Chapter 1258: Supporting the Husband and Educating the Children
Gu Ya’s words made it sound as if she was difficult to provide for.
Su Yunjin blinked playfully.
"Husband, I can support myself too." Su Yunjin had plenty of ways to make money—she didn’t need Gu Ya to sustain herself. Yunjin was not from ancient times, nor was she educated in the ways of ancient women, whose roles were confined to serving their husbands and raising their children. In Yunjin’s view,
a woman could also make money, without having to rely on a man to survive—even if she were married with children, she would still want to earn money with her own abilities.
Support herself.
Only when a woman had her own skills would she not be completely dependent on a man. Take her sister-in-law Gu Hengniang, for example; Gu Hengniang was entirely dependent on Wan Da’an. Her life was at the mercy of the Wan Family and Wan Da’an’s moods—if Wan Da’an and his family refused to give Gu Hengniang money, she would lose her source of income.
If Gu Hengniang had skills of her own and could make money, she could buy or eat whatever she wanted, all by herself without depending on others.
And she wouldn’t need to exhaust her wits or shamelessly beg others for money, or even steal. Unlike Gu Hengniang, the difference with Yunjin was that Gu Ya was a good man, not a scumbag like Wan Da’an; she could completely rely on Gu Ya, without worrying that he would treat her ill.
But Yunjin still hoped to be an independent person, capable of making money and having her own business, rather than a woman who lived off a man’s favor.
Such a woman was not what Yunjin aspired to be nor the life she wanted. Now, due to her pregnancy, she found it inconvenient to leave the house—for the sake of the child inside her,