Three Women in the Cage

When Liu's father saw this, he probably understood what was going on. He almost vomited blood and rushed forward angrily, slapping Liu Chunxiang in the face with a loud "pa".

"You still have no sense of shame, huh? You're a virgin, how could you do such a thing? If this gets out, you'll bring disgrace upon our family! Is this what I taught you? You gave yourself to that brat so easily, and now you want his family to come and humiliate me? I don't want a daughter like you. Get out of here right now!" Father Liu's face flushed red, his whole body trembling, and his voice became sharp. He looked at his daughter, his eyes filled with disappointment and anger.

When Liu's father slapped her, Zhang Sanmao rushed to Liu Chunxiang as fast as he could and supported her. Looking at Liu Chunxiang, who was crying softly with tears streaming down her face, Zhang Sanmao couldn't help but say

"Uncle, this is my fault. If you want to hit me, hit me!"

Father Liu was worried that he couldn't find an opportunity to deal with the culprit, but he didn't expect him to jump out impatiently. How could you interrupt me when I was educating my own daughter? Father Yang immediately glanced at Zhang Sanmao with anger.

"I should beat you. Beat you for ruining my daughter. I'm beating you like a toad wanting to eat swan meat. But it's your parents who should educate you. They raised someone like you. Get out of here. All of you, get out. Take your things and get out. Even if it's like this now, we don't want to marry into your family."

Father Liu threw out the things he had brought for them, pushed them out, and closed the door with a "bang".

"From now on, you are not allowed to go out. Stay at home. As for the baby in your belly, find an honest man after the abortion. No one else will know," Liu's father said harshly to Liu Chunxiang.

Liu Chunxiang has lost her attention since her father pushed Zhang Sanmao and the others out, and she burst into tears immediately. She likes Zhang Sanmao now, otherwise she would not have followed him.

Liu's father ignored her crying and locked her in the inner room. He then told Liu's mother not to let her out, to find a time to have an abortion and find a suitable marriage for her.

Here, after being kicked out, Zhang's father and mother were a little angry, but they held back their anger. Zhang's father smiled coldly.

"Let's go. Since they don't want to talk, let's go back for now and come back when they have thought it over." After saying that, he asked Zhang Sanmao to pick up their things and go back.

"Dad, Chunxiang, what should I do? I told her that I would be responsible for her and marry her." Zhang Sanmao obviously didn't want to give up.

"Why are they so anxious? They should be more anxious than us. By then, when the gossip gets out, I'm afraid no one will dare to come to them to propose marriage," said Zhang's father nonchalantly.

No matter how unwilling Zhang Sanmao was, he had no choice but to follow him.

Sure enough, not long after, Liu Chunxiang came first and found Zhang Sanmao and said, "Brother Sanmao, my pregnancy can't wait. Please let my uncles and others discuss the marriage."

"What did your parents say? If you tell them again, will you be kicked out again?" Zhang Sanmao asked with a little worry.

"No, you have seen my current situation. If my belly gets bigger, people will gossip about it. We can't waste time," Liu Chunxiang said anxiously.

"Let's go talk to my parents first," and then he took Liu Chunxiang to find Zhang's father and mother.

After listening to this, Zhang's father thought for a moment and said, "Chunxiang, you go back first. We will prepare gifts in a couple of days and come to discuss the marriage. It would be best if the marriage is settled as well. My eldest grandson still has to come to our house to be taken care of, so that I can feel at ease!"

Liu Chunxiang had no choice but to go back first. Zhang Sanmao sent her out and happened to meet Yang Yu who was coming back from outside with her child on her back at the door.

"Sister Yu," Liu Chunxiang called out first with some embarrassment.

Yang Yu raised his head, was slightly surprised, and smiled at her, "You're here." Yang Yu knew that she came to find Zhang Sanmao. She probably knew about their affairs, but she didn't know if they could get together again since Zhang's father and others were kicked out last time. It seemed that the marriage was about to be settled.

Suddenly, a loud cry interrupted their conversation, "Sister Yu, is this your child? How old is he?" Liu Chunxiang said excitedly, probably thinking that he would have a lovely baby soon, and was full of enthusiasm for children.

"Well, yes, he is one year old. Huanhuan, this is my aunt." Although Yang Yu knew that the child could not speak yet, he still joked.

"Haha, Huanhuan is so cute, can I hug you?" Liu Chunxiang knew that because of the incident between her and Zhang Sanmao, Yang Yu was beaten by Zhang Sanmao, and it was a bit awkward for them to meet again. Their relationship could never go back to what it was before, but it did not affect her current greetings and love for children.

Although Yang Yu felt a sense of alienation, she couldn't refuse outright. She could only smile, put the child down from her back, and let Liu Chunxiang hold her. She watched as Liu Chunxiang held Huanhuan and Zhang Sanmao, chatting and laughing. She sometimes thought, perhaps people are different, perhaps they like each other, perhaps they are different from her after all, and perhaps a formal marriage wouldn't necessarily be better than ignoring everything else. But she ultimately rejected her own thoughts. She stubbornly clung to the old ways, her stubborn desire to change things only served to alienate her further and further from those around her.

Two days later, Zhang's father and his family brought carefully prepared things and visited Liu Chunxiang's home again.

When they arrived at the place, although Liu's father was no longer as resolute as last time, he was not in a good mood either. He directly put forward his demands.

"Brother Zhang, let's make this a deal as you decide. We won't discuss anything else, but there's one thing you need to make clear. You know, you brothers were all crammed together before, and that was fine. You just married a new wife, so we could make do. But now, do you have an extra room for Chunxiang and the others? In my opinion, after you get married, you should all live separately. We at Chunxiang definitely can't squeeze you all in together anymore," Father Liu said firmly. He probably knew about Yang Yu's situation there and didn't want his daughter to marry over and have to serve a bunch of brothers. It would be too much work and inconvenient.

Zhang's father had considered this issue. He had originally planned to build a wooden house for his third son, but before he could finish it, his third son had already found a wife and had a grandson. Now he had no choice but to clear out the last room and use it as his wedding room. The other sons had to make do with sleeping on the floor in the main room.

"My dear relatives, this is natural. Don't worry. We had a plan originally, but it happened too suddenly and we haven't had time to prepare. Once the wedding is settled, I will arrange it right away and will definitely give them a separate house to live in," said Zhang's father firmly.

"Okay, that's all we ask of you. You can handle the rest. Let's set a date as soon as possible. There's no point in delaying it," said Liu's father.

"I've already decided on it, my dear, how about the 25th of next month? It's a good day."

In this way, their marriage was settled, and Yang Yu finally became Liu Chunxiang's sister-in-law.