Three Women in the Cage

Yang Yu was silent for a few days. She was adjusting her mentality. During these days, she lay in bed in a daze, except for getting up to cook during cooking time. She would lie down again after eating. She wanted to empty herself.

When Zhang Erfa saw Yang Yu coming back that day and not making a fuss with him, he felt that Yang Yu seemed to have changed. Judging from her behavior in recent days, his thoughts were once again confirmed.

However, he had no intention of asking about her well-being. Subconsciously, he felt that Yang Yu did not need his concern, and he also felt that there was no need for him to care, so he was still in a daze outside the yard. When it was time to eat, he would go in to eat when he smelled the food, and he didn't need Yang Yu to call him. After eating, he would throw away the dishes and chopsticks, take a walk around the village, and then go to sit with Zhang's mother. When it was dark, he would come back, wash up perfunctorily, and go to bed.

Yang Yu didn't talk to him for several days, and finally adjusted herself on the fifth day, but her mental state became more and more haggard from the inside out.

One day, she heard that Sanmao's wife was about to give birth. Because the fetus was in an abnormal position, she couldn't give birth after trying for a long time. Zhang's mother was very anxious. She looked at the men in the family and found that none of them could come to help. In a panic, Zhang's mother asked Zhang Sanmao to find Zhang Erfa and ask him to bring Yang Yu down to help.

Sanmao ran out in a hurry and when he reached the door of Zhang Erfa Hospital, he shouted loudly, "Second brother, second brother, quickly call second sister-in-law to come down with me. Mom asked second sister-in-law to help. My wife has been giving birth for a long time and still can't give birth. Come with me and help." Zhang Sanmao urged anxiously.

Zhang Erfa was never vague when it came to issues concerning his parents and brothers. When he heard that it was Zhang's mother's order and Zhang Sanmao's urging, he turned around and pulled Yang Yu out without caring that he was still in a cold war with her. "Hurry, follow me and help." He said this as a matter of course, as if Yang Yu's cold war these days had nothing to do with him.

Yang Yu stumbled as he pulled her, still carrying Yaya on his back. Seeing that Zhang Erfa completely ignored the cold war she had been having for the past few days, ignored the fact that he had almost made her fall, and ignored Yaya who might be injured, she wanted to pull his hand away, question him loudly, and vent all her dissatisfaction on him in a roar. But now she didn't even have the strength to roar. She secretly clenched her fists, then loosened them, turned her head, and said coldly, "Let go!"

Zhang Erfa obviously didn't notice Yang Yu's mood change, and thought she was still in a cold war, so he opened his mouth and said with some blame, "What are you making a fuss about? Didn't you hear your mother asked you to go down and help? It's already this time, and you still can't tell the difference between big and small? Sanmao's wife is giving birth!" He almost shouted.

Zhang Sanmao was still watching anxiously from the side.

Yang Yu suddenly wanted to laugh. The experience of giving birth to Huanhuan was still vivid in his mind. He gave birth at night and no one came to help. Now Sanmao's wife was giving birth and everyone was required to go out. Even he had a child with him, so it was natural for him to help her give birth. If he didn't go, it would be as if he had committed a sin against heaven. Who would care about his grievances? Why did he ask so much of him?

Besides, the child was born by the person she hated, who had once mocked and ignored her, and even her husband had beaten her more than once. She had never bothered to call her "second sister-in-law", but now that she needed help from someone, she called her that as if it was her right.

I really hate their hypocrisy. I hate that they treat me like a fool, and that they can come and go at will. Do I think I deserve to be bullied by them? Since I won't get any kindness from them even if I act like a good person, I might as well act like a bad person. At least a bad person won't make me feel guilty, and it will make me feel a lot more relaxed.

So she looked at Zhang Erfa nonchalantly and said, "What's wrong with having a baby? Is it for you? Why are you so anxious?"

"You...what did you say?" Zhang Erfa said with his eyes wide open.

"Since I'm not giving birth to a child for you, why do you worry so much? Besides, it's not like I haven't given birth to a child before. I gave birth to Yaya alone at night without any help. Why? It's the third daughter-in-law's turn, and the whole family can't stay by her side, so you want me to drag the child to help her give birth? Does it mean that everyone must stay by her side for the child to be born?" Yang Yu mocked mercilessly.

Zhang Sanmao, who was standing by, listened to Yang Yu's words with such anger that veins popped out on his forehead. He clenched his fists and yelled, "For my second brother's sake, I call you my second sister-in-law. Don't be so shameless. If my mother hadn't asked my second brother to take you down, I wouldn't have come up to find you." He deliberately acted like Zhang's mother to put pressure on Zhang Erfa, because he knew that his second brother would not disobey her. After he finished speaking, he deliberately glanced at Zhang Erfa.

"Heh... now you don't even pretend anymore, you can't bear it anymore and expose your true nature? That's right... I don't know why you look down on me and your second brother in your eyes." Yang Yu glanced at Zhang Sanmao with contempt.

At this moment, Zhang Erfa's mind was full of what Zhang Sanmao said. If Zhang's mother wanted him to take Yang Yu downstairs to help, he could not disobey his parents. He would always carry out his parents' instructions. So this time was no exception. He would not allow himself to fail to carry out the instructions that had been issued. It was almost like a conditioned reflex. He just wanted to pull Yang Yu downstairs quickly to report to Zhang's mother.

"I'm only asking you whether you want to leave or not. I'm not in the mood to talk to you about other things. I want you to come down with me right now!" Zhang Erfa said coldly.

Looking at Zhang Erfa, Yang Yu thought to herself that she was no one's property, nor was she anyone's appendage. No one could force her to do something she didn't want to do, let alone with such a bad attitude.

So she said coldly, "I won't leave. I still have to take care of Yaya. I don't have that much energy to help someone give birth to a baby."

"Pa" Zhang Erfa used all his strength and slapped Yang Yu in the face the moment Yang Yu finished speaking.

"I asked you to be tough with me? Can't I fucking control you now?" Zhang Erfa kept muttering to vent his anger after the fight.

"Do you still dare to disrespect mom? Do you still dare to confront my third brother?" Zhang Erfa asked fiercely.

Yes, his mother's words are the imperial decree. Going against his mother's will is disrespectful and a taboo. He should be beaten. Even his younger brothers are more important than him.

Yang Yu had a little tinnitus in her ears and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth. She slowly put Yaya down from her back and placed her on the table beside her, then looked up at Zhang Erfa.

"I can't beat you. You will only beat your wife in your life. If you don't kill me today, I will never surrender in my life." Yang Yu looked at Zhang Erfa paranoidly. The proud self-esteem in her heart made it impossible for her to surrender to anyone, no one. Even if she was beaten and kicked every time, she would always resist. She would not admit defeat because she was not wrong. They were wrong. They were the ones who took advantage of their power to bully others. They were the ones who crushed her self-esteem and humiliated her. So when facing these evil roots, she would not admit defeat.

Finally, Zhang Sanmao left in anger after being beaten and kicked fiercely by Zhang Erfa. Zhang Erfa vented all his anger for not completing his orders to Zhang's mother on Yang Yu. Then the whole house was filled with the sounds of the abuser's kicking, the victim's screams of pain, and the baby's crying.

The neighbors passing by listened from a distance, shook their heads, and laughed, saying, "What a mess, it's really terrible."

After venting his anger, Zhang Erfa said, "If you say that to me again next time, think about whether you are worthy of my beating first," and then hurried to Zhang's mother.

Yang Yu, covered in wounds, slowly stood up and hugged Yaya, who was crying on the table, and rocked her to sleep.

After Yaya fell asleep, she put her on the bed and covered her with a blanket. Then she slowly sat down on the bed and tried to rub some alcohol on the wounds on her body. After the stinging subsided, she gently applied ointment.

After applying the ointment, she sat for a while. Then, something occurred to her. She walked out of the courtyard and shouted towards Zhang's mother's lair below, "Old thing, not only are you partial, but you also gave birth to a little thing to harm people. You are a heartless person who only picks on honest people. If you can't bully me to death, I will fight you to death!"

Yang Yu had let herself go, no longer restraining herself. She cursed whenever she wanted, without naming names. She just wanted to take advantage of their busy schedule to disgust them and vent her anger. Because whether she cursed or not, whether she vented or not, she would be beaten in the end, so why not vent her anger and get some revenge? She had made up her mind, to fight them to the death here.