Chapter 489 Divorce
Fan Changfu clapped his hands, "Oh, how could I have forgotten Yan An and Rong Er's wedding day? Two happy events happening at the same time, we must celebrate them properly!"
At this time, a woman staggered down the riverbank, crying out, "Village head, Master Xiaojiu, please save my poor daughter!"
Everyone who was discussing enthusiastically around the spinning wheel immediately fell silent.
The person who came was Widow Zhang, Shuihe's mother.
"Mother Shuihe, what happened to Shuihe?" the village women asked.
Widow Zhang ran over crying and knelt down in front of Li Zheng.
"Village head, Master Xiaojiu, the man Shuihe married is not a human being. I'm afraid Shuihe is going to lose her life!"
The village head was startled. "What's wrong with Shui He? Get up quickly and explain your situation clearly!"
The village women helped up Widow Zhang, who was crying bitterly.
"Let's go and take a look!" Fan Changfu remembered what happened to his daughter and pulled Zhao Xingjian forward.
Zhao Xingjian kept waving his hands, "I won't go!"
Although Widow Zhang has indeed changed for the better, it is better for him to stay away from her.
Fan Changfu ran over and said, "Don't be afraid! Explain the whole story clearly! As long as your daughter is right, the Fan family will definitely support you!"
"Thank you, fellow villagers..." Widow Zhang wiped her tears hastily. "Yesterday, I asked Goudan to bring some dried fish to Shuihe, but he came back crying. He said that his sister passed out after being beaten by that bastard and couldn't get out of bed!"
"Before daybreak today, I went to that beast's house to confront him. But not only was he not afraid, he even spoke arrogantly in front of me, saying that if he wanted me to stop working on the water lotus, I could do it as long as I paid him twenty taels of silver a month as a reward for his hard work!"
"I didn't even get to see Shui He before I was chased out by that beast!"
Everyone was shocked.
The daughter I raised with great effort married into his family. Not only was she beaten by him, but he also asked my mother-in-law to pay her hard work fee?
How could there be such an extreme person in the world?
The village women took out their handkerchiefs to wipe Widow Zhang's tears.
"Mother Shui He, we've met your son-in-law before. He looks gentle and refined, always smiling when he sees everyone. Why did he hit someone?"
"Shui He, such a beautiful girl, not only married her to him as his second wife, but also had to raise two step-sons. He got such a great deal, how could he bear to beat Shui He?"
"I didn't expect that!" Widow Zhang couldn't stop crying. "I thought this man was seven years older than Shui He, had a kind face, and came from a decent family. Shui He would not only enjoy a good life if she married him, but she wouldn't have to suffer at all! I didn't know this bastard was just pretending!"
"Except for the time when Shuihe returned home for her wedding, she was smiling. After that, every time she went back to her parents' home, she left crying! She showed me the injuries on her body and said, Mother, he will beat me to death sooner or later... Mother, please save your daughter... But I always persuaded her to go back! I really have no choice!" Widow Zhang cried so hard that she couldn't continue.
"You knew that the beast bullied Shui He a long time ago, why didn't you tell me earlier!" The village head was so angry that his beard was shaking.
"Is Heihe Village still the same Heihe Village as before? Every married girl in our village always holds herself upright in her husband's family. You let Shui He be bullied in her husband's family, and you bring shame to Heihe Village!"
Widow Zhang cried loudly, "I'm too embarrassed to tell everyone! Shuihe's reputation was already bad, and now she's being a step-wife and raising a stepson. It's not glorious in the first place, and now she's being beaten by a man! I'm embarrassed to tell everyone about it, and I'm afraid everyone will laugh at me!"
"Shui He Niang, you think too badly of everyone's intentions." The village women chattered and pulled Widow Zhang.
"Shui He is a girl from Heihe Village after all. We watched her grow up. If we laugh at her when she's being bullied by her husband's family, are we still human beings?"
"Yeah! Goudan, you're not a kid. You don't have a man to hold your family together. If you run into something like this, you have to tell everyone!"
Widow Zhang cried with regret, "I was wrong! I always told Shui He to obey him in everything and not to make him angry. I kept him happy every day so he wouldn't get angry. He would definitely not hit anyone! I didn't expect that doing so would make that beast think we were easy to bully, and he became even more aggressive!"
"In front of me, his mother-in-law, he didn't restrain himself at all! All he cursed at was the most nasty words. He didn't even treat Shui He as a human being! Poor Shui He, I don't know what's happened to her now. Please help me, save my poor daughter!"
"How do you want us to help?" asked the village head.
Widow Zhang wiped away her tears. "Men are afraid of choosing the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. Now that they're married, what else can they do? I just thought, I'll ask the village head and Xiaojiu to come out and scare him so he won't dare to touch the water lotus again."
"Okay," the village head agreed immediately. "Bring more people with you. Scare the hell out of that beast! He'll never dare to do it again!"
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Xiao Jiuer in the village head's arms suddenly sighed.
"Xiaobao, why are you sighing?" asked the head of the village.
"That's not right!" Little Jiuer shook her head. "Have you ever heard of this saying? There's only zero times and countless times of domestic violence!"
Everyone looked at each other.
What is domestic violence?
What do zero times and infinite times mean?
"Xiaobao's point is, when a man hits a woman, it's either never the first time, or it will happen countless times."
Zhao Xingjian, who had been standing far away, walked over.
"Yeah!" Xiao Jiuer nodded, "You should ask Shui He's opinion!"
Widow Zhang was stunned and tears quickly welled up in her eyes.
"Shui He's opinion...Shui He naturally doesn't want to live with that beast, but that beast keeps threatening to divorce her. If this woman is divorced, how can she hold her head up high in the future?"
The village women were all silent.
Shui He Niang is right.
None of these daughters from ordinary families are not afraid of being divorced.
So for women, life is not easy for many, except for those who are lucky enough to marry a good man and those whose families have power and background.
Fan Changfu shouted, "Shui He Niang, are you stupid? Is there anything more important than your daughter's life?"
"He said he wanted to divorce your daughter, and you're so scared? Do you have to wait until your daughter turns into a cold corpse before you regret it?!"
Widow Zhang's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.
But he immediately stood up with the help of the people around him.
"You're right! Just divorce her. She's my own daughter, and I'm willing to support her forever! I'll go find him and write the divorce letter right away! I'll take Shui He home right away!"
"Okay!" The village women couldn't help shedding tears, "We'll go with you!"
"Why do you want a divorce?" the village head snorted. "Heihe Village has Dayu's first female teacher school! All the girls in Heihe Village go to school to learn to read and write! Why should the girls of Heihe Village be humiliated by him? The girls of Heihe Village will not accept divorce! We only accept divorce by amicable consent!"
"The headman said it well!" The village women burst into tears.
"I'd rather get a divorce than accept the show!" The little girl waved her hands.
“Ah???” Everyone was stunned.
If you don't accept being divorced or divorced, what else can you do?
The little girl frowned, her bangs all messed up with anger. "Why didn't you divorce me?! Yeah???"
"We want it, Hugh!!!"
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