Back to the 70s: My Wife is Both Fierce and Crazy

Chapter 2 Sisters Meet
When Bai Jing woke up again, there were people whispering outside the room.

She listened carefully for a while before she realized that it was her older and younger sisters talking.

At this time, if she remembered correctly, her eldest sister Bai Ling was only thirteen years old, her youngest sister was only ten years old, and her younger brother was eight years old. It could be said that the whole family consisted of weak women.

Her father might not come home even once a month, and even when he did, he would just pass by the house without going in.

Because of his injury and discharge from the army, the government arranged a job for him to guard a coal mine, which was located on a coal mountain forty or fifty miles away. His monthly salary was sixteen yuan and fifty cents. In those days when meat was only four or five mao, a salary of more than ten yuan was not low.

Six years after he was discharged from the army, his family has never seen a penny of his money. Every payday, his grandfather would invite him to his home for a big feast.

Only after he handed over all his money was Bai's father brought back by his uncles.

She looked disgusted and cursed at Bai's mother, "Sister-in-law, you're really something. My brother has worked so hard, and you, as his wife, don't even know how to care for him. Putting everything else aside, you should at least wash these clothes. Look at my clothes, they've all been stained by my brother."

"That's right, I won't rely on you for food anymore, but as a wife, I should at least be clean. It's embarrassing for your family if my brother goes out like this."

After uttering these unpleasant words, they left without even entering the door.

The drunken father was helped into the house by his wife and daughters to rest.

Six years, a full six years, and they had long since grown accustomed to the Bai family's shamelessness.

It's true what they say: with a stepmother comes a stepfather.

Haha, when you have money, you call everyone "big brother" all the time.

If you run into them on a regular basis, tell them to keep their distance and not embarrass them.

Of course, this refers to the sons born to the stepmother to Old Man Bai. The sons born to the same mother as Old Man Bai were quite good, but unfortunately, they were unlucky to have such a father, and everyone had a hard time.

There's not much we can do to help; we can only ensure that the eldest brother's family doesn't starve to death, and even getting a bowl of porridge is difficult for them.

The two sisters continued their conversation outside.

Bai Jing didn't intend to interrupt them; she just wanted to hear what they were saying.

"Second sister, is eldest sister really getting married? I don't want eldest sister to get married." This was the voice of the youngest sister, Bai Jing.

"It's good that you're married. You know what kind of life we ​​have at home. Maybe you'll be able to eat your fill after you get married." Bai Jing, who was in the house, felt a pang of sadness at her second sister Bai Ling's words.

Thinking of what her mother had told her before she got married in her previous life, she realized that no matter whose home she went to, it would be better than her own.

It's only because her family has a father who doesn't care about anything. In an ordinary family, they wouldn't even be able to support their own family, let alone care about the children born to their stepmother.

It is right to provide for one's father's retirement, since the Yan Kingdom prioritizes filial piety. However, our ancestors never said that one should disregard the life and death of one's wife and children in order to be filial to one's parents.

The country essentially wasted its time raising and nurturing my father all those years.

"Will we really be able to eat our fill? Second sister, what does it feel like to be full?" Bai Jing asked her second sister with a question and longing. "I also want to be full, second sister, please ask Mother to marry me off too."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing let out a cry of "Ouch!"

Bai Jing knew without even thinking that it was her second sister who had hit her.

Sure enough, the second sister spoke up, "What are you thinking? How old are you? Who are you going to marry? Alright, hurry up and wash the vegetables. Mother will be back soon, and I need to cook the wild vegetable porridge."

The children all know how hard their mother works, and they all want to help her with more chores so that she can have more time to rest.

Bai Jing couldn't sleep either, so she got up and decided to go out to help her sisters.

But when her feet touched the ground and she collapsed like a limp shrimp, her mind went blank. She knew it was from hunger.

She hasn't eaten or drunk anything since she got back yesterday, so how could she possibly have any strength?

Left with no other choice, she called out to the outside, "Second sister, little sister, please pour me a glass of warm water."

Hearing the sounds from inside, the two sisters immediately put down the wild vegetables they were holding. "Oh, eldest sister, we're here!" they replied in unison.

A short while later, Bai Jing saw her two younger sisters from when they were little, scooping water in with ladles. The ladle was held by the second sister.

"Big sister, what are you doing on the floor? Are you out of strength?" Bai Ling saw her older sister fall to the ground and went over with a worried look. "Quick, drink some water, I added salt."

As he spoke, he brought the ladle closer to his older sister's mouth.

Bai Jing didn't care and drank several mouthfuls of water, which tasted salty. She only felt a little stronger after she finished the water.

"Thank you, Second Sister." Her Second Sister was as thin and small as she remembered, with a head bigger than her body.

Not only the second sister, but also the youngest sister, were short and had a sallow complexion with white patches on their faces, which meant they had worms in their bodies.

She recalled that one year her younger sister fainted and was taken to the village clinic. An old man there said that her sister's body had been damaged by worms and that she needed to be treated for them.

The already frail little sister almost lost half her life that time.

She didn't know how her mother got the money for the deworming medicine, but after her younger sister was dewormed, her mother went to town several times.

It was only when they were older that their mother told them that when they were little, she had sold her blood to support them, whether they were going to school or getting sick.

Because of this, they resented their father for many years, and it wasn't until his death that they were able to resolve their grievances.

Because of their poor family conditions, the sisters were very strong-willed from childhood to adulthood. Because of this, none of them had a good life in their husbands' families.

The scumbags she encountered, her second sister married a man who listened to his wife, but his family were all scumbags. As for her third sister, not to mention, she was kicked out of the house by her mother-in-law after she got married, and they didn't get anything from her. They even had to pay for the house they lived in.

In comparison, the third sister had the hardest life. Her husband died young, her son died young, leaving her with two grandchildren.

Before she died, her third sister was doing odd jobs to support her grandchildren, planting flowers and trees, competing with men for work.

Its small size had long been bent over by the weight.

"Big sister, please don't get married, okay?" Bai Jing looked at her older sister, who was clinging to the edge of the bed, and couldn't help but tear up. "Big sister, I'll pick more wild vegetables for you in the future, please don't get married, okay?"

Seeing this young woman, Bai Jing was deeply moved.

"Okay, eldest sister won't get married, she'll stay with Xiaoqing forever, okay?" Bai Jing raised her hand forcefully and touched her younger sister's short hair.

There was no money in the family to buy hair ties, so both my younger sister and my second sister had short hair. My second sister was a little better off because she could wash her own hair, so my mother cut her hair into a short bob that reached her ears. Because it was frizzy and lacked nutrition, it made her head look even bigger.

The little girl's hair was like a boy's, short and standing up on her head. It was so short that it looked like the brownish-yellow dyed by people in later generations, which showed how poor her nutrition was.

Bai Jing left the house with the help of her two younger sisters.

Seeing the wild vegetables they had picked under the eaves, Bai Jing couldn't help but shed tears. It was so bitter, so very bitter.

If she could, she would never want to go back to that time.

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