Chapter 399: Not Divorced, But Divorced
A flood in Yuzhou affected tens of millions of people.
Although local governments opened their granaries to release grain to help the people first, it was a drop in the bucket.
What’s worse is that some government officials colluded with merchants, and the grain they distributed never reached the hands of ordinary people.
Fertile fields were washed away, houses collapsed, relatives were injured or sick and there was no money to treat them, and the people were suffering terribly.
At this time, the news that a kind-hearted person had come to Dahuai Village to distribute grain spread quickly from one person to another, and spread rapidly to the area where Yu and Xiang met.
It was like a ray of light bursting into the darkness, making the people excited and fascinated. Even if they did not benefit from it, some hope arose in their hearts.
It’s like when life is dark and hopeless, seeing a light in the distance can give people hope... Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, that ray of light may also shine on them.
"Have you heard? Someone's distributing grain in Dahuai Village! Some kind-hearted person came from somewhere, bringing several carts of rice and flour, and every household has received some!"
"You haven't heard the whole story. This isn't some kind-hearted person from somewhere. I heard the one who distributed the grain was from Dahuai Village! A family with the surname Su!"
"Sixteen years ago, the Su family was exiled because of their relatives, who were high-ranking officials! We heard about this incident at the time and even lamented their bad luck. Who would have thought that sixteen years later, they would return home in glory!"
"It's a pity that we are far away from Dahuai Village. They have already distributed all the food. Besides, they are going back specifically to repay their kindness, so we can't get any of it... Alas."
"Let's wait a little longer. The current emperor is wise and will not abandon us. Perhaps the relief grain will arrive soon."
"Yes, wait a moment!"
Chenjia Village is right next to Dahuai Village. Someone delivered food there at noon, and the news had reached here before the afternoon.
There was a farmhouse near the village entrance, and half of the wall was washed away by the flood. Even though the yard was in a mess and had been cleaned up, the ground was still muddy.
The outer wall of the newly repaired kitchen was piled with half-wet and half-dry firewood, and opposite was the owner's main house.
There was a woman in the house crying and cursing.
"You bitch! There's only a handful of life-saving food left at home, and I, an old woman, couldn't bear to eat it! How dare you secretly take it back to your parents' home to eat! You damn short-lived jinx! You've been married into my Chen family for more than ten years and you haven't laid a single egg, and you're bringing disaster to the family! Why did my Chen family marry a bitch like you! You shall not die well!" The old woman howled and spit out a string of extremely vicious curses.
Another younger voice was not to be outdone. "Mother, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. How did you see me stealing food? I've been married to your Chen family for over a decade and haven't had a good day. Not only that, but you're blaming me for all the shit! There's more than just me in this family. Who knows if someone else is crying wolf! Chen De, you coward, you can't even say a word while watching your wife being wrongly accused and tortured. You're not a man at all!"
"Who are you calling a loser? You're not a man! You bitch! You're disrespectful to your parents-in-law, disrespectful to your husband, lazy and a nagging chatterbox! If I'd known you were this kind of person, I wouldn't have let you even set foot in the Chen family! Just wait, I'll go get the clan leader! You're a traitor who deserves to be thrown into a pig cage! You deserve to be beaten to death!"
"Oh my God! You're trying to drive me to death! Fine, fine! I'm going to die! I'm going to hang myself on the gate with a rope! God is watching what we do, and He has eyes. You're torturing your daughter-in-law and driving me to death. Let's see who dares to marry into your Chen family in the future!"
"Ade, what are you doing? Stop this bitch! Ho, ho, ho, why did I marry such a troublemaker? What a sin I have committed! Even my son has turned his heart away from me! I don't want to live anymore. I can't live anymore. I might as well just hit my head and kill myself!"
A thin man walked out of the house with his head down, squatted down under the wall at the gate that had not collapsed, covered his head with his hands in pain, and stared blankly at the mud on the ground with his eyes. He was obviously less than forty years old, but he looked old and his whole body was filled with unbearable fatigue.
The noise behind me continued without stopping.
The one who said he wanted to hit his head against the wall didn't do it, and the one who said he wanted to hang himself didn't hold a rope.
He didn't know how many years he had been living like this.
At the other end of the muddy road, people were walking towards us, talking. They were women from the village who had just returned from outside.
When they arrived at the gate of Chen's house, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the women and servants stopped and stood there talking loudly.
"Are the Su family really coming back to repay a favor? Oh my god, this is exactly how the Su family behaves! They are such a kind family! They are honest and willing to remember favors!"
"The young men of the Su family came back to repay their kindness, which made the people in Dahuai Village feel embarrassed. When the Su family was exiled, they only gave them some gifts and a handful of vegetables and noodles. No one expected that the Su family would regard these favors as a favor and remember them for more than ten years!"
"When their family was exiled, everyone thought they'd suffer terribly over there, and they'd probably never come back. But unexpectedly, not only did they come back, but they're all so well-dressed! They're good-looking, well-dressed, and speak and act with openness and dignity. They must be doing really well out there!"
"Didn't you see? They brought bags full of rice! What's the price of rice in town now? Good white rice costs forty or fifty coins per pound! The worst brown rice costs more than ten coins! They brought only good rice, and each bag costs several taels of silver! Oh my God!"
"It's a pity that my son was born two years late, otherwise I would have gone to the Su family to ask for Xiu'er's hand in marriage on his behalf! Xiu'er is such a good person? The Su family is such a great in-law! What a pity!"
"I heard that the Su family's children brought back a miracle doctor who cured Su Laoer and his two fathers-in-law! That was an epidemic that no doctor in town could cure! Now people from Hejia Village and Liujia Village are bringing their sick family members to seek medical treatment!"
"Is it true? My child has been acting listless these past few days. I wonder if he's caught some illness. Oh, I'll stop by Hejia Village and take him there to check it out!"
"This is no joke. Hurry up, stop talking and go back!"
The footsteps clattered away.
The man squatting at the foot of the wall's eyes moved when he heard the word "Xiu'er". He slowly raised his eyes, looked in the direction the women left, then looked towards Dahuai Village, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
The noise in the house behind him also stopped. Soon, a woman rushed out. She had white hair and red eyes. She was panting. Her old face seemed a little distorted because she was too excited. "The Su family is back? How many carts of food did they buy?!"
Chen De quickly lowered his eyelids, not wanting to look at that greedy face. He whispered, "Mom, the Su family has nothing to do with ours. We can't get their food."
"Why can't I get it?! Their Su Xiu'er is my Chen family's daughter-in-law! Even if she is divorced, she still has to respect me as her mother-in-law!"
"It's not divorce, it's divorce." Chen De suddenly didn't want to stay here anymore, so he got up and left. "There's no dry firewood at home. I'll go find some."
"What are you looking for? Come back here! Ade? Ade!"
The man walked away, as if he didn't hear the call from behind.
But his back became more hunched.
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