Chapter 611: Chapter 603: Unable to Give Birth Chapter 611: Chapter 603: Unable to Give Birth Tang Yuxin, wearing a blank expression, placed the food on the table.
At this point, the old Song man didn’t think about anything.
He didn’t have the strength to do so.
Every day, apart from the pain in his leg, was haunted by continuous nightmares.
His body was suffering, and his spirit was being crushed.
Once a lean old man with vitality, although not exactly youthful, he could keep up with younger guys in terms of work.
Evidently, he was as disgusting as the good-for-nothing loafers in the village.
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Now, he barely managed a hog’s life.
All he did was eat, sleep, defecate, and urinate, all in one place.
As a lump of flesh, no one was sure whether it could be butchered and sold for a bit of money during New Year’s.
Tang Yuxin felt that if it were possible to fatten and sell him like a pig, she believed that the old Song woman, without a second thought, would sell the old Song man.
At this mont, TangYuxin was rely in charge of delivering food to the old Song man.
As for cleaning and hygiene, it had nothing to do with her.
Even if the old Song man was filthy to death, it was his problem.
As for the old Song woman, she complained about the stench in the house anyway.
As long as the old Song man didn’t die imdiately, even if he died, it didn’t matter.
They could just dig a hole and bury him.
After all, the old Song woman had spent a lifeti with the old Song man.
She was beaten by him for a lifeti.
Now that the old Song man was crippled, she beca the head woman of the house.
Previously, she had thought that she couldn’t live without the old Song man.
However, now, she felt that without the old Song man, her life would be better.
As for the old Song man, at first, he cursed every day, wanting to go to a big hospital to treat his leg.
No matter how he cursed, smashed things, or created a fuss, no one paid any attention to him.
Eventually, he beca listless, lying there half alive, just like a dying man.
The thing that people fear the most, is this.
When even the person himself doesn’t see himself as human, then who in the world would still consider him a person?
Tang Yuxin was fetching water from a neighbour’s well.
Being such a woman, obedient and silent, she had no presence.
From the very beginning, all sorts of people would crowd around to watch her.
But now, it seed like she had beco an invisible presence in the village.
Not many people paid attention to her, and not many people noticed her.
She didn’t speak, she didn’t cause trouble, she was rely alive.
Yes, alive.
But she wasn’t numb.
She had always wanted to leave.
She wanted to go ho.
Her silence didn’t an she was giving up, and her obedience didn’t an she was resigned to her fate.
She had secretly stored a lot of food, saved from her daily rations.
If she had a chance, she would still run away.
As for whether she could return ho, all she could do was leave it to fate and do her best.
Placing her hand under her eyes, she felt the glare of the sun sting the corners of her eyes.
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Suddenly, she closed her eyes, and it seed like a tear rolled down her cheek, dispersing in mid-air, undetectable.
Just as she was about to leave with the water, several people ran past her.
She put down the water bucket, puzzled about what these people were up to.
She hadn’t been in the village long, just one season, one winter.
It seed as if she had made it through the hardest days.
Now, although she couldn’t say she was okay, she still lived like a human being.
Despite not having been in this village for long, it was the first ti she saw these people in such a hurry.
She picked up her water bucket and returned to the Song household.
A large water jar still awaited her to fill, and she had to cook after fetching water.
After cooking, she had to go to the fields.
Since the beginning, the old Song woman had never seen her as a human being.
She was just an animal that the family had bought for five hundred yuan.
Since she was an animal, why not put her to use?
Lifting the bucket, Tang Yuxin poured the water into the large jar.
Just as she was about to leave for more water, a man ran into the yard, shouting loudly.
“Auntie Song, you need to go quickly, the daughter-in-law of the Sun family is giving birth.
She has been at it for a day, and the child isn’t coming out.”
The old Song woman erged from her room, her face stern.
Obviously, she was not too pleased either.
At this ti?
Tang Yuxin looked up at the high sun and knew why the old Song woman was irate.
Right now, the old Song woman had not yet woken up.
When the old Song man was around, she had to maintain so decorum.
Now that the old Song man was bed-ridden, she truly felt a sense of accomplishnt from taking control of the household.
Anyway, there was still a woman in the house who could do all the work like a beast of burden, a servant.
The old Song woman finally beca the mistress after years of being a wife.
From now on, she could do as she pleased; no one could tell her what to do.
So, she woke up later and later in the mornings.
She was enjoying her sleep only to be woken by soone’s screams.
Regardless of who it was, wouldn’t the person be annoyed to be dragged from a beautiful dream?
What happened?
The old Song woman glared, causing the man to feel awkward for a long ti.
However, nothing else mattered at this point.
A life was at stake.
“Auntie, the daughter-in-law of the Sun family is giving birth,” the man anxiously repeated.
“What does the birth of the Sun family’s daughter-in-law have to do with ?”
At the ntion of the Sun family, the old Song woman looked even more displeased.
Everyone in the village knew that she didn’t get along with the Sun family.
They were enemies, barely acknowledging each other’s existence.
Why should the Sun family notify her about their daughter-in-law giving birth?
“No, Auntie,” the man said urgently, clutching his hair.
“The Sun family’s daughter-in-law has been in labor for a day and a night, but the baby hasn’t co out yet.
Please go and take a look.
After all, this involves two lives.
We are all fellow villagers, living in the sa village.
No matter how big the grudge is, it can’t be more important than a person’s life, right?”
“Not giving birth, what a retribution,” the old Song woman said, looking relieved.
Her mood much improved.
Everyone does derive joy from the pain of others, especially enemies.
The worse the enemy is faring, the more satisfied one feels.
“Auntie, let’s go there first?”
The man pulled the old Song woman towards him.
The old Song woman did not refuse.
In this village, there were few people who knew how to deliver babies, and she was one of the best midwives in the village.
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