Three Women in the Cage

It had been raining for several days in a row, and the outside was covered by a gray curtain, gloomy and dark. Yang Yu sat in the bedroom, holding Chinese medicine in one hand, staring at the continuous drizzle outside.

Looking out from the mottled window, the pear tree I once planted is now full of flowers, and it looks even more gorgeous under the baptism of the drizzle.

It turns out that even after going through wind and rain, one can still be tenacious and unyielding, and even more beautiful than before.

Yang Yu has been thinking a lot these past few days. Although he really wants a son, the reality is already like this. There is no point in just escaping. He can't escape what he has to face.

Looking at the baby sleeping beside the bed, she calmed down and thought that perhaps she was destined to be childless.

What can you do no matter how hard you try?

Forget it! A daughter is a daughter!

Three daughters are three daughters!

My daughter isn't necessarily any worse than your son! Just wait and see. The more you look down on my daughter, the more I'll show you how much more capable she is of making a name for herself than your son.

As she thought about it, she suddenly felt relieved. The children were already pitiful enough, being despised by the world since birth. Wouldn't it be even more pitiful if she, as a mother, despised them too?

She should love them more and break the world's abandonment and disgust towards her daughters.

I'm not obsessed with my son anymore, they're all the same, she scoffed.

After she figured it out, her mood gradually improved. After taking Chinese medicine for a month, her body was almost recovered and she was able to sleep well recently.

I have fewer nightmares, and the auditory hallucinations and tinnitus no longer occur.

My overall mental state has improved significantly.

I am almost out of confinement and my sister-in-law's belly is getting bigger and bigger. It is not convenient for me to trouble my parents here all the time while taking care of three children.

I thought I should take my three children home! The children haven't been home for a long time. It's time to go back. Fallen leaves always return to their roots. Although that place is not good, it is their home after all.

Yang's mother wanted to keep her for a while longer, as she was always worried about them. She didn't know why a sick woman with three children would be despised if she returned home.

Mother Yang wiped her tears and didn't want them to leave. Father Yang was also quietly wiping his tears. He didn't know how to say anything sentimental and didn't know how to persuade them.

They all knew that it was impossible to keep them, mother and daughter, forever, and that they would eventually have to go back. They just hoped that time would go slower and that this day wouldn't come so soon.

But no matter how slowly time passes, this day will come. When faced with this day, they will still be caught off guard and feel very sad.

The eldest brother Yang Yi stood silently by, he really couldn't bear to leave his children, especially Huanhuan. He had been here for almost two years, and his heart would be half empty if he left suddenly.

At the same time, he felt sorry for his sister who had to take care of so many children by herself, and they were all so young, and living alone in an environment like her husband's family.

Just thinking about it makes me feel that it is full of difficulties and hardships.

But he didn't say a word. What could he do? She was already married, and he had already taken a wife. They each had to go back to their own homes.

Sister-in-law Tian Yun stood aside, with her big belly, helping Yang Yu pack her things, and she cried quietly while packing.

She knew better than anyone else present the difficulties and hardships of being a woman, and she felt sorry for her sister-in-law.

Because they were afraid that the neighbors would know that Yang Yu was hiding at her mother's house to have more children, they didn't dare let her show her face. So it was absolutely impossible to send them back during the day, and they could only go out in the middle of the night.

As the night deepened, the dim lights in every household came on and then slowly went out until the last light was extinguished.

Mother Yang and Father Yang had brought over the sleepy Huanhuan and Yaya. They had obviously brought them over while they were asleep. They were reluctant to wake them up, so they each held one in their arms.

Sister-in-law Tian Yun carefully helped tie their little daughter Xinxin to Yang Yu's shoulders. She weighed her and moved it upwards, then pulled the straps to the front and tied it firmly on her back.

They didn't want the noise to get out of hand and be seen by someone with ulterior motives, so they had no choice but to let Yang Yu take the child away alone, and they couldn't see her off.

She had to wake up Huanhuan and Yaya, so they could at least help her mother. Besides, she couldn't carry them both! She could only let them wake up and walk on their own.

"Hanhuan? Wake up! Go home with your mother!" Mother Yang shook her gently, and somewhat reluctantly forced her to wake up.

Huanhuan was in a daze, but when she heard that she was going home with her mother, she suddenly woke up and saw everyone gathered in her mother's bedroom.

Everyone looked at her with different expressions, not understanding for a moment. Then, when they saw their mother carrying some luggage and carrying their little sister on her back, they seemed to understand something and rubbed their eyes.

"Mom? Are you taking us back?" she asked in disbelief.

"Hanhuan, be good and get up quickly. Let's go home before dark!" Yang Yu urged anxiously.

Listening to her mother's words and looking at the darkness outside, she didn't ask any more questions. To her, as long as she was with her mother, nothing else mattered.

Looking at her second sister Yaya who was still sleeping, Huanhuan walked over and patted her face, "Yaya, get up quickly. It's time to go home with mommy!"

Father Yang had been holding the child in his arms and was reluctant to wake him up, but Huanhuan came to wake him up first. Father Yang did not try to stop her, but just turned his face to the side with tears in his eyes.

Yaya opened her eyes in a daze, and was stunned for a moment. Then she saw her mother and sister clearly. "Mom? Sister?" she asked helplessly.

"Hurry up, dear Yaya, let's go home with mommy." Yang Yu looked at the confused Yaya with amusement and coaxed her gently.

She blinked her eyes before she reacted. Without saying a word, she stood up and walked towards her mother yawning.

Yang's father, mother, elder brother and sister-in-law accompanied Yang Yu and the child to the gate of the courtyard. Before leaving, Yang's mother stuffed a small flashlight into Yang Yu's hand.

She said with some worry and anxiety, "Drive slowly, it's getting dark, and make sure to hold the child tightly!"

Yang Yu nodded, tears filling her eyes like a flood. In those tears, there was a deep attachment and reluctance to her parents, as well as a foggy confusion about the road ahead.

She turned her head and told them not to worry about her, then picked up Yaya with the hand holding the flashlight and held Huanhuan with the other hand.

Under the reluctant gazes of my parents and elder brother, I slowly stepped into the night.

Until the figures of Yang Yu and the children were completely swallowed up by the darkness and even the light from the flashlight could not be seen, they still stood at the gate of the yard.

The two old people covered their mouths tightly and sobbed, fearing that the noise would be too loud and wake up the neighbors, which would arouse suspicion.

Finally, with the help of Yang Yi and Tian Yun, he slowly returned to the house.

The night returned to its quiet state, as if everything that had just happened had never existed. It felt like a dream, but the lingering tears on my face and the stabbing pain in my heart reminded me that everything that had just happened was real. They were gone after all...