Chapter 110: Ending
"There is no big source of income at home. We three sisters rely on our hard work every day."
"Not only does he exploit us all day, he even has his eyes on our marriage."
"My two elder sisters were married off by matchmakers my parents had arranged for them to marry when they were just 18 years old."
"They extorted a huge amount of money for the bride price. What made me angry the most was that even if they wanted to marry us off, they had to find a good family."
"They don't even consider their daughters as human beings. They only look for ugly girls who can't find wives. They say that only families like that are willing to pay a high price for marriage gifts and marry us money-losing girls."
"My parents only care about money. God knows what kind of hard life my two sisters have to live every day after they got married."
"My two brothers-in-law are not only ugly but also short and plain-looking. They relied on the large amount of betrothal gifts they gave to my two sisters and beat and scolded them."
"Don't even mention how miserable their lives were at their husband's house."
"My two elder sisters were bullied by their husband's family, so they ran back to my parents' home and begged my parents for a divorce, but they were beaten back by my parents."
"My poor sisters are all covered with scars, not a single good spot on their bodies."
"I was originally very afraid of getting married, for fear that when I got older, my parents would marry me off to a husband who would commit domestic violence, just like they did to my two older sisters."
"Then I met my man and we started dating. We kept it a secret from my family, and my parents didn't know about it."
"I was originally planning to confess to my family, until I heard my parents whispering about me in the middle of the night. They wanted to marry me to the idiot from the next village in exchange for a 100-yuan gift so that my brother could marry her."
“I got angry when I heard that.”
When Jiang Xian heard this, he couldn't help but cast a sympathetic look at the owner of the breakfast shop. Having parents like this couldn't be said to be unlucky, it could only be said to be miserable.
It turned out that she didn't quite understand why the boss's wife gave up her family and chose to elope with an uncertain man.
Now it seems that I was forced into doing this.
Destiny is in her own hands. If she had not been braver, she would probably be living a miserable life like a slave.
Thinking about the fate of her two sisters, how could the proprietress not be terrified?
If it were her, Jiang Xian thought, if she didn't have the ability to protect herself, she would probably try every possible way to get rid of it all.
She could be said to be very understanding of the boss lady's approach.
Even though her original family was very happy, just like the original owner, she wanted to escape from her uncle and aunt desperately, and even went to the countryside to become an educated youth and suffer.
The original owner and the proprietress had the same idea.
Jiang Xian pondered for a moment but did not say anything because she had no habit of interrupting others. The proprietress obviously had something else to say.
Jiang Xian remained silent and waited until the proprietress finished speaking before answering.
What she had to do was to be a qualified person to confide in, accept the boss's wife's complaints as much as possible, and then try to comfort her.
Be a good listener.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the proprietress's husband was listening to his wife talking about her past experiences, with a hint of heartache in his eyes.
When the couple was together, life was truly extremely difficult. Only the two of them had experienced the hardships, and they couldn't confide them to others.
Fortunately, life is getting better now. They run a breakfast shop with good business and have two lovely children at home.
He is considered content in this life.
When the man looked at his wife, his eyes were so gentle, which showed that the relationship between them was very good. Jiang Xian didn't always keep his eyes on the proprietress.
While the boss's wife was speaking, Jiang Xian was also observing the boss, wanting to see if this man was moved by what his wife had gone through.
Now it seems that the boss lady’s original choice was right.
Life is a gamble, and obviously the boss lady won the bet. This man is a good man worthy of trust.
If you think from the boss's perspective, even if he was a grown man, it must have been very brave for him to make such a choice.
Jiang Xian had just heard the boss's wife talk about the situation in her husband's family. It was obvious that the youngest son in the family was able to abandon his parents, and he must have been under a lot of pressure at the time.
In this situation, he also firmly chose his wife, which shows how much effort he put in to convince his parents.
His parents were also very great. In order to fulfill their son's love, they did not force him to stay at home and marry a woman he didn't like.
In this conservative era, if this situation happened, I believe most parents would not agree with their relationship.
Some even more outrageous ones would choose to find another wife for their son, forcing him to marry a woman he doesn't like and has only met a few times.
The lady boss was still talking:
"I just stood at the door, listening to my parents plotting how to marry me to a fool."
"I was so angry at the time, but I didn't want to be like my two older sisters who accepted their fate and listened to their parents, ruining the rest of their lives."
"I really wanted to rush into the room and question my parents and ask them why they did this, but I held back because I knew not to act impulsively."
"I know my parents too well. If I quarrel with them, it will only anger them and will not arouse their sympathy at all."
"In order to avoid any more trouble, they will choose to speed up and marry me to that idiot from the next village."
"They don't care whether I live or die. All they care about is the huge betrothal gift of one hundred yuan."
In this era, a betrothal gift of one hundred yuan can be considered a lot.
How much is the annual income of an average family? This hundred yuan is enough to cover their family's living expenses for three years.
"I suppressed my frustration and pretended that I hadn't heard about it, then I went to discuss an escape plan with my man."
"When my man heard about this plan, he was silent for a long time, but he finally decided to be with me. Then he went to discuss it with his parents. At first, his parents disagreed, but fortunately, the relationship between us finally moved his parents."
"Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to make any money as a couple. The money I used to open a store in this town came from the betrothal money his parents gave me."
When the proprietress thought of this, she felt extremely comforted.
At the beginning, their relationship was not supported by others.
It was because they loved their son that her husband's parents made such a big concession.
Even though there was no wedding and this marriage could not be made public, his parents still gave her what she deserved and did not look down on her as their daughter-in-law.
The betrothal money was given in full, and they were also given a considerable amount of start-up capital, which could be said to be all the funds in her husband's family.
They didn't want the money at first because they understood that life was not easy for the two elderly people.
They are all old, and their physical strength will decline year by year. They will also need someone to take care of them. How can they do that without a penny?
They have reached an age where they can no longer earn money, and even though they have two older brothers at home, they cannot let them go without a penny.
The boss's wife refused to take the money, thinking that her parents-in-law should not be too biased towards them.
She also has to think about herself and her other two sons. The boss's wife is not a selfish person. She puts herself in their shoes and thinks about her man's parents.
If they took the money, her two sisters-in-law would feel unwilling and reluctant in the future.
When taking care of the elderly, it is inevitable that there will be resentment in your heart.
But on the day they set off, they thought that the money had already been returned to the man's parents, but they found an envelope with a letter on it and two hundred yuan in it in their luggage bag.
The old couple told them to help and support each other when they work hard in the future, and since they have decided to be together, they should stay together for the rest of their lives.
Her man's parents grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Over the years, even the trivial things in life have not affected their relationship at all.
They are very loyal when it comes to love.
"When I chose to run away with my man, I actually thought about telling my parents the truth. But when I think about it, my man's family is poor. If my parents knew that we were together, they would definitely take the opportunity to blackmail me for a large sum of money."
"Who knows how much the bride price would be. Given the financial situation of my husband's family, they simply can't afford it."
At that time, it was not as simple as a 100 yuan betrothal gift. Her family could even ask for 2,000 yuan.
She knew very well what her own parents were like.
Deciding to run away was the right choice. If she hadn't made this judgment, she wouldn't be living such a good life now.
Although I am neither poor nor rich, I have the freedom and no pressure.
Occasionally, her husband's parents would come to their city to see them. When they learned that both of them were living well, they would feel relieved.
After she finished speaking, the proprietress was still immersed in her memories, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
The trauma brought to her by her original family cannot be alleviated in a short period of time. Even though she has moved away from her parents, every time she thinks of it, it is a horrible memory.
The owner of the breakfast shop stood by and watched his wife's reaction. Having been married for so many years, he naturally knew how much hatred his wife felt towards her original family and how scared she was.
Seeing that the boss lady was shaking uncontrollably after talking to Jiang Xian, the boss sighed silently. He wondered why he had been trying to stop the boss lady from talking to Jiang Xian.
In fact, the main reason was not that I was afraid Jiang Xian wouldn’t like to hear it.
But he was afraid that the boss's wife would recall the hard days in the past and what her parents had done to her, and would have trauma in her heart.
I still remember when the two of them first escaped, every time she had a nightmare at night, the boss lady would dream about her parents marrying her to that idiot.
On countless nights, he had comforted the landlady, whispering to her that the two of them had escaped long ago.
Her parents couldn't find either of them at all.
The villagers didn't know either, and it was the two of them that escaped together.
His parents have always told others that he went out of the province to work.
The boss walked forward and felt a little embarrassed when he saw Jiang Xian's gaze lingering on the two of them.
But he was really concerned about his wife, and afraid that she was feeling sad, so he didn't think too much and just stepped forward, hugged his wife in his arms, and comforted her silently.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
"It's been so many years, we have already escaped. Even if they stand in front of us now, we have enough ability to fight them."
"They want to marry you to that idiot now, but that's impossible. Your man is strong now, and I can protect you."
"Think about our two children, they are so cute. We still need to take good care of them and help them grow up well."
The boss couldn't help but mention the two children in the family, because he knew that whenever the boss's wife mentioned the two children, she couldn't hide the happiness that came from the bottom of her heart.
What a mother cares about most is her child, just as the boss thought.
When the proprietress heard the boss mention his two children at home, her brows relaxed instantly, she was free from the fear and even had a smile on her face.
What the boss said does make sense. They are now almost 40 years old and are no longer the same people they were in their 17s, 18s and 19s. They do not have any ability to resist and can only allow their family members to bully them.
So many years have passed, and their parents must have become old and toothless. Compared to the boss's parents, her parents are actually much older.
Because there were already three daughters in their family. Although she and her younger brother were of similar age, there was an age gap between them and her two older sisters.
Her eldest sister is almost 40 years old this year, and her second sister is approaching 40, so she is not young either.
After reaching this age, I have encountered more than a few things and setbacks, so I can be said to have gained a lot of experience.
If she were asked to face her parents now, the boss lady believed that she would be able to do so calmly.
And before criticizing them, she knew all the injustices they had done to her.
"You're right. We two are now fully capable. Even if my parents were standing in front of us, they wouldn't be able to do anything to us."
Fortunately, I was braver back then.
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Jiang Xian had a dream that she traveled through time and space into a period novel.
A lot of things happened, and then... she put it back on...
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