Three Women in the Cage

She planned to harvest the nearest plot first, then the farthest plot, so there were only two plots of rice in total.

When she was about to reach the farmland, she saw from afar that the land seemed to have been mowed. She was afraid that she was seeing things, so she quickened her pace.

When she got closer, she saw a wooden threshing saw in the middle of the field, and half of the rice had been harvested. The grains inside the wooden saw had disappeared. She paused for a long time and didn't realize what was happening.

While Yang Yu was lost in thought, a neighbor came over. Seeing her stunned expression, she couldn't help but jokingly said, "Hey, Second Sister-in-law, why do you still need to come to harvest the millet? Erfa and your brothers-in-law harvested half of the millet this morning and came back in the afternoon. You've already harvested your whole field. Why do they ask you to come again alone?"

The neighbors obviously thought that the whole family was helping to harvest the grain, and there was no distinction between you and me, so when they saw Yang Yu coming alone, they became curious.

After hearing this, Yang Yu realized that Zhang Erfa had let his brothers-in-law harvest his crops without his knowledge. Among so many brothers, only Zhang Erfa and Zhang Sanmao had plots of land allocated to them. As Zhang Sanmao was young, he had received very little land and naturally planted few crops.

Apparently, Zhang Erfa had more crops, and since there were so many people to feed his unmarried brothers-in-law who still hadn't been allocated plots of land, Zhang's mother came up with an idea and urged Zhang Erfa to share a plot of land with the grain to support the family.

However, Zhang Erfa always felt that his heart was still in that family, and he should take care of and support his parents and younger brothers. So he made the decision on his own without asking Yang Yu for his consent, and led his brothers-in-law to harvest the crops planted by Yang Yu.

Yang Yu instantly became dizzy with anger. Her head started to hurt again and tinnitus slowly came over her. She held her head and forced herself to wake up.

But all kinds of sounds kept coming into my ears.

"I'll give the crops I grow on my land to whoever I want. If you dare to talk nonsense, I'll beat you to death."

"Second brother, please discipline her and don't let her get ahead of you."

"Look at her with a sour face all day long, you are the only one who can stand her."

"That's right. She hasn't even given you a son, and she's disrespectful to our parents. Second brother, just divorce her and marry someone new!"

"What are you looking at? If you keep looking at me, I'll gouge your eyes out. If you keep glaring at me, I'll still punish you in front of my second brother."

"Hahahahaha..."

For a moment, all he could hear were voices attacking him. Yang Yu covered his ears and tried hard to ignore them, but there was a voice in his head that kept tempting him to vent.

"Are you just going to put up with them scolding you like that? You're such a coward! You don't even have the courage to resist. You deserve to be bullied..."

Then Yang Yu seemed to see Zhang Erfa and his brothers-in-law appear in front of him, and began to hear those voices, which were slowly coming out of their mouths. Then they looked at him with contempt and laughed at him unscrupulously.

She looked at their dazzling smiles and ugly insults, and finally couldn't stand it anymore. She rushed forward and chopped them down again and again with the sickle in her hand, saying viciously, "I told you to bully me, I told you to be arrogant... You all die, you all deserve to die!"

She chopped frantically until her neighbor grabbed her hands and pushed her to the ground. She felt a stinging pain and saw the blood gushing from the places on her arms where the rice had cut her. Only then did she come to her senses.

Looking up at her neighbor's puzzled eyes, she realized that she had just been chopping the rice with a sickle, and the chopped rice was scattered on the ground in a mess.

"What happened to you just now? You scared me to death."

It was the first time that Yang Yu failed to control herself in front of outsiders and exposed her abnormality. She was a little panicked and didn't dare to look up. She casually said, "It's nothing, nothing happened just now, you saw it wrong."

Seeing her like this, the neighbor didn't know what to say and just turned and left.

But after she left, rumors of her madness gradually spread throughout the village, and the rumors became more and more outrageous.

However, Yang Yu never showed any abnormality in front of outsiders since then, and gradually people stopped paying attention to this matter.

After Yang Yu calmed down that day, she packed up her backpack and sickle and prepared to go back. She wanted to ask where her millet had been collected. She couldn't let them get away with it so easily.

After she came back, she started to go to Zhang's mother's house. Sure enough, she saw the grains drying in the yard, and she could hear the sounds of them eating and drinking in the kitchen.

"Second brother! Come, let us toast you. When second sister-in-law comes back, we can't let her look for us, let alone say 'oh our mother'," Zhang Sheng said evilly.

"If the crops in my family were not so few, I would let you harvest them all. After all, we are a family. Why should we care about so many things, right, second brother?" Zhang Sanmao agreed shamelessly.

"Yes, we are a family. What's mine is everyone's. There's no need for those formalities. She's just an ignorant woman who makes everyone's life miserable. It's a big deal. Shouldn't I have the final say?" Zhang Erfa said shamelessly.

Then they started to make a fuss again, laughing and enjoying themselves while eating and drinking.

"Stop bragging, finish your food quickly and go collect the rest. I don't want to argue with her when she comes back. Just don't admit that you collected her grain."

"After she finishes collecting the land, we still have our own plots of land to collect. Hurry up and collect the land in other places as well!" Mother Zhang urged them.

Yang Yu listened to their conversation silently, her palms bleeding. She didn't expect this family to be so disgusting. It really made her feel extremely nauseous.

She finally couldn't stand it anymore and rushed in, yelling at them, "How shameless you are! How can you so easily harvest the food I worked so hard to plant?"

"Zhang Erfa! Why did you give them the crops I grew without my consent?"

"Have you ever helped me dig an inch of land, weed a blade of grass, or plant an inch of grain? What were you doing when I carried Yaya on my back every day, going out early and coming back late, exposed to the sun and rain? Have you ever helped me do even a little? I have to take care of your food and clothing when I come back, and have you ever worried about anything at home or outside? Have you ever done anything for me? Why do you want to be my boss now?" Yang Yu asked with red eyes.

The moment Yang Yu came in, Zhang's mother had already hidden in the inner room, and her brothers-in-law all kept their heads down and didn't speak.

What Zhang Erfa couldn't stand most was Yang Yu questioning and yelling at him in front of his parents and younger brothers.

He would feel that his self-esteem was being trampled on, and his mother would say he was a coward, and his brothers would laugh at him for not being able to control his wife. He would not be able to bear it.

He didn't want to hear about Yang Yu's hardships. He just wanted to prove that he could make the decisions for his family. Besides, he had just made some big promises, so he definitely couldn't let himself be slapped in the face.

So he said bluntly, "Mom gave us the food before. Now that you have extra food, shouldn't you give it back? Besides, that piece of land was given to me, right? How I want to distribute the things on the land is none of your business. I'm telling you, I've already agreed to give the land and food to Mom and the others. If you dare to make trouble with Mom and the others, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

"What? You want to hit me? Let me tell you, I can't let them get away with it today. It's my own stuff, so I have to decide for myself." After saying that, Yang Yu went to collect the grain in the yard, which she was going to put back.

Looking at Yang Yu's actions, Zhang Sheng was obviously angry, and he looked at Zhang Erfa fiercely.

Zhang Erfa rushed forward, snatched the basket from Yang Yu's hand, emptied the grain inside, and pulled her out. Yang Yu couldn't break free and was forced to walk out while being dragged along, cursing loudly, "Old man, if you don't teach these little brats good things, they will just steal and rob. Be careful of your retribution one day!"

"They are just a bunch of shameless bandits! They are something even a bunch of dogs would despise!"

Yang Yu cursed and spat in their direction all the way.

After being dragged to the courtyard, Zhang Erfa pushed Yang Yu to the ground and walked into the inner room. Half a minute later, he took out a thick carrying pole and walked closer, cursing, "I told you last time not to curse my mother anymore, but you didn't listen, did you? Huh?" Then he picked up the carrying pole and hit Yang Yu hard.

"Ah..." Yang Yu cried out in pain. But Zhang Erfa ignored her cries and continued to hit her several times.

Yang Yu didn't even have time to catch her breath as the carrying pole pounded against her again and again, causing her to tremble with pain even while trying to breathe. She wanted to resist, but she didn't even have the strength to get up. She just watched helplessly as Zhang Erfa was being cruelly beaten.

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of Zhang Sheng standing not far away, looking at her in a miserable state on the ground with a mocking look. At this time, Zhang Erfa had vented his anger and walked into the inner room.

Yang Yu looked at Zhang Sheng, whose hair had not yet grown out and who was still trying to tidy himself up. She raised her eyebrows and looked at him, cursing softly, "Bandit bastard!" Then she looked at him with a slight smile on her lips.

Zhang Sheng didn't hear what she said clearly, but he saw Yang Yu's contemptuous eyes and mocking mouth, which made his violent gene lose control instantly. He rushed over and kicked Yang Yu on the ground. Yang Yu was kicked away for a distance. Zhang Sheng walked forward, still not satisfied, picked up Yang Yu, and punched her body several times. While beating her, he cursed, "Bitch, you think I dare not hit you? I have wanted to beat you for a long time. I let you bully my second brother, let you curse your mother, let you despise me!"

She didn't know how long the beating lasted; Yang Yu was already numb. After they all left, she slowly got up. She wanted to stand up and continue cursing, but she no longer had the strength. She thought, "Let's get a night's rest, then get up tomorrow and continue cursing. I've been beaten anyway, so as long as I can't kill you, I'll curse you to death." She couldn't beat him, so she cursed to see who could outlast her. She sat at the door and cursed him for days and nights, trying to wear them down.