Chapter 111 Crying
Koko told her how big the impact would be.
First of all, in terms of living, your eldest sister has to live with you when she comes home, but there is no extra room in your house. Your three unmarried brothers share one room, and you have been sleeping in the room separated by your parents. Your eldest sister's return means that your family has to build another house.
Secondly, unlike you who are not married, your eldest sister is married. Her return home has a far-reaching influence. Apart from anything else, except for your eldest sister-in-law who has lived with her, the other two sisters-in-law have not had the experience of living with her. If there are conflicts between the sisters-in-law, it will be detrimental to the unity of a family.
Finally, if a family has a divorced daughter, it will be a huge blow to the entire family and all the women in the family. In the future, it will affect not only your marriage, but also the marriage of your nieces.
Manbao was stunned.
Finally, Keke told Manbao that your family is not in the right in this matter and is at an absolute disadvantage.
"Really?" Manbao didn't believe it. She pointed at the increasing number of people in the yard and said, "But I don't think so."
Koko also scanned the outside and gradually fell silent.
The village chief came, and not only the village chief came, but some elders of the village also came. They were all older people, and relatives who had close relations with the Zhou family also came.
At this time, they were all in the yard, very angry.
Qian didn't say anything, but Old Zhou did. With a dark face, he told everyone, "Two days ago, the Liu family sent me a message saying that my daughter Xi still wasn't pregnant, and asked me to go and get her back when I had time. I thought, since it's Chinese New Year, we should at least wait until after the New Year. Even if they really can't make ends meet, they can't separate before the New Year, right? But who would have known that just two days after the message came, the Liu family would divorce her and drive the child away early. It's so cold, are they trying to freeze her to death?"
He continued, "It's been eight years since Xi got married. Even if she hasn't made any contributions, she's worked hard. You all know that none of my children are bad. They can work in the fields and in the kitchen. She's the one who takes care of everything in the Liu family. You divorced my daughter without even saying a word to our Zhou family. Are you trying to make enemies with our Zhou family and our Qili Village?"
Zhou Erlang said, "As for my sister's dowry, they only packed up a set of rags and brought it back for my sister. They didn't bring back any of my sister's dowry. So, when they marry a daughter-in-law, my sister has worked hard in his family for eight years, and now they have to give up our family's dowry?"
Zhou Erlang knew that it was impossible for his sister and brother-in-law to continue living together after things got to this point, so he could only try to get some benefits for his sister.
The elders, the village chief, and the Zhou clan members of Qili Village were also very angry. The village chief asked Zhou Dalang, "Have you called your uncles?"
Zhou Dalang said, "Silang went to call him, he should be back soon."
The village chief nodded and said, "This matter cannot be taken lightly, otherwise it will break the rules."
The five Zhou brothers in the yard all nodded with dark faces. The elders knew what was going on after seeing this. After all, in this kind of matter, they still had to rely on their brothers to take the lead. Otherwise, if they gave in first, the clan would be able to provide limited help.
Fortunately, the Zhou family has enough brothers and they are tough enough.
Even in the countryside, there are rules for divorcing one's wife.
Old Zhoutou's father is an only child, and he has only one cousin above him. The direct descendant of his cousin's branch is the village chief, who is several levels apart.
But Old Zhou was fertile. He had six sons and one daughter in his life. When he named them, he used the eight words "Congratulations on your prosperity and may your granaries be full of grain", which were all good wishes.
Zhou Xi is the second child, just one year younger than Zhou Dalang.
Zhou Xi has been married for eight years but has never been pregnant. Her life in her husband's family is not easy, but it is not particularly bad either because she has many brothers.
I still remember that one year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhou Xi did not return to her mother's home, so Zhou Silang took his two younger brothers to look for her. They found that his sister had a bruise on the corner of her eye. There was no need to go home to call their eldest brother and others. The three half-grown children held Liu Dalang down and beat him up. The Liu family scolded them all the way.
As a result, the next day Zhou Dalang led Zhou Erlang and Zhou Sanlang to Liujia Village and beat Liu Dalang again. The Liu family didn't even dare to fart. Then the Zhou family took Zhou Xi back and lived with him for more than two months, even after the autumn harvest. Liu Dalang knelt on the ground and begged them to take him back.
Just like this, the Liu family dared to divorce Zhou Xi so casually. They were really bold. It was not like she had no brothers from her mother's side and her family was extinct.
Even if a wife is to be divorced, the relatives from her natal family must be notified first, and the relatives will sit together with the husband's family to discuss whether to divorce her or to amicably divorce her. They also need to discuss how to divorce her or how to amicably divorce her. To drive her out with just a divorce letter is not just to drive Zhou Xi away, but to rub the dignity of the Zhou family, the Zhou clan, and Qili Village.
Can Old Zhou agree to this?
Will the village chief agree? Will the clan members agree?
That’s definitely not possible.
Not to mention Manbao, even Keke was shocked. It turns out that divorce in ancient times had so many rules. He thought...
Oh, well, this is not the era where men are supreme and women are trampled to the eighteenth level underground.
Manbao clapped his hands when he heard this, and even hugged Zhou Xi, who was in a daze, and said, "Don't be afraid, big sister, Dad will take care of it for you."
Zhou Xi forced a smile at her, feeling very confused.
Of course her father will make the decision on her divorce, but what happens after that?
What should she do?
Live in my mother's house
Even if her brothers have no objection, her sister-in-law and younger sisters-in-law may not agree. It may be okay in the short term, but in the long term, even her tongue and teeth will fight, not to mention that she has already been married once.
remarry?
Thinking about her eight years of marriage, Zhou Xi shuddered. Looking at her innocent and simple youngest sister, she couldn't help but feel grief. She hugged her and wailed, "Why is it so hard? Why is life so hard?"
Manbao didn't think life was difficult, but she could feel her elder sister's sadness. Seeing her crying, she couldn't help crying too.
But she was not like Zhou Xi, who had to hold back her tears. She always cried loudly, crying out the grievances in her heart.
So when she saw her elder sister crying in pain, her tears also fell, and then she opened her mouth and cried loudly.
The crying startled the people outside. Old Zhou almost fell down when he ran back. When he returned to the house, he saw his two daughters hugging each other and crying bitterly, but they were fine. He felt relieved, but was very angry. He shouted: "Why are you crying? What's there to cry about? Look at what you did to your sister. You're going to cry her eyes out. Look at me, look at me..."
"That's enough," Qian gave him a sidelong glance. She couldn't argue with him in front of everyone. She walked over to her eldest daughter, patted her head, and sighed, "Cry if you want to. You've cried today, so you're not allowed to cry anymore."
Zhou Xi bit her lips and could no longer bear the grievance in her heart. She hugged Manbao tightly and burst into tears like her.
For a while, the only sound that could be heard inside and outside the Zhou family was her crying. The elders sighed softly, lowered their heads and said nothing, but they couldn't help feeling a little pity for her.
The Zhou brothers' eyes turned red, they clenched their fists in anger, and hated the Liu family so much.
(End of this chapter)
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