When she went to the countryside, she worked hard in the fields. How could a girl of sixteen or seventeen endure the hardship? Within a year, she found a villager to marry.
In fact, Chen's mother had been actively looking for ways to bring her daughter back to the city, but unfortunately the family was in financial difficulty and she had no choice but to accept the fact that her daughter had to marry far away.
Gradually, her daughter gave birth to a baby and there was no hope for her to return to the city. Mother Chen was so sad that she sent letters less often.
Chen Erni returned to the city this time because her husband died suddenly in the threshing ground. In order to take over the family property, his brothers and their families drove Chen Erni and her mother and daughter back.
They could have remarried Chen Erni and made more money. Logically speaking, a widow is also a resource. That's what the uncles thought and said.
She was a coward to begin with, and after hearing this, she painfully accepted her fate while surrounded by the crowd. However, when she heard that her two daughters were going to be sold as child brides, she flew into a rage.
Chen Erni thought about the hard life of the child brides in the village, who got up earlier than chickens and slept later than dogs. They were numb and pitiful. How could she bear to see her daughter suffer?
I raised my daughter well, why should I let her work like a slave in someone else's family?!
She suddenly rushed to the woodshed, holding a sharp axe, and in a panic she chopped off a part of her uncle's hand, breaking off two fingers.
Chen Erni, who always appears weak, protected her cubs like a lioness, and the uncles and aunts were also scared when they saw the severed fingers on the ground.
Stared at by her murderous eyes, the uncles and aunts no longer dared to talk about the widow remarrying or raising child brides. Instead, they unanimously persuaded the village chief to send the person back to the city.
They also struggled and tried to threaten Chen Erni, but since Chen Erni dared to hurt others, it proved that she had already given up. She wiped the blood on her face, leaving a trace:
"It's okay. You can do whatever you want to us three mothers. If you have the ability, you can sleep with your eyes open at night, drink water without fear of poison, and farm without fear of the axe behind you! I am not afraid of those who wear shoes when I am barefoot!"
When she said this, the expression on her face was not hysterical, but rather a comfortable smile, as if she had already seen their miserable state.
This is even more creepy.
Who wouldn't be scared when facing this crazy woman? Not for a little money!
There are only thieves who steal for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days.
It is easy to deal with her now. Just rush over and control the two girls. No matter how fierce Chen Erni is, she will have to surrender with the hatchet in her hand. Then sell her far away so that she can't come back.
But in the future, unless Chen Erni died, they would have to live in fear.
So, under the threat of the severed finger on the ground and Chen Erni's creepy smile, the uncles and aunts backed down and sent the man back to the city like a big Buddha.
When the village chief was writing the letter of introduction, he had heard about the story of the mother and her two daughters and was afraid. He wrote very quickly, and his handwriting was so sloppy that the staff at the return-to-city office could hardly read it.
Once I get the letter of introduction, it’s done to go back to the city.
Chen Erni was not so stupid as to not take a penny of compensation. She would not leave the house empty-handed for the sake of her daughter. After a lot of trouble, she managed to get 20 yuan in child support.
The houses and land were divided up by her uncles and aunts, and she took away some of her personal belongings, including the shoes and money given to Meimei when she got married, as well as some things sent by her family.
On the day the mother and her two daughters returned to the city, the Jiao family was so happy that they finally got rid of the evil spirit.
I'm really afraid that if this woman stays here, her whole family will die in unknown circumstances.
Uncle Jiao wanted to cut off his finger as compensation, but since Chen Erni had risked her life to cheat, how could she let him take advantage of her? Naturally, she refused to give him a penny.
In the end, he could only be content to get a little more benefit when the family property was divided.
Chen Erni also wanted to share the land and property, but the local people only recognized male heirs to the family business. If she gave birth to a son, she could continue to live, but her two daughters would not have the right of inheritance.
Chen Erni could not change the ignorance of this era, so she could only take the 20 yuan child support and return to the county town.
At dawn, when the roosters crowed, they set out, carrying dry food and water in their bags and getting on the donkey cart.
How could there be a train in the countryside? The villagers' main means of transportation, apart from donkey carts, was their own feet. Chen Erni was fine, but her two little daughters couldn't walk.
When we first got in the car, my little daughter didn’t know much and thought she was going out to play with her mom and sister, so she giggled and looked around.
The eldest daughter was already sensible. She took care of her younger sister and looked at her mother worriedly.
Chen Erni, holding her bag tightly, felt a pang of sadness: "It's okay, let's go back to grandma's house. Although it's a bit far, grandma treats you very well."
She actually lied.
If she really treated Chen Erni well, Chen's mother would not be willing to let her go to the countryside and would try every means to keep her daughter in the city.
But now the mother and her two daughters can only rely on the Chen family. They have no place to stand in their husband's family. Apart from the Chen family, where else can they go in this big world?
The letter of introduction is proof of a person's mobility. If you go to other places, you will be arrested!
The eldest daughter seemed to understand, but she had a vague idea in her heart that if she really cared, grandma would have taken the three of them away long ago, and now she was just taking refuge with them.
She nodded obediently and held her excited sister in her arms for warmth.
After nearly a day of bumpy ride on a donkey cart, they arrived at the nearest county town, and then took a train. The exhausted mother and daughter finally got home.
They arrived at the door of Chen's house in a disheveled state. Chen's mother was stunned. This matter happened too urgently. Chen Erni didn't send any message, so she could only settle her down first.
Mother Chen had a rough idea of what this person was going to do.
Originally, the house was occupied by Chen Sanni, who had returned to her parents' home due to a cold war, and her youngest son Chen Liang and his wife, who were already married. Now, with the addition of Chen Erni and her mother, there was no room left.
In the end, the two daughters slept in the room with Chen Sanni, and Chen Erni made a bed with benches in the living room and slept there first.
The next day, Chen's mother took over her shift and learned in detail about Chen Erni's experience in the Jiao family. She was very angry, but there was nothing she could do.
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