Three Women in the Cage

Hearing the sound of the bowl breaking on the ground, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet for a few seconds. Huanhuan was frightened first. She had never seen her mother so fierce, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Why are you making such a fuss? Do you want to disturb this family? Look how scared Huanhuan is. Do you still behave like a mother?" Father Zhang roared angrily.

"Second brother, look at my sister-in-law, how can she stay in this family? My wife just got married and my sister-in-law starts to shirk housework. She is not allowed to bully others like this and has such a bad temper. Even my parents can't tell her. Don't you want to do something about it?" Zhang Sanmao was afraid that things would get out of hand so he said something in a cryptic way. As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Chunxiang stepped on him again and he closed his mouth unwillingly.

"Shut up right there! What qualifications do you have to criticize me? Why should I work myself to death to serve you every day? I should do the hard work without complaint. Your wife is delicate and it's your business if you want to pamper her. Why should you ask me to do that? Besides, what's wrong with her doing some housework? Can't she do it? Do I have to be a nanny after you married me?" Yang Yu roared dissatisfiedly.

"Aren't you just a nanny? A nanny with such a bad temper. What? If you don't want to be a nanny, just get out. There's no need to be reluctant here and show your displeasure to someone every day. Let me tell you, if you bully my wife again next time, I will beat you up," Zhang Sanmao said with contempt.

"Whether I leave or not is none of your business. Who do you think you are? Do you have the right to ask me to leave?" Yang Yu was so angry that her chest seemed to explode. She never thought that Zhang Sanmao was so shameless. Even if he left, it was not his turn to ask her to leave. She was speechless and disgusted.

"Who are you calling a piece of shit? Who do you think you are? If it weren't for the fact that you look like an old woman, do you think my second brother would marry you? Don't you even look at what you are?" Zhang Sanmao said viciously.

"You are a piece of shit. Even if I am your maid, I won't serve you. If you want to eat, don't eat what I cook. Cook it yourself. Don't be so shameless. You don't know how ugly your face is from eating it every day," Yang Yu said sarcastically.

"This is my home. How shameless of me to eat your food, you stinky old woman. You are so shameless. If I don't teach you a lesson today, where will I go?" As he said this, he knocked Yang Yu to the ground with a punch at lightning speed, and then hit her with a flurry of punches, saying, "I told you to be arrogant. I told you not to bully my wife. My second brother can't control you, so I will do it for him."

Yang Yu was pressed to the ground by the sudden force and completely lost her resistance. The pain in her stomach made her subconsciously hold on to that place and roll on the ground.

Seeing Yang Yu being thrown to the ground and rolling around in the beating, Huanhuan was terrified. She walked over crying and tried to pull the bad guys away, shouting "Don't hit my mother, I want my mother".

Hearing the crying, Zhang's father and mother walked over reluctantly, pulled Huanhuan away, and said, "Stop hitting her, Sanmao is almost done with." However, they did not go forward to pull Zhang Sanmao away, and their expressions looked indifferent. It was obvious that they were not satisfied with Yang Yu's backtalk and resistance, so they more or less tacitly agreed to teach him a lesson.

Zhang's father looked at the embarrassed Yang Yu on the ground and gave a look to Zhang Erfa. Zhang Erfa walked forward and tried to pull Zhang Sanmao away, but when he faced Zhang Sanmao's raised eyes, he was at a loss for what to do. Then Liu Chunxiang came over and pulled Zhang Sanmao up, saying, "Brother Sanmao, stop hitting her and don't bother with your sister-in-law. She didn't mean it."

Zhang Sanmao was afraid of getting Liu Chunxiang pregnant, so he stood up dissatisfied and said, "I'll let you go today, but if you speak rudely next time, I'll beat you up again." After that, he was pulled back to the inner room by Liu Chunxiang.

Zhang Erfa then walked forward, pulled Yang Yu up from the ground, and complained, "I told you to be so stubborn and unforgiving with your words. You always challenge others and ask for trouble."

Pulled up, Yang Yu looked at Zhang Erfa with disappointment. He had watched her get beaten time and time again, never comforting her or venting her anger, always kicking her when she was down and blaming her. She should have given up hope long ago. Every time she fled from here in despair, she would always end up back here. She knew she couldn't escape this cage. The world had trapped her here, and she couldn't break free.

But the unwillingness and grievance in her heart made her curse, "Zhang Erfa, you coward, you can only bully others at home. How could I be blind to fall for you, a useless man who looks good but is useless", Yang Yu burst into tears after yelling. Her stubborn character made her want to fight back when she should, and scold when she should, even if she was beaten. She was just like that. The more others bullied her, the more she would face them head-on. Even if she knew that she would be beaten again, she would still choose to do so, because her inner strength prevented her from being weak and begging for mercy. Even if her head was bleeding, she would face them head-on.

Sure enough, after hearing Yang Yu once again crushing his little bit of self-esteem in front of the whole family, and even though he promised again and again not to do it again when admitting his mistakes, Zhang Erfa finally couldn't help it and slapped him in the face, saying angrily, "Does your mouth really deserve a slap? It stinks, and you can't talk, so just keep it."

Lifting his head, the slap mark on his face was clearly visible. Yang Yu looked at him with despair in her eyes, crying and laughing at the same time, "What? Are you angry out of shame? You think you are a coward, haha, even your parents look down on you, you feel ashamed yourself, you only dare to hold your head high in front of me, in front of outsiders, your parents, your brother, you don't even dare to fart, it really makes me sick", Yang Yu mocked mercilessly.

Zhang Erfa's face was distorted, and he raised his hands viciously, slapping left and right continuously. He slapped more than ten times before he stopped panting, and said contemptuously, "I told you to say it, I told you to say it, you are so fucking awesome, you are so fucking stubborn."

Huanhuan kept struggling in Zhang's mother's arms. She didn't understand why they suddenly beat her mother. She only knew that her mother was with her every day and her world only had her mother. When she saw her mother being beaten, she instinctively burst into tears, shouting, "Daddy, don't beat me, I want my mother."

Zhang Erfa became annoyed by Huanhuan's crying. He turned around and walked out without even looking at her.

With a swollen face, Yang Yu slowly stood up and took Huanhuan in his arms. After taking two steps, his stomach began to ache again and then he fainted.

Seeing Yang Yu suddenly fall to the ground, Zhang's father and mother were shocked. Fearing that something had happened, they hurriedly shouted, "Erfa, Erfa, hurry, your wife has fainted."

Hearing the scream, Zhang Erfa rushed in, picked up Yang Yu from the ground, and said to Zhang's mother, "Mom, go find Uncle Liu to take a look."

Uncle Liu is the village doctor in their village. People in the village usually go to him for treatment for all kinds of illnesses, big or small.

After taking Yang Yu's pulse, Uncle Liu looked at her covered in wounds and said to Zhang's mother and the others, "She has been pregnant for more than three months, and now she has suffered these injuries. Her body can't take it anymore, so she fainted. This can't continue, otherwise the baby will be lost."

After hearing Uncle Liu's words, they were all shocked. Mother Zhang said "yes" repeatedly, and then sent Uncle Liu away politely.

After seeing Uncle Liu off, everyone remained silent with heavy faces. Father Zhang spoke first, "It's been more than three months, a month earlier than the third daughter-in-law was born. Erfa, you didn't notice anything unusual? Judging from this, maybe it's the eldest grandson this time. You should avoid conflicts recently and put the eldest grandson first. It seems that the issue of dividing the house has to be put on the agenda."