With both parents deceased, Yu Tingwan lived under others' roofs, diligently working from dawn till dusk. Her maternal aunt was cruel, intending to sell her to a lecherous gentryman well past s...
Chapter 267: A Mad Woman
The curtains were closed.
From time to time, the helpless sobs of a woman could be heard.
Her body trembled slightly, her hands clasped on Wei Zhao's swollen chest, enduring the dense kisses
. Perhaps out of pity for her, Wei Zhao did not rush to give her everything at first.
Seeing that Yu Tingwan had adapted a little, his actions began to become fierce.
Yu Tingwan was very tired.
After an unknown amount of time, her face was unnaturally flushed, and she felt that she was about to be melted by the heat.
She breathed heavily.
Wei Zhao held her and wiped her.
The night was particularly long.
The spring scenery in the house was seductive.
There was a sobbing sound outside the house, and a black shadow shrank and ran over, banging on the door in the alley.
After knocking on this door, there was no response, so he hurried to knock on another door.
"Who is it! Late in the evening?"
Someone cursed.
"Oh my god! She's sneaking around my door!"
"She looks unconscious, a lunatic."
Voices outside gradually rang out.
Yu Tingwan was cleaned up and had just laid on the couch when she was already very sleepy.
While she was fuzzy, she heard the noise outside. She
couldn't even open her eyes.
"What's wrong?"
Wei Zhao comforted her thin back: "Don't pay attention to it."
Yu Tingwan was ready to continue sleeping.
The noise outside did not subside.
"Where did this crazy woman come from? I haven't seen her before."
"Oh, I think she's from Xiangsi's family on Siyuan Street."
"Siyuan Street? The street in front? Mrs. Zhou, since you recognize her, run and take her back. Otherwise, her family will be in a panic."
"I dare not, this lunatic will bite people."
The wife of the Zhou family pouted as she spoke, unwilling to run around.
She was disgusted.
"This crazy woman runs out every now and then. Her husband must have gotten used to it. If I wasn't in a clear mind, I would have suspected that she had a man outside behind Xiang Si's back."
Yu Tingwan opened her eyes.
Wei Zhao: "Did I disturb you?"
Yu Tingwan tried to get up: "I want to go and see."
Wei Zhao:... The person
who just pitifully begged him to hurry up and said he wanted to sleep, turned around and ignored his sleepiness to join in the fun.
Outside the house.
The woman who was pointed at by everyone was covered in dirt, and her messy hair covered most of her face. Seeing more people, she was scared and wanted to run away with her head down.
Zhou's wife said in a bad tone: "Where are you going? Stay still, your husband will be here soon."
The woman was blocked and could only retreat, and finally shrank into a corner.
Her chapped hands with chilblains were oozing pus. But she didn't feel the itch and just shivered.
With a creak.
A small crack was opened in the courtyard opposite that had been uninhabited for a long time.
Yu Tingwan's legs felt sore and weak, as if she couldn't step on anything solid.
Hearing the noise, everyone looked in her direction.
But Yu Tingwan didn't care at all, her eyes fell on the disheveled woman.
She frowned.
She had seen this woman when she first entered Wuyang City.
Someone came closer with a lantern, then quickly backed away, covering their noses, full of disgust.
"She stinks, and there's a thick layer of mud on her nails. I don't know how long she's been wearing this, and Xiang Si didn't even wash her."
Zhou's wife: "How can I wash it? Even if I wash it, this lunatic will still make a scene and get dirty."
"Xiang Si is a man. He has to support his family and take care of his children. He has already taken into consideration the relationship between husband and wife by not throwing her into the mountains. How can he have so much energy to clean her up?"
She was about to say something, but there was another person behind her.
Yu Tingwan said gently: "What you said is not right."
Zhou's wife was stunned: "Where...what's wrong?"
"Supporting the family and taking care of the children, isn't that what a husband should do?"
"What's there to complain about?"
Zhou's wife: ...
It's a little bit right, but it seems wrong.
Yu Tingwan: "It's not easy to take care of someone like this at home. It's really hard and it's impossible to take care of everything."
"But I have seen a mother and daughter. The daughter went crazy after something happened. The marriage is over, and the mother and daughter depend on each other. The mother takes care of everything at home. In order to make a living, she also has to take care of the little land outside. She is no less busy than anyone else."
"She can't keep her daughter under her eyes all the time, but every time I see her, the girl is cleaned up. "
Even if her clothes are dirty, as long as she doesn't roll in the mud, her hair is still combed well. She
will also tie a beautiful headband on it.
Yu Tingwan: "Not everyone can do what that mother does, but..."
But the woman's hair is greasy and dirty and clumping.
I don't know how many months it has not been washed.
That time, she also met Xiang Si.
Although his clothes were patched, he dressed himself well.
At least, in Yu Tingwan's opinion, Xiang Si didn't care enough about this woman.
Yu Tingwan said softly, "If he thinks that his wife who has given birth to his children and survived the gates of hell is a burden, then he is not a good person."
Zhou's wife said hurriedly, "He doesn't. But that's what people say outside."
Yu Tingwan wondered, "Since he doesn't feel hardship, why should outsiders feel sorry for him?"
Zhou's wife: ...
It seems so.
"You don't understand, Xiang Si is particularly considerate to his wives."
She gave an example to Yu Tingwan.
Her voice was loud, and it was obvious that she also wanted the approval of the people around her.
"If there is anyone with a bad brain in this family, they will lock him up at home to save worry." "
Xiang Si also locked him up in the early years. But this madwoman is so bad that she smashed everything in the house and banged against the wall. Once she was covered in blood."
"Xiang Si had no choice. He locked her up in the yard with an iron chain, tied one end to the millstone to prevent her from running around, and locked the madwoman's neck with the other end like a dog. Now there is no wall and she can't run away, but it doesn't work. This crazy woman is not afraid of being strangled to death. As long as she has the strength, she will run around like crazy. The chain around her neck is bloody."
After such a thing, not to mention Xiang Si was scared, let alone the neighbors.
"Since then, I dare not lock her up."
"She often runs away when she is not watched, and we have to look for her everywhere every time."
Everyone agreed after hearing this.
"Oh, the man you are talking about is really good."
"If it were me, I would have divorced her long ago. Or I would have starved her for a few meals, and when she has no strength, she would not make trouble anymore."
Someone asked, "Is she sick and crazy?"
Zhou's wife waved her hand.
"When Xiang Si brought the girl back, his brain was not good."
Yu Tingwan:?
Not only she was silent, but everyone else fell silent.
"This..."
"I've never seen a healthy girl not married, but a mentally ill one."
Zhou's wife: "Xiang Si is old and his family is poor."
She smiled and said in a nonchalant tone: "I didn't marry her."
"Don't look at this crazy woman who is so dirty that you can't see her face clearly now. She looks pretty good."
"She can recite poems and she probably knows how to read."