A bowl of thin porridge, and a few tears from her usually fiery mother. Little Cao'er was led out of her home. The broker had a string of children in tow, all girls.
People said she was lucky to be sold into a wealthy household as a maid. But Little Cao'er couldn't understand what was so lucky about it. She was still being sold from one person to another like livestock.
There was a strange little girl in the courtyard who was always saying strange things. Everyone else thought the best way to get ahead was to have a child and become the mistress of the house. She alone said that was a bad idea. “That doesn't make you the mistress of the house. It makes you a plaything, and a woman can never reclaim her dignity and self-respect after that.”
That's right, Little Cao'er realized. She didn't want to be a plaything, and she didn't want to be a mistress. She just wanted to be able to stand tall and speak her mind. Why should women have to be considered inferior? Why should they have to depend on men to get by? Living that way, just as the little girl said, wasn't living. It was merely burning through the oil in a lamp.
She had to climb up by her own efforts. Women, countless women, were not inferior, and there should be a place for them in this world.
“Little Cao'er isn't a name. My family called me that because grass is lowly. From now on, I'm not Little Cao'er. I'm Zhao Yue, the radiant light of the sun and moon.”
“Because I've seen a society where men and women are treated as equals, I can't accept everything here. That would be surrender.”
“He loves me deeply, and my husband does everything he can to protect me. But I can't live only under his protection. I also need to stand on my own and support our family.”
“We don't want a world where women rule over men. We want a world where women can claim half of it and make a life for themselves.”
Content warnings: 1. Don't expect Little Cao'er to be rebellious right from the start. She really is a woman born and raised in ancient times.
2. This is actually an ensemble story about women. The story is told from Little Cao'er's perspective, so she's listed as the protagonist, but every character's story deserves to be seen. I'm worried I won't be able to distribute the page time evenly.
3. One character transmigrates from another world. She isn't foolish, but she also doesn't want to submit to this world.
4. This is not a matriarchal novel. The women will use their own efforts to change girls' status, but it will be a very long process.
5. About the romance: one character confesses to the female protagonist, but she is wholeheartedly pursuing her ideals and turns him down. I think relationships of all kinds are just part of a person's growth and transformation, so please proceed with caution if you can't accept this plot point. It takes up very little of the story.
Theme: Women hold up half the sky.
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This book comes to an end here. I originally wanted to put this paragraph on Weibo, but I thought that many babies don't read Weibo, so I stuffed it into the text. In my previous plan, there were indeed four extra episodes, but later I felt that there was no need to write the future stories too clearly, and it might be better to leave them blank. So this baby can be regarded as the fourth extra story. These are some of my inner thoughts when writing this book. I am actually a person who reads very complicated things and writes very complicated things. If you click on my column, you will find that although it is indeed very complicated, everything I wrote before still has an emotional thread. My earliest inspiration was actually the book "Spring Is Known in the Snow", which I pondered when I was 14 years old. When I was a kid, I read the most emotional novels. I didn't even know that there was such a category as non-CP, so I thought, what should I write about without CP? Later I realized that you can write a lot without cp, and the reasons for starting may be a bit strange. Some people may want to realize their dreams in the book, but I saw a pair of tearful eyes one afternoon. I know, it was just a plot filmed by an actor. But those beautiful tearful eyes made my heart tremble, as if at that moment, I saw a heroine who was no longer willing to be the "heroine's heroine". It seems a bit convoluted. To put it simply, it was those eyes that made me want to write a novel about the heroine becoming her own heroine. At that time, I was working on Tanghua, and Xiaolujiang hadn't been signed yet, so I thought adding some intangible cultural heritage elements might make it easier to get signed. So there it is, sister Baoyue and Zhaoyue make money from entangled flowers, which begins the plot of their first step into the world. I admit that maybe there are many unreasonable things in this book, such as it is too idealistic. But my original intention in writing this book was to see the reluctance in those tearful eyes turn into the joy of realizing their wishes. Zhaoyue has always been an amazing little girl in my eyes, and she has done a great job. I want her to get her wish, but I can't bear to see her final outcome, and there are still tears in my eyes. As well as about the plot in a non-CP female-oriented novel where the girls show weakness and the men highlight the highlights, I will also give an explanation below. In fact, as I grew older, I no longer had to worry about issues like emotional lines or not. In my eyes, the framework of a novel's protagonist was finally no longer just about love. I began to pursue their lives, so I also read many such novels. There are some for men and some for women, and each one reveals a different point of view from the author. My point of view is that even the heroine has the right to show weakness. Human beings are never independent creatures, but creatures that live in groups formed by countless individuals. Regardless of gender, people need to help each other to move forward. "It cannot be said that by giving her the status of "big heroine", I deprived her of the right to show weakness. Just like you, girls can be self-reliant and self-reliant, but they cannot just force themselves on them. There is no shame in showing weakness. You admit your shortcomings, admit your ambitions, and admit that your actions are to make yourself live a better life. Being able to face yourself is also a great thing. Furthermore, I would not want to deprive male characters of their highlights. Everyone has what they are good at and what they are not good at. Maybe they are very powerful, and in many aspects no one can catch up with them. They have become the most powerful existence in the hearts of people in this world, but girls can suppress them in one aspect. Doesn't that also happen to prove that girls are no worse than them? A person's advantages need to be compared to be displayed, but only such an advantage is compared, rather than the whole person. No one is a hexagonal warrior. If I really create such a character, I don't think I have that ability, but it will look fake. As for the issue of feelings, just like what I wrote in the introduction, in my eyes, this is just a part of people's growing life, it is not important. People will be curious about unknown things, but once they have experienced it, the novelty will be gone. So she can know what it's like to be tempted, and then discern what kind of life she really wants to live. In Zhaoyue's eyes, career is more important than love, so with comparison, she can make a decision faster and choose to give up "burdens" that are not important to her. And she is loved because she is a good person. She has grown into a dazzling being. Who doesn't like to look at the sun and the moon? After all, there is only one in the sky, it is too eye-catching. Hmm... I'm writing this randomly, and I can't think of anything to say at the moment (I'll put it in the comments later). Anyway, thank you for your companionship during these serializations. If you still like the articles I write in the future, you are welcome to come back and support me. I will definitely be a diligent Gugu from now on, keep good deals, and I won't lose money if I invest in you. See you again when we are destined. I also wish you all become the people you want to be.
Sorry everyone, I have been taking classes in Beijing recently and I don't have much time and energy. The update time may not be so stable. I will try my best to keep it. I hope everyone can understand and thank you. I've been riding in the car all day today and I really have no energy left.
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