Su Runrun looked at her mother, who was sitting on the ground singing, reciting, and performing martial arts, and her eyes turned cold.
If someone said that Su's mother was really sad, Su Ruanruan would not believe it at all.
"Fu Wenjing, get out here." Mother Su was still crying. "I raised my daughter with great difficulty, and it's fine for her to marry an old man like you, but now you want to take her away and take her to such a faraway place. After you leave, will I ever see her again in this life? You can't do this!"
Su Ruanruan lowered her eyes and looked at her mother indifferently, "Mom, since you are so reluctant to leave me, then I won't leave."
Su's mother, who was crying excitedly, stopped crying instantly, raised her head, and looked at Su Ruanruan in astonishment, "What did you say?"
Su Ruanruan showed her mother a sweet smile and said very seriously, "I said, I won't leave. I won't join the army."
Perhaps because the surprise came too suddenly, Su's mother still couldn't believe it. Her face twitched and she asked softly, "Ruanruan, are you... are you telling the truth?"
Su Ruanruan nodded, "Of course it's true! Mother, not only will I not join the army, I will not be the daughter-in-law of the Fu family. You return the food and money given by the Fu family to the Fu family, and I will go home with you. I will not marry in the future and will accompany you for the rest of my life. What do you say?"
The slight smile that had just appeared on Su's mother's face disappeared instantly after hearing Su Ruanruan's words.
The Fu family gave a betrothal gift of fifty yuan and two hundred kilograms of grain.
After a few days, we had eaten a lot of food and spent some money.
Even if she didn't spend the food and money, Su's mother would never be willing to give it up.
Not to mention, if she really let Su Ruanruan and Fu Wenjing divorce, she would offend the Fu family. How would the Su family survive in the Hongqi Production Brigade then?
Su's mother didn't say anything, and the expression on her face changed again and again. Su Runrun saw it all.
"Mom, why don't you say anything? As long as you agree, I will pack up and go home with you."
Mother Su pulled the corners of her stiff mouth and said, "Look at you, girl, what nonsense are you talking about here? You just got married, how can you want a divorce? I didn't want you to get a divorce, I just knew you were leaving tomorrow and I couldn't bear to let you go!"
Su Ruanruan drooped her eyebrows, "What do you say I should do? My mother-in-law said that I am the daughter-in-law of the Fu family and my husband's wife, so I should stay by my husband's side and wash his clothes and cook for him."
"It's not that mother doesn't want you to join the army." Mother Su got up from the ground, "It's just that if you leave, you won't be able to be filial to mother anymore, right..."
Su Ruanruan opened her innocent eyes and looked at her mother in confusion, "What is it?"
Mother Su gritted her teeth in anger, but she could only make it clear, "Shouldn't I give you some filial piety? Send me some money every month, five or ten yuan will be fine. I don't want much. If you have tickets or something, give me a few of each."
Su Chengcai also came up at this time, "Sister, I heard that military coats are very warm, beautiful and warm. When you get there, bring back a few military coats, preferably a few more, so that my parents and I can wear them.
We also have military boots, military water bottles, and military uniforms. We don’t mind what you have.”
Father Su had a stern face, but his words were very shameless, "It's better to bring back a dozen bottles of wine. When winter comes, drinking some wine can warm your body."
Su Ruanruan had lived two lifetimes after all, and had seen shameless people, but this was the first time she had seen someone so shameless.
How thick-skinned are these three people to be able to say such things?
Su Runrun was still confused and before she could say anything, she heard Liu Xiu'e's cursing voice behind her.
"Bah! I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen people as shameless as you! Are you my biological father, mother, and brother? If someone doesn't know, they would think you are locusts! Even locusts passing through the border can't eat as much as you do!
Don't you think about how you treated the seventh son's wife over the years? She started working when she was very young, doing laundry, cooking, feeding chickens, and sweeping the floor at home, and she also had to work in the fields to earn work points.
The landlords in the past were not as abusive as you are. They made their servants work and gave them food and lodging. What about you? You are just short of sucking her blood!
In our production brigade, who would ask for a dowry when marrying off a daughter? In the end, the daughter would have to bring it with her when she got married, and those who loved their daughters would even give some extra money.
Look at you, you married her off with a small bag, didn't give her any money for safekeeping, and didn't even let her take a cotton coat, just two sets of tattered summer clothes.
Even after all this, you still have the nerve to say that you can't bear to part with her. How can you have the nerve to say that?
It's fine if you bully your own daughter, but you even set your sights on the allowance for our seventh child. Don't you even consider whether you deserve it? Don't even think about five or ten yuan a month. Don't even think about it!
Once a girl is married, she belongs to someone else's family. Haven't you heard that a married girl is like spilled water? How dare you come here to ask for things with such a shameless face?"
Liu Xiu'e's mouth was like a machine gun, she blurted out all these words in one breath, and the three members of the Su family were all stunned by her scolding.
Before the three members of the Su family could react, Li Lai Di walked out of the house with her hands on her waist.
"Sister-in-law, they don't want to part with the Seventh Wife, they are just trying to get some benefits. If they really want to part with the Seventh Wife, they should prepare a lot of food, drinks and daily necessities like our mother did. Why would they come here empty-handed?"
Liu Xiu'e smiled, "Oh, second sister-in-law, you really understand. Poor seventh sister-in-law is a fool. She thought her mother really loved her and wanted to go back to her mother's home with her!"
"Even if she wants to go back, the Su family can't take her! Did they get the fifty yuan and two hundred kilograms of food for free? Our Seventh Brother is a soldier. We've filed a marriage report and obtained a marriage certificate. Can he just say so if he wants a divorce? Anyone who dares to destroy a military marriage will end up like those two educated youths!"
Although the affair between Xu Li and Xue Hong was not made public, it was not deliberately concealed either.
Being in the same production brigade, the Su family naturally knew about this.
Su's mother's face changed, and she stammered to explain, "Who... who ruined the military marriage? I just thought that my daughter was going to go on a long trip, so I came to see her. I'm done, I'm leaving first, leaving first."
Su's mother turned and left after saying this, but Su Chengcai was unwilling to leave just like that.
"Mom, we haven't settled anything yet, how can I leave? She is my biological sister and I am her biological brother. Even if she is married, she should treat me well and give me some money and things. Isn't that what she should do?"
"Yo, yo, yo!" Liu Xiu'e laughed out loud, "You are absolutely right. I will help you spread the word tomorrow. You have been looking for a date recently, right? I want you to know that if I marry you, I can give subsidies to my brothers from my natal family at will."
Su Chengcai immediately became unhappy, and looked at Liu Xiu'e with his neck stiff, "Who said that? If you marry me, you are a member of our Su family. If she dares to use our Su family's things to support her parents, I will break her legs."
Liu Xiu'e pinched her waist and staggered towards Su Chengcai, "Your wife can't support her parents' family, and your sister has to use her husband's family's things to support you after she got married. You really think clearly! Your parents are shameless, and you are even more shameless than them!"
Li Lai Di replied in a shrill voice, "Sister-in-law, this is called a disciple surpassing the master! We must promote him well tomorrow. I want to see what kind of daughter-in-law the Su family can marry."
Su Chengcai pointed at Liu Xiu'e and Li Lai Di angrily, "You...if you keep talking nonsense, I will never let you go!"
Liu Xiu'e laughed even louder. "How can you not let me off? You dare to do it but you dare not let others say it? What? You still want to fight with me? In our Fu family's yard, you bully our people. Do you really think that we are easy to bully?"
Su Chengcai was a person who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Facing such a tough Liu Xiu'e, he didn't dare to say anything more. He just looked at Su Runrun with hatred, turned around and ran away.
Su's father and mother didn't care about anything else and hurriedly chased after him.
A group of them were standing in the yard talking, attracting many people to stand at the door to watch the fun.
Liu Xiu'e went straight to the front door and said as she closed it, "Alright, alright, stop looking and go home to eat. There's nothing to see."
As soon as the door was closed, Liu Xiu'e looked at Su Ruanruan again, "Seventh brother's wife, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you can't be so soft-hearted. I don't need to tell you what kind of people are in your mother's family, right? You can't use the allowance from the seventh brother to subsidize them."
Su Ruanruan looked at Liu Xiu'e calmly, "Sister-in-law, I didn't tell my parents when I was leaving, why did they suddenly come to cause trouble?"
Liu Xiu'e turned her face away instantly, looking uncomfortable.