Three Women in the Cage

As autumn goes and winter comes, it is finally the beginning of winter. Every household begins to prepare New Year’s goods, and the air is filled with a festive atmosphere.

Zhang Erfa finally sent back the New Year's money. Yang Yu took out the hundred yuan in the envelope and felt relieved, thinking that she could have a good New Year and buy new clothes for the children.

She thought it was just New Year's money for them, but after reading the letter, her face darkened. In the letter, Zhang Erfa mentioned that the hundred yuan included not only New Year's money, but also the children's tuition after the New Year.

This means that the tuition money after the new year will not be sent back separately, so Yang Yu can spend it frugally, have a good new year, and buy some new clothes for the children.

Yang Yu laughed as she read. She always told herself to save money, but it was not a question of saving money at all. The tuition for a child was fifty yuan, and she also had to buy New Year's goods, new clothes, and some necessary household items.

This meager 100 yuan is not even enough for the tuition of three children, so how can there be any extra money for the New Year?

He thinks that with just a simple sentence of saving money, he can sit back and relax? He also wants to have a good New Year and buy new clothes. But with so little money, what can he buy them with? His life?

Did he think that this hundred yuan could buy a lot of things? Was this hundred yuan omnipotent? Was it inexhaustible?

Yang Yu once again tore the letter in her hand into pieces. She thought Zhang Erfa had changed, understood his responsibilities, and knew how to care for his wife and children.

How could I expect him to change? He didn't care whether they were doing well or not, or whether they were having a hard time or not.

Seeing his hypocrisy in every letter, Yang Yu was too lazy to read it anymore, and didn't even want to reply to him.

Yang Yu looked at the two fat pigs in the pigpen and thought to himself that it was a good thing that he had fed the two pigs in advance, otherwise if he relied on Zhang Erfa alone, he would not even be able to smell the New Year atmosphere.

Just because he used two pigs to exchange for the children's tuition money, he couldn't have a pig-killing dinner during the New Year. He fed the pigs, but in the end he couldn't even have a pig-killing dinner. Yang Yu felt unwilling again.

Looking at other families busy slaughtering pigs for the New Year, with a group of people gathered around happily, Yang Yu was envious, and so were the three children.

On this day, Zhang's mother's family also slaughtered the New Year pig. After breakfast early in the morning, a group of adults and children gathered to watch the fun. Huanhuan brought her two younger sisters to join in the fun.

When we got there, we found that Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yu from the third daughter-in-law's family, and Zhang Jin from the fourth daughter-in-law's family had also come.

Seeing Huanhuan and the others coming over, only Zhang Jin ran over enthusiastically and shouted, "Sister Huanhuan! Sister Yaya! Third Sister! You're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time. Grandma's family is slaughtering the New Year pig today, so we can eat pork later!"

Zhang Jin has always been sweet-talker and especially likes to play with Xinxin, so he is very enthusiastic towards the three sisters.

Huanhuan and Yaya were a few years older than her and played different things. They just greeted her with a smile and went inside to join in the fun.

Xinxin and Zhang Jin are the same age and often play together. After Huanhuan and Yaya left, Zhang Jin stepped forward, pulled Xinxin over, and said happily, "Third sister! Come on, I'll take you over there. You don't know how fat the pigs are at grandma's house!"

Zhang Jin was her only good friend in the village. Seeing the girl who was both her cousin and her good friend so happy, Xinxin was also happy. She followed her in with a smile on her face.

At this time, a big fat pig was being pressed on the slaughtering board by several people working together. The butcher with a fat face and a big knife in his hand stabbed the fat pig's neck cleanly and neatly.

Suddenly, the big fat pig that was struggling and screaming desperately just a moment ago suddenly started whimpering and wailing in death. As the blood from its neck gushed out and flowed into the vegetable bowl, the big fat pig finally stopped moving on the slaughtering board.

Xinxin was actually a little afraid of blood. She didn't understand why these people were so excited. What was the point of joining in the fun of slaughtering pigs for the New Year? Maybe they just wanted to have a good meal of meat.

Just like myself, what I am really waiting for is that after the pigs are slaughtered for the New Year, the host family will definitely cook a big pot of pork and eat it together with those who come to help and watch the fun.

So these people who come to watch the fun are there for the fragrant pork meal.

Everyone was waiting enthusiastically, looking forward to it, talking and laughing with each other, and the three sisters Huanhuan were also happy to wait with them.

It was finally time to eat the big pot of meat. A group of children were looking forward to it. Mother Zhang frowned as she looked at so many children.

Although this big fat pig is enough for these people to eat, it is also a real big fat pig. How can I take it out and let them eat it all at once? I can't ask so many people to take advantage of me.

She only kept some adults who helped with the slaughtering of pigs and the children they brought with them. She drove away all the other children who had no adults around.

However, after seeing the three sisters Huanhuan, Zhang's mother was stunned for a moment, and finally made up her mind to coax them back first.

"Hanhuan, take Yaya and Xinxin back first. Your mother is calling you home for dinner. Don't come here to join the fun..."

Huanhuan looked at her cousin Zhang Sheng, and her cousins ​​Zhang Yu and Zhang Jin, all of whom were there. She wondered why Grandma had to send us back first. Even if they favored Zhang Sheng over girls, didn't the other two cousins ​​stay? Why couldn't she and her two sisters stay?

But she didn't know that in Zhang's mother's heart, the eldest grandson Zhang Sheng was undoubtedly ranked first. Zhang Yu could rely on his brother Zhang Sheng's relationship to be ranked second. As for Zhang Jin, it was because the fourth daughter-in-law Tang Li still had a chance to give birth to a grandson for her.

Yang Yu had three daughters, all of whom were girls. She had given up hope that Yang Yu would give her a grandson. She didn't like these three granddaughters, and she also disliked Yang Yu and Zhang Erfa from the bottom of her heart, so she didn't plan to keep the three sisters for dinner at this moment.

But Huanhuan didn't understand what she was thinking, and asked directly in confusion, "Grandma, why are you in such a hurry for us to leave? My cousins ​​haven't left yet, and we want to go with them..."

Seeing Huanhuan not listening to her and even talking back to her, Zhang's mother couldn't help but yell angrily, "No reason? Just go back when I told you to. Why didn't you listen to grandma?"

Zhang's mother had always been strict with the three sisters. Now, hearing that Zhang's mother was obviously angry, Huanhuan had no choice but to pull her sisters out angrily.

But Yaya and Xinxin were already drooling over the fragrant pot of pork. They didn't want to leave now, even though they had waited so long and could eat the delicious pork right away.

This pork can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, and it is a big fat pig for the Chinese New Year. The pot is also cooking various internal organs from the pig's stomach. Only those who kill pigs for the Chinese New Year can eat it.

Faced with such a great temptation, and having seen it from beginning to end with their own eyes, how could they bear to leave? They were so hooked that they couldn't move at all.