Chapter 82
Xu Zhao saw that her expression was not right and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Suihan handed him the letter and rubbed his forehead. "Something really happened. What do you think my uncle and aunt are thinking? Wei Yu is not even 18 years old, still a child, and they want to marry their own daughter to a fool, just to let their son return to the city. The son is his own child, but the daughter is not?"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. "I've never seen parents who favor sons over daughters so much. Sons are treasures, daughters are weeds! I knew they were biased, but I didn't expect them to be so cold-blooded. Jiang Weiming is so shameless. He sucked his own sister's blood with a clear conscience and no guilt at all. Wei Yu is unlucky to have such parents and a brother."
The letter was from her younger cousin Jiang Wei Yu. In the letter, she said that her parents forced her to marry a fool. The fool was the son of the deputy factory director. He had a high fever when he was a child and his brain was damaged. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that the deputy factory director had a fool son. When the fool reached the age to get married, no one was willing to marry him. Jiang Wei Ming got the news from somewhere and persuaded his parents to let his sister marry the deputy factory director's fool son. The deputy factory director promised him that as long as the two families got married, he would find a way to get him back to the city.
Jiang Wei Yu refused to let her go to school and forced her to stay at home to take care of her little nephew. She endured it. After all, she lived and ate at home, so it was her duty to work. However, she could never imagine that her parents could be so cruel.
This is forcing her to die.
No matter how wonderful her parents and second brother's words were, she always answered with only one word - no. She thought about escaping, but before she could act, she was locked in the room by her mother. She was brought meals every morning and evening and was not allowed to go out. Every day someone kept brainwashing her, analyzing the various benefits of marrying the deputy factory director's son, such as the good life after marriage, and the deputy factory director also promised to arrange a job for her.
She wrote this letter secretly, threw it out of the window, and asked a child to deliver it to her best friend, who then mailed it for her.
Xu Zhao frowned, "Some people are not born to be parents. It's your cousin's misfortune to meet parents like your uncle and aunt. It's been half a month since I sent the letter. We have no idea what your cousin is doing now. The two sides are too far apart. What are you going to do?"
After having Chenchen, he has a deeper understanding of the role of a parent. When he can't see Chenchen, he will subconsciously think of him, worrying about whether he will cry when he wakes up, whether he has wet the bed, whether he is hungry, and so on. He worries about a lot of things. He can't bear to see Chenchen cry and can't bear to let Chenchen suffer any grievance.
Perhaps this is the wonder of blood ties. Chenchen is his and Jiang Suihan's child, with their blood flowing in his body. He is the child she desperately gave birth to for him. The moment he held Chenchen in the hospital, he felt his heart beating very fast, and his whole heart seemed to be filled and swollen.
There are many people who are less qualified to be parents than the aunt and her family. He once carried out a mission near a remote village and saw that in order to get half a bag of food, parents gave their teenage daughter to an old bachelor in his thirties. No matter how heartbreaking the daughter cried, the parents carried the half bag of food and left without looking back.
In those ignorant and feudal places, people value male offspring, and girls are raised only to get some dowry when they get married in the future, so that the brothers in the family have money to marry. Girls have not had enough food and clothing since childhood, and have to help with housework at a young age, washing clothes, cooking, and working in the fields. They have not been left out of anything, but they are so hardworking and dedicated to their families, but in the end they do not get the treatment they deserve.
Xu Zhao did not tell Jiang Huihan about what he had seen and heard. She was still in confinement after giving birth and should not worry about anything.
Jiang Huihan was very distressed and irritated, and wanted to bite her nails, but Xu Zhao patted the back of her hand, so she had to put her hand down.
"I can't travel far in my current situation, and it's not convenient for you to ask the army for such a long leave. It's inconvenient for both of us, and Lele can't be relied on either. He's just a little kid. I'm so worried."
The bad thing about having few people in the family is that when something happens, there are not enough people to help. It would have been better if she didn't know about it, but now Jiang Wei Yu wrote to her and it was obvious that she was asking for help. She couldn't remain indifferent and watch a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl's life being ruined.
Jiang Huihan suddenly thought of the comrade Xu Zhao mentioned before, and asked hurriedly: "Have you received any news from your comrade? Can we ask him for help?"
Xu Zhao had a rough idea of how busy the work at the Public Security Bureau was. He guessed that his comrades might be busy with work recently and couldn't spare the time to visit Uncle Jiang's house.
He comforted her, "How about this, I'll go to the county tomorrow and call him to ask about the situation. If things are really as your cousin said, her family is forcing her to get married, and she really has nowhere to go, you can let her come here to avoid the limelight first."
Xu Zhao was not a kind-hearted person who would help anyone. He really felt sorry for Jiang Wei Yu, a little girl of sixteen or seventeen who might not have spoken a few words to her male classmates, but was forced by her parents and brother to marry a fool. The hurt from her relatives was the deepest. The little girl was very pitiful.
Also, Jiang Wei Yu is the only person with a conscience in Uncle Jiang's family. She risked her life to come and tip off Jiang Sui Han that night. Jiang Sui Han appreciated her kindness, and he did the same, as a way of repaying her.
Jiang Suihan thought about it and decided that this method was the most direct and effective. She couldn't think of a better solution, so this was the only way.
On the train.
Jiang Wei Yu was holding a package, not daring to sleep. She kept her eyes open desperately trying to keep herself awake. Thinking of the thrill and excitement of that day, she was still a little excited and scared.
The day before yesterday, someone threw a stone through the window and fell on the floor of her room. She was startled and picked it up to see a piece of paper tied to the stone. She opened it curiously and saw that it was written to her by a comrade-in-arms who claimed to be her cousin's husband, telling her that if she wanted to leave this home, he could arrange for her to take a train to Li Province.
Jiang Wei Yu was skeptical. Her cousin Jiang Suihan married a soldier. Although she had never met her cousin's husband in person, she knew about it. Her second brother and mother had planned everything, but they went to her cousin's house but found nothing. Afterwards they learned that her cousin had left long ago. Her second brother and mother were furious and cursed her cousin for several days. She hid in the room and listened until her ears were almost callused.
She was unwilling to marry a stranger, especially when that man was a fool. Her second brother said she was selfish, her mother scolded her for being cold-blooded, her father looked at her with disappointment, and her eldest brother and sister-in-law were silent. At that moment, she realized very clearly that there was no place for her in this family.
Jiang Wei Yu had no way to verify the truth of the words on the paper. It was like she had grabbed a life-saving straw. As long as she could escape from this cold-blooded and heartless home, she was willing to try.
That night, after everyone in the family fell asleep, she opened the window and slowly climbed down along the hanging rope. She was unskilled at first and was afraid, and her hands and feet were bruised. She clenched her teeth tightly and dared not make any sound for fear of waking up her second brother and others. Fortunately, the house was only on the second floor, not very high, and everything went smoothly.
Her cousin's husband's comrade-in-arms sent her to the train station, bought her a train ticket to Li Province, and prepared some food for her. He told her to be careful, not to trust strangers on the train, not to talk to anyone, not to meddle in other people's business, and just take care of herself. He said there were bad people on the train who liked to target young single girls and sell them to the mountains to be other people's wives. They would spend their whole lives giving birth to children in the mountains like a sow, and their lives would be ruined.
Jiang Wei Yu was frightened and her face turned pale. After getting on the train, she was trembling all the way. When someone spoke to her, she ignored them and at most nodded or shook her head. People in the same carriage thought she was a mute at first. It was a pity that such a young girl was actually a disabled person.
An older lady came over and sat down next to me. She was wearing a blue top and black pants. She had a bright and kind smile on her face, which made people feel good about her.
She took out a bag of dried fruits and generously handed it over: "It's homemade, not worth much money, you can try it too."
Jiang Weiyu carefully followed the kind reminder of "three don'ts and one control", shook his head, and whispered: "Thank you, I won't eat it."
The old lady smiled and stuffed the candy into Jiang Weiyu's hand. "We are all on the same bus, it's fate. You don't have to be polite to me, little girl. I still have a lot here, enough for me to eat until I get off the bus."
She kept on talking, looking like a simple and worldly-wise rural woman: "I'm going to see my husband this time. He was sent to work in another province by his company and hasn't been home for almost a year. I'm worried that something might have happened to him. There are two children at home, one is just ten years old and the other is only five years old. They can't be without a father. If something really happens, I really don't know how I'll live in the future. Oh, by the way, where are you going, little girl? Are you alone?"
Jiang Weiyu was not good at rejecting others. He silently put the dried fruit back into the old lady's hands and said in a low but firm voice: "I am allergic to dried mangoes and can't eat them."
In a panic, she came up with a reason and prayed that the old lady would not talk to her. She was a little scared.
I hope she is just overthinking it.
The smile on the old lady's face froze for a moment, then she continued to smile calmly and said, "It's okay, then don't eat it. Auntie, I have some plums here, specially prepared for eating in the car. My mother-in-law made them. You can try them, they are delicious."
Jiang Wei Yu was extremely worried, thinking that she might have met the human traffickers that her cousin's husband's comrade-in-arms had mentioned. She was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead and her hands and feet were cold. She knew that she must not panic at this time, she must not panic.
She pinched her palm hard, and the pain made her calm down: "No, Auntie, you eat it yourself, I'm a little sleepy, I want to sleep for a while."
Without giving the old lady time to react, he immediately closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep in an instant.
Little did she know that she subconsciously clenched her hands holding the package, held her breath, and pricked up her ears to listen to the movements around her.
The old lady was almost furious with anger. The teenage girl was so vigilant. She was tempted with delicious food and tried to get her to talk, but she refused to be fooled. She even suspected that Jiang Wei Yu knew something.
The old lady stood up and walked to the corner next to the toilet, where a middle-aged man was waiting: "How is it? Did the fish take the bait?"
The old lady spat and said bitterly, "The little bitch is very defensive and won't take the bait. I think we should just drag her away when we get off the bus. She's all alone and there's no one around her."
The man stroked his chin and thought for a moment: "Okay, we'll act according to the situation when the time comes. Remember, safety first, don't be impulsive."
Jiang Wei Yu quietly opened her eyes and found that the old lady had left. She breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still worried, fearing that if the old lady's move failed, she would have other moves waiting for her.
Regardless of whether she was overthinking it or not, it was always better to be cautious.
She was trying hard to think in her mind, how to ensure her own safety?
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