"You little brat, who told me to steal malted milk because I wanted to drink it? You're the quickest to respond when threatened. She was just trying to scare you. Do you think she really dares to chop? With your guts, don't be jealous of other people's good things in the future."

"You are such an idiot. Dad has already told me that dying for your family is more important than anything else, why are you still so angry and saying it? She had the blade facing outwards, so she didn't dare to attack at all."

The couple complained about their child in a low voice in the yard, and Daniu was crying out of grievance. Everyone says I'm going to die, how can I not be afraid? It’s called ability if you are not afraid when a knife is put to your neck. I... I don't want to die for a mouthful of malted milk.

"You little bastards, I got malted milk for you, and you sold me out in the blink of an eye. Wait, just wait, you don't want to eat the food I cook." I took out my cornmeal and sorghum flour before it was even cooked.

Daniu was collectively criticized by the adults, and he kept his mouth shut, feeling aggrieved and not daring to say a word. His father had just kicked him, and if he dared to talk back again, he would definitely get beaten.

The eldest brother looked at the things on the ground, glanced at his mother and complained: "Mom, you... I told you to take less malted milk. She can't do anything to us without evidence. Why did you take everything? You even took away the food. Aren't you forcing me to fight you to the death?"

"Who am I doing this for? It's all for you..."

When Han Laoer came back, he saw the whole family in the yard. On the ground were the things he and his mother had stolen not long ago. He immediately turned around and wanted to run away.

"Wait, where's my malted milk? Where did you take it?"

Han Laoer turned around and ran without saying a word. Gu Yan was prepared and chased him with a kitchen knife. Seeing that he didn't have enough time to go up the stairs, the guy turned around and started walking in circles in the yard.

"Gu Wu Ya, please stop. I am your man, what are you doing..."

Gu Yan said nothing and always kept three or two steps away from him, as if he could chop him with a knife with just a stretch of his hand. Han Hongtu was so scared that he ran forward for his life, looking at the stairs several times but still didn't dare to go up. There were too many people watching the fun on the steps. If he was blocked for a moment, the kitchen knife behind him might chop him on the back.

"Wife, please stop it. Killing is against the law and you must pay with your life..."

Gu Yan remained silent, letting him scream and gasp. The distance is always maintained, neither far nor close. If I can’t kill you, I will just scare you half to death.

"What are you doing? Han's wife, stop it. What are you doing with the knife? Killing is against the law. Do you want to be shot? What about your child?"

The women's director who came with the branch secretary pushed through the crowd and started shouting, and the branch secretary followed suit to persuade them. Han Hongtu was exhausted from being chased by Gu Yan. When he saw the person in charge coming, he turned around and ran towards the branch secretary.

"Don't stop me, let me kill him. This damn man keeps stealing my things, this is intolerable, I will never let him off even if I die."

Gu Yan was stopped by the director of women's affairs and handed the knife in his hand to someone else. But he changed from his previous calm and silence to jumping up and down and shouting, looking excited and even crazier than before. The two elders of the Han family standing by were so frightened that their legs went limp. This crazy woman really wanted to chop. The blade was pointed at her son, just a teeny bit away from chopping him. If the director of women's affairs hadn't stopped him and taken the knife, not only would her son's clothes have been torn, but his back would have been bleeding.

"Stop her quickly, stop her..." The old woman sat on the ground with weak legs, trembling all over, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Han Hongtu pulled the branch secretary's arm weakly, turned his head and looked at the crazy Gu Yan. The fear on his face penetrated deep into his heart and was clearly revealed through the window of his soul.

"Alright, alright, calm down, calm down. If you have anything to say, talk it over nicely. Don't use knives or robbery."

The branch secretary said this several times, and Gu Yan, who had been shouting the loudest, finally quieted down. His skinny body was still trembling, and he looked at Han Hongtu as if he wanted to bite him twice. It was not until Dahua and Xiaohua came out carrying their younger brothers and sisters who had been woken up that she seemed to have calmed down completely.

The one who was shouting and screaming stopped talking and just quietly hugged the child to comfort him. The secretary then put his hand down to signal the crowd to be quiet so that he could talk and mediate.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"I want to divorce her. I absolutely don't want this woman anymore." As soon as he finished speaking, Han Hongtu, who was so scared that he wet his pants, expressed his opinion.

"Yes, our family doesn't want this daughter-in-law anymore no matter what. Divorce, divorce..."

The old lady shouted, and old man Han behind her nodded in agreement. When the branch secretary saw this, he turned his attention to Gu Yan, one of the parties involved. Ask her what she means.

"Let's get divorced. I don't want to stay with this den of thieves like you." Gu Yan said coldly, and then turned to tell what happened today impartially.

"You leaders, please judge the situation. This family teamed up to break into our house and pick the lock, bullying us, an orphan and a widow. Not only did Han Hongtu not raise my child, but he also stole my things time and again. He wanted to torture us to death. He is murdering people. I would be sorry if I didn't kill him with a knife."

The branch secretary and the women's director were speechless. This old Han family is really too weird. Instead of helping his daughter-in-law who had four children to prevent them from starving to death, he broke into other people's houses and stole their things. Except for the torn quilt on the kang, everything was looted. This is a pace that wants to kill people!

"The Han family is too much. How could they steal people's food? The whole family depends on it for survival. No wonder Gu Yan had to chop people with a knife. He was forced to do this. There was nothing he could do."

The crowd of onlookers then realized that all the things on the ground were Gu Yan’s stolen things, and they immediately became excited. What is the most important thing these days? Of course, food! We can tolerate anything, but we cannot tolerate food being stolen.

The woman was fine, but the man who cared about his reputation couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Especially the hypocritical old man Han was speechless and didn't know how to justify himself in order to whitewash his behavior. After a long pause, he said something that made people even more speechless.

"We are all family, there is no point in talking about stealing or not."

Gu Yan glared at him and pointed his finger at him with gritted teeth: "Family? May I ask when did you consider me as a family? Was it when you were stealing things?" The sarcasm and ridicule coupled with the strange looks and pointing fingers from outsiders made the old man finally feel ashamed. He buried his face in the waistband of his trousers and dared not look up and look at people again.

"I only got a few pounds of food this month, and we have to rely on tree bark and wild vegetables to survive. Your grandchildren are crying with hunger, but you never say we are a family, and you never give me any support or help. You stole my things, and yet you say we are a family. What have you learned about the propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame passed down by the ancients, and the socialist morality of today?"

Gu Yan's eyes were red, and her eyes full of resentment and grievance made people empathize with her and fully understand a mother's madness and helplessness.

The people who were watching were pointing fingers, but the person involved fell into long silence. The two cadres who came to mediate didn't know what to say for a moment. The Han family had gone too far in this matter, but since ancient times, even relatives have had difficulty settling family disputes. After all, they are a family connected by blood. What should he, an outsider, do?

"Forget it, forget it, Gu Yan, don't be angry. Let them return all the things and compensate you with five kilograms of food, and then this matter will be over, okay?"

"Why should we compensate her with food? Isn't it enough to just return everything to her?" Before Gu Yan could say anything, the shameless old lady Han stood up when she heard about compensating with food.

"I want a divorce." When Gu Yan said this, everyone in the Han family was shocked. We all gave in, and Han Laoer remained silent. How dare you file for divorce? How can you live as a divorced woman? This isn't the way to die, right?

"Gu Yan, calm down. You treat divorce as a joke and you can get a divorce whenever you want. It's not a big deal. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at for talking about divorce?" The branch secretary is a man and he still speaks in the old way, starting with a lecture.

"I'm not afraid of being laughed at. I really don't have the slightest attachment to such a family, such a husband and father. I will never forgive someone who throws his own daughter into a ditch and steals the food rations of his children. If you don't enforce justice in our divorce, I will take the children to the commune and the county to file a complaint. I don't believe that there is no justice in this world. Is the protection of women and children just a hoax? Should we just let others trample on us without any power to seek justice?"

When it comes to petitioning and complaining, the branch secretary immediately becomes timid. Reputation is such an important thing. Why does this young wife always expose the family's dirty laundry to the public? Isn't this just making a fool of herself?

When it comes to abandoning children, Han Laoer is very timid. He made some inquiries afterwards and it seemed that this was really wrong and that the offender would be sentenced. If Gu Yan really keeps dwelling on this point, they and their daughter will be in big trouble.

"Okay, it's just malted milk, I'll get it back for you, don't complain all the time. You're a woman, and you're laughing at me for shouting and fighting like a woman."

"Han Hongtu." Gu Yan turned his head with gritted teeth. The guy was frightened and quickly ran into the crowd. The knife in the woman's hand was taken away, but I don't know when she got a rolling pin in her hand. That thing hurts terribly when it hits someone.

"Stop right there." Gu Yan yelled and threw the rolling pin in his hand, hitting his legs. "Let's talk it out today. If you dare to run away again, I'll kill you with one blow. I'm also feeling frustrated when you bully me like this. Why don't we die together? We can talk about it in Yama Palace later."

Han Hongtu was hit on the calf by her, and his legs went limp and he immediately knelt on the ground. After hearing her remarks, I was so worried that I didn't know what to do. He sat on the ground without saying a word and didn't dare to run away, for fear that the tigress would really chop him with a knife.

Are you still feeling aggrieved? I am the victim, okay? I've been beaten by you several times in the past few months. You hit me whenever we have a disagreement. I'm a grown man, but I had no power to fight back. I was so embarrassed that I was ridiculed so many times. I can't win by beating or scolding, so I can only do this and get angry. I stole your things to get out of trouble, and you caught me and roasted me over the fire.

"So what do you want?" The guy had lost his temper after being beaten, and said this weakly and aggrievedly, as if he was the one being bullied.

"Divorce. All four children belong to me." Gu Yan didn't act pretentiously and stated his request directly. Shelter, food, reputation... Although there are many problems waiting for her, she firmly believes that no one can be suffocated to death by urine. Making such a big fuss is just to create public opinion in her favor. This will help you better fight for child custody.

Sister Xu advised her to coax Han Hongtu, saying that she could indeed cover up better if she had a man to work with, but she had never thought of living with him. A man like this, who was so vicious that he threw away his own child, was rotten to the core. She would never keep him around to disgust herself.

"Gu Yan..." Sister Xu came over and held her back, her simple and weathered face full of worry for her. She had just arrived, and since she wasn't at a disadvantage, she hadn't said anything.

"Think about it carefully and don't be impulsive." After she said that, the women's director next to her also spoke up to persuade her. People nowadays are conservative in their thinking, and for a person raising four children, survival is indeed a big problem.

"Gu Yan, I know you've been wronged. But marriage is a big deal. It concerns your future life and the future of these four children. These two words are easy to say, but do you know how much pressure it is for one person to raise four children? Do you have the ability to do it?"

"Yeah, you're a woman, where would you live with your children after your divorce?"

"That's right, how can a woman live with a child?"

Gu Yan was too lazy to pay attention to these people with ancient ideas and turned his gaze to Han Hongtu. "Do you agree to divorce? Give me the children, so you don't have to raise them."

Han Hongtu was a little confused and couldn't react for a while. He was just clamoring for a divorce. Do you really want to get a divorce? And what about children? What does he need children for? They are not enough of a burden.

"No, if you want to leave, take your three girls with you. The grandsons of our Han family stay here. They are the roots of our family and have nothing to do with you." The old man didn't feel embarrassed this time. Without waiting for his lazy son to speak, he quickly opened his mouth to express his thoughts as the head of the family.

"Yes, if you want to go, go and leave my grandson behind." The old lady also shouted, pointing at the little boy in Dahua's arms.

"It has nothing to do with me?" Gu Yan suppressed his anger, so as not to lose control and set fire to this shameless thing. "I carried the baby for ten months, struggled with life and death, gave birth to the baby, and raised it for several months, and you actually said it had nothing to do with me? Then let me ask, did this baby fall from the sky?"

"You...don't make excuses." The old man also started to get excited, and his face turned purple. "This is my son's seed. It belongs to our Han family. You can't take it away no matter what you say."

"Without me conceiving, giving birth, and raising him, your son's sperm is just a lump of white mucus, worthless. Those bachelors have ejaculated so much on the ground, why hasn't it turned into a lively baby?"

I didn’t expect Gu Yan to be so fierce. A woman dared to say that in front of everyone. Old man Han pointed at her and trembled as he did so. His lips opened and closed but he couldn't utter a complete sentence. The eldest brother came over to support his father and looked at Gu Yan with hatred. My mind raced, not knowing how to refute this. But his wife blushed and spat at Gu Yan.

"Shame on you, a woman who talks nonsense. Without a man's seed, can you give birth to a baby?"

Gu Yan was very disgusted with her behavior, so he raised his hand and hit her with a rolling pin. The eldest son’s wife tried to dodge but failed. She jumped up and screamed in pain.

"Speak nicely. If you dare to do anything else, I'll beat you to death." She explained why she suddenly attacked, and then said to her, "If you are stupid, don't speak in public, so as not to be laughed at. Your parents didn't teach you this, so I'm here to teach you today."

I originally wanted to talk about the origin of life to refute the other party's statement that it was a man's seed, but suddenly I felt that it was useless to talk about it. The fact is that all four of her children are Han Hongtu's descendants. They have the blood of the old Han family and cannot be separated from them. But she couldn't bear to leave any of them behind. Popular science couldn't solve the problem, so she had to think of other ways.

"As a father, has Han Hongtu ever fulfilled his responsibility to raise these four children since they were born? No, you know this better than anyone else. He has been idle all year and can't even support himself. When has he ever taken care of us mother and daughter? Do you think such a man can be a father? If I give my children to him, won't he sell them for gambling?"

This truth left everyone speechless. We are from the same brigade, and everyone knows what kind of person Han Hongtu is. The reason I advised her to break up was purely because of a long-held concept. It would be more practical for them and their mother to work hard to dig wild vegetables and peel tree bark than to rely on Han Hongtu to feed them.

"What about us? The child has grandparents, uncles, aunts, and relatives like us. How can we let the child starve? If you want to leave, take your daughter with you. You can't take my grandson with you."

"Yes, we, the Han family's grandson, cannot be taken away by someone like you, Gu."

The old couple were the ones who spoke, and the rest of the people were silent. Everyone has their own little plans and it's difficult to say anything in front of others.

"When a couple divorces, the breastfeeding baby must stay with the mother. This is a national regulation." No matter whether you have such a regulation now or not, I'm going to grab the advantage first. "The twins are both in the breastfeeding stage, so they have to follow me if they divorce. Big Flower, Little Flower..." She hesitated, not sure whether she dared to use this trick. Would the two children understand her thoughts? Will they be afraid or complain, thinking that their mother is also favoring boys over girls and doesn't want them?

"We both follow Dad."

Dahua looked at Gu Yan and her little mouth began to pout. Xiaohua held her sister's hand and moved her gaze from Gu Yan to Han Hongtu, the father, and then looked at her grandparents.

"We are also Dad's children. We follow Dad."

"Get lost! Who wants you little bitch? Get as far away from me as possible. I don't want any money-losing stuff."

"Then we'll just follow mom." Xiaohua giggled, "Grandma, this is something you don't want, it's not that mom won't give it to you."

Dahua was the first to react and burst out laughing. He stood side by side with his sister, the hesitation on his face was gone, replaced by a look of pride in confronting grandma. The onlookers also laughed. The little granddaughter of the Han family was really smart. She tricked the old couple in front of everyone.

"You..." He was actually fooled by that damn girl and subconsciously reached out his hand. When he met Gu Yan's gaze, he reluctantly put down his hand.

"Don't bother talking here. You are so young and don't know how to respect your elders. Just look at the two of you and you will know what kind of children Gu Yan can raise. The grandson of our old Han family must not be raised by a woman like you."

Old Han is worthy of being a man who has studied in school for several years. What he said is reasonable, well-founded and morally justified. Among all the people in the Han family, only he is worthy of being Gu Yan's opponent.

It's not up to you to decide whether you agree or not. Gu Yan sneered and turned to Han Hongtu, "What do you mean? Didn't you just clamor for a divorce? Why are you silent now? Let's make it clear in front of the branch secretary. The two older children will be yours if they can work and be raised. I will take care of the two younger ones. They are still breastfeeding and can't leave their mother."

The Han family will not want Dahua and Xiaohua, so these two will still be hers. As for taking revenge on her by bullying the two girls, as in some stories. If they dare to touch her daughter, she will not be named Gu unless she beats them back twice as hard.

"Divorce... I'm just saying it. How can you live alone as a woman? Be obedient in the future, respect my parents as you did before, and don't fight with your man. I don't have to force you to leave."

"You fucking bastard..." Gu Yan couldn't help but swear because of the nonsense said by this damn thing. I'm telling you about divorce, what the hell are you talking about? Do you understand the current situation? I am not begging you not to leave me. I am hoping that you will say yes.

She picked up the rolling pin and was about to start. Han Laoer was so scared that he hid behind the branch secretary. "You damn bitch, I really don't want you anymore. Let's get a divorce, and get out of here right now."

"What about the children? The older one will be yours and the younger one will be mine. If you agree, we'll have the branch secretary write a document right away, and we'll have nothing to do with each other's marriages from now on."

"Okay, I'll give you all the little bastards. I don't want any."

Gu Yan was happy that he had finally achieved his goal, but the two elders of the Han family began to stop him again. The old lady went over and slapped the second son, and the old man raised his hand and gave him a pipe. Now it seems that Han Laoer is destined to be beaten today, either by his wife or his parents.

"Why did you hit me? Gu Yan hit me, so why did you, as parents, hit me too?"

"Evil son, evil son, what evil did I do in my previous life to give birth to a bastard like you in this life?"

"You bastard, if you don't want a son, who will wear mourning clothes and send you to the grave a hundred years from now? Without a son, who will offer sacrifices to you during festivals? Why are you so bastard? Do you want to be a lonely grave?"

"We still have Da Niu and the others. They burned paper for my elder brother and the third brother, and they burned paper for me at the same time. Besides, I'm dead now, so who cares if I'm buried or not? They can decide whether to bury me or not. As long as they don't mind the stink, I'll just rot in the ground."

"Asshole, asshole..." Han Laoer's bachelor's words made the old couple very angry. The old man slapped him while covering his chest. The old lady's cloudy eyes were filled with tears. She was really sad this time. She wished she could stuff the brat back into her stomach and be reborn again.

"Hey, old man, what's wrong with you? Quick..."

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

The old man fell to the ground with his eyes rolled back, and the already chaotic scene became even more chaotic. Everyone was busy checking and shouting, it was much busier than a vegetable market. Someone pinched his philtrum, but the old man still didn't react.

"Go call a doctor. It's serious for someone so old to faint."

"Daniu, go call Grandpa Wang." The eldest brother shouted, and his son nodded, turned around and ran away quickly.

Gu Yan rolled her eyes and looked up at the sky in silence. Sister Xu had already brought a few children to help her move her things back. The yard is in such a mess, it would be terrible if someone stole something.

"What are you thinking about?" Sister Xu came over and patted her on the shoulder as she carried the bag for the last time. Gu Yan came back to his senses and was about to say something when he suddenly realized that Han Hongtu did not enter the main room. He turned around and wanted to leave without caring that his father was still unconscious.

"Help me watch the baby."

After explaining things to Sister Xu, Gu Yan turned around and went towards Han Hongtu. The man was trying to sneak away without anyone noticing, but as soon as he ran out of the yard, he was subdued by the woman behind him with his hands tied behind his back. No matter how he struggled, it was useless.

"What on earth are you doing?" Is this woman really possessed by Qin Qiong recently? Why is she so strong? He, a grown man, was not good enough in front of her. What do you want to do by dragging him into this triangle?

"Give me back my malted milk."

When Han Lao Er was mentioned, he immediately became cowardly. He had already used this thing to pay off his debt, and he thought that he would just have to deny that he had stolen it. As a result, he was caught red-handed. If it were in the past, it goes without saying that all the things in the house were under his control. But now, he still has to think about how to get through it.

"I didn't take it. My mother took it. Go ask her for it."

These words refreshed Gu Yan's understanding of him. For a moment, I gritted my teeth and lamented how there could be such selfish and heartless people in this world? He doesn't care about his children or his wife. Nowadays, when it comes to selling parents, they do it very smoothly without any psychological burden.

"Han Laoer, ah Han Laoer, I was right about you! You are invincible in the universe, rare in the world, heartless and shameless..." Han Laoer was a little embarrassed. After all, he also had to save face. If an ordinary person said this, he would be so angry that he would start a fight. But Gu Yan, as a defeated general, did not dare to ask for a fight.

"Divorce me and the children will be mine. I don't want this malted milk anymore."

Seeing him hesitate, she raised her hand and elbowed him. His facial features were distorted by the sudden turn, but he couldn't make a sound because his neck was strangled by her. The air in my chest was thin and my brain was deprived of oxygen so I couldn't think of anything. He instinctively grabbed her hands, trying to break free from the suffocating shackles.

"In fact, it would be easier to kill you secretly and destroy the body, and I don't have to divorce you. Don't you think so?" If I hadn't taken care of my four children, I would have been able to kill you, a scumbag.

Han Hongtu was completely frightened by this cold attitude as if towards a dead person, and water stains from his mouth dripped down his trouser legs. He looked at her as if she were a lunatic, touched his neck and shook his head. Did you really want to kill me just now?

At this moment, he had no way of considering what Gu Yan meant by doing this. The fear of suffocating to the point of going to hell just now made his scalp numb, and he shook his head, trying to avoid it.

"Come back." Gu Yan shouted, and with a stretch of his hand he imprisoned him in this small, dark area again. Han Hongtu was frightened so much that his face turned pale, and he trembled like a mouse under the claws of a cat.

"Divorce? Give me the children. If not..."

"Divorce, divorce." Han Laoer didn't wait for her to threaten him and quickly expressed his wish.