Three Women in the Cage

Now that he has poultry, daily necessities in the house and farming tools, Yang Yu can finally focus on taking care of the crops outside.

He went out early and came back late every day, and worked hard for a whole month before he finally planted crops on the land he was allocated.

Thinking about the mountains of corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, and rice that would be harvested in the fall, Yang Yu felt a surge of joy. She thought she could sell the surplus food at the market and make a lot of money, which would allow her to repay the 50 yuan she had borrowed from her parents. She was thrilled and sighed, finally making a good living!

Summer turned to autumn, and a few months later, it was harvest time. Before Yang Yu could even savor the joy of harvest, she heard that her younger sister, Susu, had given birth prematurely. Although she still felt a little resentful, she was still the sister she had loved since childhood, so Yang Yu decided to visit her.

So that day, Yang Yu went to the next village to buy some eggs and a bag of sugar.

The person who brought the things to her was the owner of the convenience store. After a few pleasantries, Yang Yu told her about her visit to her sister.

"Oh, my little sister didn't expect her first child to be a girl, just like me!" When Yang Yu heard the news, she recalled her own experience. Back then, her family was full of anticipation for her pregnancy, but when they learned it was a girl, their expressions immediately changed. A chill ran down her spine. She didn't expect her little sister to go her own way, but then she thought, at least her husband stood by her. Perhaps she was much luckier than herself.

"It's okay, we are still young and there is still a chance," the proprietress comforted with a smile.

Although no one can escape this patriarchal society, since it has already come to this, what else can we do except hold on to hope?

After Yang Yu came back with the things, he went to the yard and looked at the chickens and ducks that had grown up. After hesitating for a moment, he caught a slightly smaller chicken and took it with him.

"Why are you carrying the chicken? I've fed him so much food, but I haven't even had a bite of chicken. Where are you going to carry it?" Zhang Erfa said dissatisfiedly.

"I feed it myself, and I still need your consent. Did you take a penny when you bought the cub?" Yang Yu said speechlessly.

"Isn't the food I feed them mine? Why didn't you pay a penny?"

It was true that the food was distributed to them at that time, and it was also his share. Yang Yu was too lazy to argue with him.

"Eat! I'll kill it for you during the New Year!" Yang Yu said this angrily, then walked out with the food in his hands without looking back.

After walking for half an hour, they finally arrived at their younger sister's house. As soon as she entered, Yang Yu noticed the house seemed unusually deserted, without the excitement of a childbirth. She stood at the door and tried to call out, "Susu?"

At this time, Chi's mother slowly walked out of the kitchen and asked impatiently, "Why are you shouting so loudly? Are you here to look for Yang Su?"

"Aunt, I'm her sister. I heard she just gave birth, so I came to see her," Yang Yu said as she handed over the things in her hand.

Chi's mother had only met Yang Yu once, when Yang Su had just gotten married. Because she didn't like Yang Su and her family, she naturally didn't think much of Yang Yu at that time, so she didn't have much impression of her when they met again this time.

But seeing as Yang Yu had brought so many things, it was not appropriate to be sarcastic. He took the things from Yang Yu's hand and said casually, "She's lying in the inner room. Go and see her!"

Seeing Chi's mother's lukewarm attitude, Yang Yu had no choice but to walk towards the inner room alone. When he reached the door, it was closed. Yang Yu pushed it gently and then put his head over, bumping into Chi Mu who just walked out.

He glanced at Yang Yu with no expression on his face, as if he was looking at a stranger. Then he turned around and shouted to Yang Su on the bed, "Susu, look who's here to see you?" After that, he walked straight around Yang Yu and went out.

Yang Yu walked to Yang Su's bed awkwardly and looked at his haggard younger sister, "Are you feeling unwell? You look a little thinner."

Yang Yu still cared about her after all, and spoke to her with some heartache.

"I'm fine, elder sister, thank you for coming to see me. I thought you were still angry with me for what happened last time and ignored me." Yang Su smiled bitterly with a pale face.

"You need to have a good rest now and stop saying those things. How can I keep arguing with you? After all, we have been sisters for more than ten years!" Yang Yu patted her hand and comforted her.

Yang Yu saw the child on the side and couldn't help but go over to tease her, "Oh oh oh, so cute, Yaya, look at your sister, you have a sister now", Yang Yu smiled gently while teasing her.

Yaya, who was almost one year old, heard her mother's words and made an "oh oh oh" sound, which made Yang Su laugh. Suddenly, she thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and asked carefully.

"Eldest sister, when you gave birth to Huanhuan, did you ever think about having a son?"

Yang Yu was stunned when she heard Huanhuan suddenly mentioned. She hadn't visited her for several months. She had been busy with work at home and outside and almost forgot to take care of her.

She sighed, she knew that now was not the time to be sad, her little sister needed comfort. She asked this, she must have suffered the same injustice as herself.

"Actually, to me, it doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl. It's just that my whole family said I was pregnant with the eldest grandson, especially his parents, who showed off everywhere. You know, those two old guys didn't like your second brother, and they didn't like me either, but for the sake of the eldest grandson, although they were not very considerate to me during my pregnancy, at least they didn't ignore me like they do now. At that time, in order to get that little bit of goodness, I really hoped to give birth to a son and fulfill their wish!"

With a wry smile, Yang Yu continued, "But in the end, I still couldn't give birth to their eldest grandson as I wished. I still remember how upset they were at that time. Not to mention the confinement period where they could take good care of me."

"Later, when I was pregnant with Yaya, it happened that the third son, whom the two old guys loved the most, married that bitch Liu Chunxiang, and was pregnant at the same time as me. I thought that this time I would be able to give birth to the eldest grandson before her. Otherwise, the two old guys would have favored the third son and his wife as well. If they let them give birth to the eldest grandson ahead of time, I don't know how partial those two old guys would be."

"Unfortunately, sometimes fate really plays tricks on us. I gave birth early, but still gave birth to a girl. Not only did those two old guys abandon me for that woman during the birth, but even after I gave birth, when they found out it was another girl, they just glanced at me casually and never looked at us again!"

"I finally managed to get through the confinement period at my mother's place. Not long after I returned, the woman was about to give birth. It was said that she tried to give birth the entire day without success. At that time, I thought it would be best if she didn't give birth, as it would be in so much pain that she would die and have a difficult labor!"

"But in the end, fate was on her side. She gave birth to the first grandson of the two old men. To celebrate, the two old men asked them to move into a new house. You know, it was a two-story brick house. Then they held a double celebration banquet for them, a full moon banquet and a housewarming banquet. You can't imagine how grand the scene was."

"But they thought I was embarrassing and even forgot my existence. I was standing there, watching them having so much fun. Do you know how disgusted I was with them at that time?"

"So, Susu, at least you still have Chi Mu standing by your side unwaveringly, but I have nothing. You were right before, compared to you, I am indeed the most pitiful one!"

"But, Susu, I have been thinking, since others can give birth to sons, why can't we? I will keep giving birth until I have a son, so, what are you afraid of, you still have many chances!" She will stand up where she falls, and she will not let others laugh all the time.

After hearing what her elder sister said, Yang Su suddenly felt that she was much luckier than her. Yes, she was still young and had many opportunities. She would not give up, not for others, but just for that breath!

Yang Yu stayed, had dinner, and then said goodbye, wanting to go see Huanhuan, thinking it was close. Yang Su didn't try to persuade her to stay. It really wasn't easy for her to keep her eldest sister overnight. She was worried her parents-in-law would embarrass her, and even more worried that her brother Chi would be caught between them and her. Her relationship with her parents-in-law was already bad, and since she didn't have a son, they were even more disgusted. If she kept her eldest sister overnight, it would only make things more awkward and uncomfortable for everyone. Besides, she had a daughter to take care of, so she really didn't have the energy to spare.

So after dinner, Yang Yu hurriedly said goodbye and left.