Kapitel 119: Trust and Good news!

Seeing Lin Yuelan's surprised look, Jiang Zhennan said in a somewhat stunned manner, "This country's Law of Filial Piety has too many drawbacks. Many people throw their children away after giving birth to them. When the children grow up, these same parents are thick-skinned enough to ask them to take care of them. They also demand things from their abandoned children.

"This is a common occurrence all over the country. Many shameless parents have forced their children to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

"The most outrageous thing was that six years ago, a high-ranking official of the Imperial court had been pestered by his shameless parents to give his brother and nephew official positions and to hand over his monthly salary to his parents for safekeeping. Otherwise, they would report him to the court for being unfilial. What was even more outrageous was that his parents had used this high-ranking official's position to accept a large number of bribes.