Quick Travel: Crazy Literature

Chapter 257 Marrying a Daughter (1)

"Xiaoyue, don't be afraid, it's just a formality," the man impatiently tried to comfort the person in front of him.

He Shan raised his eyes and glanced at him with a clear gaze. The strong gaze made the man feel unhappy. He shook his sleeves and said, "Okay, I'll go greet my uncles first."

After saying that, the man turned and walked out, chatting and laughing with the noisy guests outside.

The interior of the room did not look shabby, but it was obviously a rural layout from the 1980s or 1990s. Heshan stood up and walked to the door, looking out through the crack. He saw a group of men sitting outside. They were wearing turbans on their heads and their faces were haggard, but the words they said were chilling.

This is a small mountain village in a remote area in the south. It takes half a day to walk across a river to get to the town. The original owner was named Liu Yue, from a nearby village. She was only 21 years old this year and married Zhou Min, the man who just walked out of the room, three years ago.

The original owner's tragedy originated from the people around him, and even more from all the stubborn, self-contained, and conservative old customs in the mountain village.

There are hundreds of old customs in the mountain village, but tens of thousands of them are directed at women. The original owner died in one of them. Happy birthday.

After three years of marriage, the original owner still hadn't gotten pregnant, which "naturally" caused dissatisfaction among her husband's family. They believed that this was the original owner's "incompleteness" as a woman, and incompleteness had to be dealt with. The process of dealing with it was called Pai Xi.

Today is the day that the Zhou family is going to "beat the wedding". They call all the relatives, and when the ceremony begins, they will rush over with various things, such as bamboo boards, bamboo sticks, wooden sticks, etc., and beat the woman until the specified time is reached. At this time, the husband will bring a basin of peanuts and dates to everyone, which means giving birth to a child.

However, women who have been beaten to death are often beaten to death. To put it bluntly, this bad custom is to kill people in the name of custom, and then give the man a second wife. What's even more disgusting is that if the husband's family is not willing to spend more money to marry another daughter-in-law, they will ask the woman's family to send them a younger sister as a "compensation".

The original owner had two younger sisters and a younger brother in her family. As the eldest sister, she had a stronger temper than ordinary women, and her marriage to Zhou Min was also a blind one.

When she was old enough to get married, Zhou Min felt that she did not look like what he wanted and did not like her. In addition, she had not been pregnant for a long time, so he had a bad idea and wanted to change his wife. However, he was afraid that the original owner would make a fuss, so he suppressed his temper and comforted her, saying that it was just a formality to give an explanation to his parents.

Although the original owner had a stronger personality, she was a woman who was born in an abnormal environment after all. She was naturally afraid of the dissatisfaction of her husband and parents-in-law. She also thought that it would be good if she could please her in-laws in this way, so she calmly prepared to be photographed.

In the end, she didn't expect that the Zhou family was so cruel.

The original owner died on the spot during the filming.

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The men in the lobby were all smiling and saying that they had prepared their tools and would be able to start after the banquet.

"Xiaoyue, come out soon!"

A middle-aged woman with her hair tied up pushed the door open and looked at Heshan with disapproval in her eyes:

"Why are you still hiding in your room? The kitchen is busy. You must be sensible!"

Seeing her reaching out to pull him, Heshan quickly took half a step back, sneered and was about to show his power, but then he changed his mind and thought, isn't it just going to the kitchen to cook?

It’s not impossible!

Her expression immediately changed, and she said with a smile: "Yes, Mom, I must eat at everyone's table."

Zhou Wangshi was stunned, thinking that the words were ambiguous, but she was busy at the time and seeing that she didn't notice anything unusual, it didn't matter. She nodded, turned around and asked her to catch up quickly. A group of old men who passed by nodded and bowed to please her.

After all, it still depends on them to help find a new daughter-in-law.

To be honest, Mrs. Zhou Wang still felt a little regretful. Xiaoyue, the daughter-in-law, was tall and strong, and could help with a lot of housework, but her son didn't like her. He fell in love with Qiu'er next door, or Xiaoyue's younger sister, and he would also be happy with her.

Alas, there is nothing I can do. My son’s happiness is the most important thing.

Taking Heshan into the bustling kitchen, the group of women looked at each other with a slight smile on their lips. Obviously, they all knew what the Zhou family meant. Some of them tried to give some advice but were beaten by their own men. So no one dared to say anything. They just looked at Heshan with sympathy, thinking that she still had to prepare her own life-threatening meal.

Some women shook their heads and rushed to help when they saw Heshan coming. This was the greatest help they could provide.

Women, this is your fate.

They couldn't help feeling bitter.

Heshan sat down in front of the stove. The woman who was burning the fire beside him was a young married woman. She looked at the quiet woman from time to time. After all, she was young and her brain was not old. She took her hand when no one was paying attention, squeezed it hard, and while she bent down to pick up firewood, she whispered, "Run!"

In her previous life, the original owner had no idea of ​​the Zhou family's thoughts. After being pulled to the kitchen by Zhou Wang, she kept busying around. When the young wife came close to her, she felt that the other person was not working efficiently and she didn't get any hints.

Thinking of this, He Shan turned his head, winked at her, then took out a pack of medicine and tempted her: "Good girl, can you do me a favor?"

The young wife widened her eyes and looked back at her in confusion.

"Help me put this thing into the broth~~"

what? !

What is this? The young wife asked with her eyes.

Heshan smiled but said nothing, staring at her. The aunt next to them noticed something was wrong with them and asked casually, "Xiaoyue, what are you two doing?"

The sudden sound frightened the young wife so much that she clutched the medicine bag tightly. She felt something was wrong. It was obvious that the medicine bag was not a good thing. She didn't dare to help Heshan.

"Aunt San, I'm so nervous and chatting with my younger sister, who told me this story?"

The aunts next to them were all stunned: "...This is what our ancestors passed down."

"Which ancestor? Why is it passed down to girls and not boys? The semen belongs to boys, so why are you blaming us girls?"

"Hey, what are you talking about, wife? How can a man be blamed for a woman's belly?"

He Shan propped up his chin and acted melancholy: "Yeah, how come a woman's belly is what a man says it is? It's like giving birth to a knife to cut yourself. Fortunately, I didn't give birth to a son, otherwise I would have committed suicide out of anger."

Everyone stared again, wondering, is there anyone who doesn’t like to have a son?