Chapter 16 The Divorce Certificate Was Torn [Edit]

"You've lost your mind!"

Pu Youfu blurted out, he really couldn't understand what was so difficult about living like this?

With the Shi family's financial situation, what else could they be dissatisfied with?

Shi Dafu is cheating on his wife, can't she just keep a tight rein on him? The father-in-law is on the side of his daughter-in-law and helps to criticize his son, what else can we do?

Whose family lives without any problems or conflicts? Shi Dafu is the only one who cheated on his wife? Which brigade doesn't have a few men like this?

If everyone wants to get divorced, how can we live like this?

Pu Youfu stood up angrily, tightened his face, gritted his teeth, reached out and grabbed Pu Xiang's coat, reached into her pocket, and the small green certificate was directly flipped out.

"This marriage doesn't count even if we get a divorce. Your parents-in-law and I don't agree with divorce!"

Pu Xiang's father tore the notebook into pieces after she had just received it. He stuffed the notebook into his pocket and said to Shi Hai, "Let's do this. It's not the two little ones' turn to make the decision on the divorce!"

Pu Xiang never thought that her father would snatch the divorce certificate from her pocket. She was tall and strong, but compared with her father, she was directly suppressed.

Realizing her father's intention, Pu Xiang quickly gave up the struggle.

It's no use tearing up the certificate, she can just get a new one.

When Shi Hai saw what his father-in-law did, his eyes lit up immediately. He turned to Shi Dafu and said, "Take out your certificate as well."

He was like a wooden man from beginning to end, and did not dare to refuse to take it. It was obvious that he was reluctant, but he still handed the green book to his father.

Shi Hai imitated Pu Youfu's action, tore it apart and put it in his pocket.

"Father-in-law, it's just that the kids don't know better. Now that everything has been resolved, let's have a meal together... There are so many neighbors watching outside."

Pu Youfu thought about it and nodded.

Pu Xiang felt that she had nothing more to say, so she let them go on their own accord. She turned around to leave, but her mother quickly grabbed her.

"Third sister, where are you going?"

She looked nervous, her eyes were red, and she shed a few tears.

Pu Xiang looked at her mother and said, "Mom, I'm divorced. Will you take me back to live with you?"

Li Xiaocao stared at her pitifully: "Third sister, don't get a divorce. Listen to your father. Mom and Dad are doing this for your own good!"

Pu Xiang looked at her brother again. Pu Jianguo frowned and had a bitter face, not saying a word. He always listened to his father in everything.

Sister Pu Xiang opened her mouth, but she was just a sister-in-law, so there was nothing she could say about the situation.

Pu Xiang broke free from her mother's hand and said, "Don't worry about where I go. I'm going to beg for food and I won't come back to embarrass you."

Seeing her turning around to leave, Li Xiaocao anxiously kept calling out "Third sister" and "Youfu", totally at a loss as to what to do.

Pu Youfu couldn't think of any other solution: "Lock her in the room and let her think carefully. She is so crazy that she doesn't want to live a good life like this!"

It's rare that this usually honest and dull person can be so decisive and resolute.

After hearing this, Li Xiaocao seemed to have gained a backbone and reached out to pull the people. Seeing that she couldn't pull them, she asked her daughter-in-law for help.

The two women couldn't pull it, so her brother and uncle came to help.

She kept persuading him, "Third sister, go to the room and talk to mom and sister-in-law first. Divorce is not something you can decide on your own. It's a matter between two families. What about the children? Think about Jiajie!"

A group of people swarmed over, pushing and shoving, and carried Pu Xiang up to the second floor of the Shi family's house and into the room that originally belonged to Pu Xiang and Shi Dafu.

Pu Xiang felt that she was still too naive. She had thought that if she got divorced, her parents would not understand her actions and choices, but she never expected that they would lock her up directly in the Shi family.

It’s fine if the Shi family behaves like this, but these are her biological parents!

She originally told herself that she had to understand her parents, as they were people of that generation, and were still from the countryside, and had their own limited perspectives.

Pu Jiaqiong, Pu Youfu and Li Xiaocao didn't have much of their own opinions. They were all honest people with gentle personalities. They couldn't bear to see their daughter get divorced. But when she got married, this couple, as well as Pu Xiang's brother and sister-in-law, never treated her badly.

Her family wasn't so good that everyone would envy them, but they weren't the kind of family that would sell their daughter or treat her as a blood bag. The Shi family gave her a betrothal gift of 666 yuan, but her parents didn't take a penny and even gave her extra money for her marriage.

At first, no, I should say they always sincerely hoped that she would live a good life.

They just sincerely think that divorce is bad and wrong for women, and that divorce will ruin their lives and their days will be over.

Whenever they wanted to talk about her and scold her, she told herself not to get angry. However, after getting the divorce certificate, they still locked her up in the Shi family?

It's so straightforward!

Li Xiaocao was left in the room to accompany Pu Xiang, while everyone else went downstairs.

No one mentioned the divorce, as if nothing had happened.

In the room, Li Xiaocao tried to persuade her daughter earnestly, but the content of her words was nothing more than persuasion.

"It's all for your own good."

"When you calm down, you won't blame your parents for being so annoying to you."

"Life has to go on. From now on, you should keep a close eye on your man and keep an eye on him. Don't let him go out."

"What will happen if the child loses his mother? Think about the child!"

Pu Xiang thought it was a disgusting person. Just break up with him. She already had the divorce certificate, so she had no legal relationship with Shi Dafu anymore.

Can these people keep her locked up for life?

Oh, it’s funny to think about it. She is 65 years old, with both legs broken, and can only lie in bed unable to move. She is locked up and cannot run away.

Now that she has her hands and feet back to normal, how could she not be able to escape?

Just wait, she doesn't believe they can go without food or sleep and watch her all day and all night. With these broken doors and windows, and not even a stainless steel burglar bar, it's not easy for her to get out!

downstairs.

Shi Hai invited everyone to eat. Before going to the teahouse for tea in the morning, he went to buy meat and killed a chicken, so he had no shortage of vegetables at the moment.

Sister Pu Xiang was asked to cook, and she agreed immediately. She was quick and efficient, and just focused on her work, and soon prepared a table full of dishes.

Shi Hai raised his glass to toast Pu Youfu: "My dear, it is our Dafu who is wrong in this matter. I will take good care of him in the future and not let the third sister get angry. Don't worry, dear."

The Shi family was a household with a net worth of 10,000 yuan a few years ago. The Pu family still owes foreign debts. Not to mention other things, the building they built in the first half of this year still owes two or three thousand yuan to relatives, including the Shi family, their in-laws.

From Pu Youfu's perspective, his youngest daughter had truly married into a happy family.

Pu Youfu heard Shi Hai say this and quickly said, "It's the third sister who is ignorant. It happens to everyone. It will be fine after a few days when the anger subsides. My dear, don't be angry with her. I'll let her mother have a good talk with her."

Shi Hai said quickly, "Don't say that. I couldn't be more satisfied with my third sister as my daughter-in-law. It's Dafu who is wrong. Let's just let it go and live a good life in the future."

He also glared at Shi Dafu, who was sitting at the table without saying a word.

The two in-laws reconciled in this way.

The neighbors who listened to the gossip pricked up their ears and looked in from time to time, watching the two in-laws sitting at the same table to eat. They didn't hear what they said clearly at first, so now they just thought that everything was fine.

Just say divorce is impossible.

After lunch, Pu Youfu saw that it was almost time to leave, so he went upstairs and into Pu Xiang and their room.

"Think about it carefully these few days. When you understand how to live a good life, come back with your son-in-law someday."

When Pu Youfu saw his daughter, his brows wrinkled again.

After such a big incident, I hope her parents-in-law won’t be too angry, otherwise her life will be difficult in the future.

Pu Xiang didn't say anything. She also had lunch in the room. Her sister-in-law brought the food up, and the three women used the desk as a dining table.

This meal had both meat and chicken, and Pu Xiang had no problem eating any of it. She was hungry after all the noise.

Not only did she eat all the food, she also ate it with great relish.

Seeing that his daughter ignored him, Pu Youfu just sighed, turned around and left without saying anything else.

The Pu family went downstairs and locked Pu Xiang in the room.

Shi Jiajie came back at lunch time. Seeing the table full of delicious food, he had long forgotten about his parents' divorce. But now he remembered it again.

"Grandma, why doesn't my mom leave? She's divorced from my dad, and I don't want her either. Let her go! I want my dad to find me a beautiful new mom. I want someone like Teacher Zhou!"

Shi Hai's smiling face immediately turned stiff.

"Don't talk nonsense. If you keep talking nonsense, Grandpa will spank you! Come, your grandparents, uncle, and aunt are leaving. Say goodbye."

Shi Jiajie is not afraid of his grandma at all. His grandma is very kind to him. As for his grandpa and others, he doesn't want to pay any attention to them.

He pouted, didn't say a word, and just stared at people.

He is not happy!

Shi Hai quickly tried to smooth things over for his grandson: "We have really spoiled this child."

As he spoke, he held his eldest grandson in his arms, patted his butt twice lightly like slapping a mosquito, and then walked him out the door.

The five people of the Pu family rode three bicycles, with the Pu father and son each carrying their wives on the back seat.

After leaving the row of houses in Shijia Brigade and getting on the road, Uncle Li started to persuade us.

"Brother-in-law, is it okay to lock up my third sister in the Shi family like this? What if the Shi family doesn't give her food and drink?"

Pu Youfu frowned and sighed, "I have no choice but to ask her mother to come and persuade her these few days and keep an eye on her."

He was doing this for his daughter's own good, and he didn't really want to force her to death.

Uncle Li felt relieved when he heard this.

"Hey, this kid has always been reassuring, but I don't know what he has done wrong this time."

Several people couldn't figure it out.

Pu Xiang's sister-in-law Yu Gaozhu listened quietly without saying a word.

She felt that she could understand Pu Xiang. If Pu Jianguo also stayed at home doing nothing and even had an affair, she would not want to live that life.

No matter how good the family conditions are, the family work is there. If men don't do it and leave it all to women, won't they be exhausted?

Looking at Pu Xiang's mother-in-law, I guess she doesn't even do a finger at the housework. Pu Xiang, they say she is lucky and married well, but she doesn't think things are that good.

Moreover, Yu Gaozhu looked really cold today. She tore up the divorce certificate and locked the man up.

This is my biological daughter!

Yu Gaozhu is just a sister-in-law. Her parents-in-law are there, and she has no say in the whole matter, so she feels resentful.

Pu Xiang is not stupid. No matter whether she can continue to live with Shi Dafu or not, she probably won't have much affection for her family in the future.

I don’t know how this matter will end.

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Pu Xiang was quite quiet being locked in the house.

After her family left, no one entered the room anymore, and the entire Shi family became quiet.

How about kicking the door down now?

Pu Xiang thought about it and decided to wait a little longer. It was broad daylight and everyone should be there. It would not be difficult for her to get out of the room, but it would be a bit troublesome if she was caught after going out.

What if these people get a little crazy and chain her up?

Pu Xiang had nothing to do in the room, so she simply lay down on the bed, closed her eyes and rested for a while.

Not long after, a woman's scream suddenly came from downstairs.

"I won't leave, even if I die!"

Not knowing what happened, Pu Xiang heard that the voice was Zhou Xiaorou's. In addition to her voice, there were some gradually noisy human voices.

Aunt Lin was asking what was going on, and someone was talking about why Secretary Shi came.

Pu Xiang got up from the bed and walked to the south wall of the room. She opened the window and looked out through the steel protective netting.

This is the anti-theft device for the windows. It is only installed on the front window facing the balcony. The rear window on the second floor is high from the ground and no one can climb up, so it is not installed.

Through the window and the corridor, I couldn't see what was happening next door, and I could only see a little bit of what was happening on the drying field in front of the house.

In just a short while, many neighbors had gathered.

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Downstairs, Mo Yang's house.

Mo Yang took his daughter and Zhou Xiaorou out later than Pu Xiang and the others, and came back later than Pu Xiang and the others as well.

Pu Xiang and Shi Dafu came back with their uncle and uncle-in-law. Mo Yang and the other two came back with the village party secretary and the women's director.

As we passed by, we must have known the village cadres and villagers. Anyone who saw us knew that something must have happened, but they didn't know what it was. They all followed us on their bicycles.

As they walked, they called people from every household to come out and watch the excitement.

The dog was sneaky and seemed to be quite excited.

Mo Yang got out of the car, held his daughter in his arms, and then looked at Zhou Xiaorou coldly.

Zhou Xiaorou stood there motionless, looking aggrieved and with red eyes.

The village party secretary was Shi Wenliang, who was almost fifty years old and had great prestige in the village. At that time, three brigades were merged into one village, and there was a long dispute over who would be the village chief, but there was no dispute at all about him, the party secretary.

"Okay, we're divorced now. Zhou Xiaorou, just go in and pack your things. You can go back to your parents' home, or to that man's home. It's up to you."

Shi Wenliang frowned. He was not happy about Mo Yang's divorce. The first divorce in the area happened in their village... But now marriage is free, and marriage and divorce are legal, so he couldn't say anything.

Moreover, Mo Yang said that the reason for his divorce was that stepmother Zhou Xiaorou abused the child, and the child still had the injuries.

Shi Wenliang had just been at the village committee, and he asked the women's director to lift up the child's clothes and take a look. It was true that Mo Yang was not talking nonsense and had not wrongly accused Zhou Xiaorou.

The facts were clear, and Mo Yang had already obtained the divorce certificate, so Shi Wenliang had no chance to persuade them to reconcile.

Mo Yang has no parents. His brothers and sisters, one of whom is a live-in son-in-law and the other is married, do not live close to him and rarely interact with him. He has basically cut off all ties with his parents' relatives.

He wanted a clean divorce, so he asked the village party secretary and the women's director to be witnesses and watched Zhou Xiaorou move out of his place.

"We were both getting married for the second time. The wedding was not a big one, just a meal for a few close relatives. I gave her 200 yuan as a betrothal gift. Zhou Xiaorou did not bring any dowry, but some clothes for herself and her children. After she got married, I gave her 30 yuan a month for food and drink, and extra money for the New Year and other festivals. The rest of the family's social interactions and other expenses were also borne by me. I never touched a penny of her money. She didn't have to do the farm work at home, and we didn't raise pigs, just a few chickens. The money from selling chickens and eggs was her own. I don't care how much money she has left now, and I don't want the betrothal money back, and I won't settle with her about beating the child. That's it, Secretary?"

Mo Yang made it very clear that he wanted to let the person go, and he would not pursue the money or other matters.