Furious, Chen Xihua went home and went straight to her room, where she stayed for more than an hour before coming out to eat!
Chen Meihua was much quieter than usual today. She took the initiative to serve rice and set out chopsticks. While eating, she kept her head down but kept looking at her fifth sister, afraid that she would complain to their parents!
After the meal, once the fourth sister, Chen Xiuhua, had washed the dishes, Chen Xihua went into the room, took out a piece of paper with a few lines written on it!
"Dad, I have something to say. Let's have another family meeting!"
It wasn't that Chen Xihua liked to tattle, but rather that her third sister's matter was quite serious, especially since in the original book, Chen Meihua had become a mistress and had that kind of ending.
Moreover, at this time, women are too easily sold to the mountains or tricked into going to hotels and clubs in big cities, becoming fallen girls. The Chen family has several daughters!
"Third sister, should you tell me, or should I tell you?"
"What does this have to do with your third sister?" Chen Lao Er was a little excited to see his fifth sister about to hold another family meeting. Was she going to come up with another way to make money?
"Fifth sister, don't say it, I know I was wrong!" Chen Meihua was a little scared, and the whole family was looking at her.
Although Xiao Wu helped her after school, she knew she was wrong, and her younger sister even complained. How annoying!
She thought everything would be fine after dinner, but little did she know, there was something else waiting for her here, a family meeting!
"Then I'll speak. Let me start by explaining the reason for the meeting. This afternoon after school..." Chen Xihua recounted the events of the afternoon in detail, without any personal bias.
"Hmph, Third Sister secretly ate snacks. Fifth Sister said we can't eat them secretly, we have to share. She didn't share any with me!" Chen Xiaoliu was a little angry!
"Liang Jiale? Is he with four arrogant guys around him? Oh my god..." Chen Jinhua got excited as soon as she heard that, she was going to beat those guys up!
"Second sister, where are you going?" Chen Xihua immediately stopped Chen Jinhua from speaking. This second sister wanted to go fight again!
"Uh, no, I'll go see who they are and stay away from them in the future!" Chen Jinhua immediately changed her tune when she saw her fifth sister's expression. Otherwise, what if her fifth sister didn't teach her that fighting technique in the future?
"Fifth Girl, where did you get thirty yuan?" Li Yumei asked in surprise.
"Hey, Comrade Li Yumei, aren't you getting the point wrong? The money is my New Year's money from my grandma. Oh, and remember to give it to me later." Chen Xihua wanted to roll her eyes, but skipped over it and continued.
"You've been watching the news, right? You've been listening to the radio, right? Some time ago, the country cracked down on and arrested a human trafficking gang of over a hundred people, rescuing thousands of trafficked women and children!"
Chen Xihua's speech slowed down, and it carried a hint of coldness!
Do you know what these trafficked people have gone through?
"First of all, the women who are sold to the mountains are sold to old men or brothers who can't find wives. They are chained up and forced to have children for them. They are not fed enough, and they are beaten and scolded, or even beaten to death. They can never escape!"
"And some are sold to big cities, to hotels, clubs and other entertainment venues. What will happen to these young women? You tell me, Dad!"
Chen Xihua pulled Chen Xiaoliu over and covered his ears with her hands, saying, "Xiaoliu, don't listen!"
"Well, I can drink with people, I can..." Chen Lao Er hesitated to say it. It wasn't appropriate for a grown man like him to say this in front of his wife and daughter!
"I'll get groped, my thighs will be touched, my buttocks will be touched, and I'll have to accompany S every day, with different old men, sometimes several!"
Seeing that Old Man Chen was stammering, Chen Xihua knew she had to resort to drastic measures!
The Chen family members stared wide-eyed and gaped. The Chen sisters were still blushing. How did Xiao Wu know such lewd words? What newspapers did he read? What news did he hear?
"Alright, Xiao Liu can listen now!" Chen Xihua released her hands from covering his ears.
"Those children who are sold will have their hands and feet broken, their eyes blinded, their tongues pulled out, and be thrown out to beg on the streets. They will also be whipped every day!" Chen Xihua's voice was full of malice!
Chen Baohua shrank back and threw herself into Chen Xihua's arms, "Fifth Sister, I won't go out!"
"Do you know how these people are trafficked? They're tricked by small favors and promises." Chen Xihua patted Chen Xiaoliu on the back to comfort him.
"If they see a child alone, they will be taken away or tricked with candy, and the child will faint after eating the candy."
"When he sees a young, beautiful woman alone, he will dress up as a rich man, take the initiative to chat her up, say which big city he makes money in, how much wealth he has, and that he can take her to the big city to make money. He will also give her some money in advance to pay her salary!"
"There are also some wealthy bosses who, upon seeing a pretty girl, say they like her and want to pursue her, promising to give her money every day to support her, and then they trick her away."
"Actually, many of them have wives, but after a while, they will resell them or give them to other men!"
Chen Xihua listed several scenarios in one breath, and when she realized that none of the Chen family members wanted to say anything, she started talking about how to prevent them!
"When walking alone on the street, do not talk to strangers, and especially do not accept food, candy, or drinks from strangers!"
"If you sense something is wrong, the first thing to do is go to the police. You can't trust anyone except your parents and the police. Many people are even sold out by their relatives, like their cousins!"
Actually, Chen Xihua wanted to say that even Chen's parents might not believe it. In the original book, Chen Lao Er and his wife sold their daughter to get married and raise money for a bride price!
At this moment, the Chen family members were still stunned and speechless. The Chen sisters, in particular, were frightened, and Chen Baohua was also frightened, clinging to Chen Xihua's arms.
The eldest sister, Chen Chunhua, turned deathly pale. She was already fifteen years old, and she understood almost everything her fifth sister said! Chen Jinhua, on the other hand, was still a bit curious. If anyone tried to harm her, she would punch them!
"Fifth Sister, I won't eat candy anymore, and I won't talk to bad people!"
"Little Six, be good!"
"Also, you must never be greedy for small gains. Apart from family members, no one will be kind to someone for no reason; there must be a reason!" Chen Xihua added.
Chen Meihua shuddered. Completely stunned, she suddenly remembered something and weakly said, "I know I was wrong!"
"Um, does anyone else have any questions?" Chen Xihua picked up Chen Baohua and leaned back lazily in her chair. She noticed that the Chen family members all looked at her with different expressions, seemingly at a loss.
She picked up her water glass again, took a sip, and said that her throat was a little itchy from talking!
"Fifth sister, what news did you hear that from? Besides, the news doesn't seem to say things like that, does it?"
Chen Xiuhua asked in a low voice, "I often listen to news broadcasts on tape, how come I didn't know about these?"
"I forgot, Fourth Sister, you're not always glued to the news broadcasts, and there are so many issues of the newspaper!"
Chen Xihua started making things up, saying that newspapers and news broadcasts certainly couldn't report it so bluntly.
Chen Xihua then turned to her third sister, Chen Meihua, and saw that she didn't seem to have fully realized her mistake. "Third sister, your grades don't seem to be very good. There's only one month left until the entrance exam for junior high school."
"It's one thing to not get into the county's top high school, but what if you don't get into the second-best and are assigned to the third? Would you go to school or not? Those people this afternoon are studying at the third high school."
The admission score for No. 2 Middle School is slightly lower than that of No. 1 Middle School, but the teaching and management are both very good. No. 3 Middle School is different. It has all kinds of bad students and delinquents, and they are not very disciplined!
Chen Meihua sat up straight, snapping out of her daze. Thinking of the boys from that afternoon, she was both shocked and frightened. She resolved to study hard, do her best in the exams, and absolutely not go to No. 3 Middle School.
"I will study hard!"
"Dad, Mom, is there anything else you'd like to add? If not, the meeting is adjourned. Finally, I wish Third Sister all the best in getting into the county's top high school!"
Chen Xihua didn't forget to poke at Chen Meihua's sore spot.
Chen Meihua's face turned even uglier, and she looked completely listless: Xiao Wu is such a jerk!
"Chen Meihua, are you a starving ghost or a glutton? Huh? If you still dare to be greedy and take advantage of others, you don't need to go to school anymore!"
Li Yumei was on the verge of exploding with anger, but then she turned her anger towards Chen Xihua.
"Little Wu, you brat, can't you watch your mouth in the future? How shameless of you, a young lady like you! Do you say just anything? Besides, you're not even ten years old!"
Li Yumei was furious. She had been holding back her anger. In her eyes, she only cared about Xiaobao and didn't care much about her daughters.
She wasn't a good mother either; once her daughter got married, she was like water spilled from a cup, and she would have to rely on her son.
But from a young age, my mother taught me that as a girl, I should have basic manners and upbringing.
This is outrageous! What kind of things did her fifth daughter say? Having sex with a man and stuff like that, God, I can't stand it!
"Is this something a little girl like you should say? In the future, can you please tell me what it is about first, instead of just blurting it out like that?"
Write me a 100-word self-criticism and promise not to repeat it, otherwise I won't forgive you, and you'll still owe me thirty yuan!
Let's see if she can't handle this little girl. If she can't argue with her, she can't act tough, right? Otherwise, Xiao Wu will be out of control.
They hold family meetings all the time, and they say whatever comes to mind. Don't they have any shame? Can't they resolve things privately?
Chen Lao Er also looked at Chen Xihua awkwardly. As a grown man, there were some things he couldn't say. This youngest daughter was smart, but she was too bold and couldn't keep her mouth shut. She dared to say anything!
"I understand, I won't do it again!"
Chen Xihua did realize her mistake. She understood what Li Yumei meant. In fact, she didn't want to be so blunt. Even in her previous life, some of her words were considered bold and explicit.
Moreover, although she's over thirty inside, her body is still that of a ten-year-old girl! Just now, she really spoke too smoothly, it just came out of her mouth!
If outsiders knew that she, a young girl, had said certain things, she would be drowned in scorn for being immoral, insulting, and shameless.
Chen Xihua couldn't blame it on her maternal grandmother, because her grandmother taught her basic etiquette for young ladies, but she couldn't teach her to say such things!
The reason for being so direct this time is that Chen Xihua no longer intends to interfere in the growth of the Chen sisters.
She has her own life to live, and her life isn't just about being a mentor to the Chen siblings.
She can't just say, "It's all for your own good," and then dictate other people's lives, forcing them to follow her plans. Everyone has their own life to live.
It's just that there are too many girls in the Chen family. Girls in this era are too easily hurt, so she has to use strong medicine all at once to let them know how dangerous it is and that they must always know how to protect themselves.
There are many people who have poor family backgrounds, poor academic performance, poor job performance, or poor abilities, but life still goes on.
However, once they suffer some kind of irreversible damage to their body or mind, they find it difficult to have the courage to come out or to live on!
Chen Xihua is also reflecting on herself, wondering if she spoke too recklessly.
In the future, she will be more careful and will no longer impose her own ideas on others. Some suggestions can be made privately, and whether or not they are accepted is their business!
When they returned to their room, the Chen sisters saw that Chen Xihua looked serious and sullen, and assumed that there was something else she hadn't finished saying.
"Sisters, go to sleep. Remember to take good care of yourselves from now on!" Chen Xihua buried her face in her pillow, cleared her mind, and went to sleep!
For a while afterward, the Chen sisters were relatively quiet. Perhaps it was because the final exams were approaching, or perhaps they were genuinely frightened by Chen Xihua's words!
The third child, Chen Meihua, changed the most. She no longer thought about how to dress nicely or how to braid her hair. In the last month, she studied very hard and stayed away from Liang Jiaojiao after returning to school.
However, in the end, Chen Meihua missed the mark by two points and was not admitted to the county's No. 1 Middle School, but was admitted to the No. 2 Middle School instead.
Chen Meihua has been feeling down and frustrated these past few days: the test wasn't difficult, it's just that she didn't memorize the material! She feels guilty for not paying attention in class before!
This summer, the Chen family did not return to Shanghe Village. During these two months, Chen Xihua wrote two or three children's stories based on Chen Xiaoliu, submitted them to the Youth Newspaper, and received 120 yuan in royalties. Money is really hard to earn!
She had originally planned to write a few novels that would become very popular in the future and submit them for serialization, but when she thought about how the real author would appear soon, she stopped herself in time!
The Chen sisters seem to be busy. Chen Chunhua will be in her final year of junior high next semester, and she went to the recycling station to collect some junior high textbooks to study in advance.
Chen Jinhua goes running and training every day to practice self-defense. Chen Xihua had told her before that if she wanted to be good at martial arts, she needed to be physically strong and couldn't stop training every day!
She is strong-willed and martial, and enjoys the feeling of exerting her strength!
Chen Meihua, although she has started dressing up and vain again and is still as spoiled as ever, has started spending some time previewing her first-year junior high school textbooks.
The bookworm Chen Xiuhua fell in love with English. At first, she studied it quietly on her own. But then her fifth sister told her that to learn English, you have to speak it out.
Chen Xihua suggested that she speak English with her sisters at home, using everyday phrases such as eating and greeting each other in the morning.
Originally a bit introverted, she finally mustered up the courage to try communicating with her sisters in English. Gradually, she became less shy and spoke more and more fluently.
As a result, all the sisters in the family improved their English, with Chen Xiuhua's improvement being the most obvious.
He's a bookworm by nature, a studious type. Once he dares to speak up, he learns quickly and can apply what he's learned to other situations!
Chen Baohua is very sensible now, and has grown quite a bit taller, though she's still a little chubby.
He started first grade in September. Sometimes he practices calligraphy with his fifth older sister, and sometimes he learns from other older sisters. He has basically learned all the first-grade textbooks!
During this time, Chen Xihua learned from Chen Lao Er that Chen Xiaogu and her husband had gone to Guangzhou in the first half of the year, bought a batch of clothes, and made a lot of money selling them.
Her in-laws and husband advised her to go out and buy goods, saying it was too hard for a woman to run around like that, and that she should just stay home and take care of her son.
Moreover, her uncles' families could also offer help, but Chen Xiaogu remembered her second brother's words: "Without a regular job and income in the future, the money from doing business is the only money you have if you hold it in your own hands."
She decided that she would go with them every time, and she would handle everything from where the goods were sourced, to the prices, quality, and variety. She was also involved in the entire process of running the family shop!
Everything was moving in a positive direction, and Chen Xihua finally felt relieved. She could now find something to do!
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