"Did your husband develop those problems before or after marriage?" Song Yinhua had almost guessed the answer in her mind.
Song Caixing remained silent for a long time.
"Was it before you got married?" Song Yinhua asked. "Since you knew he gambled, frequented brothels, and was addicted to drugs, you still married him?"
“I didn’t want to get married, but my third sister introduced me to him.” Song Caixing was filled with regret. “My third sister said that because I’ve had children, no one would want me. She told me not to be picky and that Guo Rui promised to change after we got married.”
"Obsessed with drugs, gambling, and prostitution, how can you possibly change? If you could change, you would have done so before marriage. Caixing, how could you be so foolish?"
"Big sister, do you think I wanted to? If it weren't for you, I would have married Brother Da Guang long ago. How could I have ended up marrying Guo Rui? I'm all alone in the provincial capital, with no relatives or friends. Do you know how helpless I am? Guo Rui is Third Sister's classmate. He's also pitiful. He was tricked into becoming addicted to drugs by his cousin. We are all equally pitiful and helpless. He promised me that he would quit drugs and gambling after we got married. He doesn't mind that I've been pregnant before."
“Cai Xing, if you’re looking for money for your man to gamble, whore, or use drugs, then I’m sorry, I don’t have any money,” Song Yinhua said.
"Big sister, won't even you help me?"
“If I give money to your man to use for drugs, gambling, and whoring, that would be the real harm to you,” Song Yinhua said. “Caixing, once you get involved in drugs, gambling, and prostitution, it’s a bottomless pit. No matter how much money you have, you can never fill that hole.”
"Then what should I do?" Song Caixing asked, crying.
Song Yinhua said, "Caixing, you should get a divorce."
Song Caixing froze, then burst into tears, "Big sister, I know he can't change. Only divorce can save me. I know... Waaaaah..."
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Near the courtyard at the foot of the mountain, someone was smoking.
One after another.
Seeing Song Caixing approaching, he quickly threw away his cigarette butt and went up to her, asking, "How did it go? How much money did you get?"
"My older sister is forcing me to divorce you."
"I'm going to find your older sister now. What right does she have to force you to divorce me?" Guo Rui said angrily. "She lost her husband, so she can't stand you having a man!"
"Honey, don't go!" Song Caixing stopped Guo Rui. "Don't make my older sister angry."
"Your older sister lost her husband, so she can't even see you having a husband. What she did was despicable!" Guo Rui snapped.
Song Caixing pulled and persuaded her husband away.
Hearing Guo Rui's complaints over the phone, Song Qiuxue said, "It's not unusual for women to be jealous of each other. Guo Rui, just feel sorry for my older sister and don't take it to heart."
Song Qiuxue's belly is already showing signs of pregnancy.
After finishing her call with Guo Rui, she prepared to call her family.
At this moment, her husband, Tao Dayong, brought over a bowl of ginseng chicken soup and fed her spoonful by spoonful, his eyes filled with love for her.
"I can't eat anymore, or I'll turn into a pig." Song Qiuxue only ate a few bites before giving up.
Her in-laws valued the baby in her belly very much, feeding her all sorts of supplements every day.
Some of the supplements she had never even heard of.
"For the sake of the baby in your belly, just eat a few more bites." Tao Dayong fed Song Qiuxue a spoonful of chicken soup and coaxed her to eat a few more bites.
He looked into Song Qiuxue's belly and said, "Son, I am your father."
How do you know it's a son? What if it's a daughter?
"It's okay if it's a daughter, we'll have a son next time!"
"I haven't even given birth to this child yet, and you already want me to have another one? Humph! You don't love me!"
"I love you, how could I not love you? If I didn't love you, would I take care of you like this every day? And have my mom make you nourishing supplements every day!"
"What your family cares about is the baby in my belly."
"You've married me, so you're part of my family now. What do you mean by 'your family'?" Tao Dayong said somewhat unhappily.
"I was wrong!" Song Qiuxue quickly apologized.
Her husband's godfather is a retired senior official, so she also has to appease her in-laws.
After exchanging a few playful words with the young couple, Tao Dayong took the leftover ginseng chicken soup out.
At this point, Song Qiuxue called her family.
To make it easier for him to talk to his granddaughter on the phone, Mr. Tang specially installed a landline at home.
"Did Yinhua make Caixing divorce?"
“I heard from your fifth aunt that Yinhua refuses to share the money equally. Her husband is dead and she has no children of her own. As long as she doesn’t get married and have children in the future, her money can only be left to you and the child in your belly.”
“Baogen and Caixing are Yinhua’s younger brother and sister-in-law. Would they agree to give all the money to Qiuxue?” Tang Youliang asked.
"Then let's sow discord between Yinhua, Baogen, and Caixing. If they fall out, will Yinhua still leave the money to Baogen and Caixing?" Zhou Qiaoyun suggested. "Caixing's husband is a gambler and a whore, and he's also an addict. Let Dafei's fifth uncle persuade Song Erzhuang. Giving the money to Caixing would be a waste. Erzhuang and his wife probably won't agree to give the money to Caixing."
Tang Youliang asked, "What about Baogen? Will Qiuxue and Baogen split Yinhua's money equally?"
"Why should we split it equally?" Old Tang protested. "If we sow discord between Yinhua and Baogen, making them turn against each other, then Yinhua's property will belong to Qiuxue!"
Hearing the conversation on the other end of the line, Song Qiuxue said, "Grandpa, Mom and Dad, I won't fight with my second brother and sister-in-law for the inheritance."
"Qiuxue, don't be too kind. You're willing to split it equally with Baogen and his wife, but do you think they'd be willing to share it with you? People can be ruthless. We can't let outsiders benefit from it. Besides, Yinhua stole our family's jade pendant. Her little bit of wealth isn't enough to compensate us." Old Tang never had a good word to say about Song Yinhua.
After discussing it over the phone, the group planned to instigate a fight between Song Erzhuang's family, and then they would reap the benefits by exploiting Song Yinhua's extinct lineage.
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In the hotel in town, husband Guo Rui and cousin A Feng hid in a room.
"Where's your wife? Call her over to join the fun!" said my cousin, Afeng.
"Don't even think about making a move on her."
"You only care about yourself, leaving your wife out in the cold..."
Before his cousin A-Feng could finish speaking, Guo Rui punched him and beat him up.
"Why did you hit me? What's wrong with you!" Ah Feng protected his head.
"If it weren't for you, how would I have gotten addicted to this?" After Guo Rui was relieved of his drug addiction, he became more sober and angrily beat up his cousin. "You injected this stuff into me while I was asleep, dragging me into this mess. I'll strangle you!"
Ah Feng kicked Guo Rui away, "You're really biting the hand that feeds you..."
Enraged, Guo Rui rushed forward and beat the other man again.
The two started fighting.
Song Caixing sat alone in the cool autumn night breeze, waiting for her husband to come out and call her.
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