Three Women in the Cage

A week later, the stitches on Xinxin's brow bone were finally removed. Fortunately, only the eyebrow area was a little bare, with some faint traces of stitches on it.

Fortunately, no other parts of the eyes were injured, and Yang Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Time always flies quickly. Another spring and autumn passed, and Yaya was old enough to go to school. Yang Yu planned to send Yaya to the same school as Huanhuan.

But the tuition fees of the two children are a bit difficult for her now. Before, when Huanhuan’s tuition fees were paid on credit, the principal could reluctantly agree. But now, if she asked the principal to pay the tuition fees of both children on credit, Yang Yu herself would be too embarrassed to ask.

As a last resort, Yang Yu had to sell the old hens and some food at home, and exchanged everything that could be exchanged for money at home. Finally, he managed to raise enough money for Yaya's tuition.

Because of Huanhuan's outstanding academic performance, the principal and teachers all liked her very much. They also used her achievements as a model for publicity outside the school. Therefore, the principal turned a blind eye to Huanhuan's tuition being on credit and just waited for Yang Yu to pay it back as soon as he had the money.

It was Yaya's first time in school, and the principal and teachers didn't know her. Yang Yu didn't want to buy on credit again and cause gossip. Anyway, Huanhuan was already used to buying on credit, and the principal was tolerant of her, so there was no need for both of them to buy on credit.

Maybe it was Yaya's active nature, or maybe it was her carefree and unconcerned personality, but she had no interest in studying at all. Instead, she was full of curiosity about the world outside the classroom, always thinking about how to sneak out and have some fun.

Most of the students in that school were from the village. Because the women in the village liked to bully their family, the children were influenced by the adults and liked to bully Huanhuan and Yaya since they were young.

However, Huanhuan had good grades and was often noticed by the principal and teachers. Those children did not dare to bully Huanhuan directly. Because of her eyes, Huanhuan seemed inferior and silent. She always kept to herself and her personality gradually became timid and lonely.

Maybe she inherited some of her genes from Zhang Erfa. She doesn't provoke others. If others provoke her, she will stay away from them or choose to endure it silently.

In most cases, the children who bullied her would not dare to bully her again after receiving the teacher's warning, and would only occasionally stop her on the road and scare her.

But Yaya is different. She is naughty and bold by nature, and her grades are not good. The teachers don’t pay much attention to her, and she is also playful.

So she could not avoid direct conflicts with those who wanted to bully her, and she was able to break out of the siege every time.

They were beaten until their faces were bruised and swollen. Due to Yaya's ferocity, those people restrained themselves a lot because they really couldn't get any advantage.

Soon Yaya's reputation spread throughout the school. With Yaya's prestige, those who had stopped Huanhuan and threatened her before no longer dared to stop her.

Huanhuan and Yaya go to school together every day and wait together after school. After the two of them are together, no one dares to bully them.

A year later, Zhang Erfa finally wrote back a letter with fifty yuan in it.

The letter said that he had just arrived in a new place and needed money for everything, including rent, food, and daily necessities, so he had no money to send back home.

In addition, I have been busy with work and have no time to reply to letters from home. Now that I have finally settled down, I took some free time to write a letter home to explain my recent situation.

The letter asked Yang Yu to take care of the child safely. After paying for living expenses, he did not have much salary, so he could only send fifty yuan home. He would save more money later and send it back home.

Don't spend fifty dollars carelessly. Save what you should save. Don't spend money lavishly and waste it on a bunch of nonsense.

When Yang Yu saw that it took almost a year for the man to send back only fifty yuan, she couldn't bear it any longer. She really didn't want to read that pile of nonsense.

She was desperately short of money. She needed money for her two children's schooling, money to buy crop seeds, money to buy fertilizer for the land, money to buy livestock, money to buy laundry detergent, money to buy clothes for her three children, and money to buy all the tools needed at home...

There were so many places asking for money, and not only had he been gone for a year without any news, but when he finally came back with a letter, it told him that it was only fifty yuan, a drop in the bucket.

The tuition for one child is fifty yuan. What can he do? He is also told not to spend it recklessly. Is this a problem of reckless spending? Even if he doesn't know how much money is needed at home and outside, at least considering the time, the two children will be of school age. The tuition alone will not be enough.

He doesn't care about these things at all. He doesn't think about how much money his children need for school, nor does he think about how much money is needed at home or outside. He only cares about how much money is left for his family after paying for his own food and shelter.

As for whether it was enough to cover the family expenses, he had no idea and just let it be.

In fact, he did not go to work at the place introduced by the man because it was too hard. Although the salary was high, he could not bear the hardship.

So he tossed and turned, and after many twists and turns, he finally arrived in Guangzhou and found a security job. Although the salary was low, the conditions were pretty good.

Every day I just sit in the security room. When someone comes, I open the door and register them. I don’t have to be exposed to the wind and sun, nor do I have to do hard labor.

It is consistent with his status as a veteran, but I don’t know how he survived in the army before.

How can someone not endure a little hardship? It’s really puzzling!

This would explain why it took him so long to send money home, and why the amount he sent was so little, because after paying for his own food and lodging, there really wasn't much left.

Moreover, he never compromised on food and accommodation. He was lazy and greedy for comfort, so it was unexpected that he could send back fifty yuan.

Yang Yu had hoped that he could go out and earn some money to support the family, but now she thought that he was just wasting air and was of no use at all.

She tore his letter into pieces. Instead of thinking about those false concerns, it would be better to send more money. While tearing up the letter, Yang Yu cursed Zhang Erfa.

It seems that we still have to feed the pig at home. We used to feed one, but now Yang Yu plans to feed two. In this way, when Xinxin starts school, the tuition fees of several children will be settled.

But where will the money to buy livestock come from? The grain has been almost sold out, and the children are growing up and eating more and more. I’m afraid I won’t be able to sell grain in the future, otherwise I’ll starve.

I can only order more vegetables to sell. Vegetables can be grown in every quarter, so there will be a continuous supply and no shortage of vegetables for daily consumption.

After making up his mind, Yang Yu decided to plant more vegetables in the garden and sell vegetables more often. He would use the money to buy two piglets and raise them slowly. Maybe he could even give pork to his children during the Chinese New Year.