Chapter 227
The young girl turned and left only after the people in the house continued to drink, chat and talk.
Her name is Yang Danniu, and she lives in Qianjin Village. She came to Qingshan Village to visit her grandmother today. As it was getting late, she wanted to take a shortcut back, but she didn't expect to overhear such a big conspiracy.
I remember my grandmother said that this family was very evil and that we should not have any contact with them. It turned out that they were selling their own girls to commit marriage fraud. They were so shameless!
It sounds like the man’s eldest sister has brought trouble to both families, and the younger sister is about to leave. I don’t know which family is so unlucky.
However, Yang Danniu has always been one who meddles in other people's affairs, unless her own family members are in trouble. She would not bother to ask other people's questions unless the matter happened right in front of her. After all, she is the pillar of the family, and she has enough to take care of all the big and small things at home.
"Sister! You're back! Is grandma okay?"
As soon as she entered the house, Yang Danniu's 12-year-old brother came up to her and took the bamboo basket from her back.
"Grandma is fine. She even ate a big bowl of rice at noon and hasn't been feeling unwell recently. How's Mom?"
"Mom's in the backyard."
Yang Danniu came to the backyard and saw her mother collecting corn kernels that were drying in the sun. She took a winnowing basket and went over to help, and also took the opportunity to report on her grandmother's situation.
"Mom, grandma's stomach is much better now. She doesn't have any stomach upset anymore. I fried eggs and made soup for lunch today. She ate a lot and she doesn't feel uncomfortable. Don't worry."
"Okay, if you hadn't twisted your ankle, I would have gone to see the doctor myself. You've been walking all day, so stop busying yourself and go get some rest. Mom will be here to cook dinner soon."
"It's okay! I can walk another 10 kilometers. Don't move too much since your foot hasn't healed yet. I'll cook the meal."
Yang Sheng stuck his head out and said, "How about I do it? I've watched you guys cook every day and I've already learned it. Give me a chance to show off!"
Mother Yang was just about to tell him to go play and not cause trouble, but Yang Danniu nodded directly: "Okay, we'll try your cooking tonight."
Yang Sheng happily went to pick vegetables. Her mother said to her daughter, "Xiao Sheng, how can you cook?"
"It's okay, Mom. Just let him do it a few times and he'll get the hang of it. 12 is not a young age anymore. You can let him do any chores in the future. I'll just watch from the side."
During dinner, although the food didn't taste particularly good, both of them were very considerate and praised Yang Sheng for cooking to such an excellent level for the first time. Yang Sheng was so happy that he ate an extra bowl.
Yang Danniu thought about what she had heard today and couldn't help asking her mother that night, "Mom, do you know the Huang family at the foot of the mountain in my grandmother's village?"
"The Huang family? There are several people with the last name Huang in that area. Which family are you talking about?"
"It's the one on the road leading into the mountains. There aren't many neighbors around. It seems there are two sisters."
Mother Yang suddenly realized: "Oh! Huang Chengzhi's family! He has two sisters, one named Xiaolian and the other named Xiaoya. Why are you asking them?"
"In their family... the old man is gone? Is it my brother who is in charge of the family?"
"This... is really a bit complicated. Huang Chengzhi's mother died when he was ten years old. His father drank all day and ignored him. At that time, a group of educated youth came to the village. Several female educated youth took pity on him and often took care of him. Unexpectedly, they were targeted by his father. One day, when one of the female educated youth was sending him home, his father...
Alas! It was a very chaotic time. They were sent down to the countryside and had no hope of getting help from heaven or earth. People in the village said that since things had come to this, the female educated youth might as well just marry his father.
The educated youth refused, but she found herself pregnant. You have to understand that if an educated youth was sent down at that time, it was doubtful whether they would ever be able to return home. In addition, the health center was unwilling to perform an abortion for her, so she gave birth to the child.
Yang Danniu's face looked as ugly as if she had swallowed a fly: "The educated youth married his father?"
"No, she gave birth to the child and left it to him. She continued to do her job at the educated youth camp. Huang Chengzhi's father brought his family to cause trouble. It was only thanks to the loyalty of the educated youth who were sent down with her that they protected her. Otherwise, she would have been taken away."
"Why don't you call the police?" Yang Danniu shouted angrily.
"Back then, things were completely different from now. Even murder and arson didn't necessarily lead to jail time. If we reported it to the police, they'd definitely ask for mediation, and maybe even persuade her to get married and settle the matter. And if the incident got out of hand and the village fell out, those educated youth would have nowhere to go. A few years later, that educated youth's family somehow found some connections and transferred her to a rural area closer to home, and then they left."
"...What happened next? Who gave birth to their little sister?"
"Huang Chengzhi's aunt! Her husband died, and I don't know how she ended up with him. She even had the audacity to treat me to a drink! She said it was a marriage between close relatives! Ha! She was chased away a few years after giving birth to Huang Xiaoya. I heard she was going to get married somewhere else. That night, it rained heavily, and Huang Chengzhi's father chased her out, and she was struck by lightning and died."
Yang Danniu spat, "Bah! He deserves it! He's harmed so many people! Mom, did you know that Huang Chengzhi had his two sisters commit marriage fraud?"
Mother Yang gasped. "They're cheating on me? I've never heard of that! I only heard that Huang Xiaolian married a disabled man who drank and beat people every day, and then she remarried six months after their divorce. As for Xiaoya, she's been doing odd jobs in the county town, and no one knows anything about her situation. Where did you hear that?"
"I heard from them that they were colluding with the matchmaker and specifically looking for disabled men. After marrying for a few months, they would run away and say they were beaten. They would then go to the Women's Federation and cry, asking for a divorce, and then look for another husband."
“This…there is such a thing!”
Mother Yang thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "Big girl, this is just what you heard, there's no evidence. Besides, they really did marry there, and it's not easy for outsiders to say what their family is like, so we shouldn't meddle in their affairs."
"Mom, I know. As long as it doesn't offend our family, I won't interfere. I just got angry when I heard it, so I came back to ask if you heard it."
"Those two sisters were born into a wolf's den. They had no mother to love them when they were young, and when they grew up, they had to be manipulated by their eldest brother and be his cash cow. It was really pitiful."
"There are many people who have a hard life, and not everyone grows up crooked. It was indeed pitiful to have no control over one's own life when one was young, but now that one is in his twenties, one should be able to know right from wrong.
At least they can earn a living by working outside. Now we have explained the law. If they really don't want to, we can't force them like we did the female educated youth in the past. They got involved in this just because they wanted to take shortcuts to make money.
Humph! Huang Xiaolian really doesn't have even half the backbone of her mother. "
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