Chapter 674 - 672: Mindset Issues
Madam Zhou frowned as she watched her son and daughter-in-law leave, saying to Ji Xiaoyuan, "I really want to warn her not to visit her maternal aunt, but the lord insists that I shouldn’t. What good can come from seeing such a greedy and malicious person? Won’t she just bring harm to our Ji Family upon her return?"
Ji Xiaoyuan sighed, "The bond between mother and daughter is not something that can be so easily severed. If the fourth daughter-in-law could truly just abandon the maternal aunt who raised her so easily, then she would indeed have no redeeming qualities at all."
In the past, Ji Xiaoyuan always valued a woman’s talent and intelligence, only to realize recently that, as a wife and as the woman managing a household, talent is really not essential. Awareness and understanding of the broader picture are what truly matter.
For instance, the current fourth daughter-in-law, on the day of the marriage, it was the Ye Family’s background that was important to his Ji Family. The Ji Family had no nephews to support the family for the next generation, so in order for the Ji Family to remain unshakeable in the future, that’s why he married off his fourth son to the concubine-born daughter of the Ye Family.
In his view, the Ye Family’s property was certainly important, but the reason Ye Xinyi could marry into the noble Ji Family was also because she possessed talent, and she was recognized as one of the virtuous and talented ladies in the capital. However, now it seemed that without the support of Duke An’s Mansion, Ye Xinyi’s talents were of very little value to the family and her husband.
This included teaching the children, as women’s talents were often narrow, expressing sorrows and joys of the seasons that ultimately demonstrated a lack of generosity and magnanimity, only suitable for self-amusement under the indulgence of men.
Ji Xiaoyuan glanced at Madam Zhou and, although he did not really favor this wife and also found her somewhat mercenary, she was able to manage household affairs properly, allowing him to pursue his studies peacefully without being entangled in the disgusting matters of the inner house.
He thought sadly to himself, "The world is indeed difficult, and things cannot always turn out as desired."