Chapter 2: Divorce
The unfamiliar Li Ying in front of him made Lu Xingzhou feel uneasy.
Her parents were demoted, her brothers were dismissed from their jobs, and some were investigated. Where did she get the confidence to do this?
When Lu's parents came back, they were dumbfounded.
The three tiled houses were smashed to pieces.
"Oh my God! How can I live like this?" Mother Lu sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
"Li Ying, you built this house, but you shouldn't have demolished it!" Mother Lu cried.
"My fellow villagers, bear witness that Lu Xingzhou and I have parted ways today! From today on, I will leave this home and will no longer be a member of Lujia Village. You have all helped me a lot in the past, and I would like to express my gratitude here." Li Ying bowed deeply.
"Xingzhou, Li Ying married you and worked hard for you, but you didn't express your gratitude. Why did you divorce her?" An elderly man in the crowd spoke up.
"Who says she isn't? Li Ying is so virtuous and capable. How could you abandon her, Xingzhou?"
"My son didn't abandon her. She didn't give birth to a child for three years, so I went out to find one." In order to save face for her son, Lu's mother began to make up a story.
It seems that the two elders of the Lu family have known for a long time that their son has a mistress outside, but she is the only one who doesn't know.
For three years, her sincerity was wasted!
Li Ying smiled bitterly: "For three years, Lu Xingzhou didn't touch me. How could I have a child? You, the Lu family, tricked me into being a slave for three years, and now you're turning the tables on me? How ridiculous!"
"Li Ying, you..." Lu Xingzhou knew that the more he talked about his own scandals, the more scandals he would expose. "Shut up!"
Rong Ning came out with the child in her hand, and said aggrievedly: "Sister, why are you doing this? Xingzhou is just letting you stay there out of kindness. You two are not even married!"
What a good unmarried person!
Rong Ning's voice was soft, but one sentence made her look ungrateful.
"That's right. Xingzhou and you didn't sleep together, we didn't have a wedding banquet, and we don't have a marriage certificate. You are just living in my house temporarily!" Mother Lu followed Rong Ning's words and threw dirty water on Li Ying.
Only then did Li Ying realize that this family was unreasonable.
She was also glad that she did not consummate her marriage with Lu Xingzhou, remaining a virgin.
"Whatever you say, today I sever ties with the Lu family! From now on, we'll be strangers!"
Upon hearing this, Lu's parents were a little panicked.
Li Ying usually takes care of the family's food, clothing and other expenses. What will happen to the family if Li Ying is gone?
Seeing his parents' worry, Lu Xingzhou cleared his throat and said to them, "Rong Ning has passed the exam and will be able to enter the military district hospital soon."
Military sub-district hospital?!
This is amazing!
Don’t even mention how much his salary is, he’s a regular state employee.
Everyone looked at Rong Ning with a different attitude again.
Especially the two elders of the Lu family, who originally felt a little guilty towards Li Ying, were very happy when they heard that Rong Ning was going to become a military doctor.
Although Li Ying cooks delicious food and is a virtuous person, she is ultimately just a housewife who stays at home all day and doesn't know how to do farm work, just like an ancestor.
Now, Rong Ning is about to enter the military hospital. What a great honor it is!
"Xingzhou!" Village Chief Gu, the second-in-command of the village, came running over, sweating profusely, and excitedly said, "Your family..."
Seeing the shattered house, Village Chief Gu was stunned for a moment: "What happened?"
"Village chief, please give us some justice! Li Ying smashed my house." Lu's mother burst into tears.
The village chief looked at Li Ying. This child was usually very docile, so why would she...
"Village chief, you've come at the right time! Please be my witness. My relationship with Li Ying ends here!" Lu Xingzhou pulled the village chief and asked him to be a witness.
When Li Ying first came to the village, she did not get a marriage certificate. She asked the village chief to be a witness so that Li Ying could move around in the village and avoid being gossiped about. Now the village chief should also be the witness so that if Li Ying says something wrong in the future, she will not be able to explain herself.
"You..." The village chief frowned.
"Village chief, she is a shrew! We didn't touch her during our boat trip, nor did we get a marriage certificate with her, but she just stayed in my house! But she smashed my house!" Mother Lu pulled the village chief to seek justice.
"No..." The village chief was speechless as he was being pulled by the family.
"At this critical moment..."
"Village Chief," Li Ying began, "You heard it yourself when Lu Xingzhou brought me back and asked me to be his wife. Three years later, he had an affair and had a child, and then came back to force me to leave. In my rage, I smashed this house. Isn't that too much?"
The village chief almost understood.
Lu Xingzhou has let Li Ying down, and he is trying to get rid of the donkey by using the millstone.
"Lu Xingzhou, are you really going to drive Li Ying away?" The village chief wanted to save the situation, "Li Ying is a good kid!"
"Village chief, I'm not trying to chase her away. She was the one who insisted on following me to the village. I had no choice." Lu Xingzhou said with grievance, as if he was the victim.
Li Ying held her forehead.
What on her mind would she choose to elope with such a man?
"Put your affairs aside for now. Someone from the Imperial Capital Military District has arrived. They're accompanied by the mayor, and they specifically want to see someone from your family!"
The village chief was very excited and spoke with saliva flying everywhere.
In a village like theirs, the mayor might not even come normally. But now, not only the mayor, but also the township head has to come along.
That’s the Imperial Capital Military Sub-district!
Imperial Capital Military Sub-district? !
Everyone looked at each other, and then everyone was so excited that they saw stars.
Wow, how lucky must I be to be able to meet so many big leaders today?!
Rong Ning and Lu Xingzhou looked at each other.
"The city leaders are coming to our house?" Rong Ning frowned.
Could it be that she was assigned to a military sub-district? !
"Oh, it is said that someone in your family was hired by the military hospital as an exception!" The village chief laughed.
Rong Ning was filled with joy, "Xing Zhou, he should be talking about me."
This time, she put a lot of effort into taking the military medical exam, and even looked for help from her biological mother, who was an official's wife.
It seems that connections worked.
Lu Xingzhou was also very happy. "Village Chief, it's Rong Ning! She was hired as an exception by the military sub-district."
"Really? Oh, that's great!" The village chief didn't care about anything else at the moment. As long as the honor belonged to the village, he would put his personal problems aside.
"Village Chief, please quickly give me a certificate proving that Rong Ning and I are husband and wife!"
Lu Xingzhou was afraid that Li Ying would talk nonsense and say in front of the leader that there was something fishy going on in his marriage. After all, he and Rong Ning had not obtained a marriage certificate. But as long as he had the certificate from the village, Rong Ning would be his legitimate wife.
At that time, no matter what Li Ying says, no one will believe her and will just think she is crazy.
"Yes, village chief, please write a certificate for my son as soon as possible!" Lu's parents urged anxiously.
The village chief looked at Li Ying and felt a little conflicted, but thinking that this was related to the future of the entire village, he could only nod.
"I'll go get the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!"
"I have it here!" Lu Xingzhou hurriedly took out a pen and letter paper from his pocket.
The village chief lay on the ground, carefully wrote a certificate, and asked Lu Xingzhou and Rong Ning to press their fingerprints.
Looking at the proof, Lu Xingzhou and Rong Ning smiled at each other.
This honor can only belong to the Lu family!
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