Chapter 81 Chapter 81 Sun Fangniang
Yu Li didn't say anything and directly pulled the person out of the main courtyard of the Yu family.
Seeing this, Yuzhu hurriedly followed her elder sister.
When Mrs. Yu saw that she just took the person away and didn't do anything, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s good that this granddaughter is not here to cause trouble. She is very afraid that Yu Li will come back and either beat people or tear down the house or kick the door. She has been traumatized by this and even gets terrified when she passes by the gate of Yu’s house.
Now Old Lady Yu no longer has any thoughts about Yu Li. She just hopes that she stays away from her and that everyone keeps to themselves and does not provoke each other.
Of course, if Yu Li was not around one day, or was so destitute that she couldn't even hit anyone, she might start shaking again.
As long as Yu Li was around, Old Madam Yu had no ideas and was unwilling to even get involved with the second house.
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Sun Fangniang just stood there in a daze as Yu Li pulled her out of the main courtyard of the Yu family. The other party was so strong that she felt her body was light and she couldn't help but follow him.
She kept staring at Yu Li, as if she had forgotten to react.
As soon as I went out, I saw Yu Yin coming out of the door next door. I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I saw them.
"Big sister, you're here." She greeted Yu Li happily, and then said to Sun Fangniang, "Cousin Fangniang, why are you going over there? Didn't I tell you to wait for my big sister and second sister to come back home? Little sister, go and call my second sister back too."
It is the busy farming season and Yu Jin is still busy working in the fields.
When she heard the noise coming from the main courtyard, she thought something had happened and went out to take a look. She happened to see Old Lady Yu driving Sun Fangniang out.
Seeing Sun Fangniang's appearance, she was shocked, so she took her home and let her rest at home.
But Sun Fangniang went there again when she went to chop firewood.
She knew that cousin Fangniang was in a hurry, but there was nothing she could do no matter how anxious she was because grandma would never lend her money.
Yu Zhu responded and said, "I'll go find my eldest sister first, and now I'll go find my second sister."
If her third sister asked her to go find her eldest and second sisters, then she would definitely go find her eldest sister first. As long as her eldest sister was there, they wouldn't have to worry about anything.
Yu Li pulled people into the second room of the Yu family.
Yu Yin poured them some water and said to Sun Fangniang, who was sitting blankly under the eaves, "Cousin Fangniang, don't worry. We will find a way."
Sun Fangniang came to her senses and finally turned her eyes away from Yu Li.
She shook her head, her voice miserable, "I can't help it. My father owes too much gambling debt, a full fifty taels..."
That's fifty taels! Who has so much silver? No wonder the old lady refused to lend it. Even she felt her heart tremble when she heard the amount.
Yu Yin wanted to talk but stopped, really not knowing what to say.
She turned to Yu Li who was sitting next to her drinking water and said, "Sister, my uncle owes a gambling debt to the county gambling house, a total of fifty taels. The people in the gambling house said that if my uncle doesn't pay back the money, they will chop off his hand."
Upon hearing this, Yu Li said as a matter of course: "Then chop it down."
Since he owed someone money, it is normal for that person to cut off his hand.
If he dares to gamble, he should be prepared. After losing money, he still owes money to the gambling house. Isn't it normal for the gambling house to chop off his hands to collect the debt? Whoever sows the cause will bear the consequences.
Yu Yin choked, as if she understood what her second sister usually said. Her eldest sister was straightforward and simple in character, and she only recognized reason and not relatives. Don't bother her with trivial matters, don't talk to her about human relationships, and don't use human relationships to bother her.
Just like what happened this time, no matter what, he was their uncle. Even if he was a damn scumbag, he was still an elder and they naturally couldn't say such things. If it got out, they would be accused of treason.
According to people's thinking, when hearing that the gambling house wants to chop off the uncle's hand, as a younger generation, you have to be anxious, right?
Anyway, no matter who the other person is, as long as he or she is an elder, you must respect him or her and not point out their faults.
But her sister was not in a hurry and thought it was normal for the gambling house to cut off his hand.
Hearing this, Sun Fangniang smiled bitterly, and the smile pulled the wound on her face, causing her skin to twitch in pain.
There were many wounds on her face, and the corners of her eyes and mouth were damaged to varying degrees. Her face was covered in bruises and purples, which was really pitiful. What was even more shocking was the purple marks on her neck, which showed what she had been through.
Yu Yin whispered: "Sister, that's my uncle..."
I can't say this in front of outsiders.
"It is only natural to pay back a debt!" Yu Li's logic was clear. "He owed a gambling debt. Wasn't it his own fault that his hand was chopped off?"
Yu Yin finally decided to listen to her elder sister: "You are right, I think so too..."
As she spoke, she glanced carefully at Sun Fangniang beside her, as if she was a little worried that she might think they were too cold-blooded.
After all, he was her biological father.
Sun Fangniang lowered her head and said nothing.
She sat there quietly, so quietly that only her back, which seemed to collapse under the weight, revealed how desperate she was.
Yu Yin continued, "The gambling house also said that if you don't pay back the money, they will not only chop off my uncle's hands, but also take my cousin Fangniang away to pay for my uncle's gambling..."
"Take her away?" Yu Li was puzzled. "Why did they take Fang Niang away?"
Sun Fangniang's body trembled almost imperceptibly.
Yu Yin was silent for a moment, then said, "It should be sold."
Yu Li frowned and looked cold, making people inexplicably afraid to speak.
Seeing her expression, Yu Yin tactfully shut his mouth.
Fortunately, Yu Jin and the others came back at this time.
Yu Jin was wearing old clothes that were convenient for working. Most of the clothes were wet with sweat, and her trouser legs were covered with mud and grass debris. She was wearing a pair of muddy straw sandals, and her face was tanned, just like most country girls.
Seeing Yu Li, she first called her "big sister", and then said coldly to Sun Fangniang, who was sitting there with her head bowed: "Cousin Fangniang, you can't borrow money. Grandma won't lend you money, and no one will lend you so much money!"
Sun Fangniang's thin body trembled and she raised her face.
When he saw her face clearly, Yu Jin's pupils trembled slightly, and he asked sternly: "Did your father beat you?"
Sun Fangniang wanted to cry, but she held back her tears and said, "My father not only owes gambling debts, but his lover in the county town is already pregnant. She said she would give him a healthy boy... He wants to sell me to the gambling house, and he also wants my mother to pay for his lover to raise the child..."
"Bah!" Yu Jin was furious. "There's no sign of the child yet, how can we know if it's a boy or a girl? And you want your aunt to pay for the child? He's so flattering!"
She had never seen such a bad person in her life, and she was so angry that she was about to explode.
No matter whether the child born to the lover is a boy or a girl, it has nothing to do with the eldest aunt. It is not the eldest aunt’s child, so why should she help raise it?
Yu Jin was so angry that he pulled Sun Fangniang up and said sternly, "So, you came back to ask Grandma for money now. Do you want to help him pay off his gambling debts or help his lover raise his children?"
Sun Fangniang was like a rag doll, she didn't react at all and just let her pull it.
"Mrs. Jin, I can't do anything. He wanted money, and then beat my mother and Zheng'er..." She suppressed her voice and said helplessly, "My mother was beaten so badly that she couldn't get out of bed, and Zheng'er was beaten so badly that he vomited blood..."
Yuyin and Yuzhu didn't expect it to be so serious, and the sisters turned pale with fright.
Although grandma often beat people with a cane, you won't be beaten every day. You just need to be alert and avoid falling into her hands. But look at the Sun family, they really beat them to death.
Yu Jin was also frightened, but more angry.
Aunt Yu married into the Sun family from the neighboring Qingya Village.
Back then, the old man of the Sun family was a peddler who walked the streets. He had saved some money in his early years and lived a comfortable life. Unfortunately, he and his wife only had one son, the current Sun Datian. Because the couple had only one son, they inevitably spoiled him a little, and Sun Datian grew up like this.
Before he reached adulthood, Sun Datian spent all his time hanging out with some idlers in the village.
That would have been fine, but he was also addicted to gambling.
Old Man Sun was a smart man. He knew that gambling was harmful to people. If his son got addicted to gambling, all the family wealth would be squandered. So he wanted to find a wife for his son to control him.
In the minds of most of the older generation, they believe that their sons will behave more restrained after they get married and have children.
As for men, they will always change for the better once they get married, have children, and take on the responsibility of supporting the family.
Old man Sun decided to find a powerful daughter-in-law for his son so that he could keep him under control.
But Sun Datian was unwilling. He wanted to marry someone with a gentle personality who would not control what he did, so he set his eyes on the eldest daughter of the Yu family.
The Yu family was extremely patriarchal and did not pay much attention to girls. At that time, the family had two daughters. The eldest daughter was weak in character and was controlled by Grandma Yu. To put it nicely, she listened to her parents, but to put it bluntly, she had no opinion of her own, which was very suitable in Sun Datian's eyes.
Of course, there is another reason. Most of the members of the Yu family have good looks, and the eldest daughter of the Yu family is quite pretty.
Old man Sun had no choice but to marry the eldest daughter of the Yu family to his son.
Because the dowry asked for by the Yu family was too high, and Old Man Sun almost lost most of his family fortune, he didn't like this daughter-in-law very much, but he had to marry her anyway, hoping that she could persuade his son to give birth to a grandson as soon as possible, so that his son would stop being away from home all day and hanging out outside.
At the beginning, Sun Datian was indeed surprised for a while and did not run away.
But after only two years, when his wife gave birth to their first daughter, he got bored and started to stay away from home.
Aunt Yu is a weak woman and cannot control her husband. Fortunately, old man Sun and his wife are still alive and can control him to some extent, and Sun Datian does not go too far.
But within a few years, Old Man Sun and his wife passed away one after another.
Without the supervision of his parents and with a weak and useless wife, Sun Datian never returned home again. Even when he came back, it was only to ask for money.
At first, Yu Dagu was unwilling to give it, so Sun Datian beat her and snatched it away.
At first, Sun Datian was restrained in order to avoid making the Yu family angry.
After all, the Yu family has a scholar, and everyone says that the eldest Yu has a bright future and may pass the imperial examination and become a scholar one day. Sun Datian is still somewhat afraid of the Yu family.
Unexpectedly, the Yu family didn't react at all, let alone support their beaten daughter.
After discovering that the Yu family did not care about their married daughters, Sun Datian became more and more excessive, until later, Yu Dagu was beaten every now and then, and sometimes she was beaten so severely that there was not a single piece of healthy skin on her body.
It can be said that Sun Fangniang and her siblings grew up under their father’s violence.
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When Yu Jin heard this, she was so angry that she trembled all over, but she soon calmed down.
Getting angry is the most meaningless thing. It cannot solve the problem. The only thing you can do is calm down and try to find a solution.
She said calmly: "Cousin Fangniang, fifty taels is too much. No one will lend it to you."
Sun Fangniang is sixteen years old this year, two years older than Yu Jin.
But she still hasn't proposed marriage.
She inherited the good looks of Aunt Yu when she was young, and was also a pretty girl. Unfortunately, she had such a gambler father, so no family dared to propose marriage to her for fear of being entangled by the shameless gambler Sun Datian.
Once a family took a fancy to Sun Fangniang and had just asked a matchmaker to come to their house when they happened to meet Sun Datian returning.
After Sun Datian found out the details about the marriage proposal family, he went straight to their door to ask for the betrothal money. The other party was so scared that he quickly closed the door and gave up the idea of marrying Sun Fangniang.
After hearing about this, other families dared not marry Sun Fangniang.
Sun Fangniang looked pale and said weakly: "I know..."
She knew it, but she still held on to a glimmer of hope and wanted to come and ask her grandparents to borrow some money.
She knew that the family really had no money left and could not take out even a penny, but her father did not believe it. He thought that they had hidden some silver and would beat them if they did not give it to him.
Yu Jin looked at her miserable face and couldn't bear it after all. "Sister Fangniang, don't worry about it."
"But if we don't do anything, what will happen to my mother and Zheng Ge'er?" Sun Fangniang's eyes were red. "They will be beaten to death by him."
Yu Jin said angrily: "Then just beat him to death..."
She suddenly closed her mouth and clenched her teeth to prevent herself from saying anything too harsh.
She once thought that if she were Sun Fangniang and had a father like this, she would rather die with him than endure it any longer.
Of course, just because she thinks so doesn't mean others will think so.
In the eyes of the world, no matter how much the parents are not, the children cannot be unfilial. The idea of killing her parents is a great rebellion. Once it is known, I am afraid that she will be condemned by thousands of people.
Yu Zhu suddenly clenched her fist and said, "Cousin Fangniang, if he hits you, you should hit him back!"
In the past, she would never have said this.
Ever since she saw Yu Li fighting several times, she felt that when facing those unreasonable bad guys, she had to fight back and not tolerate them. Even if they were relatives, it was not acceptable to be so excessive.
"Zhu'er is right." Yu Yin agreed in a low voice, "You can't always get beaten."
You can obviously call back.
Otherwise, how could we tolerate being bullied like this all the time and even having to sell cousin Fangniang to a gambling house to pay off debts?
Sun Fangniang still shook her head, fear in her eyes, "We can't beat him..."
In her mind, Sun Datian's father was too scary. He had a face full of flesh, was tall and strong, and could kill someone with just one punch.
She was really scared, and there was no one in the family who was not afraid of him.
At this time, Yu Li said: "Do you want to beat him? I can help you."
Sun Fangniang was stunned for a moment, turned to look at her, and opened her mouth, "Li Niang..."
Yu Li looked at her seriously and said, "Speak!"
Sun Fangniang bit her lip and nodded vigorously: "I want to!"
She wants it so much!
No one is born to be beaten without resistance, but they are unable to resist and gradually choose to accept it.
She was too scared and too weak.
Every time I got beaten, I could only protect my head, trying hard to avoid the fists and slaps, and defending myself with all my might.
But she still felt so much pain and was so scared.
What scared her even more was that she didn't know when they might be beaten to death by that man.
Her mother, her brother, and she will all be beaten to death by that man, right?
Yu Li walked up to her, reached out and touched her head, and said, "Okay, I'll help you this time."
Sun Fangniang opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
She was very thin and frail, only slightly better off than the sisters from the second branch of the Yu family, because Sun Datian did not stay at home all the time. At that time, as long as they worked harder, they could still have food to eat.
The Yu Jin sisters looked at them with sparkling eyes.
"That's great!" Yuzhu said happily, "Cousin Fangniang, I have my elder sister to help you. She will beat up the bad guys, don't be afraid!"
In her heart, Sun Datian was not an uncle, but a bad guy who would beat Sun Fangniang and others.
Yu Jin and Yu Yin also believed this firmly.
They trusted Yu Li and felt that there was nothing she couldn't do. She said she would help Sun Fangniang, and in their opinion, Sun Fangniang would soon be able to escape from her suffering.
Yu Li asked again: "Is Sun Datian at home?"
Just now she had looked through the original owner's memories again and had some understanding of the situation in Aunt Yu's family.
In short, Sun Datian is a scumbag, a domestic violence man, who has no affection for his wife and children, and often beats and kicks them. By the way, he is also a typical male chauvinist who attaches great importance to the continuation of the family line and always wants to have a healthy son.
After Yu Dagu married him, she gave birth to a son and two daughters.
The eldest daughter, Sun Pingniang, was abducted when she was ten years old. If Sun Pingniang were still alive, she would be twenty years old now; the second daughter is Sun Fangniang, who is sixteen years old this year; and the youngest son, Sun Zheng, is thirteen years old this year and has a lame leg.
The reason why Sun Zheng has a lame leg is actually due to Sun Datian’s fault.
When Sun Zheng was three years old, Sun Datian got drunk and beat his wife and daughter. Sun Zheng's leg was broken by Sun Datian with a stool, and he became lame.
After Sun Datian caused his only son to become lame, he felt that this son was a disgrace and did not want this lame son anymore.
Later, he wanted to have another healthy child, so he found a lover in the county town and used money to support her. Therefore, he didn't care about Sun Zheng at all and would beat and scold him at any time.
After Yu Li learned these things from her memory, in her heart, Sun Datian had already been sentenced to death by her.
The original owner and Sun Fangniang were actually not very familiar with each other, mainly because the two aunts only came back to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year every year, and would not return to their parents' home at other times. Naturally, they were not familiar with the cousins from the two aunts' families, not to mention that the girls from the two families were living such a miserable life, so why would they get together to compare their misery?
But no matter how unfamiliar they are, they still interact with each other from time to time.
In fact, the two aunts were quite nice to the girls from the second room. Perhaps when they saw Yu Li and the others, they thought of themselves back then. So when they met during the Chinese New Year, they would secretly give the girls from the second room lucky money. Even if it was only one or two copper coins, it was a token of their thoughtfulness.
Sun Fangniang is about the same age as Yu Li and Yu Jin, and they can talk to each other when they get together.
When she was a child, when Yu Li was still young and didn't need to do so much work, she also took her cousin to play together, and they had a good relationship at that time.
Unfortunately, as we grew up, our lives became increasingly miserable and the time we spent together decreased.
When she asked, Sun Fangniang said hesitantly, "He's not at home during the day, but he will definitely come back tonight."
Come back and ask them for money.
Before Sun Datian left today, he had threatened them to get the money quickly or he would beat them to death. It was because of this threat and because Sun Zheng was beaten to the point of vomiting blood that she came here to ask the old lady for money.
She knew that grandma and the others had money.
My uncle and two cousins wanted to go to school, and the Yu family wholeheartedly supported them in their studies, hoping that they could pass the imperial examinations and come back with a good reputation. They must have saved a lot of money, otherwise how could they have afforded to send them to school?
Yu Li said: "Okay, I'll go with you."
"Big sister, I'll go too!" Yu Jin said immediately. Seeing Yu Li and Sun Fangniang looking over, she said without hesitation, "I can pass you the stick."
Knowing that her elder sister was going to teach Sun Datian a lesson, she was extremely excited.
When Yu Yin and Yu Zhu heard this, they said they could do it too.
They also wanted to go and watch the eldest sister teach the bad guys a lesson.
Only Sun Fangniang looked confused. Why did they all want to go on such a dangerous journey?
She turned to look at Yu Li, and after her anger, she became confused again.
Li Niang said she would help her, could she really help her beat Sun Datian? But she looked so thin, even if she had some strength, could she beat Sun Datian?
What happens after beating Sun Datian? What about the gambling debts?
What about the baby in his lover's belly in the city? Will he let them take care of it, and let her mother raise it?
Sun Fangniang's mind was in a mess and she had no idea what to do.
When she was distracted, she found that Yu Li and the others were already ready, and Yu Jin and Yu Li were going to Qingya Village with her.
As for Yu Yin and Yu Zhu, they were still young and were not allowed to go.
"It's getting late now, let's go there now." Yu Jin said, "It will take an hour and a half to walk there, so we will arrive there in the evening."
Yu Li said: "Let's go by boat."
The boat ride only took half an hour.
Yu Jin naturally had no objection and said, "Okay, let's go after we finish our meal so we don't go hungry."
She knew that her elder sister couldn't go hungry.
Yu Jin immediately asked her two sisters to cook.
It's still early to cook now, but they have to go to Qingya Village later, so it would be better to finish eating early.
Yu Jin took her two younger sisters to cook, leaving only Sun Fangniang and Yu Li sitting there.
Yu Li was eating braised peanuts, and there was a bowl of unpeeled peanuts next to him.
The peanuts in the basin are dried, so they are easy to store. Recently, when Yu Jin was making braised meat, he also put some shelled peanuts in the stew. The taste was very fragrant and was very popular when mixed with rice balls.
Sun Fangniang sat there in a daze. Seeing Yu Li eating happily, she couldn't help but look over.
Yu Li asked: "Do you want to eat?"
She shook her head, her eyes could not help but fall on her face, with a confused look on her face, she said hesitantly: "Li Niang, you have changed a lot..."
If Yu Jin and the others hadn't called her "Big Sister", she really wouldn't have thought that the beautiful girl in front of her with fair skin and a cold expression would be Yu Li.
Obviously Li Niang doesn’t look like this.
When she bumped into her on the road earlier, Sun Fangniang really didn't recognize her, and she was so frightened that she didn't look at her for long.
Yu Li naturally brought up the excuse of conditioning his body again.
Sun Fangniang was stunned. "Is Doctor Xu's medical skills so good?"
Can a person be treated like this?
Yu Li nodded affirmatively, "Yes, his medical skills are very good!" Then she looked at Sun Fangniang's face, "Do you want to go to the clinic to get some medicine?"
"No need." Sun Fangniang shook her head, "I can bear it."
For these country folk, as long as they were not beaten to death, they would be fine. Even if they were bleeding, most of them would just go outside to pick some hemostatic herbs and apply them to an affected area.
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