Three Women in the Cage

Xinxin was holding Zhang Jin's hand, and said in confusion, "Third sister? We can eat pork soon, why do you want to leave? Why did grandma let you go first..."

Xinxin didn't understand these things either. She replied with a puzzled look on her face, "I don't know either. I also want to stay and eat pork. It smells so good..."

Zhang Jin ran to Tang Li, hugged her legs, and asked in confusion, "Mom? Why can't my third sister and the others eat pork with us? Why did grandma chase them away?"

Tang Li didn't know what to say. After all, this was Zhang's mother's house and she had no right to speak. So she awkwardly pulled Zhang Jin over and asked her to go to the inner room to play first.

After Zhang Jin walked into the inner room, Zhang's mother urged Huanhuan again, "Huanhuan? Why haven't you taken Yaya and Xinxin away yet? If you don't leave, don't blame me for sweeping you out with a broom..."

Seeing how heartless Zhang's mother was, Huanhuan had no choice but to forcibly drag Yaya and Xinxin away. But after they reached the small ditch outside, Yaya and Xinxin didn't want to go anymore.

They stood on the earthen embankment of the creek, looking at their grandmother's house below, watching their cousins ​​scooping big pieces of pork from the pot and watching them eat with relish.

Even the adults who came to help and the children they brought with them were eating pork with big mouthfuls. The three sisters stood there, looking at them with envy and jealousy.

The aroma slowly drifted over, tempting their taste buds. Before they knew it, their saliva flowed from the corners of their mouths to their lapels, but they were completely unaware and stared at the big pieces of pork in the bowls of those people.

Zhang Sheng, who was suddenly doted on and fed by Zhang's mother, turned his gaze inadvertently. The only grandson in the family, who was held in the palms of Zhang's father and mother's hands, looked at the three sisters standing there with eager eyes, and couldn't help but laughed, "Grandma, look at the three of them, their mouths are drooling, hahahahahaha..."

He laughed as he spoke. He could not understand their longing eyes, nor could he sympathize with or respect them.

Mother Zhang met his gaze, spat at them unhappily, and said viciously, "Bah, you greedy people, you don't know any rules at all. Look at what her mother taught her. All she knows is to eat other people's food. She has no shame at all. We won't learn from them..."

Liu Chunxiang said with false kindness, "Mom, after all, she is your granddaughter. Why don't we wait until we finish eating and let them eat what we have left!"

As Liu Chunxiang spoke, she thought bitterly that she had oppressed Yang Yu, and even her child was only fit to eat what her own child had left. She felt relieved just thinking about it, wondering if she would continue to bully her.

Tang Li was about to say something, but before she could open her mouth, Zhang's mother laughed at her and said, "What granddaughter? A married woman is like spilled water. She will belong to someone else's family in the future. Why should I serve someone else's family with delicious food and drinks? Can't I save it for my eldest grandson to enjoy slowly?"

Hearing this, although it was different from what he wanted, it was also what he wanted. After all, Yang Yu's child was not even worthy of drinking dishwater! Liu Chunxiang was delighted in his heart, but pretended to give an admonishment.

Tang Li lowered her head in embarrassment. Looking at the situation, she had to give birth to a son next time, otherwise she would be disliked by Zhang's mother. She didn't want to be completely ignored like her second sister-in-law.

Yang Yu happened to be washing vegetables in the ditch when she saw three children from a distance, standing there blankly and motionless. She walked closer out of curiosity to see what they were doing.

When he got closer, he saw at a glance that Zhang's mother's house was bustling with activity. It was crowded with adults and children, happily eating together. Looking at the mess in the yard and the faint traces of pig hair on the ground, Yang Yu knew that they were having a pig-killing meal.

Liu Chunxiang's eyes just happened to look over, meeting Yang Yu's gaze with an unceremonious provocation. She silently laughed at Yang Yu, then with a smile in her eyes, she mouthed the three words "You don't deserve it", and then stared straight at Yang Yu with the corners of her mouth raised.

Yang Yu clenched his fists in anger, and when he saw other children in the room, eating unhappy, Yang Yu became even angrier.

These two old guys can eat outsiders, but why can't their own three children eat them? They really have no mercy at all and don't treat the children as family members at all!

This is so abominable. In this case, from now on, let the three children die as grandparents. They don’t treat them as their granddaughters anyway.

Yang Yu pulled the three children over angrily, "What are you looking at! Stop looking! They are all promising! It's just a New Year pig, right? We have one at home too. Come on! Come back with me, we don't want theirs..."

When the three children heard their mother say this, they thought her mother was going to kill a pig for them for the New Year, so they excitedly followed her back.

As soon as they got home, they ran to the pigpen, saw the two big fat pigs locked inside, and asked excitedly, "Mom, are you going to kill the big fat pig for us?"

Yang Yu looked at the three sisters' excitement and wanted to laugh, but suddenly she couldn't laugh anymore.

I was so excited that I seemed to have forgotten that these two big fat pigs were kept to exchange for their tuition fees and could not be used as New Year pigs!

She patted her head, feeling a little annoyed. How could she have forgotten about this matter in her excitement? Looking at the happy faces of the three children, she really couldn't say anything to spoil their fun.

She thought, let them be happy for a while, happy for a while, and after a few days, maybe they would forget about it, so she quietly diverted their attention.

"I'll go to the market tomorrow and buy each of you a new set of clothes. How about that? Do you have any clothes you'd like to buy?"

Upon hearing this, their attention was indeed diverted. They felt that too many good things had happened today and were so excited that they ran into the yard cheering.

But what Yang Yu didn't expect was that even after buying new clothes, they still didn't forget to kill the New Year pig. They would ask her almost every day, "Mom, when do we kill the New Year pig? Other families in the village have already done it, and it's almost New Year's Eve, so why haven't we killed the New Year pig yet?"

Seeing how persistent they were, Yang Yu finally couldn't lie to them and had to tell them, "We were originally planning to kill a pig for the Lunar New Year, but your dad didn't send the tuition for after the Lunar New Year. Now the money Mom has is only enough for Huanhuan. You still don't have any money for Yaya and Sanmei."

"Third sister's tuition was waived before, and I don't know if it will be waived this time either, so I have to plan and prepare. And as for Yaya's tuition, your teacher doesn't want you to buy it on credit anymore, so I have to prepare it to avoid him embarrassing you in class."

"I'm planning to sell those two big fat pigs. I can raise enough money for your tuition and buy some crops. There are so many things that need money after the New Year, and I'm counting on those two pigs!"

Yang Yu said a lot of things earnestly, she thought her three children must understand her.

Sure enough, the moment Yang Yu finished speaking, the three children nodded sensibly, indicating that they agreed with their mother.

But they still felt a little disappointed. They had been looking forward to the New Year pig for so long, but in the end, it would not come true...