Dressed as a peasant girl, full of happiness

Several old ladies started to make a fuss and asked the hunchbacked old lady to talk about Zhang Zhaodi's past.

The hunchbacked old lady did not refuse and said, "Then let me tell you?"

Several old ladies who loved gossip had sparkling eyes, as if they were a dozen years younger. They stared at the hunchbacked old lady and said in unison, "Aunt Shitou, please speak up."

The hunchbacked old lady thought for a moment and said:

"She was originally a good girl, but unfortunately she had a miserable life. Her mother had a heavy hemorrhage when she gave birth to her and died. Half a year later, her father married a widow and brought her a boy.

Think about it, what good can a girl with a stepmother do? She can only survive from starvation or freezing.

When she was three or four years old, she was forced to cook and light the fire, and pull weeds in the fields. If she did not do it well, she would be slapped in the face.

When he was seven or eight years old, he could do all the housework at home. When he was ten years old, he was in charge of all the work at home and in the fields.

When she was sixteen or seventeen, her stepmother stopped letting her work. Can you guess why?" The hunchbacked old lady kept the secret.

"Why?" Everyone asked two words in unison.

"Why? Just take good care of it, just like raising pigs. Only when they are fat and strong can they be sold at a good price. That's what her stepmother meant."

"What? Her stepmother wants to sell her?" everyone asked in surprise.

"Of course I'm not really selling her. I'm just making an analogy. I just want to raise her well and have her be liked by a good family who will ask for a higher bride price so that she can support her parents in the future."

After explaining, the hunchbacked old lady continued:

"Her stepmother's son was two or three years older than her. When it was time for him to get married, he couldn't find a wife because he was ugly and his family was poor. So her stepmother thought of her, her stepdaughter.

Her stepmother asked someone to find a partner for her. Surprisingly, the matchmaker actually found one for her. He was an old bachelor who was not only old but also ugly. He worked as a boiler operator and had saved a lot of money.

The old bachelor promised the matchmaker that if he could marry Zhang Zhaodi, he would pay a dowry of 300 yuan and give his job to his brother-in-law.

Of course her stepmother was willing. Although the job of a boilerman was dirty and tiring, it was better than digging in the dirt. Besides, she could get a 300 yuan dowry for free, which meant she had enough money to marry a wife.

But she didn't think about why the boilerman agreed to give the job to her son. It turned out that the boilerman was seriously ill and didn't have much time to live. Before he died, he wanted to marry a wife and let this wife accompany him to the underworld.

The stepmother had a good plan, but Zhang Zhaodi was unwilling. She was also a scheming person. On the surface, she obeyed her stepmother, but secretly found a husband for herself.

The man Zhang Zhaodi found was also very good. He was a worker from a neighboring village and worked in the county transportation company. He sent a lot of money home every month. However, she didn't know that the man was a liar and had a wife at home.

The man was married and had no good intentions, so he naturally couldn't control himself and coaxed Zhang Zhaodi into doing that.

When the man’s wife found out something was wrong, she found Zhang Zhaodi and beat her up, but for the sake of the man’s job, she did not make it public.

Later, Zhang Zhaodi became pregnant, and her stepmother forced her to abort the child. When the old bachelor found out, he did not despise Zhang Zhaodi, but promised to raise the child in her belly as his own.

But Zhang Zhaodi refused to agree, and later on, somehow, she married Yang Laogen. That Yang Dashu was probably the child of that man. "

"Really? Ouch!" The old lady who was sewing shoe soles took a breath. She was so focused on listening to the story told by the hunchbacked old lady that she forgot about the needle in her hand. She was startled by the hunchbacked old lady's words and pricked her hand.

"I said maybe, but I didn't really say that. I just said it." The hunchbacked old lady looked at the old lady sewing shoe soles with disdain. "There are many sons in this world who don't look like their fathers. Although Yang Dashu doesn't look like his father, I'm not sure that he is not the son of Yang Laogen."

The old lady sewing the soles of shoes didn't bother with him. She was waiting to hear what was going on. "I know, Aunt Shitou, please continue."

The hunchbacked old lady didn't dwell on this. She continued:

"Although Yang Laogen looks timid now, he was a very handsome young man in his past. He was just an outsider and his parents were unreliable. He was extremely poor and somehow ended up getting together with Zhang Zhaodi.

Zhang Zhaodi is also a cruel person. After she married Yang Laogen, she completely severed ties with her family, saying that she didn’t want her family’s support no matter whether she was alive or dead.”

"What Zhang Zhaodi did was quite ruthless, but think about it, with a family like that, you really can't count on anything." The captain's mother interrupted the hunchbacked old lady and commented.

The old lady who was picking vegetables also said: "If a woman doesn't make progress herself, it's not enough to just rely on her parents' family. What can she rely on for anything with a stepmother and a stepbrother like that!"

"That's right. If we really rely on them, we will be so frustrated that we will die." The old lady who was sewing shoe soles said unwillingly.

The hunchbacked old lady nodded, and continued with what the other old ladies said, "Zhang Zhaodi is more cunning than a sieve. In order to completely sever ties with her stepmother, she almost went to the Women's Federation of the commune to sue her stepmother. Think about it, if there was really an advantage to be taken from her mother's family, would she be so ruthless?

However, she and Yang Laogen had been living peacefully during their marriage. I don’t know how it happened, but now it has become like this. This is really unexpected.”

The captain's mother obviously knew more about Zhang Zhaodi now. She coughed twice, and everyone's eyes fell on her. Then she said:

"Speaking of this, it's no wonder that Zhang Zhaodi has changed so much. I heard that Yang Laogen is not a good person. He had an affair with Widow Li from East Street and had a child with her."

"I've heard about this, too. I've even seen Yang Laogen and Widow Li going into the woods together. Qingshan's mother, this isn't news. This is old news. Should I tell you something new? I'm afraid you don't know it. Please go back a little bit, and I'll tell you. It was a few months ago..."

Wei Yuchen knew what they were going to say and wanted to leave, but there was a child named "curiosity" in her heart that kept holding her back and asking her not to leave.

Those old ladies seemed to have forgotten about Wei Yuchen, the new daughter-in-law. They gathered together, heads leaning against each other, and talked in a low voice.

The original owner had a good foundation. After Wei Yuchen came here, he practiced diligently and now has sharp ears and eyes. Although the voices of the old ladies were low, they were no match for Wei Yuchen's good hearing. Wei Yuchen heard the words of the old ladies clearly:

"I heard that Yang Laogen asked Zhang Zhaodi to be a prostitute in order to pay off his gambling debts. Yang Laogen was the one who called for help. One time, Yang Laogen called several men and raped Zhang Zhaodi in a valley halfway up the mountain... You say that any woman would be unbearable if she met a man like this...!"