Upon hearing Manager Tong's words, Old Lady Huang saw the pale face on the ground, resembling the Queen Mother of the West who was nearing her end. Her eyes flickered, and she spoke.
"Hmph, that's because she was already sick. My son only pushed her lightly. It was her own bad luck that she lost her life..."
"Whether it was bad luck for her or your son who pushed her, it's not up to you to decide. When it comes to court, the judge will naturally investigate..."
The village chief was thoroughly annoyed. This Huang family, from the eldest to the youngest, was all bad. The village chief glanced at Huang's father, who had been silent all along. He looked like an honest and simple man, but he was actually wicked. So, before Huang's wife could finish speaking, the village chief patiently spoke up.
At this moment, Doctor Shi returned after wandering around outside. He deliberately opened his medicine box in front of everyone, took out a piece of ginseng, stuffed it into the Queen Mother's mouth, and then spoke.
"Sigh, I've done everything I can. Whether she wakes up or not is up to fate..."
Upon hearing Doctor Shi's words, the Huang family members all changed their expressions. Old Mrs. Huang's cloudy eyes darted around, and she suddenly spoke up.
“We can agree to a divorce. They won’t have to pay for our medical expenses, and naturally we won’t pay for that old woman’s medical expenses either. We’ll each pay our own. But if we’re going to get a divorce, you have to return every single penny of the eight taels of silver we gave as a betrothal gift…”
She saw it firsthand: Doctor Shi stuffed such a large piece of ginseng into that short-lived man's mouth. If they were to be responsible for each other's medical expenses, her family would definitely suffer a loss.
But the dowry they gave was real and substantial. Besides, when this little prostitute married into their family, they were so poor that they only brought two quilts as dowry. Thinking of this, Old Lady Huang glared at Wang Yan'er, who looked weak at the moment, and muttered a curse.
"Pah, a family of short-lived ghosts..."
Wang Yan'er glanced at her mother, who was still unconscious, and pulled back her younger brother, who was about to rush forward and fight her. Now was not the time to act rashly.
Wang Yan'er was relieved when she heard Old Lady Huang agree to the divorce, but when she heard that they were asked to return the betrothal gifts, her face turned pale and she felt a deep sadness.
She knew that this was Old Lady Huang's doing, knowing they couldn't come up with that much money all at once, and that she was being forced to agree to be divorced...
Wang Yan'er glanced at her young brother, then at her mother who was still unconscious beside her, her eyes filled with pain. She didn't care about her own reputation, but she was afraid that being divorced would affect her brother's future marriage prospects...
When Old Lady Huang saw Wang Yan'er's unpleasant expression, a hint of smugness flashed in her eyes.
"Hmph, you infertile whore, why don't you pack your things and get out of my Huang family with your short-lived mother and your bastard brother? I'll have my son give you a letter of divorce. If you want a divorce, you'd better return the eight taels of silver betrothal gifts quickly..."
Everyone was truly shocked by the shamelessness of the Huang family, especially the village chief's wife, who immediately started cursing.
"You're saying such things, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning? This girl came to your family all innocent and pure, and has been treated like a slave for over a year. She's been worn down and injured by you. Now that you're getting a divorce, how can you still say such things? Do you even have any shame left?"
Han Yiyi, standing in the crowd, looked at Old Lady Huang's hateful face and really wanted to scratch her. However, she also knew that she had no right to do so. Just as Aunt Zhang had said, the only person who could speak up and slightly suppress Old Lady Huang was the village chief's wife.
Seeing his wife's finger almost poking Old Lady Huang's face, the village chief quickly pulled her back. His eyes were full of disappointment as he looked at the Huang family and asked.
"Are you sure about this?"
"Of course, our laws stipulate that in the event of a divorce, the man can ask the woman for the return of the betrothal gifts..."
Beichen does indeed have such a law, but it only applies when the man's quality of life declines after paying an exorbitant dowry, and the woman has committed a serious offense. In such cases, the dowry must be returned upon divorce. In the present situation, the Huang family's quality of life has not declined due to the dowry issue, and Wang Yan'er has no serious past transgressions, so naturally, it is not required.
But if Old Mrs. Huang insists that the Huang family's life became difficult after they paid the eight taels of silver as betrothal gifts, and insists that Wang Yan'er brought her mother and younger brother into her Huang family and beat her, her mother-in-law, then she is beating a filial daughter, and no one can do anything about it.
Finally, after a combination of persuasion and threats from the village chief, the Huang family agreed that they would immediately write a divorce agreement if the Wang family could come up with four taels of silver.
Although it was half gone, it was still a considerable sum for the Wang family. By this time, Wang's mother had also woken up, but she was still somewhat exhausted.
He searched his entire body thoroughly, but only managed to pull out twenty or thirty copper coins.
Although everyone sympathized with them, four taels of silver was not a small amount, and everyone was struggling to make ends meet. Moreover, the Wang family was not from this village, and in addition, the Wang family consisted of old people and young children, two of whom were sick. Everyone was even more worried that if they lent out the silver, the Wang family would not be able to repay it, and it would all be for nothing.
Upon seeing this, Han Yi was about to take out some silver when her peripheral vision caught sight of a basket of cleaned small fish by the door. Her eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but raise her voice to ask.
"Whose fish is this...?"
Upon hearing Han Yiyi's voice, everyone looked towards the door. Wang Xiaojiang also heard Han Yiyi's voice, and a glint flashed in his eyes. He quickly got up and walked towards the door.
This fish was intended to be delivered by the Wang family mother and son to nourish Wang Yan'er, but before they even entered the house, they witnessed Wang Yan'er being beaten, and in their haste, they threw the fish at the door.
The fish were cleaned very thoroughly; they were all small, about the size of a palm, and weighed about three or four pounds in total. They were all roughly the same size, showing that the person who cleaned them had put a lot of care into it.
When Han Yi saw Wang Xiaojiang pick up the basket, before he could even speak, she turned around and tugged at the hand of Manager Tong beside her, and said something.
"Manager Tong, didn't your Yunlai Restaurant say that someone wanted to eat these small fish today? What do you think of this..."
Manager Tong, who was furious at the shamelessness of the Huang family, was suddenly tugged by Han Yiyi. Hearing Han Yiyi mention that Yunlai Restaurant was recruiting small fish, he didn't agree for a moment. When Han Yiyi winked at him, he suddenly realized what was going on and hurriedly spoke up.
"Yes, yes, I think these fish are quite good. Our Yunlai Restaurant will take them and give them five taels of silver..."
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