Some people couldn't stand it anymore and started to criticize her, asking her why, since her husband was doing so well outside, he didn't take her and the children to enjoy a life of luxury?
She said matter-of-factly, "I have to stay home to take care of my parents-in-law, how can I abandon them?"
Yes, she was very capable, taking care of her mother-in-law who had asthma, her short-tempered father-in-law, and her blind grandfather, while also raising two children on her own.
This family can't function without her.
But later, her uncle retired, and her life became difficult.
Her husband, who worked in the provincial capital, started coming back less often, and the money he used to send her monthly decreased, gradually becoming only once every few months, or even once every six months.
The reason is that with so much land at home, and plenty of food and drink, how much money could it cost? Besides, you should have saved quite a bit of the money I gave you before.
The smug look on Sun Honghua's face gradually faded. She stopped bragging about her husband and boasting about her good fortune. Instead, she devoted herself even more to serving the elderly and taking care of the children, hoping that her husband would not treat her too badly for the sake of the elderly and children...
But in the end, her husband still didn't want her anymore, forced her to divorce him, and started a family in the provincial capital.
This foolish woman actually agreed to his request: to divorce but not leave the house, to continue taking care of the elderly and children, and he would send money to her every month.
But the condition was: she was not allowed to take the child to the provincial capital to find him.
He only raised her children, but didn't acknowledge them.
Yes, he said her child, which means the child has been assigned to her.
Su Xueli remembered that this letter was the one he sent to inform her of the divorce.
Su Xueli didn't want to read the letter to her, so she declined, saying, "Mother, Mingshen and I have to go to town. Let her find someone else to read the letter."
Just then, Sun Honghua entered the room with the letter in her hand, looking shy. She sweetly called out to Su Xueli, "Auntie, I heard you're a learned person. Could you read aloud the letter my father wrote to me? He hasn't written to me in a long time."
This silly woman thought her man had written her another "love letter".
Now Su Xueli had no choice but to agree.
But it's not appropriate to study here, after all, it's such a big deal, so let's go to her house to study instead.
Su Xueli suggested going to her house, and Sun Honghua happily led Su Xueli to her house.
Although Sun Honghua was a beauty in her youth, she has worked like a beast of burden in this household for many years, and her beauty has long been washed away by time. She is now just an ordinary peasant woman.
She was preoccupied with taking care of the fields, the elderly at home, and the children, and didn't bother to dress herself up. There were clothes that her husband from the provincial capital had given her, but she never wore them and just left them in the closet to be eaten by insects.
As soon as they sat down in her room, Sun Honghua urged Su Xueli impatiently, "Auntie, the child has gone to school, the old lady is in that room, it's just the two of us, you can read it."
Su Xueli opened the letter and glanced at it; it was indeed a letter forcing her to divorce.
She had no choice but to give Sun Honghua a heads-up beforehand: "Sister-in-law, the contents of this letter are not good. You should keep that in mind."
Sun Honghua's beaming face instantly darkened, and she asked in a hoarse voice, "What did the letter say?"
Su Xueli said helplessly, "I've started reading."
When Sun Honghua heard the words, "We were never a good match, our marriage was a mistake, and it's been going on for over ten years. It's time to end it," she looked up at Su Xueli with bewildered eyes and asked, "Auntie, what does he mean by that?"
Su Xueli felt a mix of emotions and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, calm down and accept reality. My brother wants to divorce you."
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