Chapter 20: Divorce is settled
After hearing this, the people from the Zhao family immediately put away their sarcastic expressions and stood aside obediently to watch the show.
Not to mention the outsiders from the Zhao family, the people in the yard were also peeking around, busy with their own work, but with their ears pricked up to eavesdrop.
Hu Meili had a point and spoke loudly. She deliberately said in front of the Zhao family, "Xiaonan will graduate soon. Did Liu Hongying just steal a man? She stole Xiaonan's chance to stay in the city. My children are honest and they feel sorry for me, but I can't let the Liu family bully my children at the same time as I bully them."
"Meili, you make me feel cold when you say that. For so many years, I have always treated Xiaonan as my own child." Liu Laohei defended.
Hu Meili sneered in her heart. The man was careless and never took care of the child at home. When Liu Hongying went to the countryside before, Liu Laohei didn't even ask about it. It can be seen that even if this daughter is his own, it is useless.
"Okay, don't talk about these things anymore. Everyone has their own scale in their hearts."
Hu Meili skipped the divorce process and went straight to dividing the family property.
"There is only 80 yuan in the family now. Last year, I spent 500 yuan to buy a job for Hongshan, and 300 yuan was borrowed. We agreed at the beginning that Hongshan would pay back the debt himself, and I would not care. But the family also spent 200 yuan at the beginning. So this 80 yuan should be mine."
Because of her child's sending to the countryside, Hu Meili had long thought about divorce, but Liu Laohei had been good to her for so many years, and she was afraid of what others would say, so the matter was delayed.
Now that Liu Hongying has stolen Lin Xiangnan's girl, if she doesn't take the opportunity to file for divorce, she won't find such a good excuse later. So she doesn't care about Liu Laohei's attitude and starts to settle the family accounts.
"In addition to the family's money, these pots and pans at home were also bought by you and me, so I want half of them. The house we live in is a staff house found for us by the factory. Before we find a new place to live, I will live here too. We will each pay half of the rent..."
The family is worth a fortune, and if you want to buy the whole set, you will have to spend a lot of money.
Although Hu Meili and Liu Laohei are both working and earn more than 80 yuan a month, there are many children in the family and they are all growing up, so their food expenses every month are more than 30 yuan. This is just for food, there are also clothes and daily necessities.
Several children went to school. The tuition for elementary school was 2 yuan per term, and the tuition for middle school was 4.5 yuan per term. In order to treat everyone equally, both of them sent their children to school. If the children could go to high school, they would support them until high school, which was another big expense.
Their salary was enough to raise six children, which was enough but they could not save enough to accumulate wealth.
The people who were eavesdropping in the yard nodded silently after listening, thinking that the Liu family's financial situation was pretty close to what they had guessed.
Liu Laohei was unwilling to divorce, and tried to persuade her to stay, "I know you are angry now, but don't be impulsive. We have been through so many years, there is no need for divorce. If you don't like Hongying, I will marry her off quickly, so that our family will be peaceful."
The Zhao family, who were standing nearby and watching the incident, all looked disheartened after hearing this.
When Liu Hongying heard what Liu Laohei said, she couldn't help but started crying softly.
Hu Meili wouldn't buy it. "Don't do that. If it gets out, people will call me a vicious stepmother. If you don't want to divorce, then I will unilaterally announce that I am ending my relationship with you."
Divorce is not uncommon these days.
Especially those involving overseas relationships, family members are afraid of being implicated, and there are countless couples getting divorced.
As long as Hu Meili insists, the marriage will end in divorce in the end.
Liu Laohei had already fought last night, but he failed to beat Lin Xiangnan. Today, he tried to reason with Hu Meili, but she refused to listen and even invited her family to help. Now he had no other options.
"Since you want to leave, then leave!" Liu Laohei gritted his teeth and said, "But if you want to come back in the future, it will be impossible."
With a chuckle, Lin Xiangnan couldn't help laughing out loud.
Hu Meili was even more direct, "You're already an old man. Do you really think you're something special? Not to mention now, you were not popular when you were young..."
Seeing that Hu Meili was getting more and more outrageous, Hu's father coughed and said, "Stop talking about those nonsense. Let's discuss the division of the family business quickly. Your eldest brother and his family still have to go to work this afternoon."
If we offend someone to death now, it will be difficult to negotiate the division of the family business.
Hu Meili calmed down and started to divide the family property with Liu Laohei.
The eighty yuan in the house was hers. The number of tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and bowls was all clearly written down. She also asked the aunties in the yard to be witnesses. Only after everything was made clear did she sign and seal the deal.
Today's divorce certificates contain information on property handling, the grounds for divorce, and arrangements for children. They sort these things out first to avoid going to the Civil Affairs Bureau to argue and slow down the process.
After the divorce was settled, the morning was almost over, and Hu Meili decided, "We'll get the certificate this afternoon and go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get it done."
The Zhao family was not happy with this. "You guys have almost finished your business. We have been waiting for you for the whole morning."
The longer the Zhao family listened to the Liu family, the more dissatisfied they became.
They didn't come here to get married, but to cause trouble.
"I've been listening to your family's affairs for the whole morning, and now I understand. Your Liu family is crazy about marrying off our daughter, but our Zhao family doesn't dare to marry her."
Mother Zhao said with a fake smile: "I asked my Zhao Qi about what happened last night. Someone handed him a note and asked him to wait for someone there. The note was signed by 'Nan'. As soon as he waited, something went wrong."
Just as Lin Xiangnan was about to come out to clarify, Zhao's mother said directly: "I can't think of anyone else except Liu Hongying in this matter."
Although no one doubted him, Lin Xiangnan still added, "Anyway, I didn't write it."
Some things are hard to say, so you can only rely on notes. Lin Xiangnan still has the love letter prepared by Liu Hongying.
Liu Hongying really regarded Zhao Qi as her rich son-in-law and was afraid that Lin Xiangnan would snatch him from her, so she wanted to use love letters to divert Lin Xiangnan's attention.
When she heard Lin Xiangnan say that he wanted to get in touch with Zhao Qi, she quickly used some tricks on Zhao Qi.
Being stared at by everyone, Liu Hongying looked aggrieved, "I didn't write the note. I'm the one who suffered the loss, why are you all blaming me?"
When Hu Meili heard this, she secretly curled her lips. If she hadn't divorced Liu Laohei, she would have definitely made a scene now, cursing the Zhao family to the outside world and Liu Hongying to the inside.
Now, she just stood aside and watched the fun from the sidelines. It would be okay to let the Zhao family go at this time, and the Civil Affairs Bureau couldn't escape, so it would be the same if she went later.
Hu Meili refused to go to the battlefield, and Liu Laohei was tongue-tied and could not win the argument with Zhao's mother at all. He was rendered speechless after just a few words.
Finally, Liu Hongying got angry and said, "Everyone has seen that Zhao Qi took advantage of me, and it will be difficult for me to get married. If Zhao Qi doesn't want to be responsible for me, I will go to the police station and die. Then everyone will believe that I am innocent."
Lin Xiangnan advised with a half-smile: "Think positively. My mother got divorced the second time she got married. If you want to commit suicide because you can't get married, it will be too embarrassing to tell others."