Chapter 128 Perhaps they're even begging you to remarry them.
Aunt Ruan gave her a cold glance and said, "Are you trying to call back the soul?"
Zhao Chunrong, thick-skinned and not embarrassed at all, naturally asked, "You really divorced Lao Gao?"
Granny Zhang chimed in, "There's a cooling-off period now, so you can't get a divorce."
Zhao Chunrong glanced at her. "Am I asking you?"
Aunt Ruan snorted, "So what if we're divorced? Are you going to take over his wife's assets?"
Zhao Chunrong's face turned bright red; those words were too harsh.
"I'm not divorced, why would I be interested in your man?"
"If you don't care about my man, why are you so concerned about me? Surely you're the one who cares about me?" Aunt Ruan scoffed, giving her a disdainful look.
"No way, I don't like gossipy women like you."
Zhao Chunrong was so angry she almost couldn't breathe. "Tell me, it wasn't me who made her get a divorce, why is she arguing with me?"
Old Mrs. Zhao said coolly, "Then their divorce has nothing to do with you, why are you bothering with it?"
Zhao Chunrong choked, and said irritably, "Wasn't I just concerned about her? At her age, getting divorced, does that sound good to others?"
"Whether it sounds good or not is none of your business," Chen Aihua retorted.
She also disagreed with the divorce, but things had already come to this point, so it was clear that Aunt Ruan was determined.
Once the decision is made by the parties involved, it's not for outsiders to interfere.
Zhao Chunrong spat, "If you ask me, you're the ones with ill intentions, just watching the show. Divorced at this age, without children, what will she do if she gets sick?"
"If you're sick, you should see a doctor. But if you have children with you, you don't need to see a doctor? With Gao Wen's condition, let alone if I'm sick, even if I die, he won't bring me back to see him once," Aunt Ruan said coldly.
She waved her hand, having spent the whole day busy, she had no energy left to chat with them.
"I'm going back now."
Zhao Chunrong shook her head at her retreating figure, "You just wait and see, she'll definitely regret it."
Whether Aunt Ruan regrets it or not is unknown, but Gao Wen already does.
"Why is my mom so stubborn! If she had persuaded Yan Sui to contract out the land earlier, none of this would have happened!"
It had to come to this.
Guo Lan was also upset. "Are you really going to split that money with your mother? It's not much in total, and your mother will take half of it. What does an old lady like her need so much money for?"
They don't even think about their descendants.
Gao Wen rubbed his buzz cut a couple of times; he was thinking about this too.
"Dad, you don't live in that house in the countryside anyway, why don't you give it all to Mom?"
Old Gao, his beard bristling and eyes wide, exclaimed, "That won't do!"
He gave up all his houses, so he had no home in Changqing Village.
"Dad, let's give the house to Mom. That way, we can get more money from the land lease. Is a house more important than money? With this money, I can figure out how to buy a house!"
Once everyone has a house in the city, who would want to go back to Changqing Village?
Hearing this, Lao Gao hesitated, but didn't rush to agree.
Houses in the countryside may not be as rare as those in the city, but they are the roots of the Gao family.
"But if we give up all our houses, we won't even have a place to stay when we go back to Changqing Village."
Guo Lan quickly coaxed, "You're enjoying a comfortable life with us in the city, who would want to go back to Changqing Village? If you want to come back, Gao Wen can drive you back for a visit, but you don't need to stay. Can this rural place be more comfortable than the city? By then, your mother-in-law will definitely regret divorcing you, and might even beg you to remarry her."
Old Gao felt extremely comfortable after being coaxed by her.
Despite his quick agreement to divorce, he was actually waiting for Mrs. Ruan to realize her mistakes and apologize to him.
“Dad, you and Mom are not the same kind of people. My mom is selfish and only does things for herself. You are different. You have worked hard for most of your life, just for your children and grandchildren. I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life.”
Old Gao was put on a pedestal by him and became somewhat arrogant.
That's not wrong. Isn't the purpose of a person's life to provide for their descendants?
“Okay, I’m not as selfish as your mother. Dad agrees! I don’t want the house in the countryside. Once I get the money, I’ll buy you a house in the city.”
Gao Wen and Guo Lan exchanged a glance, overjoyed.
"Thank you, Dad!"
"Once we buy a house, we'll let Dad live in the sunny room!"
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The news of Aunt Ruan's divorce spread like wildfire throughout the village.
The village is mostly populated by elderly men who are not very accepting of divorce and generally oppose it.
Many people even went to Grandma Ruan's house to try to persuade her, her husband, and her son to back down.
But if she could truly humble herself, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
No matter how much we try to persuade her, she won't listen, and there's nothing we can do.
Afterwards, Lao Gao came back again, but not to reconcile, but to discuss the house.
He wanted to use the other half of the house to exchange for the contract fee in Aunt Ruan's hands.
Aunt Ruan flatly refused: "I live alone, what would I need such a big house for? You keep the house yourself, and don't even think about my money."
Old Gao was furious. "But you're the only one eating and drinking, what do you need so much money for?"
“Spend it! I’m old, not dead. If I have money, why wouldn’t I spend it?” Aunt Ruan retorted emphatically.
Old Gao felt a lump in his throat, and his face turned blue from holding it in.
"Then tell me, how much are you willing to pay?"
Aunt Ruan glanced at him; in fact, Yan Sui had warned her before he arrived.
Gao Wen and his wife will definitely be eyeing the money in her hands.
She can negotiate with them to buy the other half of the house.
Grandma Song made money from her stall these past two days, and the villagers are starting to get restless.
Some people want to do what Grandma Zhao did and turn their homes into bed and breakfasts.
Some people also want to open a small shop at home, selling not only food and drinks but also incense and candles.
Once the road to Longguang Temple is completed, won't they be able to buy incense and candles at the temple?
Aunt Ruan hasn't decided what to do yet, but having the house in her possession is always useful.
"Up to one hundred thousand."
"You have 200,000 yuan! Now your son wants to buy a house, and you're only giving him 100,000? Ruan Xiuhua, have you no conscience at all!"
Grandma Ruan's eyes widened. "Who's heartless? My son, whom I raised with such hardship, doesn't support me in my old age. Is that what you call having a conscience? I'm old and want to save some money for myself. Is that what you call being heartless? Just because I gave birth to this son, I have to rip out his bones and suck him dry. Is that what you call having a conscience?"
She turned her face away angrily and forcefully wiped away the tears that welled up in her eyes.
"This is non-negotiable, the most I can offer is 100,000. Take it or leave it."
Old Gao hesitated for a long time, but in the end he still didn't agree and left with a face full of resentment.
He couldn't make the decision on this matter himself; he had to go back and discuss it with Gao Wen before he could decide.
Aunt Ruan ignored him and, after he left, walked around her yard twice.
Her house is quite big, but I don't know what she can do with it.
Opening a small shop wouldn't work; she didn't have time to look after it.
After thinking it over, she went to find Yan Sui and asked for her opinion.
Yan Sui then suggested, "How about we find someone to renovate it and open a milk tea shop?"
"A bubble tea shop? I don't know how to make bubble tea."
Yan Sui smiled and said, "I didn't ask you to do it yourself. You can hire someone. Your nephew is in the decoration business. Let him plan it out for you. He can make two windows so that you can see a whole field of sunflowers when you open them. How beautiful would that be?"
"What if we lose money?" Changqing Village is just starting out, and it's unclear how long this level of visitor traffic can last.
Yan Sui shrugged. "There are definitely risks in doing business. You should think it over carefully."
"Okay, I'll think about it some more."
Although Aunt Ruan was conflicted, she didn't think about it for too long.
When Lao Gao came to her door again and promised to transfer the ownership of the other half of the house to her for 100,000 yuan, she immediately made a decision.
Ruan Wenze was asked to plan the house, as she wanted to open a milk tea shop in the village.
When Lao Gao left, he overheard Granny Zhang mention it briefly, and he looked at it with disdain.
"Let her do whatever she wants. Let's see what she does when she's lost all her money!"
When he's enjoying a life of luxury in the city with his son, and Aunt Ruan comes to him crying and begging for forgiveness, he won't forgive her so easily.
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