The Fierce Farm Girl Has A Secret Space Chapter 5 - 5 5 Venting Cylinder _1

5: Chapter 5: Venting Cylinder _1 5: Chapter 5: Venting Cylinder _1 Xun Hui possessed a mild temperament by nature, which might appear as praise, yet to Yang Ruxin, she was merely a pushover, quietly weeping whenever her mother-in-law created troubles.

Thankfully, Yang Baiyue treated her decently, even if he never mustered the guts to stand against Yang Anshi for her sake, always urging her in secret to simply bear it—he remained her mainstay.

Furthermore, her spouse never held her lack of a son against her, so she gritted her teeth through the sufferings.

Consequently, Xun Hui and her offspring transformed into unpaid domestics for the whole Yang clan, toiling the hardest while scarcely ever eating enough, a reality Yang Baiyue appeared oblivious to.

Maybe in Yang Baiyue's mind, a purchased bride equated to a maidservant; merely avoiding starvation qualified as mercy.

In this way, eight or nine years drifted by.

Five years prior, Yang Baiyue journeyed to Linjiang Prefecture to take the imperial exams for civil service candidacy.

Regrettably, he plunged from the vessel into the river... More than a dozen passengers aboard attested to it then, and the Yang household dispatched folks to recover his remains, located three days downstream in terrible rot.

Absent his garments for identification, recognizing it as Yang Baiyue would have been impossible...

Xun Hui collapsed right there, yet physicians later revealed she was two months pregnant...

Since Yang Baiyue perished, orphaning three daughters without a male heir, Xun Hui's pregnancy turned into her salvation.

The Yangs desired her to continue Yang Baiyue's bloodline.

Naturally, birthing yet another girl would doom Xun Hui to being auctioned off.

Blissfully, the next year saw Xun Hui deliver boy-girl twins...

A son in hand meant Yang Anshi ceased threats of selling Xun Hui, though she heaped blame for Boss Yang's demise onto Xun Hui and her four girls, labeling them omens of disaster and curses...

Apart from Yang Rufeng, the other five—mother and daughters—served as the Yang clan's unpaid laborers and emotional punching bags.

If someone grew irritated, they could freely hurl abuses or deliver blows without repercussion...

Even more cruelly, Yang Anshi constantly suspected Xun Hui of discontent with her station, guaranteeing a beating whenever Xun Hui exchanged words with any man before returning home...

These tormenting days vanished in an instant, bringing another five years.

To Yang Ruxin, Xun Hui's endurance of Yang Anshi's oppression proved her fierce determination to survive.

Right then, the ones protected by Yang Xun Hui included her young sisters: the oldest, Yang Erni at just eleven, Yang Sanni eight years old, and the littlest, Yang Sinni—twin to the household boy Yang Rufeng—merely four.

Still, all of them resembled matchsticks, with frail necks bearing heads far too big...

Yang Anshi's blows intensified with every swing, betraying no intent to halt.

The ruthless rattan cane lashed mercilessly at mother and daughters, yet they withstood it all in silence, not a whimper escaping.

Spectators, clearly savoring the display, chimed in with vicious barbs as they observed.

Matching Yang Ruxin's bold spirit, she would have charged forward to halt it with a mighty kick.

Regrettably, feudal customs reigned in the Great Xuan Dynasty, where filial piety overshadowed even the heavens.

Besides, the main branch lacked a male figure now; acting rashly could complicate resolutions later without any backing... Hence, she compelled herself to suppress her urges.

Yet how could she bear witnessing her mother and sisters thrashed to death right before her eyes?