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Relying on the resilience of the people from Sichuan, I brought my daughter alone to River City, renting a small room next to the Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, seeking specialists for her treatment.
At first, her condition was well controlled; she could roll over at three months and sit up at five months. Jia Huairen brought his mother to our rented place.
"Child, come home with me. I haven't had a good night's sleep since you came out these past few months! I'm worried about you both not eating or sleeping well! I pray for you every day at home, and the 'Master' says my sincerity has moved the deities; the child's calamity has passed..."
To be honest, I was also exhausted physically and mentally during these six months. Their tender words moved me, so I took my daughter and followed what seemed like the "reformed" Jia family back to Anan.
But fate played tricks on us; when my daughter turned eight months old, she began to have seizures and was subsequently diagnosed with infantile spasms. By the time she was almost one year old, she still couldn't stand, walk, or speak. We became regulars at the hospital again.
Each hospitalization lasted about ten days and cost around five to six thousand. During our marriage, my in-laws had given over a hundred thousand as a bride price, and I had been using that money for my child's treatment. Once that money ran out, my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and husband reached a unanimous decision: no more treatment; just have another child!
I disagreed, but without any source of income—this place is not Sichuan—I hardly knew anyone except for Jia's relatives. Fortunately, my college classmates extended a helping hand; they raised nearly fifty thousand for me shortly after starting their jobs.
On New Year's Eve, due to issues regarding my daughter's treatment, I had a dispute with Jia Huairen and his mother. My mother-in-law and husband directly kicked us out; her exact words were: "We can remarry if we lose our daughter-in-law; we can have another granddaughter if we lose our granddaughter, but we cannot let you ruin this family!"
Snow was falling from the sky; my daughter had no shoes on her feet, her clothes were thin, and she wasn't even wrapped in a small blanket. I knocked on a closed small hotel, begging them to take us in. Outside, firecrackers were booming; every household was watching the Spring Festival Gala, counting down to the New Year while we huddled in a small room—cold and hungry. At that moment, how much pain and chill I felt inside only I knew.
Later on, my husband filed for divorce and made three demands: 1. I keep our daughter; 2. Refund the bride price of 138,000 yuan, over 20,000 yuan given to me as wedding gifts on the day of marriage, over 20,000 yuan spent on our daughter's full moon celebration, and over 30,000 yuan received as gifts from relatives and friends during that celebration—after a "package discount," he demanded a total of 200,000 yuan.
I was truly stunned. Initially, I also wanted a divorce but never expected they would demand a refund of the bride price and those expenses.
At that moment, I sadly realized that marrying into the Jia family meant being bought as a machine for bearing children. Once they discovered there was something wrong with the child, they felt justified in thinking they could "return this defective product."
Jia Huairen said: "The child is here to carry on our lineage and provide for us in old age. She's a girl and not healthy; we would have to spend so much money treating her and might end up taking care of her for life—what use is she? It's better to get rid of her early and have another one."
He continued: "A wife is just here to bear children for us; we've already paid the bride price—it’s like buying you for life. Now that we've only been married for just over a year and want to part ways—you must return my money; otherwise, won't I be at a loss?"
In short: wives and children can be discarded; money cannot be wasted. They fail to realize that a child is a living being with blood, flesh, emotions—part of your lineage. Even ants cling to life; can you casually say you would throw away a living person? If one day you fell gravely ill and were abandoned on a mountain—would you accept that?
They also don’t consider whether that money was spent on enjoyment or leisure by me. What did I gain from this marriage? A seriously ill child, painful experiences, an uncertain future... My losses are far more than just tens or hundreds of thousands.
Jia Huairen only relied on the instinct of animals to want a child. Then, based on the physiological instinct of animals, he contributed a sperm. After that, without going through ten months of pregnancy, without any psychological preparation, without any parenting knowledge, and without suffering at all, he easily had a child. For this man, contributing a sperm was too simple, and getting a child was too easy. So why let an unhealthy child drag him down?
They simply did not understand what it meant to be a father. Having a child is inherently risky; no one can guarantee that their child will be healthy. Once there are issues with the child, the whole family should share the risk, rather than thinking "I gave birth, I am responsible, I will take care of it, I will spend money; it shouldn't affect their lives."
I made up my mind: divorce is fine, but I won't give them any money! Besides, I have no money anyway. After many twists and turns, the court ultimately did not grant the divorce.
Due to the worsening condition, my daughter passed away shortly after her first birthday. Although I couldn't keep her, I have no regrets; at least her mother tried. Giving birth was a difficult journey for me; we shared a bond of life and death. I instinctively believed that "I fought to give birth to this child, so I will fight to save her and never give up easily."
Child, although your mother couldn't keep you, at least you came into this world. With my daughter gone, my heart also died; my heart for my husband's family died as well.
After saying goodbye to my daughter, I called Jia Huairen: "I now have time to go through with the divorce!" However, his family refused to divorce me. His mother said: "Divorce is fine, but you need to return the 200,000 yuan; otherwise, while you are alive you are a Jia family member, and when you die you will be a ghost of the Jia family!"
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