Gui Niang thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case: "You are right. In his old aunt Huai's family, only her two daughters love her, but what's the use? Her two daughters were sold by the couple for money to marry their son. So, sometimes I feel sorry for his old aunt Huai, and sometimes I feel that she deserves it."

Isn't it true? When other families marry their daughters, they try to marry them to the city. If they can't go to the city, they will marry them to the surrounding villages near the city.

The closer to the city, the better the living conditions and the higher the happiness index. However, in order to make more money, their family married the two girls to a mountain valley dozens of miles away.

It was a deep mountain area, surrounded by nothing but mountains. The tribesmen who sent the bride home cried when they came back. Because the place was too poor and remote, they lived in that remote mountain area.

There is a small village in a few mountains, and each village has a dozen or so households, each poorer than the other. Not only are all the houses thatched, but the most important thing is that there is not a single large, flat piece of land for growing crops.

Some fields are so steep that they are almost 45 degrees. Donkeys and mules can't even stand steadily, and they have to rely on human power. How much grain can be harvested from such fields?

The key point is that there is no main road in the village, only narrow paths. It took them more than 4 hours, almost 5 hours, to get down from the mountain and walk to the road.

Who wouldn't cry in a place like this? If it rains or snows, there will be no connection with the outside world. It's scary or not.

The two girls could not go back to their parents' home once a year. Not only was the journey too far and inconvenient, but their family was also too poor to even give a present worthwhile to their parents' home, so they had to give up.

Thinking of this, Xia Ran sighed: "Gui Niang, eat melon seeds. I just fried them. They are delicious. Speaking of which, these two old guys are really cruel."

Gui Niang also stopped what she was doing, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and started cracking them:

"Who said it wasn't true? When my daughter was married off, others advised them to look at the long term and not just focus on the immediate benefits. But the couple seemed to have their eyes covered with shit and refused to agree. They still insisted on selling the girl at a high price.

Look at the little girl in the village, her uncle Qin's daughter married well, she married near the road, close to the city, she could go to the city anytime she wanted. She lived a comfortable life, every few days she brought back some good things for her parents, either cakes, biscuits, honey or something like that.

Besides, his uncle Qin and his wife are good people, and their son and daughter-in-law are smart. From time to time, they ask the villagers to bring some vegetables and fruits to their daughter. Anyway, it is on the road leading to the city, so it is convenient. The daughter sees her parents every few days, so she is confident. She is the boss of her husband's family. She has a say in both her husband's family and her parents' family."

Xia Ran continued: "Yes, you reap what you sow. Uncle Qin and his family are the smart and blessed ones. So, Uncle Huai's three sons are not good enough, and neither are his daughter-in-law. If any one of them had stepped forward, things wouldn't be like this now."

Hearing this, Gui Niang had something to say: "Who said it wasn't true? I don't know how the two daughters-in-law before me are doing. After all, they moved next door to my house later. However, when the third daughter-in-law of his uncle Huai first married in, she couldn't stand her mother-in-law being so old and being beaten by her father-in-law, so she said a few words to help her mother-in-law.

As a result, she was attacked by the whole family, who said that this young daughter-in-law was dishonest, too much of a troublemaker, and a troublemaker. Most importantly, the third daughter-in-law was finally scolded by the mother-in-law she had just defended. She said that as a daughter-in-law, she should be gentle, do her duty, listen to her husband, and stop causing trouble. The third daughter-in-law was so angry that she cried on the spot. From then on, no matter how hard her mother-in-law was beaten, she never said a word. "

Xia Ran was so angry that she laughed: "Haha, as expected, there must be something hateful about pitiful people. It's what he deserves. No one can save such a person."

Gui Niang sighed and continued: "Yes, how could the man's family treat a daughter-in-law who was bought at a high price with care? Therefore, after the eldest daughter of his uncle Huai's family got married, she gave birth to five children in a row, three girls and two sons.

Of the three girls, only the youngest survived. It is said that the other two were thrown directly onto the mountain to die. One girl was deliberately kept as a wife for his son in the future.

She is still giving birth and planning to have more sons. The place is too remote and the family planning policy cannot reach there. I saw her from a distance last year. She was only in her 30s but looked like she was 50.60 or . It was heartbreaking to see her.

Moreover, after being married for so many years, she can't make any decisions, and can't even save the life of her own child. It's all the mother-in-law who's in charge. I heard that her mother-in-law is also cruel. On the other hand, if she's not cruel, she wouldn't do such a thing as throwing away her own granddaughter. "

Xia Ran discovered that some old people of this era were so cruel and ignorant that they had no humanity at all. It seemed that killing a baby was as easy as crushing a mouse.

Xia Ran's hair stood up when she heard this. It was really too vicious. Ignorance and stupidity were even more frightening.

Xia Ran couldn't help but ask curiously: "What about the second girl? How is she now?"

"The second girl's life is not bad. Although she was sold there, she is lucky. The family she married into is poor and remote, but the people are kind. There are three brothers in the family, and she married the eldest. But the brothers are all down-to-earth, capable, and work together.

Even though life was a little hard, I felt happy. The main reason was that I met a good family. The mother-in-law was kind and explained everything to the second girl, telling her how to survive. The second girl also came to her senses and realized that her parents didn't love her and were unreliable, so she cut off contact with this family.

I lived a good life in my husband's family. I gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and raised them well. It is said that later, after my sister-in-law married into the family, she separated and lived separately. My mother-in-law lived with her family, and they got along better than mother and daughter. "

"That's right. No matter who you marry or who you live with, the only person you can rely on is yourself. If you can't stand up on your own, even if others want to help, they don't know where to start."

After eating the melon seeds in her hand, Gui Niang scratched her scalp with the needle and continued to sew the soles of her shoes:

"You're right. If they can't stand up, others won't be able to help them. When they first moved in, we tried to stop them from fighting, but later we saw them coming every few days. The key is that one of them is willing to fight while the other is willing to be beaten. In the end, no one bothered to pay attention to them."

The two of them put it aside and talked about other interesting things. For example, the old lady at the eastern end of the village was making trouble again.

She didn't take a rest at noon, but ran to the top of someone else's wall to secretly pick plums, and accidentally sprained her ankle. So she went to the owner's house and demanded that the owner of the plum tree compensate her with some eggs to nourish her body.

Tell me, what should we do if we encounter this thing?

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