"Both sides should calm down first. We're here to discuss matters. Arguing won't solve any problems and will only damage the harmony between our two families." Village Chief Li said, "Since this is a major matter for these two young people to marry, it should be their decision."
Then he paused and directly asked Xu Changan what he meant, "Changan, what do you think about divorce?"
Xu Guoyong rushed back, "You can't leave!"
Xu Changan's face turned pale, "Leave!"
Village Chief Li nodded, then asked Li Qingge, "Where is Qingge?"
Li Qingge didn't hesitate, "Leave!"
"I have to remind you that divorce is not a joke and must be considered carefully."
After Village Chief Li finished speaking, he saw that they still insisted on "divorce" and there was nothing more to persuade them now.
"Alright! Today, while Village Chief Xu and I are here, it's a good opportunity for you two families to talk about it!"
Xu Changan said stiffly, "It's entirely up to the two village chiefs. I have no objection."
"Xu Changan! If you dare to divorce me, I..." Xu Guoyong lost his breath and fell straight backwards.
"dad!"
"Lao Xu!"
Xu Changan and Zhao Hongying hurried forward to check on Xu Guoyong.
"It's okay, pinch the philtrum and he will wake up." Village chief Li pushed Xu Chang'an away calmly, and pinched Xu Guoyong's philtrum with his thumb nail. After a few seconds, he slowly woke up.
Xu Guoyong took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and the pent-up anger in his heart dissipated a little. "...I can't leave you, you bastard, are you trying to piss me off to death?"
"Dad, I must get a divorce today!" Xu Changan knelt down in front of Xu Guoyong, his upper body straight, and said sternly, "I don't like Li Qingge at all. Marriage with her will only make me miserable."
The Li family quietly clenched their fists. Xu Changan's nonsense was simply unpleasant to the ear.
If Xu Changan didn't like her, why did he marry Qingge in the first place? He had ruined such a good girl!
"Old Xu, are you really going to drive our son to death?" Zhao Hongying's eyes were red with anxiety, and her voice was choked with sobs. "Chang'an stays in the army all year round and never comes back. We can't even see our son. Let's get a divorce!"
Zhao Hongying knew clearly that her son Chang'an was deliberately hiding outside to avoid seeing Li Qingge.
Xu Guoyong's shoulders shook even more violently—
Xu Changan stood up and said to the two village heads, "I'm sorry to bother you two uncles today!"
Village chief Li waved his hand and said that it was not a trouble at all. They came here today just to serve as a witness.
"Jianping just said that they can take the dowry away and return the betrothal gifts to you, okay?"
"OK!"
"no!"
Xu Changan and Li Qingge said in unison.
Xu Changan said "OK", frowning tightly, thinking that Li Qingge was trying to make trouble again!
Li Jianping also looked at his daughter in surprise. Could it be that Qingge had changed her mind?
What Li Qingge is going to talk about next is "hidden property", which must not be given to that bastard Xu Changan!
"Before I got married, my eldest brother and sister-in-law bought me a watch as a dowry. After we got married, Xu Changan sold the watch to pay for his father's medical treatment and medicine. The watch cost 15 yuan!"
"Before I got married, my parents made me two silver earrings. After I got married, my mother-in-law, Zhao Hongying, sold them for her daughter's tuition. The silver earrings cost five yuan."
"And..." Li Qingge blurted out everything at once. The Xu family owed her a total of fifty yuan. Even if she didn't have to pay back the thirty yuan betrothal gift, she still owed twenty yuan!
More and more villagers gathered outside the Xu family courtyard to watch the excitement, and Xu Changan was embarrassed.
He guessed that Li Qingge did it on purpose, deliberately humiliating and insulting him in front of so many people!
"Bah! You've calculated it quite carefully. If you marry into our family, you belong to our Xu family!
You want to settle accounts with me, but I haven't settled accounts with you yet! You have eaten up a lot of food from my family in the past three years. "
When Zhao Hongying heard that they still had to pay money to the Li family, she immediately became unhappy!
"Your son is away all day, and my daughter has never stayed at your house for a few days?" Li Jianping angrily accused Zhao Hongying of being unreasonable. "Qingge never comes home empty-handed every time she goes back to her in-laws' house! We should speak with conscience. You are such an unreasonable woman!"
"Okay! I'll give it to you," Xu Changan's voice seemed to be squeezed out from behind his teeth. He glared at Li Qingge hatefully, "As long as you agree to a divorce, no matter what conditions you put forward, I will agree to it!"
Li Qingge knew that Xu Changan valued his face the most. Let alone twenty dollars, he probably couldn't even come up with two dollars at the moment╮(￣⊿￣)╭
Xu Guoyong was in poor health and had to take medicine all year round. He also had to pay for Xu Changan's sister's tuition and the family's living expenses... All these financial pressures were borne by Xu Changan, and his salary from the army was basically spent every month.
"Is there anything else? If not, let's write it down and both parties sign it." Village Chief Xu said.
Zhao Hongying was furious. Why did her son agree to this?! No way! Where in the house could we even come up with twenty yuan?!
Xu Guoyong knew his physical condition. Right now, even speaking loudly caused a dull pain in his chest. The main reason was that Li Yatou also wanted to divorce. He could stop his son, but he couldn't stop the girl.
Alas, a good marriage eventually turned into a bad one!
The "statement" was written in duplicate and not only signed by both parties, but also by the two witnesses, Village Chief Li and Village Chief Xu.
After signing, Li Jianping asked his son to carry out the dowry furniture, and Ran Lijuan went into the house to pack her sister-in-law's clothes.
The veins in Xu Changan's temples were throbbing. "Twenty yuan, I'll give it to you on the day we complete the divorce procedures."
Li Qingge raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Okay, let's write an IOU!"
Xu Changan's face turned pale, "I will do what I say!"
"No," Li Qingge shook his head. "If you don't admit it then, who can I turn to?"
Xu Changan's mouth twitched in anger, "Okay, I'll write it!"
Li Qingge happily received the IOU and put it in his pocket and patted it.
"We've finished moving." Li Jianping said in the yard, and the group left in a grand manner.
"It's gone! Everything is gone!" Zhao Hongying looked at the empty house and felt like fainting. Her wardrobe and her round table were gone!
Xu Changan: "..." Li Qingge would be better off cooperating with the divorce process. He wanted to see how long this woman could keep pretending! She had used the tactics of playing hard to get before!
"Chang'an, what's going on with that girl?" Zhao Hongying desperately wanted to know who her son was dating.
Xu Changan thought of Wanruo, and his sharp eyebrows curved, "We'll talk about this later."
“…” Zhao Hongying noticed that Chang’an seemed to like that girl very much, but as long as her son liked her, that was enough.
However, regarding the divorce, they absolutely cannot let the Li family "throw dirty water" on their son.
What's the saying? Strike first, gain the upper hand!
Xu Guoyong dragged his sick body back to the house, not wanting to bother with the mother and daughter. In the end, this family was ruined.
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