Three Women in the Cage

Yang Yu was afraid that this rickety earthen house would collapse one day, so she had to plan ahead and renovate the house.

Now the village is also slowly renovating the two-story brick and tile houses. Taking advantage of this trend, Yang Yu also wants to renovate his house.

But renovating the house requires a lot of money. The family and the three children all need money. Where to find this money? Yang Yu is very worried!

But the house has to be repaired. Now this house is on the verge of being dangerous and faces life-threatening danger at any time. So for the sake of safety, this house must be repaired. I think even if I have to borrow money, I have to settle the house project!

However, in rural areas, repairing houses is usually done by men. Yang Yu has no experience and wants Zhang Erfa to come back to help.

Writing a letter was too slow, so Yang Yu had no choice but to go to the store in the next village, borrow the landline from the owner's house, and call Zhang Erfa.

"Beep, beep, beep", the phone rang for a long time before I answered it.

"Hello, this is the Yuxin Security Office. Who are you looking for?" It was the public landline at Zhang Erfa's workplace.

"Hello! I'm looking for Zhang Erfa. Can I ask him to answer the phone?" Yang Yu asked cautiously.

"Wait a moment," the person on the other end said, and then there was a ringing sound on the phone.

After about five minutes, Zhang Erfa's voice came from the phone, "Hello? What's the matter? I'm busy at work now!" Zhang Erfa seemed a little anxious and impatient!

Yang Yu didn't want to disturb him at work, so she said hurriedly, "The house is no longer habitable. I'm thinking of renovating it. Many people in the village are also renovating their houses. I, a woman, can't handle all this. Can you come back and help me take care of it?"

Yang Yu finished speaking in one breath and waited quietly for Zhang Erfa's answer. However, Zhang Erfa was the person who hated trouble the most. As long as the house did not collapse completely and it was comfortable to live in, he did not care at all. So in his opinion, repairing the house was a complete waste of time and money.

Without even thinking, he refused and shouted, "Why are you repairing it? Why do you want to live in a big house like others? Do you have money? You just want to enjoy yourself! Don't you know your own conditions? The house hasn't collapsed, so why can't you live in it?"

He became more and more angry as he spoke. "I'm telling you, I don't have the money to build a house, so forget it. If you really have the ability, build it yourself!"

Yang Yu listened to his words and shouted angrily, "Zhang Erfa! Are you still a human being? You won't be satisfied until the house collapses? Don't you know that the foundation of the house has been damaged by rain?"

"When it rains, the children have to sleep with an umbrella, and the kitchen is soaked and cannot be used at all. You have been away for a few years and have no idea what the situation is like at home! Why can't you think a little more about us?" Yang Yu shouted with red eyes!

When Zhang Erfa heard that he needed another sum of money, he felt disgusted and had a headache. He was unwilling to believe what Yang Yu said!

As he was listening, he heard an urging voice outside. Zhang Erfa became more and more annoyed, and once again ruthlessly rejected Yang Yu on the phone, "I don't have money to repair the house now. Don't think that I have a lot of money to squander outside. Don't think about repairing the house. I'm busy here. I'll hang up first..."

Without waiting for Yang Yu to speak, Zhang Erfa hung up the phone.

Hearing the busy tone, Yang Yu shouted unwillingly, "Zhang Erfa! Don't hang up! Come back and repair the house..."

After a long while, Yang Yu kept yelling at the hung up phone, but there was no response. She knew the call had been hung up, but she still held the phone unwillingly, put it to her ear, and begged Zhang Erfa to hear what she said!

The lady boss came over and consoled Yang Yu, "He's already hung up...why don't you call again?"

Yang Yu turned her back to the boss lady, quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, gently put down the phone, turned around, and said indifferently, "It's okay, we've already talked about it!"

Then he thanked the proprietress and left in a hurry!

After Yang Yu came back, he was still unwilling to let it go. He had to borrow money and find someone to help repair the house!

After much thought, she realized that the only places she could borrow money from were her mother's family and her brothers and sisters!

So the next day Yang Yu hurried to her mother's house, where her father, mother, and elder brother and sister-in-law were all there.

Yang Yu tentatively told them that she wanted to renovate the house. Yang's parents felt sorry for their eldest daughter and wanted to support her, but the eldest son was the head of the family now, and the eldest son handed over the household expenses to his eldest daughter-in-law to manage.

Now, apart from taking care of the children, the two elders have no other responsibility at home. They want to support their eldest daughter, but they are unable to do so.

As the eldest brother, Yang Yi has always felt sorry for his younger sister. When he heard that his sister had to take care of three children and her family had to suffer the ravages of wind and rain without even a place to stay, he felt very distressed.

Just when he was about to ask his wife Tian Yun for some money to support him, Tian Yun spoke first, "Yu'er, your eldest brother and I are helping someone repair their house. When you repair your house, instead of hiring others, why not hire your eldest brother and me? We can even give you a few days' salary off. Just consider it as our support as your eldest brother and sister-in-law. What do you think?"

After hearing what his wife said, Yang Yi felt that there was some truth to it. He and his wife had indeed been taking on jobs recently. Instead of giving them to others, it would be better to give them to himself!

Yang Yu nodded awkwardly and said, "That's right. I need to hire someone to repair it anyway. You can help me monitor the quality. That's perfect!"

So this time, I didn't borrow a penny. I watched my sister-in-law bring the daughter she had with her ex-husband, and also asked her parents to help take care of the son she had with her ex-husband who was born here.

She hasn't given my eldest brother a child yet, but she has given him a child. Now she makes all the decisions in the family! I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to borrow a penny from my parents and eldest brother!

Her elder brother and parents had treated her so sincerely, so what was the point in worrying about all this? Time was changing, days were passing, and people's hearts would eventually change too!

This place is no longer my safe haven! Yang Yu sighed, and for the first time, he lamented the fickleness of human nature!

She walked back somewhat discouraged. When she arrived at her younger sister Yang Su's house, she stared at the newly built house for a long time.

I don’t know when their family built this house, and I haven’t been here for a long time!

It seems that their family should have some extra money now! Yang Yu wondered whether he should go to his sister Yang Su to borrow some money.

She stood there hesitating for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to go in.

Looking at Yang Yu's sudden visit, Chi's parents looked indifferent, pretending not to see him and continued to busy themselves with their work.

Chi Mu looked at Yang Yu and smiled as a greeting. His younger sister, Yang Su, looked surprised and called out, "Eldest sister? How did you find time to come here? I haven't seen you in a long time! Hey, come and sit down!"

She happily led Yang Yu into the house. After she sat down on the stool, Yang Su brought Yang Yu a glass of water and then sat down with her side by side.