sbdcsierra Chapter 1981 Wang Ya's Belonging
Chapter 1981 Wang Ya's Belonging
Chapter 1981 Wang Ya's Belonging
Showing off, or flaunting, can produce a brief but intense pleasure.
This is also why Wang Meilan loves to show off.
Wang Cuihua's family was not as well-off as Wang Meilan's, but now she has a good son-in-law.
In the Yong'an Forest Area, Wang Cuihua is fearless, not even compared to her husband or children, but only to her son-in-law. Even Wang Meilan cannot compare to her.
Wang Cuihua excitedly pulled Aunt Huang into the east room of her house, sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and opened the kang cabinet.
But the moment the cabinet was opened, Wang Cuihua's smile froze.
She pulled two men's polyester short-sleeved shirts out of the cabinet, then stared at a large bundle.
The bundle contained winter cotton-padded coats and trousers, which had nothing to do with Dacron.
But before that, Wang Cuihua had neatly folded the three pieces of Dacron and placed them on that large bundle.
Now there are only two left, and she's the only one missing.
Wang Cuihua looked down in disbelief at the two pieces of polyester clothing, one blue and one gray, beside her legs. She was completely stunned.
Just then, a voice drifted in through the window: "Mom! Mom!"
"Hey, my dear daughter, what's wrong?" Aunt Huang recognized her daughter-in-law's voice and hurried to the window.
"Mom, hurry home, my third maternal aunt is here!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Huang instinctively started to walk out. But after taking a step, she stopped and turned back to Wang Cuihua, saying, "Cuihua, I'm going back now. I'll come back to see you tomorrow."
Logically, Wang Cuihua should have gotten up to see him off at this point, but instead, she sat there blankly, seemingly lost in thought.
"Come on, Aunt Huang." Seeing that her mother was not in a good mood, Ma Ling quickly saw Aunt Huang out.
"Ling'er, you should go back now. Why are you seeing me off?" Aunt Huang, who had come out of the house, urged Ma Ling to go back inside.
"Then I won't see you off, Aunt Huang. When are you coming?" Ma Ling said, waving to Aunt Huang. As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly turned around and walked into the house.
When Ma Ling entered the room, she saw Wang Cuihua rushing out of the east room in a huff and heading straight for the west room.
When Wang Cuihua entered the room, Ma Yang was stuffing a satchel into the kang cabinet.
"Give it to me!" Wang Cuihua shouted angrily at Ma Yang, who was terrified and stood there dumbfounded.
Wang Cuihua rushed forward, snatched the bag, and tore open the opening with both hands, revealing a blue-and-pink polyester bag in front of her.
Wang Cuihua suddenly looked up at Ma Yang, and the air seemed to freeze the moment their eyes met.
Before Ma Yang could even utter the word "Mom," Wang Cuihua had already thrown the satchel containing the Dacron fabric onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
Immediately afterwards, Wang Cuihua lifted her leg, knelt down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and got onto the kang.
Then she grabbed Ma Yang with one hand and slapped him with the other.
The sounds of hammering and pounding echoed, accompanied by Ma Yang's screams of agony.
When Ma Ling came in later and saw this scene, she stood at the door and shouted urgently, "Mom, stop hitting him! Stop hitting my brother!"
She shouted, she was anxious, but she didn't go forward; she was more than three meters away from the battlefield.
Ma Ling really wanted Wang Cuihua to stop, but she was pregnant and dared not go forward, fearing that Wang Cuihua might accidentally hit her stomach.
The Zhao family had few male members. Although Zhao Youcai was an older brother, Zhao Youfu died young. In Zhao Jun's generation, he was the only male.
So ever since Ma Ling found out she was pregnant, Wang Meilan wouldn't let her lift anything weighing more than five pounds.
Such treatment is something that people in rural and forest areas wouldn't even dare to dream of these days.
Therefore, Ma Ling also took great care of her pregnancy. She knew that her mother could not hurt her brother even if she hit him, and that she could just shout a couple of times and that would be enough.
Perhaps she was too exhausted to continue, or perhaps she was afraid of worrying her daughter, Wang Cuihua suddenly stopped attacking, plopped down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and tears streamed down her face.
"Mom!" Ma Ling was terrified when she saw this and quickly stepped forward to ask Wang Cuihua, "What are you doing?"
"Mom!" Ma Yang was also scared. He quickly grabbed the bag and said, "I'll bring these clothes back to you. You've already hit me, so why are you crying?"
"I've been raising you for nothing, you little bastard!" Wang Cuihua cursed, pointing at Ma Yang's nose. Then she turned to Ma Ling and cried, "Daughter, he hasn't even done anything yet, and he's already given away my clothes. If he gets married, he'll make sure your father and I live in the storeroom, ahh..."
"Mom, what did you say?" Ma Yang asked hurriedly after hearing this, "Can I let you live in the storage room with Dad?"
"Why not? You think that way? I don't even want to talk to you about it. I find it embarrassing. Waaah..." Wang Cuihua's grievances came down with tears.
"Mom, what are you saying?" Ma Yang was completely bewildered. He had no idea that someone was plotting against him. He only said, "You have no idea what I'm thinking. I wanted to use the money to tear down this house and rebuild a two-story house. That's it..."
“When you’re done, you and your dad can kick him out of the barn!” Wang Cuihua’s words startled Ma Yang.
"Mom, don't cry." At this moment, Ma Ling comforted Wang Cuihua, saying, "People have come outside, and they'll laugh at us."
In summer, with the door and windows facing north and south open, conversations inside can be heard very clearly outside.
Wang Cuihua's crying, wailing, hitting, and cursing had already attracted the attention of some busybodies in the village.
These people went straight into the courtyard, lifting their legs high and stepping lightly, making no sound, but quickly moving towards the west window of the Ma family.
According to unwritten custom, as long as these people don't enter the Ma family's house, whether they stand outside the window or the door, the Ma family can chase them away, but whether they will actually leave is another matter.
"Ru Hai!" Seeing a man and seven women moving quickly toward her house, Ma Ling shouted angrily from the window, "It's alright now, you should all go back quickly."
"Hmm?" Li Ruhai, who was crouching as he moved forward, heard Ma Ling's voice coming from inside the house. He stopped in his tracks, then straightened up and opened his arms to block Aunt Qi and the others.
"Sister-in-law," Li Ruhai looked up and said to the window of the west room of the Ma family, "I heard some noise and wondered if something was wrong at home, so I came to take a look. Um... is everything alright?"
"It's alright, let's go!" Ma Ling's tone was already rather unpleasant when she said this. She thought to herself, "You, Li Ruhai, are here to watch the show and now you're here to watch my house too!"
Upon hearing this, Li Ruhai was somewhat disappointed, but he could only turn around and wave his hands repeatedly to signal Aunt Qi and the others to leave the Ma family.
Aunt Qi and the others left dejectedly. They were only doing this to give Li Ruhai face; otherwise, even if Jesus came, he wouldn't have stopped them from watching the show.
"Alright, Mom, stop crying." Ma Ling realized this too, so she advised Wang Cuihua, "Whatever it is, wait until Dad comes back tonight, then you can make sure the windows and doors are tightly closed before dealing with it."
As she spoke, Ma Ling pointed out the window and said, "What if all the people standing at the front and back windows are just watching the show? What are we going to do then?"
Wang Cuihua felt angry and aggrieved, but there was nothing she could do at the moment.
In these days, if people in rural or forested areas are subjected to collective scrutiny, they can really be scrutinized to death.
Although the Ma family's situation wasn't quite that serious, it would still be embarrassing if word got out. Moreover, no matter how angry Wang Cuihua was, she still cared about Ma Yang and was afraid of ruining his reputation.
Wang Cuihua wiped her tears with the tissue Ma Ling handed her, then blew her nose before saying to Ma Ling, "Daughter, you can go back now. Mom is fine."
After saying that, Wang Cuihua glared at Ma Yang, then forcefully pulled the bag between the mother and son, took out the Dacron shirt that had sparked the fight, and said, "This was bought for me by my son-in-law. If you move again, I'll break your legs!"
With that, Wang Cuihua got up angrily, grabbed her clothes in one hand, and led Ma Ling away with the other.
Watching Wang Cuihua's departing figure, Ma Yang felt that he couldn't live like this anymore.
Just as Wang Cuihua was heartbroken and weeping, in the west hut of the Zhao family compound, Wang Meilan, holding the phone, loudly questioned, "What? They don't want that thing anymore? That's a child! Are they even human?"
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, there was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone before Chen Yonghong's voice came through: "Village Chief Wang, why are you yelling at me? It's not like I threw the child away."
"Director Chen, I'm not angry at you," Wang Meilan said. "I'm just angry. What kind of family is this?!"
"Oh dear!" Hearing Wang Meilan's words, Chen Yonghong sighed and said, "Village Chief Wang, you're angry, and I'm angry too. Why did it take me so long to call you? When I got to Wang's house, I had a huge argument with them."
"Sigh!" Wang Meilan sighed and said, "Director Chen, if all else fails, I'll contact the local police station. Let's see if anyone can deal with them!"
Since the abolition of communes and the establishment of townships in 84, many townships have police stations.
However, in some remote townships, most are managed by GA special commissioners, and a few are managed by police stations in neighboring townships.
Because Yushu Township is adjacent to the Yong'an Forest Area, it is administered by the local police station.
However, because the resident police station is located in the mountains, next to Yong'an Forest Farm, it is inconvenient for Yushu Township to communicate with the resident police station if anything happens.
Therefore, the local police station specially arranged for someone to serve as a special commissioner in Yushu Township.
Wang Meilan knew that she didn't have much influence in the village, but she knew that her son and son-in-law had connections at the local police station, so she thought of finding some professionals to educate Wang Changyou and Wang Yangshi.
But then, Chen Yonghong poured cold water on Wang Meilan's idea, saying, "Village Chief Wang, I don't recommend you do it this way."
"What happened?" Wang Meilan asked. Chen Yonghong hesitated for a moment and said, "Before I left Old Wang's house, that old shrew of his kicked me out. Then she told me that if I sent the girl there again, they would beat me to death."
"He dares?" Wang Meilan's eyes widened in anger. "There's no one here yet!"
Wang Meilan's statement is a local dialect, meaning that Wang Yangshi is not human.
“Village Chief Wang, what can I say?” Chen Yonghong said, “Like this time, Wang Ya had them take her outside the village and abandon her. If you hadn’t called me, I really wouldn’t have known. What if we send the child back, and her family takes her to the mountains and abandons her?”
Hearing Chen Yonghong's words, Wang Meilan's face turned terribly gloomy, but she said nothing.
Because Wang Meilan knew that Wang Changyou's family was capable of doing such a thing.
"Director Chen, what do you think we should do with this child now?" Wang Meilan asked. Chen Yonghong replied, "Village Chief Wang, how about this? The conditions of you forestry workers are generally better than those of us who farm. Ask around and see if any families don't have children. If they are willing to take her, then you can give Wang Ya to them."
Such things are not difficult to handle in the forest area these days. But the way Chen Yonghong said it so casually made Wang Meilan feel very uncomfortable.
But Wang Meilan also knew that Chen Yonghong had done his best, but he still couldn't take Wang Ya to his home.
“Okay, Director Chen.” Wang Meilan said in a low but unquestionable tone, “I’ll see if I can find a family for this child, but let’s make one thing clear. Don’t let Wang Changyou and the others come and cause trouble after I’ve found her a family.”
"No way!" Chen Yonghong also considered Wang Ya a troublemaker, and upon hearing Wang Meilan's words, he immediately said, "If they dare to cause trouble, we'll deal with them!"
"Hmm?" Upon hearing Chen Yonghong's words, Wang Meilan was taken aback, then muttered to herself, "That's true."
"Huh? What did you say, Village Chief Wang?" Chen Yonghong didn't hear clearly, but Wang Meilan said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, Director Chen. Um... you go ahead and do your work."
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, she hung up the phone.
Wang Meilan turned to leave the room, only to find that the door had been closed at some point.
Wang Meilan frowned. This door was never closed; she hadn't closed it when she came in to answer the phone either.
So, someone closed the door.
Although Wang Meilan didn't know why, she knew there must be a reason.
Wang Meilan came out of the west hut and hurried to the outer room. There she saw the old lady holding a handkerchief, wiping away Wang Ya's tears.
The usually fierce Li Tongyun was now squatting beside Wang Ya, gently stroking her back. Accustomed to her tough nature, she wasn't good at offering words of comfort, only silently reassuring the little girl.
Looking at the little girl, she was already crying her eyes out. But compared to Wang Cuihua, although Wang Ya had many tears, she didn't utter a single sob.
Wang Meilan stood there, quietly watching Wang Ya, and three words flashed through her mind: "What a tragedy!"
Just then, Zhao Youcai came to Wang Meilan's side and whispered in her ear, "When you made that phone call, this little girl burst into tears as soon as she heard the noise. After that, I closed your door."
Having come from that kind of family, Wang Ya was very perceptive. Although she couldn't hear what Chen Yonghong was saying, she could tell from Wang Meilan's reaction that she could never go back to that home.
Although she was beaten and scolded in that home, and had endless housework, it was still her home.
After learning that Wang Meilan would communicate with Chen Yonghong about her matter, Wang Ya hoped that this magnanimous fifth aunt would take her home.
But when Wang Ya realized that she could never go back to that home, her hopes were shattered, and she was heartbroken, very heartbroken.
Seeing that Wang Meilan didn't speak, Zhao Youcai whispered in her ear, "This child has been crying for so long, just shedding tears, without uttering a sound."
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai subtly pointed at Wang Ya before continuing, "She always cries like this at home, she's used to it."
Upon hearing this, Wang Meilan's face tightened, and she blinked rapidly twice. She was always soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see children suffer.
The couple had lived together for almost thirty years. Zhao Youcai sensed that Wang Meilan was not in a good mood, so he gently patted her back and said, "Alright, we're not short of food. We've managed to raise this child. It's just that we already have a lot of children, and our youngest daughter is pregnant with our eldest grandson..."
At this point, Zhao Youcai glanced at Wang Ya, who was silently weeping, and said, "If all else fails, we'll stay."
Hearing this, Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai. Just as she was about to say something, she heard the old lady say to Wang Ya, "Child, let Madam take you to that room to watch TV."
Wang Ya shook her head, and as her little head swayed, tears streamed down her face.
At that moment, she didn't want to do anything. But no matter how sad she was, she would still respond if someone spoke to her.
"Wang Ya, let's not cry anymore," Li Tongyun also comforted Wang Ya, saying, "How about I take you out to play, let's see the dog in the backyard."
This might be the first time in Li Tongyun's life that she had ever comforted someone. Looking at the heartbroken Wang Ya and thinking about what the child had gone through, the tenderness in her heart instantly turned into anger.
"Why don't you learn martial arts from your aunt!" For some reason, Li Tongyun suddenly said this, "Your aunt will pass on all my skills to you. If anyone bullies you in the future, just punch them!"
When Li Tongyun said this, most people in the room were stunned, even Xiao Wangya was stunned and for a moment forgot to cry.
At this moment, Xing San and Xie Sunshi nodded in unison, and Wang Meilan, not bothering to say anything to Zhao Youcai, strode towards Wang Ya.