Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute

"What else could there be? The same ’first place’ every year," Zhou Lanfang’s expression changed when she spoke of Shen Mianmian, looking at her sideways, "When teachers lecture her, it’s like playing the lute to a cow. I’ve said to stop schooling already! Learn a craft, but her dad won’t listen to me."

Zhang Changfa’s wife joined in, "If she’s not good at studying, it really might be better to stop. After all, Mianmian is a girl, studying doesn’t do much for her."

The others chimed in as well, "Exactly, schooling costs a fair bit of money each year. We don’t need to read to do farm work. She’s already in junior high school, practically educated. Since she won’t get into university, continuing is just wasting money."

"If you ask me, being able to recognize a few characters by the fifth grade is enough. What’s the point of going to junior high?"

"The neighbors back in my parents’ house had a kid who also made it to junior high, even had better grades than Mianmian. But didn’t get into high school either, now isn’t she just back home farming? All that money spent just drifted away."

"If she’s not good at studying, it really is better not to go. Save the money for those who are good at it."

Being bad at school and still attending, it’s just a waste of money. These people weren’t targeting Shen Mianmian specifically; this was their common mindset. They thought raising a daughter was just preparing a dowry for someone else’s family.

So, families with sons would usually prioritize their boys. That was the mindset of most people; to put it bluntly, it was gender bias.

Shen Jianhua’s smile gradually faded. He felt it was inappropriate for his wife to say these things in front of others, praising Siyu without having to put Mianmian down.

The kids were all grown up and needed face. It was not okay to talk about her like this in front of others, but with so many people around, mostly women chatting, it wasn’t his place to interrupt as a man.

Seeing that Shen Mianmian didn’t react much, he pretended not to hear.