3. Patriarchy

In my junior year of high school, my uncle's child was born, and my parents and I went to his house to eat full moon wine.

My aunt gave birth to a girl who was very cute, with big eyes and a good look when she smiled.

She was often put in the stroller, and I loved to play with this cute little sister as soon as I arrived at my uncle's house.

However, after my aunt gave birth to a daughter, my uncle's mother never gave my aunt a good look.

scolded my aunt every day, and even arranged all kinds of heavy work for her when she was in confinement.

When my father heard about these things, he felt sorry for his own sister, so he took my mother to my uncle's house, wanting to take my aunt back, but he really didn't want to continue to watch my aunt continue to suffer in that family.

As soon as my parents and I arrived at my uncle's house, we heard my aunt and her mother-in-law arguing.

My aunt's eyes were red and she said, "I finally gave birth to a child for your family, and I have to endure your white eyes, why should I?" My brother said, if you want to do this to me again, I will divorce your son! ”

Her mother-in-law was not afraid of her aunt and our family at all, and scolded with her eyes: "Why don't you even give birth to a son and still have the face to say?" I told you that you can definitely have a son according to my method, but you just don't listen! Now our old Zhang family is going to die because of you, and if you want to divorce, you will leave! It just so happens that my son can find another wife while he is young, and let that wife give birth to a son to our old Zhang family. ”

My aunt was angry and cried at the words of this evil mother-in-law. And my dad saw that my aunt had been wronged so much, so he stopped my aunt behind him, pointed at the evil mother-in-law and scolded: "Don't be embarrassed." My sister did not marry into your family as a fertility tool for your family, and to pass on the family lineage. What about your son? Let him get out, how did he promise me in the first place? He said he wanted to make my sister happy, but what happened? Let him out! ”

That day, I never saw my uncle, as my father said, my uncle is a coward, he only knows how to escape when he encounters things, and he will not think of any solution at all.

My aunt said that my uncle had taken my sister out for a stroll and had not yet returned.

However, I felt a little uncomfortable in my eyebrows.

By noon, my uncle had returned, but had come home with an empty stroller.

With tears streaming down his eyes, he said, "Child...... The child was taken away! ”

When my aunt heard the news, she fainted on the spot. But I saw my sister in the stroller, but her appearance became a little strange.

As I approached the stroller, my sister's cries echoed in my ears all the time, and from then on, I was sure that my sister had passed away, and it wasn't as simple as losing it.

Later, my aunt said that she didn't blame her uncle anymore, and said that my uncle didn't mean to, but just took pity on the child she conceived in October. I can only blame the child's thin life. He also said that the child may not be dead, and it is possible that he is still alive in this world.

However, I never told my aunt the truth.

After almost a year, we heard that my aunt was pregnant with another child. When I was pregnant with my baby, I could hear the sound of "Daddy" coming from the stroller in the middle of the night.

My aunt heard from my parents that I had psychic skills and wanted me to help see if my sister had returned.

I went to my uncle's house and saw that he was looking down at the stroller in frustration all the time, and said he was going to burn the stroller because my sister loved it.

But my aunt refused to burn it, because the stroller was very expensive, and the baby in her womb was about to be born, and the stroller could still be used.

But my uncle insisted on burning the stroller, and I didn't see any spirits in the house, but in the middle of the night, I could hear children calling "Daddy" all the time.

But the place where the sound came from was my uncle and aunt's room.

Because my aunt was pregnant with another child, her mother-in-law began to be obedient to her again, but if it was a girl this time, it is estimated that this mother-in-law will turn her face and deny people again.

I hated the face of that mother-in-law, and before my aunt was born, she served my aunt like a concubine.

But as long as she sees that she is giving birth to a girl, she will definitely turn her face faster than turning a book.

She was cheeky and said to her aunt: "Good daughter-in-law, you must fight for your stomach this time!" As long as you give birth to a boy, I promise you that I will take good care of you during confinement. ”

I saw my aunt's eyes helpless, and I didn't know when this patriarchal thinking would be completely eliminated.

But my parents told me that as long as there are rural areas, patriarchal thinking will always exist.

I feel sad, is it possible that a girl was born in the countryside, and her fate is so tragic?

What makes me even more sad is that my dad chose to live separately from my grandmother because of my grandmother's preference for sons.

He insisted on cutting off contact with my grandmother for the sake of me and my mother. I think he did a good job, not only protecting my mom, but also protecting me.

According to my mother, when I was born, my grandmother turned around and left the hospital as soon as she heard that I was a girl, without looking back.

I rarely went to my grandmother's house when I was a child, because I knew that only her eldest grandson was in her eyes, and that I, as her granddaughter, would not even look at me in the eye.

My mother said that because of this incident, she has been wronged for more than ten years, so she has a deep understanding of what happened to her aunt, and only hopes that her aunt will give birth to a boy next.

My aunt's due date was approaching, and my parents were very worried, so they asked me to go to my aunt's house to take care of her.

When I arrived at my uncle's house, I found that his stroller was missing, and my aunt told me that my uncle had taken the initiative to burn the stroller as if my sister was really dead.

When my uncle got home, my aunt suddenly rolled on the ground in pain, and I suspected that the amniotic water had broken, so I asked my uncle to help.

Unexpectedly, my uncle suddenly collapsed on the ground and covered his ears with a frightened expression.

He said: "I have burned the stroller, how can I still hear it?" ”

And my aunt was struggling on the ground in pain, bleeding all the time, and I was at a loss for a moment.

And gradually a bloody baby crawled out from underneath the aunt, and it crawled in the direction of the uncle covered in blood.

The baby kept staring at his uncle, and he could speak when he opened his mouth.

It said, "Daddy, I'm back." I'm a boy this time, don't throw me in the stinking ditch again. ”