Reforming a suffocating marriage: a bondage or happiness?

"Of course not. This is the starting sheep flock of our Shi family. You raise the sheep for me, and I will sell them and give you wages. I won't say less than civil servants, but ten yuan a month is still an acceptable salary," Shi Xin asked.

"It's too much, too much." When Shi Ma heard about ten dollars a month, she thought it was just a dream.

Shi Xin looked at Shi's father who remained silent.

She sat over, took Shi's father's hand and shook it, saying, "Dad, am I still your little cotton-padded jacket? Can't you help your biological daughter with such a small matter?"

Dad Shi took a deep breath and said, "I'm worried that you won't get along well with them."

"If we can't get along, then forget it. If it weren't for Wuyang and the two thousand yuan that our family owed his family, I would have given up on living with him long ago. I'm really fed up with them. I want to buy that shabby house on the side of the road and renovate it. Wuyang and I will live there and not go back to the Jie family. Wuyang is so old, but he still lives in the same room with us. Jie Yang doesn't have any idea at all. I'm really tired of living with that man. Dad, please help me, otherwise my life will really be over." Shi Xin pleaded in front of his parents.

She was betting that the parents' love for their daughter was genuine.

"Xie Yang, the son-in-law, is still okay, but his mother..."

"If you and Wuyang move out, won't that family get a bargain? The house in your Xie family was built after Xie Yang built the pig farm. It was all paid for by Xie Yang," said Shi's father.

"Xie Yang has spent very little money on Wu Yang and me over the years. This morning he even said that he wanted Wu Yang to drop out of school so that his sister's daughter could enroll in a dance class!" Shi Xin said something explosive.

"He dares?" Shi's father slammed the table, his face turning black.

"What is there for him to be afraid of? He told me this morning that he wanted you to pay back the money. I went out to get the money early in the morning. Dad, you go and pay him back. From now on we won't owe them anything. This way, I can stand up straight and breathe a sigh of relief. Besides, Wuyang is becoming more and more introverted and timid in that family. This is not good. I don't want my daughter to live such a humble life in the future. I can't have any more children. My nosy mother-in-law is looking for another family for Jie Yang. I don't want to be outdone by them. In the future, I will only have this one daughter, so Wuyang is my life. Dad, please help me." Shi Xin said, with crocodile tears streaming down his face.

"Old Shi, please help our daughter. We didn't raise her with all our heart, but we also never treated her badly. But look at the Jie family. They really don't even give our daughter and Wuyang a meal. I have never seen such a cruel family." Shi's mother really loved her daughter, but she couldn't do anything to help her.

"Yes! Dad, if we don't help our sister, who else can help her?" Shi Chen also spoke.

"Okay, I'll always be the master for my daughter."

"Thank you, Dad! But before that, Achen, you go find the village chief first and tell him that you want to buy that shabby house on the side of the road as your wedding house. Then put your name on it. I'm afraid that people over there will come and steal my things again." Shi Xin told Shichen to do it.

It didn't cost much to buy a shabby open-air house. The land was a little expensive, but it was less than a hundred yuan, so I bought it.

Shi Chen took the title deed back and showed it to Shi Xin.

She was relieved when she saw that the name was indeed Shichen.

This was her first property.