Xie Li grabbed him and pulled him.
Not only did Zhang Jianhua's face become swollen, but it was also bruised and his clothes were torn.
Zhang Jianhua couldn't get angry yet, so he hugged her and comforted her, "Xiao Li, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I said the wrong thing. We won't get divorced, and I can't bear to leave you."
Xie Li gave Zhang Jianhua a good beating. When she was tired, she pretended to be comforted by Zhang Jianhua.
"Then you are not allowed to mention divorce from now on? Did you hear me?"
Zhang Jianhua let out a long breath as if relieved.
"Okay, let's not talk about it."
It seems that we can only do the worst.
It’s a good thing that he is like this, otherwise he will still be labeled as a traitor.
Let's leave it like this for now. After a few years, maybe Xie Li herself won't be able to bear it anymore and will take the initiative to file for divorce.
"Jianhua, how much do you make a month now?"
"I...two-five."
"Is this true?" Xie Li looked at him puzzled.
"Really? If you don't believe me, I'll show you my pay slip."
He actually took out a pay slip from his bag, from last year.
"Two fifty-eight?" Xie Li said.
Zhang Jianhua said, "Yes, I said 258. I spent some of it myself, and the remaining 5,000 yuan is what you just saw. Xiaoli, you see, I didn't spend it carelessly."
Xie Li nodded and said, "Then you can send two dollars back every month."
Zhang Jianhua's mouth twitched wildly. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he heard Xie Li say, "Men become bad when they have money. You are not allowed to keep too much money on you."
"I... I'm afraid that the few dozen dollars I have left won't be enough. I spend a lot of money on my own, and everything is expensive in the city."
Oh, aren't you in Africa?
Everything is expensive in this city again.
"If you have a certain amount of spending, tell me and I can send less that month."
"Well... I'm in Africa, so I'm afraid I can't send you money every month."
Xie Li's face darkened. "Isn't your company in China? Tell the person who pays the salary to give me the two dollars directly."
Zhang Jianhua: “…”
Xie Li also knew about the 25-yuan salary, so she asked for it harshly, then said in a slow voice, "You see, my brothers are good to me, so don't think it's okay for me to live in my mother's house. In fact, my second and third uncles were very dissatisfied with me living in my mother's house. They scolded me when they came back, saying that I was shameless for living in my mother's house after getting married."
"Ah? How could they scold you like that?"
"It's all your fault. They don't want me anymore because of you. They say I was an ungrateful person because I didn't support my own brothers but you. You let someone else take advantage of you. Now that no one wants you anymore, you come back to rely on your brothers from your mother's family. They scold me so much that I can't even hold my head up."
Hearing her say this, Zhang Jianhua felt guilty again.
"I'm sorry, this is really my fault."
"Alas! These things are all in the past, let's not talk about them anymore. I can't live here for nothing now. I have to work and I can't be without money."
"Then you might as well go home. Our old house is still empty."
Xie Li said, "There are only old bachelors in the mountains who can't get married. It's not safe for me to live there with Hongxia. I'm fine, none of them can beat me. But what about Hongxia? She's already ten years old and walks two hours on the mountain road to school every day. What if she's raped by an old hooligan? That would be the end of us."
When Zhang Jianhua heard that it was his daughter who was in danger, he stopped talking.
"You're right, that's inconvenient."
Xie Li continued to coax him, "You know me, I'm not the kind of person who spends money recklessly. No matter how much money you give me, I will save it and give it to Hongxia to learn from later."
She is indeed a traditional woman who feels sorry for me no matter how much money I spend on her. Zhang Jianhua knows that.
Hearing her say this, he agreed.
"Okay, then I'll send you two dollars every month from now on."
Xie Li burst into laughter and hugged him, saying, "Don't treat yourself badly. If you really can't afford it, you can just send less."
He also felt that Xie Li was indeed a considerate woman, and that he was ultimately the one who had let her down.
They were talking in the house, and the room was not idle either.
Those who had laughed at Hongxia for having no father were no longer laughing now, especially when they saw Hongxia holding a box of chocolates that they had never seen before, they were extremely jealous.
"Hongxia, your father is a student and can go abroad to make money. You are so lucky."
"This box is covered in foreign characters. I'm afraid it's not a foreign product brought back from the United States. I don't know what it tastes like."
Everyone wants to try what it tastes like, but this thing is just made of a box, so there's actually not much.
Hongxia was reluctant to give it to them.
She counted them and found there were twenty-eight in total. She only planned to give them to her mother and aunt, and not to her uncle.
Xie Linan put his ear against the wall and eavesdropped on the conversation between Xie Li and Zhang Jianhua, then came back to report to Ye Xiaozhen.
"It's settled. Zhang Jianhua now believes what my sister said. He should not be considered divorced."
"What did they say?" Ye Xiaozhen asked.
Xie Linan said: "He lied to my sister that he was working in Africa and could only come back once every two or three years. I guess he wanted to cheat both sides."
Ye Xiaozhen sneered, "This scumbag, he has the best of both worlds, what do you think, sister?"
"My sister looked at his salary slip and saw that he was making 258 RMB a month. My sister asked him to send 20 RMB back every month and he agreed."
Um?
This is also a good idea.
"So what I mean is that I won't divorce him?"
Xie Linan was silent for a while and said, "Let's not worry about this for now. Let's persuade Zhang Jianhua to get a new marriage certificate first."
"Have I mentioned this to him?"
"No, take your time. He just came back today. Let him spend a few days with Hongxia. It's Chinese New Year, so let all relatives and friends come to recognize him. Let everyone know that he is my brother-in-law. This way, we won't be afraid of any disputes in the future."
They don't have a marriage certificate yet, and it's not certain whether Zhang Jianhua will agree to get one. What they have to do now is to get as many witnesses as possible to prove that they are indeed in a de facto marriage.
…
Zhang Jianhua came out with a red and swollen face. Xie Linan looked at him and tried not to laugh out loud.
I think Sister 꺶’s fighting ability is really great. This slap looks painful.
Xie Linli was not so calm and laughed out loud.
Xie Li said unhappily, "Second brother, what are you laughing at?"
"Ahem, no, I'll go cook two eggs for my brother-in-law."
Xie Li rolled him over herself, and pressed him hard on purpose until he cried out.
Zhang Jianhua stayed at their house temporarily. At night, their bed was too full for him, so he sent Hongxia to sleep with his grandfather.
Hongxia is ten years old now and understands everything she should understand.
She has been sleeping with her mother since she was born, and has never left her mother, and she has no objection.
She actually hopes that her parents will be well.
Zhang Jianhua's words were so convincing that even the villagers believed him, let alone the children.
Hongxia now completely believed what Zhang Jianhua said. He didn't come back for the past two years because he went abroad to work, and he didn't abandon them.
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