"Rainbow, what happened to you? Why do you have so many injuries on your face? Are there more on your body? What happened? Did your man hit you?!"
When Yu Jiu and Zhang Yan saw the injuries on Yu Caihong's face, they immediately asked about the source of the injuries. If it was really her man who hit her, they would make that man pay!
Although Yu Caihong and the others live in different places, they have kept in touch over the years by writing letters, making phone calls, and sending each other things. Although they rarely meet, the three of them have maintained a good relationship.
If Yu Caihong is really being bullied, Yu Jiu and Zhang Yan are willing to get involved.
"It wasn't my man who beat me; it's a long story."
Yu Caihong shook her head and sighed deeply. She had come to Yu Jiu and the others to hide for a while, and naturally she wanted to tell them about these things, but she didn't know where to begin. So Yu Jiu and Zhang Yan took her back to the small villa first.
After eating, the three of them went back to their room, sat on the bed, and slowly started chatting.
“These injuries on my face were inflicted by my mother-in-law, and these on my arms were inflicted by my husband’s older brother. They are not human!”
Yu Caihong spoke angrily, tears streaming down her face. She didn't think she had married the wrong person; her husband treated her with utmost care, and the couple had enjoyed several years of happy life together.
But the problem arose with her husband's family.
"Didn't I tell you? My mother-in-law is very biased. Although my husband is the youngest son, my mother-in-law and father-in-law have always favored the eldest son, who is my husband's older brother."
"They usually live with my older brother's family, while my husband and I live our own lives. Although we live close by, we get along peacefully, except for the occasional visitor asking for money or something."
Because they didn't ask for much, we readily gave it to them, so nothing happened. But these past few days, my father-in-law has fallen ill. He broke his leg, and after being taken to the hospital, he was diagnosed with cancer. Hospitalization and treatment will cost a lot of money.
"The problem lies in the money. The eldest brother's family refuses to pay a single penny and wants our family to pay all the money, but the treatment costs are too high, at least seventy or eighty thousand yuan. And that's not all; there are also the initial surgery and hospitalization fees."
He'll need to recuperate, and if his condition worsens, he'll need to be hospitalized again. Even if it doesn't worsen, he'll need to continue taking medication. But his brother's family has made it clear that they won't give him a single penny. They say his father-in-law will be cared for by our family, and his mother-in-law will be cared for by them, saying that each family will support one, which is fair.
"What kind of bullshit demand is this? Is it fair to you? He only takes care of the healthy elderly, while pushing the sick elderly onto you. How interesting! Since they are his biological parents, let's not even talk about whether they are biased or not. At the very least, his older brother's family should pay half of the medical expenses. There's so much money involved, how can you expect to pay it all by yourselves!"
Before Yu Caihong could finish speaking, Zhang Yan, with her fiery temper, couldn't help but curse out first.
"That's right, I wouldn't agree either if it were me."
Yu Jiu chimed in, "Only a fool would suffer such a huge loss," Yu Caihong said with a wry smile.
"That's what we thought too. With so much money, it should at least be split equally among the brothers. How can we, as a couple, pay for it all ourselves? Besides, we don't have that much money. We've given our parents a lot of money over the years, and our combined savings are only a little over 20,000 yuan."
Even if we give them all, we're still short 50,000 to 60,000 yuan. Where are we going to borrow that much money? Besides, my parents-in-law have given all their savings and the house to my brother-in-law's family. Logically speaking, my brother-in-law and his family should have paid the majority of the cost, not split it equally.
But my mother-in-law also sides with her eldest son, insisting that we pay for it. What's even more infuriating is that my sick father-in-law also sides with his eldest son, wanting us to hand over all the money for his medical treatment, otherwise we're considered unfilial!
“My husband also disagreed. We only have 20,000 yuan. He said he would give us 15,000 yuan, leaving us 5,000 yuan for our own living expenses. What could I do? His father is sick, so I guess I'll just have to give it to him.”
I felt bad about giving away 15,000, but there was nothing I could do. Who knew it would have been better not to give it at all? My husband said that's all the money we have, and my older brother and his family should figure out the rest themselves. He said he had already given the money, so he had done his filial duty. He didn't want to say anything more about what happened after that.
His older brother and mother came over and beat my wife and me like madmen. They kept cursing us for being unfilial, smashed all our things, and made a scene in our house. I got these injuries from when they beat me.”
Yu Caihong still has clear marks on her face, from being scratched.
"How can these people be like this? Is she even her biological mother? Her eldest son is her biological son, but her younger son isn't. Besides, why is she hitting you? What about your husband? What did he do? Didn't he stop her?"
Zhang Yan and Yu Jiu glared angrily, wishing they could rush over and teach those people a lesson—they had gone too far!
"We couldn't stop them. His older brother brought his wife's whole family. My husband and I were outnumbered and had to protect our child, so we got beaten up. My husband was even more seriously injured. They hit him on the head with a stick, and he had to stay in the hospital for two days."
I also had my family come over—my parents and older brother—which finally calmed those shameless people down. However, the house was still noisy, and my brother and his family couldn't stay long; they had to go back to work. So, after thinking it over, they took my two children back to my parents' house.
“The two kids will stay with my parents for a while. I asked my husband to leave too, but he refused. He said he had to stay and watch the house, otherwise his parents might secretly sell it without us even knowing. Then my husband and I with the kids would really have nowhere to live.”
When Yu Caihong talked about this, she was both angry and speechless. She couldn't believe that parents would treat their children like this. They say that both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh, but it seems that only her eldest son, whom she cherishes, is flesh in her family. Her husband is like trash, someone she can throw away at any time.
"It's gotten this bad, we should call the police! They assaulted someone, so we should report it, arrest them all, and see how arrogant they can be then!"
Yu Jiu said indignantly.
"I reported it, but they said it was a family matter and the police couldn't handle it."
The couple had tried everything to no avail, so they had no choice but to lay low for the time being. Since her parents' place couldn't accommodate so many people, Yu Caihong had to come and stay with Yu Jiu and Zhang Yan.
"If that's the case, his parents can keep bothering you for a long time. Hiding for a while won't be enough. If you ask me, if you can't scare them off once and for all, you should just stay away from them."
"Stay far away from them, so they can't find you. Sell the house there, find a new job, a new environment, and let them fend for themselves. Don't get involved anymore."
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