Chapter 21 Ouch, You Are Not Letting Me Live
Captain Xu Zhanwen's heart had been pounding today, fearing the spies would come again. He had just emerged from his room, about to go for another stroll, when he heard someone shouting in the distance, looking for him.
"Is the captain home?"
"Yes, come into the yard."
The captain also recognized who it was. Li Guiqin usually didn't make trouble. The captain thought about it and his brows darkened. It must be related to Tang Shengkai.
Sure enough, after a while, Li Guiqin walked in front and entered the yard first, ignoring the people behind her and speaking directly,
"Captain, please write me a letter of severance."
"What the hell?"
The captain heard it clearly, but he couldn't believe his ears. What was Li Guiqin talking about? How could she have the nerve to do that? How could she break off the relationship with the third brother?
Tang Shengkai and Lin Cuicui were not far from Li Guiqin, and they followed her into the yard after a few steps.
"Third brother, what's going on?"
A group of villagers followed him into the yard, chattering away. The captain's face darkened as he listened. He had no idea that Tang Shengkai still had to give Li Guiqin, the old hag, five yuan a year.
Moreover, Li Guiqin has completely lost her dignity and is even considering severing ties with Tang Shengkai's family. How can ties be severed so easily? Besides, what era is this? Why is she still making such a fuss?
"It can't be broken, go back quickly."
"What?" Li Guiqin's voice rose several degrees again, and her voice sounded a little out of tune.
"Why can't it be terminated? I've heard that if we write down the details clearly, the captain can go to the county and find someone to stamp it. Why can't we terminate it just because you say it can't be terminated?"
The captain sighed inwardly, when did Li Guiqin become cultured?
This was really a coincidence. One time when Li Guiqin went to the town to sell eggs, she happened to hear people talking about breaking up an engagement.
If it were anything else, Li Guiqin might not have taken it so seriously. But the mention of breaking off the engagement made her quite excited. She had long thought that if the Third Brother's family became useless one day, she would definitely break off the engagement with him and not let him become a burden to them.
"Have you made up your mind?"
The captain looked at Li Guiqin and said, "Well, I've thought about it. Captain, stop wasting time and write it down."
The captain's face darkened. He turned his gaze to Tang Shengkai, who wore a wry smile. Before he could speak, Li Guiqin pointed at him viciously.
"Tang Shengkai, I'm telling you, if you dare not agree, I'll die right now. Then I'll make you bear the reputation of forcing me to death, and you'll never be able to hold your head up in Qiligou for the rest of your life."
Originally, the villagers were just watching the show, but when Li Guiqin shouted, their faces changed.
This is not a biological mother at all. The team leader directly asked the villagers what they were thinking.
"Nonsense! Is this something a mother could ask?"
Li Guiqin swung her arms and said, "Don't bother with those four, five, and six guys, Captain. Today I want to break off my relationship with Tang Shengkai."
The captain was also provoked to anger, "Break up! This kiss must be broken off!
"Based on what you said today, Li Guiqin, the Third Brother has suffered a lot over the years. You are not worthy of being their father and mother. Even if the Third Brother refuses to break off the engagement, I will do it for you."
The captain's wife came out with a pen and a piece of white paper, looking angry. "Write it. Write it to him now. I've never seen such a heartless mother."
Li Guiqin curled her lips and said nothing. If it weren't for the severance of her relationship with Tang Shengkai today, she wouldn't have gotten into a fight with the team leader. What if, when work started in the spring, the team leader made things difficult for her family and gave them fewer work points?
But now she had no choice at all. If the Japanese spies came, they wouldn't even have a chance to survive until next spring. So what else could she say?
The team leader quickly wrote on the notebook, stroke by stroke. The villagers were whispering about it, but no one paid any attention.
Tang Shengli and Tang Shengjun were not far from Li Guiqin, and Zhang Erhua and Li Yuanzi had also come along, but no one said anything; they were all terrified. When they heard yesterday that the third brother's family had fallen foul of the spies, they'd been so worried they couldn't sleep all night.
They weren't worried about the safety of the third brother's family, but they were concerned about their relationship with the third brother. If they were to be implicated, what would happen to them?
"It's finished. Li Guiqin, Shengkai, come over and sign it."
Li Guiqin stepped forward and said, "I can't write, so I'll press my fingerprints and everyone can bear witness."
The captain pointed at Tang Shengjun and Tang Shengli and said, "Have Tang Shengjun or Tang Shengli sign for you. They both need to sign as well."
Before the captain could finish his explanation, Tang Shengjun and Tang Shengli had already swiftly arrived in front of him. Although Tang Shengjun didn't smile, he looked very happy. "Captain, where do you think I should sign?"
"Write your name here, and then write 'I'm signing for you'. Then write your own name below."
Tang Shengjun did as he was told. Tang Shengli saw where he should write and happily wrote his own name below Tang Shengjun's, pressing some ink to make his fingerprint.
Finally, after Tang Shengjun instructed Li Guiqin to press her handprints, the three of them stepped aside.
Tang Shengkai walked forward silently, wrote his name and pressed his fingerprint.
I don't know how to describe my feelings at this moment, but at least this matter is over. From now on, he only has Cuicui and the four children. But haven't they been the only ones to accompany him all these years?
After figuring it out, the bitter smile on Tang Shengkai's face seemed to sweeten a little.
However, this was not the end. Li Guiqin asked again, "Captain, please go to the county and help stamp it today."
"So urgent?"
Although it is not yet noon and there is still time to go to the county town, but is it really so urgent to break up a relationship?
Li Guiqin was fed up. "How can I not be anxious? We don't know when these spies will show up. Aren't you afraid they'll just shoot everyone in Qiligou?"
The villagers' discussions gradually subsided. The reason they strolled out to see what was going on was because they were afraid that the spy would not be able to distinguish the important from the unimportant.
Seeing that no one said anything, Li Guiqin said smugly, "Captain, it's still early today, please take the trouble to walk. I'll give you 50 cents as a reward."
"Fifty cents?"
The villagers exclaimed in surprise. Li Guiqin always talked about being poor, but when had she ever been so frugal with fifty cents? And it was just for a stamp in the county town.
The captain had no choice but to finally agree. "Tang Shengjun, come with me."
Then he turned to look at Tang Shengkai and said, "The third brother's family is disabled and has children, so they don't need to go. I will take you to the county to explain the situation clearly."
"Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Xu."
The captain waved his hand and arranged for someone to go and harness the vehicle. Li Guiqin felt relieved and glanced at Tang Shengkai and his family.
"Now that we're done, don't call me mom or dad anymore, and don't come to my house anymore. Be careful or I'll break your legs."
Lin Cuicui turned away angrily. The three Tangbei brothers clenched their fists tightly, anger flashing across their faces, but they said nothing. Tang Shengkai's voice was a little hoarse.
"Don't worry, Aunt Tang. We will never go to your house again. Also, since we have nothing to do with Aunt Tang anymore, we won't give her the five dollars every year."
Li Guiqin sneered, "It's still five dollars. Do you have the life to earn another five dollars? Humph!"
The captain was so angry that his teeth ached when he saw Li Guiqin like this.
Just as the villagers were about to disperse, Tang Shengkai spoke up. "Since I've severed my ties with Aunt Tang, everyone knows about Tang Shengjun's attempt to bury my daughter alive and Tang Shengli's attempt to steal food from my family. Uncle Xu, please write down the details so everyone can testify for me."
"What? What are you going to do?"
As Li Guiqin was about to step forward and scratch Tang Shengkai, Lin Cuicui was quite strong and she stood in front of her and pushed Li Guiqin away.
Li Yuanzi was not far from Li Guiqin, so he hurriedly took two steps forward to support Li Guiqin.
"Okay, you slut, if you dare to push me, I'll fight you."
As he was about to reach out and scratch Lin Cuicui, the captain shouted, "Enough."
Li Guiqin didn't listen and continued to move. The team leader became angry and said, "Go to the county government if you want to make trouble again. My words are useless now, right?"
When Li Guiqin heard this, her body went limp, she sat down on the ground, slapped her knees with her hands and started crying.
"Oh, he's dead. What sin did I commit in my previous life to give birth to such an unfilial son? He's not going to let his elder and second brothers live..."
The villagers' mouths twitched. What the hell was going on? She was the one who wanted to break off the relationship, and now she was the one calling him "big brother."
Tang Shengkai pulled Lin Cuicui behind him and took two steps forward. "This must be written down."
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