Old Chen slowly came to the door of Old Lady Yin's room. The children and their younger brother and sister's family walked behind and watched secretly. The stubborn Chen Xiangbei even clenched his fist to encourage him.
This time, it was still Old Lady Xia who opened the door.
"Old woman, I..." Before she could finish her words, she was slapped in the face, and the door in front of her was quickly closed.
Old Chen stood there in a daze, and the people watching him from behind were also stunned.
After a while, Old Chen knocked on the door again. Old Mrs. Xia opened the door and slapped him again, then closed the door.
After this happened several times, Old Chen gave up and came back.
"She doesn't want to pay attention to me." said Old Chen.
Chen Xiangnan welcomed Old Chen in. Seeing that he was silent, he advised, "Dad, my mom still treats you very differently. I think only you can coax her back."
Old Chen was puzzled. "She beat me like this."
Chen Xiangnan: "Think about it, every one of us went to find her today, but she didn't even bother to hit us. She just kicked us out and locked us outside. Auntie didn't even come in. Only you, Mom still had the heart to hit you. Isn't this because she treats you specially?"
Old Chen had a blank expression on his face. "You can save this kind of words to deceive little girls. I'm your father, I'm not a fool."
Chen Xiangnan touched his nose. His father didn't lose his brain, so it would be difficult to fool him.
In the next few days, Old Chen went to see Old Lady Xia every day, morning, noon and night, and got slapped a few times every time.
A few days ago, there were still neighbors who tried to persuade them, but in the following days, this daily routine became a regular event in the compound. There were always a lot of people watching, and some even explained their family affairs to their relatives.
How could Old Chen not know that this matter was shameful, but he just wanted to act like this and let these rumors force Old Mrs. Xia to go home.
Although they laughed at him, they also knew Old Chen's attitude of apology towards Old Mrs. Xia. If Old Mrs. Xia continued to treat him like this, everyone would only blame Old Mrs. Xia in the end.
This was the idea that Old Chen came up with after he stayed up late at night on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
He thought he was a man of steel and shouldn't be so humble. But if he was too indifferent and ignored Old Lady Xia, people might even say behind her back that it was because of his behavior that Old Lady Xia wanted to divorce him.
Therefore, he felt that no matter how unwilling he was, he had to pretend to do it.
Within a few days, the program in their compound spread to the nearby compounds, and even the leaders of Old Lady Xia and Old Chen's factory knew about it.
Leader: ...I’m so tired, really tired. Can’t I let them have a good New Year?
Soon, the leader of Lao Chen's machinery factory came to persuade Lao Chen. Lao Chen immediately burst into tears and expressed his pitiful attitude and attitude of admitting his mistakes. Then he took the leader to find Old Lady Xia. After getting a slap in the face as he wished, Old Lady Xia finally had the mind to talk to the leader.
But no matter what, Old Mrs. Xia was determined to get a divorce.
The leader of the machinery factory left. Before leaving, he told Old Mrs. Xia that it was normal for couples to quarrel, and no one could divorce just because they said so. If they could live together, they should live together. After all, the children were so grown up and they had grandchildren. Old Chen was not the kind of man who indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. He was considered a good man.
After seeing off the machinery factory leaders, the leaders of Old Lady Xia's textile factory also came to investigate. They also couldn't understand why Old Lady Xia wanted a divorce. If Chen Weiguo was a wife-beater, or unreasonable, or just a bad person who would do bad things, then they wouldn't have persuaded her to divorce.
But Chen Weiguo and Chen Gong have nothing to do with these things. They are even willing to do housework. They can't understand why Comrade Xia insisted on divorcing him. He is such a good man.
Mrs. Xia remained unmoved and simply told them that only they themselves knew the ups and downs of life, and that outsiders would never understand the twists and turns and hardships involved. Finally, the textile factory leader left, still hoping that Mrs. Xia would reconsider.
The divorce that even alarmed the leaders made other people discuss it even more intensely.
A small number of people believe that Old Mrs. Xia must have suffered some great injustice, and this injustice is difficult to express. Otherwise, why would Old Mrs. Xia insist on getting a divorce for no reason, and even beat Old Chen the first time she saw him? Old Chen must have made some big mistake.
There are even many people who think that Old Chen might have a mistress outside, and that the mistress might have even given birth to his child. This statement is generally accepted. If it is not so serious, most women will just endure it for such a minor mistake.
However, most people still think that Old Lady Xia is too heartless. After being married for so many years, they should have some feelings for each other. She actually said divorce without hesitation. Even Old Chen's pleading did not shake her determination. They really disliked such a cold-hearted old lady.
Old Lady Yin's house has been bustling these days, and Old Lady Xia's face is very dark. Coupled with her temper of beating people without hesitation, many people dare not approach her. They can only start with Old Lady Yin and Yin Sheng, wanting to ask what happened.
Old Lady Yin and her son are surrounded by people whenever they go out these days. They think these two people are easy to talk to, so they often hold them back and won't let them go.
But although they were easy to talk to, they were very tactful about what to say and what not to say, so even though the New Year holiday was almost over, no one had found out any news.
The speculations became more and more outrageous and spread more and more widely.
But Old Lady Xia never showed up at Old Lady Yin's house. The only time she came out for exercise was when Old Chen came to see her, and then she would slap him a few times and go back.
It was not until the first day of work after the Spring Festival that Old Mrs. Xia took half a day off to go to the machinery factory to find Old Chen. She asked someone to call Old Chen, but Old Chen did not come out. He just said that he was very busy on the first day of work and had no time.
Old Mrs. Xia was so angry that she wanted to rush in and catch the people, but the security team at the door would not let her in. She had been able to get in before because they all lived nearby and she knew them.
Everyone was helping Old Chen, and Old Mrs. Xia suddenly realized this.
Old Chen gets off work at five o'clock, and the Civil Affairs Bureau also gets off work at five o'clock. If that's the case, she really can't do anything about this old man.
Old Mrs. Xia pursed her lips and went back to the textile factory to report for leave.
The next day, before dawn, Old Lady Xia was waiting at his door. When Old Chen thought he had gotten up early and was trying to avoid Old Lady Xia in a sneaky way, he was caught by her.
"I won't go. I'm telling you, I won't divorce you." Old Chen yelled as his hair was grabbed.
Old Mrs. Xia thought that her guess was right. This damn old man wanted to drag her to death. She slapped him a few more times. After being pushed down by Old Chen, she cursed: "Chen Weiguo, how long are you going to harm me?"
The two men started fighting in the dim light of the early morning, alarming the neighbors who were still sleeping in the compound.
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