Two hours later, the fire in the village gradually died down, and a dozen women brought back more than twenty children, most of whom were girls.
The culture of favoring boys over girls in this village is too serious. It is very difficult for girls to survive. They don't have enough food or warm clothes at home, and are often beaten and scolded. They never have the opportunity to go to school to receive an education. When they grow up to be fifteen or sixteen years old, they will be married off by their families in exchange for a high bride price. Although it is called marriage, most of them are actually sold.
Because the daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law in the family were also bought in this way.
Since the day they were born, they have received very little love and care. They are trembling with fear, like frightened birds, and have no expectations for their future. Only their mothers, the mothers who were abducted and bought, truly care for and love them, giving them a little feeling of warmth in their gloomy lives.
Their mother wanted to take them away, and they did not hesitate at all. They packed up their few tattered clothes and followed their mother resolutely. As for their grandparents, father, and other uncles and aunts who were tied up behind them, they did not care.
As for the boys who had been with their mother, except for three or four who were still in swaddling clothes, the rest were gone.
They were all spoiled by their families. When they were growing up, they had witnessed their father and grandmother often belittling, beating and insulting their mother. As they grew older, in this abnormal family atmosphere, they did not respect their mother and sisters, but had a closer relationship with their grandmother.
Now that their mother said she wanted to take them away, they were naturally extremely unhappy, and even filled with resentment in their hearts.
The mothers were extremely sad, but none of them stayed because of their evil sons. They just looked at their sons deeply, then took their daughters and walked towards a wider world with firm steps.
The Qiao family yard accommodated dozens of people at once, but most of them were quiet and making preparations for leaving in an orderly manner.
Chu Tianjiao in the room finally woke up slowly.
She hugged Ling Shuang and cried.
Ling Shuang patted her back and repeatedly comforted her: "You just gave birth to a child, you can't cry, stop crying, mom is here to pick you up, your good days are still ahead, you have to smile."
Chu Tianjiao's crying gradually subsided, but he still held his mother tightly.
Lin Yi was clearly standing in front of Chu Tianjiao, but she just looked at him in panic at first, her eyes full of pain and helplessness. She also subconsciously brushed the messy hair on her cheeks behind her ears. After that, she acted as if she didn't know him, and there was no communication or response.
She recognized him at first sight!
Ling Shuang's heart was filled with heartache, and even Lin Yi was burned by her gaze for a moment.
Everyone quickly prepared dry food. All the people in the village were subdued by Ling Shuang. She also fed them sleeping pills, which had a long-lasting effect and could make them sleep soundly for 36 hours without worries. When they woke up, she had already brought everyone safely to the provincial capital.
As for their crimes, the police will settle accounts with them. She has no reason to violate the current world order and dirty her hands.
When everyone was about to set off, something unexpected happened to Tie Niu, and he said he would not leave!
Lin Yi knew that he was reluctant to leave Qiao Sanye, so he reluctantly agreed and agreed to take Qiao Sanye away with him.
Tie Niu looked at his aunt eagerly.
Qiao Sanye shook her head: "Tie Niu, my aunt can't leave. You can go with your mother. Don't worry, I will come to find you later."
Tie Niu hugged Qiao Sanye's thighs and begged no matter how much, Qiao Sanye remained unmoved and refused to agree to leave with them. Tie Niu cried bitterly.
Qiao Sanye couldn't bear to see Tie Niu crying so hard, so she broke the cloth and said to him, "This is my aunt's home. It's where I was born and grew up. My parents and my friends are all here. Tie Niu, I'm different from you."
Tie Niu didn't care. He thought his aunt was too stupid. His grandparents, father and uncle were obviously so mean to his aunt. They scolded her every day, made her do a lot of work, and didn't even give her enough food. He had heard that his grandfather and the others were planning to marry her to three brothers in a village three days' walk away in the mountains as a shared wife.
He didn't understand what sharing a wife meant, but they said that no woman in that place was willing to marry there. They made their own clothes by weaving cloth, ate meat by hunting with bows and arrows, and wore straw sandals. When they were sick, they didn't take medicine, but could only find a witch doctor to perform a ritual to exorcise evil spirits.
He hadn't yet figured out a way to prevent his aunt from being married off as a shared wife, but wasn't this a good idea right now?
"Aunt, you are too stupid. If you stay, grandma will sell you to the mountains to be a shared wife." Tie Niu tearfully said the cruel truth that had been suppressed in his heart for more than half a month.
Qiao Sanye was shocked and immediately turned around to look at her parents, but Old Man Qiao and Old Lady Qiao avoided her gaze and did not meet her eyes. What else did Qiao Sanye not understand?
She closed her eyes, moved her lips, and finally said with a determined heart: "Tie Niu, I can't leave. I have something very important to do. You may know it later."
After saying that, she hardened her heart and pushed Tie Niu away, "Go with your mother quickly. Take care of yourself from now on."
Lin Yi felt that this girl was ungrateful and her brain might not be very bright either. She didn't know how to choose between false affection and true love. She was simply a big-breasted and brainless girl, and her pretty face, which was barely pleasing to the eye, was wasted.
He didn't want to say another word to her, it was a waste of emotion, so he simply picked up Tie Niu by force, ignored his kicking and struggling, and carried him on his shoulders out of the room.
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