Cai Shufen looked at Liu Mingxin and the others with a sad expression as they left. She didn't know whether it was because she would never see her two children again or because all her things had been taken away. While she was still looking at Liu Mingxin and the others, Mrs. Cai walked up behind her and slapped her on the back.
"What are you looking at? You brat, come home with me. Let's go home and see if we can rescue your brother."
Cai Shufen remained silent after hearing her mother's words and followed behind her. However, neither of them noticed the change in Cai Dabao's wife's expression as she walked behind.
Mrs. Cai tried every possible way, but someone with ulterior motives said that as long as the money was in place, he could find a way to rescue Cai Dabao. Mrs. Cai sorted out all the money in the house, but it was still not enough, so she set her sights on Cai Shufen and sold her directly to a mountain village to be a shared wife for someone else.
Cai Shufen disagreed, but her mother drugged her with a packet of sleeping pills and carried her to the mountains that night. When Cai Shufen woke up, she heard the cries of wild animals echoing through the forest, and endless regret welled up in her heart. But it was too late. Cai Shufen tried to escape, but the men who bought her did not stop her. However, when she was spotted by a wolf, Cai Shufen dared not run away anymore. She could only give birth to children for those men one after another. When she gave birth to her fourth child, she suffered a massive hemorrhage and could not be saved. She died just like that. When she died, Cai Shufen's eyes were still wide open.
Granny Cai didn't get anything good either. The person who told her that he could bring Cai Dabao back as long as the money was right had heard from someone that his family had a large sum of money and wanted to get it from them. When Granny Cai had gathered enough money to hand it over to that person, her daughter-in-law stopped her slightly, so she only handed over half. She said she would hand over the other half if Cai Dabao was able to get out. Of course, that person didn't have the ability to get Cai Dabao out, so he took half the money and ran away.
Grandma Cai waited and waited at home, but her son never returned. After realizing she had been deceived, she went to the police station to report the case, but the man could not be found. While Grandma Cai was crying her heart out at home, she didn't notice that her daughter-in-law had been leaving early and returning late lately.
This day had also arrived to send Cai Dabao to the northwest. Mrs. Cai prepared some clothes and quilts for Dabao while crying, and also prepared food for him on the road. After sending Cai Dabao on the train to the northwest, Mrs. Cai returned home and found that her daughter-in-law was missing. Only Cai Dabao's two sons were left crying at home. Upon asking, she found that her daughter-in-law had packed up some things and left when she went to send Cai Dabao off.
Cai Pozi realized at this time that her daughter-in-law might run away, and hurriedly took her two grandsons to her daughter-in-law's parents' home. After arriving, she found out that her daughter-in-law had already found a new husband during the sad days after she was cheated. She got married with the other man and left here on the day when she went to deliver the vegetables to Dabao. Of course, Cai Pozi would not let it go like this. She also wanted to go to the police station to sue her daughter-in-law's parents' home.
But after going to the police station to report the case and hearing what the police said, I learned that the two of them didn't get a marriage certificate when they got married, they only held a banquet. They were supposed to get a marriage certificate, but Mrs. Cai said that the banquet was enough, so why bother getting a marriage certificate? So the two of them didn't get a marriage certificate. Now it's too late for Mrs. Cai to regret it.
In the days that followed, Granny Cai missed her son and would occasionally send Cai Dabao some necessities to the Northwest while caring for her two grandsons. But what good could someone with her temperament raise? Both grandsons grew up to be good-for-nothings. When Cai Dabao returned from the Northwest years later, he found his mother gone, his sister sold by their mother and already dead, and his wife had run off with someone else shortly after he was sent there. His two children, too, had become good-for-nothings and disappeared without a trace. These were all things of the future, irrelevant to the present.
After leaving the police station, Liu Mingxin and Feng Mingran each pushed a bicycle loaded with their belongings toward the hospital. Upon reaching the hospital entrance, they saw a tractor parked there, with Liu Mancang sitting on it. Seeing this, they quickly pushed their bicycles over. Liu Mancang, seeing them approaching, jumped off the tractor to help them. After loading everything onto the tractor, only the two bicycles remained. Liu Mingxin didn't plan to put them on the tractor, as it would be more convenient for them to travel back and forth; after all, it wasn't practical to keep using the village tractor, even though they had paid for it.
Liu Mancang looked at the two bicycles. The one Wu Qiaoqiao and her husband bought when they got married was still in better condition, but the one Cai Shufen and her husband bought when they got married was now dilapidated. Liu Mancang felt heartbroken just looking at it. He circled the bicycle while cursing Cai Dabao.
"That bastard Cai Dabao took the bike and used it, but he didn't take good care of it. Now the only noise is the bell."
When Liu Mingxin heard what Liu Mancang said, she looked at the tattered bicycle and a trace of pain flashed across her face, but she still comforted Liu Mancang.
"It's alright, Brother Mancang. My second brother will be back in a few days. I'll ask him to go to the junkyard and see if there's anything that can be repaired to fix this bicycle so it can still be used."
"Alright, that makes sense. Isn't that how we country folk are? We can patch things up and keep using them. By the way, I heard your second sister-in-law has woken up."
"Well, my second sister-in-law has woken up."
"That's wonderful! When will you be able to go back?"
"The doctor said to check on my sister-in-law's condition in the next few days. If there are no aftereffects, she can go back in a few days. But I think my second brother should arrive in a few days, and then Mancang might have to come and pick her up."
"That's alright. It's good that Mingfeng is back. Your second sister-in-law has suffered a lot this time. Let's help them recover properly when your second brother comes back."
Liu Mingxing nodded. She was thinking the same thing. She was already calculating what kind of coupons her family still had, such as meat coupons or fine grain coupons, to see if she could get more for her second brother and sister-in-law to make up for the bad things that had happened to them.
After putting the things away, Liu Mingxin and Feng Mingran walked towards the hospital. As for Liu Mancang, he was still guarding his precious tractor outside and would take Aunt Wu back to the village later.
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