"Divorce, we must divorce!" Yinxia shouted, her voice firm and resolute.
All eyes turned to Yinxia, who was standing to the side. Jiang's face was contorted, and she wished she could tear Yinxia in two!
"You, you bitch, how can you say such a thing? No matter how I treat you, my Fatty Egg has never been any less kind to you, yet you're so heartless as to divorce him! You're not even human!"
No matter how reasonable Jiang's words were, no one was willing to stand by her side to explain anything. She stood to the side in despair. Jiang's family was not well-off to begin with, so what hope did she have of getting her son, Fatty, a wife?
Soon, Li Zheng had someone bring Fatty back. Fatty was wearing a patched-up shirt. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the bruises on Yin Xia's face and couldn't help but glance at Jiang Shi standing to the side.
"Mother, did you torment Yinxia again? Yinxia is still pregnant. How could you treat my wife like this while I'm not home? When I don't go out to work, we're so poor we can't even afford to eat. But when I go out, this is how you treat her?"
Fatty was a child Liang Shuyan had watched grow up since he was a child. He was not a bad person and was very filial to Jiang Shi. He listened to his mother in everything. However, Jiang Shi got her son drunk and got some aphrodisiacs from the doctor for him to take. Who knew that she would run into Yinxia, who was carrying water, and that's how the two of them ended up having sex!
Thinking of all this, Fatty knelt down in front of Aunt Liu and cried, "Mother-in-law, please forgive my mother for any wrongdoing. It's all because I didn't protect Yinxia well and made her suffer. But from now on, I won't go out. I will definitely take good care of her at home. Please don't let us get a divorce. I really love Yinxia."
Aunt Liu said with some difficulty, "You can tell Yinxia about this, but I... I can't really say anything. Look, your mother actually hit Yinxia and chased her all the way to our house. Look at that stick on the ground, that's the one she took from your house to chase and hit Yinxia. Everyone saw it. I didn't frame her!"
Jinxia was even more furious: "No, how can we do this, Mother? We mustn't be soft-hearted. Look at how we treat Yinxia now that she's pregnant. What will happen after she gives birth? Who knows how we'll treat her then? We should just get a divorce!"
Qiu Dong held Jin Xia tightly with one hand, glanced at the indignant Jin Xia, and said, "Fatty, what can you change by saying this now? Your mother has already hit Yin Xia, and Yin Xia is suffering with you. Do you think you can separate from your mother because of this?"
Fatty shook his head in despair, stepped forward and grabbed Qiu Dong's collar, saying, "Brother-in-law, please, I'm willing to separate from my mother, but please don't make us divorce!"
Seeing Fatty standing to the side, Liang Shuyan felt quite embarrassed, so she called Yinxia aside and said calmly, "Tell me, how does Fatty treat you? If Fatty separates from your mother-in-law, will you still insist on a divorce?"
Yinxia hesitated: "Auntie, actually Fatty is good to me, but he's not home often, and my mother-in-law doesn't care much. She makes me do all the housework and even tries to torment me. She just can't stand Fatty being good to me!"
Liang Shuyan understood, glanced at Yinxia, and said, "Don't be angry. You know, as long as you and Pangdan don't divorce, your aunt will still be very happy. After all, Pangdan is a pitiful child who lost his father at a young age. He is willing to separate from his mother for you, which proves that he cares about you. So, you should stay and live a good life with Pangdan."
Yinxia nodded.
Fatty's eyes reddened. It's alright for his mother to live alone now, but it might be difficult when she gets older. By then, when she has a grandson, he'll probably be less hostile towards Yinxia. After thinking it over in his mind, Fatty decided to separate from his mother.
Upon hearing that her son wanted to separate from her, Jiang clenched her fists tightly: "You, you actually want to separate from your old mother for this bitch? After your dead father died, I raised you all these years, and you still have the nerve to say such a thing?"
A sharp voice rang out from the crowd: "Alright, it wasn't you who raised Fatty. If you're asking who raised Fatty, I'd say it was the two of us, and I'm sure none of you would object!"
The speaker was none other than the old woman from the Li family. She glanced at Jiang and said, "Hmph, ever since you and my son, you've never intended to live a proper life at home. After my son died, you've been colluding with Wang Dachui from the neighboring village all day long. Where have you had time to take care of Fatty? Now that Fatty is doing this, we, the old couple, wholeheartedly support it!"
Old Man Li let out a long sigh and stepped forward respectfully to look at Li Zheng, saying, "Li Zheng, what my wife said is right. Fatty is an honest child and wouldn't do anything wrong. But regarding Yin Xia, he listened to his mother and drank that aphrodisiac. Unexpectedly, he ran into Yin Xia, who was carrying water, when he went out, which led to what happened later. But since things have come to this, it means that the two are still destined for each other. Our Li family can't ruin a girl's reputation and then abandon her. How can we, an old man and a woman, face people in the village like that?"
These words filled Jiang with even more despair. Jiang had already been unfilial to her parents-in-law, and now, hearing their words, she stomped her feet in anger: "How could you say such things? What, your son is dead, and you're still not dead? You want to live and harm me?"
Fatty shouted angrily, "Mother, what are you saying? You are a junior, how can you say such things to my grandparents? What my grandparents said is not wrong, there are many people in the village who can make the decision!"
Seeing the pitiful look on the Li family's elderly couple, Yinxia said, "Mom, if Fatty gets a divorce, I'm willing to live a good life with him. Also, I want to bring my grandparents over so we can all live together!"
Fatty grabbed Yinxia's hand excitedly, his eyes reddening: "Wife, thank you. Fatty will always be good to you, so don't worry!"
When the elderly couple from the Li family learned that their granddaughter-in-law was so filial, they immediately agreed. However, Jiang was so angry that she gasped, "You, you actually want to?"
Li Zheng said somewhat irritably, "Enough, Jiang Shi, what else do you have to say? Now, even your in-laws aren't on your side, how can I, Li Zheng, help you?"
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