Chapter 14 Divorce Certificate Received [Edit]

Pu Xiang suppressed the urge to travel around; her most urgent priority now was to get a divorce.

Seeing a hardware accessories store on the roadside, she parked the car, walked over and asked the people there with a smile.

"Madam boss, your business is booming. I want to ask you how to get to the Civil Affairs Bureau."

The chubby proprietress was dressed in bright clothes, but the aesthetic dress seemed a bit rustic from hindsight. The clothes were very tight, wrapping the fat on her belly in circles, which was very eye-catching.

As soon as she heard the person speaking only of nice things, she no longer had any ill feelings in her heart. Then she looked up and saw a young woman with a smiling face. Her skin was a little tanned from the sun, but she had a generous temperament. Although her dress looked like that of a country girl and was very simple, she was also very clean and capable, so she started talking to her enthusiastically.

"The Civil Affairs Bureau is quite close to here. Just walk straight ahead on this street. When you get there, you'll see the Central Building, the tallest building. Turn right at the first intersection and walk about ten meters inside. You're getting married, right? Congratulations!"

If it was really a wedding, Lu Puxiang would probably give some candies, but unfortunately she was divorced and had nothing to give.

"Thank you, Madam Boss. I'm not getting married. I'm getting a divorce."

As he said this, he smiled at the people, then rode away on his bike.

The hardware store owner was stunned for a moment before she reacted and walked to the door and looked in that direction.

Well, it really is a new era. In the past, every woman who got divorced would cry, but now one of them is smiling happily.

Pu Xiang couldn't help but feel happy, so she memorized the way and soon found the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau with Shi Dafu.

When they arrived at the place, Shi Dafu stopped his bike, but became a little hesitant and did not go in immediately.

Pu Xiang knows the person beside her very well.

"Why, you don't want to leave? After what we did today, if you don't leave, you won't be able to face the world when you go back."

She thought, should she give him another slap?

Now the whole team is probably eating their melons. Shi Dafu feels like a real coward when he goes back in disgrace.

Thinking about how he had always been ashamed in front of his brothers because of his wife, he took this opportunity to divorce. Wouldn't that be a good opportunity to marry another one?

Moreover, if he fails to get a divorce this time and his father finds out when he gets home, he will definitely be scolded and maybe even beaten!

He knew very well how much his father valued Pu Xiang as his daughter-in-law.

Yes, what his father said was right. In the past few years, Pu Xiang has done a great job in all the housework. She is hardworking and dedicated to the family. But wouldn’t another woman be able to do these things just as well?

Whose daughter-in-law doesn't work like this? Where in the countryside are there lazy women who can be stabbed in the back?

Thinking of this, Shi Dafu's hesitation immediately disappeared, and the incident of this woman slapping him just now came to his mind again.

His mother was right. Pu Sanmei was really going to go crazy and even dared to hit a man.

If I don't leave, I'll be scolded when I go back, which is too unfair.

Leave, you must leave!

Half an hour later, Pu Xiang and Shi Dafu walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, each holding a green book.

She had just returned Shi Dafu's ID card and the Shi family's household registration book to him, so she took her own ID card.

"We're divorced, so we're going to transfer our household registration when we go back?"

Shi Dafu: “…”

Is this woman so anxious? She doesn't feel bad at all about the divorce? She doesn't even think about what others will say about her after the divorce?

What good life does she think she will have from now on?

Bah, just bear with the days of being stabbed in the back by others!

Pu Xiang carefully put away her ID card and divorce certificate. The more she thought about it, the happier she felt. She couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Shi Dafu: ???

A couple who were also about to get divorced came towards us. The woman's eyes were red and swollen, with a look of pain and despair. She heard Pu Xiang's laughter: ???

Is divorce so happy?

"come on!"

Pu Xiang smiled at the woman again. She was in a really good mood. In her last life, when she was 65 years old, she had thought about divorce hundreds or thousands of times, but every time she waited. The children were still young, the children had to go to junior high school, take the college entrance examination, she had to find a partner, and if she got married, there would be no one to take care of the children... She just waited and waited all her life, and it was over.

In the end, there was only one thought left: we're at this age now, forget it, the children are married and have children, just make do with it and treat people as breathing dead objects.

I've had enough.

So no matter whether Pu Xiang was really reborn or all this was just a dream, she didn't want to wait any longer.

She didn't want to wait even a second longer, and didn't want to think about any safe way to deal with the situation, or the way that would be most beneficial to her. She just wanted to get a divorce right away.

Taking advantage of the fact that Shi Hai, the head of the Shi family, was not around, she deliberately angered Shi Dafu and took the divorce certificate without even discussing it with her family. It was easy to imagine what kind of stormy situation she would have to face when she returned.

But, so what? She just wants to divorce!

She just couldn't live with Shi Dafu anymore.

Pu Xiang suddenly remembered the day of her wedding, when Shi Dafu came with a fleet of bicycles to pick up her. Everyone was smiling, and everyone who congratulated her said that she had married into a good family and would be able to enjoy a good life from now on.

She also thought at the time that she was lucky to marry into a family like the Shi family. The Pu family had a hard life. They could only eat meat a few times a year and were so poor that they could not even afford to eat. Being able to have a full meal was already a good life. It was nothing compared to the Shi family.

Soon after getting married, she had a son, and she also dreamed of living a happy life with Shi Dafu.

It doesn't matter if she is tired or suffers a little, as long as it is for this family and she is willing to do it, she doesn't feel it is hard, she just feels happy in her heart.

It’s a pity that in the following decades, all happiness disappeared, and only numbness and endurance remained.

She always told herself that she would be fine after she got through it and that everything would be fine once her child grew up, but she never got better even when she was old.

Now that she is divorced from Shi Dafu, Pu Xiang finds that this mood has returned to her.

It turns out that divorce is not just an end, but also a new beginning.

Marriage and divorce are all for the sake of living a happy life.

Pu Xiang was not at all confused or hesitant, she just felt refreshed. The night before, she was only thinking about how to get a divorce and leave the Shi family, but now her mind was already filled with countless plans for a new life in the future.

She wants to make money, she wants to buy a house, she wants to live happily and beautifully.

"Dafu, Sanmei, why are you two children here at the Civil Affairs Bureau? You can't get a divorce!"

A bicycle rushed over with a sudden momentum and stopped in front of Pu Xiang and Shi Dafu.

A short, square-faced middle-aged man got off the 28-inch bicycle with his legs spread out.

Pu Xiang recognized him immediately. This was Shi Dafu's uncle, Zhao Chunsheng.

Shi Dafu was also surprised: "Uncle, why are you here?"

After asking this question, he began to feel guilty. How did this happen? Wasn't it obvious? People had already asked it.

Zhao Chunsheng has always been a slow-tempered person, but this time he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead and his face turned red.

"Your father called our factory and said you were getting a divorce, and asked me to come and stop you. You two kids, why are you getting a divorce for no reason? Which couple doesn't quarrel? It's fine after it's over! You're not getting a divorce, are you?"

Shi Dafu moved his lips but didn't dare to say anything.

Pu Xiang glanced at him: Shocked.

This bastard is like this. They have been husband and wife for their entire lives, and he has hated her all his life, but he just never mentions divorce.

He was afraid of his father before he died, but after his father died, he was afraid of people gossiping about him. He was so fragile about the issue of divorce that he felt like a single gust of wind could kill him.

It is absolutely impossible for him to file for a divorce.

Anyway, we won't get divorced, and it won't stop him from having affairs outside. There's still someone at home to take on the financial burden. How happy he is.

In Shi Dafu's silence, Pu Xiang said crisply, "Leaving."

Zhao Chunsheng: "Divorced? Divorced? What should we do? What should we do with you two children? Ouch!"

He was not a good talker to begin with, and the divorce issue made this honest man very worried and anxious.

The two men were at a loss. Pu Xiang shook her head and said, "It's time to leave. Go home and pack your things."

She rode her bike and left. Originally, she wanted to go to the commercial street to see if there was a suitable store while she was in the county town. She was planning to start her own business and open a women's clothing store first.

Now I can only change my mind, but there is no rush.

Shi Dafu fell silent after his uncle Zhao Chunsheng appeared. Seeing that Pu Xiang had left first, he looked at his uncle Zhao.

Uncle Zhao hesitated for a while, then stamped his feet and called Shi Dafu to go back with him.

It would be fine if he didn't know about this, but it would be wrong not to go with them after knowing about it, as he is someone's uncle.

In the countryside, uncles and aunts are the most senior relatives.

Just as the three bicycles rode out of the county town and turned onto the path leading to the town, they heard someone calling "Da Fu" and "San Mei" and the voices sounded familiar.

Pu Xiang looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall, long-faced man turning his bicycle and riding towards them.

"Uncle, why are you here?"

Pu Xiang stopped the car and waited for someone to come closer before calling out.

Shi Dafu and Zhao Chunsheng also got out of the car. Shi Dafu said nothing. He was divorced and his uncle had nothing to do with him anymore.

Zhao Chunsheng was still as usual, and even breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Uncle Pu Xiang coming.

"My uncle is here because of the two children, right?"

Pu Xiang’s uncle is called Li Dayou. He is the youngest of her five uncles. He is only two years younger than her mother. He is usually very nice to Pu Xiang.

Li Dayou nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, uncle, why are these two children so temperamental? Who doesn't quarrel in their life? How can a couple hold a grudge overnight? The children are already in kindergarten. If nothing else, you should think about the children... This marriage has not been divorced. It is also thanks to you, uncle, that you stopped them in time."

Uncle Zhao: “This…” He looked like he didn’t know how to start.

He arrived too late, and the two certificates had already been obtained. After returning, he didn't know how to explain to his brother-in-law!

He felt overwhelmed just thinking about it. Rural women only drank drugs and jumped into the river, how could they get divorced? There had never been one in the whole area, and the Shi family was the first. He didn't even dare to think about what to do next!

The villagers' pointing and spitting can drown people.

It's shameful, so shameful!