“Zhi’er’s niang, how can you continue working here? Your family had an accident, you haven’t come back yet . ”
Zhao Lan straightened her sore waist, but still hold the wheat seeds in her hands: “There’s still a little work left . I’ll go back as soon as I finish . What happened in our family?”
“You still want to work? Your daughter has been killed . Let’s go and you take a look ah . ” Hu Changlin said with a worried face .
Zhao Lan was stunned . But then, she quickly threw away the wheat seeds in her hands and come up to the terrain of the field: “What did you just say?”
Hu Changlin sighed: “While you are working in the field, your mother-in-law and sister-in-law forcefully tied your daughter and sell her to the sick son of Wu Family in the town . Your daughter refused, so she was beaten to death . When I heard she’s not breathing, I came here to… …”
Hu Changlin hasn’t finished his words, but Zhao Lan already runs in a hurry .
There were many people outside the Bai Family’s house, and these people continue whispering near their courtyard .
When Zhao Lan rushed inside, she saw her daughter lying on the straw mat with no breath .
Zhao Lan‘s legs soften, and she stumbled next to her daughter’s body . She took her cold hand and looked at her daughter’s wounded face . Zhao Lan was heartbroken, she wanted to cry out loud, but she could only open her mouth, as her tears keep falling down .
The Bai Family’s first daughter-in-law, Mrs . Liu, came out of the house and saw the third daughter-in-law of the family came back . She raised an eyebrow, as her grim face showed a dissatisfied look: “How come you are here? Have you finished the work in the field? If not, then don’t think about eating at night . ”
Zhao Lan‘s eyes were red . Her face was full of anger . She turned her head and shouted to Mrs . Liu: “Who made my daughter like this? Who is it?!”
Mrs . Liu was shocked, Zhao Lan has always been silent and allowed herself to be bullied . No matter how much she scolded and forced her to work, she never heard her complain, nor yell at her like this .
“What are you yelling for? It’s me and niang, so what? Huh? Who told her to be disobedient? The Bai Family had spent a lot of food to raise her to grow up this big . But she dared not listen to her grandmother and aunt?!”
Mrs . Liu’s said with killing intent . In anger, Zhao Lan crawled up to ground and rushed toward Mrs . Liu . She then slapped her face with both hands again and again: “I work like a horse all day long . But you still dare calculate my daughter’s food? Didn’t we earn every meal you give us? There were several people in the family, but only I do the work . I work alone, but have you ever heard a single complain to my mouth?”
“She was only twelve! She was only twelve!”
Mrs . Liu was beaten by Zhao Lan‘s every slap . She had been married into this family for a long time, but she was never been beaten like this . Especially, not in front of so many people in the village . Mrs . Liu sat down on the ground with her butt and shouted: “Beat me, come on, beat me to death, come!”
Seeing the lively show, the villagers outside the courtyard couldn’t help but shook their head: “To have such a sister-in-law and mother-in-law, Zhao Lan was really unlucky . ”
“Originally, the work in the field was done by the Bai family’s three sons . But, when Old Bai and the third son died, the work fell to the youngest daughter-in-law . Say, regarding this matter, the second son also has a daughter, right? Which is a bit much older . So, why they didn’t sell that child first?”
“The sick bully picked this child . ”