Chapter 199: Crazy
Wen Wan went inside to get a flashlight for Lu Chun'e and told her, "Just deliver the meal and don't ask too many questions. If she says anything to you, just listen."
Lu Chun'e responded: "I understand."
Then he turned on the flashlight and carried the bowl out of the yard.
There was a dim light coming out of Li Laiying's room. The door of the main room was ajar. Lu Chun'e walked into the main room holding a bowl. She paused and heard crying sounds from inside. It was Lu Dongcai and Li Laiying.
She could hear it clearly from outside through half a door.
Lu Dongcai was talking to Li Laiying about the miscarriage, and they talked about brown sugar, eggs, and divorce.
"Just take care of it for two days. Once you're clean, we'll go and complete the paperwork. I'm not discussing this with you. This marriage must be divorced. Don't make a fuss. It's useless. It will only make things worse."
Li Laiying's crying was so sharp that it pierced her ears. Lu Chun'e knew what was going on after hearing it. She called out to Lu Dongcai, "Brother Dongcai, my aunt asked me to call you over for dinner. I also left Sister-in-law Laiying's meal outside."
After saying that, he placed the bowl in his hand on the table in the main room and then walked out.
The men gathered for a drink. By the time they finished their meal, it was already late and dark outside. Li Zhongquan and Wang Guoxing wanted to go home, so Lu Minghai had no choice but to use torches to send them off. Lu Chunyan and Lu Chunmei also went home. Gao Xiulan had originally wanted to leave her grandchildren here for the next few days, but when she thought about the pile of messy things at home that hadn't been sorted out, she decided not to.
After seeing the guests off, Gao Xiulan did not go back directly. Instead, she helped Zhang Hongying clean up the pots and pans, and took this opportunity to tell her what happened during the day.
Lu Minghai was holding Chuyi and the three of them, Lu Mingjiang and his father, by the fire pit and heard everything clearly.
Gao Xiulan was so angry that she was about to explode: "I told Dongcai that we can't be soft-hearted and can't delay this matter any longer. You don't know, she cursed all the way from home to the commune. She cursed our whole family. At that time, I thought that if it was really because of Changshun's push that made her lose the child, I would give my life to her. In the end, she killed the child herself. Anyway, this marriage must be divorced, and divorced immediately, otherwise this family will really be ruined. If he still can't bear to let go, then separate. Although my parents said that they won't divide the family, but now that we have lived to this point, it is impossible not to divide it."
Several people were chattering in the kitchen.
Wen Wan went back to her room, and Lu Chun'e followed her and told her what she had heard next door while they were eating.
"Brother Dongcai wants to divorce her! He said she stole her aunt's brown sugar and eggs and ate a lot of them. You can't eat those when you're pregnant, but she ate a lot, so she had the bleeding."
Wen Wan sat on the edge of the bed and pursed her lips. "Then you can't blame anyone else. She's already given birth to a child, so doesn't she know what to avoid? Even if she doesn't know this, it's not right for her to do this. Of course, there are so many things she did wrong, and we can't just pick them out one by one. After all, we're all human beings, and we might make mistakes too."
Lu Chun'e said, "That's right. Everyone makes mistakes. The problem is that she has gone too far. I can no longer like her just because she doesn't want Chuyi. Today she dug up Duoduo again. Duoduo is only three years old. She can't even walk properly in cotton pants in winter. How can she be so cruel? She doesn't like girls. She avoids them like the plague. Why doesn't she think that she is also a girl? When Brother Dongcai fell in love with her, everyone thought she was good. They thought that with her family situation, she must be hardworking, capable and good at making a living. Who knew that the thoughts in her head would be so scary."
Wen Wan sighed: "Maybe it's because I've been influenced by it since I was a child. I think women must have sons after they get married, so I became crazy."
Lu Dongcai was determined to divorce this time, so how could Li Laiying agree? She was restless even during her confinement period, crying and making a fuss in the house. She even lost all her dignity and ran to Gao Xiulan, kowtowed and knelt down, saying that she was wrong.
But Gao Xiulan was really afraid of her. Chuyi had her period once since he was born. At that time, Gao Xiulan thought that it was not easy for women. As long as she could live a good life, it would be okay for her to take care of him by herself. It had only been a short time!
It was no use for her to cry and admit her mistakes. It was spring and everything was busy. She had to work except for breakfast and dinner.
Gao Xiulan ignored her and went to the private plot with Chuyi on her back.
The divorce is Lu Dongcai's business. As a mother, Gao Xiulan has expressed her attitude, and the rest has nothing to do with her.
Li Laiying knew that the marriage was settled, but she didn't want to divorce. Where could she go after the divorce? Back to the Li family? No, she wouldn't go back. Even if she died, she would die in the Lu family. She was the daughter-in-law of the Lu family and had given birth to Lu Dongcai's child.
Wen Wan never thought that Li Laiying would come to see her.
In just two or three days, Li Laiying was completely out of shape. Perhaps from crying so much, her eyes were red and swollen, her lower body was covered in black and blue, her face was sallow, her lips were bloodless, and she looked a mess.
"Sister Laiying, you are still not clean now, right? You can't run around. The short confinement period is as important as the full confinement period. You can't be exposed to the wind." It was still the tree bud wind in the first month of the year, and it was blowing so hard that it was unbearable.
Li Laiying smiled bitterly, "How can I have a peaceful confinement? Dongcai wants to divorce me, and my parents mean the same thing. This family can't accommodate me anymore. I don't know what to do. How can I have a peaceful confinement?"
Wen Wan didn't say anything. She didn't know how to respond, so she simply lowered her head and continued to sew.
While busy, I was thinking that the commune would go to the county town for a performance on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Should I go with them, take a ride on their tractor, and go to the department store to have a look? If I could buy wool yarn there, I would buy some more.
Just as she was thinking, Li Laiying reached out and grabbed her. The needle suddenly pierced her hand. She gasped in pain and rudely shook Li Laiying off: "What are you doing?"
Li Laiying pleaded with her face: "Wanwan, please help me, no one helps me, can you please help me, we are both daughters-in-law of the Lu family, everyone likes you, please go and tell Chuyi's mother-in-law that I know I was wrong, I don't want a divorce, I don't want a divorce!"
"No, if you don't want a divorce, why are you looking for me? I'm not your man, and I'm not going to live with you. No matter how much someone likes me, it's not my place to tell you how to live your life!"
Wen Wan was really overwhelmed that something bad happened when she was just doing needlework at home.
Li Laiying has cried and talked a lot these past few days, and her voice has become hoarse. "We are both daughters-in-law of the Lu family. Apart from you, I can't think of anyone else who can help me."
Wen Wan felt that she was acting like a madman. She stood up calmly, moved back, and said, "But why should I help you? Li Laiying, you have to make your own life. Think about when you first came to the Lu family. Didn't they treat you badly? How did you get to where you are today in just a few years? Have you ever thought about it?"
She usually spoke in a soft voice, and it was rare for her voice to be so harsh, which stunned Li Laiying.
Taking advantage of the moment she was stunned, Wen Wan ran out of the yard, not forgetting to take her sewing basket with her while running.
Zhang Hongying and the others are all in their private plots now. She feels that she can't handle someone like Li Laiying on her own, so she must seek help.
Well, I didn't catch up.
Lu Donglin was in the field, turning the soil with a hoe. He saw her running towards him and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Wen Wan breathed a sigh of relief when she reached the edge of the field. She put down the basket and went into the field to help Zhang Hongying pick grass for the pigs in the cabbage field.
"Don't mention it. Donglin, go back and take a look. I ran away without closing the door. I don't know how Li Laiying came over and dragged me over to ask my uncle and aunt to plead with me, saying that she doesn't want a divorce."
Zhang Hongying was so angry that she started cursing: "I'll go back and see what she's going to do. If she wants to go crazy, go back to her own home. It's not enough that she's causing trouble for the eldest brother's family, but she also wants to make everyone around her restless?" After saying that, she ran out of the private plot in a rage.
Wen Wan called out to Lu Donglin, "Hurry up, go back and take a look."
After Zhang Hongying returned, Li Laiying was no longer in the yard. She locked the door and felt uncomfortable just thinking about it. She couldn't figure out what Lu Dongcai was thinking. If they wanted to divorce, they should do it as soon as possible. Why was they dragging it on for so long?
He simply ran to the bamboo forest to find Gao Xiulan.
Wen Wan couldn't and didn't want to take care of such things, so she left it to the elders at home. She took a few days off at home, and all she heard all day long was about Lu Dongcai and Li Laiying.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, they had another big fight. Lu Dongcai made up his mind to pack up Li Laiying's clothes, and dragged her to the commune with the bag in one hand and her in the other, to get a divorce certificate.
After the divorce, everyone should be relieved, but the matter is not over yet.
Li Laiying didn't want to go back to the Li family, so she squatted at the Lu family's side holding her clothes, sticking to them like a dog-skin plaster.
The entire Lu family felt a headache, but they still had to live their lives.
The school starts on the 17th day of the first lunar month, and people from the Women's Federation will go to the county town for a performance on the 15th day.
Wen Wan had agreed with Lu Dongping early in the morning that she wanted to go into the city with him that day.
As a result, when she was fourteen, Lu Dongping came back and told her that the commune had asked her to go with them.
"It's not about going into the city together. It's about you following the performers and Director Wang to the county government. Just like on the second day of the Chinese New Year, you have to help keep an eye on them to prevent any problems once they're there."
Wen Wan grabbed his autumn clothes and kicked her feet restlessly under the quilt, whining: "I don't want to go. I just want to go to the department store. What's so good about going to the county government?" On the second day of the New Year, she was so busy that she didn't even have time to drink a sip of water. There was no subsidy or reward. It would be great for her to go shopping.
Lu Dongping's hands pinched her dishonestly: "If you don't want to go, then don't go. I'll tell Director Wang tomorrow."
"Then go ahead. You were doing fine before. It's definitely not good to do this suddenly."
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