The captain said: "Quiet, it's not your turn to speak yet! Old Xu, are you finished? If not, continue."
Aunt Xu said, "It's not over yet."
She sighed and continued, "Wu Mei was only 18 and hadn't experienced much. She was alone in the county town and was robbed, which scared her. Zheng Lao San's behavior also made her feel very disappointed. Wu Mei turned back and said she would come back to talk to me and ask me to cancel the engagement. Although she respected soldiers, she couldn't let herself be so lowly.
Zheng Laosan still didn't take it to heart. Wumei walked back by herself, and he was still taking Zheng Lanping for a stroll in the county.
After coming back, Wu Mei told me that Zheng Lanping called her to Zheng's house to play that day and she washed clothes and diapers all day.
The eldest and second child of the Zheng family had just had a baby and had a pile of diapers, so they called Wu Mei to wash them. They also had a pile of clothes for the family and asked Wu Mei to wash them. Wu Mei wanted to use warm water, but the Zheng family refused, saying she was a spendthrift and a waste of firewood.
Not only did she have to wash clothes and diapers, she also had to fetch water. The three older men in the Zheng family were all idle, as were Li Aiyun and Zheng Lanping. No one in the family was willing to help, so they left it to my daughter to do the work.
Finally, they told her, "We are very satisfied with you. When you marry into our family, we will treat you well."
They've already tormented me, and now they're giving me a sugar-coated bullet. My silly girl, she didn't even tell me when she got back. If she had, we would have called off the wedding that very day!
I was furious when I heard this today. The Zheng family didn't treat my daughter as a human being. They weren't marrying a wife, they were looking for a free maid. In the old society, maids in landlords' families were paid, but this family is even more cruel than the landlords.
Yes, I admit, I was a bit impulsive today and shouldn't have hit anyone. But I'm a mother, and I feel really bad for them torturing my daughter like this. I can't swallow this anger!"
As Aunt Xu spoke, she started crying again.
She said, "I have nothing to say now. I'm breaking off the engagement. We dare not enter the Zheng family's door. I'm afraid that within two years, my daughter will be tortured to death by them!"
When we got engaged, their family gave a betrothal gift of 60 yuan, with the matchmaker as a witness. Today, I will return the 60 yuan to them. Everyone bear witness to my statement that from now on, I will have no further connection with the Zheng family!"
Yan Guixiang said, "Marriage is free. Once you're married, you can get a divorce. Once you're engaged, you can cancel it. I'll write you a letter of cancellation. With so many people as witnesses, it's all cancelled today."
Aunt Xu sniffed and said, "Thank you, everyone, and thank you, Director Yan. I've let out my anger. The marriage is off, so I have nothing more to say. Yesterday, Zheng Laosan came to my house and brought a bottle of wine and a bag of hard candy. Liumei, go back home and bring the things over and return them to the Zheng family."
"Why."
Xu Liumei agreed and ran out to go home to get something.
The captain said, "Okay, the Xu family has finished speaking, now it's the Zheng family's turn. We're impartial, and both sides have a chance to speak."
The Zheng family’s spokesperson is of course Li Aiyun.
She walked to the loud speaker and sat down, looking completely fearless. It was obvious that she had just prepared herself mentally.
Aunt Xu made way with an expressionless face.
Li Aiyun said: "Whose daughter-in-law doesn't work? We asked Xu Wumei to help for a day, and you call it a waste? My eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law just had a baby and are in confinement. I am too busy to handle it. What's wrong with asking her to help?
She will be marrying into our family soon, I just got married a few days earlier.
Which daughter-in-law doesn’t work?
It was the same thing when we went to the county this morning. Lan Ping is still young and she likes the atmosphere. What's wrong with wanting to go to the county with her brother and sister-in-law? Is there any need to make such a fuss?"
Aunt Xu immediately got angry. She rushed to the loudspeaker and slapped Li Aiyun's face to the side with a "pop" sound.
The men from the Zheng family reacted quickly this time. They quickly stood up and tried to cause trouble for Aunt Xu, but the patrolmen standing behind them held their shoulders and pushed them back down. "Calm down! The captain said no one can cause trouble."
Zheng family: "..."
Didn't you see Ma Xiaoyan causing trouble? She actually hit someone!
Several brigade officials had turned a blind eye to Aunt Xu's actions, but Li Aiyun's remarks had infuriated everyone. If this kind of thing happened to their own daughter, any parent would be furious!
According to her, there will be no good life once you enter her house, but she doesn't think there is anything wrong with her.
"All daughters-in-law have to work" sounds correct at first glance, but it is actually completely wrong. The correct statement is "Everyone has to work". Why do the three men in your Zheng family not work, the mother-in-law doesn't work, and the sister-in-law doesn't work, but you let a daughter-in-law who hasn't even married into the family do it?
That doesn't make sense!
That’s what Aunt Xu thought. She shouted into the loudspeaker, “Bah! It’s easy for you to say that, but why don’t you do it yourself? Why doesn’t your daughter do it? It seems that other people’s daughters are not human beings in your family, right?
What's wrong with going shopping? Why does she have to go today when she can't? She can go if she wants to, but she has to drag my daughter along, and my daughter can't refuse to go.
Wu Mei said at that time that since the bicycle could only carry one person, she would not go today. She asked Zheng Laosan to take Zheng Lanping out for a stroll and she would go another day.
She and her boyfriend went shopping in the county town, but her boyfriend rode away on a bike first and she chased after him. What happened?
As a result, Zheng Lanping cried and said, "Sister Wu Mei, don't you like me? I just want to go shopping with you." What did you do at that time?
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