"It's that old witch who is deliberately torturing me!" When Cui Xuezhi mentioned Wang Yue, a hint of hatred flashed in her eyes.
If that old witch Wang Yue hadn't deliberately hidden the spittoon, how could she have gone out to the toilet in the rain? As a result, she accidentally slipped and had her uterus removed.
Cui Xuezhi had a difficult pregnancy. Although she had thought countless times, "I will never have another child after this one," freedom is the ability to choose.
Whether she wants to have another child should be her own choice, rather than being directly deprived of the ability to have children as is the case now, leaving her with no choice even if she wants to.
And those humiliations, Cui Xuezhi couldn't help crying when she thought of them.
"My stomach was so big I couldn't hold my urine, so I had to go every ten or twenty minutes. She complained about my frequent visits, saying the spittoon smelled in the room, and wouldn't let me keep it there. Later, I couldn't hold it any longer and wet my pants without realizing it. She accused me of deliberately wetting my pants so she could wash them. She even cried to Dong Dingbang, saying I was deliberately disgusting her."
"I explained to Dong Dingbang that I didn't do it on purpose, I just couldn't control myself, but he didn't believe me. Her mother even added fuel to the fire, saying she had two children and had never known a woman to wet her pants while pregnant."
"I have no way of saying anything. I only have a mouth. Only then will I know what it means to have pain but cannot express it."
Cui Xuezhi sobbed, and Yun Qiao felt very uncomfortable when he heard it.
Cui Xuezhi's situation is the same predicament faced by thousands of other women.
After going through so much trouble to carry a child, the damage to her body was not acknowledged, but she was ridiculed and slandered.
Yun Qiao sighed and handed her a handkerchief. "Don't cry, it's not your fault. In late pregnancy, the fetus presses on the bladder, and pregnant women will experience urinary incontinence without realizing it. This is normal. Eight out of ten pregnant women will experience this. It's Dong Dingbang who is ignorant. Don't cry, you're still in confinement. Women shouldn't cry during confinement; it hurts their eyes."
Cui Xuezhi took the handkerchief, wiped her tears, and said, "I know you can't cry during confinement, but I really can't help it. You don't know how vicious that woman is."
"From then on, whenever Dong Dingbang stepped into the house, she would secretly tell him that my room was slutty, that my clothes were slutty, that I was slutty all over, that I was still clinging to his son even though I was pregnant, that I wet my pants several times a day because I was so thirsty for men, and that the prostitutes in the brothels before were not as slutty as me."
"I really don't know how I've offended her to make her hate me so much. No matter what, the baby I'm carrying is her son, her granddaughter. Even if it's just for the sake of the child, shouldn't she be nicer to me?"
The more Cui Xuezhi spoke, the more upset she felt, and tears streamed down her face.
"Ever since the first day Dong Dingbang and I got married, she's been unhappy with me. She'd wake me up at 5:30 in the morning, even before dawn, to eat breakfast, even in the freezing cold. It would have been fine just one day, but she did it every day! I'd get up at 5:30, eat at 6, and then lie on the kang for two hours before going to work. Later, I didn't get up, and I pretended not to hear. Then she started crying to Dong Dingbang, saying I didn't respect her, that she'd worked so hard to make breakfast for me that morning, and I wouldn't even look at it."
"When I first became pregnant, I had morning sickness and wanted to eat some grapes. She put on an apron and told Dong Dingbang that she wanted to eat, and she wouldn't let him go out to buy them. I had to cry and make a fuss before she allowed Dong Dingbang to go out and buy them."
"She asks me every day what I want to eat today, and then she won't cook it. I say I want something light, and she immediately makes something oily and spicy. I say I want something savory, and she just boils some vegetables in plain water for lunch and tosses them with some soy sauce. When I ask her, she's always reasonable, sometimes saying she forgot, sometimes saying the food supply isn't enough. And she insists on believing whatever she says about Dong Dingbang! Dong Dingbang is like a dog on her leash!"
Cui Xuezhi's eyes were swollen from crying.
Yun Qiao didn't know whether what she said was true or false, or whether she had exaggerated it. Assuming that it was all true, then marriage would be like walking into a grave for women.
Cui Xuezhi is such a strong-willed person with a good family background, but she was tortured and stripped of her skin by her in-laws' tricks behind the scenes. If it were a girl with no background and no love from her parents, wouldn't she be eaten alive?
What is even more terrifying is that Wang Yue has a very good reputation in the outside world. If Cui Xuezhi said these words, most people would not believe it. They would just think that she was lying on purpose to drive away her mother-in-law.
She suffered and couldn't express her pain...
If it is true, then Cui Xuezhi, the mother-in-law, is of an extremely high level.
Yun Qiao looked at Cui Xuezhi with some sympathy and said, "Even after what their family has done to you, are you sure you don't want to divorce Dong Dingbang? You have a regular job and can more than support a child. Even if you don't go back to your parents' home, you can still live well with the child on your own."
Cui Xuezhi was silent for a long while, then finally shook her head. "Dong Dingbang's character is still okay. Aside from being too obedient to his mother, he's done a pretty good job in other things. As long as we send his mother away, no one will create conflicts between us. Then, we'll definitely be able to live a good life."
She spoke a lot with great enthusiasm, and I didn't know whether she was trying to convince herself or if she really believed it.
The relationship was not good enough. After hearing what she said, Yun Qiao understood what Cui Xuezhi was thinking, so he stopped at that point and did not try to persuade her any further.
"It's up to you."
Cui Xuezhi was tired of crying and said she wanted to sleep. Yun Qiao stood up tactfully and said, "You should rest. It's time for me to go."
"Well, I won't see you off." Cui Xuezhi nodded and lay down next to her daughter.
Yun Qiao walked out of the room and left the door ajar.
Xiang Ling, who had been sitting on the sofa in the living room, stood up and walked towards her, saying gently, "Comrade Xiao Qin, are you leaving? Why don't you chat with Xuezhi for a while longer?"
Yun Qiao nodded: "Comrade Cui has rested, it's time for me to go too."
Xiang Ling nodded, walked Yun Qiao to the door, and held out her hand for Xiao Hai to drive her. Yun Qiao refused: "No, Aunt Xiang. It's not far. I can walk there."
Xiang Ling waved to Xiao Hai, indicating that he didn't need to see him off.
Then, she looked at Yun Qiao with a look that seemed to want to say something but couldn't.
Yun Qiao didn't know her personality, so he didn't say anything. He just lowered his eyes and pretended not to see it.
Xiang Ling had no choice but to speak up: "Comrade Xiao Qin, was Xuezhi crying again just now? And was she even complaining to you about Xiao Dong's crimes?"
Yun Qiao's eyes flickered slightly.
From what she said, it seemed that Cui Xuezhi had not confided in only her?
Then the truthfulness of Cui Xuezhi's previous statement, "I really can't find anyone else to talk to," would be greatly discounted.
Xiang Ling said, "I'm so sorry to have made you laugh. Xuezhi hasn't been feeling well lately. The doctor said she's been so traumatized that she's developed some depression and paranoia. Little Dongzi didn't actually do the terrible things she's saying. She just can't accept the fact that she lost her uterus and won't be able to have children anymore, so she's blaming everything on Little Dongzi. This is untrue, and I hope you can defend yourself."
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What's the meaning?
Are you saying that Cui Xuezhi is lying?
Yun Qiao was confused by the two women, but looking at Cui Xuezhi's terrible mental state, she didn't seem fake, did she?
Yun Qiao didn't understand what was going on, so he cautiously said nothing. He just said, "Don't worry, I know what to say and what not to say."
"Good boy, auntie believes in you."
Yun Qiao chuckled twice and quickly slipped away.
After seeing Yun Qiao off, Xiang Ling turned around and went back into the house.
When I turned my head, I was startled by someone who suddenly appeared behind me.
It turned out that Cui Xuezhi had suddenly stood behind her.
Xiang Ling's heart was pounding. She raised her hand to press her chest and glared at Cui Xuezhi in reproach: "Hey, Xuezhi, what are you doing? You scared your mother."
"Didn't you say you were tired and wanted to sleep? Why aren't you sleeping?"
Cui Xuezhi didn't answer. She stared at her intently and asked, "Why did you tell Qin Yunqiao that I was mentally ill?"
"Mom didn't." Xiang Ling smiled at her soothingly and explained, "Mom just told her that you were in a bad mood and asked her not to talk nonsense outside."
"You did!" Cui Xuezhi was agitated. "You told her I was imagining things and that those things weren't true. You're implying that everything I said was a lie? You're implying that I was lying! Mom, don't you believe me? I didn't lie."
Xiang Ling said helplessly, "Xuezhi, Mom didn't mean that. You should be more sensible and know when to stop. Xiaodong has already agreed to send his mother away and even knelt before you, promising that he would never let you suffer any injustice again. He has done so much, isn't that sincere enough? What else do you want him to do?"
"Xuezhi, listen to your mother's advice. She's his biological mother. Please give her some face and stop acting like this. If you continue, you won't be able to get out of this situation."
Cui Xuezhi closed her eyes in pain, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.
She sniffed and said, "I want a divorce."
Xiang Ling shook his head: "No, Xuezhi, your father doesn't agree."
Cui Xuezhi: "Then I want everyone to know what Wang did to me. She's so vicious. Even the landlords in the old society weren't as cruel as her. I'm going to put a sign on her and fight her."
"Nonsense!" Xiang Ling was a little angry, but he still patiently explained: "She is your mother-in-law, Xiaodong's biological mother. If you fight her, where will Xiaodong stand? How will outsiders see you?"
"In the final analysis, you just don't believe what I say. You are my mother, and even you think I am imagining it?" Cui Xuezhi had a look of despair on her face, feeling like she was in the wilderness, isolated and helpless.
Xiang Ling sighed, "Xuezhi, how can I believe you? Xiaodong's mother knelt down and kowtowed to the heavens, swearing that she had never done such a thing to you or said such a thing. Even your aunt said that Xiaodong's mother treated you well. She did the laundry, cooked, and cleaned the house, and never let you do anything. Tell me yourself, from the time you and Xiaodong got married until now, have you ever washed a single dish at home?"
Cui Xuezhi froze in tears and shook her head honestly: "No, no. It's just..."
"But she really does what she does." Xiang Ling interrupted Cui Xuezhi and said, "Xuezhi, I believe that sometimes she might deliberately make you feel a little uncomfortable over small things. But after marrying into someone else's family and becoming someone else's daughter-in-law, how can you not suffer a little grievance? If you don't do any housework at home, it would be strange for your mother-in-law to like you. Now they have given you enough face, you should be sensible and come down the stairs."
Cui Xuezhi didn't know why she kept coming back to the issue of her not doing housework. Did her not doing housework give Wang Yue a legitimate reason to torture her?
Why does everyone say she is wrong?
Cui Xuezhi collapsed and said, "This is her plan! She uses all these nannies to do things, bribes everyone, makes everyone side with her, and speaks well of her!"
Xiang Ling said earnestly, "Xuezhi, Mommy isn't saying anything nice about her. I'm just addressing the facts. It's already happened, and assigning blame is pointless. Even if nine out of ten times the fault lies with Xiaodong's mother, so what? We still have to live our lives. Besides sending her back home, can you really send someone to labor camp just because of a family dispute?"
"Just send her off from a distance. From now on, you'll live with Xiao Dong. She's from Shaanxi, so I guarantee you won't have much contact with her in your lifetime."
"Listen to your mother's advice and stop talking nonsense about divorce. If you get divorced, you will definitely never find a man as good as Xiaodong. From now on, curb your spoiled temper and live a good life with Xiaodong. Xiaodong is honest and doesn't mind that you can't have children anymore..."
"He despises me? Why does he despise me? Am I born infertile? If her mother hadn't tortured me, would I have been able to run out to the bathroom alone in the pouring rain? Would I have fallen? Would I have a heavy bleed? Would my uterus have been removed?"
Cui Xuezhi got angry at once, and started sobbing while covering her face.
Xiang Ling sighed and gently hugged Cui Xuezhi: "Alright, alright, stop crying. If you cry any more, your eyes will be damaged."
Cui Xuezhi ignored her and just shed tears silently: "You all bully me, you all bully me, you all bully me..."
Xiang Ling looked at his daughter with pity, but he did not let go until the end.
Yun Qiao walked into the clinic and felt a little tired, so he sat down on a seat to rest and rubbed his slightly swollen calves.
Gao Qian approached her and asked curiously, "Just now, when we were at Teacher Liang's house, Cui Xuezhi specifically asked to keep you here. Did she have something to tell you?"
Trouble comes from the mouth. Yun Qiao remembered Xiang Ling's last advice and would not tell anyone what he heard from Cui Xuezhi.
She shook her head. "No, we just chatted for a bit. We live in the same alley, and she wanted to know about Captain Dong's family."
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