India has had a thousand years of patriarchal thinking. Indians living in different regions have different degrees of preference for sons and daughters. The patriarchal mentality in Anta Village is particularly serious, there is no woman here, only men, it can be said that it is a man's paradise.
A girl named Anna was sold by her father to the village of Anta. There was a high-ranking old man in this village who knew that the landlord had married a beautiful daughter-in-law, and his heart was envious. So he called the male matchmaker and asked him to find a woman for himself to come back and prepare to be his son's daughter-in-law. The male matchmaker promised the grand master that he would find the most beautiful woman in the area for the big man to come back. The eldest master was looking forward to what he said to the male matchmaker, and planned to give him a generous reward after the fact.
The male matchmaker knows the power of the big master here and is eager for women, so she does not dare to slack off on his affairs. Not only did he want to go to find a beautiful woman for the big man to come back from eating, but he was also thinking about this problem while sleeping and walking. The male matchmaker searched for several days without results, and just as he was washing his feet by the river, he suddenly heard a woman's singing voice in the distant woods. He thought he had a problem with his ear and was having auditory hallucinations. To verify that her ears were fine, she stopped her hand and pricked up her ears to listen again, but she didn't hear anything. He thought it was strange that he would not meet the "female ghost" in the woods, and thought that he would run home in fear, but he did not expect that his courage was so big, and he ran into the woods to find out. This does not look unknown, a look of shock.
He crept deep into the woods and saw a woman with her hair and a white dress sitting on a branch with her back to him, leisurely eating fruit. The male matchmaker thought that there was a problem with his eyes, and actually saw the woman, in order to see the woman's appearance, he blinked hard to determine whether he was wrong, looked at countless eyes, and found that it was really a woman. The woman's name was Anna, she had been secretly raised by her father, and she had been living in the deep woods dressed as a man, and she rarely ran out, except when she had to go to the river to take a bath. Unexpectedly, this time Anna was careless when she took a bath, did not change into men's clothes, and attracted men because of singing. She hadn't noticed a man looking at her behind her. She leisurely ate the fruit, threw the fruit into her mouth interestingly, and stunned the male matchmaker with one foot and one foot. He had never seen such a beautiful woman, so he had been staring at Anna obsessively, and at the same time thinking that he could introduce her to the big master, that he would get a sum of money, and that a happy life would begin.
Just as he was thinking of God, he suddenly stepped on the branch and made a noise, alarming Anna. As soon as she turned around and saw that it was a man, she turned around and ran quickly to her home deep in the woods. How can the male matchmaker easily let go of such a good opportunity and chase after it in a hurry. Running deep into the woods, he saw Anna hiding in a dilapidated house, so he climbed down a ladder into the yard. The loud movement alarmed Anna's father, who hurried out to see what was going on. Anna's father found that it was a man who began to panic in his heart, worried that Anna's daughter had been discovered, and there was a fluke mentality in his heart, thinking that it would not be so easy to see. But when the male matchmaker looked at the person in front of her and said that she wanted to introduce Anna to the eldest grandfather as a daughter-in-law. Her father knew that Anna's daughter could not hide it. Her father thought that if more people knew that there were women in the family, his and Anna's lives would be in danger. So Anna's father entertained the male matchmaker and asked the male matchmaker what kind of family he wanted to introduce Anna to?
The male matchmaker happily told Anna's father about the identity of the big boss, and said that he could take the big old man to show him. On this day, the eldest master and the male matchmaker came to Anna's house together. At first, her father did not agree, but when the eldest came to Anna's house with a few thick stacks of cash, Anna's father could not resist the temptation of money and agreed to sell Anna to the grand master's family. Anna, who had no freedom in life, was forced to come to the big boss's house.
When she was married to the son of the grand master's family, she realized that she was going to marry the five sons of the grand master. This made Anna desperate, but there was no way to resist. The days spent in the big old man's house were like hell to Anna. During the day she had to do the work at home, no matter what dirty work she did, even if she was weak. In the evening she would serve the Grand Master and his four sons. You may ask why four, and doesn't the eldest have five sons?
The reason is that in this family, the youngest son, the grand marshal, does not need Anna to wait at night, and he will let Anna rest well. The handsome thoughtfulness gave Anna a warmth she had never experienced before. He would help Anna, work with her, or sometimes do the work himself to give Anna a good rest. At first, Anna was wary of the marshal and was not very close to her. But over time, Anna found that the marshal was very good to her, just as the sunshine in her life slowly warmed her cold heart, and for the first time she experienced being loved and cared for. So she gradually let go of her guard against her younger son, sometimes they would play with each other, and sometimes the marshal would tell Anna stories, so that Anna showed a smile that she had not seen for a long time. Spending time with the Grand Marshal was Anna's happiest time.
But the good times were not long, Anna and the handsome man's happy get along, which caused the big master and several other sons to be very dissatisfied, because the big old man and other sons felt that women were not worthy to talk and laugh with men, and they should be good slaves to men. But the grand marshal did not think so, he thought that women should be treated well, so he confronted the big boss and the brothers. Even if the grand marshal is harshly taught by the big boss, he must be good to Anna. The confrontation of the big handsome made Anna feel that as long as there was a big handsome, no matter what difficulties she encountered in this family, she could endure it well.
But God wanted to tease Anna, who was suffering from fate, and let the marshal leave her early. One day, the marshal suddenly fell into the river and drowned on the way to buy a veil for Anna. Anna was devastated to learn of this, the sun in her heart disappeared, and she was suddenly desperate, and she did not want to stay in this hellish home. So I asked a small servant in the house to take her away, and the little servant knew what had happened to Anna and sympathized with her and decided to agree to take her out. But Anna and the little servant were found by the four sons of the grand master on the way to escape, and they were very angry, one of the angry sons shot and killed the little servant, and the frustrated Anna was captured by the sons and locked in the bullpen. Anna lay in the cow pen with neither food nor water, was so weak that she felt like she was going to die soon.
In order not to let Anna die so soon, the eldest lord arranged for a new little male servant to take care of her. Under the careful care of the little maid, Anna's body began to slowly recover. During the recovery period, the four sons of the eldest grandfather still did not let Anna go, and from time to time they entered the bullpen to insult and scold her. Anna did not have any strength to resist at all, and lay motionless on the ground with her eyes closed, enduring in pain. A few months later, Anna's belly suddenly became very large, and it turned out that she was already pregnant, but at first there was no way to know. Maybe God couldn't see what the eldest master and his four sons were doing, so he gave them a fierce punishment.
The eldest grandfather's four sons were hacked to death with a knife when they quarreled with the peasants, and the eldest grandfather was stabbed to death by the little male servant who took care of Anna when he tried to burn Anna to death. That's how their tragic lives ended. Afterwards, the panicked little boy servant immediately fled with the weak Anna to a house deep in the woods, at the same time, the child in Anna's belly was born, giving birth to a girl, how ironic! The fate of the little girl in this country in the future depends on her creation, and I hope that she can grow up healthily in a loving environment.
The idea of son preference is deeply rooted in India, and there are countless girls like Anna, who are tired but strong, and I have to give a thumbs up to these girls who are still strong in the depths of life.