The purpose of raising children, the purpose of marriage
The man laughed at this and said, "What would a city guy like about you? Your rural household registration, your membership in Dayu Village? Or your brother and sister?"
A man looked down at Zhou Yatu and said, "I'm telling you, if someone wants to marry you, they should be secretly happy in my bed!"
Zhou Yatu sneered: "You mean, I'm favored by that man in our village, so I should be grateful?"
"That's right. After all, people are willing to help you raise your younger siblings and relieve your life pressure, right?"
"If I were to find a live-in son-in-law, I would indeed consider downward compatibility. The problem is that I am marrying someone, and if I don't marry up, am I still here to help the poor?"
The man was clearly enraged by Zhou Yatu's words and made a move to hit him. Zhou Yatu, who also had a sickle in his hand, asked, "What do you mean? You want to hit me?"
Others also pulled the man aside and said, "Why are you getting angry with a little girl like her? With a bad temper like hers, she'll never get married."
"Yeah yeah!"
Zhou Yatu comforted Ding Hui, saying, "Aunt Ding, don't be too sad. It's just that the old man cheated on her. At worst, she can just find another man to live with. Even Wu Zetian could have had male favorites. How can a divorce be so difficult for her?"
She pointed to the educated youth and Ding Hui working nearby and said, "Look at that young man over there."
She pointed to the farmers working all year round and said, "Look at these old men. They have all the kinds you like."
As she spoke, she patted the man who had just contradicted her and said, "Look at this piece of shank!"
A man who has always liked staring at others feels inappropriate and offended when suddenly being stared at by someone.
The men who had been there immediately moved away from Zhou Yatu.
As they walked away, the men said, "If a girl says something like that, be careful or you won't be able to get married and no one will want you."
Zhou Yatu said: "Do you think I care?"
Ding Hui saw that Zhou Yatu was about the same age as her eldest daughter.
She knew that Zhou Yatu was the one who had spoken up for her just now.
Ding Hui said, "Don't say that. It's too frivolous for a girl to say that. What will you do if no one marries you in the future?"
Zhou Yatu smiled and said, "Do you think I care?"
Ding Hui shook her head: "Girls should find a good man to marry, so that your life will be much less stressful."
Zhou Yatu smiled and said to Ding Hui, "Aunt Ding, our families are different. Your parents and brother are exploiting you, and you want to escape. I'm building my own family and am used to being the boss. If I really want to be his daughter-in-law and give birth to his children, how much do I have to love that man?"
Zhou Yatu laughed: "I haven't taken care of my younger brothers and sisters enough, and now I have to get married again and take care of children again? How can I be so unreasonable?"
Ding Hui said: "If you don't get married and don't have children, what will you do when you are old?"
Zhou Yatu said: "Don't I have brothers and sisters?"
"Then your brothers and sisters are old. What will you do?"
Zhou Yatu tilted his head and thought for a moment.
"When they get old, I'll be older than them. Even if they can't take care of me, it's okay. I've lived a long time, so I've earned it."
Ding Hui didn't understand at all. "After you have a child, you'll have to endure hardships when you get older, but once you're older, you won't have to endure hardships anymore."
Zhou Yatu said, "Even if I give birth to a child now, I won't need the child to take care of me when I'm 40 in 20 years. By the time I'm 60, my child will be 40."
She pointed at Grandpa Sun who was not far away. "Look, Grandpa Sun is over 60 years old and he doesn't want children to take care of him."
"If I'm lucky enough to live to be 80, and my child is 60, do you think a 60-year-old like Mr. Sun will still be able to take good care of his elderly mother?"
Grandpa Sun’s ears were very sharp. He turned around and retorted to Zhou Yatu: “I can’t take care of it, but my wife can help me take care of it!”
Zhou Yatu immediately clapped his hands and said, "That's right! When I look for a partner in the future, I can look for a man who is younger than my brother. That way, I'll have someone to take care of me when I'm old. If this man doesn't work out, I'll just find another man."
Old Man Sun: "Do you want to listen to what you are saying? What young man wants an old woman like you?"
Ding Hui: “…”
Old Man Sun: "The man got the better deal!"
Zhou Yatu made a face at Old Man Sun and said, "It's better not to get married. If I can't spend all the money, I'll divide it among my brothers and sisters. When the time comes, I'll close my eyes and know nothing about what will happen after I die!"
Old Man Sun was so angry that he was smoking: "Rotten wood! Rotten wood!"
Ding Hui said: "I don't understand what you young people are thinking. Let's get to work!"
Ding Hui originally had a lot of life experiences to share with Zhou Yatu, but after Zhou Yatu said this, she wisely shut her mouth.
When Zhou Yatu graduated from junior high school, her parents died in an accident while digging in the riverbank.
She then dropped out of school and took on the responsibility of raising her younger siblings.
This child has had a strong personality since she was young. She usually uses her sharp tongue and aggressive style to suppress relatives who come to her house to ask for money. Her most famous battle is to take a mop to stir up the toilet, sweeping away a group of relatives who come under the banner of wanting to give orders to her family.
This battle made her famous and made everyone remember this girl named Zhou Yatu.
After a day's work, Ding Hui carried her hoe home.
She put the hoe in the yard and was about to go to the kitchen to cook when Xu Laoer blocked her way.
Ding Hui took two steps to the side, but was blocked by Xu Laoer again.
Ding Hui raised her head and looked at Xu Laoer: "I'm going to cook."
Xu Lao Er coldly questioned Ding Hui: "Where did you hide the household registration booklet?"
Ding Hui frowned, but this time she straightened her back and looked at Xu Laoer. "What do you want the household registration book for?"
Xu Lao Er asked, "What?" He continued, "Of course, I want to divorce you!"
Ding Hui wiped the mud off her hands and said, "I don't know." Then she prepared to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Xu Laoer grabbed Ding Hui with force and pulled her back to her original position, and stepped on the hoe she had just put down.
Ding Hui frowned and looked at Xu Lao Er, her eyes filled with shock and disappointment. "You..." Ding Hui had some admiration for Xu Lao Er, but now the man in front of her felt so unfamiliar.
Xu Lao Er continued, "I heard that you jumped into the river when you came back from the hospital and were rescued. Why don't you jump again? That way I don't have to divorce you!"
Ding Hui courageously slapped Xu Laoer in the face. "Xu Tiezhu!" This was Xu Laoer's real name.
"How could you say such a thing!"
Xu Lao Er rubbed his face heavily and said, "You've already dealt the slap, but have you changed your household registration and taken it out?"
Ding Hui couldn't help but think of what Zhou Yatu said while doing farm work in the afternoon.
There are so many men in this world. Does Ding Hui really need to cling to just Xu Laoer?
But she couldn't accept changing a man. For so many years, she had only been with Xu Laoer, and she didn't dare to have an intimate relationship with other men.
Ding Hui said, "I don't know. I was working all afternoon. If you don't believe me, you can go to the brigade and ask."
Xu Lao Er was completely incredulous: "You don't know? I think you hid the household registration book and don't want to get a divorce. Hurry and hand it over!"
Ding Hui looked at Xu Laoer and said, "I don't know." She thought Xu Wanrong might have hidden the household registration book. After all, her daughter didn't want the family to break up like this.
At this moment, Ding Hui felt a glimmer of hope in her heart. If she couldn't find it, she wouldn't have to get divorced.
Xu Lao Er rushed over and grabbed Ding Hui's collar, his voice carrying a hint of coldness: "Do you think that if you hide your household registration book, I won't be able to do anything? I'm telling you, I have plenty of ways and means. If you hand over your household registration book, we can part ways amicably!"
Ding Hui looked at Xu Lao Er with a twinkle in her eyes and asked, "How can we part ways amicably?"
"Take your second daughter and go back to your mother's house."
A tear rolled down Ding Hui's eye.
Ding Hui angrily questioned Xu Laoer, "Xu Tiezhu, I've been married to you for twenty years! We've had three children! I've worked tirelessly for this family, day and night. You're divorcing me for a bastard whose sex you don't even know? Are you being fair to me?"
Xu Laoer's patience with Ding Hui had also reached its limit. He slapped Ding Hui in the face and said, "It seems that I'm too nice to you. You don't even take my nice words seriously!"
"That's my son, Xu Laoer! Not a bastard!"
The burning pain stimulated Ding Hui's entire brain: "..." This slap extinguished Ding Hui's hope of saving her marriage.
Xu Laoer was determined to divorce and marry the pregnant Jiang Rushi.
"Hand over your household registration booklet to me!" Xu Laoer said this almost gritting his teeth.
Ding Hui really didn't know where her household registration booklet was. "I don't know!"
Xu Lao Er grabbed Ding Hui's neck and said, "Hand over your household registration booklet to me!"
Xu Laoer still remembers what Jiang Rushi said to him. If they couldn't get married and give the child a bright identity, she would still have to abort the child.
Xu Laoer really wanted a son of his own.
In the hospital, he repeatedly assured Jiang Rushi that he would definitely divorce Ding Hui and hold a wedding with Jiang Rushi immediately after the divorce was finalized.
This is also the reason why Xu Laoer returned home.
After he got home, he immediately opened the box and saw the money and marriage certificate inside, but he did not see the household registration book.
"I don't know!" Ding Hui's neck started to turn purple from being pinched by Xu Laoer, and her mind started to go black at this moment.
"Will you tell me? Will you tell me?"
When Xu Wanrong came back from outside, she saw Ding Hui's face had turned red and purple because of being pinched by Xu Laoer.
Xu Wanrong picked up the broom at home and hit Xu Laoer on the head, shouting, "Let my mother go!"
The huge broom hit him and Xu Laoer felt pain in his face and eyes.
He let go of Ding Hui in pain and ran towards Xu Wanrong. Xu Laoer snatched the broom from Xu Wanrong's hand and beat the mother and son up.
Xu Wanrong hid in the corner in pain, not moving.
When Ding Hui saw her daughter being beaten, she ran to her daughter and protected her under her body.
Xu Laoer wants to beat both of them.
While beating him, he asked, "Where is the household registration booklet?"
How could they know where their household registration books were? Seeing how miserable they were, Xu Roujun took a handful of straw and covered her head with it.
Only if Xu Laoer beat her hard enough could Ding Hui completely give up on Xu Laoer. A smooth divorce was Xu Roujun's next plan.
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