Three Women in the Cage

Yang Yu looked at the simple decoration in the house and exclaimed, "It's been a while since we last met, and you've already moved into your new house! You're right! The one you married is better than me! Now I have to admit defeat."

When Yang Su heard this, he was delighted, but he pretended to be polite and said, "Eldest sister! Things will get better slowly! Don't think too much! Stay for dinner later and I'll show you our new house!"

Yang Su couldn't suppress his excitement and wanted to show off in front of his elder sister.

At some point, Yang Su felt that she was becoming more and more superior to her elder sister, and she wanted her elder sister to envy her!

Seeing her excited look, Yang Yu understood what she meant. That's right, his younger sister has always been luckier than him, and now she has the capital to be superior to him!

Yang Yu's strong self-esteem made her want to escape from this feeling, but thinking that she came to borrow money to renovate the house, she had to lower her posture and pretend to be happy as she followed her younger sister, visiting her new house with mixed feelings!

Yang Su was like a little elf, jumping in front and introducing each room to Yang Yu. Yang Yu forced a smile to agree with her.

Finally, Yang Yu couldn't bear it any longer. She didn't want to listen to her little sister talking about things in front of her that she couldn't get no matter how hard she tried!

The more she listened, the bigger the gap between them became. This was what she feared the most. She didn't want her younger sister to look down on her, nor did she want her younger sister to sympathize with her, and she certainly didn't want her younger sister to act superior to her!

That was my sister whom I had spoiled since childhood. I loved her so much. She admired and respected me at that time and would listen to whatever I said!

But what about now? She was getting further and further away from him. There was no longer the respect and admiration she once had for him in her eyes. Only that high and mighty sense of superiority remained! That complex look of sympathy and contempt for him!

Yang Yu didn't understand why they had to become like this! All the good things that had happened were getting further and further away from that direction! They had become something that was both unfamiliar and frightening to her!

But she couldn't say anything, she could only feel an unbearable discomfort in her heart, which made her want to escape from it all!

So she stopped beating around the bush and asked directly, "Since you are living so well now, can you lend me some money? I just want to move on to this shabby house. It leaks light when it is sunny and leaks when it rains. It is not a place for people to stay."

"Can you lend me some money so I can live in a new house, considering how much your elder sister loved you? I don't really need a new house, I just want one that doesn't leak light or rain!"

Yang Yu sighed and said self-deprecatingly, "Maybe you don't understand that kind of life! That's right, your man is much better than Zhang Erfa. You have someone to protect you, unlike me, who has nothing..."

Listening to her elder sister's words, Yang Su fell silent. She wanted to prove that she lived a better life than her elder sister! She was superior to her elder sister, but she never thought that her elder sister's life was so bad!

But she couldn't make the decision to lend money to her elder sister. The family was still run by two old men, and even Chi Mu had to listen to them. She didn't have any extra private money, so she really couldn't lend money to her elder sister!

She said to Yang Yu with some embarrassment, "Elder sister! I don't have any money on hand right now. How about I talk to Chi Mu first? If I can lend it to you, I will definitely find a way to lend it to you!"

Yang Yu had mustered up the courage to come and borrow money, not having much hope, but now her hopes were truly dashed. She said with a bit of a chill and self-deprecating tone, "Okay, then I'll go back first. Once you're sure, I'll come back!"

Although Yang Yu had no hope, she still wanted to take a gamble, betting on her younger sister's former sisterly love for her! Was her love real or fake?

Yang Su sent Yang Yu to the door. Looking at Yang Yu's lost back, he suddenly thought of something. He hurriedly chased after her and shouted anxiously, "Sister! Wait a minute..."

Stepping forward, Yang Su said excitedly, "Look at my memory! How could I have forgotten this? A few days ago, my third brother called and asked a few questions. Don't you know how successful he is now? He's a teacher at a university and he even married a sister-in-law there. She opened a big internet cafe and is making a lot of money! Why don't you ask him to lend you some money?"

Yang Yu listened to Yang Su's talk and finally realized that there was a promising third child in their family! He just settled down somewhere else and never came back. Yang Yu didn't have a phone at home, so they didn't keep in touch much! Of course, they had never exchanged letters!

This third brother rarely comes home since he started working outside and got married! Yang Yu knows that he is living well outside and no longer pays attention to him!

I didn't know my third brother and youngest sister were still in contact by phone! It seems that when people are poor, everyone will despise them and stay away from them! I used to think that my love for my brothers and sisters was a joke after all! I was just touching myself!

Yang Yu asked for his third brother's contact information, and then walked home in a daze!

Now, I haven't borrowed a penny! Who else can I borrow from? How much can my third brother lend me? I haven't even met my sister-in-law, so I don't know what she is like.

Would the third brother be like the eldest brother, listen to his wife's words and reject her in disguise? She didn't know. She was beginning to not understand the brotherly and sisterly love she once had!

Everyone is changing, no longer the same as they used to be. She began to feel unsure. She didn't know whether her brother and sister could lend her money in the end, and how much they could lend!

Looking at the crumbling earthen house, she felt conflicted and sad!

A few days later, the village began to advertise that they could borrow money from the bank, charging only a small interest fee. They said that the country was supporting rural development and was lending money to those in need!

When Yang Yu heard this, he became excited! He was worried about not being able to borrow money, and now someone was willing to lend money to him, wasn't that what he wanted?

It seems there is always a way out! Yang Yu excitedly ran to find out how to borrow money from the bank. After running around for a whole week, he finally got the loan.

However, the bank took into consideration the actual situation of each family and could not lend out a large amount at one time, so the loan allocated to Yang Yu was only 3,000 yuan.

Yang Yu roughly estimated that the cost of processing the materials needed to repair the house would be at least 8,000 yuan, which was still far from enough now!

Taking out the phone number he had been hiding in his pocket, Yang Yu hesitated for a long time, and finally dialed his third brother's number!

It only rang twice before it was picked up!

"Hello? Hello! Who is this?" It was a cheerful female voice!

Yang Yu guessed that this should be his sister-in-law!

Yang Yu said tentatively, "I am Yang Ming's eldest sister! You are his sister-in-law, right?"

When the person on the other end heard it was the eldest sister, he said happily, "Elder sister! It's me! I often hear Yang Ming talk about you! Do you have something to talk to Yang Ming about? Wait a minute, I'll ask him to answer the phone."