Chapter 115 Compensation
Old man Liu was very angry and looked at Old Zhou. "My dear relative, you can't say such things. Dalang has always been honest."
Before Old Zhou could say anything, Third Uncle Qian yelled, "Honest? You stuffed a divorce letter into your wife's mouth in the early morning, picked up some rags and kicked her out the door, and called her honest? Whether you have a child conceived out of wedlock or not, we'll know in ten months. I don't believe you, the Liu family, would be willing to get rid of that child. In ten months, we'll see if you have another child!"
Old man Liu's face was as black as a pot, and his hands were shaking with anger.
Family members know their own business. Why is he so anxious to divorce Zhou Xi? Isn’t it because Widow Wu’s pregnancy can’t wait?
Everyone in the Liu family was very angry. Uncle Qian San was a notorious gangster and was also very eloquent. With Zhou Erlang and Zhou Silang stirring up trouble, the Liu family had no chance to argue with them.
Old man Liu couldn't help but look at the clansmen who came to support him, but they all stood back and didn't say anything, while the women outside the yard watched with great interest, but did not support the Liu family.
Looking at the women brought by the Zhou family, they all surrounded Liu's mother, and each of them bullied her until her face turned blue.
At this moment, Old Man Liu felt deeply that having many sons was beneficial. Apart from anything else, he could crush the other party just by quarreling.
The Zhou family and the Liu family had a quarrel. Old Zhou was the one who reasoned, while Uncle Qian San and Zhou Silang were responsible for being unreasonable and abusive. They directly crushed the other side in all aspects, both in terms of reason and unreasonableness, and directly stepped on the momentum of the Liu family. Only then did they put forward their demands.
There was no way they would accept the divorce letter, but it was also impossible for Zhou Xi to return to the Liu family. Old Zhou said that the two children could be separated, but they had to divorce amicably!
All of Zhou Xi's dowry must be returned, and in addition, compensation of the same amount of dowry must be given to Zhou Xi.
The Liu family, of course the Liu family would not agree.
When Zhou Xi married into the Liu family, the drought in the area had just ended two years ago, and everyone's life was not particularly easy, but the Zhou family prepared a lot of dowry for her.
Of course, this was a lot of comparison in the village. At that time, the Zhou family prepared two camphorwood boxes for her, two sets of new clothes, two new quilts, a pair of silver earrings, a thin silver bracelet, and a dowry.
Now, except for the camphor wood box, everything else is either old or missing. In any case, Zhou Xi returned empty-handed.
In addition to the compensation the Zhou family wanted, they needed to give him four new sets of clothes, four new quilts, two pairs of silver earrings, two thin silver bracelets and two strings of cash, and also make two new camphorwood boxes. These things could be used as a betrothal gift for a son.
Is this divorcing or marrying a wife?
The Liu family refused.
Old Zhou didn't waste any words. He stood up with a sneer and said, "Don't agree? If you don't agree, will your Liu family clan also agree?"
The village chief who had come with them stopped Old Zhou and looked at Old Liu, asking, "Which point do you disagree with, or do you disagree with everything? Tell us and we'll discuss it bit by bit. Otherwise, if we keep arguing like this, it won't be resolved even after the New Year. After the spring comes, we'll have to go to the fields and won't have the time to deal with this matter for your family."
The Liu clan leader and village chief then stepped forward and said, "Village Chief Zhou is right. Tell us what you think and we can discuss it together."
Old man Liu felt like his heart was burning with anger. He knew that the Liu family would not have the upper hand in the discussion today, so he wanted to postpone it until today.
Zhou Erlang is a shrewd man, how could I not know what he is thinking?
Seeing that he was hesitating and trying to shirk his responsibility, he kicked Liu Dalang again in front of everyone and rolled up his sleeves, saying, "What? You can't make up your mind and don't want to talk today? Then we'll still be his brothers-in-law today. Third and fourth brothers, what are you standing there for? This brat has driven our eldest sister out. Let's all beat him up first to vent her anger!"
After saying that, he stared at the head of Liujia Village and asked, "Head Liu, it's okay for my brothers-in-law to vent their anger on my sister, right?"
Village chief Liu wanted to say that it was a crime, but it was not a crime in the countryside.
Whose family doesn’t have a daughter? Whose family doesn’t have sisters?
He said vaguely, "Just don't beat him up too badly."
Zhou Erlang and Zhou Silang rolled up their sleeves and rushed towards Liu Dalang. Liu Dalang had a psychological trauma caused by them and was so scared that he quickly hid behind his mother and shouted, "Mom, save me, save me!"
Mother Liu screamed, "This is my Liu family. How dare you? How dare you? Old man, old man, look at how much the Zhou family has gone too far. A daughter-in-law like this should have been divorced long ago..."
"Shut up!" Old Man Liu glanced at Zhou Erlang and Zhou Silang with hatred. He knew they had to talk today. After thinking for a while, he said with pain: "Divorce is fine. As for the dowry, she always took it herself. Our family didn't take care of it. But she has worked hard for our family over the years, even if she has no merit. We are willing to pool our money to buy her a similar dowry."
This means that compensation is no longer possible.
Old Zhou sneered and said nothing. Little Qian stepped forward and said, "Father-in-law, I don't know whether you know about my eldest sister-in-law's dowry, but my mother-in-law definitely knows. She brought two quilts with her. In addition to using one herself, my mother-in-law took the other one for herself. Father-in-law lies in bed every day, unaware that the quilt was my eldest sister-in-law's dowry?"
Old man Liu was a little embarrassed.
Xiao Qian continued to count in detail how the things were used. No one knew it better than Zhou Xi. After all, it was her dowry, and she remembered every single one of them clearly. There were two camphorwood boxes, one of which was placed in her bridal chamber, and the other was also taken away by Liu's mother and was now in her room.
At that time, Zhou Xi thought that she couldn't use the two boxes anyway, and she would be a member of the family after marrying in. Since her mother-in-law had asked for money, she couldn't refuse. However, she had to keep the money, silver earrings, silver bracelets and the like herself. No matter how Liu's mother hinted, she didn't give them.
But in the end, all these things were used.
Most of it was used by Zhou Xi for his own medical treatment, and some of it was used by Zhou Xi to deal with emergencies when the Liu family was in trouble. Liu Dalang discussed it with Zhou Xi and he took it out.
But at this moment, Xiao Qian didn't care whether the money was used on her elder sister-in-law or not. Anyway, her elder sister-in-law was the daughter-in-law of the Liu family at that time, so the money should be used by the Liu family. Even if her elder sister-in-law went to the hospital for treatment, it should be paid by the Liu family.
So she thought that this money was also borrowed by the Liu family, and in the end it all became the dowry borrowed by the Liu family for their daughter-in-law.
The Liu family was very angry and felt that the Zhou family was too unreasonable and unreasonable.
The two sides quarreled from morning to afternoon, and the Zhou family pressed forward step by step. Old man Liu barely held his bottom line and did not dare to retreat.
The truth is, besides the eldest son, the second son is also unmarried. It is impossible to give the money for the eldest son to marry a wife just to let him divorce his wife, because he will have to marry again later.
Uncle Qian shouted impatiently, "It's okay if you Liu family don't want to. We won't accept the divorce papers, and don't even think about getting a divorce for now. Wait for three to five years. Our girl is in no hurry to get married. I want to see if your Liu family's bastard can stay in my belly for three to five years before coming out!"
Who said I don't update during holidays? Baby, I always update during holidays, I'm just too lazy to indicate it in the title. The updates in the past three days are not for recommendation votes, but for holidays.
(End of this chapter)
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