At this time, Xu Lai Di was squatting by the river, rubbing the clothes in her hands with great effort using a tattered washboard. Any piece of clothes in the basin was better than what she was wearing.

Bai Nuo and Sun Yuxi looked at each other, walked to a big tree not far from Xu Laidi and sat down.

"This place is pretty good, cool and not crowded." Bai Nuo sat down and took out an egg and handed it to Sun Yuxi, "Let's eat here."

"I think it works!"

Sun Yuxi also sat next to him and opened the lunch box in his hand. A fragrant aroma of meat came out of the lunch box.

"By the way, I haven't had the chance to ask you, what happened to you a few days ago? You didn't seem very happy after coming back from the county." Sun Yuxi looked at Bai Nuo worriedly while eating.

"What else can I do? My father wrote to me and asked me to go back and get married." Bai Nuo curled his lips with a look of disdain.

"Huh?" Sun Yuxi looked at Bai Nuo in surprise, frowning slightly, and said nervously: "Why do you suddenly want to go back and get married? You are not even seventeen years old yet, you won't agree."

"How is that possible?" Bai Nuo's tone was full of sarcasm. "That idiot old man just wanted to use me as a betrothal gift for his son. He can dream on. It's a different era now, and he still wants to sell his daughter to support his son. He even wants to arrest me. If he dares to come, I will kill him."

"That's the right way to think!" Sun Yuxi said with a look of full support on his face, "You must not let it get over with. I have a neighbor who is particularly patriarchal. She always says that daughters are money-losing goods. She even sold her eldest daughter to a bastard who beat his wife. The eldest daughter was beaten to death by her husband while she was pregnant. As a result, the family didn't care at all. They went over and made a scene, asked for compensation, and then bought a bicycle for their son.

My daughter died in vain, why?

Sun Yuxi spoke passionately, as if she was standing on the high ground of justice: "We are women of the new society, young people of the new era living under the Party and the national flag, and female comrades protected by the laws of the new Dragon Country. Even the leaders have said that women hold up half the sky. Why should we sacrifice ourselves, even our lives, for that so-called son?"

It's so unfair. We are human beings, independent individuals with our own thoughts. We are not slaves to our parents or brothers. We have the right to control our own lives and must not become victims of their desire for a better life.

"You're right. When people die, there's nothing left. But those who don't care about our life or death get the benefit. Bah, why?" Bai Nuo's face was full of anger, and he vividly demonstrated his opposition to injustice and unfairness and his efforts to resist oppression.

"That's right, it should be like my neighbor's little daughter." Sun Yuxi used this as an opening to introduce the second half of the story.

"You don't know, my neighbor has a little daughter. Before the eldest daughter was beaten to death, the youngest daughter was the only one who hadn't married yet. She was like her brother's little slave at home. Not only did she do all the housework, but she also became his punching bag when he was in a bad mood. She was almost beaten to death by her own brother several times.

Later, after the eldest daughter was beaten to death, the couple actually wanted to marry their youngest daughter to the abusive eldest son-in-law for the bride price. They are simply not human beings.

Bai Nuo looked at Sun Yuxi worriedly and asked quickly, "What then?"

Sun Yuxi smiled slightly, her tone full of relief, and she was even proud of her neighbor's little daughter.

"You would never imagine that the youngest daughter didn't want to suffer the same fate as her elder sister, so she started to resist. Since her parents and brother didn't want her to live anyway, she wasn't afraid of anything.

At home, she's always smashing pots and pans. If her brother dares to hit her, she'll fight him with a knife. If he hits her too hard, she'll run out and make a scene, asking neighbors for help, asking the police for help. She even dares to chop her father with a knife. In her words, if you don't let me live, what's the point of filial piety? Is that thing more important than my life?

Bai Nuo frowned slightly, looking puzzled: "Then no one from your other neighbors said anything about her?"

"What are you talking about? People are all made of flesh and blood. How many people would be willing to treat a poor girl like that?"

Sun Yuxi sighed softly and continued, "She has been abused by her family since she was a child, and the neighbors have seen it all. In the past, she didn't resist, and even if the neighbors felt sorry for her, they didn't want to interfere in her family's affairs. But that girl was so reckless that she made a scene. Her parents wanted to kill her, so she hid behind the neighbors. In this case, the neighbors had reason to protect her.

That family couldn't fight off so many neighbors, not to mention the police. In the end, they had no choice but to give up on marrying the girl to their former son-in-law. Furthermore, they no longer dared to mess with their youngest daughter.

"That's the right thing to do!" Bai Nuo nodded in agreement, and continued, "That's what I think. My father's son wasn't born to my mother, but to the woman he married later. He dares me to sacrifice myself for him, bah. Breaking his son's leg when I came here was the least of my worries. When I go back for the New Year, I'm going to break another leg of his, so he won't dare to set his sights on me again."

Sun Yuxi absolutely supports it: "That's the way it should be. Make them all afraid of you, and then you can be the boss."

The piece of clothing in Xu Laidie's hand was actually the last one. She had just washed it and was ready to go back. Especially after the two female educated youth came over, she wanted to leave even more.

She didn't want to have any contact with these female educated youth from the city because it would make her feel even more inferior. She even wanted to dig into the ground. When she saw them and then looked at herself, they were completely two different people. In front of those female educated youth, especially the new ones, she always felt like she was suffocating.

However, after she heard what they said, she could not move her legs at all.

It seems so!

This situation is really similar to her!

Then she thought about how her elder sister came back last time with injuries all over her body, but her mother seemed to be completely blind to it, and even warned her elder sister to go back and coax her elder brother-in-law well, and bring more things when she comes back next time.

Xu Lai Di couldn't help shivering when she thought of her elder sister's pale face when she came back last time, as if it would disappear at any moment.

What if, what if her elder sister was beaten to death one day, then would she...

Xu Lai Di couldn't help but hold the clothes in his hands tightly, then quickly put the clothes and washboard into the wooden basin, and walked quickly to the west of the village with the basin.

After Xu Laidi left, Bai Nuo and Sun Yuxi looked at each other and smiled slightly.

Sun Yuxi suddenly frowned and looked at Bai Nuo worriedly: "Nuo Nuo, isn't it a bit inappropriate to arrange uncle like this?"

"It's okay, it doesn't matter!" Bai Nuo waved his hand nonchalantly.

Sun Yuxi pursed her lips and asked with some hesitation and worry, "Then, is your stepmother good to you?"

"what?"

Bai Nuo looked at Sun Yuxi in bewilderment. After coming to his senses, he twitched his lips, raised his hand and patted her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Sister, you think too much. I don't even know whether my biological father is dead or alive, so how can there be a stepmother? Even if there is one, it doesn't matter. I don't know them. Don't worry about me. My family loves me very much."

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