Sisters (short story) Zhang Baotong 2016.4.26

3. My sister didn't go back, but my brother-in-law came, looking like a dusty man. He stiffened his neck, his face was long, and his breath was full of the smell of water. When his sister asked him to eat, he didn't eat, and he didn't pay attention to his questions. My sister knew that her brother-in-law was coming with anger, and she was afraid that she would have something to say to her sister, so she went out with the child in her arms. When she returned to the house after a long turn on the road outside the village, her brother-in-law had already left, but she saw her sister sitting on the edge of the bed silently crying.

My sister knew that her brother-in-law had just been angry with her sister, so she timidly asked, does your brother-in-law want you to go back? My sister Mumu shook her head and said, "He came to mention the divorce to me." My sister couldn't help but be shocked, and she knew that things were strict. Before my sister got married, she was a well-known beautiful woman around the countryside, and her heart was very high, and she didn't look at ordinary young people at all, and her sister also had her own sweetheart. However, she didn't know that her parents insisted on letting her marry her brother-in-law. Maybe it's because my brother-in-law's house is close to Kawado, so it's a little richer than my family's side. But my brother-in-law himself is a very ordinary farmer in the mountains, honest and wooden, and has no other skills except farming, so my sister has a feeling of condescension when she marries him. The brother-in-law also knows that he is a little unworthy of his sister, so he is usually respectful and obedient to his sister, but now he came to divorce his sister, which shows that the brother-in-law can no longer tolerate his sister being away from home for a long time. So, my sister said to my sister, I caused your family to be uneasy, sister, you should go home. If your family really breaks up, I won't be able to live at peace for the rest of my life.

It was originally something that happened to me, and I shouldn't bother and trouble others. However, she was too young and inexperienced, and she panicked and didn't know what to do when she encountered this kind of thing. That day, she heard that her husband was taking a girl from a distant relative to play in the county seat, so she immediately rushed to the county seat, found them in a hotel, and had a big fight with her husband. She felt that their marriage was dead in name only. Out of the county, she didn't know where to go for a while. She really didn't want to go back to that nominal home. However, she also didn't want to go back to her parents' home. Her marriage was arranged by her parents, and for this reason, her parents' hearts have always been full of guilt and remorse for the past two years, and they are already old and frail, and they can no longer withstand this mental blow.

Thinking of this, she decided to go to her sister's house. Her sister is three years older than her, and she has been a brother and sister since childhood. My sister has a stubborn personality and is indomitable, while she has a weak temperament and is indisputable, so every time she is wronged, her sister is upset for her. Now, where can she go except her sister? My sister already knew that her life would not go on, and when she heard her say this about what had just happened, she was furious and asked her to divorce quickly.

With the persuasion and support of her sister, she made up her mind. It's just that she is about to give birth, and she can't go through the formalities yet. So, she lived at her sister's house, and it was not until the child was born that she returned home once and filed for divorce from her husband. The husband was eager to divorce her, and since she had brought it up first, he took the opportunity to propose that if she wanted to divorce, she would have to give up her children and all her property. She doesn't care about any possessions, and she doesn't have any valuable possessions in the family, but she can't give up her children. For her, the absence of children is equivalent to the loss of a qiē. But the husband refused to give up the child. He said that this child was the root of their Lin family. Because both parties refused to compromise for the sake of the child, they had to let the court decide. The court rightfully awarded the child to her. But the husband insisted on not paying child support, and even so, he yelled and shouted to snatch the child over.

Knowing that her husband's temperament is irritable and fierce, he will not care about any laws and consequences at all, and will definitely bring someone to her sister's house to snatch the child, so early in the morning of the second day after the divorce, she quietly left the mountain village with her sister and came to Xi'an. She knew that without her sister's support and help, even if she was divorced, it would be impossible for her to get rid of the entanglement and harassment of the Lin family. Because the Lin family must find a way to take the child away from her.

So far, her sister has made a lot of sacrifices for her, and she can't let her ruin the family for herself. She has just been divorced, and she has already tasted the taste of divorce, and she can't let her sister divorce anymore. So, she tried her best to persuade her sister to go home quickly. In fact, my brother-in-law didn't really want to divorce my sister, but just wanted my sister to go home. As long as my sister returns home, my brother-in-law will no longer mention divorce.

Therefore, for several days, my sister urged my sister to go home quickly. But my sister said, "Right now, you and your child are in a critical juncture, and as soon as I leave, what will you do?" My sister knows that she and her child are inseparable from my sister, but she said that her brother-in-law wants to divorce you. My sister was a little sad, but she said, "My parents are frail and old, and I can't take care of myself, if I don't care about you, who else will take care of you?"

The current situation is that you have to live down and pay back to others. My sister ran out all day looking for work, and her mood was getting worse day by day. The winter weather also seems to be getting cloudier and cloudier, making it difficult to see the signs of sunshine. Not long after, my parents asked someone to come and talk, saying that my brother-in-law was very troubled in the divorce and asked my sister to go back quickly.

That day, after my sister sent the visitor away, she went out without saying hello. Looking at her sister's tearful perseverance and sadness, my sister didn't dare to ask more, but just watched her sister's sad and haggard figure gradually fade away, and blessed and prayed affectionately and silently. However, I was extremely worried. Because she knows that if her sister returns empty-handed this time, she really doesn't know what will happen!

It got dark quickly, and it was cold outside, as if there was a cold drizzle drifting in the night sky. After my sister put the child to sleep, she kept looking outside, hot and hot the rice in the pot, and waited anxiously for my sister. My sister came back very late, looking exhausted. When he entered the house, he threw a large hundred-dollar bill on the table, and went to sleep without saying a word.

The younger sister looked at the banknote in surprise, then at her sister, and asked her how she earned the money. The sister didn't answer, but turned her face to the side. The younger sister thought that her sister was asleep, so she didn't ask any more.

The next morning, my sister cooked early, told my sister to get up to eat, and then went to work. My sister said that she was not feeling well today and didn't want to go, so she didn't get up lazily until noon.

In order to comfort her sister, my sister bought some meat and made dumplings. During the meal, my sister asked my sister again, what kind of job was you looking for yesterday? My sister lowered her head, and it took a long time to say that she was a nanny for someone else. If you say the following, let my sister fork it up. Although my sister's words and expression were a little abnormal, my sister didn't pay much attention to it. But it was like this for days, and the money came so easily and so quickly, all fifty and one hundred dollars. This can't help but make my sister feel that something is wrong. Although she doesn't know much about labor, she also knows that part-time workers usually don't get paid until the end of the month. Moreover, the salary of being a nanny cannot be that high. So, she wanted to find out what her sister was doing.