Three Women in the Cage

Only my sisters cared about my inner feelings, especially my eldest sister, who always counseled and comforted me with gentle words. She would always be the first to notice my joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, then cheerfully hold my hand and say to me with a smile, "Come, let me tell a story to our duck herder..."

Her hands were always so warm, and her stories were always so beautiful. In front of her elder sister, Xinxin felt that she was being carefully cared for. She was also rightfully proud and willful because she knew that her elder sister would always coax her!

Although my second sister never coaxed me, she would always drop her own business and run to me angrily when I was bullied, beating the bully to a pulp! After beating them, she would sternly tell me, "See? What are you afraid of? The more you fear them, the more they bully you! Only if you beat them into submission will they dare not bully you again!"

Whenever Yaya beat someone up, she didn't use any harsh force because she knew that if she did, their parents would come to her mother and demand an explanation! And her mother would always suffer the consequences. After all, a woman can't resist the bullying of another family! So Yaya simply taught those who bullied her sister a lesson!

She didn't want to clash with them, but those people kept provoking and bullying her, so she had to beat them down. But those people would pick on Xinxin and Huanhuan, who were easy targets, so Yaya couldn't help but ask for revenge!

But people are so strange. Even though they know that they will be retaliated by Yaya, they will still provoke Xinxin and even beat and scold her when she is alone!

Xinxin always feels fear and terror when she sees those people, and just wants to stay away from them!

Despite this, she still feels warm inside because of the protection of her second sister. Her second sister is like her protective shield, guarding her behind her!

When my older sisters were around, my mother rarely set strict standards for me. But now, my mother has suddenly raised her expectations of me and no longer pampers or loves me!

"Sister," Xinxin huddled on the edge of the bed, whispering softly!

She looked out the window in the dark night. She really missed her sister. Her mother could not understand her heart like her sister.

She wanted to find someone to talk to, but no one listened to her. She could only keep thinking about her sister...

Slowly, I fell asleep in a whisper...

While Xinxin was still asleep, Yang Yu's urging voice suddenly rang in her ears, "Third sister! Get up quickly, drive the ducks out and let them go, then come back early to cook. Remember to feed the pigs early, don't let them run away after being starved like yesterday!"

Xinxin was still feeling sleepy, but after hearing about the things her mother had suddenly arranged, she had to force herself to be alert! It turned out to be another day!

She hurriedly changed her clothes, opened her sleepy eyes, and went to the duck pen to release the ducks. Just like that, while the other children were still sleeping, she took a long pole, swung it left and right, and headed towards the fields!

The morning time is always short. Xinxin reads ancient poems early in the morning under the shade of a tree, and then uses a pen to write down her thoughts page by page in a small notebook!

After a while, the morning passed and Xinxin drove the ducks home!

The ducks were very well-behaved today and did not cause any trouble. Xinxin successfully drove the ducks back to the fence!

After yesterday's lesson, Xinxin took the two stinky pigs very seriously, thinking that she must not let them come out to cause trouble today! She had to feed them first!

When we got to the pig food cutting area, we found that the sweet potatoes that were piled up yesterday were now few and far between. They were definitely not enough for the two stinky pigs, but the rest were stored in the cellar, and Mom usually pulled them out in advance.

Sometimes, when my mother was too late to pull me up, my sister would tie herself up with a rope made of straw and slowly lower herself down. After I filled the bag with sweet potatoes, my sister would pull me up, throw down the rope, and pull me out!

And now, I'm all alone, with no one to lower me down or pull me up! Mom must have forgotten to bring the sweet potatoes when she left! Mom is always so busy, so busy, she always forgets a lot of things!

But my mother has given me the task. If I can't complete it, and those two stinky pigs come out again, what should I do?

Xinxin was afraid of seeing the disappointment in her mother's eyes, and she also couldn't bear to leave a bunch of things for her mother to worry about when she came back!

So, she had a belief that she had to complete the task her mother had given her! She had no choice but to pick up the straw rope and the bag of sweet potatoes and walk towards the cellar ten meters away outside the courtyard gate!

The location of the cellar is strange. It is right in the middle of the intersection. You have to pass through here to enter the village from the outside. I don’t know why Zhang Erfa chose this place!

This has buried a hidden danger for future disputes!

Xinxin came to the cellar, opened the lid, looked down at the hole a few meters deep, and hesitated, wondering how to start.

There were faint indentations on the edge of the cave entrance. She knew that they were made by her mother, who would tentatively step down along the wall of the cave!

Because no one could pull her mother up with the rope, she had to find the wall of the cave and try to go down! Over time, the marks gradually appeared! However, the marks were too shallow, so Yang Yu usually didn't let them try. He would use the rope to let them down and then pull them up!

Now, she could no longer worry about those dangers. After thinking for a long time, she finally decided to give it a try! So she tied a straw rope around herself and tied the other end of the rope to a big rock!

After tightening the rope, I tentatively lay on the ground and used one foot to step on the nearest cave wall mark. After my foot was steady, I stepped out with my other foot to make the next cave wall mark. In this way, holding the rope in my hand, I probed downwards one footprint after another. Fortunately, I finally reached the bottom of the cave without any danger!

Xinxin exhaled and patted her chest. Then she walked to the sides of the cave to collect sweet potatoes. It was very warm in here, warm in winter and cool in summer! The sweet potatoes would not spoil easily if they were stored in here!

Seeing that there were not many sweet potatoes, Xinxin filled the bag quickly, fearing that a poor kid would come and throw down stones with straw ropes!

I quickly packed the bag, took off the rope from my body, and put it on the bag! I couldn't use the rope to help me climb up, so I could only climb up bit by bit along the footprints on the cave wall!

Xinxin looked at the light above, compared the height, and encouraged herself, "I must climb up safely!"

Sometimes, belief is really powerful. Once you have belief, everything seems to become simple, even if you didn’t dare to think about it or do something before!

Xinxin first climbed up a footprint with both hands, and after stabilizing it, she lifted her feet up. After both her hands and feet were on the footprints on the cave wall, she tentatively climbed up to the footprints above. In this way, she climbed up little by little, one handprint at a time, one footprint at a time!

Finally, Xinxin's head emerged from the ground. She had finally succeeded and would be able to climb out soon! Xinxin was excited. She used her hands and feet to exert force. She climbed up with her hands and legs. With her hands on the ground, she pushed down and used her feet to lift her feet up. With a leap, she was on the ground!

After standing still, Xinxin was covered in yellow mud. She just patted it off and walked towards the straw rope tied to the stone!

Untie the straw rope from the stone, stand at the edge of the cave again, pull upwards with your hands, and with a tug, the bag with the sweet potatoes will be pulled up!

Looking at her red palms, Xinxin put the sweet potato aside and couldn't help blowing on it! The sweet potato was really heavy, especially when she was standing and pulling it up, she almost slipped and dropped the rope!