Chapter 35 Asking for Help
When Lady Wang heard this, she couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in her heart. She thought her husband still cared about her and was reluctant to leave her.
The conversation between the mother and son continued in the room. When Mrs. Wang heard her son say this, she immediately said:
"Divorce her now? No, you are relying on her to support you in your studies. You have to wait until you pass the imperial examination. By then, her eyesight will be blurry, and you can marry the daughter of a wealthy family to continue the Wang family's bloodline."
Mrs. Wang was fully expecting her husband to refute her mother-in-law's words. After all, when her mother-in-law went too far in the past, her husband would stop her, and when her mother-in-law was not around, he would also say some considerate words.
She thought her husband still cared about her.
Unexpectedly, the husband said, "Don't bother her every day. She has endless housework to do during the day and can't sleep well at night. How can she have the energy to do embroidery the next day? She has earned less money during this period. At least let her support me until I pass the imperial examination. Even if she dies by then, I can still talk about remarrying her!"
"Even if you go blind, you won't necessarily die." Mrs. Wang said in surprise.
Wang Yaozu sneered and said, "Whether to die or not is not a simple matter? Can't have a child, so she threw herself into a well in the middle of the night. Isn't it hard to understand?"
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she not only did not find her son scary, but clapped her hands and said, "Son, you are smart. This woman is tall and stupid, and she is really not worthy of you. When you remarry, I will definitely choose a good one for you."
When Madam Wang heard these words outside, she felt cold all over. She worked hard on embroidery every day just for the hope that her husband would pass the imperial examination one day so that she could live a good life.
Now it seems that all this was just her wishful thinking! She thought she was the one she could rely on for life, and she was considerate to her just to make her earn more money, and she was hoping that she would die so that she could remarry!
Mrs. Wang's tears kept falling. She wanted to rush in and ask them why, but she stopped as soon as she took a step forward.
cannot!
At least not now!
Her nails dug into her flesh and she forced herself to calm down.
The person beside him showed his cold side. If he went in and exposed him now, he was afraid that she would die in the well tonight.
But where could she go?
Madam Wang stumbled out, passed through the moon gate, and saw the corridor and the rockery.
The world is so big, but she doesn’t know where to go.
What should she do? How should she survive?
Before she knew it, Madam Wang was in tears. She didn't want to be seen, so she dived behind the rockery in the corner of the yard, sat on the ground, and let her tears flow wildly.
"Why are you crying?"
A familiar voice suddenly sounded in my ears.
Madam Wang wiped her tears hurriedly and held out a handkerchief to her in her little hand.
"Don't cry, let's find a solution together. There is always a way." Niu Niu comforted softly.
Madam Wang had almost stopped crying, but after hearing this, she could no longer hold back her tears. She hugged Niuniu and burst into tears.
Niuniu imitated Zhang Yunniang, patting her gently and comforting her: "It's okay, don't cry, don't cry, you are a good child, don't cry, don't cry."
Madam Wang cried even harder. Ever since her parents passed away, no one treated her as a child anymore. Now she had to get comfort from a little girl.
Madam Wang cried for a long time, and Niu Niu coaxed her for a long time.
She cried until she hiccuped and then stopped: "I...I...I really don't know what to do..."
"My mother said that no matter what the difficulty is, there will be a solution. If you can't solve it yourself, you can go find someone who can solve it." Niu Niu said. She liked Zhang Yuniang the most and kept every word her adoptive mother said in her heart.
Although Niu Niu didn't say a solution, seeing the little girl trying hard to help, Madam Wang was not as frightened as she was at the beginning.
"I don't know anyone in the city, and I don't know who to turn to for help."
Niuniu said, "I don't know what happened to you. Is it because of your mother-in-law? I'll ask my mother to beat her up!"
Madam Wang shook her head and thought about it. She still felt that such things should not be told to children, so she said, "It's not this. Thank you. I feel much better now. I am an adult and I should solve my own problems."
Madam Wang stood up and prepared to leave. She couldn't drag Niuniu down.
Niuniu tilted her head and said, "You didn't cry when your mother-in-law wanted to beat you before. You are so sad now. You must have encountered a huge problem. Let's go to my mother together. My mother is the most powerful. She must have a solution."
Madam Wang paused when she heard this.
Niuniu puffed out her chest, looking as if to say, "Look how smart I am," and said, "You think I'm a child and won't tell me anything, but my mother is an adult, she will definitely be able to help you!"
Madam Wang hesitated for a moment and said, "I have no relationship with your mother. Is she... is she really willing to help me find a solution?"
Niuniu said, "When you were beaten by your mother-in-law before, my mother had no relationship with you, but she still helped."
When Madam Wang heard this explanation, she was stunned. She had no relatives in the city and had no contact with other tenants in this house. She was often beaten in the past, but no one stood up for her.
It seemed to be the same as what Niu Niu said. The only person she could try to rely on now was Zhang Yunniang who had just helped her out of kindness.
If I just go to a stranger for help, will he think I am being rude? Lady Wang was thinking about all sorts of things.
Niu Niu didn't care about her wild thoughts and pulled her hand and walked home.
Zhang Yunniang saw the two from afar, and was immediately puzzled. She gently asked her daughter: "Niuniu, why are you holding your aunt's hand?"
Zhang Yunniang didn't understand why Madam Wang, who had just left, came back again and was with Niu Niu.
When they got closer, Zhang Yuniang saw Wang Niang's red eyes and immediately grabbed her hand: "What's wrong? Did your mother-in-law beat you again?"
Madam Wang felt a sore nose and tears fell again. She cried and shook her head: "Sister, save me."
Zhang Yunniang was stunned and quickly pulled the person into the house.
Wang Yaozu, who was in the backyard house, suddenly felt annoyed not long after Madam Wang left. He couldn't understand for a moment why he had spoken out the deepest plan in his heart. He couldn't help but get up and leave the house.
The yard was quiet at this time, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.
Wang Yaozu kept telling himself that his wife should still be in the front yard and didn't hear what he said.
After returning to the house, Wang Yaozu repeatedly reminded his mother not to tell anyone about his plans.
After doing all this, Wang Yaozu was still very nervous. He grabbed his mother and said, "Why hasn't she come back yet? Go and see what she is doing in the front yard. Call her back."
Mrs. Wang took her son's words as an imperial decree and without thinking much about it, she hurried to the front yard to find her daughter-in-law.
At this time, Madam Wang was holding Zhang Yuniang's hand and crying softly about what she had overheard.
Since human life was involved, Zhang Yunniang was about to call the police, but then she changed her mind and thought that since the incident had not happened yet, it would be useless to call the police.
"Pretend you don't know about this and calm them down first. What did you want to do when you went back so angrily before?" Zhang Yunniang asked.
When Lady Wang heard this, she couldn't help but blush and whispered, "I wanted to go back and have a big fight with my mother-in-law so that she wouldn't beat me again in the future."
Zhang Yunniang said quickly, "Then do what you should do and vent all the grievances you have suffered in the past. But you must not let them know that they want to kill you."
"You also said that they are still counting on you to make money. At least you are safe until the results of his college entrance examination come out."
"But for a man like this who is so cruel and ruthless, you should find a way to divorce him as soon as possible."
Madam Wang's mind was a mess, but after hearing what Zhang Yuniang said, she felt as if a pair of gentle hands helped her sort out everything.
Previously, she was worried that Zhang Yunniang would ignore her because she found it troublesome, but she didn't expect that she was so nice. At this moment, she just felt like a boat sailing alone in the storm, and finally found the light to guide the direction.
"Sister Zhang, how can I divorce him?" Madam Wang asked in a low voice.
Zhang Yuniang sighed: "Madam Wang..."
Madam Wang suddenly corrected her and said, "Sister, my name is Liu Xiaoru. I have a name. I don't want to be Madam Wang anymore."
Her husband's surname was Wang, so others called her Madam Wang. Her husband and mother-in-law rarely called her by her original name. Over time, she almost forgot that she had a name.
Now that she knew who her husband was, asking Liu Xiaoru to take her husband's surname only made her feel extremely disgusted.
Zhang Yunniang looked at her distressedly, and quickly changed her tone, saying, "Xiao Ru, if you want him to divorce you, the easiest way is to find a woman with a rich dowry who wants to marry him. But a man like him is not a good match, and he has harmed other women."
Liu Xiaoru shook her head and said, "My husband has an ordinary appearance and doesn't seem to be very popular with women. Unless he gets a very good ranking in the college entrance examination this time, no young girl will rush to marry him."
Zhang Yunniang said, "There is another way, which is to make his reputation seriously flawed, so that people feel ashamed to be associated with him. This way, it will be easier for you to divorce."
The world is like this: it is easy for a man to divorce his wife, but it is as difficult as climbing to the sky for a woman to divorce her.
When Liu Xiaoru heard this, she looked thoughtful.
"You've been married to him for many years, do you know anything about him?" Zhang Yunniang didn't wait for her to answer. She gritted her teeth and said, "If you really can't do it, just make one up. The more outrageous the better."
Zhang Yunniang wanted to help Liu Xiaoru, and hinted, "My stepmother is very powerful, but she can't do anything to my aunt, because my aunt is crazy and doesn't care about her face and reputation at all. She talks nonsense all day long. My stepmother avoids my aunt when she sees her."
Liu Xiaoru's eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "As long as we can get a divorce, I'm willing to do anything."
Zhang Yunniang couldn't help asking, "After the divorce, what should you do? Have you thought about it?"
Liu Xiaoru has a difficult brother and sister-in-law at home. Zhang Yunniang is afraid that she will be sold into another wolf's den by her brother and sister-in-law after she has just escaped from the Wang family's troubled past.
Liu Xiaoru said, "No matter how difficult it is, it won't be as difficult as it is now. I don't know when I might lose my life."
Zhang Yunniang said, "Actually, think positively. If he fails the exam, he won't be able to find another job, so you're still safe."
Liu Xiaoru shook her head and said, "I don't want to be married to such a heartless person!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Pozi's angry voice came from outside the house: "You despicable little whore, what are you doing hiding in someone else's house! Are you cheating on me?"
(End of this chapter)
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