Chapter 52: Breaking off Relationship
When Li Cuihua heard this, she almost fainted from anger. How could Xia Lanlan be so stupid!
However, Xia Lanlan did say one thing right!
Even if there were only three pounds of meat, Xia Juanjuan should give two pounds to her parents to show her filial piety! It would be wrong to keep it all for herself!
Li Cuihua stuck out her neck and said unreasonably:
"Even if I was wrong! It wasn't eight or ten pounds, but she got three pounds of wild boar meat, so she should at least give two pounds to me, her grandma, out of filial piety! But she ate all of it by herself, so she can't escape the charge of being unfilial!
Besides! Wild boar is one thing. There are other things too!
She was able to marry a soldier and get so much allowance from him every month, all because I, her grandmother, found a good family for her! But what happened? When she came back home, she instigated her parents to separate from me and live alone, and she didn't give me a penny! Isn't this just starving me to death? Tell me, isn't this unfilial?
Anyway, I don’t care. If you don’t make the decision for me today, Secretary Zhao, I will go to the town to file a complaint at noon!”
Xia Juanjuan deliberately asked: "Then tell me, grandma, how can I be filial to you?"
Li Cuihua glanced at Xia Juanjuan coldly, cleared her throat, and said:
"You've married a good man now, and you're rich! I won't say much, but you should give me five yuan a month as a filial piety. That's what I should do! If you agree to this in front of the secretary today, I won't sue you! Otherwise, I'll ruin your husband's future, not to mention you!"
Xia Juanjuan sneered. As expected, in addition to the wild boar meat, she was also thinking about Lizhan's thirty yuan allowance!
The people in Qingshui Village couldn't help but explode with anger.
Aunt Wu was the first one who couldn't help herself:
"Oh! I really can't stand it! There are such shameless people in the world! I have never heard of a grandfather and grandmother fighting over a granddaughter being unfilial! What's the matter? Li Cuihua, are your three sons all dead or what? Instead of finding your three sons to take care of you in your old age, you come here to make trouble for a granddaughter you sold out?
I'm still thinking of finding a good marriage for you. To put it bluntly, who would find a woman for their granddaughter who would end up being a widow after marriage? If Li Zhan didn't love his wife so much and gave her all his allowance, who knows how your family would look at Xia Juanjuan and make a fool of herself behind her back! You are such a shameless person! "
Xia Juanjuan looked up at Aunt Wu and was a little surprised.
I didn't expect that Aunt Wu, who always likes to gossip, would actually say something fair for her!
No wonder although Aunt Wu is always gossipy, she has always been popular in the village. It seems that she has a good character and is a straightforward person!
"That's right! I was wondering what the commotion was all about so early in the morning. It turns out they are trying to take away the allowances that people have earned through hard work! How shameless!"
"I heard that the Xia family asked Liu Lan for thirty yuan and married Xia Juanjuan to us. Isn't this selling a granddaughter? Otherwise... who would marry their daughter to an injured man and let her live as a widow? Now I heard that they have a lot of allowances from Liezhan and are willing to give them to their own daughter-in-law. She is jealous and comes here to ask for money. Bah! Shameless thing!"
When Li Cuihua heard these insults, her face turned pale and blue, but she was determined to give it a try today!
That's five dollars a month! Call her shameless if you want! Is five dollars important?
Liu Lan, who was standing in the crowd, turned pale.
This Li Cuihua is getting even worse! She came to complain and now she is targeting her son's allowance! Who gives her face!
However, she still suppressed the urge to scold Li Cuihua.
Let Li Cuihua make trouble first!
If Xia Juanjuan gave her the five yuan a month, she would sue Xia Juanjuan when Lizhan came back, saying that she was a scoundrel, stealing money from her family to support her parents, and leaving her three little kids hungry!
If Xia Juanjuan refused to give it, Li Cuihua would definitely make a big fuss. If the fuss really spread to Zhenshang County, then as a mother-in-law, she would have the qualifications to force Xia Juanjuan to divorce Li Zhan for the sake of her son's future.
By then, no matter how obsessed Li Zhan is with this vixen, he probably won't keep her for the sake of his future!
Once divorced, wouldn't the few dozen dollars of allowance go back to her?
Seeing that Xia Juanjuan had remained silent, Li Cuihua said angrily, "Xia Juanjuan, you're going to give me five yuan a month or not, tell me right now! Don't delay me from going to the town or county to file a complaint!"
Xia Juanjuan glanced at her indifferently, being frugal with words and saying simply, "No."
Li Cuihua was stunned.
Could it be that Xia Juanjuan is as stupid as Xia Lanlan?
Isn't she afraid that her man's future will be ruined? If so, the next thirty bucks will be gone!
It would be better to agree to give it to her, so she can still get twenty-five dollars left, right?
Xia Juanjuan looked at her and said coldly:
"Not only will I not give it to you, but today, in front of the secretary, I will officially sever the relationship with your grandmother, as well as my uncles, third uncles, and cousins!"
Li Cuihua was speechless for a long time, then she jumped three feet high and said proudly:
"Okay! Xia Juanjuan, you unfilial thing! Secretary Zhao, you just heard it, didn't you? This little whore said with her own mouth that she wanted to sever the relationship with my grandmother and her uncle! Isn't this clear evidence of her unfilial behavior? Xia Juanjuan, if you dare to sever the relationship with me, I will sue you at the county level, and I will win!"
Secretary Zhao was speechless.
Li Cuihua is jumping up and down, but Xia Juanjuan didn't say she was severing ties with her parents, but she was severing ties with her grandmother who was a generation older than her. Isn't that normal?
In fact, who in the countryside is not like this? Don’t they all live their own lives?
It’s just that it’s not said openly!
However, Li Zhan had a special identity after all, and Xia Juanjuan's words were so decisive that they really gave people a reason to criticize him...
At this moment, a powerful voice suddenly rang out: "Break off the engagement! This is just that it is not my daughter who is breaking off the engagement with you, but my son who is breaking off the engagement with you!"
Everyone turned around and saw Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru rushing over in a hurry.
It turned out that after Zhou Qiuhe went to Xia Juanjuan and called her, Lin Yuru did not follow her, but immediately ran to find Xia Shuangshan.
After hearing what Xia Shuangshan said, Li Cuihua widened her eyes in shock and her heart skipped a beat.
"Old... Old Second! What do you mean by that? What do you mean you're breaking off the relationship with me?"
Liu Hongmei and Sun Yuxiu on the side were also a little stunned.
Why has Xia Shuangshan been so aggressive recently? First he decided to separate the family and live on his own, and now he wants to break off relations with Li Cuihua?
Xia Shuangshan looked at her coldly and spoke word by word:
"I mean it literally! I, Xia Shuangshan, will sever my relationship with you, Li Cuihua, in front of Secretary Zhao of the commune today! From now on, I no longer acknowledge you as my mother, and I will no longer be your son! Secretary Zhao, please be a witness! My severance of the relationship with Li Cuihua also means that my daughter has also severed her relationship with Li Cuihua! But..."
He looked at Li Cuihua coldly:
"Since I was the one who proposed to break off the relationship, then it is me, Xia Shuangshan, who is unfilial! It has nothing to do with my daughter! Li Cuihua, if you want to go to the town and county to sue me and put me in jail, go ahead! If you dare to splash dirty water on my daughter again, don't blame me for causing trouble for everyone in your Xia family!"