24. Chapter 024
Xie Changning came to the East Courtyard as if he had come specifically to inform him of this matter, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking back.
Shen Shu sat on the couch alone, and after thinking about it for a long time, she didn't come up with a reason, and then Sister Hui brought Brother Zhen to accompany her for dinner, so she put this matter down for the time being, and after concentrating on eating, she suddenly remembered Sister Hui'er's situation again, hesitated for a moment, and still wanted to find out the news from her side.
"Sister Hui, just now your father told me that he received a letter from your grandfather a few days ago, and his old man and your grandmother came to visit your two brothers and sisters, and the letter said that they will reach Quanzhou in a few days, Sister Hui'er misses them?"
Sister Hui was stunned when she heard this, "Grandfather, are they coming?" Although the memory of her previous life was too far away, she clearly remembered that at this time in her previous life, the two old men had never come to Quanzhou, and even the number of times they had set foot in the gate of the Xie family in their lives was only a handful, including Xie Changning's Quanzhou mansion and Jian'an Xie family's mansion.
The Shen family is the same as the aunt's family who overthrew her in the previous life, they are all merchants, but the difference is that the aunt's family made a windfall by relying on the flood in Liuzhou and began to make a fortune since then, and the Shen family was a well-known wealthy businessman in the Jiangnan area before that.
After Shen Yu married into the Xie family and was blessed by the big tree of the Xie family, the Shen family's business doubled several times in just a few years.
In her previous life, she praised herself as a noble girl, so she naturally looked down on the Shen family, and only went to the Shen family once or twice when Shen Yu was alive, and then she never saw the second elder of the Shen family again after Shen Yu passed away. Later, after Xie Changning passed away due to an accident, he almost broke off contact with the Shen family.
At that time, the Xie family fell into the hands of the second uncle, and she was bent on competing for favor in front of the old lady, and she never cared about the Shen family at all. Because of the lack of the protection of the Xie family, the Shen family's wealth was worried about others, and after being framed, they raided the house, and the whole door was thrown into prison, and the second elder finally died unjustly in prison.
Whether in the past life or in this life, the relationship between Sister Hui and the Shen family is not close, but in this life, because of Shen Shu's relationship, she will not be indifferent to watching the Shen family follow in the footsteps again, and it is easy to solve this matter, as long as Xie Changning does not have an accident, the Xie family will not fall into the hands of the second uncle, and with the protection of her father, the Shen family can be safe and worry-free.
Because of this, after returning from rebirth, she basically didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the Shen family.
Unexpectedly, the trajectory of things changed again, first Brother Yan survived, and then the second elder of the Shen family visited, for no reason, Sister Hui suddenly felt a little panicked in her heart.
Shen Shu saw her expression in her eyes, and the suspicion of this matter in her heart became even heavier. When she first crossed over, she rummaged through the memories of the original owner, and there was nothing related to her parents, which was not normal, but she ignored it at the time, thinking that it was the sequelae of the crossing, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Therefore, Shen Shu's attitude towards the arrival of the second elder of the Shen family was quite subtle, both expectant and a little apprehensive. She looked forward to the second elder coming over to solve the doubts in her heart, and was worried that she would be found out that she was not the original owner, after all, there is a saying called Zhizi Mo Ruomu, the original owner was born and raised in the Shen family for more than ten years, if there is any change, it will be easy to be discovered.
Time passed quickly, and two days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the day of arrival mentioned in the letter of the second elder of the Shen family.
During this period, Aunt Zhou came to the East Courtyard several times, all for the sake of housekeeping, Shen Shu didn't want to take this matter, so she simply didn't even see anyone. On the one hand, Aunt Zhou is selfish, on the other hand, she has to abide by the rules and dare not break in, and she will not come over after touching the wall a few times.
While dealing with Aunt Zhou, Shen Shu did not forget what Xie Changning asked her to prepare before, which was nothing more than arranging the residence of the second elder, and Shen Shu directly handed it over to Mother Jiang to handle it, because she was an old man brought by Shen Yu from the Shen family, and she knew more about the habits of the second elder than her.
It's just that I don't know if it's her illusion, Shen Shu always felt that after knowing that the second elder of the Shen family was coming over, Jiang's mother seemed to be a few years younger overnight, and the brilliance on her face could be seen as long as she had eyes. And Amber and Liuli's attitude is not quite right, but they are not as happy as Jiang's mother, they look more like they are worried about something, and the object of worry is not surprisingly herself. Shen Shu was puzzled, what could she do to make them worry?
With more and more questions, Shen Shu finally ushered in the second elder of the Shen family.
On this day, the climate is as hot as usual, it is the coolest morning and evening of the day, the air is hot and dry, and the night breeze blows in the face, bringing not coolness, but heat flow.
Just after noon, I saw a spacious and gorgeous carriage slowly stop at the door of the mansion, two white and slender wrists stretched out from it, one left and one right lifted the curtain of the door, and then I saw two young women in goose yellow and tender green dresses getting out of the carriage, one left and one right, standing in front of the carriage.
The little guy guarding the door at the door of the mansion was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and asked, "But Old Lady Shen and Old Lady Shen have arrived?"
The maid in the tender green dress nodded yes.
The little servant hurriedly greeted the second elder, and then called another person to go to the mansion to communicate.
Shen Shu got the news, and hurriedly took Sister Hui and Brother Zhen out to greet her, and the second elder was helped out of the carriage by his subordinates. After she called her father and mother respectively, she lowered her head and said to Sister Hui and Brother Zhen, "Call my grandfather and grandmother." β
Sister Hui'er's attitude was not very enthusiastic, and she called people in a regular manner, and Brother Zhen also shouted along in a similar way.
The attitude of the two elders of the Shen family is a little intriguing, when Shen Shu called them, both of them were lukewarm, and only nodded, while when Sister Hui and Brother Zhen called people, they showed a kind smile.
This very different attitude made Shen Shu can't help but wonder if the original owner was born after all. However, suspicion is suspicion, but the number of etiquette should be a lot, after saying hello, she invited the second elder into the mansion, and asked people to go to the mansion to see that Xie Changning had been free, and informed him of the news that the second elder was coming.
The little man who guarded the door led the coachman to drive the carriage to the special parking place, while Shen Shu and the others entered the gate, passed through the courtyard and passed the weeping flower gate, came to the guest hall, and after inviting the second elder to take a seat, Shen Shu asked the maid to serve tea to the second elder.
Shen Shu's attitude during the whole process was not enthusiastic, but the etiquette was comprehensive, this was the policy she had weighed for a long time, and then combined with the character of the original owner, she felt that this should be very reasonable, but even so, she was still worried that the second elder of the Shen family would find something wrong, but seeing that there was nothing wrong with them at all, she only nodded lightly. This made Shen Shu breathe a sigh of relief, and the doubts in her heart deepened again.
After taking their seats, the attention of the two elders of the Shen family was always on the two children, and Brother Zhen was even more so. Brother Zhen has a good personality, what the second elder asked, he answered everything he could answer one by one, and those who couldn't answer shook his head with a smile, and he was very well-behaved. Occasionally, Sister Hui will be asked, her attitude is not as good as Brother Zhen'er, ask and answer, and smile appropriately for several weeks, but it makes people faintly feel alienated.
Compared with the two children, Shen Shu is like a transparent person, don't say a word of concern from beginning to end, and don't even give her a look. This situation continued until Xie Changning returned. Seeing him enter the door, the smile on the face of the second elder of the Shen family became more and more eager, and the old lady Shen smiled, "Shiheng is here." "Xie Changning's expression is Shiheng.
Xie Changning greeted the second elder, "I've seen my father-in-law and mother-in-law." β
After the second elder of the Shen family pulled Xie Changning to chat for a while, the old lady Shen went to the study with Xie Changning. Shen Shu looked at Mrs. Shen, who was sitting quietly drinking tea on the top, and said after a little hesitation, "Mother came from afar, and she was tired all the way, so she must be tired, father and Xie ...... I don't know when I'm going to talk about it, so I'll send you to rest first. β
Old Madam Shen nodded lightly, and with a look, the maid who was waiting next to her reached out to help her up. Shen Shu explained Amber and Liuli, and after sending Sister Hui and Brother Zhen back to their respective courtyards, she took Mother Jiang to send Mrs. Shen to the East Wing to rest.
Go out of the door, go through the cross road, turn a moon gate, walk through the long grass and trees, and arrive at the east chamber.
Shen Shu followed Mrs. Shen into the door, and was about to say a few words of concern before leaving, but after Mrs. Shen sat in the armchair, Mother Jiang behind her suddenly turned around and closed the door, and when she came back, she knelt down directly and said to Mrs. Shen, "Old lady, the slave has something to say!"
Shen Shu didn't expect this to happen, and was a little stunned for a while.
Old Madam Shen didn't see any surprise on her face, she glanced at Mother Jiang lightly and said, "What do you want to say?"
Mother Jiang replied, "Before the eldest girl passed away, she told the slave maid to help the second girl to stand firm in the house and take care of the two children, but the slave and maid lived up to the expectations of the eldest girl, not only let an aunt take charge of the house, but some time ago Sister Rihui was seriously ill and almost couldn't survive, this is all the slave's fault, please punish the old lady!"
Shen Shu came back to her senses at this time, and this seemed to be ...... Although he kept saying that it was his own fault, he was vaguely accusing Shen Shu's behavior between the lines.
The next development also confirmed Shen Shu's conjecture.
I only heard that Old Madam Shen still had that faint look, "Even the merchant family has no reason to let the concubine be in charge, the Xie family is a big family, why has there been no rules, what does my uncle think, I have to ask him." β
Mrs. Shen's voice fell, and she listened to Jiang's mother answer, "This matter is not the uncle's fault, the uncle had mentioned that the second girl would be the housekeeper before, but the second girl refused, and the uncle mentioned it again two days ago, and the second girl still did not respond." β
When Shen Shu heard this, the thought in her heart was just a few words: it was really a complaint. It's just that she can't figure out what the meaning of Mother Jiang's move is, you must know that although Old Madam Shen has a lukewarm attitude towards Shen Shu, she is also her biological mother, how can she treat her daughter for the sake of an outsider and a member of the family.
However, she soon learned that she was still too naΓ―ve.
Old Madam Shen listened to Mother Jiang's words, her eyes fell on Shen Shu in an instant, she was fierce, and a look of displeasure appeared on her face at the same time, and she scolded in a deep voice, "Evil obstacles!
Shen Shu's whole person is not good, her previous thoughts came up again, she wanted to ask if the original owner was really her own child?
Before she could figure it out, she heard Old Madam Shen whisper again, "Evil barrier, don't kneel down yet!"
Hearing this, Shen Shu came back to her senses, and glanced at Old Madam Shen a few times vaguely, seeing that her expression was sober and didn't look like she was talking nonsense, and she didn't feel good in her heart.
What is this, what kind of body does she have?
Old Madam Shen saw that she not only knelt down disobediently, but her expression was not even half disrespectful, her anger became more and more intense, and the words she said became more and more merciless, "Evil obstacle, it's only been less than a year, and you have forgotten who you are? If it weren't for Ah Yu, do you think you can marry into the Xie family as a grandmother and enjoy endless glory and wealth? You are only worthy of living a life of poverty with the broken family next door! Ah Yu has given you so much, and this is how you repay her? What a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!"
Shen Shu originally had the heart to complain about Old Madam Shen's attitude, but when she heard the words of the broken house next door, the pain hit without warning, her head swelled as if it was about to explode, and the unfamiliar pictures and sounds poured out like a flood that burst the embankment, filling all her thoughts.
"Little sister, my rattan ball fell to you, can you help me pick it up?"
"I heard your family say that your name is Shen Shu, is it the sister of Jingnu Qishu? But you don't look like a beauty? but your sister is more like you...... Hey, why are you glaring at me, what's wrong with me?"
"Why don't you speak, they all say you're not dumb?"
"My mother suddenly mentioned my marriage for some reason, I thought, you are so stupid, who will marry you in the future, even if your family is rich, you say that I let my mother come to your house to propose?"
There was a voice that kept echoing in his head, saying different words, and a series of figures flashed in front of him, from teenager to youth, growing mature, familiar but unfamiliar.
Be...... Who?
Shen Shu thought about the problem, her head hurt more and more, and the words of Old Madam Shen's scolding gradually became inaudible, leaving only annoying syllables, her mouth kept opening and closing, and the expression on her face became more and more ugly.
There was chaos in her brain accompanied by severe pain, Old Madam Shen still kept talking, Shen Shu couldn't care so much at the moment, and subconsciously yelled "shut up", and then she fainted to the ground under the frightened and unbelievable eyes of the people in the room, completely losing consciousness.
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Shen Shu had a long, long dream, which was a girl's life experience for more than ten years.
She was born in a wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan, and there are four sisters on it, one grandson and three concubines, and the one who came out is her own sister of a mother's compatriots, and she is also the most favored child in the family, and after she was born, she was left to be raised by a nurse, until she saw her father and mother only a handful of times when she was sensible.
She doesn't worry about food or clothing, and the people around her are also dedicated, but she never shy away from saying things in front of her, and it was in these people's conversations that she learned that she was not loved by her parents, because before she was born, everyone said that her mother must be pregnant with a boy, and everyone firmly believed that she didn't expect that the last birth was a girl.
She also knew that her sister was very smart, she could memorize a poem when she was very young, and she knew a lot of words. My sister learns so quickly that even my husband praises her as the smartest student she has ever taught.
She had hidden from the people she was waiting for, and when they were not looking, she had quietly run to see her sister, and she had hidden in the garden to listen to her husband's lecture, and she found that she could also memorize those poems. At that time, she thought that her father and mother liked her sister because she could recite poems, and if she could also memorize it, then they would definitely like her too.
For several days, when my husband was lecturing to my sister in the garden, she quietly ran over and listened, and she remembered everything he said clearly. She felt that she had memorized enough, more than her sister had memorized, and that her father and mother should like her as much as she liked her sister, so that afternoon, she took advantage of the meal time to run all the way into her mother's yard, entered the house and stood in front of the table, and said to her with a smile, "Mother, I can also recite poems, and I will recite ......them to you."
Before she finished speaking, she saw that her mother's face, which was still smiling, was filled with anger for a moment, and she said to the people who were waiting beside her, "Who brought her here?"
The maid replied that she did not know. The mother was even more angry, "Take her away for me, take her away quickly! Beat up all the people around her, and I can't even see anyone, what use do you want them!"
She was stopped and carried away from her mother's yard, no matter how hard she struggled, she cried and was carried back to her own courtyard, and then everyone around her, including the nurse, was beaten. Since then, she has been followed wherever she goes, and her range of movement is limited to the northern corner, beyond which the attendants will forcefully take her back.
It's the New Year's Day, and she can't see her father and mother anymore.
Later, my sister came to see her once, with a smile on her face, but she said something that made her sad, "Why do you still appear in front of your mother, do you know how sad she is? Just because you are not a boy, my father carried two more aunts into the house, and my mother cried for days." Everyone said that the mother's birth would be a boy, but why did you give birth in the end?
No one had ever taught her anything, so she didn't understand anything, and innocently retorted, "Why does it have to be a boy, am I bad?"
When my sister heard this, the smile on her face turned into anger, "What are you? If it weren't for you, a younger brother, how stable and happy would my mother be now? Do you know how much my father wants a son? For this reason he carried ten aunts into the door, and the intention was perfect. My mother hurt her body because she gave birth to you, and she can't give birth to children again, but fortunately they haven't been able to give birth to a son, otherwise my life with my mother will only be more difficult!"
"Your saving will only make your mother feel miserable, why don't you die?"
At that time, she felt for the first time what despair is. She shut herself in the house, and no longer stepped out of the door, she tore to shreds the book that was pressed under the pillow, which her sister had thrown away because she was angry after listening to a lecture in the garden, and she quietly picked it up and kept it as a treasure, and read it countless times a day, even if she knew only a few words.
The days passed, year by year, and when she was eight years old, her life finally changed. Not because of my father and mother, nor because of my sister, but because of a family that moved next door. On a sunny afternoon, a rattan ball flew from the yard next door and landed under her window, and then a teenager came out of the wall and said to her with a smile, "Little sister, my rattan ball fell to you, can you help me pick it up?"
She stared at him for a long time, neither nodding nor shaking her head. In the end, he really had no choice, so he promised her benefits, "That's it, little sister, I won't let you help me in vain, will I invite you to eat sugar gourds when the time comes?"
She didn't actually know what the sugar gourd was, but she promised him, came out of the house, picked up the rattan ball, and threw it at him. He didn't reappear on the other side of the wall for a few days, and she thought she had been deceived, so she silently closed the window.
Then several days passed, and one day she was sitting in the house in a daze, when she suddenly heard a noise from the window, and again and again, she went over and opened the window, and saw him crawling on the wall, holding a lump of mud in his hand, and making a gesture to throw it. Seeing her appear, he grinned, "I thought you weren't there, I went to my grandfather's house a few days ago, and I only came back today, don't think that I didn't show up because I wanted to get rid of your sugar gourd." Oh, here you go, it's done. As he said this, he raised his other hand and threw something at the window.
She was startled and subconsciously dodged, and the thing fell to the ground. She looked down and saw that it was a string of red and round things, was this a sugar gourd, she thought.
He was annoyed at the wall, "Didn't you say that you should catch it, and you won't be able to eat it if it falls to the ground." Forget it, I'll make up for it for you tomorrow. I'll go first. β
Her gaze looked over again, and before she could see a fleeting shadow, all that was left was the empty wall. She looked down at the sugar gourd on the ground again, hesitated for a long time before picking it up, took it to the house, poured tea from the table and cleaned it, and then carefully brought it to her mouth, and took a bite gently, the sweet and sour taste, accompanied by the fragrance of tea, is not very delicious, but very unique.
Since then, she has been looking forward to another rattan ball flying from the opposite side and asking her to change a string of sugar gourds. As if the heavens heard her prayer, the rattan ball fell a few more times, and brought her a few strings of sugar gourds. Later, even if the rattan ball did not fall, the figure on the wall often appeared, sometimes telling her something interesting, sometimes confiding her troubles.
It had been a long, long time since no one had spoken to her, and since she had stayed in the house and not gone out, the attendants had hardly set foot in her yard, guarding the gate during the day, and going to rest at night when the lock had been dropped. It is precisely because of this that the person who loves to climb the wall is not discovered.
Because of this person, her life seems to have hope, instead of just waiting for dawn at night and looking forward to darkness in the morning.
Not only can she hear interesting things and eat things that taste strange, but later he also sent her a pen and paper, and through a wall, he condescendingly taught her to read and write.
She never felt annoyed.
Then one day, he suddenly said to her, "Mother somehow suddenly mentioned my marriage, I thought, you are so stupid, who will marry you in the future, even if your family is rich, how about I let my mother come to your house to propose?"
She stood under the wall and looked up at him for a long time, then nodded at last.
It's a pity that she couldn't wait for him to turn those words into reality after all, and the day after he said that, suddenly someone from his mother's yard came over, brought clothes and jewelry, and after taking her to toss, he took her out of the small courtyard, out of the gate, and took a carriage for a long time, and then changed to a boat, and went up from Jiangnan all the way to Jian'an, and entered the gate of Xiefu.
There she saw her mother and sister, both of whom had different memories than they could remember, her mother was older, her face showed signs of time, and her sister was no longer bright and beautiful, her face became pale and haggard.
This time she was accompanied by the people who served her, the nurse and the maid, and they were taken down alone for questioning, and she didn't know what they asked, but she only knew that when they came back, they looked at her strangely.
One day she was sitting alone under the window, looking at the sky in a daze, when she heard the sound of her mother and sister talking in the house.
"That's it, the uncle is a reasonable person, plus he has experienced such a thing himself, I am not worried that he will treat the two children badly in the future, but having said that, he is a man who can't manage the affairs of the house, if I am the one who enters the door after my death, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents. She doesn't understand anything, this is the best, mother, you go back and teach her more rules, as long as she doesn't make mistakes and sits firmly in the main room, with her character is impossible to be favored, I will let people give her medicine on time, so that she can't conceive, so that she can only rely on my two children, and when they are all adults, she will let her have a child at that time. β
"Mother, I know that my father wants to climb the big tree of the Xie family, and he wants to marry the smart and beautiful third sister to win the uncle's heart, but he doesn't want to think about what kind of family the Xie family is.
"Mother, I'm not reconciled! I've worked hard to get to where I am today, but in the end I'm going to give these to that fool, I'm not reconciled!"
Listening to these words, the despair hidden in the depths of her heart gushed out irrepressibly, as if a pair of invisible hands had pulled her back from the warm home to the deep hell. For some reason, she suddenly wanted to laugh and curled the corners of her mouth, but she felt something slip from her face, and the sky seemed to be covered with a layer of haze under her blurred vision.
She thought of the person who said she wanted to marry her, thought of his eyes that seemed to be able to speak, and the unwillingness in her heart was accompanied by courage, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears, step by step, slowly but firmly into the house, and said the words of her heart to her mother and sister who hugged and cried.
"I ...... No...... Marry...... Marry...... Sister...... Brother-in-law ......"
Because I haven't spoken for a long, long time, I said this sentence intermittently, but I was able to express my meaning. In exchange for a slap from his mother, and angry words, "I worked hard to give birth to you and raise you, is this how you repay me?!
Later, she was taken out of Xie's Mansion and locked up in a house, where her mother and an elderly mother took turns to teach her what the three obediences and four virtues were, what rules to abide by as a wife, and so on.
The days went on numbly, she didn't know how long it was, and suddenly one day she was taken out of the small mansion and went to a big mansion, or the mother from before came to teach her again, this time about the newlywed.
She was tossed around, put on a wedding dress and covered her head, was sent to a sedan chair, and married into the Xie Mansion as a stepfamily.
The pain of the wedding night, after the marriage, the people around her always mentioned her sister in her ear, saying how good her sister was, and she was almost worthless. But she didn't care, she felt like she was back to her old self. Shortly after the wedding, she
She woke up from her dream, sat on the bed for a long time, felt a tightness in her chest, and went to the deck to breathe. There, she met her husband, who said to her, "You are so different from Ah Yu. β
Unprecedented despair surrounded her, she wanted to say that she was Shen Shu, and she just wanted to be Shen Shu, she didn't want to break her word, she didn't want to......
She screamed in her heart, but she couldn't say a word in her mouth, looking at the rolling river, she didn't know where the courage came from, so she jumped down regardless of it.
The raging waves crashed against her body, the icy river gradually flooded her head, and the feeling of suffocation hit, and she lost consciousness little by little.
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Shen Shu finally knew why the original owner was looking for death, but she was not happy at all, her heart was filled with a nameless anger, and there was nowhere to vent.
The tragedy of the original owner's life originated only because of one gender, because she was born a girl, this is her original sin, which is unforgivable. No matter how smart she is, she can't get the love of her relatives, and she is left in a remote corner and grows up alone. Later, there was a light in her life, as if she was redeemed, and if she married that person, she might be able to live happily ever after. However, fate once again ruthlessly fiddled with her hands, and the sister who had the qiΔ she envied, for the sake of her children and her selfishness, manipulated her fate and let her marry her brother-in-law as a stepmother.
The light that appeared in her life, after bringing her to happiness and failure, finally lured/lured her to set foot on the Yellow Spring Road.
Shen Shu didn't know if death was a relief for the original owner, her life was so pathetic, this was undeniable. Almost no one cared when she was alive, and no one knew about her after she died.
Shen Shu just opened her eyes like this, looking at the top of the bed in a daze, and her thoughts drifted somewhere.
Liuli came in with the curtain, and saw that she was still in her previous position, thinking that she hadn't woken up yet, and her eyes fell on her face, but she saw that her eyes were open, unblinking, and her expression was dull. Liuli was stunned for a moment, and then showed joy, "Madame, you're awake!" After that, she turned her head and shouted outside, "Madame is awake!"
When the words fell, footsteps could be heard from far and near.
"Madam, you finally woke up, did you feel anything uncomfortable?" Liuli said with concern.
After a while, a few more people came over to the bedside, Sister Hui, Brother Zhen, Amber, and Mother Jiang......
After getting along for a few months, they can be regarded as familiar faces, but Shen Shu feels a little strange in her eyes at the moment. Everyone here can be said to be one of the reasons why the original owner is looking for death, but no one knows it.
They were all good survivors, unburdened, and didn't even know that a young life had died because of them.
Shen Shu has never complained about anything, but at this moment, she can't help but sigh at the unfairness of fate for this girl. The difference between men and women, one word, has created the misfortune of her life. If she had been born as a boy, her life would have taken a very different path. If her mother hadn't blamed her for a qiΔ, she would have had a different life as well. If her sister was not so selfish, she could also marry someone she likes and also likes her, and she can have a different life.
It's a pity that there are no ifs in life.
There are countless forks in the road of human destiny, and each of her leads to deeper despair.