At home, Tian Xin felt extremely aggrieved.
On the other side, Tian Lao San asked, "Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?"
The village chief was stunned, and before he could say anything, Tian Hengyuan said, "I was just talking nonsense. Look how embarrassed you are to be scolded."
Tian Laosan's old face was red, but fortunately he was dark and it was dark outside, so no one could see it.
"She's just idle and talking nonsense all day long. Just leave her alone."
Tian Hengyuan was angry, but when he thought about how he had been going through the same thing all these years, he didn't say anything.
The village chief said, "Fubao told me about recruiting apprentices. They'll pay ten yuan a month, with food and lodging included. What a great idea! We've discussed letting Huzi and Yindi go. If you two are free, come with me to talk to Jingzhi."
Tian Jingzhi, Aunt Wang’s husband and the biological father of her third daughter.
He is a good-looking man, with regular features, tall and strong, but he doesn't act like a man. Plus, his mother is always instigating him, and he treats his wife and three daughters worse than his stepfather.
Tian Hengyuan was a little confused.
He knew that for an apprentice, providing food and accommodation was reasonable, but he had never heard of ten yuan a month.
But it was Fubao who said it, so he probably didn't hear it, so he didn't say anything and followed him in.
A small kerosene lamp was lit in the Tian family's house, and the four mothers were sewing black shoe soles. Tian Jingzhi was chatting and drinking water with his mother on the side. The mother was loving and the son was filial, but the old lady took one look at the four mothers and her face darkened.
"Son, there are three kinds of unfilial behavior: not having a son, and the worst is not having a son. I'm afraid I won't be able to survive for many more years at my age. How will I face your father in the afterlife?"
Wang Xiaohong's sharp hands paused for a moment and pretended not to hear.
The youngest brother came closer to her, his thin body trembling.
"Mom, you are still strong. You can live another thirty or fifty years without any problem." Tian Jingzhi said immediately.
The old lady refused to give up and started wiping away her tears. "I can't even hold a grandson. I've lived all this time in misery! I don't know what sin our family has committed, to have become extinct in your place."
To have a juehu means to have no sons and to cut off the family line.
After the family planning policy was implemented in the 1980s, a group of such families were created.
However, rural people attach great importance to incense and want to have a son. Those who do not have a son will be bullied and looked down upon.
There are also many families whose houses and lands were directly occupied by their brothers because they had no sons.
Tian Jingzhi couldn't stand his mother crying, so while coaxing her, he started cursing Wang Xiaohong.
The old lady even added fuel to the fire.
"How dare you live without a son? I would have hanged myself with these money-losing babies on a hemp rope to stop them from getting in the way."
Wang Xiaohong has been enduring, enduring the scolding from her mother-in-law and the beating from her husband.
No matter how harsh their insults were, she endured them.
But this time, her mother-in-law's vicious words made her extremely angry.
A mother is strong.
She could tolerate anything, but she couldn't tolerate her mother-in-law asking her three daughters to die.
"You curse yourself to death every day, why haven't you died yet? You are really an old immortal! I have been in this family for twenty years, and you have never been nice to me for a single day! I have seen through it all. This family can't accommodate a group of us mothers! Tian Jingzhi, you will live with your mother from now on."
Wang Xiaohong said in a calm voice.
Maybe it was her first time to refute, Tian Jingzhi and his mother simply couldn't react.
After coming to her senses, the old lady burst into tears. "I can't live any longer! My daughter-in-law is riding on me, an old woman, and she's shitting and pissing on me. She thinks I won't die! What am I still alive for? Son, hurry up and find a place to dig a hole and bury me alive."
Tian Jingzhi was furious and slapped Wang Xiaohong.
"What are you talking about, you dead pig? I'm going to beat you to death."
This time, Wang Xiaohong didn't wait to be beaten, but dodged directly.
She looked at Tian Jingzhi coldly, "Divorce me! I'll take all three of our daughters with me. Even if we starve to death, it won't have anything to do with your Tian family! If you and your mother are capable, marry someone who can give you a son. I won't serve you anymore!"
Tian Jingzhi was stunned again.
"How dare you! You're getting a divorce! A shrew like you thinks you can get married again? I'll beat you to death today."
Tian Jingzhi got angry and rushed over to hold Wang Xiaohong down and started beating her.
Wang Xiaohong gritted her teeth and said nothing, grabbing his face with all her strength and biting it with her teeth.
She was so ruthless that she would not let Tian Jingzhi have an easy time even if it cost her life.
Tian Jingzhi's fist was hard, but Wang Xiaohong bit him fiercely, causing him to howl in pain and tighten his grip. "Let go, you dead pig."
Wang Xiaohong's eyes were swollen, but she refused to let go and kept grabbing Tian Jingzhi's face.
Catch a handful and earn a handful!
The old lady stopped pretending to be sick and went to help, gritting her teeth and cursing viciously with a fierce look in her eyes.
The three children were scared silly, especially the youngest, who was crying loudly. The eldest was obedient, but the second youngest, Zhaodi, saw the old lady was about to attack, so he immediately got up and rushed towards her.
"Don't hit my mom! I'll fight you!"
The old lady was old after all, and she staggered after being bumped into. She twisted Zhaodi with her backhand and pulled her hair.
"You little bitch, you're courting death. You even dare to attack your ancestors. I'll skin you alive." The old lady jumped up and down and cursed.
Yindi was afraid that his sister would suffer, so he didn't care and rushed forward, "Grandma, don't hit my sister."
She only dared to stop her but not to take any action, and in a blink of an eye, she was pinched several times by the old lady.
The old lady was still not satisfied and grabbed her face.
Wang Xiaohong was so angry when she saw this that she kicked the kerosene lamp over. "Don't live anymore. We're all extinct anyway. Let's just die together and have peace!"
Kerosene spilled onto the soles and uppers of the shoes and instantly caught fire.
Although the fire was not big, the old lady was in great pain. "Oh my god, you are asking for trouble! My shoes are on fire! You are going to kill people!"
As the village chief and his two companions stepped into Tian Jing's house, they heard the old lady's screams and saw fire in the window.
"Something happened!" said the village chief, and the three of them rushed over immediately.
Tian Hengyuan was a step slower, took a basin of water to put out the fire, and then turned on the flashlight.
"Stop it!" the village chief roared.
The old lady howled and began to blame the other party, "Old Four, you are the village chief, you have to make the decision for us orphans and widows. I raised my son alone with great difficulty and found him a wife, just so that our Tian family would have an heir! But look at what kind of life we have been living now? It's unbearable!"
Tian Jingzhi's face was covered in scratches, some of which were still bleeding. "I can't live like this anymore."
Wang Xiaohong's face was swollen, her hair was a mess, and she sat stubbornly on the kang, saying, "I can't live like this anymore. I want a divorce! Village chief, please write me a document. I am divorcing Tian Jingzhi. I don't want a single cent from his family. I will take my three daughters with me and starve to death. I will never set foot in his family's door again in this life."
This time, she completely gave up.
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