Chapter 3 Making Things Big
The Shen family usually lived frugally, and anyone who broke a bowl would be scolded for days. This time, Shen Qingyue simply overturned the table.
Not only were the plates and bowls broken all over the floor, but the soup from dinner was also spilled on the floor.
The Shen family cursed endlessly.
The culprit, Shen Qingyue, didn't feel the slightest bit of guilt and said, "Don't you guys want to eat?"
Xu Xiuzhi jumped up and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who told you not to eat? You broke so many bowls and plates for no reason, you prodigal son? You have to compensate me for my bowls. Ouch! What sin have I committed?"
Shen Qingyue said: "Just now, we were not allowed to sit at the table to eat. Now we have lost our memory. We are asked to work in the front, but we are not allowed to eat. In this case, no one should eat. Also, I heard that you sold it to me for a good price so that I can build a house. Stop dreaming."
The Shen family had never concealed from Shen Qingyue the fact that they wanted to marry her off and build a house. They didn't care about her thoughts at all.
Shen Qingyue had disagreed before, but everyone ignored her to the extreme.
Shen Qingyue had also thought about this matter. Instead of humiliating herself, it would be better to drag everyone along. As long as she was crazy enough, no one would dare to mess with her.
The Shen family is planning to build a house these days. I heard that they have already received the bricks. The Shen family members are so busy walking in the village. There is such a big commotion in the Shen family's old house.
Many of the neighbors heard it, grabbed a quick bite of food, and hurried out to watch the fun.
Soon, a group of onlookers gathered outside the Shen family's old house.
Those who came later asked each other, "What's going on?" From outside, they could hear crying and shouting inside, accompanied by loud noises.
Even if you didn't see it with your own eyes, you knew it was a big deal.
The neighbors who arrived earlier said, "The Shen family wants to marry Shen Qingyue off and use the money to build a house, and Shen Qingyue is quarreling with the Shen family!"
"Oh, the eldest wife's family is so pitiful. There are only three girls left. The couple are both honest people. How sad it would be if they were in heaven seeing this!" The village favors boys over girls, but there is no such thing.
A man who can marry a girl off and buy a new house must be in very poor condition. He would have to spend so much money if he can't find a wife.
After a while, Old Mrs. Li joined in the fun.
The neighbors nearby had some excitement in their eyes. Old Mrs. Li and Shen Qingyue's grandmother Xu Xiuzhi had always been at odds with each other.
Xu Xiuzhi had often boasted about her status at home, like that of an ancestor. Now that something had happened, it was easy to imagine how Old Lady Li would laugh at her.
Old Mrs. Li lived up to everyone's expectations and shouted inside: "Liu Yu, what happened to your family?"
The crying of Grandma Xu Xiuzhi in the room was suddenly cut off as if someone had pinched her neck.
After a while, someone was asked to open the door and windows.
The people watching the excitement outside only then saw the food all over the floor and the mess, and they couldn't help but gasp.
Xu Xiuzhi said, "We have someone here who doesn't care about food. Hurry up and let Shen Qingyue take her away. Put her in jail."
Then she started crying in a high-pitched voice: "Oh, my life has not been easy. I raised my granddaughter and made a mistake in raising her. Now she has become my enemy. How can I still have the face to live?"
In front of the whole village, Xu Xiuzhi directly destroyed her granddaughter's reputation.
A girl's reputation is very important in the village, but she ignored it completely, and her malicious intentions were obvious.
Now, in 1985, life is a little better. Back in the day, when we were still hungry in the countryside, what everyone hated most was wasting food.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but say to Shen Qingyue: "You are too lawless, kid. It's a sin to throw the food on the ground."
Shen Qingyue had suffered in the past because of her young age. In front of others, she didn't have this kind of performance personality.
She had been plotted against several times. Now she was doing the same.
Shen Qingyue suddenly sat on the ground and burst into tears, saying: "Uncle, aunt, grandpa, grandma, I can't live anymore."
Shen Qingyue said: "My sister and I are at home. We do all the work in the fields and cook all the meals for the whole family. They never let us sit at the table. We always eat the leftovers.
Sometimes we eat all the food and then we go hungry. Grandpa, grandma, I just want to ask, is my dad your biological son, and are we your biological granddaughters?
I know that granddaughters can't compare to grandsons, but at least you should treat us as human beings.
Even the old ox in the field needs to be fed a full meal before it can work.
You said there wasn't enough room at home. You asked us to make room in the shed downstairs. Now, even better, sell me for a thousand yuan and build a new house for your family.
It seems that I have dedicated my entire life to the Shen family, breaking my bones and turning them into pieces.
If that's the case, I won't live anymore. I'll die right now. Let the whole village see what kind of family forced their own granddaughter to death!"
After saying that, Shen Qingyue stood up and was about to hit the wall.
The incident happened so suddenly that everyone was stunned. It was Shen Mei who was quick to grab her sister. Everyone else saw it clearly: Shen Qingyue was almost killed in this crash.
Even the head of the family, grandfather Shen Daniu, was dumbfounded.
Chen Mei stopped her sister and cried out, "Yueyue, you can't do anything stupid."
The neighbors were stunned by the huge amount of information in Shen Qingyue's words and found it difficult to digest for a while.
Someone saw that things were not going well and quickly went to find the village head and the women's director. They all lived in the same village, and if someone died, it would be no joke.
Xu Xiuzhi turned pale with fright. She had never expected that Shen Qingyue was so brave. If she really died, she would be criticized for the rest of her life.
Xu Xiuzhi's legs went weak and she fell to the ground.
There was complete silence.
When the others heard what Shen Qingyue said, they looked at the two sisters and saw that they were wearing old clothes, while the other members of the Shen family were all wearing bright clothes. Isn't it obvious?
In this world, everyone sympathizes with the weak. I was angry with Shen Qingyue for overturning a table of food before, but now that I put myself in Shen Qingyue's situation, I am afraid that I will do something even more excessive.
Some were so mean that they started cursing directly: "Even though their parents are gone, you can't abuse their child to death. Look at what they did, is this something a human being could do?"
"No wonder you're thinking about building a house. So this is what you're thinking about."
"Oh my, a whole family of adults lying on a child and sucking his blood, this is the first time I've seen it."
With such a big incident happening, the village chief and the women's director had just taken a few bites of their meal when they quickly put down their bowls and rushed over. As soon as they arrived, they heard the enthusiastic villagers around them talking about what had just happened.
Thanks to Chen Mei's quick eyes and quick hands, otherwise if something really happened, their village would be watched by the surrounding villages. This is the first time that they have seen people favoring boys over girls.
Seeing Shen Qingyue and Shen Mei shivering in their old clothes, and then seeing the aggressive expressions of the other members of the Shen family, the village chief couldn't stand it anymore, even though it was a family matter: "What the hell are you doing?"
The Shen family seemed to be a well-known family in the village. Now that they were scolded by the village chief in front of so many people, the Shen family members looked a little unhappy.
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