Chapter 2 Does your whole family lack hands?
Wang Yuqing opened her eyes irritably, sat up from the hard wooden bed, her whole body aching. She glanced around the room: blue bricks, white tiles, and mud walls.
The room was cramped and crowded, with a plank bed, a wooden cabinet with peeling paint and missing legs, and a stool.
The rest of the place was piled with all sorts of old junk, and there was even a huge pile of firewood in the corner, with several rats scurrying around in broad daylight, looking quite smug.
You can tell the house is nice, although the room is a storage room, which is a bit of a mess, but at least it's a single room.
She got up and stood in front of the cracked mirror in the cabinet. She was thin, her face was sallow, her brows were furrowed with weariness, and her eyes were devoid of any light.
He was dressed in patched men's overalls, looking rather strapped, and had a long, thick black braid. His overall appearance was unremarkable.
She opened the wardrobe; the clothes were pitifully few and worn out, and there were hardly any other household items.
Just then, Lin Xuemei's shouting came from outside again: "You damned bastard, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me calling you?"
Wang Yuqing went to bed and continued sleeping.
After a while, the third sister, Wang Yuyan, kicked the door open and stood angrily in front of the bed: "Silly Second Sister, don't you have ears? Mom has been calling you, why aren't you up to make breakfast? Eldest Sister is back, she wants to eat fried eggs."
The eldest sister she mentioned is Wang Yulan, who is currently eight months pregnant.
Wang Yuqing didn't even blink.
In a fit of anger, Wang Yuyan pulled off her blanket: "Are you still sleeping? Our whole family is waiting for breakfast. After breakfast, we have to rush to work. Unlike you, who just eats for free every day."
She learned the phrase "eating for free" from Lin Xuemei, who scolded the original owner of the body for eating for free almost every day, and the whole family followed suit.
"By the way, I didn't wash my clothes last night, and I didn't clear the table. How can you be as lazy as a pig? Even a pig is more diligent than you."
Wang Yuqing opened her eyes and forcefully snatched the blanket from her hands, covering herself with it.
Wang Yuyan was stunned when the food was snatched away. In the past, Sha Er would have been cooking in the kitchen by this time, and she would even bring breakfast to her room with just a word.
Wang Yuqing was thinking, should she tell this younger sister that the man she would marry in a few years would not only be a millionaire but also a billionaire in the future?
Should we remind her to be good to the elders and the children after she marries into the family, since she can't have children and shouldn't be so desperate to cheat on him? She'll have immense wealth in the future.
Wang Yuqing suddenly grinned and said, "Pah! Dream on! You're dreaming of basking in the sun! Not only will I not tell you, you can forget about those few good years!"
"What are you laughing at? What's wrong with you? I'm talking to you. All you do is pretend to be lazy all day. If you don't get up, I'll have Mom beat you with a broom."
The day Lin Xuemei gave birth to Wang Yuyan was the same day her mother-in-law passed away. She felt that Wang Yuyan's birth was a good omen, and since Wang Yuyan was sweet-talking and knew how to say nice things, Lin Xuemei treated her well.
"Don't you have hands?"
Wang Yuqing opened her eyes and stared at her coldly.
Wang Yuyan was stunned. It was the first time she had heard the timid and cowardly Sha Er talk back. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth: "Who are you saying doesn't have hands?"
At this moment, the eldest sister, Wang Yulan, walked in, touching her belly: "Third brother, I brought good things for you, fourth brother, and fifth brother. Go and get them in the main room."
Wang Yuyan smiled proudly: "Thank you, elder sister."
Wang Yulan then said to Wang Yuqing, "Silly Er, I don't want the fried egg. Go and move my things back to my room and tidy them up. In the main room, hang the clothes up neatly so they don't get wrinkled. Be careful when placing the rest of the things so they don't break; they're very expensive."
"Don't you have hands either?"
Wang Yuqing remained lying in bed, repeating what she had just said.
Wang Yulan didn't react for a moment. Although she was also a daughter, she was the first child in the family, and her parents treated her fairly well.
She graduated from high school at that time, and the Down to the Countryside Movement was in full swing. She went to the countryside and met her husband, who was ten years older than her. Her husband worked as a projectionist, a high-income job with a secure job, which was very prestigious.
During that time, colleges and universities were recruiting students. She took the exam and successfully received an admission notice. She returned to her hometown and, with her husband's help, got a job as an accountant in a machinery factory.
She got married last year and lives in very good financial condition. She often gives money to her parents' family. Lin Xuemei suddenly has a lot of maternal love for her eldest daughter and often smiles from ear to ear, saying that she is a golden phoenix that has flown out of the nest.
Wang Yulan felt that she could be on equal footing with Lin Xuemei at home, and she would treat the original owner the same way Lin Xuemei treated her.
Unlike the original owner, Wang Yuqing didn't serve her like that. She came back this time claiming to be visiting relatives, but her real purpose was to prepare for pregnancy and have a baby.
The original owner served her meticulously and even helped her take care of the child, changing his diapers and changing his diapers. However, she was disliked for not having gone to school and being illiterate, and was not even allowed to call herself the child's second aunt.
"Silly Er, peel some peanuts for me."
"Mine, mine too, I want to peel it too."
Wang Yujuan and Wang Yubao each grabbed a handful of peanuts and ran over, looking very proud of themselves despite their young age.
"Doesn't your whole family have hands?"
Wang Yuqing stared at them impatiently.
These two are twins, a boy and a girl, born just before the one-child policy was implemented in 1971. Although Wang Yujuan is also a girl, she was born at the same time as Lin Xuemei's beloved son, so Lin Xuemei also liked her.
Wang Yujuan was supported by the original owner of the body to go to university, but the owner disliked her and cut off all ties with her.
Wang Yubao is the same person whose mother forced him to swear an oath to take care of his younger brother who had grown up and started a family. He is also the culprit who drove the original owner out of the house.
Wang Yuyan, holding Wang Yulan's hand, said, "Big sister, that silly boy actually said that none of our family members have hands."
Wang Yulan's face darkened, and she adopted the air of a mistress disciplining her maid: "Speak so rudely. If you keep talking like that, believe me, I'll slap you."
Wang Yuqing suppressed the urge to slap her a few times. After all, she couldn't fight against six people in this family by herself, and she still had to live there for another day. She had to be a little more cautious for now and get out of this family first. When she came back, she would definitely give them a few slaps.
She asked with a chuckle, "Is your older sister this formidable at her husband's family's?"
Despite her seemingly aloof and proud demeanor, Wang Yulan's life in her husband's family was far from pleasant. She was bullied terribly by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Although she worked as an accountant, it was only with her husband's help that she earned less than him.
Her sister-in-law's family are retired cadres, so compared to them, her parents, who both work, don't seem so impressive.
Wang Yulan was trembling with anger, her liver was throbbing with pain. This was her deepest ailment; even the occasional question from her neighbor next door would trigger a murderous urge in her.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Why are you still lying in bed?"
"Silly Er, are you trying to give me a hard time? Didn't you hear me say your older sister is home and wants fried eggs? All her things are in the main room, aren't you going to move them back to her room?"
Lin Xuemei rushed to the door of the room, her voice deafening.
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