decided to write this series of stories because I miss my deceased grandmother and father, and lament their life of more bitterness and less sweetness.
The child bride mentioned earlier is my grandmother Wang Cuiyun, who was pregnant with my father when she was seventeen years old. After being beaten by my grandfather whom I had never met before, I couldn't think of it and wanted to jump into the river, but I didn't know that I was tricked into the city by my aunt (later grandfather's sister).
When my grandma was in her sixties, I asked her why she easily left. She said she didn't know either, so she looked at her sister very kind, and said that if I hadn't followed her, you wouldn't know where you were.
My aunt is very married. I heard that my aunt works in the Public Security Bureau. My aunt has six siblings, and they are one mother and different fathers.
The aunt's father's surname is Chen. After having an aunt, he also gave birth to a daughter and a son. This son is my grandfather. Because he is tall, others call him "Chen Dahan".
When grandpa turned ten years old, the great-grandfather (we call grandpa his father the great-grandfather) died of illness. When the villagers saw that the grandmother worked hard with her three children, they helped find someone named Yang and was willing to come to the house.
It is said that this Grand Master Yang has a lot of skills and is honest and kind, and is very popular among the villagers. The grandmother and Grandma Yang also gave birth to three children, two men and one woman.
Although the ten-year-old grandfather is impatient, he is still pretty good under the guidance of Grandpa Yang.
When the Anti-Japanese War , my grandfather went to be a soldier. I heard that he also picked up the bayonet and killed many Japanese devils, but he almost died on the battlefield. Once he risked his life to save his company commander. After the company commander recovered, he wanted to repay him, but he couldn't read a lot of money, so he gave him a lot of money to send him home.
When he returned home, the sisters were all married and the younger brother was married.
Master Yang is doing it everywhere for him, but he always looks down on him and thinks this and that. After delaying, I was in my twenties, which made Grandpa Yang and Grandma very anxious.
When the aunts come back for the New Year, the two old men asked them to find a way, no matter what, it would be fine, just let grandpa settle down.
It's also a coincidence. My aunt had an older sister who married into Zhangjia Village. She had met my grandmother and knew that she was honest, hardworking and diligent.
That day, I accidentally encountered my grandma about to jump into the river, so I quickly stopped her and had a plan in my heart. Unexpectedly, I was convinced in a few words, so my aunt took her back to the city.
The aunt took her grandmother back and told her what she thought, but was scolded by her aunt, saying that you are not abducting a woman. My aunt said that I saved her life, and they didn’t have a marriage certificate, so she refused to go back, so I was helping her find a way out.
So my aunt asked her grandmother to stay at her house while asking someone to notify her mother in the next county.
A few days later, Grandpa Yang and Grandma came with her grandfather. When she saw Grandpa with a big belly, she was very displeased. After Grandpa Yang pulled him out of the door, he agreed again. I heard that Grandpa Yang was playing with him, but when grandpa lost, he agreed.
They know that the family conditions are poor. Although my grandma is pregnant, she looks not very smart and will be nice to her in the future. Grandpa Yang said that he would say that he was his biological child from the future, and was he afraid that he would not support you in old age?
Grandpa Yang and his team agreed, so they gave their grandpa some cloth tickets for her to pull some cloth to make clothes for her grandma, and asked him to take her grandma to play for a few days. He and his grandmother went home to deal with some things first.
After the clever Grandpa Yang returned home, he found the village chief, told him about this matter, and asked him to tell the villagers that he was not allowed to tell the children that Chen Dahan was not his biological child in the future.
The villagers should not gossip. If the woman runs away from being angry, let them take responsibility. The village chief knew that he had finally found one, but he almost almost found it. If someone talks too much, that Chen Dahan will be in trouble, and it doesn’t matter to him.
After finishing work, the village chief asked the men to gather in front of him and talk about this matter. They asked them to go home and take care of their wives, and if they were angry, they would take their daughter away.
This Grand Master Yang handled the family affairs and went to his aunt's house with his grandmother.
Under their coaxing, grandma and they took the train to a small mountain village more than 100 miles away from their home. At that time, grandma was seven months pregnant, and grandma prepared everything the child needed and was very nice to grandma.
And grandpa was also under the oppression of his mother and stepfather, and was not bad to grandma. He would do her clothes and get up in the middle of the night to massage her grandmother who had leg cramps. It was right to make grandma feel that her mind was hot at that time.
7th day of the first lunar month, my grandmother finally gave birth after five or six hours of pain. Yes, my dad was born.
Grandpa was very unhappy when he saw grandma giving birth to a son. He thought he would be a daughter, and he would be fine if he got married, and he would have to settle his family for his son.
Grandpa Yang said, "This is your son. His surname is Chen, you remember!"
Grandpa said unhappily, "It's not my kind, I'm annoyed when I see it!"
Grandpa Yang hit him hard and said, "Then why did I treat you over the years? Have you forgotten? If you don't want it, see if anyone is willing, it's not good to pick up a son!"
Grandpa shut up and respected this stepfather. When he came to this home, he treated himself and his sisters like his own. He also taught himself some skills in fisting and kicking, and did not ignore himself just because his own son got married.
After the confinement period, my grandmother worked with her grandfather and earned work points. The grandmother took her father during the day and slept with her grandparents at night.
When my father was over three years old, my grandmother gave birth to my aunt again. At that time, there were very few rooms, so my father still slept with his grandparents.
It was night, and my father wet his grandfather's pants. The angry grandfather lifted him from the bed, opened the door and threw him on the floor outside the house.
It's winter and it's snowing. Dad was frightened and knocked on the door desperately, and grandma wanted to open the door and let him in. Grandpa said I will beat you to death if you open the door, don’t think I dare not.
Grandma dared not open the door. Dad cried outside the door for a long time until his cry woke up Grandpa Yang. He opened the door and carried his father into their room, and asked his grandmother to go to his grandmother's house to get his father's dry clothes.
That night, Grandpa Yang held his father in his arms and slept. When he talked to us about this, Dad said with red eyes: "It was so cold that night! If it weren't for you Grandpa Yang, I would have been gone long ago."
From then on, Dad lived in the same room with Grandma until they all passed away.
Grandpa has a bad temper. He was fine when he was reasonable. When he was anxious, he would beat him no matter when he caught someone. Grandma was beaten by her grandfather many times, and she would tremble every time she heard her grandfather’s roar.
She said she thought she would not be beaten if she had changed her place. If she had known that it would be the same everywhere, I shouldn't have run away with someone stupidly.
Later, my grandmother gave birth to her second uncle, so my grandfather stopped beating her grandmother, but he beat my father and beat him while Grandpa Yang was away. Later, many elderly people in the village advised him that it was wrong for him to do this. Only then did he restrain himself.
After giving birth to her second uncle, my grandmother suddenly wanted to go home to see her parents. My grandfather was afraid that she would not come back when she went back, so she beat her grandmother hard. He also said that if he wanted to run away again in the future, he would break her leg.
Grandma never dared to mention going home again. I remember when I was in elementary school, grandma went home alone. She said that after asking many people, she knew how to take the bus and which road to take.
Later, Uncle Yao and Aunt Yao were born one after another. Grandma and Grandma Yang had passed away. No one would scold the hot-tempered grandfather. Grandma was already afraid of being beaten, and even if her grandfather made things difficult for my father, she didn't dare to say anything.
I still remember what my grandma told me now. I definitely don’t like it. My parents don’t like it. Both of your grandpas want to hit me.
I forgot how to comfort her. It was really difficult for women in that era. I can’t help myself in many things, and I haven’t read books, and I have seen few things. After being beaten a lot, I gradually accepted my fate.
