Three Women in the Cage

Yang Yu was awakened by the sound of a baby crying. He opened his eyes and looked around, only to find that he was not in bed.

He quickly got up and walked into the bedroom. When he pushed the door open, he saw Zhang Erfa sleeping soundly with his back to the door. Huanhuan and Yaya were standing beside him, trying to comfort the crying Xinxin.

They were at a loss as to what to do. They didn't dare to wake up their sleeping father, and they didn't know where their mother had gone. Looking at their crying sister, they could only frantically imitate their mother, patting her back and coaxing her, "Eat grandma, eat grandma..."

Seeing Yang Yu coming in, Huanhuan was afraid of waking up her father, so she whispered, "Mom? Where did you go this morning? Our third sister has been crying and we can't comfort her."

After saying this, he looked at Yang Yu with a hint of grievance.

"I'm sorry, mommy fell asleep outside. Thank you two sisters for your hard work. Let mommy come over!" As she said this, she picked up Xinxin and patted her.

Xinxin seemed to know that her mother was coming, and she immediately stopped crying with relief. After Yang Yu fed her milk, she fell asleep again with tears in her eyes.

Looking at Xinxin who fell asleep again, Yang Yu felt a little worried. In a while, the women in the village would slowly gather behind her. If they suddenly heard a baby crying, would they become suspicious?

Yaya is already over two years old. You can't say that it's Yaya who's crying. The cry of a baby is very easy to hear.

What should she do? She was in a dilemma for a moment!

I'm afraid she is the only one who needs to be fed by her grandmother when she cries, and held and coaxed to sleep when she cries.

What a headache! It's such a hassle.

"Hanhuan, you and your younger sister help me look after our third sister. Once she starts crying, you should make loud noises and play to cover up the sound of her crying until I come and coax her to sleep!" She instructed the two children seriously.

This was the only solution she could think of, so she decided to delay it as long as possible.

Although Yang Yu rarely went out after her return, the news spread throughout the village from the day she came back.

Everyone was laughing and saying, "I can't believe that crazy woman has come back. She disappeared for a few months and no one knows where she went."

His eyes are full of suspicion and slander!

"That's right, I thought I couldn't find my way back. It seems I'm not completely crazy after all."

At this time, a woman sitting in the back said in a mysterious voice, "I heard that she brought back a few children. Everyone knows that she gave birth to two girls before, but if you listen carefully, you can hear the occasional cry of a baby coming from her house."

"Think about it, those two girls in front of me can't possibly be babies, even though she's trying her best to drown out the baby's cries with the noise of the other two children. I have very sharp ears, though."

The woman said this with a swearing look on her face.

Liu Chunxiang's belly was growing bigger and bigger at this time. Hearing this, she frowned and thought of something. She shouted, "Could she have secretly given birth to a son? Is she pretending to be crazy and stupid to avoid family planning? Now the matter is ripe and there is nothing we can do about it."

Another woman sneered, "Huh, why are you afraid that she will give birth to a son? Didn't you give birth to the eldest grandson of your Zhang family? What impact does it have on you whether she has a husband or a daughter? Besides, she may not give birth to a son."

After that, everyone burst into laughter!

The owner of the gathering place at the back rarely interrupted, saying, "No matter how worried, it should be Tang Li. This is her first child. If that woman snatches her son away, she'll be very proud." After she finished speaking, she looked at the fourth daughter-in-law of the Zhang family with a meaningful look.

Tang Li has always been good at speaking and never offends anyone. Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she laughed and said, "What am I afraid of? It doesn't matter who gives birth to a son first. Besides, I like daughters too."

Having said that, she still wanted to give birth to a big fat son as her first child like her third sister-in-law, so that she could make her mothers-in-law happy and have a lively full-month banquet for herself.

It can also make the mothers-in-law value themselves and feel proud in the village.

But she didn't show it on her face and acted like she wasn't fighting or competing.

She was a little confused again and couldn't help asking, "Maybe you heard it wrong. You haven't heard that my second sister-in-law was pregnant again before? The sounds you heard might be the two girls my second sister-in-law gave birth to before."

She wasn't sure, she just had doubts. After all, even an honest man like Erfa Ge didn't reveal a single word.

Only she and her third sister-in-law were pregnant one after another, and everyone in the village knew about it. Moreover, the eggs for daily nourishment were brought to her by her second brother from home. If her second sister-in-law was really pregnant, why didn't she use them to nourish herself?

These all seem abnormal. Erfa Ge stays with his second sister-in-law every day, so it is impossible that he doesn't know about such a big thing. What's more, this is considered an extra birth and he will be fined.

The village chief had repeatedly warned them, so it was impossible for them not to know about it, let alone knowing it and still committing the crime. Could it be that they were really taking such a risk just to have a son?

But Erfa Ge didn't have that kind of courage, and the news would definitely leak out. Even if he kept his mouth shut, he would definitely tell his mother-in-law the truth, and then he would not be completely clueless.

She really couldn't understand it, and was full of curiosity about her second sister-in-law. At the same time, she felt sorry for her because she gave birth to two girls and she couldn't follow her path.

Looking at my third sister-in-law who was smiling happily, I thought to myself that she was lucky.

She knew that no matter how sweet her words were or how good she was at flattering others, if she didn't have the ability to give birth to a son, these people would still look down on her.

Although my second sister-in-law won’t be as miserable as she is, it won’t be much better either.

Although the current situation of the second sister-in-law is partly due to her own personality and partly due to the problem of the second brother, the biggest problem is that she has no son, which is a dead end.

In the eyes of my mother-in-law, although I am also valued, my status is far inferior to that of my third sister-in-law. My eldest grandson is held in the palm of my parents-in-law's hands every day for fear that he will melt.

He took even more care of his third sister-in-law who was pregnant again.

Thinking of the two-story brick house they lived in, and then looking at her own one-story wooden house, the difference became apparent. She knew that her parents-in-law were partial, but she thought that no matter how partial they were, they were still her own son and daughter-in-law, and she couldn't be too biased!

But after being together for a long time, I found that he was quite partial to me, which made me feel a little uncomfortable. Although she would not show it like my second sister-in-law, and would not fight for it, she did feel a little uncomfortable.

She was dissatisfied with her third sister-in-law in her heart, but it did not affect their superficial harmony.

They haven't moved into the wooden house yet. Her parents-in-law said that after they give birth to a son, they will hold a double celebration party, a full moon party and a housewarming party, just like the third sister-in-law did.

She had seen their double celebration banquet before, and it was a grand scene, so she thought that when she moved there, she would be neighbors with her third sister-in-law, and their relationship should not be awkward.

Facing the look from her third sister-in-law, she smiled and complimented him, "Third sister-in-law is so lucky. I guess this pregnancy will give her parents-in-law another grandson!"

The third sister-in-law raised her head proudly and chuckled, but did not answer. Instead, the other women echoed her.