Before 9 o'clock in the morning, Mu Weimin arrived early in the morning with an impatient mood.
Mu Weimin came alone and rode a tricycle to load his luggage.
Arriving at the Lin family, Mu Weimin drank a sip of water and took out a handkerchief from his pocket. Inside the handkerchief was a stack of money. "Brother Lin, please count it."
Mu Weimin changed his words so quickly.
Lin Dahai felt bad, thinking that he, as a father-in-law, was being unfair to his daughter-in-law, as if he were selling his daughter. However, his family was facing real hardship in the future, and he really couldn't refuse the 400 yuan.
Oh, I hope Mu Weimin, the father, still has a conscience and can help his daughter find a suitable man.
Lin Dahai and Jiang Fengzhen took the money with a heavy heart and counted it once each, and the amount was correct.
"Then let's go to the village chief first and get a certificate. We still need to inform him formally." Mu Weimin was not vague at all.
"Okay." Lin Dahai nodded.
He instructed Lin Yue and Lin Xi to take good care of the house with their younger brothers. Mu Weimin took Lin Xiaoman, and Lin Dahai took Jiang Fengzhen. The four of them went to the village chief and explained the situation.
Since they didn't even have a marriage certificate, and Lin Chuan was gone, strictly speaking, there was no need for a divorce, but they still needed to be "fair".
The village chief of Xiaolin Village wrote a certificate and asked the witness at the time to sign his name. Lin Dahai and his wife also put their fingerprints... The two copies of the certificate proved the situation, indicating that "Mu Xiaoxiao" was no longer the daughter-in-law of Lin Dahai's family. If "Mu Xiaoxiao" wanted to get married in the future, Lin Dahai's family could not interfere.
After completing the certification, the morning passed. At noon, Mu Weimin and Lin Xiaoman stayed at the Lin family for a simple meal.
After dinner, Jiang Fengzhen and the two little girls were reluctant to leave Lin Xiaoman, so they kept talking to her. Mu Weimin waited for a while and became impatient, and kept urging her.
At Mu Weimin's urging, Lin Xiaoman moved her luggage slowly, looking reluctant. Mu Weimin couldn't stand it any longer and quickly grabbed the things and put them on the tricycle. He said against his will, "Xiaoxiao, hurry up, or you'll miss dinner."
The two villages are only a short distance apart, and it won't take long at all if you ride a tricycle. Mu Weimin was so lazy that he didn't even bother to draft a lie when he said this.
"Dad, Mom, Xiaoyue, Xiaoxi, Xiaoshan, Xiaoyang, Xiaoxing..." Lin Xiaoman called out their names one by one and said his final goodbyes. "I'm leaving now. You must take good care of yourselves."
"Xiaoxiao, you must take good care of yourself. No matter what happens, don't deal with it alone. We are here for you!" Jiang Fengzhen glanced at Mu Weimin with a hint of meaning.
"I know, Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of myself. But you, please take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself..."
Mu Weimin was so impatient with the constant barrage of words that he wanted to rush over and slap him, yelling, "Get out of here!"
But since this was the Lin family's territory, Mu Weimin knew the situation well and didn't dare to take action. He could only suppress his anger and urge, "Let's go."
After urging for a long time, the reluctant Lin Xiaoman finally got on the bus. As soon as she got on the bus, Mu Weimin exerted all her strength and pedaled as fast as she could, completely ignoring the fact that Lin Xiaoman was still saying goodbye to the Lin family.
The tricycle suddenly rushed out a long distance.
Mu Weimin's attitude was like that of a bully who was trying to rob someone.
"Xiaoxiao, take good care of yourself..." Jiang Fengzhen chased after him for two steps, but Mu Weimin rode too fast and soon fell behind. She had to give up and stayed there wiping her tears.
Lin Dahai supported her and comforted her, "Old woman, think positively, Xiaoxiao is still young, we can't delay her."
"I just feel that Mu Weimin is unreliable." Jiang Fengzhen covered her chest with her hands, full of worry. "I just feel uneasy. Xiaoxiao is such a good child. If Liu Mazi harms her, I will never be at peace for the rest of my life!"
"Mom, my sister-in-law said she will find a way and she won't get married. Don't worry!" Lin Yue comforted.
"Let's inquire more. If it's really the case... we'll think of a solution as soon as possible." Lin Dahai continued to comfort her. He was also a little worried. He was afraid that his daughter-in-law would agree to marry into the Liu family in order to get Mu Weimin to pay back their betrothal money. If that happened, wouldn't they be harming someone?
As they were talking, an aunt from next door came over and said, "Sister Fengzhen, what happened? Was that your Xiaoxiao just now? Did her father take her away?"
The village is so small that many people saw the four of them when they went to find the village chief in the morning. Now that Mu Weimin took people away, many people also saw the commotion.
Sympathy is sympathy, gossip is gossip, and onlookers are everywhere.
"Yeah." Jiang Fengzhen responded, "Xiaoxiao went back with her father."
"How could this be! It hasn't been long since your eldest daughter got into trouble, and she's already in a hurry to go back to her parents' home? Sister Fengzhen, Brother Dahai, you're just too honest and kind, and you've treated your daughter-in-law too well, so you've raised an ungrateful person!" The aunt who was speaking, claiming to be a righteous person, criticized from a moral high ground.
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know!" Lin Dahai scolded with a stern face, obviously a little angry.
"Sister Shuhua, please don't talk nonsense. My Xiaoxiao is definitely a good person!" Jiang Fengzhen was also angry. "Xiaoxiao is doing this for us!"
As she spoke, Jiang Fengzhen inevitably felt a little sad again. With red eyes, she began to speak, trying to clear Lin Xiaoman's name.
"Xiaoxiao is in poor health and she's afraid of being a burden to us. Even though she knows her father has bad intentions, she still went back. She went back to ask him to return the betrothal gift to us! She also left all her dowry to us so that we could sell it to make money. She did this all for our family! What an ungrateful person! She's obviously stupid. How could there be such a stupid girl! It's our family. We're sorry for her!"
"Returning the betrothal gift? You left all the dowry behind?" Aunt Shuhua looked surprised.
"Yes, yes, Xiaoxiao is so good. It's all because of our eldest son's bad luck. If nothing happened to our eldest son, it would be so great..."
"Sister Fengzhen, don't cry!" Aunt Shuhua hurried to comfort her, "Don't be sad, it's all in the past. Things will get better and better in the future. Your Xiaoxiao is really affectionate and righteous. I said the wrong thing just now. It's my fault, bah."
Aunt Shuhua slapped herself a few times, not hard, of course. After putting aside the words "ungrateful wolf," she was curious, "Sister Fengzhen, what did you mean when you said Xiaoxiao's father had bad intentions?"
"Let me tell you, Xiaoxiao's father is a wicked man. Do you know who he has his eye on?"
"Who is it?"
"Liu Mazi, the Liu Mazi from Liu Village who beat his wife to death!"
"ah!"
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On the day Lin Xiaoman left the Lin family, after dinner, a large group of gossipy people rushed to Lin Dahai's house. All the aunts and uncles gathered together, and a group of women chattered.
Jiang Fengzhen kept speaking well of Lin Xiaoman, and everyone in Xiaolin Village knew that Lin Chuan's wife had returned to her parents' home in order not to burden her family and to get the betrothal money back from her husband's family. She was truly thinking about her parents-in-law, so she did so.
Truly, a kind and loyal daughter-in-law!
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