The villagers all thought that Qiao's trial might have been because she had given Song Lian'er some stewed pork ribs, pig's feet, or chicken that she had prepared at home. But it turned out to be just a steamed bun.
For a single steamed bun, he made his wife, who had worked so hard for him for so many years, kneel in the yard to repent and beg for his return.
Is it possible to kick a wife out of the house over a steamed bun?
Moreover, Qiao stole the steamed buns after repeatedly pleading with Old Lady Song without permission, and with her daughter on the verge of death.
This is eye-opening!
People began to criticize the Song family for being heartless and ungrateful, and some even said that the Song family members were worthless.
The faces of the Song family members turned pale and then red, with the eldest and second eldest Song brothers' faces turning even darker.
"So what? Stealing a steamed bun is still stealing, stealing a pot of meat is still stealing. Evil is evil even if it is small. Stealing is just as bad. No matter what, Qiao Shi will be divorced from the family today," Old Mrs. Song said fiercely.
Seeing so many people speaking up for her, Qiao Yunni thought things had become clear and there was room for negotiation. But to her surprise, Old Lady Song still wanted her to leave.
Her glimmer of hope was extinguished again. Her face was filled with anxiety and unease. If she was divorced, where could she go?
But she had her pride; her daughter had helped her up after she knelt down, so she couldn't kneel a second time.
"Yes, although this time it was just steamed buns that were stolen, the thief must have stolen more than once. Maybe he has stolen many more things in the past. Not only should my third sister-in-law be kicked out of the house, but her room should also be thoroughly searched," said the eldest daughter-in-law, Shen, pursing her lips.
That would be another humiliation.
Qiao Yunni could no longer bear it: "Sister-in-law, I haven't taken anything except this steamed bun, don't wrong me."
"Oh ho, I'm accusing you of something wrong. If you're so confident, you've probably already hidden it away, making sure we can't find it."
Shen seized on the fact that Qiao Yunni had actually taken a steamed bun and kept smearing her with dirt.
"Heaven is watching what people do; if it doesn't exist, it doesn't exist."
Qiao Yunni, leaning on her crutches, gritted her teeth and stood up. Her face was much calmer, clearly indicating that she had begun to accept the fact.
“It’s not that the Song family can’t divorce me, but I have only one request: that you treat my Lian’er and Rui’er well and not—” At this point, Qiao Yunni’s eyes welled up with tears: “Don’t wrong them. They are both well-behaved and sensible.”
She has endured countless hardships and grievances over the years for the sake of her two most beloved children.
They were the meaning of her life.
Now, she has no choice but to leave them. The Song family wants to abandon him. She just lost her dignity to try to keep him, but the Song family is unmoved. What's the use of humiliating herself again?
It's better to retain even a little bit of dignity.
Actually, it wasn't when she broke her leg half a month ago; her mother-in-law had been impatient with her for half a year, always finding ways to nitpick.
But once she broke her leg, the Song family made no attempt to hide it.
She thought and thought but couldn't understand it, and could only sigh at how fickle people's hearts were, and what could she, a weak woman, do?
“They have their own people to take care of them. You were abandoned by your family, and from now on you have no relation to them whatsoever. You can’t say you are their mother,” said the second daughter-in-law, Chen.
What a clever move to remove the mother and keep the child.
The villagers were outraged by the situation and condemned the Song family, but the family wouldn't listen. They were outsiders and couldn't interfere in the family's affairs, so they could only shake their heads and sigh.
Qiao is so pitiful.
Ten years ago, my husband went to join the army and never came back. Everyone assumed that he had died abroad.
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