle in the bedroom, which was hopping around silly-happy after helping E Ji put on her boots, and couldn’t help shaking his head. He seemed never willing to consider things from the other side’s angle.
3 Whether it was Qin Shu’s suggestion, He Qingfang’s advice, or those utterly useless guys.
3 “Why did the red date horse used to always crash open the window?” Yun Ce rubbed his hands, imitating how E Ji had just rewarded the black feathered eagle by petting its head, but he touched nothing.
3 “The red date horse likes you. When it saw dawn break, it thought you should get up like it to eat grass or run. Later, you beat it so it didn’t dare come, only waiting for you in the courtyard.”
3 Hearing this, Yun Ce immediately looked toward the red date horse in the courtyard. Sure enough, the guy was still waiting by the wall base. Yun Ce beckoned to it, and the red date horse immediately ran over, sticking its big head through the window.
3 Yun Ce reached out to hug the horse’s head, straightened its messy mane, and finally patted the big head twice. The red date horse snorted contentedly and left.
3 Clearly, this way of informing was far more likable to the red date horse than a slap in the face.
3 E Ji hugged Yun Ce’s waist from behind, pressed her face to his back, and said: “These are all women’s tricks. Husband doesn’t need to mind. Men should have the appearance of men.”
4 Seeing the black feathered eagle hop through the window and out, Yun Ce was about to close the window when a sinister voice came from the doorway.
4 “Husband, steady yourself. Don’t be bewitched by this woman.”
4 E Ji, who had been sweetly intimate with Yun Ce, immediately raised her head and snarled at Zhang Min at the door: “You just can’t stand to see me doing well, can you?”
4 Zhang Min, also sporting a big belly, pulled E Ji off Yun Ce and said disdainfully: “In Jin Suo Pass, out of sheer boredom, you were the one researching with An Ji and the other women how to charm men, right?
4 You were the one loudly proclaiming you wanted husband to be infatuated with you, and once I gave birth, you’d kick me out the door, right?
4 You were also the one cursing this pregnancy of mine to produce a daughter, right?”
4 Seeing E Ji’s little face flushed red, Yun Ce hugged E Ji and laughed: “It’s fine, I enjoy it very much. It doesn’t matter, anyway, I’m the one benefiting.”
4 With Yun Ce’s support, E Ji’s expression immediately turned from cloudy to sunny. She pointed at Zhang Min: “You only gave birth to a pretty face. For a woman, what’s important is managing the household and bearing children, not coming up with ideas like sticking people on a wooden club to slowly torture them to death.”
4 Zhang Min’s face turned pale upon hearing this. She raised her hand to point at E Ji, but Yun Ce’s long arm pulled her into his arms. He gently patted Zhang Min’s cheek and said: “The things you know how to do, she doesn’t.”
4 He thought this impartial behavior would calm the two women’s anger, but unexpectedly, both women shook off his hands at the same time and stormed off angrily.
5 Doggy sighed in Yun Ce’s mind: “What women want has always been favoritism, not damn fairness.”
5 He didn’t know where Doggy copied that line from, but it was very realistic and extremely true.
5 Being ignored was fine too. At least the red date horse remained loyal to Yun Ce. Coming once again to the camp, seeing the entire camp full of women, Yun Ce turned and left.
5 It wasn’t dissatisfaction with the situation here, but rather that the scene was too hard to look at.
5 Yun Clan Villa had many women, and their quality was generally not high. Later, many men came looking. Yun Ce naturally allowed them to pair up, so quite a few women found men and went around in pairs, making others envious.
5 Those who found partners first were without exception the best among this group of women. As for the rest, there were still many.
5 Now, the remaining women were all in the camp, picking men like they were picking livestock.
5 What Yun Ce couldn’t understand most was that this group of men actually stood there letting these women pick and choose, even leading to scenes where several women fought over one man.
5 Feng An, with a book tucked under his arm, walked slowly out of the camp. Seeing Yun Ce about to leave, he hurried over: “Lord, why are you here?”
5 Yun Ce pointed at the camp, feeling unable to describe the scene.
6 Feng An laughed: “The union of man and woman is the great way of human relations. Whether women are weak and men strong, or women strong and men weak, it’s all normal. Lord must have seen countless scenes of men picking women. Can’t stand it now when seeing women picking men?”
6 Yun Ce said: “What I’m saying is, do these men still have any use?”
6 Feng An held up one finger: “Lord, we need obedient folk, and these people who don’t even know what resistance is are perfect candidates for obedient folk.
6 In a collective, the more obedient folk there are, the more stable the collective becomes. This is good for us rulers. Lord, I’ve already sent people to the wasteland to find similar ones.”
6 Yun Ce nodded: “Does this work?”
6 Feng An laughed: “Of course it works. A cowardly group broken into countless small family units will show uneven family conditions. When giving them opportunities to improve their situations, this unevenness will widen even more. Collective cowardice in a group is different from individual weakness. Individual weakness can be saved; collective weakness is incurable.
6 From the current view, this group’s emotions are already stirred up. They have hope of being accepted. Hahaha, even though the one accepting them is an ugly woman, no matter—first break their collective cowardice.”
