The three of them walked for a while before arriving at Liu Yan's mother's house, which was two villages away.
Far away, I could hear the sound of crying and howling.
"All the fellow villagers are here to comment!"
An old lady with disheveled hair grabbed a hemp rope hanging from a locust tree branch and cried at the top of her voice:
"There is an unfilial person in my old Liu family. My daughter!"
She raised her finger and pointed at Liu Yan, who had an ugly face:
"I gave birth to this girl during my ten-month pregnancy. I washed her diapers in the cold winter months before she was born, and I saved her food rations from my own mouth to feed her. When I grow up, I don't know how much I have suffered in the past ten years!"
"But now that my wings have become strong, I just want to put aside my relationship with my old Liu family because I have a good husband's family, and even her biological brother has no intention of marrying a wife. I'm not willing to help!"
"I've raised a white-eyed wolf. I'm sorry for the Liu family, and I'm even more sorry for the Liu family's ancestors. Why am I still alive?"
"I'd rather hang myself here with a rope to make amends to my ancestors! "
She said as she stretched her neck towards the noose.
"Mother Yanzi, you're celebrating the New Year, what are you doing?"
The enthusiastic villagers who were watching the excitement hurriedly pulled her away:
"If you have something to say, you can't talk about it properly. If you have to seek life and death, you won't be afraid that people from other villages will come and see the joke."
"That's right, that's right."
Others also followed suit:
"Auntie Sunny, we have watched Yanzi grow up, he is hardworking and filial, how can he be a white-eyed wolf?"
"If you have anything to say, just follow it. Yanzi said, we are all a family, why bother making such an embarrassing scene."
Liu Shouni stopped crying for a moment when she heard the man's name to her.
Which family's wife is so ignorant!
Just call her aunt. You have to add her name.
Mutian, who was hiding behind the crowd and peeking, snickered:
"My grandma hates it when people call her Auntie."
Because his grandma's mother gave birth to six daughters in a row, she was really bored with her daughter. So I casually named my grandma, who was the sixth eldest child, the name Sunny.
The purpose is to express dissatisfaction with having a daughter.
Mu Nannan also felt that this name was not very pleasant.
Rural people think that nicknames make a living. There are many people in the village who are called Tieniu, Dahu, and Huzi, but this is indeed the first time I have heard the name Sunny.
"Mom, stop making trouble."
Liu Yan untied the rope her mother tied to the tree and pulled it off.
She went back to her parents' home during the Chinese New Year, but watched a terrible scene for free where her mother cried, made trouble, and hanged herself.
I'm really tired!
"It's okay if I don't make a fuss."
Liu Shouni wiped her dry face without shedding a drop of tears:
"Your brother needs money for the engagement. As long as you give me two hundred yuan, I won't make a fuss."
Liu Yan clenched her fist. With the rope in her hand, she was interrupted by her mother just as she was about to speak.
"Don't cry poverty to me and say you have no money. I have heard from people in Taoji Village that your family has sold hundreds of kilograms of wine. I have specifically inquired about it, and the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative has personally visited you. You got home and drove a big car. The car was full of wine. Your house must have made a lot of money from the sale."
"So it's not difficult for you to come up with two hundred yuan."
Liu Shouni also said She doesn't know the exact amount of money, but that doesn't stop her from talking like a lion.
Seeing that Liu Yan's face was getting more and more ugly, she started to play the family card again:
"Yan'er, Qiu Shou is your biological brother. He is 23 this year. It is not easy to find a partner. It was not easy to get married. If our family collapses because we have no money, then your brother will have to be a bachelor!"
"As a sister, do you think you can bear it?"