Chapter 1 Child Brides
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Mei Xi squatted in front of the stove and pinched her nose and blew into the stove, and with her unremitting efforts, the straw finally burned. Seeing that the fire was on, she hurriedly got up and washed rice very quickly with her hands and feet. Today she got up late, and at this time, she had to send boiling water with tea leaves to her parents-in-law's room, of course, in addition to her father-in-law, there was also the husband she had always refused to admit.
Like most of the daughters-in-law in Zhuangzi, Meixi almost grew up in her husband's family. In the first few years, her family treated her like a daughter. But as the body gradually developed, everything began to be different. The whole family was looking forward to her menstruation, especially the one who had been calling her big brother since two years ago, and he had looked at her more and more strangely, and in the past two years, he had become more and more bold, often standing behind her in silence as she was doing her work, laughing and squeezing her ass balls.
Seeing that the water was boiling, Mei Xi gathered her thoughts, took down two coarse porcelain bowls from the table, then dried her hands, carefully opened the copper teapot placed next to the porcelain bowl, and counted six curly dried leaves. Her in-laws often taught her to be diligent and thrifty, and said that this tea is more expensive than silver. Tea leaves, Mei Xi naturally can't drink it, this expensive thing can only be enjoyed by men who sweat in the field.
Holding the hot tea bowl, Mei Xi entered the house, and her parents-in-law were already sitting on the chairs waiting. Seeing the two old men, she hurriedly brought the tea bowl in her hand, and whispered an apology in a somewhat embarrassed voice: "Daddy, today..."
The father-in-law closed his eyes and didn't speak, and the in-laws' face was not very good-looking, but for some reason when Meixi approached, her eyes flashed a little happy, and that happiness made Meixi faintly feel uneasy, she didn't say much, and after greeting her father-in-law, she turned around and entered her husband's house with tea.
"Big brother." Mei Xi shouted before entering the door.
The husband didn't answer, Mei Xi thought he was still asleep, but he didn't want to open the door and see him looking at her with a bare chest and grinning, he was different from the happy day before, especially when his eyes fell on her. But what surprised her even more was that he uncharacteristically took the tea bowl directly from her hand, and drank the tea in one gulp, and when he drank the tea, his eyes were always glued to her, and the joy in his eyes was terrifying.
Mei Xi unconsciously pulled her clothes, feeling both frightened and puzzled, she was dressed the same as before, blue cloth coat, blue pants. These are all clothes that her in-laws have changed to be smaller, she has grown so big and has not worn new clothes, they are all worn by her in-laws and her husband in the past, it stands to reason that there should be nothing wrong with what she is wearing today.
took the tea bowl, and at the moment of contact with his limbs, Mei Xi couldn't help but want to escape, and the burning gaze made her back cold.
Before she turned around, he grabbed her hand and put a silver bracelet on her hand, and his deep voice was full of joy: "Tomorrow I will go to the county to tear the cloth for you to make clothes,"
The footsteps that were about to leave the house suddenly stopped, Mei Xi turned her head and looked up at him in a daze, her hands couldn't help shaking, and then she heard him say again: "Don't do today's work, I'll ask my mother to cook you some brown sugar water." ”
Mei Xi paused, and then said: "Forget about the brown sugar water, the sugar is so expensive, mother..."
He interrupted her: "I'll talk about it over there." ”
Mei Xi didn't answer again, the uneasiness in her heart made her heart beat wildly in her cavity, and she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable all over her body, and she didn't dare to look at him again, because she was afraid that she would give in like this.
It was quiet inside the house, and it was quiet outside, this quiet was very oppressive, so depressed that Mei Xi was about to breathe, she resisted the desire for new clothes, broke away from his hand and said hurriedly: "Big brother, I'll go prepare food first." ”
He slowly let go of his hand, and ran out as if he were running away. The father-in-law was no longer sitting in the hall, only the in-laws were there, and when she came out, the mother-in-law stopped her mysteriously, and when she saw the things in her mother-in-law's hands, Mei Xi's face turned red in an instant, and at the same time realized that the thing she had been resisting had finally happened.
For the child daughters-in-law in Zhuangzi, the arrival of the menstrual event means that they will shoulder the sacred task of passing on the ancestry, and the men who have grown up together will blossom and bear fruit, and they will become women in the true sense, like the land that has been cultivated, and like the sacrificial lambs, and their fate is powerless to resist.
Mei Xi never thought that the moon would come, she hated this kind of filth like a flood beast. But now, even though she was so frightened that she wanted to cry, she still held her composure and took the slender strap from her in-laws, she trembled and looked at her eldest brother standing in front of the door, and walked out of the hall with a smile, and she really felt the trickle as she walked, and she was embarrassed and sad in their silent smiles.
While tidying up in the room, Mei Xi thought of running away. She has no father, no mother, no home, and was sold and resold at a cheap price.
She ran several times in the past, without exception, she was beaten half to death, and it was an accident to this family, when she was sold to an old widower, and ran away while people were not paying attention, because she was only six or seven years old, and she was so hungry that she stole the family's food.
The eldest brother is seven or eight years older than her. Although she was picked up as a bride and worshipped heaven and earth with him, in her heart, Meixi was still willing to treat him as a brother, marry him, and give birth to children for him, she was reluctant, perhaps because she didn't want to continue this life for a long time, and she didn't want to be beaten and scolded by her husband and abused by her in-laws like other women in the village. Although Mei Xi knew, they might not treat her like this.
Of course, if she doesn't marry her eldest brother, her fate is to be sold to another man who needs a woman in exchange for a dowry for her eldest brother's wife. My father-in-law has made such calculations more than once.
In the dead of night, she had heard a few times about the foothills of the wall and knew what they were thinking about the future.
The fields, the offspring, the grain, the assumption is more or less so.
Mei Xi packed up her baggage and was looking around the small room, when the eldest brother's voice sounded outside, and he knocked on the door.
Walking over slowly, seeing the face with a hint of flattery and nervousness, Meixi lowered her head and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Big brother, is there something wrong?" ”
"My mother asked me to bring you food, these days, things at home, my mother said, I want you to rest." The eldest brother said and laughed innocently.
Mei Xi saw the lock in his hand, sighed in her heart, supported the surface effort, also laughed, took the porridge and the nest, turned around and planned to go to the house, but the moment she turned around, the eldest brother grabbed her wrist.
"Big brother?" Mei Xi looked at the past in surprise.
He followed the house and barricaded her against the wall, and in the dimness, Mei Xi saw the light in his eyes, and said, "Xi'er, I like you." ”