Chapter 35 Wife Divorces, Daughter Scattered
Wang Wencai ignored her mother-in-law's accusations, not even glancing at her, and focused solely on taking care of the children.
Wang Wencai's attitude directly provoked Zhao Juhua's anger.
"You wretched woman, you always have such a long face, like a jinx. My family must have had eight lifetimes of bad luck to marry you..."
Everyone had been traveling all day and had gone to bed early after dinner, but the able-bodied men who had gone to bed got up again to help look for Mu Zhaodi.
Now that the person has been found, everyone has just returned and settled down, but Zhao Juhua's side is arguing again, and the villagers are also very unhappy about it.
"What's going on? It's so late and you're still not resting. We have to travel tomorrow. You never know when to stop."
"Zhao Juhua is really going too far. She even drove her own granddaughter to the point of hanging herself, and she doesn't feel any remorse at all."
"Feeling guilty? If she knew she was guilty, she wouldn't be Zhao Juhua. Do you know why Zhao Di ran away today?"
This Mu Zhaodi is Zhao Juhua's own granddaughter, and she's actually trying to force the twelve-year-old Mu Zhaodi to marry.
"Ha, to put it nicely, it's called marriage; to put it bluntly, it's just finding someone and taking the child to exchange for food. In short, isn't it just selling the child?"
“Everyone had a hard time during this famine year, but no one thought of selling their child. Zhao Di was a well-behaved and sensible girl since she was little. She would be the apple of anyone’s eye.
But Zhao Juhua only has eyes for her grandson, and I just don't understand what's wrong with a granddaughter..."
"Many older people have some degree of preference for sons over daughters, but no one would go as far as Zhao Juhua..."
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The village chief, who had just lain down, was furious at the noise from Zhao Juhua's house and the villagers' discussions.
He muttered as he dressed.
"I just don't understand, she still has the energy to argue when we can't even make ends meet?"
"Mu Dachang really lets an old woman run the household; there's trouble every single day..."
Village chief's wife, Wu Xiulan, grabbed his coat and handed it to him, urging him to hurry up.
"Alright, stop nagging. Go and take a look. It's almost midnight. If you don't go to sleep now, how will you travel tomorrow?"
The village chief got out of bed, put on his clothes, and shuffled towards where Mu Youcai's family was resting.
The village chief saw Zhao Juhua shouting and cursing with great enthusiasm from afar, and said coldly,
"Zhao, are you ever going to stop? Look at how many things have happened to your family on the very first day of our trip."
"If all else fails, you might as well leave the group and go on your own. I don't have the energy to follow you around dealing with all this mess all day."
Zhao Juhua became anxious immediately upon hearing the village chief's words.
"Village chief, you can't do this!"
We're all from the same village. How can you abandon us?
The village chief was so angry at Zhao Juhua that he laughed.
"I don't care about you? Zhao, your ability to make trouble out of nothing is truly extraordinary."
Today is the first day of our village's road construction. Tell me how much trouble you've caused.
We're here to escape, not to have fun. I don't have time to deal with your trivial matters.
Anyway, I'm putting it this way today: if your family continues to cause trouble, then we'll part ways amicably and never see each other again.
After finishing his speech, the village chief put his hands behind his back and prepared to walk out.
Mu Youcai quickly followed, looking apologetically at the village chief.
"Uncle Village Chief, I'm sorry to have troubled you."
He looked down on Village Chief Mu Youcai, thinking he was too cowardly as a man, just like his father.
The village chief glanced at Mu Youcai indifferently.
"It is indeed quite troublesome."
You're such a good kid, that's wonderful. I know you're filial and always do whatever your mother says, so there's nothing wrong with that.
But if you blindly obey your mother's personality, it will only make life harder for your wife and children.
You're 31 years old this year, right? At that age, you should have already started supporting the family. That's all I have to say; think it over carefully.
"Uncle Village Chief, I want to divide my family property. Could you please help me with the process?"
"What did you say?" The village chief rubbed his ears, thinking he had misheard.
Mu Youcai looked at the village chief again seriously and said in a solemn tone,
"Uncle Village Chief, I want to split up the family property."
My wife wants a divorce, and after what happened today, I've realized that separating the family is the best option.
If things continue like this, I'll only end up with my wife leaving me and my daughters being separated.
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