Chapter 191 I'm afraid it's difficult
Chen Xiaojuan was lying on the ground, curled up pitifully, with black circles under her eyes and blood flowing from the corners of her mouth.
Zhou Cuihua's eyebrows were raised, and there was no sympathy in her eyes.
Liu Lizheng had a headache. If neither of the couple wanted Chen Xiaojuan anymore, he definitely couldn't bear to see Chen Xiaojuan with nowhere to go in the village.
His eyes accidentally drifted to Baoya who was squeezed in the crowd watching the fun. He sighed. How arrogant and domineering was Chen Xiaojuan when she bullied Baoya?
But now, she herself has become homeless and dependent on others.
Liu Lizheng couldn't tell whether he felt pitiful or sad.
"You take Chen Chengcai away, and Chen Xiaojuan belongs to me." Chen Changshui spoke.
He stared at Chen Xiaojuan, who was curled up on the ground, without even glancing at Zhou Cuihua.
Zhou Cuihua immediately shouted, "You said it! Don't regret it!"
"I don't regret it." Chen Changshui said, "But from now on, even if you take Chen Chengcai to beg, don't come to our house."
"Hey, what do you mean?!" Zhou Cuihua exploded. "You cursed me and Chengcai to beg for food? You're such a heartless person! You divorced my wife and abandoned my children! You'll be struck by lightning sooner or later!"
Chen Changshui ignored her, moved to Chen Xiaojuan with his crutches, and pulled her up.
After all, she is his daughter and his blood is flowing in her body.
He was not as partial as Zhou Cuihua, who couldn't tolerate a five or six-year-old child.
But he is not that good either. Now he is disabled and it is inconvenient for him to do anything. Leaving Chen Xiaojuan behind to take care of him.
The two were arguing about who should own the child, when Qian Dacai had already brought Chen Chengcai back from the town.
"Let me go! What are you doing?!"
Baoya heard Chen Chengcai's somewhat exasperated voice.
Immediately afterwards, a young man wearing a white gown and with an angry expression on his face was pulled in front of Chen Changshui and Zhou Cuihua by Qian Dacai.
"Mom, what's going on?" Chen Chengcai was dumbfounded when he saw the chaotic scene.
Although he heard what Qian Dacai said on the way back, he didn't believe it at all.
Why did my parents fall out? And my father even divorced my mother!
How dare a father, such a coward, divorce his mother?
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Chen Changshui, who was standing at the front door with a crutch, say: "Chengcai, follow me or follow your mother, it's your choice."
Chen Chengcai was a little confused. He looked at Chen Changshui, who had an expressionless face, and then at Zhou Cuihua, who had a face full of resentment, before he finally believed it.
"I...I want to follow my father." Chen Chengcai said.
When he said this, Zhou Cuihua's face turned pale, and she stammered for a long while before saying, "You... Chengcai, what did you say?"
"Mom," Chen Chengcai said softly, looking embarrassed, "I have no choice."
"Now that I haven't completed my studies, if I follow you, I won't be able to help you at all and will only be a burden. It's better for me to follow my father. When I pass the imperial examination, I will repay you well!"
He spoke with such sincerity that he wiped away his tears.
Now that Zhou Cuihua has been divorced, she can basically take nothing with her except her few rags.
Moreover, even if she returns to her parents' home, a divorced person will be despised by the whole family and will have no good way out.
Chen Chengcai felt that if he followed Zhou Cuihua, he would not have a good life in the future.
Moreover, he claimed to be a scholar, and it was quite shameful for him to have such a divorced mother.
When Zhou Cuihua heard him say this, she was shocked and upset, and her whole body froze in place.
"Cough," a cough was heard behind him, and Chen Changshui spoke.
"Chengcai, if you decide to follow me, then you have to think carefully. I am in this situation now, and I don't have much money to support your education. If you want to follow me, you can come down and help with housework and earn money."
"This is the situation in our family. You and Chen Xiaojuan are not cut out for studying. Don't think I'll be like your mother and sell everything I have to support your education. No way!"
He said it very firmly, leaving no room for maneuver.
Chen Chengcai opened his mouth in shock and stared at Chen Changshui for a long time.
His father doesn't want him to study anymore? !
He always thought that his parents fully supported his studies!
"Chengcai, follow your mother." Zhou Cuihua suddenly said, her red and swollen eyes showing deep helplessness and desolation.
"Just follow me. I'll risk my life to send you to school!"
“I…I…”
He hesitated.
"Chengcai! Mom can't live without you!" Zhou Cuihua's tears as big as beans rolled down her cheeks, and she rushed over and hugged Chen Chengcai.
After she was shocked, she calmed down.
Chengcai wanted to follow Chen Changshui for her own good, fearing that it would be too hard for her, a woman, to support him in his studies.
Chen Chengcai was hugged by her, and the clothes on his shoulders were wet with her hot tears.
Zhou Cuihua held his arms tightly, as if she was afraid that he would run away.
"Well, then I'll go with mom," he finally said.
Zhou Cuihua suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the taut string broke in an instant. She collapsed to the ground, her legs and feet weak, and she couldn't even stand up.
Seeing that the matter was finalized, Liu Lizheng finally came out.
"Since you two have agreed, then let's just call it a day. Well, this is good, so we don't have to torture each other."
Chen Changshui and Liu Lizheng thanked him, took out a few copper coins from their pockets and gave them to Qian Dacai.
Then he called Chen Xiaojuan into the yard, slammed the door shut, and locked all the onlookers outside.
The servants brought by Nanny Li were standing in an orderly manner at the gate of the Chen family. Now that Zhou Cuihua was divorced, they could no longer collect the debt from the Chen family.
Nanny Li said with an unhappy look on her face, "Zhou Cuihua, what are you going to give me back this time?"
Zhou Cuihua gritted her teeth and stepped forward, saying, "Madame Li, I don't have any money. I'm just a nobody, with only my life to live. You can do whatever you want with me!"
Nanny Li looked at her heroic appearance as she was executed, a sneer appeared on her lips. If she had known this earlier, she wouldn't have done it in the first place!
"Then sign a contract to sell yourself." She slowly picked her nails and said, "I'll give you one month. If you can't pay it back, you can come to our Wang family and be a slave."
"Okay, as long as you don't touch my son." Zhou Cuihua said.
Soon, Nanny Li asked someone to bring the deed that had been prepared in advance. Zhou Cuihua bit her finger and pressed a fingerprint on it, and that was it.
The matter was resolved, and Nanny Li didn't delay any longer. She took her people away, and the people who were watching the excitement in front of the Chen family's gate also dispersed.
For a moment, only Zhou Cuihua and Chen Chengcai were left at the front door of the Chen family. The two of them stood alone, looking a little pitiful.
Zhao Zhilan also returned with her family.
"Grandma, what do you think will happen to Chen Chengcai and Zhou Cuihua in the future? Will Chen Xiaojuan become a better person?" Baoya, holding Zhao Zhilan's hand, looked up and asked her seriously.
"Oh," Zhao Zhilan sighed, "I'm afraid it's difficult!"
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