Chapter 180 Huang Xi'e's Secret Exposed

After asking this, the neighbor was very surprised, but then he thought about how hardworking and capable the other party's children were, and how his own son was too lazy to move when he asked him to pull weeds in the field, so he couldn't help but envy them.

"Taozi and the others are not at home. You can go check on the fields. They are helping out in the fields during the holidays. Or you can go check on your mother. The two children are very hardworking and have opened up more than an acre of land to grow watermelons."

At this point, the neighbor brought up the topic again, "You two, you can't just leave your child at home even if he's capable. Although everyone in our village is from the same family, there are still some who don't study well. You have to leave an adult behind? Even if your mother is still here, the two children can't even have a hot meal when they come back from school."

Ye Yong forced a smile. He knew what his wife was like. He thanked the other party for his kindness and said, "Then you go ahead and I'll go look for her."

Ye Yong walked silently towards where his mother lived. It was not far away, just around the corner.

His mother has always been unwilling to live with him. She would rather raise chickens and ducks by herself, grow some vegetables and sell them at the market than have to rely on the elderly food now.

According to her, she is still capable and in good health. She would like to earn more to reduce the burden on her son, and she does not want to live under the will of her daughter-in-law. She wants to save money on her own so that she can stand tall when she is old.

Reciting his mother's words, Ye Yong shook his head and came to Zhang Shuiying's door.

These are two cement houses. They are not painted on the outside and are simply covered with a layer of white putty on the inside. There is a pigpen on the left, but there are no pigs raised in it. Instead, there are rabbits, chickens and ducks. Now the chickens and ducks are driven out to walk around outside.

There was a tall pile of firewood outside the bungalow, and next to it was a small piece of land where onions, ginger and garlic were planted. There was a circle around the yard with a few orange trees bearing green and yellow fruits. The whole yard was clean and tidy.

Ye Yong pushed open the door and called twice but no one answered. Thinking that he might have gone to the fields, he put down his things and walked back to the fields.

At this time in the fields, Ye Chen and Ye Tao followed Zhang Shuiying to tend to the watermelon fields.

The last crop of strawberries is being picked. Large trucks come every day to pick them up. The picked strawberries are packaged and shipped according to size, and orders from the village shops are coming in like snowflakes.

There is someone specifically responsible for international orders, and the remaining domestic orders are divided by region and shipped out as soon as the strawberries are ripe.

No worries about selling!

Zhang Shuiying worked quickly and finished picking the strawberries early with her granddaughter and grandson. Her energy was limited, so she only planted a few acres, and all the strawberries were taken away.

Watermelons are growing bigger and bigger now. Ye Zhen said that this type of watermelon has a thin skin and must be picked as soon as it matures.

"Grandma, I've picked all the watermelons here." Ye Chen stood up, picked a smaller watermelon, smashed it open with his fist, and handed it to his grandmother and sister who were still picking watermelons.

Zhang Shuiying wiped the sweat off her face. The sun was shining brightly, and it felt warm on her body. She was sweating after working for so long.

"Grandma, eat some melon and take a break."

Zhang Shuiying smiled, looking at the big watermelons in the field, and thinking of the price set by the village, she was delighted, "Eat, we haven't tasted the watermelons we grow ourselves yet."

"By the way, when will your dad come back today?" Zhang Shuiying bit into the watermelon, which was crisp, sweet and juicy.

Good melon!

Ye Tao came over, not minding the dirt, and sat down on the edge of the field, shaking her head, "My dad didn't say anything."

Zhang Shuiying was thinking of making a phone call to ask, but before she could click on the number, she heard a shout from the other end.

"Mom! Tatsuko, Momoko!"

Ye Tao jumped up suddenly when she heard the shout, with a look of surprise on her face, and responded loudly, "Dad! You're back!"

He turned back and took the remaining half of the watermelon on the branch.

Ye Yong came to his own land with shock in his eyes.

The picked watermelons are big and round, with dark green patterns. The round watermelons hidden under the vines, and the endless fields are full of vibrant green vines.

Many villagers were bending over, carrying watermelons. The previous small roads were widened. Although they were not cement roads, they could accommodate three-wheelers. The villagers carefully stacked the watermelons after weighing them. There were villagers in the field responsible for registration. There were also large trucks parked there in a queue, and some trucks that drove away were piled with watermelons.

The villagers divided the work in an orderly manner, with smiles on their faces, full of energy and hope in their eyes.

Is this his village?

"Dad, how is it? Has there been a big change?" Ye Chen asked with a smile.

Ye Yong came back to his senses, his eyes still filled with shock. He pointed at the field in front of him and asked, "You planted all this."

"Of course! This acre of watermelons is planted by my brother and I. Grandma said that we can sell these watermelons for a lot of money, so we will save them for us when the time comes."

Ye Tao looked proud, gave the watermelon to his father and urged him to eat it.

Look how capable she and her brother are, they have earned enough money for tuition and living expenses.

Ye Yong ate the watermelon, feeling proud and happy, and the bitterness in his heart was less.

Zhang Shuiying continued to talk, and finally talked about her daughter-in-law, "Xi'e hasn't come back for the past three months, and she doesn't answer the phone. Did you tell her when you came back?"

Ye Yong's smiling face suddenly fell, he looked down at the watermelon in his hand, and after a long silence, he said with difficulty:

"Mom, I came back to get a divorce."

As soon as these words came out, the air became quiet.

Ye Chen and Ye Tao couldn't eat the watermelon anymore. Zhang Shuiying opened her eyes wide and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? Why are you getting divorced out of the blue?"

"No, your two children are already so old. Chenzi will take the college entrance examination next year and will start a family in a few years. Why do you want to get divorced after all these years?"

Zhang Shuiying became more and more excited as she spoke. She stared at Ye Yong suspiciously, looking him up and down. It was not that she did not trust her own child, but she heard this from her son, so she naturally doubted him. Finally, she asked:

"You didn't have anything going on outside, did you? I'm telling you, we are honest people, don't have any ulterior motives!"

Ye Chen and his sister also looked at him closely. Ye Yong felt helpless about what his mother said. He felt so bitter in his heart. He couldn't understand why his wife wanted a divorce.

He just answered Huang Xi'e's call and thought something happened, but he didn't expect the other party to ask for a divorce directly.

"Why? Our children are so big now." Ye Yong was confused.

The other party should be in a noisy place, with crackling sounds mixed with the voices of men talking.

Huang Xi'e's impatient voice came, "There's no reason. I followed a useless man like you. I have no money and no clothes. I was really blind! I have wasted half my life. If you really want to let me go, just let me go. Forget it, come back and get a divorce!"

The phone was hung up with a click.

Ye Yong was left standing there in shock. He called his child to find out what happened but found out nothing was wrong, which made him even more confused.

When he called Huang Xi'e again, she only said that they would come back to discuss the divorce in detail. She didn't say anything else and just kept belittling him. Ye Yong got angry, so he paid his wages and rushed back.

"Didn't she say anything else?" Zhang Shuiying asked anxiously.

"No." Ye Yong's anger had almost dissipated, and he just shook his head in frustration.

Ye Chen and Ye Tao stood there in a daze, the joy of the harvest instantly gone.

They will be returning to school tomorrow afternoon, and Ye Chen wants to know why his mother didn't even tell him or her a word. In her mother's heart, what are they?

Zhang Shuiying gritted her teeth and made a decision, "Let's go find her and ask her clearly."

So a few people ran to the county and went there according to the address left before.

I went to look for her and heard that Huang Xi'e had gone to the city branch with a girl called Sister Hong.

It took me more than two hours to find the address of the branch in the city. After asking the security guard at the employee dormitory, I found out what kind of couple's room the other party lived in.

Ye Yong was confused. He was still here, so where did the husband come from?

The sudden visit caught Huang Xi'e off guard and she caught him in bed.

Ye Yong was stunned, and when he came to his senses he had already grabbed the man and started beating him. The two of them started fighting in the dormitory. Huang Xi'e felt guilty at first, but when she saw Ye Yong taking action she became furious and quickly stepped forward to help the adulterer.

"You are not allowed to hit him. If you want to hit someone, hit me. I am the one who is sorry for you, okay?"

Zhang Shuiying stepped forward, grabbed Huang Xi'e's hair and slapped her hard, beating and scolding her.

"You shameless man, the child is still here and you are protecting the adulterer. Don't you want to be beaten? I will beat you to death." He slapped him one after another.

Ye Chen and Ye Tao were stunned, and when they came to their senses they helped their father beat the man. Huang Xi'e opened her eyes wide and wanted to come over to stop them.

This is what happened. When everything calmed down, Huang Xi'e was like a demon. She had no good face at all towards Ye Tao and the others. It was not like she was treating her own children. She hated them more than her enemies.

"I don't want these two debt collectors. I've suffered a lot following you over the years, and I don't have much savings. Those can be considered as compensation to me." Huang Xi'e just wanted to get rid of all obstacles and leave with her boyfriend.

All these years have not been spent in vain, Ye Yong must compensate her for her losses.

"How dare you ask that! You don't want your two children yet they are not even adults?" Zhang Shuiying was shocked by the other party's shamelessness.

"You've been married for so many years. What dirty and tiring work have you done? Yes, our family is poor, but it hasn't been hard on you, has it?"

Ye Yong didn't say anything. He stared at the other person with red eyes and clenched his fists tightly.

Huang Xi'e didn't reply, she just stared at Ye Yong and said, "You can see that what I eat and wear now is completely different from before. I don't want a child anymore. I don't have much savings to begin with, and it's not even enough to compensate for the loss of my youth."

Ye Chen and Ye Tao felt heartbroken. It turned out that in his mother's eyes, they were not as good as the man she had only known for a few months. They were a burden that she couldn't wait to get rid of and a stumbling block on her way to a better life.

Look, how anxious he is.

Zhang Shuiying also felt disappointed by the other party's words. She had never thought that her daughter-in-law, who was just a little lazy, was so heartless. It was like the first time she saw it.

She was about to refuse, but before she could open her mouth, Ye Yong interrupted her, "Okay, let's get a divorce."

Huang Xi'e's face lit up with joy and she felt relieved. She was less than 40 years old, and if Ye Yong dragged on and refused to divorce, there was nothing she could do.

Thinking of this, Huang Xi'e touched her belly, glanced at the two children who were looking at her with hatred, and said with determination: "Okay, the children are yours, I'll take all the savings, and the child support..."

Ye Yong closed his eyes, as if he was heartbroken, but in the end he came to his senses and said calmly, "Okay, the child is mine, and you don't have to pay child support. The child has nothing to do with you from now on, and you don't have to come to me no matter when I grow old or get sick or die."

The two children listened quietly, standing behind Ye Yong. Seeing their mother’s joy when she heard that she didn’t have to pay child support, they felt relieved.

Anyway, it's almost the same whether they have a mother or not over the years. They, the brothers and sisters, can earn money on their own. Since their mother doesn't want them, they don't want her either.

The two sides negotiated quickly. Huang Xi'e hadn't been back for a few months and had no idea about the changes in the village. Even if she heard a few words, she didn't take it seriously. It was a joke. She had stayed in that shabby place for more than ten years and didn't know what was going on?

A poor, backward and remote little place.

I don't believe what others say about making money in the village and I sneer at it in my heart.

Fortunately I didn’t know, so I saved myself the trouble.

Because it was a holiday, the Civil Affairs Bureau was not open yet, and they agreed to divorce the day after tomorrow, so Ye Yong took his people back.

Human emotions are strange. No matter how deep a relationship is, it will fade without long-term and sincere communication.

For Ye Chen and his family, it was very hard to go home and lose their mother at first, but they got busier and easier with more things to do. It might also be because they had lived with their grandmother since they were young and did not have the burden of supporting Ye Yong, who often called home.

Huang Xi'e didn't love her family at all, and cared even less about her children. The two siblings' feelings towards their mother were actually just that.

In particular, the look on Huang Xi'e's face, as if she wanted to throw away her burden immediately, will always be remembered by the brother and sister.

Seeing the child picking watermelons normally, Ye Yong felt relieved. He was afraid that the child would be sad.

So, when it was time to return to school, Ye Yong brought his child to Ye Zhen's house and casually talked about the divorce.

Ye Ma and the others looked at each other and finally said nothing.