Chapter 005: Money only counts if it is in your own hands
Money only counts when it is in your own hands.
In his previous life, Pei Xiangyang also promised to give 200 yuan in child support every month.
But he only gave the money three times, and then he started making excuses to give less, and in the end he didn't give a penny at all.
Every time she called, he would cry poor and complain, saying how hard it was for him outside and how many workers he had to support, and asked her to be understanding.
He also told her how much he missed her and their son, and how it was better to be at home than to be under too much pressure outside, but he never returned home.
Liu Qiang and other villagers who worked for him all made money and returned home one after another to get married and renovate their houses.
They knew that Pei Xiangyang was doing very well outside and living a life of luxury, but when they returned to the village they all lied to her and coaxed her into willingly supporting Pei Xiangyang's elderly and siblings.
She was really deceived.
Pei Xiangyang calculated:
"Ten years of child support is twenty-four thousand, plus the twenty thousand in divorce compensation, that's forty-four thousand. Can I give it to you now?"
Forty-four thousand is not a small amount.
White Pearl's eyes are red:
"I will be a divorced woman in the future. I have no education and no ability to make money. I don't want to get married again in this life. I have to raise a son. Xiangyang, I just want to have some savings in my hands to make me feel more at ease."
Pei Xiangyang: “…”
His face looked a little ugly:
"I don't have that much money right now, so I'll give it to you when I get home."
But White Pearl insisted:
"No, I want it now, otherwise I won't sign it."
Lesbians also chimed in:
"You're not just boasting and lying, are you? Don't say one thing in front of us and another behind our backs, and then refuse to pay us a penny later."
Pei Xiangyang: “…” He really planned to do so.
Bai Zhenzhu is easily influenced by others and is completely devoted to him. Now that he is being coaxed into a divorce, won't she be able to do whatever he says when she returns?
Bai Zhenzhu covered her face and whimpered twice:
"Xiangyang, can we not get divorced? Shuo Shuo can't live without a father..."
Pei Xiangyang felt nervous when he heard this.
At this time, there was a "beep" sound from outside, and Xia Lili, who was getting impatient, honked the horn to urge the car to arrive.
Pei Xiangyang looked at Bai Zhenzhu crying sadly and thought that this woman loved him terribly and must be deliberately trying to make things difficult for him. In fact, she just didn't want to divorce him. Anyway, the money would eventually go into his hands, so he might as well give it to her.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I agree."
The two staff members at the marriage registration office looked at each other. They only got 44,000 yuan for a divorce...
The female comrade thought about the male chauvinist in her family who had no ability at all. If she was given 44,000 yuan, anyone who didn't divorce would be a fool.
So he quickly helped Bai Zhenzhu and Pei Xiangyang handwrite a divorce agreement and asked them to sign it.
That action seemed even more anxious than Bai Zhenzhu's. She was afraid that Pei Xiangyang would change his mind, and she urged him:
"Hurry up and prepare the money. I will go to the leader to review it. You are busy, so I will try to get it done for you today."
When she heard that she had to give Bai Zhenzhu another 44,000, Xia Lili couldn't help but frown, thinking that this woman was really greedy.
But it's just a few hundred thousand, which is nothing to her. The most important thing is to make Pei Xiangyang divorce.
Pei Xiangyang saw her gloomy face and thought that she thought he gave her too much, so he quickly comforted her and assured her:
"Don't worry, that woman is very stupid. I will go find her and get it back later."
Xia Lili urged him unhappily:
"Go get the money quickly. Once we get the divorce certificate, we'll leave and stay in the county town tonight."
She just took a look and found that there was not even a decent guesthouse in this town. What a shabby place.
As a result, Pei Xiangyang had difficulty withdrawing money because there was only a credit union but no bank in this town.
He discussed with Xia Lili:
"I'm going home. Didn't you give my mom 50,000 yuan? I'll borrow 44,000 yuan from her first."
As he spoke, he became dissatisfied with Bai Zhenzhu. He thought this was a unnecessary thing. The useless woman had many things to do and was a waste of his time.
Xia Lili was already impatient with waiting. She had been staying in the car while pregnant and felt uncomfortable all over.
Now things were about to be done, but unexpectedly it got stuck on money. |
I couldn't help but get angry:
"It's so annoying. That woman is poor and greedy. I gave her all the 100,000 yuan."
"What, all 100,000?"
Pei Xiangyang was shocked. No wonder Xia Lili gave his mother two thousand at that time. At that time, he thought Xia Lili was really filial to his mother, so he gave her fifty thousand and another two thousand before leaving.
That's one hundred thousand. Every time he asked Xia Lili for money, he didn't dare to ask for so much. How could Bai Zhenzhu, a rural woman, dare to ask for one hundred thousand?
Xia Lili hummed:
"She refuses to divorce, what can I do? My belly is getting bigger, I don't care, you must divorce today, I won't wait even one more day."
Pei Xiangyang quickly coaxed:
"Di Li, definitely divorce. Did that woman think that this would dissuade me from divorcing her? I've long hated her. She's greedy and vicious. I really don't want to see her again for even a second. So, let's go to the county to get the money and take you back to the hotel in the county to rest."
Then he grabbed Xia Lili's hand and kissed it:
"Lily, it's really hard for you to accompany me on this trip."
Xia Lili was so delighted by his coaxing that they stayed in the county town last night, so it would be a good opportunity for them to go back and not come to this damn place.
The road conditions were poor at that time. It took more than an hour to drive from Xiaxixi Town to the county seat, and the round trip would take at least three hours.
Pei Xiangyang told Bai Zhenzhu that he was going to the county to get the money, and then drove away.
As soon as he left, Bai Zhenzhu also left the marriage registration office.
She bought two pork hind legs, a ten-pound bag of pork belly, and a rack of ribs in the town.
I went to the supply and marketing cooperative and weighed three pounds of crispy candies and peanut nougat, four cans of malted milk, six pounds of brown sugar, three pounds of bulk biscuits, and three pounds of glutinous rice noodles.
He also ordered two bottles of white wine, three packs of Wuniu cigarettes, and filled the snakeskin bag.
Then I rode my bike straight to my mother’s home, Jinfeng Village.
Jinfeng Village is very close to the town, only about ten minutes by bike.
Li Xiufen, who was carrying firewood to prepare lunch at the back of the house, saw her daughter coming back and happily threw away the firewood and came to greet her:
"Zhenzhu, why are you back? Where's Shuoshuo? Didn't you bring him?"
Bai Zhenzhu resisted the urge to rush over and hug the other person, and said with a playful smile:
"I miss you and my dad. Shuo Shuo is at home. I'll bring him back next time."
"You girl." Country people are simple and honest, and they feel embarrassed when hearing such emotional words.
Bai Zhenzhu doesn't care about all this. From now on, she will only be nice to those who love her.
She is the youngest child in the family and the only daughter. She has three older brothers, all of whom are married.
The Bai family's parents are relatively open-minded. As soon as each of their children gets married, they are allowed to live independently and run their own families.
As several brothers got married one after another, more and more houses were built at home, and the yard gradually became a "冂" shape.
Although the whole family lives in the same yard, the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and sisters-in-law have never quarreled, unlike some families who make a fuss because the parents do not treat their children equally.
At this time, the men are still working in the fields, and only the women and children are at home.
When the nephew who was playing in the yard saw Bai Zhenzhu coming back, he started shouting:
"Aunt is back, aunt."
The three boys surrounded them.
"Why!"
Bai Zhenzhu responded with a smile, opened the snakeskin bag on the bicycle and started to divide things.
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