Someone sighed, "Qinghe, you and Yang Jiayong divorced, and it's a blessing in disguise. You can earn your own money and spend it on your own. You can buy whatever you want. We are so miserable. We have to take care of our husbands and children all day long. We want to split every penny we earn into two to spend."

Huang Qinghe smiled and said nothing.

Everyone started talking about the gossip about the Yang family again. "Yang Jiayong's new wife ran away for more than a month and hasn't come back yet."

After getting married to Hu Wenqin, Yang Jiayong happily returned to Zhejiang Province to continue working and earning money, leaving Hu Wenqin alone at home to take care of her pregnancy.

Hu Wenqin proposed a wedding and a dowry to the Yang family, but Yang's mother felt that since Hu Wenqin was pregnant with Yang Jiayong's child and had a marriage certificate, there would be no way out of this, so she did not take Hu Wenqin's request seriously.

Hu Wenqin quarreled with the Yang family for two months to no avail. In a fit of anger, she ran back to her hometown in western Hunan and never returned.

"The Hu family said that the Yang family must pay 500 yuan as a betrothal gift, otherwise there will be no deal. After the son is born, he will be raised by the Hu family. This made the Yang family very anxious, and they are discussing bringing Hu Wenqin back."

"Oh my god, why didn't she just go and grab the 500 yuan betrothal gift?"

"Aren't they just trying to rob? The baby in your belly is Yang Jiayong's child. I heard that a midwife checked it and it's 80% likely to be a boy. This is Yang Jiayong's first son, so he's precious. Besides, Yang Jiayong earns 700 to 800 yuan a year, so 500 yuan for the bride price isn't much."

“That’s true.”

After talking about Hu Wenqin and the Yang family, everyone couldn't help but worry about Huang Qinghe's health.

After all, everyone in the village knew that Huang Qinghe and Yang Jiayong divorced because they were unable to have children.

Huang Qinghe took the opportunity to tell him about her trip to Beijing for medical treatment. "I had some health problems before, and I went to the hospital. I am fine now."

"Really? That's great, Qinghe, do you want me to introduce you to someone?"

"My brother is 25 years old, three years younger than you. A woman three years older than you is a rich man. I think you two are a perfect match."

"I have a cousin from my mother's side. He's 27 this year, about your age. He works in a leather shoe factory and can earn three or four hundred yuan a year. Do you want to meet him?"

The Huang family is extremely wealthy, and Huang Qinghe is beautiful, capable, and virtuous. Marrying Huang Qinghe home as your brother's wife is a rare opportunity.

Huang Qinghe smiled and declined everyone's matchmaking offers. "No, I have to go to Beijing to work next year, so I won't consider these for now."

"Hey, working part-time won't prevent you from getting married, Qinghe, don't blame me for being harsh, you're not young anymore, you have to hurry up and have a baby."

Huang Qinghe smiled and said, "I'm not young anymore, but if a woman wants to have a child, she can do so at the age of 40. I'm only 28, so there's no rush."

That's true.

Rural women like them are not as delicate as city women. Many of them give birth at the age of 40, and some even give birth on the stove or on the ridge of the field.

Unlike the villagers who were envious and jealous of Huang Qinghe, when Yang's mother saw Huang Qinghe coming back from working in Beijing, she looked so radiant as if she had been reborn, and she felt as uncomfortable as if she was being scratched by a cat.

Especially when she heard everyone say that Huang Qinghe went to the capital and cured her fertility problem, Yang's mother felt even more uncomfortable.

When Huang Qinghe was still her daughter-in-law, she was in charge of all the social interactions at home during the holidays. She only needed to sit with her hands folded and wait for food, and she could also enjoy Huang Qinghe's filial piety.

It’s okay to be tired, but the key is that it costs money.

In the past, she and her son had saved their money. Huang Qinghe had to find ways to pay for household expenses and the favors during festivals on her own, whether by borrowing or asking her in-laws. Anyway, her Yang family didn't have to spend a penny.

Now I have a new daughter-in-law who has been raising the baby at home for three months. I have eaten her eight old hens, twenty kilograms of pork, and more than a hundred eggs, all of which cost money.

If Hu Wenqin really gave birth to a grandson for her, she would just eat these things, after all, she had raised a grandson.

But Hu Wenqin ran away before she was pregnant, and they had to pay a dowry of 500 yuan to invite her back. How could Yang's mother not be angry when they had a spendthrift daughter-in-law like Hu Wenqin, who spent money like water but did not bring any good results?

As New Year's Eve approaches, Yang's mother has finally prepared all the New Year's goods. She is just waiting for her youngest son, Yang Jiayong, to bring his new wife, Hu Wenqin, home so that the family can spend a reunion year together.

As a result, Yang's mother waited and waited until the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, when Yang Jiayong called back and said that he would not come back to celebrate the New Year this year and would spend it with Hu Wenqin at her mother's home.

Yang's mother was so angry that she ran to her eldest son's and second son's houses that night and cried about Yang Jiayong's unfilial behavior and cursed Hu Wenqin for wasting the family money.

But no matter how much they cried and scolded, it was of no use. Hu Wenqin's hometown was hundreds of kilometers away from Anshi, and it was impossible for the Yang brothers to call the third brother and his wife back.

On New Year's Eve, every family gathered together happily to have a reunion dinner, but the Yang family was exceptionally deserted.

Mother Yang held the chopsticks and looked at the table full of dishes, but she had no intention of eating.

Father Yang held an old white porcelain wine glass and drank one cup after another.

After a long time, Yang's mother put down her chopsticks, covered her face and sobbed softly.

Father Yang threw the wine glass onto the table in a bad mood, "Cry, what's there to cry about? If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. You were living a good life, but you had to make trouble and drive people away. Do you feel better now?"

Mother Yang felt very aggrieved, "How can you blame me? It was she who couldn't give birth. Do you want me to watch Jiayong die?"

"You want a grandson, but you are unwilling to pay for her medical treatment. How can such a good thing be so cheap? Go out and ask around. You will see how many people are laughing at us behind our backs. Ren Qinghe now earns 60 yuan a month and her health has been cured. The matchmakers are almost stepping on her door. Look at the life we ​​are living now! All you know how to do is scold others for being a spendthrift. I think you are the most wasteful woman. With such a bad luck star, it would be strange if we can live a good life!"

It would have been better if she didn't mention it. Once she did, Yang's mother regretted it so much that her intestines turned green.

"Wow, wow, I have such a miserable life. It's all the fault of that little witch named Hu. I shouldn't have let her in in the first place..."

Father Yang didn't want to hear this, so he gave Mother Yang a fierce look, threw away his chopsticks, picked up his pipe, and went out.

Unlike the deserted Yang family, the Huang family is having an exceptionally lively time this year.

Not only did they have a new granddaughter-in-law, Guo Xuezhen, but they also had an elder sister-in-law, Huang Qinghe. Guo Xuezhen was more than three months pregnant, which was double happiness for the Huang family.

Huang Kailin, who has always been frugal, bought two hundred yuan worth of fireworks for the first time. He set them off at his doorstep for half an hour, attracting all the children in the village to run to Huang's house, laughing and making the scene very lively.

Second update~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)