Pampered and fierce wife: Reborn daughter-in-law has a strategy

Chapter 295 Businessmen cannot be officials

"Miss Li, the general invites you."

Xiao Ran's voice woke up the confused Li Ruoruo. She raised her head in a panic, responded in a low voice, and walked into the room with her legs up.

"Greetings to the general." Li Ruoruo said respectfully.

Li Xinran was stunned for a moment, but then he reflected:

"Excuse me, why did Miss Li come here this time?" Since Li Ruoruo said hello in a formal manner, Li Xinran naturally responded in a step-by-step manner.

Li Ruoruo looked at Li Xinran and twisted the handkerchief again and again. As time passed by, Li Xinran's patience was running out. She frowned slightly: "Miss Li?"

Li Xinran's voice was slightly high. This sound seemed to frighten Li Ruoruo. She trembled all over and knelt down: "General Li, can you recruit me?"

Li Xinran was confused by her hand: "Wha, what?" She looked at Li Ruoruo who was kneeling on the ground stupidly: "You get up first. If you have anything to do, please tell me slowly." After saying that, Li Xinran reached out to help him.

Li Ruoruo was also frightened by her subconscious behavior. After following Li Xinran's strength, she felt the pain in her knees. At that moment, Li Ruoruo's face turned red with embarrassment.

Li Xinran did not mention the previous matter again, but turned to ask Li Ruoruo's purpose: "Tell me, can I recruit you? What do you mean?"

Li Ruoruo bit her lower lip, and the handkerchief in her hand made her fingers turn white. She hesitated for a long time and said nothing.

Li Xinran thought for a moment, then turned to signal Fu Qingfeng and Xiao Ran to leave. After they were the only two people left in the room, Li Xinran asked softly: "Did...your father ask you to come to me?"

"No..." There was no one around, and Li Ruoruo's spirit relaxed a little. She whispered, "General Li, when you are leaving..."

"What?" Li Ruoruo's voice was too low, and Li Xinran couldn't hear anything clearly.

Li Ruoruo looked at Li Xinran, who was full of doubts and spoke cheerfully and generously, and the confusion in her heart suddenly disappeared in an instant.

What is she afraid of?She is not the kind of person who aims at being a good wife and mother. When she was in the study, didn't she also hope to become someone like General Li?Are you going to give up on yourself just because your father disapproved of your views?

My mother never thought that she had done anything wrong. Why should she be in panic all day long because her father didn't call her again for two days?

Although it was her mother's words that made her understand her father's intention of calling her to the study, but even if her father was just a whim, who said this couldn't be considered a different path?After all, before that day, my father had never asked him to go to the study room.

Even once.

She raised her head suddenly, and for the first time a firm look shone in her gentle eyes: "General, I would like to ask, can women enter the arena you have set up?"

She was not used to speaking loudly, and she had exhausted all her efforts, but her voice still sounded like a whisper, but at least it could make people hear what she was saying clearly.

Li Xinran was stunned for a long time. After a long time, a smile appeared in her eyes. Li Ruoruo said a way that she had never thought of. When it came to fighting and being an official, no matter who it was, the first reaction was that of a man, but she said The only thing is that anyone with talent can be on the stage. No one stipulates that women cannot be officials, but no one has thought about letting women be officials.

Even she, Li Xinran, only regarded herself as an alien. She never thought that any other woman would be willing to show her face, step on the stage, and welcome everyone's ridicule and ridicule. She only asked if she could be an official.

She laughed softly, and the laughter became louder and louder. In addition to happiness, there was also self-deprecation in the laughter, laughing at herself for being narrow-minded. She didn't like others to look down on her as a woman, but she didn't look down on other women in the world.

"Yes!" Li Xinran said loudly, his voice was particularly exciting, "I have said that the arena welcomes all talented people, regardless of gender or identity!"

Li Xinran was just overjoyed when she remembered Li Ruoruo's identity, and her smile froze on her face: "It's just..."

She licked her lips, looked at Li Ruoruo's doubtful face, hesitated for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Businessmen can't do it."

Li Ruoruo's little face turned pale: "Why, why?"

Li Xinran breathed out softly and said seriously: "Because just two days ago, my general just petitioned the Holy Emperor to re-emphasize the distinction between scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, requiring that merchants should not be officials, and that descendants of merchants should not engage in business. You can be an official only after you are deregistered."

"Why?" Li Ruoruo's eyes were filled with tears and despair. She was not only a woman, but also the daughter of a businessman, which fundamentally eliminated her desire to follow Li Xinran through the ring.

Li Xinran sighed deeply: "Ruoruo, have you ever visited the suburbs?"

Li Ruoruo looked at Li Xinran with tears in her eyes, her eyes filled with confusion. She didn't understand why Li Xinran suddenly mentioned the suburbs of the city. She shook her head gently.

Li Xinran grabbed her wrist: "Then follow me."

Because it was a temporary decision, Li Xinran didn't bring many people with him, only Fu Qingfeng, Li San and Xiao Ran.

Li Ruoruo couldn't ride a horse, so Li Xinran asked Li San to drive the car, and the others rode in front to lead the way to the outskirts of the city.

Sitting in the swaying carriage, Li Ruoruo felt particularly depressed. She finally mustered up the courage and just took a step forward, only to find that there was no way ahead.

What could be more desperate than having hope and then despairing?

With this despair, Li Ruoruo even thought badly, if she jumped directly from the carriage, would Li Xinran regret not letting the aspiring businessman's son participate in the ring?

But until the carriage stopped, Li Ruoruo had not made up her mind. For a normal person who was not completely desperate, it would be very difficult for her to do something that would harm herself.

"We're in Ruoruo, come down." Li Xinran's voice sounded outside the carriage.

Li Ruoruo opened the curtain of the carriage. What she was looking for was the continuous vegetation. Today's weather is very good. The blue sky is dotted with white clouds. The summer leaves and grass are slowly turning from light green to dark green, layer upon layer. , the deep and shallow branches and leaves are swaying gently in the breeze, and there is a slight aroma floating in the air, the smell of spices.

The sunshine in early summer is not strong, but it makes people feel slightly hot when it shines on them. There are also dots of wild flowers among the grass and trees, making it a particularly good place for an outing.

"What did you see?" Li Xinran stood next to Li Ruoruo and asked.

Li Ruoruo's bad mood was cured by the beautiful scenery. She said with a slight smile: "Blue sky, green trees, and lush vegetation. This year will definitely be a good harvest."

"Then do you know what I saw?"

Li Ruoruo turned to look at Li Xinran, her big eyes full of questions. Li Xinran tilted her head slightly and smiled softly: "Planting mulberry trees will harm the country."

The smile at the corner of Li Ruoruo's mouth froze, and her face that was slightly rosy due to this beautiful scenery quickly turned pale.

She had read history and knew this allusion. After hearing Li Xinran's evaluation of this field, Li Ruoruo turned her head to look at it. The beautiful scenery that was originally so happy turned out to be so ferocious at the moment.

"It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid disadvantages, but businessmen will pursue profits even more and seek land at all costs."