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Yang Qiujin left the cowshed and went to Xinfeng Brigade and returned to her parents' home.
Wu Shulian was feeding chickens in the yard. When she saw her coming, her expression was quite interesting. "Qiu Jin, what are you doing back again?"
"What else can we do? The little red soldiers have joined our team..." Yang Qiujin came into the yard and started talking a lot. She just wanted Wu Shulian to keep her mouth shut, not say things that shouldn't be said, not keep things that shouldn't be placed in the house, put portraits of great men in conspicuous places as much as possible, and memorize the great men's quotations to avoid trouble.
"Why, the weather changed again?" Wu Shulian was confused when she heard this.
Yang Qiujin wanted to explain but didn't know where to start. Just when she was in a dilemma, a woman about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with an oval face, big eyes, and short hair, came in through the courtyard gate. She looked very capable and pretty.
Seeing the face that looked 80% like her, Yang Qiujin was stunned for a moment: "Qiuyue, why are you back?"
"I heard that the little Red Army soldiers from the county had come to our Red Flag Commune. I was worried that Mom and Dad didn't understand what was going on, so I hurried back to contact them."
Yang Qiuyue took a breath after entering the courtyard, then sat down next to Yang Qiujin in the courtyard and said to Wu Shulian, "Mom, the movement in the county is very intense, you have to take good care of Dad, otherwise no one will be able to save you if something goes wrong."
Both daughters came back to explain. Wu Shulian realized the seriousness of the matter and sighed, "Your father will never listen to me."
"He has to listen even if he doesn't want to." Yang Qiujin snorted coldly: "Tell him what I said, and tell him that the little red soldiers will fight anyone they see, no matter who you are, they dare to deal with you even if you are the king or the emperor! If he is not afraid of death, he will just mess around and cause trouble everywhere. Anyway, when he is caught and beaten, I will directly publish an announcement in the newspaper to sever the father-daughter relationship. It's just right that he is beaten to death, so you can live a leisurely life."
Since the movement began in the second half of last year, people across the country have been like possessed by demons. Neighbors, colleagues, friends, husbands and wives, parents and children have been frantically exposing and reporting on each other. Everyone is shouting slogans of "clearing away the four olds, opposing the old ways, and ge revolution." They have used their accumulated resentment and jealousy for personal gain, and have tortured each other to death, making everyone feel insecure.
There are countless cases of people paying money to take out advertisements in the newspapers to sever ties with their class background in order to distance themselves from the group.
Their Hongqi Commune was relatively remote and had not been affected much by the movement last year. This year, the situation had become increasingly worse. It was the first time that the little Red Soldiers came to their commune. Even those who were most isolated from the news had to be cautious and behave themselves.
It just so happens that Yang Chenghua has many faults. In the past, he has done a lot of cheating, eating, drinking, gambling, and smoking, which has made everyone in their team angry and resentful. If someone wants to discipline his family, I'm afraid they will definitely punish him.
None of this was fatal. The main reason was that Yang Chenghua was very proud and loved to brag. He dared to say anything. He could not stand being provoked by others. If someone said something unpleasant, it was common for him to quarrel and fight with others.
Yang Qiujin was afraid that Yang Chenghua would say something he shouldn't have said, angering the Red Soldiers and getting him arrested, thus implicating Wu Shulian, so she made a special trip to her parents' home.
Yang Chenghua was still working in the fields. Wu Shulian knew that her two daughters were worried that their husbands would implicate them, so she said that she knew and would try to restrain her. Finally, she asked, "Qiuyue, did you come back alone? Where is your second son-in-law?"
Speaking of this, Yang Qiuyue fell silent.
Influenced by her parents and Yang Qiujin since childhood, Yang Qiuyue has always been independent in her thinking. After finishing junior high school, she was admitted to high school, but her family had no money for her to continue her studies, so she went to a printing factory in the county town to work as a printer.
She worked in the workshop for several years. She became much whiter and more beautiful, which attracted many young guys to pursue her.
Soon she fell in love with a young man, and they were originally discussing marriage, but a big movement started last year. The young man's family background was not good, and in order to make his parents and relatives live a better life, the young man married the daughter of the Revolutionary Committee and abandoned Yang Qiuyue.
Yang Qiuyue was disheartened, and Wu Shulian and Yang Chenghua kept urging her to get married, because she was already 23 years old at that time, an old girl in the eyes of the country people. Wu Shulian was always worried that she would not be able to get married, and forced her to go on blind dates everywhere. Finally, she was annoyed and casually agreed to marry a worker named Ke Jian at the county meat processing factory.
There was no affection between them, and Ke Jian was not as honest as the introducer said. They had been married for more than a year, but Yang Qiuyue was still pregnant, and the number of times she went back to her parents' home could be counted on one's fingers. Every time Qiuyue went home, she usually came back alone.
"I'm asking you a question, why don't you speak?" Wu Shulian asked with a frown.
"Mom, it's rare for Qiuyue to come back, so don't ask her any questions. Just prepare lunch and let Qiuyue eat before leaving."
Yang Qiujin saw something was wrong. While her mother was grumbling while cooking, she took Qiuyue into the room where they lived when they were children. She sat on the clean wooden bed that Wu Shulian often cleaned and asked in a low voice, "What's going on between you and Ke Jian? Are you having a conflict again? Are you still thinking about that Zhou girl?"
"No, that man betrayed me, I can't think about him anymore." Yang Qiuyue pursed her lips, looked at her elder sister's concerned expression, and said hesitantly: "Sister, I won't hide it from you, I want to divorce Ke Jian."
"Divorce?" Yang Qiujin was a little surprised. "Why?"
"Why else?" Yang Qiuyue bit her lip and said, "Ke Jian looks honest and dull, but he is actually very scheming. He has always believed that I had an affair with Zhou Shihuai. From our wedding night till now, he has never touched me. He tortures and humiliates me every day, just to make me admit that I slept with Zhou Shihuai."
"There's more?!" Yang Qiujin's eyes widened, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"It's no use talking about it. This is my fault. I didn't have sex on our wedding night." Yang Qiuyue said embarrassedly, unable to hide the fatigue on her face. "At first I thought he didn't understand that kind of thing, and I took the initiative, but he scolded me for being shameless and kicked me out of the room. From then on, I slept in separate beds from him. He slept on the bed and I slept on the floor."
"You silly girl, how can you bear such a big thing?" Yang Qiujin saw the dark circles under her eyes, reached out her hand to hold her in her arms, and patted her thin back gently, "This Ke Jian is really a piece of shit! How dare he treat you like this! He is still an educated worker in the city. Doesn't he know that women's bodies are different? Many women don't bleed the first time. What does this have to do with Zhou Shihuai! How did he torture and humiliate you? I will go to Ke's house with you right away to seek justice for you! After that, we will divorce!"
Feeling the warmth in her elder sister's arms, just like when they were little, every time Yang Chenghua beat them, she would protect them in his arms. Yang Qiuyue blushed unconsciously, her voice choked with sobs: "Sister, don't ask for justice. You know my character. I'm the same as you. I won't take any loss. I just want to divorce him, but he doesn't want to. He thinks I cheated him and wants to take back all the betrothal gifts I gave to our family. He also wants me to compensate him for his mental damages. I don't agree, so I'm dragging it on."
The Ke family gave a dowry of 68 yuan, plus 16 legs as a betrothal gift to Qiuyue. Qiuyue took all the things to her in-laws' house, and the money was held by Wu Shulian. But Qiuyue estimated that her father must have coaxed her into spending all the money.
Yang Qiuyue used to have a monthly salary of 28 yuan. Logically speaking, she should have lived a good life. However, when the great movement started last year, the city was in turmoil and many factories stopped production and closed down one after another, and the printing factory was no exception.
The effect in the factory was not good, and the only employees who stayed in the factory were old employees. These semi-new employees stayed at home waiting for work, waiting to see when the movement would stop and the various departments in the city would return to their previous state before continuing to work.
Yang Qiuyue has not worked for more than a year. Most of the money she earned before was given to Wu Shulian, who used it to pay off their family's previous debts, resulting in her having only ten yuan in her hands now.
Yang Qiuyue knew her difficulties, reached out to wipe the tears from her eyes and said, "It's okay, I have money. If you really don't want to live with that person anymore, I will give you as much money as you need. I will never let you suffer in their family again."
"Sister." Yang Qiuyue, who had suffered injustice in the Ke family for more than a year and dared not tell her family members, and endured it silently, could no longer hold back her tears after hearing this. She cried in Yang Qiujin's arms like pearls with broken strings, and said while crying, "You are the only one in this family who treats me the best and understands me the best. But sister, if my parents knew that I want a divorce, they would definitely not agree. My father is a person who cares too much about face. If I get a divorce, he will definitely think it is a disgrace to him and will beat me to death. My mother is a soft-hearted person, and she will cry every day and ask me not to get a divorce..."
This is the difference between Yang Qiuyue and Yang Qiujin. Yang Qiujin knew very well what kind of people her parents were. No matter how they threatened, bribed, or tried to kill herself, she would never compromise.
Yang Qiuyue is not as cruel as Yang Qiujin. Although she will not be influenced by them, she cannot ignore the existence of her parents, especially her mother who gave birth to her and raised her and who had a hard life.
So when she went to work that year, Wu Shulian asked her to use her salary to pay off her father's debts. She said she disagreed, but she couldn't resist her mother's tears and paid it back.
There was a first time and there was a second time. It was not until now, when she herself ran into trouble and had no money, that she understood what her sister meant by "a piece of rotten clay cannot be helped on the wall".
"You want a divorce, it's your own business. Why do you need to tell your parents?" Yang Qiujin said calmly, "The elder sister is like a mother. Just tell me a time and I'll go to the Ke family with you to get your divorce. Don't tell your parents about your divorce. It's better to do it first and then report it. After you get the divorce, it's useless for them to cry or make a fuss. You have to remember that you are yourself. If you want to live your own life, don't care about anyone else!"
Yang Qiuyue stopped crying and stared at Yang Qiujin blankly.
The gloomy sky suddenly cleared up at this moment, and a beam of sunlight refracted in from the window and shone on Yang Qiujin's face. That honey-colored and delicate face looked so calm and indifferent under the light, like a clear lake, which made people yearn for it and feel very close.
"Sister, you are so beautiful." Yang Qiuyue suddenly sighed.
Yang Qiujin chuckled, "Of course I'm beautiful, you don't need to tell me. In fact, you're prettier than me, and your skin is whiter than mine. With your looks, it's easy to remarry after a divorce, don't think too much."
Yang Qiuyue burst into tears and smiled. Will she get married again after the divorce? She probably didn't want to get married. After being betrayed and abandoned by two men in succession, she had lost hope in men.
The two sisters were talking in the house when Wu Shulian suddenly ran in in a panic, "Qiu'er, hurry up, go back to your husband's house. Your husband is back, your eldest son-in-law is back! Your mother-in-law has sent someone to ask you to go back!"
Dong, as if something hit her heart hard, Yang Qiujin stared at Wu Shulian blankly, her lips unconsciously repeating her words: "My man is back, my man is back?"
"Yes!" Wu Shulian cried with joy, "I heard that he came back in a big car of the People's Liberation Army. It was so impressive! All the people from your production team went to your house to join in the fun! Oh, Qiu'er, you finally made it. In the future, you will be a military officer's wife and enjoy endless blessings. Mom is so happy for you!"
"Sister, don't just stand there, let's go home quickly." Yang Qiuyue was very happy for her sister when she heard her brother-in-law came back. Seeing that she was still standing there stupidly, she hurriedly pushed Yang Qiujin out of the yard.
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