It is not the first time that Han Lao Er has done this, as his family members have stolen their own things. After talking for a while, everyone dispersed. Old Mrs. Han didn't sleep well that night because her daughter-in-law scolded her. Gu Yan's big belly also cramped every once in a while, so she didn't sleep well at night either.
The next day, everyone continued to work. After breakfast, Gu Yan wanted to dig radishes, but there was no extra hoe at home, so she had to carry the basket on a stick. As for how to dig out the radishes, Xiaohua said that many people used their hands.
Without even going up the stairs, the basket and stick were taken away by the two girls. She smiled at the two children and walked slowly to the field with empty hands.
The family has less than two acres of private land, and they grow radishes, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, which can be used as both vegetables and grains. There was only one part of radish and one part of cabbage left, so Gu Yan had no choice but to start pulling radishes with her big belly.
In fact, she has this thing in her space, she just does this to hide it from others, so she doesn't need too many. Seeing that she had taken action, the two girls also worked together to pull it out.
Xiaohua exerted too much force and fell down. Before Gu Yan could ask her, the little girl had already gotten up and happily put her favorite radishes into the basket.
Dahua laughed and continued to work hard with her sister. "Mom, stop it. We can pull it out. Just sit there and watch."
"Well, mom, does your stomach still hurt? Sit there and drink some water. Don't work anymore. My sister and I can do this little work."
Sensible children are particularly pitiful, and Gu Yan took out two pieces of candy and gave them to the two children with relief. "Hurry up and pull them out. Let's try to get back before noon. Wash them and cut them into strips. You...it's useless for grandma to scold you."
She had no good feelings towards the illiterate and evil-hearted old woman. But the two children are related to her by blood, and she cannot teach them to be selfish and ignore their relatives. Good and evil are in the human heart, and emotions cannot be restricted by ethics.
"She's not my grandma, she's just the grandma of Da Niu and Er Niu."
"That's right. From childhood to adulthood, he never gave us even a little bit of anything. He gave everything he had to Da Niu and Er Niu."
"Don't talk about hers. Even if it's ours, she asked to give it to Big Bull and Second Bull."
"Well... the small basket I made with sweet potato leaves last year was also given to Erniu by her. Erniu tore it to pieces in a blink of an eye." Xiaohua looked lonely, as if she was still sad for her beloved small basket.
Gu Yan originally wanted to persuade the children to be magnanimous, but he found himself getting angry because of the grievances and sadness of the two children. I can't say anything to show my respect to my elders. A loving mother and a filial son, but a wicked grandmother like Old Lady Han is not worthy of her daughter's filial piety and respect. It's good enough that she doesn't stir up trouble.
As for the relationship between her and the child, it is just a case of you reap what you sow. How can you repay kindness with evil? Forgive her for not having such a broad mind, or such a silly feeling. In the original novel, these two silly kids listened to their grandmother, but in the end they were just sold and the money earned was used to give her grandson a wife. After that, he ignored the two children and never stood up for them when they were wronged or beaten.
"If you don't want to acknowledge her, then don't acknowledge her. She likes Da Niu and Er Niu, so just let Da Niu and Er Niu be filial to her. Be nice to whoever treats you well, don't disappoint the kind people, and don't care about those cold-hearted people who bully you."
The two girls thought their mother would scold them, and they felt worried after they finished speaking. After all, she used to train them. Grandma is the elder and we should respect the elders. I didn’t expect my mother to say that. It seems that she is really different from before.
In the past, my mother was like wood and cotton to outsiders, but she was as tough as steel to the two of them, and would beat them if they refuted or questioned her.
Xiaohua was more delicate and emotional. She was moved and ran over to hug Gu Yan's legs. Rub it gently with your delicate cheeks.
"Mom, you're so nice."
Dahua also ran over with a laugh and hugged her other leg. "Mom is the best. She's so good at beating people that they don't dare to bully us anymore. I want to be like mom in the future."
"Aren't you afraid of your mother fighting with others?"
"Why should we be afraid? They bully us and steal our things, so they deserve to be beaten."
"Yeah." Xiaohua also clenched her fists and was indignant. "Dad is so mean. He stole our charcoal. The charcoal is for my brothers and sisters to burn. Without fire in winter, the little kids will freeze to death."
Gu Yan looked up at the sky, opened his eyes wide and forced back the pervasive mist. Both children know how to protect their younger siblings and know how to protect their pregnant mother. Those bastards just wanted to take advantage of them. The worst bastard is Han Hongtu. This scumbag deserves to be born in vain.
Why do you think of this bastard? Gu Yan thought about it and attributed it to the baby in her belly. After all, she was connected to him by blood, and the thing that should have been borne by both of them became hers. It would have been better if this guy wasn't there, but he not only didn't help her but also held her back, which really made people angry.
The decadence lasted only a moment, and the female warrior Gu Yan turned into steel again. He touched the tops of the two girls' heads and spoke in a cheerful tone.
"If we don't pull the radishes now, we won't be able to go back at noon."
"Oh, pull it out right away."
"I'll be right there."
The mother and her two daughters worked together to pull out a large basket, but the two young girls refused to let her do anything. "Mom is about to give birth. I can't push anymore."
The two men inserted the stick into the handle of the basket, and the two girls lifted it up together, and after shaking it twice, they lifted it steadily out of the field. Gu Yan saw that the two children were indeed capable, so he stopped interfering. She felt uncomfortable in her stomach and dizzy, so she needed to see someone.
When they returned to the empty yard, the two girls were delighted and secretly happy. I went to the well with Gu Yan to fetch water, and then carried it back together. The mother and her two daughters worked together to wash and cut the radishes into strips, and then placed them on a grater made of sorghum stalks to dry out the moisture.
When the family came back at noon, they saw a field of white and tender radish strips. Old Mrs. Han almost jumped up by shaking her bound feet. Just shout at the top of your voice.
"Where did this carrot come from?"
Xiaohua and her sister were frightened by the old woman's ferocious expression and took several steps back. They just twitched their lips and couldn't utter a word.
"Damn you! It's not enough that your father has done harm to me, you two little bastards are also going to do harm to me. I..." The old lady turned left and right, then picked up the broom in the corner and said, "I will beat you to death. I will let you harm me one by one."
If the two girls had done that before, they would definitely have stood and been beaten, because if they ran they would have been beaten even harder. But it’s different now, I have my mother to protect me. So before the old lady could get ready, the two of them turned around and ran back to their house hand in hand.
"You dare to run? I will beat you two little stinky girls to death today. You little stinky girls, you dare to make trouble for me, I..."
"Okay, how can you scold your granddaughter like that? You are disrespectful to your elders, and you are not afraid of being laughed at."
As soon as Gu Yan spoke, the old lady became so angry that she just rolled her eyes. She pushed the broom in her hand down and pointed at the big-bellied guy, so angry that she couldn't speak. In the past, they were the ones who criticized her, but now the situation is completely reversed. All these pregnant women say is that they are afraid of being laughed at. What shameful things have they done to be so afraid of being laughed at?
The eldest daughter-in-law felt that her interests were being infringed upon, so she followed closely to cheer on her mother-in-law. "You are wrong, second brother. You stole the radishes from our home, but now you are blaming us for it. Look how angry your mother-in-law is with you. If you treat the elderly like this, your children will learn from you. When they get angry with you, what will you do?"
The old lady finally let out the anger that had been pent up in her chest. After letting out a long sigh, she rolled her eyes at Gu Yan. It not only condemns her unfilial behavior, but also agrees with the eldest daughter-in-law's statement.
"The old cat sleeps on the roof, and this habit has been passed down from generation to generation. The Gu family really has no family manners at all. We, the Han family, don't want a daughter-in-law like you. Get out of here as soon as possible, where did you come from? We, the Han family, won't serve you."
"That's right. Even my mother-in-law keeps talking back to me. We in the Han family don't want a daughter-in-law like you. Get out of here right now." Han Xiaomei is not big in stature, but she has a big voice. Following behind the old lady, she looks like the boss.
The third daughter-in-law was sitting at the door of the south room feeding her child. When she looked up, her eyes were full of gloating. The men washed their hands with water, showing no sympathy towards Gu Yan, a pregnant woman who was about to give birth.
"The three mountains that weighed on the people in the old society have long been overthrown. What do you want to do? Do you think this is the Qing Dynasty? Just one word from you and your wife has to leave naked?" Gu Yan shook his head, looking at him as if he was a fool.
"This is the People's Republic of China. It's not the era of arbitrarily oppressing women. I gave birth to two daughters for the Han family, and I'm pregnant with your child. You told me to get out, so I'll get out. How can it be that easy in this world? Marriage is a matter between husband and wife, and it has nothing to do with you. Stop talking nonsense here, go back to where you came from."
Once again, the original words were thrown back at them, and the Han family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were the main attackers, suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. This woman must be possessed by Qiaogu, how come she can answer everything so fluently?
"You have the nerve to say that you gave birth to two money-losing things. If it were the past, I would have divorced you and married my son a better one. You are just a little girl, there is no difference between you and not giving birth at all."
"You have to eat more food." The eldest daughter-in-law was afraid that the matter was not serious, so she spoke to her mother-in-law with a heart-wrenching message.
"Yes. You have been eating for free all your life, and you have the nerve to say that." The old lady glared at the three of them fiercely and patted her cheeks with her hand.
"I gave birth to four sons right after I entered the family, and raised three of them. I am the hero who established the Han family. If you, who gave birth to two girls, dare to yell at me, I will kick you out of the house, and then you will know the consequences."
Gu Yan turned around and walked two steps towards the stairs, then called out to a young woman, "Sister Xu, you are the captain of Team 8 and the director of women's affairs. Tell me, is what my mother-in-law said reasonable? Is this what the country stipulates? You can kick someone out of the house if they can't give birth to a son. You're talking about protecting women and saying that women hold up half the sky. Isn't that a lie?"
She had just been looking at the women's director in her memory. She was one of the few educated women in the brigade of thousands of people. She is usually aggressive and very protective of the status of women. They brought women with them when they worked and won several times over against other teams. Although the old Han family does not belong to Team 8, the original owner is capable. After working with her once, it would be right to ask her to do this job.
"Of course it's not fake." Xu Aiping said quickly after hearing the words, and walked down as he spoke. He looked at the Han family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with a sharp gaze, and said in a resounding voice, "Most people in our brigade haven't applied for a marriage certificate, but once they get together and have children, it's a de facto marriage. If you want them to leave, the couple must get divorced."
The woman waved her hand to interrupt what Mrs. Han wanted to say, and pointed at Gu Yan, "Your daughter-in-law is pregnant now, so divorce is not allowed. Besides, you treat marriage as a joke, you can get married and divorce at will. That requires approval from the leader. Old lady, I want to ask you, what did your daughter-in-law do to make you so persistent. She is pregnant with your family's blood, don't you care at all?"
As soon as they heard that the leader had approved it, the Han family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gave up. Now that she was asked the reason and the other party spoke in such an aggressive tone, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
“This…this…”
It was okay for her to act like a spoiled brat in front of the fellow members, but when it came to the official cadres, she couldn't say a word for a long time. The eldest daughter-in-law wanted to speak, but Xu Aiping stopped her. Instead, he grabbed the old man from the Han family who was trying to dodge.
"Uncle, you are the head of the family, tell me, what is going on?"
"Nothing...nothing. The second son's wife talked back to her mother-in-law. Isn't it wrong for the younger generation to do this?"
"What do you mean by talking back? If you are right, you can go anywhere. If you are wrong, you can't go anywhere. As a junior, can you say anything? What the elders say is the truth. You shouldn't bully women like this, right?"
"That's right. The second daughter's family just pulled out two radishes, and she was scolded and wanted to be driven out. The private plot belongs to the whole family, and she planted the radishes, so why can't she eat them?"
"Yes, a woman marries into her husband's family and gives birth to sons and daughters for the family. Isn't it this family that bears the brunt of the pain? How can they be chased away for eating two carrots when they do all kinds of work on weekdays? People in the old society wouldn't dare to bully people like this, right?"
When the issue of women's rights came up, the group of young wives who were watching the fun all sided with Gu Yan. Nowadays, it is a time of change. The rural custom of mother-in-law having the final say has not changed yet. But as people from the same class, it goes without saying that everyone will empathize and share the same hatred for the enemy.
Xu Aiping suppressed the crowd and turned to speak to Old Man Han. "It's not the old society where women were oppressed. The Women's Federation and the county committee are places where women can speak up. You can't continue to bully people like this. Even if you want to divorce, it's a matter between the couple. It's not up to you old people to decide."
"Hey, hey. It's all women's nonsense. Captain Xu, don't bother with the old woman."
The old man gave in, and the rest of the Han family dared not say anything more. The bell rang in the cafeteria for dinner, and the crowd who came to watch the fun dispersed in an instant. Xu Aiping touched Gu Yan's big belly and encouraged her.
"You're right. If a woman wants to avoid being bullied, she has to stand on her own feet. If you were like that before, we couldn't help you even if we wanted to."
"I know, I won't do that again. I have to protect my child."
"That's right. A mother is strong. Even animals know how to protect their cubs, let alone us, who are human beings."
Seeing her like this, Xu Aiping, the women's director, was very pleased. She turned around and took the two sisters, Dahua and Xiaohua, to get food. Gu Yan looked at Xu Aiping's back with a turbulent look in his eyes. Using the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force seems to be working well. Sometimes brute force alone is not enough, and you need to stand at the highest point of public opinion to perform better.
The main thing is that she has a stomachache! She feels dizzy and weak all over. If she wants to be beaten or scolded, she should wait until she gives birth to the baby.
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