The next day, Tian Cai planned to plant two trees in front of his house. When he was cleaning the silt in the ditch, Zhang Defa came over.
"I saw Qin Ling injured his leg. Has he been here?" Zhang Defa has always been concerned about Qin Ling. He has taken care of the two brothers' affairs over the years.
Tian Cai was about to say that Qin Ling was injured because of the trap he had dug, when suddenly someone ran over and shouted to Zhang Defa: "Captain, something happened, you go and check it out!"
Zhang Defa hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
"Uncle Dagen wants to beat his Huaihua to death! He's going to hang him up!" the man replied breathlessly.
"Good girl, what's wrong with Zhao Dagen again? I'll go and take a look." Zhang Defa said, and left with big strides.
Tian Cai thought about it, put the shovel into the yard, and followed.
Tian Cai also knew this Zhao Dagen. He came to treat everyone during the autumn harvest last year. He dragged his wife over to let Tian Cai see her, asking if there was something wrong with his wife's body that prevented her from giving birth to a son.
Because Zhao Dagen was the only child in the family, they wanted to have more sons to leave roots for the Zhao family. As a result, they gave birth to a series of daughters, all of whom were named after flowers. Tian Cai remembered that there were names such as peach blossom, apricot blossom, chrysanthemum, pear blossom, plum blossom, etc.
Nowadays, men who can't have sons always think it's the woman's fault and insist that Tian Cai prescribe some medicine that can help them have sons. At that time, Zhang Defa's brother-in-law Gao Chuanming even joked, "You already have seven fairies at home, how can you still not be satisfied?"
There were already a lot of people gathered outside Zhao Dagen's house, all of them were there to watch the fun, and some kind-hearted people came forward to persuade him.
"Da Gen, it's a new society now, and beating and killing children is not allowed. If she makes any mistake, just blame her. The child is still young, so teach her slowly. You beat the child to death, but you will go to jail!" Zhang Defa squeezed into the crowd and pulled Zhao Da Gen away, then snatched the stick from his hand and scolded him loudly.
"She did such a shameful thing. If I don't beat her to death, she will be drowned in other people's spit. Why doesn't she think that she is ruining the reputation of the whole family?" Zhao Dagen said angrily with a dark face.
Aunt Zhao stepped forward and pulled Zhao Dagen away. "You promised at our father's grave that you would love your son equally, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl. If your son made a mistake, would you still beat him or kill him? Huaihua is naive because you, as a father, didn't teach him well. No child is born knowing everything. You're getting old and confused!"
Aunt Zhao is Zhao Dagen's biological sister, and this brother is close to her in age. They have been close since childhood. Now seeing his sister also speaking in favor of the child, Zhao Dagen couldn't help but squat down with his hands covering his face, "Sister, I can't afford to lose face with this person!"
"Qiushuang, don't worry about it. I think Dagen did the right thing. This girl deserves to be beaten to death!" Old man Feng, a neighbor of Zhao Dagen, stood up and said.
"Why beat her to death? Every child is born by a father and raised by a mother. They are all fed and raised one bite at a time. If she did something wrong, the government would have sentenced her. Why are you talking about whether to beat her to death or not? You are so lenient!" Aunt Zhao was influenced by her mother. She had always disliked this old man Feng. Not to mention how he treated his own sister, he had been beating his wife since he was young. He had no ability but no temper.
"You!" Old Man Feng was so angry that he pointed at Aunt Zhao and was speechless. He thought he wouldn't bother with a woman, but he couldn't help but nag, "This Huaihua is shameful! A girl who's not even married yet, and she's already pregnant at such a young age. Why not beat her to death and keep her ashamed?"
Aunt Zhao didn't believe it. She looked at the girl who was protected by her sister-in-law and several nieces and said firmly, "Impossible!"
Most of the villagers didn't believe it either. Huaihua was very capable. You could often see her and her sisters washing clothes, picking grass for pigs, and collecting mountain products in the village. The rest of the time they would go to the fields to earn work points. She had never been seen talking to any man, so how could she be pregnant just like that?
The onlookers were talking about it and pointing from time to time. Zhao Dagen's wife just hugged the girl and cried. There was a rope on the ground, and Huaihua was protected in the middle. She looked anxious and muttered, "I didn't have it, I didn't have it."
Faced with the pointing and criticizing of the onlookers, the mother and her friends huddled together and sat on the ground crying, which was heartbreaking to watch.
Although Zhao Dagen's family conditions are not very good, his daughters are all very capable. The youngest one knows how to do the work when she is only five or six years old. So you can tell from the white clothes on the girls that they all love cleanliness.
I heard from the villagers that Huaihua is the second child, two years younger than her sister. She has a body that is almost as thin as a skeleton, a bad complexion, dry and yellow hair, and a slightly protruding belly under her patched clothes.
Aunt Zhao was thinking that the pregnancy was not the woman's fault, and that the man must be found and held responsible. There was no need to kill the child because of it. "Huaihua, tell me who that man is, and I'll find him and give you an explanation."
Huaihua was crying with tears all over her face. When she heard this, she couldn't stop crying. She shook her head and said, "No, aunt, I really don't!"
"You little bitch, you're just being stubborn. How would you have had a child without that wild man?" Zhao Dagen rushed over and slapped him in the face. If he could find that bastard, he would castrate him for daring to ruin his daughter. "You've ruined my lifelong reputation! Tell me who that bastard is!"
"Her father, Huaihua really didn't do that. She was either in front of me or with Taohua and the others all day long. She really didn't go out to fool around. She really didn't. You are going to force her to death by doing this!" Huaihua's mother hugged the child tightly and cried.
"Bullshit! You got pregnant without even going out to fool around? You still have the nerve to shout. Do you think others are blind? If Liu Guihua hadn't seen it, I would still be in the dark! If you can't tell it today, I'll break your legs!" After Zhao Dagen said that, he found a handy stick in the pile of firewood and rushed over.
Zhang Defa stepped forward, grabbed him, and took him aside.
"You're shouting for war and killing before the matter is even clarified. You don't even dare to tell Huaihua anything. You're worse than an outsider as a father!" Besides, what good is Liu Guihua? Zhang Defa thinks she is just idle and keeps staring at other people's family affairs every day.
"I'm not calling for war or killing. Captain, you know I have more than one daughter. Taohua is about to get married, and Huaihua caused me such a trouble. Isn't it embarrassing for her and others?
How will Taohua talk about her husband's family in the future? I get up early and work in the fields every day, leaving the sisters to my wife's care. Well, she took care of me and made her belly big. I'm lucky I didn't beat her up too.
"I, Zhao Dagen, have lived in Kaoshan Village for quite a while. I'm a very proud person. It was someone else who told me that my daughter was pregnant. The whole team must have known about this by now. How can I live my life in the future? People will point at my spine and scold me, saying that I, Zhao Dagen, can't teach my daughter well. I raised a daughter who only knows how to cheat on men before she even gets married!" Zhao Dagen kicked over the pile of firewood in front of him and said with gritted teeth.
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