Three Women in the Cage

I thought their lives would get better and better, but it turned out not to be as I wished!

When talking about this, Father Yang became excited and said, "Children are good, of course I am happy. But because of the birth of the child, along with the two I brought before, there are now seven people in the family, seven mouths to feed! I am old and can't do the work, so your sister-in-law has to take care of the children, and your eldest brother has to do all the work outside. He is overworked and has fallen ill! When he fell ill, all the pressure fell on your sister-in-law. Now, we quarrel every day and can't live! If I keep wasting time here and waiting for them to take care of me, I will suffocate myself sooner or later! Tell me, can I go on my own? Will I kill my grandchildren?"

By the end of the story, Father Yang was already in tears!

Hearing this, Yang Yu was surprised and said, "How long ago was it? I didn't even know. Oh! It's my fault that I've been busy lately. Is he still sick now?"

Father Yang continued to sob, "It's been a while. How can he stay sick all the time? He got better a while ago, but your eldest sister-in-law rushed him to work in the fields. I see that his health is getting worse day by day. Not only does he have no money for medicine, but he can't rest properly at home. Sooner or later, he will fall ill again! I see it with my own eyes and am worried. But I am a burden myself and can't help at all. Isn't that why I want to go to your third brother? Your third brother is better off. I don't ask him for much money to take care of your eldest brother. For our sake, take us two old people with you, which will help ease your eldest brother's burden! I know your eldest brother doesn't want me to go because he often quarrels with your sister-in-law about this matter. Whenever they quarrel, he likes to sulk. If he gets angry again, I'm afraid he will be unable to do anything! I can't hold them back anymore..."

Father Yang felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and he couldn't help but his eyes turned red again!

Yang Yu sighed and said, "I didn't expect that after not visiting for a while, big brother would become like this! At the beginning, I told you not to take the children brought by big sister-in-law, but you refused to listen. Now look what happened! You have to raise other people's children and your own children at the same time. If not him, who will be tired? I told you to be kind, but now you can't even tolerate you. How can this be justified? If it were you, I would just send the first two children back! After all, big brother has raised them for so long, he should be doing his duty to big sister-in-law and those two children!"

Father Yang disagreed, "How can that be! Those two children even have your eldest brother's surname. That's their roots. Besides, they've been brought up from such a young age, how can you just send them back? Not only do I disagree, but even your mother wouldn't agree. She raised them with all her heart and soul! You absolutely can't send them back!"

Seeing his persistence, Yang Yu said dissatisfiedly, "No matter how old they are, they are still someone else's roots. This is an unchangeable fact. When they grow up and become sensible, they may not remember your kindness. They may even go looking for their own biological father! In the end, all your efforts will be in vain! Why should you let your eldest brother suffer for them and even make you unable to stay at home?"

Father Yang didn't want to hear Yang Yu's angry words, and angrily said, "I won't tell you, anyway, I won't agree to send them back! Even if I die of starvation outside, I won't send them back. Don't try to persuade me anymore. I'll stay here for one night. Tomorrow, you can ask your third brother to pick me up. I'll go far away and won't be a burden to you!"

Seeing that his father was really angry, Yang Yu was afraid that he would get hurt. Although he strongly disagreed with his idea, he had no choice but to give up at this moment!

He looked at his father, sighed, and stepped forward to ask, "Can you wait for me to go back tomorrow and visit Big Brother first? You came out alone so late at night without telling Big Brother and his wife! They will be very worried, and they will worry about Big Brother. What should I do?"

Father Yang was still in the afterglow of anger, and listened to Yang Yu's words but ignored them!

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Yang Yu assumed that he agreed!

The next day, Yang Yu got up early in the morning, asked his three children to take care of their father at home, and went to the old house!

After an hour's walk along the mountain road, Yang Yu finally arrived at his eldest brother's house. As soon as he entered, he saw Tian Yun rocking a six-month-old baby in her arms, and next to her, a three-year-old child was playing in the mud, looking very dirty!

Yang Yu frowned and stepped forward and called out, "Sister-in-law!"

Tian Yun turned around and saw that it was her sister-in-law. She had been so worried recently because the children at home were a mess and there was no one to help. Seeing Yang Yu suddenly coming, she said without any hesitation, "Hey, finally someone is here. Come on, help me take care of this child. He has been making a lot of noise. I haven't had time to eat breakfast yet. I am so tired!"

Seeing that she had made the child dirty, Yang Yu took the child and said disdainfully, "Why did you make the child so dirty and not clean it up?"

Tian Yun became unhappy when she heard her condemning words. "My sister-in-law! Look how many hands I have! Ever since Mom went to live with my third brother, my life has been a nightmare! The children at home are busy running around, and I can't help at all. I won't say anything about these things. Now even your eldest brother is sick every few days. How can I live like this? How can I have the energy to clean up? It's hard for me to even have a hot meal!"

"And the old man, he's causing me trouble. Not only can he not help, but he keeps clamoring to go to my third brother's house. Yes, he wants to go and enjoy himself, leaving us, a bunch of kids to take care of, to suffer at home! Not only does he want to enjoy himself, but he also insists on asking my third brother to come back and pick him up. How can we have the nerve to ask him to come back and pick him up? Doesn't that just invite gossip?"

As she spoke, she quickly picked up the cold bowl on the stove and ate it in two bites!

Seeing her talking about Yang's father like this, Yang Yu's face darkened and he said, "Don't talk about this old man like that. He doesn't want to burden you. Now that your eldest brother is in poor health, he can't help. And seeing that you kids have no one to take care of them, he doesn't want to hold you back! He came to me crying yesterday and has been worried about you. Don't talk about him like that!"

Tian Yun had finished her breakfast by this time, and began to skillfully build a fire and burn firewood. She sat next to the stove, passing the fire while chopping firewood!

When she had a break, she raised her head and replied, "Sister-in-law, don't be angry! I know he's worried about us, but what's the point of just worrying? To be honest, look at the current situation at home, I don't have any way to deal with it. I have several children to take care of, I have to take care of your eldest brother's illness, I have to take care of the old man's mood, and I have to take care of myself. I'm not a diamond body. If I hold on for too long, I will collapse one day. What will happen to this family then?"

"If you ask me, the old man should go with the third brother. It's good for him and us! He can still be with mom. The third brother and his family are not short of money anyway, so it's no big deal to support one more old man! In our current situation, he disappears every few days, and we really can't take care of him! What if something really happens? So he has to go with the third brother. It's just that I agreed with your third brother before that each family will support one old man. Now your eldest brother is unwilling to go, and he can't bring himself to do that, but the old man can't go by himself, and it's not easy for me, an outsider, to butt in. Isn't this the stalemate?"

Yang Yu understood that she wanted to be the lobbyist herself, but she was a married woman after all, so how could she interfere with their calculations!