Chapter 189 Deng Xiuzhu changed her surname to Deng Xiuzhu and left a letter to Du Jianguo, carrying...

Deng Xiuzhu felt she had to leave Du Jianguo first and find a place to live with her children. That way, she wouldn't look like a truly helpless young widow in front of the older woman. She also wanted to get as far away from the area as possible, ideally without anyone knowing her.

After making up her mind, Deng Xiuzhu began looking for an apartment. Within a few days, she cycled extensively throughout Beichong, ultimately settling on a location near the city's west end. Firstly, it was far from the city center, far from her parents' and her in-laws' homes, and not close to the Du family either. Secondly, there were many factories in that area, so she could set up a stall near one of the factories.

Deng Xiuzhu had already figured it out. Even if the jewelry seller didn't want to work with her, she could always find another way to sell something else. After all, there was a way forward for her. Unlike a few years ago, when she had no other options but to rely on men, she had no other options.

After deciding where to stay, Deng Xiuzhu began looking for a place to live. Her requirements were not high, as long as she could live in a place that could accommodate her and her two children. She soon found a suitable house in the west of the city, paid the money, and rented it.

Deng Xiuzhu had been away for several days, so she must have neglected Sun Qiaoling's care. Over the past two years, under Deng Xiuzhu's care, Sun Qiaoling's health had improved and she could now speak word by word.

After Deng Xiuzhu returned home from renting a house, she quietly asked her son who stayed at home to look after the family, "Is everything okay at home?"

"It's okay, grandma seems to need to relieve herself, so she rang the bell."

"I understand." Deng Xiuzhu waited on Sun Qiaoling and Du Jianguo herself, never letting the children help. Her son and daughter never poured Sun Qiaoling a glass of water, but they were just sweet-talkers and urged them to be diligent.

Deng Xiuzhu entered Sun Qiaoling's room and said with a smile, "Mom, do you want to go to the bathroom?"

Sun Qiaoling looked at Deng Xiuzhu and said, "Solve it."

Deng Xiuzhu helped Sun Qiaoling to go to the toilet.

Deng Xiuzhu had been caring for Sun Qiaoling day in and day out for two years, believing she was doing her duty to everyone in the Du family. Even Sun Qiaoling's two daughters hadn't been treated with such dedication. When she arrived, Sun Qiaoling couldn't speak, but now she could. She had her own standards; she felt comfortable spending the Du family's money, having cared so well for Sun Qiaoling.

In mid-February of the lunar calendar, which was the end of March of the solar calendar, the court finally notified Du Jianguo that the divorce judgment between him and Wang Hui had been issued.

Du Jianguo and Li Fengju were called to the court to get the judgment. They both felt relieved. Li Fengju took Wang Hui's divorce judgment and asked Du Jianguo to go with her to transfer Wang Hui and Huanhuan's household registration.

Wang Hui's household registration was originally going to be moved out, but Huanhuan was his biological daughter after all, so he was a little hesitant. But when he thought about Deng Xiuzhu and the two children at home, he decided to give up. Raising two children was already difficult, and raising Huanhuan was definitely not an option.

Du Jianguo was only thinking about coaxing Deng Xiuzhu and the two children at home first, and letting Wang Ying raise Huanhuan first. He didn't believe that she would ignore him, her biological father, in the future.

Li Fengju went to Wang Ying's workplace to find her again, and the three of them went together to transfer Wang Hui and Huanhuan's household registration.

With the court judgment and the transfer of household registration, it was not difficult to do so. However, when Li Fengju proposed to change Huanhuan's surname, Du Jianguo refused.

"The child can live with you, but how can he change his surname? You didn't discuss this with me before." Du Jianguo jumped up.

Wang Ying said coldly, "Huanhuan wanted to change her name herself. She didn't want to take your last name."

"It's because of you that the child hates me!" said Du Jianguo.

"You know whether I was the one who was coaxed by us or hurt by you," Wang Ying said. "If you don't agree, you can first return the money we spent on raising Huanhuan for the past two years, and then take Huanhuan back."

Du Jianguo thought about Huanhuan's hateful gaze. If he took this child back, would his family be in good shape? He and Deng Xiuzhu were finally getting married. If she messed with them, they might never have a peaceful day again.

Li Fengju also said at this moment: "Don't you have a daughter and a son? Don't they have your surname?"

Thinking of Deng Xiuzhu's two children, Du Jianguo made up his mind: "After she changes her surname, I won't care about her anymore. I won't be responsible for her living expenses or tuition fees."

"You talk as if you were in charge." Wang Ying looked at him coldly, his tone threatening, "Hurry up and agree. Don't make things awkward. You might end up in trouble later."

Du Jianguo shuddered at Wang Ying's look. Thinking about Wang Ying's abilities, he knew he couldn't win. He had already given up custody of Huanhuan, so whether or not to change her surname was irrelevant. Du Jianguo finally agreed, and Huanhuan changed her surname to Wang.

After all the formalities were completed, Du Jianguo snorted and left without even saying goodbye to Li Fengju and Wang Ying.

"Amitabha, our family will have nothing to do with the Du family from now on." Li Fengju said.

Wang Ying smiled and said, "Well, Huanhuan will be part of our Wang family from now on."

Li Fengju looked at Wang Ying and said, "Yingzi, thank you."

"Why are you saying that? I have to go back to work. You can go home by yourself," Wang Ying said. "You can take this certificate to Huanhuan's school and change her name for her."

"Okay, I'll go right away and pick them up from school." Li Fengju took the certificate from Wang Ying's hand.

Du Jianguo did not return to work. He asked for half a day off and went home after finishing his work. He wanted to tell Xiuzhu the good news.

"Xiuzhu! Look, this is the divorce decree between Wang Hui and me!" Du Jianguo showed the decree to Deng Xiuzhu like he was presenting a treasure.

"It was done so quickly." said Deng Xiuzhu.

"It's almost time! I was so anxious." Du Jianguo said with a smile, "Let's see if there's a good day and go get the marriage certificate."

Deng Xiuzhu didn't respond.

Du Jianguo saw this and said, "Xiuzhu, what's wrong with you? I'm divorced, aren't you happy?"

"No," Deng Xiuzhu said, "I just couldn't believe it for a moment."

"It's all written in black and white, and it's stamped with the government's seal. What's there to be unbelievable about?" said Du Jianguo.

"What about Huanhuan?" Deng Xiuzhu asked again.

"Give it to the Wang family. Don't worry, there will only be your child in the family from now on. I will definitely raise him as my own child." Du Jianguo said.

Despite Du Jianguo's words, Deng Xiuzhu remained unmoved. She was determined to leave with her two children. Previously, she had no other options. With two children, she couldn't find a job or a husband. She had no other options, so she turned to Du Jianguo. Now that the country had implemented reform and opening up, it had opened up other avenues for her. She no longer needed to rely on a man, a cowardly, selfish, and incompetent man.

But Deng Xiuzhu didn't want to fall out with Du Jianguo.

"Thank you, Jianguo."

"You're still being polite to me. We're going to become a real couple." Du Jianguo held Deng Xiuzhu's hand.

Deng Xiuzhu thought to herself that they would never be a real couple. If Du Jianguo was still okay with that, she might have been willing to stay. But now, whether she stayed or not, she would be a widow anyway. What was the point of staying?

Just as Du Jianguo was looking through the almanac to choose the day to get his marriage certificate with Deng Xiuzhu, Deng Xiuzhu had already "contacted" her family and her ex-husband's family, "inviting" them to "take her and her child away."

Of course, she didn't say it in a nice tone. She went to her ex-husband's house and boasted that she was going to remarry with the child, and would change the child's surname and move the household registration. When she went to her parents' house, she showed off that she was going to marry into a good family and would soon get a marriage certificate and hold a wedding banquet!

Deng Xiuzhu knew these two families well enough to know they wouldn't remain indifferent and would definitely come to the Du family to cause trouble. If they did, she could take advantage of the chaos and leave with the children.

Sure enough, every Sunday, Deng Xiuzhu's family members, including her ex-husband's family, came to the Du family's door. Her family members wanted money, and her husband's family members wanted people...

Du Jianguo never expected that there were two such huge mountains between him and Deng Xiuzhu.

Deng Xiuzhu's eldest brother asked Du Jianguo for a betrothal gift of 1,000 yuan as soon as he opened his mouth. Her former brother-in-law said that he wanted to take the two children away and would never let his descendants have someone else's surname.

Deng Xiuzhu deliberately used words to provoke her elder brother and former brother-in-law, and soon the three parties started fighting. Both Deng Xiuzhu and Du Jianguo were beaten.

The fight finally stopped when a neighbor of the Du family, fearing trouble, threatened to report it to the police. The fight stopped, but the incident wasn't over. Seeing the Du family's well-being, both families wanted to take a piece of the Du family's pie.

After making trouble for several days in a row, Du Jianguo was beaten several times and began to bear it unbearably. He no longer treated Deng Xiuzhu as gently as before.

"How did they know we were getting married?" Du Jianguo covered his head and said to Deng Xiuzhu unhappily.

"I want to transfer my child's household registration, and I also want to transfer my own household registration, so I must go through them." Deng Xiuzhu said aggrievedly.

"What an exorbitant price! One thousand yuan, you have the nerve to ask for it! Nowadays, even marrying a virgin girl doesn't cost so much money!" Du Jianguo became angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and he just hated himself for not being able to beat Deng Xiuzhu's elder brother.

After hearing what Du Jianguo said, Deng Xiuzhu became even more convinced that her decision was correct and that this person was not worthy of trust at all.

Deng Xiuzhu just cried and didn't say anything.

"Or, let's not get married yet and wait a little longer," said Du Jianguo.

Deng Xiuzhu cried even harder.

"Okay, okay, stop crying. You're so embarrassed!" Du Jianguo ran back to his room and slammed the door.

Deng Xiuzhu's two children came forward and hugged their mother crying.

After Deng Xiuzhu's family members came to make trouble again, Du Jianguo and Deng Xiuzhu had a quarrel. It wasn't so much a quarrel as it was Du Jianguo's outburst. The next day, when Du Jianguo left for work, Deng Xiuzhu left a letter for him and left with her children.

When Du Jianguo got home from get off work, the house was deserted. He panicked and ran into the house. He saw the letter Deng Xiuzhu left for him.

After reading the letter, Du Jianguo was completely stunned. Deng Xiuzhu said she didn't want to cause Du Jianguo any more trouble, and her family and in-laws wouldn't let her go... Deng Xiuzhu told Du Jianguo not to look for her again and to find a good woman to live with in the future...

Du Jianguo suddenly remembered where he kept the passbook at home. After opening it, he found that the passbook was still there, and he felt relieved again.

The bell in Sun Qiaoling's room kept ringing. Du Jianguo walked over and sat down beside the bed.

"Mom, Xiuzhu is gone." Du Jianguo murmured.

"Let's go, let's go." Sun Qiaoling repeated Du Jianguo's words, and then said, "Look, look."

"What's the point of getting it back? Those two families come to make trouble every day. We can't live a single day!" Du Jianguo held his head and scratched it hard.

"Looking, looking..." Sun Qiaoling continued.

Du Jianguo hesitated. Of course he wanted to get Deng Xiuzhu back, but he didn't want a Yue family like the Deng family, because he realized very clearly that giving a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift would not allow them to live in peace. As long as he married Deng Xiuzhu, they would definitely cling to him and suck his blood.

At this time, Deng Xiuzhu was in her new home with her children. She bought a roast chicken and happily celebrated their move.

"Mom, is this our new home from now on?" the daughter asked Deng Xiuzhu.

"Yes, the three of us, mother and daughter, will live here from now on. We won't go anywhere else, and mom will support you by earning her own money," said Deng Xiuzhu.

"I can help too!" said the daughter.

"I can do it too!" The son also raised his hand, still holding the chicken leg in his hand.

Looking at her two well-behaved and sensible children, Deng Xiuzhu feels that no matter how difficult the road ahead will be, she will definitely persevere.

Deng Xiuzhu decided to go to the older sister again while the wounds on her face and body were still healed, hoping to win her sympathy.

She was lucky and found Zhao Yunfang at her stall in Chengbei Park the next day.

"Oh, sister, what's wrong with your face?" Zhao Yunfang asked as soon as she saw her.

"I was beaten by my eldest brother," said Deng Xiuzhu.

"What's going on?" Zhao Yunfang hurried to her side.

"He thinks the three of us eat too much," said Deng Xiuzhu.

"Well, I promised you what you said last time." Seeing her like this, Zhao Yunfang didn't bother to ask anything else and directly agreed to Deng Xiuzhu.