Chapter 102 Divorce
The Liu family members were dumbfounded.
No one expected that Liu Xiangyang would be living such a life in the Shen family.
Zhang Xiuying trembled with anger: "My son worked like a slave for them, and they wouldn't even give him a bite to eat?"
Shen Hongmei, however, stuck out her neck and said matter-of-factly, "Back then, whose family had it easy? The brigade distributed grain by the headcount. He was a grown man, and one meal of his was equivalent to the food rations of two children. My two nephews were still growing, so where would we get any extra grain for him?"
"Ha." Liu Xuejun sneered, "Sister-in-law, our family was poor back then, and you couldn't send things back to your parents' home, so life was tough there, right?"
Liu Zhixia's eyes were icy: "Do you really think your parents are fools? Back then, it was because your dowry was low that your parents turned a blind eye to you, afraid you would feel resentful. But you used our family's grain to support your own family, yet you wouldn't even let my brother have a bite to eat?"
She said firmly, "If my brother wants a divorce, I agree."
Liu Xuejun immediately raised his hand: "I agree too!"
Liu Shouren, his face dark, looked at Zhang Xiuying and said, "Mother of my child, you speak."
Zhang Xiuying yelled, "Is that even a question? Is your eldest son? Someone's practically riding on her neck and shitting on her! Send her back to her parents' house!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Hongmei's face turned deathly pale, and she staggered backward: "You...you ganged up on me!"
As Liu Xiangyang approached, she cried out in panic, "Liu Xiangyang! I gave birth to your son, you can't send me away!"
Liu Xiangyang said expressionlessly, "Don't worry. Although you didn't bring a dowry when you married into the family, I'll give you some money for our son's sake so you can leave with dignity. Now, go inside and pack your things!"
Shen Hongmei panicked completely and turned to look at the others.
"Little sister, you're so heartless! I've helped people when they bullied you!"
"Xuejun, have you forgotten how good your sister-in-law is?"
"Father...Mother..."
Nobody paid her any attention. Everyone immediately turned their heads away, their faces indifferent.
Shen Hongmei was filled with despair, and then flew into a rage: "Fine! Fine, the Liu family! I was blind back then! I should have married into the Yang family, where the parents-in-law treat their daughter-in-law like royalty! But I'm stuck with you, forced to be your slave, and I don't even get a single kind word!"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Liu Xiangyang grabbed her and said sternly, "Who in the whole village doesn't envy you for having such good in-laws? When the family was going through the toughest time, when you were in confinement after childbirth, your parents borrowed money to buy you chickens! Have you lost your conscience?"
He stared intently at Shen Hongmei: "Go back to your parents' home? Hmph, Shen Hongmei, don't forget, the first bite of meat you ever ate in your life was at the Liu family's house!"
After Liu Xiangyang finished cursing, he grabbed Shen Hongmei and dragged her outside.
"Boss!"
Zhang Xiuying cried out anxiously, fearing that her eldest son might do something foolish in a moment of impulse.
Liu Xiangyang didn't turn his head, his voice cold and hard: "Before the team finishes work, I'll take her to complete the formalities right now!"
Feeling uneasy, Zhang Xiuying quickly gave her second son a meaningful look: "Xuejun, follow along!"
Without saying a word, Liu Xuejun chased after him.
As soon as the person left, Zhang Xiuying grabbed her daughter and asked urgently in a low voice, "Where's the kimchi jar? Where did it go?"
Although she didn't see it, her intuition told her that only her daughter could do this.
Liu Zhixia blinked: "Don't worry, Mother, I've hidden it all. Things are tense lately, so I'll stay hidden for now and bring it out later."
Zhang Xiuying breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good! Your sister-in-law is really a scoundrel, she dares to say anything!"
“It’s not necessarily my sister-in-law who told me this,” Liu Zhixia shook her head. “Judging from her dazed look just now, she doesn’t seem to know about the house search.”
Zhang Xiuying narrowed her eyes, her face darkening: "So Lu Xiaohui guessed it herself? It seems I really underestimated this woman before; she's got some brains."
"Who cares how she guessed it? She's just unlucky this time." Liu Zhixia turned to look at Liu Shouren and smiled, "Father, you're so clever. How did you come up with the idea of asking the Party Secretary for help?"
A smile appeared on Liu Shouren's wrinkled face: "As soon as I heard that the man surnamed Lu was leading people to search my house, I knew things were going to go wrong. I thought that the secretary was an upright person, and even if he found something, I could ask him to protect my whole family."
Liu Zhixia felt a pang of sadness.
It seems Dad is prepared to take all the blame.
Now that she's been reborn, she absolutely won't allow her family to suffer even the slightest grievance again!
She composed herself and said seriously, "Mother, if it happens once, it will happen again. The Lu family will definitely be watching us closely. We still have to do business, but we need to move this jar to a safer place."
Zhang Xiuying nodded: "Okay, I'll figure something out. Fortunately, the next batch of goods won't be available for another month, so there's still time."
As she spoke, she noticed the banknotes on the table and her heart tightened: "Quickly put these away! We've already flaunted our wealth; be careful in the future, and don't flaunt your riches!"
Liu Zhixia, however, looked relaxed: "What's there to be afraid of? I'm a military dependent, who dares to touch me?"
She picked up the money and tickets, pretended to go back to her room to put them away, and then threw them all into her spatial storage.
This is the safest place.
In fact, Liu Zhixia had already started thinking about it the moment she heard her older brother and sister-in-law arguing.
First, put the kimchi jar into your spatial storage, then deliberately place a locked box as bait.
This is the trap set for Lu Jianping.
If the house is spotless and nothing can be found, this old fox will at most give a couple of warnings and leave, without any real concern.
Only when he feels he has "caught a big fish" will he be thrown down hard, so hard that he sees stars.
Inviting the Party Secretary to come was a stroke of genius from my father.
Now Lu Jianping not only failed to find any fault with the commune, but he also had to give an explanation to the commune and all the members of the brigade. He couldn't expect to make a comeback anytime soon.
Liu Zhixia found the things Shen Yi had left behind and pasted them directly in the center of the door with glue.
"What's this?" Zhang Xiuying asked curiously as she leaned closer.
Liu Zhixia pointed to the red paper with black characters and sneered, "This is the certificate of merit sent by the commune when we got married. With this signboard hanging at the door, who would dare to question our family's class background? Unless they want to quit their job!"
Zhang Xiuying couldn't help but laugh: "Girl, you're really something!"
Liu Shouren frowned: "Back then, when the brigade was engulfed in a wildfire, every household went to help put it out. Didn't every family have one of these certificates? What's the point of putting this up?"
"Father, who said every family has that?" Liu Zhixia raised an eyebrow and sneered, "The Lu family doesn't have it!"
"During that fire, Lu Jianping only dared to give orders from the foot of the mountain, and Li Xuemei and Lu Huaiyuan couldn't even be seen. Later, someone reported them to higher authorities, and the brigade skipped their family when issuing awards!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Shouren's brows immediately relaxed, and he laughed out loud: "That's right! This is our glorious ironclad proof, just right to humiliate those who don't have it!"
Just then, Liu Xiangyang and Liu Xuejun returned with Shen Hongmei.
Shen Hongmei cried her heart out, sobbing so hard she couldn't utter a single coherent sentence. She never expected that Liu Xiangyang would actually be so determined to divorce her.
Liu Xiangyang's face was grim, and he didn't hesitate at all: "Father, Mother, the things are packed, I'll send her back to the Shen family now!"
Zhang Xiuying sighed and said, "Alright, go ahead."
As the others turned away, she grabbed Liu Zhixia and said urgently in a low voice, "Girl, you come too! Your eldest brother is stubborn, and your fourth brother hasn't experienced much yet. The Shen family is no pushover; I'm afraid your brother will suffer if he goes!"
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