“Hongmei, my story is actually quite simple. My boss introduced me to someone. We thought we were compatible, so we got married. That was less than a year after you left.”

His family is quite well-off. It's just that the older generation in his family is rather patriarchal, which I can understand, since he's an only child and there have been three generations of only sons in the family.

I got pregnant right after we got married, but I was under so much pressure. You wouldn't believe it, his mother would stare at my belly whenever I came home.

During that time, I didn't dare to go back and always stayed at the underwear factory. My husband was a spoiled child who grew up in a very selfish environment. He only cared about himself.

"My mother-in-law is very unhappy that I don't come home. She always finds various reasons to scold me, and many times she has gone directly to the underwear factory." Yu Hongxia said, then gave a sarcastic laugh.

"Luckily, it was a women's underwear factory, and all the workers were women. When she got there, she searched even the corners like a thief."

You know my temper; the more she acts like this, the more I resent it. So, the conflict between my mother-in-law and me escalated.

My husband actually hit me, his pregnant wife, less than six months after we got married.

"If Wang Ying hadn't arrived in time, I doubt the baby would have survived."

Zhang Hongmei felt a little uncomfortable looking at Yu Hongxia, who seemed to be talking about other people's business. Had she really given up?

"I am also a proud person. Although my family is just an ordinary family, I got into the university in the capital through my own efforts, found a government job through my own efforts, and earned money through my own efforts."

At this point, I have to be thankful that I never mentioned that I had shares in the underwear factory; they all thought I was just helping them out.

How can I live with a man who even lays a hand on his wife? I filed for divorce.

But that family is shameless too. They brazenly caused trouble at my workplace.

In the end, it was only after our leader intervened that they finally quieted down. But I've already seen through their true colors, so how can I go back?

They wouldn't give up. Since they couldn't cause trouble at my workplace, they went to my home. My parents had never agreed to my divorce in the first place, but after their constant commotion, even they started to think that the divorce was inevitable.

They still wouldn't agree to a divorce even though I was pregnant. So it's just dragging on like this.

When my belly started to swell, his mother brought an old lady to my workplace to find me. They were too scared to go to the underwear factory; Wang Ying had scared them half to death that time.

In front of all my colleagues, they came to look at my belly. That old lady was quite capable; she circled around me and said I was having a girl.

"My mother-in-law was really unhappy about that, and she started yelling at me." Yu Hongxia paused for a moment before continuing.

"The next day, my ex-husband came to me and agreed to the divorce, but on conditions: if I had a boy, he would have to give him to them; if I had a girl, he would not want her."

Since things had come to this point, I couldn't wait to get a divorce, so I agreed. The divorce proceedings were quite simple, and I thought that would put my mind at ease, but that family was truly shameless. They wouldn't give me my dowry, fine, it was just a small amount, I didn't want it, but they still wanted me to give them half of my monthly expenses.

I was really angry, so I went to find my boss.

But it didn't work, so I went to the police station, but they said it was a family matter. I was furious. We're divorced, how can it still be a family matter?

But they wouldn't listen to me at all. There was nothing I could do. Wang Ying had to take Chengzi to the police station before they finally quieted down.

When I gave birth, I don't know how they found out, but the three of them were waiting at the hospital. Because of this, my mother even got into a physical fight with them.

My mother said they only left, grumbling and cursing, after the baby was born and they found out it was really a girl.

After giving birth, my mother took care of me during my postpartum period, but my sister-in-law was not satisfied. I felt helpless, so I decided to give my family five yuan a month. Although it wasn't much, it would keep my sister-in-law from asking for more money.

But people are greedy. I have to go back to work after my postpartum period. My mother will have to take care of the baby, and my sister-in-law came to me, asking me to give half of my monthly allowance to my family.

Seeing how troubled my parents were, I agreed. I would rush back every day to feed the baby. My boss also felt bad for me, so he tacitly approved of my actions.

When my baby was six months old, my sister-in-law also became pregnant. Now my mom was really overwhelmed. I felt it wasn't right for me to stay at home all the time. I discussed it with my mom, and we decided I would rent a place outside and hire someone else to help take care of the baby. That way, I wouldn't be able to send money home.

My mom feels sorry for me. But she knows I have shares in the underwear factory. She knows I have money. My sister-in-law hasn't worked since she got pregnant. So my mom told me that regardless of whether she's needed or not, I still have to send money home every month.

At this moment, Aunt Li picked up Niu Niu and even helped the little girl take a bath.

Yu Hongxia took the child and let her sit on her lap.

"Senior Yu, how old is Niu Niu?"

"She's been pregnant for two weeks."

"Then why is she so shy?" She should be about the same age as Ningning, but this little girl is very thin and small.

"Sigh! It's all my fault as a mother."

My mom asked me for so much money, and of course I disagreed. But my sister-in-law said that Niu Niu and the others would take care of her, and that it wouldn't take much effort for a child.

In the end, I gave in, but the baby was growing bigger every day, and my sister-in-law was about to give birth. During that time, I would take Niu Niu to work at the underwear factory every night.

When my nephew was born, my mother simply couldn't take care of both children and my sister-in-law. So, Niu Niu was often left alone on the kang (a heated brick bed). And she wasn't fed promptly; some of the formula ended up in my nephew's mouth.

Actually, if my mom had told me, how could I have neglected the child's food? But they still wouldn't feed Niu Niu.

"My child is getting thinner and thinner. She can only be breastfed after I get home every day. When she's hungry, my mother just chews a few bites of food for her." Yu Hongxia choked up and shed tears as she said this.

“During that time, Wang Ying was away, and I was almost always at the underwear factory. One day, Wang Ying came back at noon, and I took the opportunity to go home, which is when I learned about my daughter Niu Niu’s experience.”

I didn't say anything, picked up the child and wanted to leave, but my mother cried and apologized to me, telling me that such a thing would never happen again.

I believed her once again.

Actually, I was supposed to go back to the underwear factory today, but I thought I'd pick up Niu Niu and go with me. Unexpectedly, when I got home, I saw my sister-in-law hitting Niu Niu with a broom handle.