Chapter 17 The second sister who was abused by the family
Chapter 17 The second sister who was domestically abused
Author: Banana isn’t it?
Chapter 17 The second sister who was domestically abused
Li Ke leaned against the tree, closed his eyes and squinted for a while. Soon it was time to get off work at the shoe factory.
The sales in the afternoon went very smoothly, even faster than yesterday. Except from time to time, customers asked why Chen Xingyi didn't come.
Today ended relatively early. After closing the stall, Li Ke went to the farmer's market to buy raw materials. He also needed to add a little more marinade.
Considering that tomorrow is Wang Gang's first day of selling and he doesn't know what the situation will be like, Li Ke decided to prepare less of each item.
After buying the production materials, Li Ke went to buy a sun hat.
Weighing our heavy bags, we went to the pastry shop and bought a box of butter bread, and the roast chicken shop bought a roast chicken.
Riding a bicycle and humming a little tune, Li Ke went home happily.
It was still bright when I got home, so I parked the car in my yard and washed my face.
Went to my mother-in-law's house with butter bread and roast chicken.
When I arrived at the door, I found that the door of my mother-in-law's hall was ajar, and bursts of suppressed crying could be heard from inside.
Li Ke didn't know what was going on in the house. He just felt that it was neither good nor bad to enter.
I mustered up the courage to knock on the door twice, and the crying stopped. The person who opened the door was my father-in-law, who had an expressionless and even dark face.
The first time he saw his father-in-law like this, Li Ke was so frightened that he took half a step back.
Yu Xiangdong squeezed out a smile and tried very hard to smile.
Then he took the things in her hands and called her to come into the house.
When I came into the house, I saw my mother-in-law sitting on the sofa, and a middle-aged woman with a yellow complexion sitting next to her mother-in-law, with a red face and wet tears on her cheeks.
It was just a hot day, so I was wearing long sleeves and long pants.
Li Ke vaguely felt that something was wrong.
There were three little girls sitting next to them. The oldest was only about ten years old. They were all wearing old clothes.
Seeing her come in, they all raised their heads, glanced at her timidly, and then quickly lowered their heads, rubbing the corners of their clothes uneasily with their fingers.
"Keke is back. Did you go well today?" Her mother-in-law asked her to sit down.
"It's very good, Mom, they were sold out before dark." Li Ke didn't mention the meeting with Wang Gang today.
"This is your second sister, go home and see her."
"This is Coco, your sister-in-law."
The mother-in-law briefly introduced the two of them.
After greeting each other, Li Ke took the butter bread that he brought and his father-in-law put on the table, opened it, handed it to the three little girls, and motioned for them to eat it.
The little girl's eyes lit up when she saw the butter bread, and one of them could not help but swallow her saliva.
But none of the three people took it, and all three pairs of eyes looked at their mother.
"I came here in a hurry and didn't bring you anything. It's too expensive. You can keep it. They don't like sweets." The second sister refused very awkwardly.
After hearing what their mother said, the light in the eyes of the three little girls dimmed, but none of them made a sound to resist.
"Da Ya, take it and take the sisters to the kitchen to eat. This is your aunt. Thank you aunt for giving you butter bread." Mother-in-law said.
"Listen to grandma, take it and eat it," said the second sister.
"Thank you, aunt." Da Ya saw her mother nodding in agreement, then took the butter bread box and led her two sisters to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Chen Xiangdong was cooking in a red apron.
"Hey... Ke Ke is not an outsider." The mother-in-law sighed and briefly talked about the second sister's situation.
The second sister's mother-in-law's family values boys over girls, and the three daughters are all named Zhaodi, Laidi, and Aidi.
The second sister had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to her third child, which damaged her body and made her unable to have another child.
Her mother-in-law used this as an excuse to ask her son to divorce her. Her husband drank alcohol every day and beat her when he was drunk.
She does all the work in the fields, and all the work at home is done by her three daughters.
Today at noon, my husband drank again with a plate of peanuts. After drinking too much, he not only beat her, but also beat his daughter. The second sister couldn't bear it anymore and ran back to her parents' house with her three daughters.
Even the well-informed Li Ke was very angry after hearing this.
What age are we in, and sons are still favored over daughters? Is there a throne in the family that needs to be inherited?
He also gave his daughter a name, such as recruiting a younger brother, coming younger brother, loving younger brother.
No wonder my mother-in-law didn't call me Daya just now. It's not as good as Daya, Erya, or Sanya.
What else did the mother-in-law say about divorce her? Divorce? Their family lived in the Qing Dynasty and had not yet evolved to modern times?
A man drank at home every day when he was not working. After drinking too much, he became violent.
Li Ke really wanted to say, can such a man stay together for the Chinese New Year without leaving?
But it wasn't her turn to say it, and Li Ke wasn't that imprudent, and besides, her mother-in-law hadn't spoken yet.
As a younger sibling, I can only hold the second sister's hand and say, "You are suffering, second sister. If there is anything I can do to help, you must say it."
The second sister, Chen Shulan, took a deep breath and took a lot of courage to say, "When you and Xing Yi got married, I didn't get five thousand yuan. Her father agreed to this. That money was Da Ya's gift.
For money, he said he would get engaged first and wait until she grows up a few years before getting married."
"How old is Da Ya?" Li Ke was very shocked.
"Da Ya just turned eleven, and now her father insists that I take the money back, otherwise he will send Da Ya to that family as a child bride.
He knew that I couldn't get the money now, so he said this deliberately to send Daya away.
I originally disagreed with this marriage. That man is a fool. He is thirty years old and older than me.
She is only eleven, how did she live in the past?" Chen Shulan said as tears flowed down her cheeks.
After hearing this, Li Ke took out all the money he had on him, including odd parts and round parts, and counted a total of nine hundred and sixty-seven yuan.
Li Ke took out sixty-seven yuan and pushed the rest over, "Second sister, here is a total of nine hundred yuan, you take it first, and give me a month for the remaining four thousand one hundred yuan.
I will definitely give it back to you."
"This is not a matter of money. Without this fool, there will still be the cripple. After selling out Daya, there will be Erya and Sanya. Think carefully about what mom said, Shulan, do you still want to live with him?"
said the mother-in-law.
"Mom, I don't dare, I don't dare divorce." Chen Shulan cried loudly as she said this.
Li Ke quickly took out his handkerchief, took the paper, and handed it over.
When the second sister wiped her tears, the sleeves on her arms slipped down, revealing the bruises on her arms.
Li Ke instantly understood where the trouble that had just entered came from.
"What are you afraid of? Your father and I are here, and you have older sisters and younger brothers. We will not ignore you." Li Fang said while wiping Chen Shulan's tears.
"I'm afraid of dragging you down, I'm afraid of embarrassing you." Chen Shulan cried even louder.
"Silly boy." The mother-in-law sighed.
In this era, no one gets divorced. Most women depend on men for their lives. No matter how bad or disappointing a man is, most women just choose to swallow their anger.
In their life dictionary, divorce is not an option.
In everyone's eyes, divorce is indeed a shameful thing.
Many women, once they get married, are outsiders in their husband's family and guests in their natal family.
After a divorce, she has nowhere to go. Her husband's family has left her home, and her mother's family finds it embarrassing. Divorcing a woman is tantamount to forcing her to die.
Li Ke was still very shocked and admired that her mother-in-law could support her second sister's divorce.
However, in this era, there are few job opportunities for women, and they can make a living no matter what they have.
It is still very difficult to support three children.
"Second sister, I'm selling food in front of the shoe factory now. If you don't mind, you can work with me." Li Ke offered.
