Seeing that the woman's emotions had calmed down a bit, Han Yiyi spoke again.
"Young lady, what happened to you? If you don't mind, you can tell me. Sometimes, talking about it might make you feel better..."
Han Yi looked at the person opposite her with a sincere expression. Cough cough, she would never admit that she was just curious about why the woman wanted to commit suicide because of her gossipy nature. Of course, she was also concerned about the person in front of her, after all, the person in front of her was so young.
Whether it was Han Yiyi's genuine sincerity or the woman's suppressed emotions that led her to speak, she actually told Han Yiyi everything about herself.
Only then did Han Yiyi realize that the person in front of her was Huang Pozi's second daughter-in-law, and that Huang Pozi was the one who had tried to lift her basket with Fan Laoyao Po before.
Han Yiyi thought to herself, no wonder the woman in front of Granny Huang got off the oxcart ahead of time when she saw Granny Huang at the village entrance that day.
It turns out that Huang Laoshi's former daughter-in-law was beaten to death by her son at Huang Laoshi's instigation, and then she married Wang Yan'er, who was standing in front of her.
Wang Yan'er was from the next village. She knew a little about Old Lady Huang's character, but her father had passed away a few years ago. Her mother had a hard time raising her and her younger brother. In addition, her mother had been seriously ill and urgently needed money, so she married into the Huang family for the dowry they offered.
Wang Yan'er originally thought that as long as she worked hard after marrying into the Huang family, she could make a living. But she never expected that Huang's wife would be so difficult. Even though Wang Yan'er took care of all the housework, she would beat and scold her if she didn't like something.
Her husband was even more useless; whatever his wife said went. In today's terms, he was a typical mama's boy.
Not long after the marriage, Wang Yan'er became pregnant, but she still had to do all the housework. Perhaps the only good thing was that Huang's wife stopped hitting her, but she would still scold her when she was unhappy.
When Wang Yan'er gave birth, in order to save money, they didn't even find a midwife for her. She was left alone in the room screaming in pain. Huang Pozi didn't even enter the room. Not only did she not enter herself, but she also wouldn't let her son, Wang Yan'er's husband Huang Dachuan, enter either, saying that the delivery room was unlucky for women giving birth.
Fortunately, Wang Yan'er was lucky. She gave birth after a day and a night of labor. However, because the baby had been inside her for so long, it was born with poor health.
Upon learning that she had given birth to a girl, Granny Huang didn't even glance at her and immediately scolded her for giving birth to a money-losing child. The next day, she made Wang Yan'er get up and do housework again. Wang Yan'er was already weak and didn't have much breast milk. In addition, the child was weak and soon fell ill. However, Granny Huang disliked her as a money-losing child and refused to spend money to call a doctor for her.
Two more days passed, and Wang Yan'er, seeing that her child's face was burning red, knelt down in front of her husband and begged him to give money for the child's medical treatment. However, Huang Dachuan also felt that it was just a girl.
If they didn't survive, so be it. They were still young and could have more children later. Later, their neighbor couldn't bear to see them suffer, so he lent Wang Yan'er some money so she could take her to see a doctor in town. But when they got there, the doctor had nothing he could do. He prescribed some medicine and told her to try it, but even if she survived, she would still have health problems later.
But the child ultimately didn't make it and passed away a few days ago. After learning of the child's death, apart from Wang Yan'er, the family had no reaction whatsoever. It was as if a chicken or a duck had died. No, if a chicken had died, Old Mrs. Huang would have scolded Wang Yan'er for not taking good care of it, but with the child gone, she would only think, "A worthless child is gone, so be it..."
But Wang Yan'er couldn't bear the fact that her daughter was gone, and couldn't think straight, which is why she came to this back mountain to commit suicide...
After listening to Wang Yan'er's account, Han Yi felt like her lungs were about to explode with anger. The old woman Huang was even more despicable than that old hag Fan. No wonder the two of them could do such a thing; they were truly rotten to the core.
"Why aren't you divorcing this husband? Are you waiting for the New Year?" Han Yiyi was so angry that she even spoke in her hometown dialect. She only spoke again after she realized what she had said.
"Then why don't you divorce him...?"
Wang Yan'er looked at Han Yi and a hint of envy flashed in her eyes. Then she lowered her eyes and spoke.
“My mother is still ill. If she knew that I had divorced, she would definitely worry about me. My younger brother is already ten years old. In a few years, he should be getting married. If I get divorced or am divorced, it will affect his marriage prospects…”
Hearing Wang Yan'er's words, Han Yiyi frowned. She knew that people in this era valued reputation the most, especially women. Reputation was like an invisible shackle, firmly trapping women inside. Whether a woman was divorced or abandoned, she would be the subject of gossip, not only losing her own reputation but also implicating her family.
Thinking of this, Han Yiyi suddenly thought of the original owner's family. They didn't know that she had been divorced. If they did know, she wondered how they would feel.
Thinking of her mother and younger brother, Wang Yan'er got up, wiped away her tears, and forced a smile as she spoke to Han Yiyi.
"Thank you, Sister Han. I'll head back now..." Looking at the time, Old Lady Huang and the others must have woken up from their afternoon nap. If they woke up and didn't see her, they would surely get another beating and scolding.
Watching the person quickly leave, Han Yiyi really wanted to call out to them, but after opening her mouth, she ultimately kept it closed. There was nothing she could do to help them now…
Because of Wang Yan'er's matter, Han Yiyi lost the mood to look for any "treasures". Seeing that it was getting late, she went down the mountain to the village chief's house.
However, it was impossible to go to the village chief's house empty-handed. Besides, the previous thatched house had been repaired by his eldest son, Dazhu, and he had promised to treat him to a meal, but he hadn't had the time yet.
So she exchanged two more fish, each weighing about a pound, from the system. She planned to keep one for her family to eat that night and give the other to the village chief. But one fish wasn't enough, so she exchanged it for ten eggs. As she watched her system points dwindle, Han Yi sighed. It seemed she would have to go for a walk in the back mountain early tomorrow morning.
When they returned to the thatched hut, the two little ones had already woken up, so they led them directly to the village chief's house.
The village chief's house was located at the entrance of the village, and it was also the only house with blue bricks and tiles in the village. In order to prevent the villagers from knowing what was in the basket, Han Yiyi simply picked some wild grass from the roadside and covered the basket with it.
As Han Yiyi carried the basket toward the village chief's house, many people were curious about what was inside. Seeing that it was just a few handfuls of wild grass, they started discussing it again.
Actually, the villagers knew about Han Yiyi buying braised food. Of course, while there were kind-hearted people like Aunt Zhang, there were also malicious people like Granny Huang who gossiped behind people's backs, saying things like, "She's been divorced and still doesn't know how to behave, a woman showing her face in public all day long."
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