Because of the long-term beatings, the original owner's body had long been depleted, and she was unable to conceive normally.
Zhang Haisheng, on the other hand, blamed his wife's inability to conceive on his eldest daughter, believing that she had brought bad luck to his family and that this was why he had no son.
It was during this time when the original owner was locked in the cellar that her family members came but did not see her and her daughter, so they went back early.
When his mother-in-law arrived, his eldest daughter let out a scream in the pigsty, almost alerting his mother-in-law to the unusual situation.
He managed to brush it off by making pig noises, thus preventing his mother-in-law from going in to check!
After his mother-in-law left, Zhang Haisheng dragged his eldest daughter out of the pigsty and gave her a severe beating!
This was the first time Zhang Haisheng had ever hit his daughter so hard. The six-year-old girl looked no bigger than a two-year-old. How could she withstand such a heavy blow from him!
Because of this beating, Da Ya lost her life!
The original owner, dragging her broken body, heard her daughter's heart-wrenching screams in the cellar. She tried desperately to climb out, but unfortunately, she was bound by iron chains and couldn't get out at all!
After his daughter died, Zhang Haisheng's attitude towards the original owner of the body changed, and he no longer beat or scolded her as he had before.
The daughter is already dead, what can the original owner do?
She remained obediently in the Zhang family, hoping to give Zhang Haisheng a son as soon as possible so that she would no longer be abused!
But the good days didn't last two years. Because the original owner couldn't get pregnant, Zhang Haisheng got together with a widow in the village and even had a son!
Because of the widow's bad reputation, after she gave birth, Zhang Haisheng took the child back and gave it to the original owner to raise!
The original owner was still resentful that she couldn't have a child for Zhang Haisheng, so she gladly accepted the child.
She made up for all the debts she owed her daughter by giving this child, until the child turned 10 years old, when the original owner's body was exhausted and she died on a cold winter night!
After the original owner died, Zhang Haisheng directly married that young widow.
They were a perfect match, one having caused the death of his wife and the other his husband, and they no longer cared about the villagers' gossip.
Because of her cowardice and weakness, the original owner ruined her own and her daughter's lives. Even after her death, her family members did not know what she had suffered in the Zhang family!
Back then, unless the families of in-laws lived very close to each other, they rarely interacted.
Every household lived in poverty, and when visiting relatives, they had to bring their own food and gifts.
The cost of each visit between relatives could be equivalent to more than half a month's worth of food for the whole family.
Because the cost is too high, there is very little interaction between relatives, unless there is a major event such as a happy occasion or a funeral in the family, in which case they have no choice but to visit each other.
I don't usually visit each other's homes very often.
I want to emphasize here that this 1980s refers to a parallel universe; please don't project our own world into it!
"Host, the Zhang family is absolutely despicable! How could such people have a son? It's simply outrageous!"
After watching the entire plot, even 629 found it hard to bear.
"And the original owner of this body wasn't a good person either. The reason he ended up like this was mostly due to his own weakness!"
"This is infuriating! How can there be such a woman in the world? She can't protect her own daughter, she can't protect herself, and she even has to raise her husband's mistress's child!"
"Look at how attentive she is to her husband's son, she'd practically cut off a piece of her own flesh to feed him, she's a complete lunatic and an idiot!"
629 was so angry that he swore, but Lin Xue remained silent.
"Host, say something! This kind of scum should just be killed!"
"Especially Zhang Haisheng, although his mother favored sons over daughters and stirred things up behind his back, the truth is that he himself preferred his son, which is why he abused his daughter and wife!"
"Although the original owner was weak, he didn't do anything to wrong the Zhang family. Isn't he afraid of being struck by lightning for doing this?"
Ultimately, 629 only resented the original owner for being useless, but what she hated most was Zhang Haisheng.
"Don't worry, I'll find a way to get out when the original owner's family arrives!"
Lin Xue had been resting with her eyes closed, but seeing the system's impatient behavior, she still chose to offer an explanation.
"Don't worry, host. I'll use the original owner's voice to call out from the cellar entrance, making sure your family knows you're locked up here!"
629 then realized that it wasn't that its host didn't want to talk, but that the body was too weak and even with the treatment, it wouldn't be able to recover to its full strength in a short time.
"Um!"
Lin Xue was too weak to speak. Looking at the extent of the dirt on her body, she had no appetite at this moment.
He could only take out a ladle of spiritual spring water from his spatial storage and drink it down, hoping to at least boost his energy and spirit.
The original owner didn't know how long he had been locked in the cellar, and his body was covered in a thick layer of mud.
In addition, the whip marks on his body were not treated, and some of them had become infected and ulcerated.
However, now is not the time to use healing magic. If the original owner's family doesn't see her miserable state, how can she escape from the Zhang family, who devour people without spitting out the bones?
How could she get the original owner's parents to support her divorce from Zhang Haisheng?
You have to understand that in this day and age, divorce is an extremely shameful thing for people in rural areas.
It is especially deadly to rural women.
Fortunately, the treatment medicine that 629 gave her was the lowest grade. Otherwise, if all her injuries had been healed, how could she use them to play the victim?
"Haisheng, why are you home alone? Where's my little snowman?"
When the original owner's mother brought her eldest brother, they saw Zhang Haisheng sitting alone in the yard working, but they did not see her daughter or granddaughter.
Somewhat curious, he looked around the courtyard, searching for the figure of the person in his heart.
"Mom, brother, what brings you here?"
"Xiaoxue and Daya went to visit relatives with my mom. They probably won't be back for another two days!"
The son-in-law's words saddened Han's mother. She had finally made up her mind to bring her eldest son to visit her daughter whom she hadn't seen for a long time, but she was disappointed to find that they hadn't met.
Zhang Haisheng warmly welcomed Han's mother, bustling around serving her tea and water, and even saying he would kill a chicken for her to eat at noon.
This suddenly lifted Han's mother's spirits. Judging from her son-in-law's attitude towards her, it seemed that her daughter hadn't suffered much in the Zhang family.
As parents, they just want their children to live well. Seeing Zhang Haisheng's attitude, Han's mother felt relieved.
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