"Smack!"
With a slap, Li Laosan struck Mo Hongying hard across the face.
His face was filled with resentment, as if the woman opposite him were his mortal enemy, not his wife.
They completely disregarded the feelings that had been buried for so many years.
"Tell me! Do you have any money or not?! Let me tell you, I'm drowning in debt right now. If you don't give me the money, and you push me too far, I'll have to sell my children! Da Ya isn't young anymore, so let's use her to pay off the debt first!"
Upon hearing this, Mo Hongying quickly hugged her son and daughter tightly, and shouted at Li Laosan like a madwoman, "Li Laosan, what do you think you're doing? Let me tell you, this isn't the old society anymore. What you're doing is illegal and will land you in jail! If you dare to do anything to the children, I'll fight you to the death!"
His hoarse shouting and frantic roar startled Li Laosan!
For so many years, Mo Hongying had always been submissive and had a very good temper; no one expected her to suddenly go crazy like this.
It seems that the conversation turned to her most cherished child.
Li Laosan was overjoyed; there was hope!
"I don't care, I need money for the hairpin now. If you don't give it to me, I'll have to take a risk! Where did you get your money before? Go get some more. Don't worry, I'm not afraid of what people will say!"
"you!"
Seeing Li Laosan's lewd expression, Mo Hongying knew that he must have misunderstood again, thinking that he had earned his money by selling his body to men.
This person actually thinks so highly of me, and today they're even thinking of selling their children.
It seems like this is really impossible to live like this!
"Li Laosan, aren't you going to wake up yet? Look at the grain we received this year. I earned some work points myself, but you didn't work at all, and you didn't even get half the grain others received! You're lazy and good-for-nothing all day long, either drinking or gambling with your cronies. Now you're drowning in debt. How are we supposed to live in the future?!"
"I don't care how you survive! With those few work points, I wouldn't have enough to eat even if I worked myself to death. Do whatever you want! I don't care about anything else, you either give me money, or you figure something out!"
"Li Laosan, you...you..."
"You're reluctant to spend money, huh? Then don't blame me for being ruthless! Da Ya, come with me, I'll find you a family where you can have enough to eat..."
After saying this, Li Laosan tried to pull his daughter out of Mo Hongying's arms, showing no regard for their blood relatives.
His brain has been completely corrupted by drinking and gambling!
Seeing him like this, Mo Hongying finally hardened her heart. This couldn't go on any longer; Li Laosan's demands were endless.
Even if you give him the money this time, he'll have to think about getting more money after he spends it all.
When they run out of money, they'll try to take advantage of their own children. We have to put an end to this!
"Li Laosan, don't even think about it! If you dare touch Da Ya, I'll fight you to the death today! You want money? The production team just distributed a few bags of grain. If you don't want any, you can take them and sell them somewhere to get some money!"
Li Laosan didn't expect Mo Hongying to say that, but then his eyes lit up. This wasn't a bad idea after all!
After saying that, he let go of Da Ya's hand and walked outside to see how much grain they had. If they could sell it, they could get some money.
Take it and gamble it out; you might just win it all back!
He immediately prepared to carry the grain out, intending to carry one bag, but his health was too poor to lift it.
He could only yell at Mo Hongying, "What are you looking at? Come over here and help me lift it up onto my shoulder!"
Mo Hongying saw that Li Laosan looked at the grain with great joy, but he had no idea that after he sold the grain,
What will the mother and her two children eat in the future?
She made one last attempt, and then completely gave up. This man's heart was gone; he didn't even care about his own children anymore.
He's no longer even human!
"Li Laosan, have you thought about what we'll eat if you sell the grain? It's only wheat harvest time now. Are we going to starve?"
Li Laosan didn't consider this issue at all. "Do whatever you want, figure out how to make money yourselves. If you're incompetent, you deserve to starve. I haven't even settled accounts with you about where you got your money before! Hurry up and come help me!"
Mo Hongying completely lost hope; her eyes suddenly changed, as if the person opposite her was a complete stranger.
“Li Laosan, take the grain with you. Let’s go back to my parents’ home. We can’t eat here anyway! But you have to think this through. If you want these bags of grain, Da Ya and Er Dan have to come with me. From now on, we’ll have nothing to do with each other. If you’re willing, sign and put your fingerprint on this agreement now. The grain is all yours! If you’re not willing, then you have to leave us two bags so we can eat!”
"These grains might not even be enough to make a living from selling them! And you think I'd leave you two bags? Get out! All the grain is mine, get out!"
But Mo Hongying stubbornly refused, and Li Laosan was eventually forced to compromise.
"Alright, alright, get me some paper and a pen, let's sign a contract: the child is yours, the food is mine! From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other, okay? Hurry up!"
"No, we need a witness. Go to the village and find a respected person to witness this. After that, we'll have nothing to do with each other. Find some time to go to the commune to get a divorce and separate the family now. I don't want anything, I just want the children!"
Li Laosan couldn't persuade Mo Hongying, and he was anxious to get rid of the mother and her two children as soon as possible so that he could sell the grain and make money to recoup his losses!
So he rushed out again and frantically summoned the clan elder.
The old man had originally intended to try and reconcile the situation, since the old saying goes that one should encourage reconciliation rather than separation.
But Mo Hongying knelt down and kowtowed with tears in her eyes, crying that she really couldn't go on living like this and begged the clan elders to grant her request and be her witnesses!
In the end, the old man had no choice but to shake his head helplessly.
I agreed!
He knew about Li Laosan's situation and could only say it was a pity. How could a family that was originally doing so well end up like this?
Finally, with others as witnesses, the two officially signed a separation agreement, and Mo Hongying left with the child.
She doesn't want anything; the grain and the house belong to the Li family. The only thing she wants is that if they divorce, the children will stay with her!
After the two men signed and pressed their fingerprints, the clan elder sighed and left.
Meanwhile, Li Laosan had borrowed a cart from somewhere and was struggling to load grain onto it!
Mo Hongying did not hesitate at all.
He brought nothing with him, since his family was dirt poor and didn't have any valuable possessions.
Besides the money Mo Yuan gave him in a small bag he kept close to his body,
The most precious things are the two children in front of me!
Seeing her two children, who were thin and pale from hunger, Mo Hongying felt a pang of heartache. As a mother...
She failed in her duty; she couldn't even do the most basic thing of feeding the children!
Without a second thought, she led the children out of the house, ready to take them back to Xiaomozhuang!
I was still incredibly anxious, wondering if what Mo Yuan said was true.
The mother and her two children had been driven to a dead end; if returning to their parents' home didn't solve the problem...
It really seems like death is the only option left!
Mo Yuan, don't let your older sister down...
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