Three Women in the Cage

Zhang Erfa was a little unusual today. Normally, he would have gone out for a stroll by this time of the week, and there was no way to keep him at home unless it was meal time.

Of course, he would occasionally not come back for dinner. Needless to say, he was with Zhang's mother. No wonder he always stole food to honor her, otherwise he probably wouldn't even have enough to eat.

But on this day, he kept hanging around the house, looking at Yang Yu from time to time, asking her why she didn't go out, and then urging her to pick up the two children.

Yang Yu felt strange, as he usually didn't care about these things. He immediately became alert, thinking that he had no good intentions. He couldn't help but suspect that he was thinking about his food and the money he made from selling it.

A few days later, I heard that the fourth brother Zhang was getting married, and his wife was a girl from the same village.

Yang Yu didn't care much for the unmarried girl, having only heard that she was pretty and gentle. The fourth brother, Zhang Zizai, was also considered gentle among the brothers and was the only brother-in-law who showed some respect for Yang Yu.

Zhang's mother meant that her brothers Zhang Erfa and Zhang Sanmao should support her, as getting married meant preparing a wedding house for them to live on their own.

Now, except for the second and third brothers who have moved out to set up their own households, the other brothers are still living with their parents. The two old men naturally think that as an independent family, they should support their younger brothers who are not married.

The two old men originally favored Zhang Sanmao. In addition, they had a grandson, and the two old men almost had the grandson in their mouths all the time. How could they be willing to let Zhang Sanmao share the burden? Naturally, they set their sights on Zhang Erfa.

It is said that everyone should share the support, but who knows who will be the one getting fleeced in the end.

Zhang Erfa agreed to his parents' request without thinking, but he was used to being lazy and had nothing at home, so he could only set his sights on Yang Yu.

Zhang Erfa also spoke frankly, not afraid of Yang Yu making a fuss, "The fourth child is getting married, and my parents said we should support him a little. It's not much, just twenty yuan."

Yang Yu didn't even raise his eyelids. "How much you want to take is your business. Why are you asking me? What does it have to do with me?"

Last time, they forcibly took away her dowry money to support Zhang Sanmao's marriage, and this time they want to use the money from her autumn harvest to support the fourth brother's marriage.

It turns out that I was the one who was taken advantage of. He had to pay for each of his brothers' weddings. When they asked for money, they knew I was his sister-in-law. When they were enjoying the good food and drinks, they felt embarrassed and refused to recognize me.

No one helped me during the autumn harvest, and a piece of land was snatched away, so there wasn't enough food. Now I have to worry about the money I earned from selling the food with great effort. This really doesn't give me a way to survive.

It was such bad luck to marry into their family. Yang Yu felt so regretful and hateful.

She had to go to her parents' home that day and take the money back to return it to Yang's mother, so that Zhang Erfa wouldn't steal it that day.

As soon as Yang Yucai finished speaking, Zhang Erfa shamelessly said, "I'm just informing you. Don't forget about everything in this house. I can make the decision. I know you sold the grain, and I don't want the extra money. Just take twenty yuan from me so that I can explain to my parents!"

"Twenty, do you think it's too little? Why weren't you active when we were harvesting grain? You were always the first one to give money, as if you were afraid that others wouldn't want your money?" Yang Yu laughed.

"I don't want to waste time talking to you. We still have a few days left. Otherwise, I'll sell all the food in the two cabinets. Then we won't have anything to eat at home."

"You don't want to live anymore, right? Am I going to eat all this food alone? You don't want to eat it? And the two children don't want to eat it?" Yang Yu was extremely disappointed with this irresponsible man.

"I don't care about that. The fourth child is getting married, so I have to take twenty! You decide for yourself!"

"I'm going down to help. There's still a lot of things to do. Don't worry about the banquet. You just need to take twenty!"

After saying that, he turned and walked out, leaving Yang Yu no room to maneuver.

He was forcing her, always forcing her to compromise. Yang Yu felt dizzy again. This man was simply her nightmare.

She felt chest tightness and difficulty breathing. After a burst of tinnitus, she was hit by waves of laughter.

"You will never escape from the clutches of the devil. You can only linger like this..."

"You deserve to suffer and be a dowry for others..."

"You are so pitiful...hahahaha"

"Who told you to only give birth to girls? Who cares about spilled water..."

She saw Liu Chunxiang, who was laughing at her in front of her, holding her son and showing off to her.

She thought that maybe it was because she didn't give birth to a son that they tortured her like this. Each one of them was driving her crazy, and her fragile nerves were about to break.

She held her head and yelled, "I will give birth to a son, I will give birth to a son..."

"You bitch, why are you so arrogant? You are so arrogant in front of me. I can crush you with just one finger..." Yang Yu looked at her with contempt, gritting his teeth, wishing he could tear her to pieces.

"You are not worthy of laughing at me!"

Yang Yu was banging the tables and chairs in front of her frantically. Suddenly, the sound of a bottle falling to the ground and breaking woke her up.

Coming back to her senses and looking at the mess on the ground, Yang Yu sat on the ground in embarrassment, gasping for breath. They were trying to drive her crazy, and she would not let them get their wish.

In order to prevent Zhang Er from using up her two cabinets of food, she compromised and took out a stack of money from her purse with trembling hands. She counted twenty and put them aside, then held the only fifty yuan and slowly put it back into her purse.

This was all the money from selling the grain, plus the twenty dollars left from borrowing from Yang's mother. I had thought that even after paying Yang's mother back, there would still be twenty dollars left for the household.

Now I have to use the twenty to help the fourth son get married, so I can’t pay Yang’s mother back.

Touching her purse, Yang Yu now carries money with her. She is worried about every place in the house, and the money on her body is the safest.

When Zhang Erfa came back that night, Yang Yu handed him twenty yuan. "I'll give you the twenty you asked for, but you have to promise me that you can't touch anything in my house without my permission!"

Zhang Erfa looked at Yang Yu who was on the right path, and smiled softly, "Since you have already given me what I want, I will certainly not touch those things anymore. How can I not eat?"

Yang Yu didn't want to pay attention to this shameless man. She was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and turned around to busy herself with her own business.

On the day of the fourth brother's wedding, Yang Yu found out that Zhang Sanmao did not support the family with a single penny, and that everything was managed by Zhang Erfa and the two old men.

She heard it by accident when she was overhearing Liu Chunxiang gossiping with others. Looking at Liu Chunxiang's smug look, she just wanted to slap her hypocritical face.

These are shameless things, and you still have the nerve to show them off.

Only people like Zhang Erfa, who would rather fight with his wife every day than obey the wishes of the two old people, are the most ridiculous. They are simply foolish filial piety.

I would rather not cook for myself than not be filial to the two old people.