9th Story 1
*****Domestic violence toward the end of the chapter*****
When Li Yueran woke up, she sighed helplessly. Is the system going to take the family ethics line recently? Last time she was a mother who was cheated by her daughter, but this time she turned into a daughter who was cheated to death by her parents and brothers. In Li Yueran’s view, this Xie Feiyan is a complete tragedy. Her experience is very similar to that of Fan Shengmei, one of the protagonists in the popular urban life drama before time travel. However, it is a little different from Fan Shengmei. Fan Shengmei had the idea of resisting, and she took action. But Xie Feiyan is completely obedient, and has never had a sense of resistance. No matter how her friends and classmates around her persuade her, she still stubbornly thinks that her parents are doing her best.
Xie Feiyan is the eldest, and there is a younger brother, Xie Feiyang, who is four years apart then her age. In fact, she should have three younger sisters, but one was killed when she was born, and the other two were sold by Xie’s father and mother for 800 yuan. So outsiders don’t know that the Xie family has these three daughters. The name Xie Feiyang was chosen by the grandfather of the Xie family, and it was passed down through the four generations of the Xie family. When it came to father Xie’s generation, the grandfather of the Xie family had already chosen the name of his grandson, Xie Feiyang. When Xie Feiyan was born as a girl, Xie’s grandfather fainted on the spot. If it wasn’t for Aunt Xie’s request, Xie Feiyan would almost not even have a household registration. Even the name Xie Feiyan was given by Aunt Xie. Aunt Xie’s family is married well. Her husband works in a state-owned enterprise and is a small leader. She gave birth to twin boys for her husband’s family as soon as she entered the house. Since then, she has gained a foothold in her husband’s family and has the right to speak in her mother’s family. Xie father and mother could still listen to her words.
Three more girls were born in succession, and Xie’s grandfather couldn’t stand the blow and fell ill. As soon as Xie Feiyang was born, he was carried to the grandfather of the Xie family. The grandfather of the Xie family finally saw his precious grandson. He was so satisfied that he couldn’t speak, so he stared at the children, forcing several aunts and uncles to promise to take good care of Xie Jiajin Sun, then he just closed his eyes. A few aunts of the Xie family raised money to help Xie Feiyang pay the high social maintenance fee, and then registered. Xie Feiyan was taught by her parents and aunts to love and take care of her younger brother since she was a child. This kind of ideology was deeply rooted in her bones, and Xie Feiyan was thoroughly brainwashed. Xie Feiyan carried her younger brother in and out until she was eight years old. In the end, it was Aunt Xie who spoke and rescued her from being Xie Feiyang’s bearer and went to elementary school.
Aunt Xie’s family told Xie’s parents that Xie Feiyan should study hard, get into a good university in the future, find a good job, and find a good man to marry. Xie Feiyan listens to her parents and elders very much, so she studies hard, she basically gets full marks in every exam. After graduating from junior high school, she was admitted to the best high school in the county. Xie’s mother does not intend to let her continue to go to school, but wants her to go out to work with other girls in the village, so that she can help the family earn money. Although Xie Feiyan was very sad, she still obediently packed her bags and prepared to go to work. Aunt Xie’s family rushed back to her natal home overnight after hearing the news. By saying this, she persuaded Xie Feiyan’s father and mother to continue supporting Xie Feiyan’s study.
Even so, Mother Xie told her that it is very difficult for Mom and Dad to support you and your younger brother to study. If the tuition is paid by the family, the living expenses will be less, than she can figure out the rest by herself! But in fact, because of her excellent grades, Xie Feiyan was exempted from high school tuition for three years, basically spending nothing on her family. Three years later, Xie Feiyan did well in the college entrance examination and became the number one student in the county’s college entrance examination. The school and the county education committee rewarded her with 30,000 yuan. Father Xie and mother Xie were overjoyed, and used the money to buy two new clothes, new shoes, and a computer for Xie Feiyang. If it wasn’t for Aunt Xie’s words, it is estimated that even the tuition fees would not be kept by Xie Feiyan. Xie Feiyan ended up going to college with 10,000 yuan. Since then, the family has not given her any money.
Xie Feiyan completed a four-year university study through a work-study program. And because of her usual excellent grades and honest and diligent character, she got a job opportunity recommended by the teacher and stayed in the local area. When she got her first salary, Xie’s mother called and said that Xie Feiyang failed the college entrance examination and planned to repeat the exam, so that Xie Feiyan would pay the tuition fee. Xie Feiyan complied. After that, every month when the salary was paid, Xie’s mother would call and make various excuses, and then Xie Feiyan sent half of the salary home. Xie Feiyang repeated his studies for two years, but he still failed to pass the undergraduate course. He only went to a local junior college. As soon as school started, he bought cellphones, computers, new clothes and shoes. Of course, the money was all Xie Feiyan’s. Xie Feiyan ate instant noodles for a month. Xie Feiyang studied for two years, but he didn’t learn anything. He learned about some bad habits, smoking, drinking, falling in love, jealousy, gang fights and everything. Before graduating from college, he made my girlfriend’s belly bigger. Xie father and mother didn’t seem to care at first, but when the woman was five months pregnant, she had a B-ultrasound examination and said it was a boy. Xie father and mother’s attitude turned 180 degrees and went to the woman’s house with a lot of things to proposed marriage.
The woman asked for a bride price of 200,000 yuan. How could Xie Fei and Xie’s mother get so much money? A few aunts of the Xie family also couldn’t get it all together, so they had to call Xie Feiyan, but Xie Feiyan also didn’t have any. Without a betrothal gift, we can’t get married. The woman threatened to kill the child. Xie Feiyang didn’t eat or drink at home. Xie’s father and mother were in a hurry. At this time, the second aunt of the Xie family brought good news. Her husband had a nephew from afar. He was in his forties, his wife died, his son and daughter have grown up. He heard that the Xie family had a daughter who was a college student, and she was also good-looking. He wanted to come to propose marriage, and she agreed.
When Xie father and mother heard that there was such a good thing, they immediately agreed. Then he called Xie Feiyan to come home. Xie Feiyan has gone to school and worked for so many years, and rarely goes home since Xie’s father and mother would not let her come back, saying that the round trip is expensive and a waste of money. Suddenly hearing her parents call her to go back, she was overjoyed. Immediately ask for leave from the company. Friends and colleagues who have made good friends all persuaded her, saying that something was abnormal, and told her not to go back in a hurry, but to ask what was going on first. Xie Feiyan said happily, her younger brother is getting married, she is her older sister, how could she not be there! She also borrowed some money from a friend, and bought a gold necklace for her future siblings, at least it was a little kindness from eldest sister. Xie Feiyan returned to her hometown with such expectations, but when she heard her parents say that she would marry a middle-aged man in his forties whose wife died, Xie Feiyan was stunned. But Xie’s mother was crying with snot and tears, and the aunts of Xie’s family also kept persuading her. Xie Feiyan insisted on refusing to agree this time.
Aunt Xie guessed something, and asked Xie Feiyan if she was talking about friends outside. Xie Feiyan still trusts her eldest aunt very much. If it were not for her eldest aunt, she would not be where she is today. So she told her aunt the truth. Xie Feiyan did talk about a boyfriend who was a colleague of the company. The two had similar family backgrounds, both from poor families. Two young people who worked hard in other places so naturally and logically they be together. Aunt Xie’s family inquired about the man’s family background in detail, and then frowned, “No, his family is poor, and there are three younger siblings under him, it is absolutely impossible.”
Xie Feiyan looked at Aunt Xie’s with red eyes . The aunt persuaded her again, “Your parents worked so hard to support you to study and go to college, and this is how you repay your parents? Can you see which girl in the village can read as many books as you? Who doesn’t go out to work after graduating from junior high school? We really can’t think about it now. Xiaolan is pregnant with our Xie family’s child, and it’s a boy. Xiaolan’s family said that marriage is fine, and the bride price is 200,000, otherwise the child will be aborted. We Xie family has been handed down for several generations, if there is a good or bad, how can you be right for the ancestors of the Xie family! Are you really so cruel and don’t you care about it?”
Then she persuaded, “The boss is the owner of the company, and it is in our town. A well-known big taxpayer in the world, with hundreds of employees under his command, he said, as long as you agree to get married, the bride price is 200,000 yuan, and it doesn’t matter if you have the dowry or not. Although he is a little older, he knows how to love others. When you marry, you don’t have to worry about food and clothing, you can also subsidize your younger brother. He has sons and daughters, when you marry there is no pressure to have children. What a wonderful thing. The Zhang family is in the town, and it is close to home. If your parents miss you, and they can often go to see you.” Aunt Xie said a lot, coupled with Xie Feiyang’s bitter drama staged by Xie Feiyang.
Xie Feiyang even knelt down for her, Xie Feiyan finally nod in agreement. A month later, Xie Feiyan got married in a hurry, and the Xie family did not give a penny of the dowry. After that, Xie’s family brought back his daughter-in-law and precious grandson with a gift of 200,000 yuan from Zhang’s family. When they first got married, Zhang Hao treated Xie Feiyan very well. Zhang Hao only had a primary school diploma, so he respected people with good academic performance. The Zhang family’s son and daughter all go to school in other places, and when they come back occasionally, Xie Feiyan’s life is still very quiet. But the good times didn’t last long. Once Zhang Hao came back drunk from a social gathering, Xie Feiyan said a few words, Zhang Hao punched and kicked Xie Feiyan like crazy, and cursed, “You are jinx! I bought you for 200,000 yuan, and you dare to talk so much!” Xie Feiyan suffered two broken ribs, a fractured right hand, and a fractured left leg. It took more than three months in the hospital to recover.
After Xie Feiyan was beaten, she wanted to get a divorce, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was blocked by Xie Feiyang’s father and mother. It turned out that Zhang Hao arranged a job for Xie Feiyang, sitting in an office, where the wind and rain could not be exposed, and he had nothing to do. Sitting for a month’s salary of 2,800. That amount is already considered very good in the local area. The Xie family is very satisfied with this, and they are also very satisfied with Zhang Hao, the son-in-law/brother-in-law. Xie’s mother persuaded her, saying that Zhang Hao was just drunk and confused for a while, and told her not to make a fuss. The man is already very upset when he is socializing outside, so when you come back, serve him well and don’t make him angry, then won’t everything be fine? She was also told that Xiaolan was about to give birth, she, as an aunt, should prepare some good things for your eldest nephew, such as gold bracelets, necklace and a big red envelope. Before Xie Feiyan could speak, Zhang Hao readily agreed. Mother Xie was very happy to see this.
Xie Feiyan had no choice but to swallow the words of divorce. After this time, Zhang Hao treated Xie Feiyan a lot better and never beat her again. Xie Feiyan thought, maybe he was really confused for a while, maybe her mother was right, how about living, which family is not like this! After two months of peace, Zhang Hao started again, as soon as he drank, he beat people. Sometimes Xie Feiyan hid in the room, and he used a kitchen knife to pry open the door, then dragged Xie Feiyan out for beating! After each fight, Zhang Hao would give the Xie family a sum of money, and Xie’s father, Xie’s mother and others would come to persuade her, saying that it would be better in a few years. Then they brought Xie Feiyang’s son over to show her, saying that for the sake of your little nephew, please bear with it. If you get divorced, Feiyang and Xiaolan’s jobs will be gone, and so will the Xie family. It turned out that after Xiaolan gave birth, Zhang Hao also arranged a job for her. Xie Feiyan endured this for three years. Zhang Hao went too far, and gradually developed to the point where even if he didn’t drink, he would beat someone if she disagreed with him. Anyway, after the beating, throw her in the hospital and give the Xie family a sum of money, and everything will be fine.
Xie Feiyan aged rapidly, she was only in her early thirties, but she looked like she was in her forties. It doesn’t matter to Xie Feiyan that Zhang Hao is looking for a lover outside, she now wishes that Zhang Hao would forget her. By chance, Xie Feiyan got in touch with her ex-boyfriend online. The two just exchanged a few words, and then they didn’t contact each other again. Unexpectedly, Zhang Hao accidentally checked her mobile phone, and found that she and her ex-boyfriend were in touch, he became angry, and started to fight Xie Feiyan again. In anger, Zhang Hao casually picked up an ornament on the coffee table, and slammed it on Xie Feiyan’s head. Xie Feiyan fell into a pool of blood. Zhang Hao just walked away like that. When the two were fighting, someone outside heard it and ran to Xie’s house and told Xie’s mother, “Your son-in-law is beating your daughter again, go and have a look!”
Xie’s mother said indifferently: “It’s okay, between husband and wife fighting at the head of the bed and amend at the end of the bed, it’s not easy for outsiders to mix in.”
She thought to herself, what could happen, she just stayed in the hospital for a few days. Besides, every time after playing, the son-in-law will always give the family a sum of money, this time I don’t know how much, if there is too much, they can buy a car for Feiyang. Xie Feiyan just lay there, gradually losing her breath. Her body was discovered the next day. Zhang Hao was a little flustered after beating someone to death, but he quickly thought of a way and gave the Xie family one million directly, telling them not to talk nonsense outside, only said that Xie Feiyan fell to her death by herself. The Xie family took the money, they didn’t made a fuss and buried Xie Feiyan hastily. Zhang Hao continued to spend his days and nights with out any guilt and married a young and beautiful wife within a few years. The Xie family got a million dollars and went to the county to buy a house and a car. Afterwards, the village was demolished and the Xie family moved back buying several houses. The family suddenly became rich and lived happily.
Thinking of Xie Feiyan’s suffocated life, Li Yueran couldn’t help becoming agitated, Nima, this Xie Feiyan is so stupid! How can there be such a stupid person! Even Fan Shengmei knew how to fight against it, but it was good for Xie Feiyan, who was sold and helped count the money. She sacrificed her whole life for the Xie family, and finally got this ending. The murderer who directly killed her was of course the domestic violence Zhang Hao, but the Xie family was the culprit! If it weren’t for the Xie family, Xie Feiyan wouldn’t have lived such a life at all. But that’s okay, the timing of her wearing it was not bad, she just graduated from university, and the teacher introduced her to a job, she successfully passed the written test and interview, and will go to work tomorrow. Otherwise, she would have to go through a four-year work-study program and live with steamed buns and pickles. Thinking about it makes her feel sad. Now that it’s Li Yueran, she will no longer let the Xie family get whatever they want. In the past four years, she spend money, so the Xie family would naturally not contact her. Now that she has graduated from university and can make money, the Xie family will definitely not let her go. Although since high school, her tuition and living expenses have been earned by herself, but the Xie family doesn’t think so. After thinking about it, Li Yueran took out a pen and paper, and did the math. Since she was a child, the money Xie’s parents spent on her was actually not much. The tuition fee for elementary school was not high, so it would be 6,000 for six years. The three years of junior high school were about seven or eight thousand. She did well in high school and was free of tuition fees. The biggest expense is the 10,000 yuan for the year of college, which is still her reward, so not counting. She usually wears old clothes given by her aunts, eats what Xie Feiyang does not eat, schoolbags, paper and pens are left over by Xie Feiyang.
The more she counted, the more Li Yueran felt sad for Xie Feiyan, so she simply lay down on the table and did not move.
“Feiyan, what are you doing? Have you packed everything? Let’s go out to eat after packing! The last meal is over, Mimi and Tiantian are leaving soon.” Roommate Zhang Feifei said.
“You forgot, Feiyan is going to stay in the dormitory tonight, she will leave tomorrow.”
“Oh, the dormitory electricity will be cut off tonight, it’s so hot, what’s wrong with the master! Feiyan, why don’t you come and stay at my house for one night!” Zhang Feifei is a local, kind-hearted and straightforward, and has a good relationship with Xie Feiyan.
“No need, I’ll move to the company dormitory tomorrow. One night, it’s okay.” Li Yueran looked at Zhang Feifei and smiled.
In her memory, when Xie Feiyan returned to her hometown, Zhang Feifei was the one who opposed it the most. But in the end, when Xie Feiyan asked her to borrow money to buy gifts for her future sister-in-law, although Zhang Feifei was angry, she still gave her the money. Even a few years later, she personally went to the local area to find Xie Feiyan, but was fooled by Xie’s father and mother. Zhang Feifei’s family is a local wanghu (luck with son). There are seven or eight boys in this generation but only one girl, Feifei. She has been favored since she was a child. She can’t understand that there is such a Xie family in the world. Therefore, when she learned about Xie Feiyan’s family situation, she sympathized with her.
“Oh, by the way, my brother gave me two tickets for a hot spring hotel. You can soak in the hot springs and stay there for one night. I haven’t had time to go there. My brothers are boys, and it’s inconvenient. I’m not smoking you. Come with me! Okay?” Zhang Feifei said with a smile.
“Feiyan, you can go with her! Everyone is gone tonight, the dormitory will be off of water and electricity, and it’s so hot, it’s inconvenient and unsafe for you to be alone.” The other two roommates also persuaded.
Li Yueran actually didn’t want to live here, if Zhang Feifei didn’t tell her, she planned to stay in a small hotel outside the school that cost 30 yuan a night. But Zhang Feifei said so, she had no choice but to agree. “Thank you, Feifei.”
“You’re welcome, as I said earlier, we both have Fei in our names, it’s all fate.” Zhang Feifei smiled happily.
“Zhang Feifei, are you stupid? You two are not the same, okay?” The other two roommates laughed at Zhang Feifei.
Li Yueran looked at the three people making a mess and smiled. Four years in college, thanks to these three roommates, Zhang Feifei is a local, introduced her to many jobs. When she came back with a meal, in order to take care of her self-esteem, she deliberately moved the meal, saying that she couldn’t finish eating it before packing it back. Seeing that Xie Feiyan had no money to buy clothes, she would wash the clothes she didn’t wear and give them to her, saying that she planned to throw them away, so she would give them to her for fear of waste. Even when others looked down on her and taunted her in words, they would protect her behind her and beat her back on the spot. The roommates who have lived together for four years are all so kind to her, but the so-called relatives of the Xie family who have lived together for more than ten years have personally pushed her into the abyss for money. It’s a pity that Xie Fangfei always kept a distance from them because of various emotions such as inferiority complex. After graduating from university, she never took the initiative to contact them even once. In the end, the four gradually drifted apart, and finally lost contact with each other.
“Thank you. I have been with you for the past four years. I am very happy. Thank you.” Li Yueran said sincerely.
“Feiyan, don’t say that. We like you very much. No matter how late we come back, you will open the door for us. Before every exam, you will mark the key points for us. I fainted in the military training year. It was you who remember me and carry me to the infirmary and we fell down on the road. But you tried your best to protect me, and your knees were broken, but I was fine. In the winter of my sophomore year, Mimi had a fever, it was you who carried her up and down from the third floor to see a doctor. There are many more, you are a good girl, you should have a good life.”
Zhang Feifei began to cry as she spoke. Mimi’s eyes were also red, “Feiyan, we have been in the same dormitory for four years, we are going to part ways today, and we don’t know when we will see you again. There are some things we have to tell you clearly. Feiyan, we all know your family situation. For four years in college, you earned your tuition and living expenses by yourself. You never went home, they never visited you, you didn’t even make a phone call since your parents always said they were afraid of wasting money and also not letting you go back due to same excuse. Occasionally when you have extra money, you call home. But as far as we know, the situation in your family is not that bad. Your parents are very willing to part everything with your brother, they should be just afraid of you spending money. Feiyan, I know you are very filial, but sometimes you also have to make plans for yourself.”
“Yes, Feiyan. I know, it’s not pleasant for us to say these things. But Feiyan, we are also doing it for your own good. You should have a bottom line for being filial to your parents. We only hope that you will leave a way for yourself in everything. You remember, no matter what, we are by your side, if you have anything, please call us.” Tiantian said.
Li Yueran also cried, “I know, I know, you are all doing for my own good, thank you.”
The four girls cried together. Fortunately, such a scene is happening in every dormitory today. The campus is full of parting people, parting love, there are all tears silently.
