“Second wife, I don’t think it’s right for Jiang Yan to get a marriage certificate right away. We need to make sure everyone in the village knows my eldest daughter-in-law,” Li Cuihua said to the old lady with a smile.
The old lady held Jiang Yan's hand and said, "Child, you can't not do it if you don't want to. Your parents haven't been able to go back to Liujiatun for the past few years. Only Jianguo is still in the city."
"From now on, for any big or small events in the village, you'll have to come back. How can you manage if you don't even know anyone? How about this, you and Jianguo discuss when to get your marriage certificate. If you can get married before the New Year, you can even have another celebration while your parents are home."
Er Ya laughed from the side, "Sister Xiao Jiang, how about this? Next Tuesday is Shi Tou and the others' wedding. Why don't you set it for Saturday? The 20th of the twelfth lunar month? That would save a lot of trouble, what do you say?"
Jiang Yan really didn't want to do it, but the elders were right. After that, Liu Jianguo was the only one left to handle all the big and small matters in the village. It wouldn't be right for him not to attend the wedding.
"Okay, let's do it then, but I don't have any family members coming."
Seeing that Jiang Yan had agreed, Li Cuihua smiled and said, "We'll just set up a few tables in the village so that those who are close to our family can meet you."
"Then let's get the marriage certificate on Monday. I'll take Monday off."
"That's great, it'll be Monday. Jiang Yan, don't blame your aunt for being anxious. The main thing is that we have to go back after the Lantern Festival, and Pengfei has to go to school too. I hope you won't have any worries."
“Auntie, I’m not that petty. I won’t overthink it. We’re going to get married anyway, sooner or later. I don’t think I’ll be so unlucky as to have another difficult life.”
"Jiang Yan, don't worry, I assure you, Jianguo is definitely a reliable and honest man."
"Did Jian Guo tell you why he got divorced?" Li Cuihua asked.
Jiang Yan shook her head.
"Then let me tell you. His ex-wife had some minor issues. Just listen to what I have to say."
She always gave most of the money she had saved for the founding of the nation to her family. Your father and I didn't intend to interfere. After all, they had a daughter, so giving them money to spend wasn't a problem.
However, she treated Shi Tou and San Ya very badly. Your father and I send them fine grains every month, hoping that the two children can have a good meal on weekends. But she gives most of the grains to her family and doesn't give any to my daughter and son.
We tolerated that, but because she was angry with Jianguo, she actually hit me and pushed me down. I fell and hit my head, so I stayed in the hospital for several days. It was right around that time that Er Ya got married.” Li Cuihua sighed as she said this.
"Jianguo couldn't stand her, so he swindled all the money from her, and the two divorced when we went to the capital."
It's been over ten years since then. Jianguo has never remarried, and my wife and I were worried he'd be all alone for the rest of his life. Luckily, he met you.
"Auntie, could it be that Liu Jianguo still has feelings for his ex-wife?"
Li Cuihua was taken aback by Jiang Yan's question. Er Ya chimed in, "Sister Jiang, I don't think so. If my brother still had feelings for her, he wouldn't get a divorce. Besides, I think he's just afraid of women and has lost interest. I think you should ask him what he thinks yourself."
"Well, we'll talk when he drops me off later. If he still has feelings for his ex-wife, there's no need for me to get involved."
The old lady smiled knowingly. "Er Ya, take your sister Xiao Jiang to find your older brother. Make things clear before the wedding. Our family would never do anything to deceive a girl."
"Okay, I'll go right now. Sister Jiang, let's go home."
“Second wife, we’re going back too. There’s still a lot of work to be done at home.”
"Go ahead, the luggage is all ready. Have Stone come and carry it back in a bit."
"Okay, I understand." Li Cuihua got out of bed and put on her shoes, and Liu Xu followed her back.
Er Ya and Jiang Yan went home together, where the four of them, father and son, were cleaning fish.
"Big brother, you should have a good talk with Sister Jiang."
Liu Jianguo stood up, washed his hands, and looked at Jiang Yan with a smile, "You shouldn't go back today. I'll take you tomorrow. Come on, I'll take you out for a walk."
Jiang Yan didn't say anything. After hearing about Liu Jianguo's previous marriage, she felt a bit uneasy.
The two left the house together. "Jiang Yan, don't you think our village is pretty clean?"
"Hmm, your village is famous throughout the country, how could it be unclean?"
"Jiang Yan, what do you want to know? I'll tell you the truth."
"Jianguo, I just want to ask you, do you still have feelings for your ex-wife? Otherwise, it's been more than ten years, how come you're still single? Logically speaking, you're not bad off, it's not impossible for you to remarry."
Liu Jianguo sighed, "Jiang Yan, I swear to God, I really have no feelings for my ex-wife anymore. I just don't have any affection for women anymore. I think they're too troublesome, so I thought I'd just live my life like this."
I was truly fed up with her. My parents weren't too keen on it at the time, but I insisted on agreeing. She treated my younger siblings and my parents badly. She was also scheming towards me, never treating me like her man, and hiding all her money.
At that time, I was thinking that I should find a way to get all the money back. I said I would buy a house and put it in her name, so that I could get all my hard-earned money back. It's better than her giving it all to her mother's family.
I thought to myself, "Let's just live like this." Although I already felt disgusted with her at that time, I thought the child was still young, so I decided to make do. But she got into a fight with me over the house, and when my parents came over, she actually dared to hit my mother.
No matter how incompetent or pathetic I, Liu Jianguo, am, I absolutely cannot tolerate this. She was scared away, and my mother was hospitalized. I really hated myself at the time. In the beginning, she came to my workplace looking for me, and many people told me to make inquiries, but I didn't listen. I regret it so much now.
After that, she came to me, and I asked her for a divorce. In the end, she agreed, and the child had nothing to do with her. I gave her five hundred yuan.
Haha, she's really something. She took the money and left without even going back to her parents' home. Her family came and made a scene. But how would I know where she went?
Jiang Yan, this is the whole story of my divorce. Is there anything you don't understand? I, Liu Jianguo, swear to you that every word I've said is true. I haven't evaded my mistakes, nor have I exaggerated anything.
As Jiang Yan listened to Liu Jianguo's words, the discomfort she felt disappeared. It wasn't that she liked Liu Jianguo; they had only met three times, so what feelings could there be?
I just don't want to get involved in unnecessary trouble. I don't want to cause myself any unhappiness. If the other person really has feelings for me, I don't necessarily need them.
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