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Chapter 397 - 296 The Story of Xiao Yi’s Life

Chapter 397: Chapter 296 The Story of Xiao Yi’s Life

In a village so commonplace, it hardly warranted mention, a family as ordinary as you or me witnessed the birth of a new life.

But, listening to the loud cries, the family felt no emotion stir within them for this new life brought into the world, no joy. They simply felt the child’s crying was bothersome.

In the era before, raising a child wasn’t much different from raising a cat or a dog; it was common for a family to rear seven or eight children.

For the people of that time, the birth of a child was for adding an extra hand to help with labor, not the continuation of their own lives.

...Family, this kind of social relationship, was the most economical, so, no matter what, people of that era always wanted more children.

There was no emotion involved, just the mechanical process of pregnancy and birth, cycling over and over until it became numb.

So, those accustomed to the norm didn’t offer blessings for a new life but planned what work it would do in the future, with no one caring.

Even when the midwife said, "It’s a girl," they didn’t care.

Later, the child that was born grew up into a graceful young lady.

She was indoctrinated from a young age to obey her parents, so she began doing backbreaking chores at home from a very young age.

But she was fortunate enough to go to school, where she learned many things, and thus she had a clear understanding of her parents’ ignorance.

Because of this, she often questioned whether her parents’ commands were absolute, whether they really could lead the family to a better life.

With such awareness, she became the most disobedient child in the family.

Then, she was no longer allowed to go to school, and only then did she realize that children cannot defy their parents.

Without the opportunity to gain more knowledge, she had no choice but to venture far from home to work at a young age, to support her youngest sister, who had the best grades in the family, through school.

Her parents firmly believed that education could change one’s destiny; they were convinced that once their youngest daughter made something of herself, she could lift them out of the dull mountains and into a fairy-tale life.

For this reason, they often forced her to make time to study, lashing out at her if she showed any sign of lethargy, yet they never spared her from household chores.

They always said one must remember one’s roots, that since the family was providing for her education, she owed them a debt of gratitude.

The youngest daughter could only force herself to study in the little time she had left, determined to excel and come back to honor her parents.

Because she was an obedient child, she believed this was right.

The elder sister, looking at her younger sibling’s plight, began to feel fortunate she hadn’t continued her schooling.

Later, she came to the bustling city, stunned by everything she saw, and began to fantasize about how happy she’d be living there.

Thus, she no longer entertained the thought of going back home but was single-mindedly determined to settle in the city.

But still, the monotony of life left her utterly exhausted.

Day in and day out, busy with the same work, waking and sleeping at the same times, even her daily food was limited to the same old things.

Day after day, yesterday was today, and today was yesterday, without change.

Then one day, amidst the mechanical repetition of her work, lost in her usual daydreams about what she’d do once she’d saved enough money, she realized... her life couldn’t possibly continue on this repetitive course, could it?

Fear suddenly seized her heart to its core.

Fortunately, she had her dreams to cling to, which kept her from collapsing.

But, looking at the city’s frighteningly expensive prices, she felt despair closing in again.

So, unwilling to continue living in such despair, she wanted change.

But she didn’t understand those complicated matters, didn’t want to learn them, didn’t want to think, so she planned to seek advice from the loud laughing, gaudily dressed sisters she could approach in her daily life.

Soon, she learned the most precious lesson from a few sisters... for a woman, relying on a man to leap up and live a good life was the most solid reality.

No need for hard labor, she too could reach for the stars, that was the privilege of being a woman.

She took it as gospel and, under the guidance of a few good sisters, spent all the savings she’d scrimped on for years, unwilling to part with, on outrageously expensive cosmetics and clothes she’d never considered touching in her ordinary life.

She learned how to dress up and make herself look attractive... all for the chance to latch onto a man.

And so, along with that group of sisters, she went to a place lit by brilliant neon lights that made everyone look inhuman, filled with loud, ear-splitting music from sharp instruments.

There, she saw many people, this man the son of a certain family, that one known for something else.

In the end, she couldn’t remember anyone, only thinking if she could be with one of them, probably she wouldn’t have to worry for the rest of her life?

Then they all started what they called a party, beginning with drinking, tossing around jokes she didn’t understand, and people began to merge into one.

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