Who says women are inferior to men? In ancient China, until the Qing Dynasty, the idea of male superiority and female inferiority was deeply rooted, and in the large households of the late Qing Dynasty, the situation was relatively better. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a strange woman in Shaanxi, who became a widow at the age of 16, and since then she has created a family miracle, with countless halos in her life and admiration. This woman is Zhou Ying.
Zhou Ying was born in a large family in Shaanxi, but it is not an ordinary large family, but a hugely rich family in Shaanxi! Although she was born into a noble family, Zhou Ying's fate was also very tragic, she had both lost her parents since she was a child, and she was raised by her brother. The anti-Qing uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty dealt a heavy blow to their family's business. At the age of 16, Zhou Ying married the Wu family, but unexpectedly her husband Wu Ping died of poor bones and died not long after, and his father also died shortly after, and the family lost its top pillar, leaving the dismal family business and Zhou Ying alone. Ancient women did not have to change their marriage, so only Zhou Ying herself came to clean up this mess.
Young, but also a female stream, Zhou Ying was not optimistic, coupled with the complicated situation of the Wu family, Wu Laozhang's aunts and wives are restless, and the people in the house are panicked because the family's business has been hit hard, all of which has set up one problem after another for Zhou Ying. Not only to appease the people, but also to calm the fight in the house, but also to manage the family business, Zhou Ying did not flinch, but in the chaotic world, showed amazing business talent and family management, quite powerful!
In the few years of Zhou Ying's business, she not only flourished her business and carried forward the Wu family's industry, but also helped the people in the disaster year, built water conservancy fortifications, and set up a model of a living bodhisattva! It is said that when Empress Dowager Cixi came to Shaanxi, Zhou Ying offered silver, was given a pint of commandment by Cixi, and also recognized her daughter, and was able to do so, Zhou Ying is indeed not a simple role.
However, Zhou Ying's life in her later years was extremely miserable. Although she had the grace of recreating the Wu family, because there was no male and female born for the Wu family, the people of the Wu family did not agree to bury her in the wu family ancestral tomb after her death. Some people may say, even if you don't enter the ancestral grave, what if you don't enter the ancestral grave? Ancient women must have a home after death, if there is no heir, it is a violation of the seven out of seven rules, the in-laws are to write a letter of resignation, let alone enter the ancestral grave.
Therefore, poor Zhou Ying was not buried thickly after her death, but was thrown into the mass grave, with her head in a different place, I am afraid that she will not be able to look at it under the Nine Springs! Many people's impression of Zhou Ying may be "That Year the Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Round", in fact, there are indeed people in history, so how do you view Zhou Ying's life?