Chapter 2: Visiting to say thank you
The Yang family lived in Xiaoxin Village. Although it was a rural area, it was close to Xicheng District. This city was small. It only took less than thirty minutes to walk from the police station to Yang's house. The policeman rode his bicycle and sent him to Yang's house in less than ten minutes.
Li Guizhen saw the dirty Yang Jiabo being sent back by the policeman. Without saying a word, she pulled his small body and slapped his butt several times, which made him scream loudly. Li Guizhen was beating and cursing: "You beast, what trouble have you caused?"
The policeman looked at the child being beaten in astonishment, and it took him a long time to react: "Why do you beat the child indiscriminately?"
He said and pulled Yang Jiabo over to stop Li Guizhen from beating him. Yang Jiabo kept a straight face, neither cried nor made trouble. He had long been used to this kind of thing. His mother was such a person, foul-mouthed, rude and impatient.
No matter who she was dealing with, as long as they made her unhappy or didn't do things according to her wishes, she would throw the table, smash the bench, and say any unpleasant things. Of course, this extremely violent behavior was only showed in front of her family, but she still had a very good attitude towards outsiders.
Yang Jiabo's feelings for his mother Li Guizhen were very complicated, but after a long time, his heart was full of hatred. In the end, he suffered from depression and strong suicidal tendencies, mostly due to her.
"Comrade police, what trouble did he get into? He actually bothered you to send him back." Li Guizhen faced the policeman with a flattering smile on her face.
"Your son is very good. Not only did he not cause trouble, he also saved a child from a human trafficker." The policeman looked at Li Guizhen with a cold face, thinking of the child's words, 'Mother is scarier than a human trafficker', disdain flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head and touched the child's head, looking at him with some sympathy.
"What?" Li Guizhen exclaimed, reaching out and grabbing Yang Jiabo's ears. "Why are you so brave? If something happens, what do you want me and your dad to do?"
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, let go." Yang Jiabo shouted. If he didn't shout, his mother's attack would never stop, and he would definitely be injured. He could think like this from experience. He once had a fight with his cousin, and his mother beat him so hard that he couldn't get out of bed for two days.
As for the reason for the fight, he no longer remembered it, but he still remembered the result. Anyway, when he had a conflict with a relative's child, he would be the one who suffered, no matter he was right or wrong. He never knew what his mother thought. She only protected other people's children, and she was sicker than him. He was also very desperate with such a mother on the stall.
"Let go, who are you teaching a lesson to?" the policeman yelled with a dark face.
Li Guizhen put down her hands and glared at Yang Jiabo fiercely. Yang Jiabo covered his red ears, feeling helpless and rolled his eyes quietly. This was because he was angry.
"Okay, I have sent the child back. He was a little frightened today. As a parent, you should take good care of your child and don't beat or scold him all the time." The policeman was also annoyed by Li Guizhen's behavior. After saying this, he pushed the bicycle and left.
Yang Jiabo covered his ears and took the opportunity to sneak into the house. Looking at the unfamiliar country house, Yang Jiabo tried hard to recall those almost forgotten memories.
The Yang family still had three generations living together. Grandpa Zhang Zhengrong, because he was a son-in-law who lived with his wife's family (becoming a member of her family), and grandma was the one who made decisions in the family, he rarely spoke. Grandma Yang Huiying's eyes couldn't recognize the character dīng, believed in Buddhism, strong willed, and valued men and belittled women.
[目不识丁 mù bù shí dīng: lit. the eye cannot recognize the character dīng (丁); totally illiterate]
[重男轻女 zhòng nán qīng nǚ: lit. valuing men and belittling women (idiom); fig. the feudal view esteeming men above women; sexism]
The grandparents gave birth to four children in total. The eldest child, Yang Qiaohui, he was already married. Because he was a rare college student, he married well.
The second child, Yang Jianjun, was his father, a man of few words and an honest man. Such a character was naturally the most disliked by the Yang family. Even in front of his grandparents, he (YJB) wasn't as favored as other cousins. Coupled with his mother Li Guizhen's temper, it was a huge weapon to destroy family harmony.
The third child, Yang Jianguo, was oily-mouthed and smooth talking, fond of eating and averse to work, but he was good at coaxing others. He was still the youngest son, so he was very favored. But his wife Huang Xiufen was one of the rare best quality relatives. However in Yang Jiabo's opinion, she was a fool.
[好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò: lit. be fond of eating and averse to work, fig. be gluttonous and lazy]
[极品 jí pǐn: best quality; the highest quality; (slang) outrageous, annoying person]
The fourth child, Yang Meizhen, was diligent, capable, slick, and the most favored daughter in the family. Except for her two sisters-in-law, everyone else in the family liked her. She was still alone now and hadn't yet married.
The Yang family's entrance led to a large courtyard. To the left was a flat-roofed building. A wooden staircase to roof was placed in front of the door. The roof was used to dry various crops, such as peanuts and corn.
Next to it was a large tile-roofed building, it was the main room. In the middle of the main room was an offering table for enshrining and worshipping the Lord of Heaven and ancestors. There were two rooms on each side of the main room, and the innermost one on the left, connected to the flat-roofed building, was assigned to Yang Jianguo.
The third child Yang Jianguo was a typical example of a man who forgot his mother after having a wife, he listened to his wife in everything. He coaxed the two elders to buy him a tractor. Nowadays, when car was extremely rare, it was very rare to be able to buy a tractor. The main transportation at this time relied on tractors, and Yang Jianguo could earn a lot of money a month.
Therefore Huang Xiufen felt that their family was being dragged down by this big family, so the husband and wife made a fuss and separated from the family. Because of this, Huang Xiufen and Li Guizhen often quarreled and were beaten countless times.
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