"I was just curious, so I asked around. Guess what?" The second girl was quite mysterious and knew how to handle things.
Chen Ye asked anxiously with a blank expression, "What did you find out? Tell me now, it's getting really frustrating."
Second girl...you could at least cooperate with her expression. It's uncomfortable to watch if you only cooperate with your words but your expression doesn't match.
But that didn't stop the second girl from gossiping: "I heard that the two sons of the Bai family's eldest wife both found girls they liked, but they wanted a lot of betrothal gifts. They were just worried about where to get the money, and then this educated youth ran into them."
"If we were looking for in-laws normally, we wouldn't be able to get such a large amount of betrothal gifts. But this is different. It's like the educated youth has come to us as a sucker. How can the Bai family not blackmail us?"
"I guess this is to collect the betrothal gifts of several older boys at once. Marrying one girl can bring in at least five or six wives. What a good deal."
Chen Ye... can you still settle accounts like this? Zhen Xiaodao Labuti has opened his eyes.
"So what happened in the end?"
"Don't be so anxious, just listen to me. One of them insisted on getting married and demanded a high bride price. The other felt wronged because she saved someone out of kindness and still got ripped off. She said she wouldn't marry him no matter what. Anyway, they kept making a scene every day, like a drama."
"The captain didn't take care of this matter?" Could the captain's temper allow people to make such a fuss all day long?
"How can we manage it? No one gave in after so many mediation attempts. Finally, the team leader got so angry that he just gave up and let them fight on their own."
"But it's not a good thing to keep making such a fuss. The situation became stalemate. In the end, Daya couldn't stand it anymore and jumped into the well when no one was paying attention. Fortunately, someone saw her and pulled her back, so she didn't jump in. Otherwise..."
Chen Ye didn't know what the second girl meant by "otherwise". Did it mean that otherwise Daya's life would be over, or that the water in the well would be unusable? Anyway, there was some regret and other meaning in her words.
"So what happened in the end? Did the educated youth compromise?"
It was unlikely that the Bai family would compromise; they didn't care about their daughter's life at all. They might even be hoping something bad would happen to Daya, so that they could have another excuse to blackmail the educated youth.
Look, just because you took advantage of my daughter and didn't take responsibility, you forced her to death. Five hundred is not enough this time, it has to be doubled.
Wow, this is such a clever idea that there’s no need to guess.
"The educated youth saw that this wasn't going to work, and I don't know who came up with the idea, but he went straight to the Educated Youth Office and said the villagers were forcing him to marry, and the matter became a big deal."
"Luckily, many people saw the educated youth rescue the girl. There wasn't any physical contact. He was just walking by the hole and pulled the girl out. She didn't even get into the water. It makes no sense for him to blame her for that."
"The team leader was called to the commune. You didn't see it. Tsk, tsk, tsk. When the team leader came back, his face was so dark it was scary. The Bai family didn't dare to really disobey the team leader. It seems that the matter just passed like that."
They have really offended the team leader. Their family will have a good life in the future. They are just a bunch of lazy guys. They will cry to death if they are assigned more heavy work.
"No one believes the Bai family will just let it go like this. They're all waiting to see what tricks will come out next."
"Guess what happened?"
Chen Ye...can't you just say it straight out? Why do you always keep me guessing?
Of course, the second girl didn't really need Chen Ye's cooperation this time. She clapped her hands and said, "A few days later, someone came and took her away directly to Daya."
"I heard from Axe Mother that she was sold directly to Daya as a wife to a man in his forties. That man's son is almost as old as Daya. Don't you think that's a disgrace to her?"
"Someone who knew the old widower said that he seemed nice and capable, but he never drank. Once he did, he would beat people. They said he beat his last wife to death. I don't know if that's true."
"Tsk tsk tsk, tell me, how can the Bai family be so cruel? That's their own child! If nothing else, Daya has been serving the family since she was five or six years old. Even if she hasn't made any contributions, she has definitely worked hard."
"If this weren't for the money, would you push Daya out to die?"
Chen Ye didn't say anything. She had heard a lot of such things since she was a child. Although the preference for boys over girls in their village was not serious to the point of being pathological, there were still many cases of sons marrying off their daughters in exchange for dowry.
Women in this era are sad, but what era doesn't women have sadness? Even in later generations, men and women can't be equal. Women are still inferior to men in every aspect.
Sighing, she felt that her decision was right. She would never get married in this life.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. It's so annoying. Aren't there enough things like this? Fortunately, although my mother loves my brother the most, she treats us sisters well. Otherwise, I might be even worse off than Daya."
The second girl touched her daughter's blushing face as she slept. "I can't do this to my daughter anymore. My son and daughter are both born from my belly. How can someone be so partial to me?"
Chen Ye agreed with this: "You must remember what you said. Being a woman is difficult. If your own mother doesn't value you, then life will be even more difficult."
The second girl nodded. She would think about this when she had nothing to do. She couldn't let herself live in confusion.
"By the way, do you still remember Fang Laizi?"
"Ah, what's wrong?"
Fang Laizi is a famous figure in their village. He is the only one left in his family. He is not only lazy, but also very ugly and dirty. Few people in the village are willing to pay attention to him.
"Fang Laizi brought home a daughter-in-law a while ago. I think she's almost the same age as my mother-in-law. What do you think he was thinking?"
Fang Laizi is not young anymore, but he is only in his thirties. What's the point of dating a man in his forties who looks almost fifty?
Chen Ye...how would I know what you're trying to achieve?
"It's good enough to be able to get married. It's better than being single forever, right?" Chen Ye guessed.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you didn't see it, this person is really not worth looking at. That woman looks like she can become Fang Laizi's aunt, but Fang Laizi really treats her like a treasure."
"It's winter, and that laizi gets up early every day to start cleaning up his shabby house. He even goes up the mountain to collect firewood during the day. I heard that he wants to do all the work inside and outside the house. He even washes the clothes, saying that the water is too cold in winter and it's not good for women's health."
"But that woman is not bad either. You haven't seen Fang Laizi now. He's so clean. I've never seen Fang Laizi so clean. Even his scabby head is neatly cleaned up."
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