Doctor Xue worked for a while to stop the bleeding from Madam Sun. "She'll have to stay here for a month. If she doesn't wake up within seven days, you should inform her parents and make arrangements for her funeral!"

"That old woman Zhao really deserved to die a horrible death!" Niu Xiaomei said indignantly. "It would be great if she really got her comeuppance!"

Little Fu Bao laughed and chimed in, "Yeah, they'll die a horrible death!"

Niu Xiaomei held Xiao Fubao and said, "Our Xiao Fubao is a lucky baby. She will never encounter such an immoral old man in the future!"

"Dr. Xue, how much does her injury cost?" Chen Yu asked.

“We’re in-laws, how can I let you pay? This is free!” Doctor Xue said.

Shen Yu laughed and said, "Dr. Xue, of course we're not paying for this; it's her wicked mother-in-law and husband who are paying!"

Doctor Xue laughed and said, "Is that so? Her payment for today is two strings of cash. We'll settle it separately from now on!"

Since Chen Yu was not related to the Sun family, the family returned home after sending the person to the clinic.

Unexpectedly, neither Zhao Xiaomei nor Niu Jing'an went to the clinic. Instead, it was Sun's parents who paid for the medical expenses and cured the person. Sun's father then grabbed two knives and was about to attack the person when he was stopped by Sun's mother, Hu Yulan.

“Uncle, can I borrow your oxcart? Let’s go together and get justice. Your brother has a fiery temper, so he can’t go!” Hu Yulan said.

"We have to get a divorce no matter what! It's just that I'm afraid we won't be able to get the dowry money back!" Uncle Sun said.

Sun's dowry was only four strings of cash. It could not be reported to the government if it was less than one hundred strings of cash. Although women's dowries were protected by the government, that only applied to dowries exceeding one hundred strings of cash.

The government wouldn't care about the four or five strings of cash dowry that ordinary people had, and ordinary people simply couldn't afford a dowry of one hundred strings of cash; having twenty or thirty strings of cash was considered quite good.

Scholarly and prestigious families were afraid of spending the bride's dowry, lest they lose face. But ordinary families had no face to speak of, and a dowry of ten or twenty strings of cash could easily be squandered on the family's food, clothing, daily necessities, and other necessities.

When Chen Yu and Niu Xiaomei heard that Hu Shi and Uncle Sun had arrived at Niushan Village in an oxcart, Zhao Xiaomei shouted so loudly that everyone in the group could hear her:

"Divorce? Don't your family want your grandson to have a good life? The child lost his mother at such a young age, and you're just trying to tear the family apart." "How have we treated her badly? We provide her with food and shelter, and we've only hit her a few times. After she marries into another family, will she have a better life than she did in ours? Divorce means three years in jail!"

Mrs. Hu was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Seeing that his sister-in-law was not good with words, Uncle Sun said, "Even three years in jail is better than being abused in your house! Hurry up and sign the divorce papers!"

While Niu Xiaomei and Shen Shi were working at home, they listened to Zhao Xiaomei's wailing and deafening cursing. Niu Xiaomei said:

"It's not like the Sun family didn't have enough to eat and came to their house begging for food and shelter. Using food and drink as an excuse is shameless! If they're so capable, let them decide not to marry, then the other family won't need to eat at their house!"

Madam Shen said, "For us women, marriage is like a second reincarnation. Putting aside everything else, we either need a powerful family, or we need to be capable ourselves. Most importantly, we need to have money! But this world doesn't allow women a chance to get ahead!"

Little Fu Bao tugged at Shen Shi's clothes and said in a childish voice, "Mommy, it's lively over there!"

Niu Xiaomei said, "Sister-in-law, let's go take a look together!" Shen put down her work and followed her.

Zhao Xiaomei retorted, "Divorce is fine, but don't come begging to come to my house! My family won't take you in then!" "And don't even think about seeing the child. If your daughter dares to remarry, I'll ruin her marriage! I'll say she can't have any more children, and she'll never get married. Let's see how long you can support her!"

Ever since Sun felt that her mother-in-law and husband treated her badly, she had been unwilling to have any more children. Zhao Xiaomei kept urging her to have children, but nothing happened.

Perhaps due to her excitement, Zhao Xiaomei tripped over her own doorstep and fell flat on her face, knocking out her teeth. This drew laughter from the onlookers: "Haha, Granny Zhao, don't get too excited!"

Madam Hu said, "Your son beat my daughter like that, I'm going to sue you in court! Even if my daughter goes to jail, your son won't get away with it!"

"Waaah!" When Zhao Xiaomei got up, she came face to face with Shen Shi and Niu Xiaomei. She immediately resented Shen Shi. If it weren't for her meddling and insisting on taking her daughter-in-law to the clinic, she wouldn't have embarrassed herself today.

Neither of the two companies will divorce.

Although the woman who initiates the divorce will have to go to jail or pay compensation, the man who is divorced and his family will also have to march around the entire Qingzhou for fifteen consecutive days. Zhao Xiaomei felt that it was a great disgrace for her son to be dumped by the woman's family.

Domestic violence is punishable by imprisonment.

Uncle Sun said, "It's easy to prevent us from suing. Just sign the divorce papers!" If both parties agree to a divorce, the woman can be exempted from three years in prison.

In this way, the Sun family would no longer be able to accuse Gao Niu Jing'an of domestic violence.

"Impossible! Even if the Sun family is dead, they won't be allowed to leave my house! I never intended to interfere with their divorce!"

Zhao Xiaomei couldn't understand. She was just a worthless daughter. Even if she was their only child, she was still just a girl, not a son. Even if she died, she would just die. Besides, she wasn't dead. Why did Sun's family cherish her so much?

Zhao Xiaomei slowly shifted her gaze to the children.

"Since we can't reach an agreement, let's go to the government office! Let's see if your son gets a heavier sentence or my niece goes to jail longer!" Uncle Sun said. "You can bully my niece like that in front of all of us relatives!"

Last time, because she was feeling unwell, Sun asked someone to send a message to her parents to take her to see a doctor. Sun Jiu went out to work, and Hu rented Sun Da Bo's oxcart to pick up her daughter to see a doctor.

Zhao Xiaomei and Niu Jing'an then told Sun that if she dared to go, she should die in the clinic and never come back!

Seeing that Sun was reluctant to part with her crying, hungry child, Hu said nothing, and the dozen or so onlookers dispersed.

Sun Jiu, the father of the Sun family, walked halfway there when he was seen by Sun Da Bo, who was driving an oxcart back home, and stopped by him.

Where are you going?

“That wicked woman and her family have been bullying my daughter like this, I’m going to kill them!” Sun Jiu said.

Uncle Sun said, “If someone dies, you’ll have to pay with your life. What will happen to your wife and daughter then? How will they live? In my opinion, it’s better to get a divorce. If they’re willing to divorce on their own and don’t go to court, we won’t sue them! If they’re not willing, then we’ll sue them for abusing their wife, and none of them will have a good time!”

Sun Jiu calmed down and realized that this made sense, so he said, "Take me to see my daughter!"

It took Sun several days to wake up. She was fine, but the first thing she did upon waking was to hug her parents and cry. The two families remained deadlocked for a long time over the matter of divorce.