"Li Yumei, you heartless bastard, may you be struck by lightning..."
Did you already know that Zhao Zhigang from the Zhao family was a beast who beat his wife and had violent tendencies?
You disagreed with Chunhua's engagement to him, so why didn't you remind my family?
My husband, Shuiqin, has been married for less than a year. She was beaten so badly she was covered in bruises and couldn't take it anymore, so we divorced. The marriage arranged between us back in our hometown has also ended, and the man has remarried...
Are you secretly happy?
"Li Yumei, you owe me a son-in-law! You wretched woman, your heart is truly wicked, watching my Shuiqin walk right into a pit of fire. We've been neighbors for over ten or twenty years, and my Shuiqin even calls you 'Auntie,' how could you be so heartless..."
At this time, the Chen family had just finished lunch and were resting in the dining room.
Li Juan, the aunt from next door, stormed in, furious and hurling insults. From her house on the right side of the corridor all the way to the Chen family's house, her aggressive cursing never stopped.
Hearing this, many older women in the textile factory's residential area gathered around, eager to see what would happen.
“You are older than me, so I call you Sister-in-law Wang or Sister Li. But that doesn’t mean you can insult my wife in my house.”
Chen Lao Er reacted the fastest, looking pale and sickly. After finishing his meal, he stood at his doorway to get some fresh air; the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the house felt stuffy.
"Li Juan, don't talk nonsense in my house. What does Zhao Zhigang's violent beating of his wife have to do with me? I disagreed at the time because Chunhua wanted to take the college entrance exam and didn't want to get married so soon."
My Chunhua is now a student at Beijing University of Humanities, and Jinhua has also been admitted to a university in the provincial capital.
"You're not here to cause trouble because you're jealous that my two daughters got into university while your youngest son, Wang Xiaoqiang, didn't, are you?"
Although Li Yumei was also furious that Li Juan had come to her door to yell at her and cause trouble, she still had the mind to show off; in fact, she was secretly pleased with herself.
Hmph, finally she got her revenge. That Li Juan even married her daughter to a man Chunhua didn't want. She deserved it.
Li Juan was already furious, and seeing Li Yumei's smug face only made her angrier.
He tried to lunge forward to hit someone, but was stopped by Wang Xiaoqiang, who rushed in through the door.
"Mother, what are you doing? Aren't you embarrassed enough?"
Wang Xiaoqiang growled at Li Juan in a low voice, gripping his mother's left shoulder tightly with his right hand.
Then, with her head slightly lowered, she awkwardly apologized to the Chen family, "Uncle Jianshe, Aunt Chen, I'm sorry, my mother got too angry."
Wang Xiaoqiang wore black-rimmed glasses, was rather thin, and was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man. He wasn't exactly youthful and energetic, but rather a bit of an artsy and rebellious youth.
He also took the college entrance examination this year. He previously studied at a high school in Gaoyang County, where his academic performance was not very good, scoring only two or three hundred points.
Wang Xiaoqiang was closer to his second sister, Wang Shuiqin, who was two or three years older than him. Last month, when Wang Shuiqin went back to her parents' home, she walked strangely, which he noticed immediately.
At first, Wang Shuiqin refused to say anything, but he pressed her for details. Only then did she admit that her husband, Zhao Zhigang, had beaten her. Moreover, she had been beaten several times in less than a year of marriage, and she was nearing her breaking point.
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't pretend nothing had happened. That very day, he went to the Zhao family and beat up his second brother-in-law, Zhao Zhigang.
Despite his slender build, Wang Xiaoqiang is quite strong and ruthless when he hits people.
Back in the day, he used to follow Chen Jinhua around and get into a few fights. But after they went to junior high school, they weren't in the same school anymore, and they gradually became estranged, plus there was a difference between boys and girls.
Most importantly, after Chen Jinhua started elementary school, he stopped hanging out with a group of boys and stopped fighting with others outside.
After assaulting someone, Wang Xiaoqiang went home and told his father and brothers that all the men in the Wang family were urging Wang Shuiqin to divorce him.
The Zhao family originally disagreed with the divorce, having already paid a dowry of five thousand yuan. Moreover, Zhao Zhigang's fellow villager, who had served in the army with him, had also gone home on leave to visit his family.
Now, everyone in the neighborhood in the southern part of the county knows Zhao Zhigang. He was discharged from the army after committing a crime. If he gets divorced, even fewer people will want to marry him.
However, the Wang family, with Wang Dayou and Wang Xiaoqiang taking a very tough stance and arguing with the Zhao family for a month, finally saw Wang Shuiqin successfully divorce her yesterday and return to her parents' home.
Ever since Li Juan learned that her second daughter was getting a divorce, she had been very gloomy and always had a long face. The thought that her daughter was the only one in the residential area who was getting a divorce and returning to her parents' home made her even less inclined to talk to anyone.
Yesterday, Wang Xiaoqiang complained that she wouldn't listen to his advice and insisted on marrying Wang Shuiqin off, saying that he had already told the Zhao family that they would beat people.
Li Juan then remembered that her son, Wang Xiaoqiang, had indeed advised her last year. At the time, she had been blinded by the thought of the 5,000 yuan dowry and hadn't thought things through. When the topic came up again, Li Juan pressed Wang Xiaoqiang on how he knew.
Pressed by his mother, Wang Xiaoqiang let slip that Chen Jinhua from next door had reminded him.
Upon hearing this, Li Juan was furious. It turned out that Li Yumei's family had known all along but had kept it from her—how despicable!
So today, at lunchtime, knowing that Li Yumei and her husband would definitely be home at noon, she came to their door to demand an explanation.
It would be best if everyone in the entire residential area came to see how heartless Li Yumei's family is.
At this moment, the six siblings of the Chen family remained silent, but they were all somewhat relieved that their eldest sister had not become engaged to Zhao Zhigang.
Chen Xihua had a rough idea of what was going on, it was Chen Xihua who reminded her. One day last year, on her way home from school, she heard someone in the residential area say that Wang Jia Shuiqin was going to marry Zhao Zhigang, the abusive man.
She thought about it for a moment and decided to give her a heads-up. It happened to be the weekend, and her second sister, Chen Jinhua, came home. She asked her to go find Wang Xiaoqiang and said that it would be best not to get engaged to the Zhao family.
The explanation given was that the two brothers, Zhao Zhigang and Zhao Zhiyong, often fought and had bad tempers, and might even beat their wives.
Unexpectedly, the Wang family still married their daughter off last year, but they managed to cut their losses in time. Wang's father, Wang Dayou, is a good father, and Wang Xiaoqiang is a good younger brother; they were able to help Wang Shuiqin get a divorce and start over.
According to the original book, if the eldest sister, Chen Chunhua, had met Zhao Zhigang, there would have been virtually no chance of her getting a divorce. Unless Chen Chunhua herself came to her senses, the second brother, Li Yumei, and her husband would not have helped her get a divorce.
Chen Xihua, holding Chen Xiaoliu's hand, stood lazily in the corner of the dining room, thinking to herself, "Wang's sister-in-law is really shameless." However, she didn't intend to interfere; she was just watching the show.
"Li Yumei, how could you not know? My Xiaoqiang said it was your Jinhua who brought it up. Since you both knew, why didn't you just tell my family clearly?"
Li Juan didn't believe it, and her eyes were now filled with anger. Although Wang Xiaoqiang stopped her, she still glared arrogantly at the Chen family, wanting to throw a tantrum and cause trouble.
Her face was contorted with rage, and she cursed Li Yumei's family in her heart. Hadn't she just tried to outsmart Li Yumei, only to end up making a fool of herself?
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