Based on Zhou Yuanyuan's past life experience, her mother, Zhao Yunxiang, was a pushover. Faced with the Zhou family's bullying and oppression, Zhao Yunxiang would only shed silent tears and never stand up to resist.
Virtuous? Submissive? Zhou Yuanyuan thought these were Zhao Yunxiang's most troubling traits. What good was being virtuous and submissive when her husband wasn't home? If she were as tough as a tigress, the Zhou family might still have some reservations.
Zhou Yuanyuan knew very well the Zhou family's character.
The Zhou family members are all bullies who only fear the strong and bully the weak. When faced with an angry uncle and grandfather, the Zhou family members will give in and put on a smile.
If Zhao Yunxiang continues to be weak, the Zhou family will definitely continue to bully her. The fate of Zhou Yuanyuan's family will repeat the same fate as in their previous life.
Zhou Yuanyuan once again hated her own small size. She was so tiny, her fighting power was zero. If Zhao Yunxiang couldn't rise up, her hope of changing her past life would be meaningless.
What should I do?
Zhou Yuanyuan thought of a way: to stimulate Zhao Yunxiang.
The opportunity will come soon.
On the first day Zhou Yuanyuan woke up from falling into the water, she pinched the back of her hand hard to prove whether she was dreaming.
Zhou Yuanyuan has fair skin, so any injuries or sprains would often leave bruises for a few days.
When Zhou Yuanyuan woke up from a fever, the backs of her hands were blue and purple, which made Zhao Yunxiang so distressed that she burst into tears.
"Yuanyuan, tell your mother, did Miaomiao and the others beat you that day?" Zhao Yunxiang asked hurriedly when she saw that her daughter was in better spirits.
In her previous life, Zhou Yuanyuan never complained, and she would downplay the consequences when she was beaten. Zhao Yunxiang, who had never witnessed her child's plight, always felt that the Zhou family was her husband's family as well as hers.
There is no denying that Zhao Yunxiang is a mother who loves her children. Zhou Yuanyuan saw this clearly and planned to slowly expose the Zhou family's secret dirty deeds in front of Zhao Yunxiang to let her understand the ugliness of human nature.
Seeing Zhao Yunxiang's eyes lingering on the back of her hand, Zhou Yuanyuan nodded and said aggrievedly, "Mom, Miaomiao and the others often beat me and threatened me not to complain. Otherwise, they would let grandma deal with us. Mom, it hurts."
Zhou Yuanyuan raised her blue and purple hands, pouted her lips, and begged for Zhao Yunxiang's comfort.
Zhou Yuanyuan lied blatantly. When Zhou Miaomiao and the others beat her, they wouldn't hit her where her clothes weren't covering her. In the past, Zhou Yuanyuan, fearing her mother's sadness, wouldn't tell Zhao Yunxiang about the beatings. Even if Zhao Yunxiang saw it, she'd say it was an accident.
This time, Zhou Yuanyuan wanted to know, if Zhao Yunxiang knew that she had been bullied by Zhou Miaomiao and the others, would she be tougher?
Her steamed bun mother yo~! The road to reform is still long!
Zhao Yunxiang held Yuanyuan's injured hand, her heart aching. She knew Yuanyuan was sometimes bullied by her cousins, but she'd assumed it was just some verbal abuse from little girls. This was the first time Zhao Yunxiang had seen such serious injuries on Yuanyuan. Could it be that her son Jiasheng's frequent bruises weren't from falls? Instead, they were from beatings by his cousins?
How much suffering did her two children endure when she couldn't see them?
Her daughter, Yuanyuan, had always been well-behaved, and everyone who saw her disliked her. How could the Zhou family be so cruel? Not only did they beat her at such a young age, but they also threatened her not to complain. No, her children couldn't be bullied like this. She was going to write a letter to Zhixin. Their children, when they weren't around, had suffered so much from being scorned, beaten, and scolded by the Zhou family.
As a mother, she has been kept in the dark the entire time. What a dereliction of duty!
Zhou Yuanyuan felt relieved when she saw Zhao Yunxiang's expression, knowing that her angry mother might still be saved!
Then, the second chance came immediately.
Zhou Yuanyuan spent three days in the hospital, spending a total of 6.80 yuan. Hospital treatment, no matter the era, is always incredibly expensive.
In those days, the average worker earned only a dozen yuan a month, enough to support a family of four or five. In other words, Zhou Yuanyuan's three days in the hospital cost a third of a worker's monthly salary.
Zhou Chunping went to the hospital to visit Zhou Yuanyuan and pretended to pay two dollars. On the day Zhou Yuanyuan was discharged from the hospital, Zhou Chunping also went to the hospital. When he heard the nurse bring the notice for payment, Zhou Chunping trembled with heartache.
Zhou Chunping kept urging Zhao Yunxiang to take Yuanyuan back to Zhoujia Village. He had heard from Wu Jinfeng that Zhao Qingshan had asked Zhao Yunxiang and her son to return to Zhaojiagou to recuperate. Wasn't it an insult to the Zhou family that his daughter-in-law and granddaughter had to return to their parents' home to recuperate?
If Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't been beaten before, Zhao Yunxiang might have given in to Zhou Chunping's persistent persuasion. However, Wu Jinfeng controlled all the Zhou family's money and property. That morning, Zhao Yunxiang boiled an egg and was scolded by Wu Jinfeng all morning.
Zhou Chunping's statement that Yuanyuan should return to the Zhou family to recuperate was simply a lie.
Zhao Yunxiang looked at the bill in the nurse's hand with a gloomy face, and a trace of sadness flashed through her heart. Her pockets were empty, how could she pay for her daughter's bill?
Zhou Chunping was a little angry when he saw Zhao Yunxiang didn't respond to him. He chose to turn a blind eye to the demand note. If his daughter-in-law was disobedient, using the demand note to pressure her was a good idea.
Zhao Yunxiang, penniless, looked at her father-in-law Zhou Chunping, who was pretending to be stupid, and felt so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. The nurse watched closely, fearing that the family would run away if they owed money.
In that era, it was not uncommon for people who could not afford medical expenses to run away after being cured.
When Zhao Qingshan came to the hospital, Zhao Yunxiang had no choice but to ask her father for help.
Zhao Qingshan took the bill and paid it without saying a word, then picked up his granddaughter, took Zhao Yunxiang with him, and went back to Zhaojiagou without paying any attention to Zhou Chunping who was talking beside him.
Zhao Qingshan looked down on Zhou Chunping from the bottom of his heart. It was shameful for a grown man to not be able to manage his own wife.
After returning to Zhaojiagou, Zhao Yunxiang felt filled with guilt when she thought of her daughter who was sick and hospitalized and needed financial support from her father.
Zhou Yuanyuan took this opportunity to say to Zhao Yunxiang, "Mom, why don't you have any money? Doesn't Dad send a lot of money every month?"
Zhao Yunxiang was stunned. Yuanyuan was right. Zhixin sent back twenty yuan every month. Logically, the three of them had enough money to spend. But at the critical moment, a penny could stump a hero! If she wasn't stupid, how could she not have a penny?
The Zhou family was a large, extended family. My sister-in-law's clothes were carried in large bags when she returned to her husband's house. My eldest nephew's shoes were used to entertain friends at restaurants in town. And what about my second brother? He had new clothes every now and then, and his pockets were always full. Not to mention my mother-in-law. From the snacks she ate to the hair oil she put on, every single one of them was bought with the money Zhixin sent back.
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