Liu Ertao saw Qian Yu off and returned home in a daze.
Her relationship with Qian Yu over the years was not very good, but she did not squeeze the third wife and her husband like the first and fourth wives. She used to look down on the cowardly look of the third wife and thought Qian Yu was also stupid, a good city girl was trapped in this shameless family. As a result, Qian Yu not only announced the divorce directly, but also secretly gave her a big pie.
The people in the main house of the Huang family had not yet left. They all thought that Liu Ertao had gone out with the bag to give Qian Yu some advice. The whole family looked at each other, waiting for news, and pretended to persuade Mrs. Huang.
Huang Sanping looked at Liu Ertao pitifully, hoping that Liu Ertao could give him some positive signals.
Liu Ertao got angry when she saw Huang Sanping's cowardly look. If you didn't want a divorce, you should have stopped him just now! Now you're acting pitiful.
"Second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law...what did Qian Yu say?"
The fourth son's wife didn't know why, but her heart was beating so fast that she couldn't help but ask the first question.
Liu Ertao curled her lips and said, "She has made up her mind to leave. Don't try to persuade her."
It’s better to get divorced. If a man like Huang Laosan was her man, she would also divorce him.
Mrs. Huang originally thought that Qian Yu was using Qiao to force her to divorce him and split the family property, but after hearing what Liu Ertao said, she was furious.
"Divorce! San'er, leave her tomorrow! She's a loser with a money-losing thing. Who will take over your business? Without Zhang the butcher, can we only eat pigs with hair? Let's divorce her and find another one! She can't even give birth to a son. She's just a scumbag!"
Old Mrs. Zhang was swearing in a dirty way, and Liu Ertao's eyelids twitched wildly when she heard the obscene words.
"Mom! That's enough!"
Huang Sanping's eyes were red, "I won't leave!"
How could he possibly want a divorce? He clearly loved Qian Yu so much. He had fallen in love with her when she first went to the countryside. He loved her so much that he was so cowardly that he stood up for her. He also cherished Qian Qian even after they had children. How could he divorce Qian Yu?
What about Qian Yu? She obviously loved him so much, she gave up the good life in the city and stayed here. The two of them worked together, worked hard, and had Qian Qian, the fruit of their love. She was just angry now, and she would be fine when he came to comfort her.
Huang Sanping felt relieved when he thought of Qianqian. They still had Qianqian! Qianyu would never give up on her. As long as Qianqian didn't want them to separate, Qianyu would never force a divorce!
Old Mrs. Huang saw Huang Sanping's disappointing look and slammed the armrest of the chair, annoyed: "Are you going to piss me off to death! What kind of magic potion did that vixen feed you? She gave birth to a daughter for you! And you don't even have any descendants!"
Huang Sanping had just managed to refute his own mother, but now his anger faded and he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands. Old Mrs. Huang cursed at him but couldn't get any more, so she slammed the table and went back to her room.
Huang Laoer wanted to continue talking about dividing the family property, but Liu Ertao dragged him back into the house.
"What? We haven't even finished talking yet. Why are you dragging me back?"
Liu Ertao pulled Huang Laoer into the house and closed the door carefully.
"Don't you see what's going on? Anyway, our family has been divided up, and it's the same if we ask the branch secretary to divide the households tomorrow. I have something important to tell you."
Liu Ertao quietly repeated what Qian Yu had just told her.
Huang Lao Er was shocked: "No, why are we talking about this all of a sudden? Is the third son's wife really going to divorce?"
Liu Ertao sighed, "Nine out of ten, they really want to divorce. Logically, I shouldn't say bad things about your brother, but you know what kind of person your third brother is. If a person can't distinguish between good and bad and just treats others well, won't that make the closest people feel disappointed? Let the third brother's wife divorce, it has nothing to do with us anyway. I'm talking about the vermicelli business, what do you think?"
Huang Laoer was a little embarrassed: "She and our family are making vermicelli together... Don't let Lao San get involved later, it will be a mess."
Liu Ertao poked the man: "Doesn't Qian Yu know better than you do? She said that the cooperation must be put on paper, and the powder pool and powder drying site should be moved to my mother's house. My mother's house is closer to the road than Huangjia Village. Qian Yu found me because she knew that my mother's house had a house plot by the road that was now vacant. It was just right to build a powder pool there, and the powder would be placed on the edge of my mother's land. She also said that she wanted to buy the house plot there. Anyway, she can't return to the city now that she is divorced. If my mother's house plot can be sold to her, she can just move her household registration there."
The geographical location of Liu Ertao's mother's hometown is slightly better than Huangjia Village. Three miles to the west is the town, which is also among the villages that promote vermicelli making this time.
Liu Ertao attended a joint mobilization meeting of several villages some time ago and learned a little about making vermicelli. Of course, he knew that although people were interested, few would actually do it. Apart from other things, the cost of the venue and the machine alone would cost hundreds of yuan, and if it was not done well, it would all be wasted.
"Qian Yu said that she will provide the machines, and we will provide the sweet potatoes and labor. She will do the selling, and we will split the profits 50-50. This is the first year, and we will talk again next year if we still want to do it. I have thought it through. Making vermicelli is a strenuous job. You, our Xiaojun, Qian Yu and I are not enough, so I will ask my brother from my mother's side to provide one more, and give him a salary of ten yuan a month. Five people can barely make it. It happens to be the beginning of November now, so we can make vermicelli until the end of January and finish work before the New Year. Three months, and it's not the busy farming season, so we have to put in some effort and at least make enough money for Xiaojun's wedding next year!"
Huang Laoer was not prepared for his wife to be so bold, and hesitated: "...What if we lose?"
Liu Ertao slapped Huang Laoer on the head with a slap: "I finally see clearly, the men in your Huang family are all the same! Bah, bah, bah, you're thinking about losing money before you even do it. The big boss of the machine doesn't worry about losing money, so why should you worry about it!"
During the days when Liu Ertao followed Ding Jie to sell cloth, she also heard Ding Jie talk about it. Ding Jie praised Qian Qing's decisiveness in taking the cloth over and over again. Although she didn't know that what Ding Jie boasted in front of her was all Qian Qing's instructions, this did not prevent her from getting some inspiration from it.
Times have changed. Now the brave will die of their courage and the timid will die of hunger. Others dare to use their entire fortune to pry several times the value of goods, so why doesn't she dare to put a little cost on a future?
In recent years, they have worked hard to farm and sell vegetables, but the final result is only a few hundred yuan, which is enough to support their family, but her daughter still needs to go to school and her son needs to start a family. Liu Ertao is a bit spicy, but she hopes that her daughter can fly out of the farm and go to college to make her proud!
Huang Lao Er said something stupid and was scolded by his wife again. This time he gritted his teeth and admitted: "Let's do it!"
As a grown man, he can't always let his wife take the lead in everything.
"Then let's do this. When we divide the family property, we don't want food. Let's ask our mother to give us some sweet potatoes. There are still so many in the cellar at home. Let's get some and go to your mother's house. After Qian Yu's homestead is decided, I'll ask a few people to dig a cellar for her."
Liu Ertao added: "The powder field needs someone to watch over it at night. You and my brother will build a thatched shed on the homestead and the edge of the field. This is for the two of you. Qian Yu is a woman, so it's not convenient for her to live on the field. I will arrange for her to live at my mother's house."
Huang Lao Er: "She lives in your mother's house. What if the third brother comes looking for her?"
Liu Ertao frowned: "After we split up the family and Qian Yu gets divorced, who will care about him? If he goes to my mother's house to cause trouble, he has to ask my six brothers whether they agree or not!"
Huang Laoer: ...
I forgot, his wife's family has too many brothers. Although they have separated, they all live together and have a good relationship.
"It's settled. Be smart. We won't be able to live in this mud house for much longer. If we make some money, we'll apply for a residential plot and build a new house farther away. Huang Laoer, I'm warning you, don't be as confused as Lao San. Whether our family can become prosperous or not depends on this year!"
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When Qian Yu arrived at the oil field with his bag, it was already dark. The anger in his heart dissipated, leaving only a blank feeling.
She and Huang Sanping had been through ups and downs for several years, how did it suddenly come to this?
Obviously, she had been used to Huang Sanping's retreat and inaction in the face of family affairs for many years. She always thought that this was human nature and that everyone had some shortcomings. They had a daughter, and she knew clearly how bad the reputation of divorce was and what kind of contempt the child would face. Even this morning, she was still full of joy, thinking that she would separate from Huang Sanping and start a happy life for the three of them.
Why did it suddenly become like this?
Qian Yu sadly discovered that what she blurted out to Huang Sanping might not be words spoken in anger, but the true feelings that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time.
Disappointment had been accumulating slowly for a long time, but she had been deceiving herself, convincing herself that all men in the world were like this and that Huang Sanping was the only one who was good to her.
But now it seems that this "good" is like morning mist, which disappears as soon as the sun comes out. In Huang Sanping's heart, the sun is not the mother and daughter, but his own mother and his family.
Old Lady Huang was not kind to him. Qian Yu thought that if he treated him better, this man would regard her as a relative connected to his life. Now it seems that this is just wishful thinking. It is precisely because Old Lady Huang was not kind to him that Huang Sanping insisted on making up for this loss.
He was like a child craving for reward from adults, and he tried hard to dedicate himself to Old Lady Huang.
And because she married Huang Sanping, she had to dedicate herself to the Huang family like him, in exchange for a little kindness from Old Lady Huang.
Qian Yu was carrying her bag and walking very slowly.
At this point, Qian's mother should have gone out to set up the stall. She walked slowly. Perhaps it was best this way. She needed an empty room to sort out her thoughts.
She made the decision to divorce without consulting her family, and finalized the vermicelli business with the second son of the Huang family. God knows, she only has more than a thousand yuan in her hands now, which is not enough for her to take over the homestead of Liu Ertao's mother's family.
And what about Qianqian? After the divorce, will Qianqian be discriminated against in the elementary school? How will others see her?
Qian Yu pushed open the door, and the tears that she had been holding back all the way burst out the moment she opened the door.
"Sister, why did you come back at this time? If it was any later, I would have asked Ding Jie to go and see what was going on."
"Xiaoyu is back? There are some steamed buns on the stove and mutton soup in the small pot. Come and eat some."
"Ding Jie, stop eating! Look at you, you've gained weight in just a few days!"
"Mom, my cousin stole my snacks!"
…
Seeing Qian Yu coming back crying, Qian Qing instantly thought of all the bad things that might happen.
"Sister? What's wrong with you? Didn't you say you were going back to divide the family? Why…"
Qian's mother also ran out of the kitchen and panicked when she saw her daughter like this: "What's wrong? Why did you bring so many things back?"
Ding Jie quickly carried Qianqian into the inner room, stuffed a few things into her to divert her attention, and came out after a while.
"I'm getting a divorce."
The words Qian Yu said after calming himself down instantly made the whole room silent.
After a long time, Qian's mother's voice finally rang out.
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"Just leave me. I, your mother, can support both of you."
Qian Yu looked up in shock. Tears were in Qian's mother's eyes, but her tone was firm.
"My daughter is so good. It's Huang Sanping's bad luck that she got divorced. It's definitely not your fault."
Qian's mother knew her daughter, and if she hadn't been pushed to a certain extent, Qian Yu would never say such a thing. Moreover, with Qian Qian around, Qian Yu would definitely not say such a big thing on a whim.
Qian Qing also calmed down from her initial surprise. She held Qian Yu's hand and said, "Our mother is right. Let's get a divorce. We can still make money after the divorce."
Qian Yu cried and laughed at the same time: "Where is my dad? Will he disagree?"
Mother Qian frowned: "Who cares? If he doesn't want you to get divorced, he can just go live with the Huang family! Anyway, I only care about my daughter's good life. No reputation is more important than a real life!"
Qian Qing held her sister's arm, and when Qian Yu calmed down, she asked, "Sister, did your brother-in-law bully you? Or did the Huang family bully you?"
Her sister can get a divorce, but if she is bullied, she must seek justice before getting a divorce.
Qian Yu slowly told her mother the whole story of the division of the family property, and her mother was furious.
"How could I have been so blind before! I still thought Huang Sanping was a good person? He is just a piece of rubbish! His wife and children were bullied and became so skinny, but he still thought he was living a good life. I am so angry! If he had said directly that he didn't want to split up the family and wanted to stay with his mother for the rest of his life, I would never have agreed to let you marry him!"
Ding Jie was furious. He had the best relationship with his second sister, but that didn't mean he had a bad relationship with his eldest sister, because his eldest sister took care of him so much when he was a child.
"That bastard, wait till I find some friends to beat him up! What kind of bastard is this? He bullies people to no end!"
Qian Qing was also angry. She originally thought that her brother-in-law was not good at all, but at least he was good to her sister. Now, how could he be considered good?
Trying to smooth things over is an act of favoritism in itself. The two of them are not on the same level. Mrs. Huang has a natural dominance over her sister. In this case, if the brother-in-law tries to smooth things over, isn't he clearly standing on his mother's side?
"Sister, I support you leaving! After you leave, we can do business together! I will help you make a fortune!"
Qian Yu was silent for a while: "Let's talk about business later. The main thing is... what should I say about Qianqian?"
"With a mother like me, will Qianqian be talked about in school..."
Qian Qing's face became serious: "Sister, you can't think like that. It's just a divorce, and you haven't cheated on anyone. Why do we feel inferior to others, including Qianqian, you should have some confidence in your own daughter. You have lived a hard life in the Huang family for several years, Qianqian should not be ignorant of this. Let others say what they want, we will run forward to make money, and when you send Qianqian to a higher place, they can't even see the shadow of your child, who can chase you and say something?"
Qian Yu took a deep breath and said, "I'll talk to Qian Qian slowly."
With the support of her family, she is set to get a divorce!
Before Qian Yu could tell her daughter, Qian's mother brought Qianqian home at noon the next day, just after school.
Qianqian couldn't stop crying: "Mom, are you going to divorce Dad?"
"Who told you that?!"
Qianqian cried and didn't answer, and Qian's mother's face turned pale.
"Huang Sanping came and blocked Qianqian after school."