Chapter 18 Venting
Pu Xiang didn't completely believe Shi Hai's beating and scolding. She glanced at Shi Dafu and really looked down on this man.
As a woman, it would be shameful for her to go back to her parents' home after a divorce, bringing disgrace to her whole family. But Shi Dafu is a grown man, and no one would say that he is shameful even if he gets divorced.
Normally, for the sake of herself, her children and the family's reputation, she never told anyone about his affair, and no one outside knew why they divorced.
Moreover, in this world, it is always the women who are blamed for divorce, and no one will point fingers at the men.
The pressure he had to bear was much less than hers, but even so, he was still frightened.
Pu Xiang wanted to say that she didn't need any apology, she just needed to leave the house, they were already divorced.
But when the words came to her lips, she stopped.
Why shouldn't she listen to Shi Dafu's apology? He owed her an apology that was a lifetime late, and she should listen to it!
When Shi Hai saw Pu Xiang didn't say anything, he thought that her attitude had softened. Women are all like this, aren't they? They don't have the stage to back off and wait for men to give in. After being cold to them for a few days, the matter just passed.
So he reached out and pushed his son: "Why don't you apologize to your wife quickly!"
Pu Xiang sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Shi Dafu coldly.
Shi Dafu was filled with hatred. They had already obtained the divorce certificate, so how did it end up like this?
This Pu Sanmei, why is she so quiet now?
Shi Hai didn't see his son move, so he reached out and slapped him on the back: "Hurry up!"
Shi Dafu said in a mosquito-like voice: "I was wrong."
Pu Xiang didn't wait for Shi Hai to interrupt and immediately said, "I can't hear you."
Shi Dafu glared at her again, and then got slapped by his father. He raised his voice: "I was wrong!"
Pu Xiang was not ready to let him go just like that: "What's wrong?"
Shi Dafu immediately jumped up and said with a frown: "Are you done yet? You are sick. We are divorced!"
In Pu Xiang's entire life, this was the first time he heard Shi Dafu say "I was wrong". It was also the first time he asked the classic sentence "What went wrong?" He just felt happy in his heart.
In front of Shi Hai, after Shi Dafu finished yelling, Pu Xiang did not respond and just turned his face away.
Shi Hai was so angry that his heart ached when he saw that his daughter-in-law had finally softened her attitude, but his son got angry again.
"Okay, okay, leave, leave now! You are no longer my son, go out now. I only recognize my daughter-in-law and grandson here. Don't even think about taking a penny from the family!"
When hearing the words "family money", Shi Dafu, who was jumping high a second ago, suddenly collapsed like a deflated ball.
He didn't think his father was trying to scare him, he felt his father was really capable of doing this!
After a stalemate of half a minute, Shi Dafu surrendered.
"I will definitely work during the next busy farming season."
Pu Xiang: “And more.”
Shi Dafu: "Feed the pigs and clean the pig sty."
Pu Xiang: “And more.”
Shi Dafu: "... not going out... to chat... "
Pu Xiang: “And more.”
Shi Dafu had already said the first sentence, and felt that there was nothing else to do. He immediately raised his head, his voice became louder, and he said with great anger: "That's all, there is nothing else to do!"
Pu Xiang was too lazy to talk about him gambling with others. She was not really prepared to continue living with him. She pointed at the desk.
"Write a letter of guarantee."
When Shi Dafu heard this, he got angry again. Why should he write a letter of guarantee to this ugly woman? He would not give a shit!
Pu Xiang turned her head away again.
Shi Hai watched from the side: "Write."
Shi Dafu: "..." It's really fucking endless! What medicine did this tomboy take today? Her temper is different from before!
Shi Dafu, who had just graduated from primary school, slowly opened the drawer of his desk, took out the paper and pen he had prepared for his son Shi Jiajie, and began to write a letter of guarantee.
I promise that I will live a good life with Pu Sanmei in the future.
Pu Xiang took a look, crumpled it up and threw it on the ground. Under his father's gaze, Shi Dafu began to "write carefully" and wrote the second version.
I promise that I will do farm work, feed pigs and clean the pigpen in the future, and will not go out to work as a mechanic, and live a good life with Pu Sanmei.
In order to avoid having to write a third edition, Shi Dafu was quite honest this time and wrote down all the “errors” he had just acknowledged.
The expression on his face when he was writing was so wonderful.
Pu Xiang took a look and put the paper away.
What's the point of a bland apology and a few words of guarantee? She has not forgotten how she was locked up in the house with a broken leg, how she cried out to heaven and earth but got no response, and finally had shit and urine all over her body.
This is just the beginning!
When Shi Dahai saw his daughter-in-law's action, he immediately laughed: "Okay, okay, it's okay now. There are always conflicts in life. It's okay once they are over. It's getting late. Dafu, bring the TV in, put it on the cabinet, watch TV with Third Sister, and go to bed early."
The TV in their room was previously placed in the room next door, which served as a living room.
Pu Xiang did not stop them. She waited for them to finish fixing the TV. She pointed to the door and said, "Go to the next room. I'll see if you can do what you promised."
Pu Xiang's words are more effective now than when she was pregnant. Whatever she says is the truth. Even if Shi Dafu does not agree, Shi Hai will force him to agree.
Using property as a threat.
Sure enough, Shi Dafu was so frightened that he finally went to sleep in the next room with his head down - the bed where Pu Xiang and Mo Jingjing slept the night before was still there.
In the end, he saved his energy and just lay down.
It's really a bargain for him.
Pu Xiang turned on the TV and randomly selected a channel, but her mind was not on the TV.
She was thinking about what to do next.
Pu Xiang knew a little bit why Shi Hai, the father-in-law, was so fond of Pu Xiang, the daughter-in-law.
The Shi family had a bad background in the past, and their home was ransacked. They were almost dragged away for criticism, and not a single fortune was left.
Later, when the reform and opening up came, the Shi family suddenly became rich again and became a household with an annual income of 10,000 yuan. They said that they were working hard and that in addition to farming and raising pigs, they also planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms. But in reality, it was not that simple.
It was not until later, about ten years later, that a legend emerged in the brigade that the Shi family became rich because there were quite a few gold ingots passed down in the family.
As for where the gold ingots came from, he also gave a very detailed account.
That was back in the time of Shi Hai's father. There was a landlord in the Shijia Brigade who was overthrown and criticized. His family property was confiscated and his house was later distributed to a poor peasant family in the brigade.
It was that house. When it was later renovated, several jars of gold and silver were dug out from under the corners of the wall, including gold ingots, gold bars, silver coins, and some gold jewelry.
The things that were dug out in front of everyone's eyes were naturally confiscated, and no one benefited from it. The family that got the house didn't dare to say anything, but secretly they were so angry that they beat their chests and stamped their feet, and could only say that they were not destined to have that fate.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the Shi family, but when the house was being renovated, the neighbors were asked to help. Shi Hai's father was the one who was working on the project. The day before he found the gold and silver, someone went to help, but he sent them away.
But there was no evidence for this. Although Shi Hai's father was classified as a rich peasant, his family was not really rich. They just had a few more cabinets and benches than other families. He was usually popular and looked pitiful, so the few people who were suspicious of him did not report him.
I just followed him privately for a long time.
Shi Hai's father was able to hide the secret without revealing it at all. He continued to live a hard life without oil and salt. During those difficult years, he starved himself to death. It didn't look like he had hidden any gold or silver.
After that, no one kept an eye on his house anymore.
It was not until later, when reform and opening up began, when Shi Dafu became the head of the family and his sons had grown up, that he began to show some signs of wealth and became a ten thousand yuan household. Some people were suspicious, but by then there were no such things as criticism and denunciation, or house searches, and the Revolutionary Committee was gone, so naturally no one came to investigate.
Anyway, even if they come to my door, I will never admit it. It's an unfounded claim.
But we are all from the same village, and no one really does this.
Relying on those things, the Shi family lived a relatively comfortable life in that era.
Shi Hai got married and had a child.
Then it was handed over to Shi Dafu, holding that little bit of gold and silver, as if it could be passed down to his descendants endlessly.
Shi Dafu relied on this confidence to be lazy and gluttonous, and also instilled this idea in his son Shi Jiajie, who believed that the family had a solid foundation.
Pu Xiang now thinks it's ridiculous that such a small amount of money was spent from the grandfather to the grandson Shi Dafu, and he even wants to spend it on the great-grandson.
In other words, Shi Hai is a calculating person. He knows his family background and what kind of person his son is, so he wants to find a daughter-in-law who can "take care of the house."
He doesn't count on his son, but on his daughter-in-law.
Unfortunately, Shi Dafu did not understand his father's good intentions, and what he hated most was the daughter-in-law his father found for him.
Pu Xiang really admired her father-in-law's shrewd calculations. The little wealth his family had was indeed not enough.
Since 1990, their country's economy has been developing rapidly. It was probably in 1993 that the paper currency experienced a major devaluation. Someone borrowed money from all his relatives to build a house and owed thousands of dollars in foreign debt. He planned to spend several years to pay off the debt, but a few months later, he sold a litter of pigs and paid off the debt directly.
The little gold that the Shi family has is not a gold mountain, so it is not worth spending even if it is converted into cash.
Not to mention the millions of gambling debts that Shi Dafu later owed. Shi Jiajie probably always believed that his father had the heirloom and that his family could live a good life thanks to his father.
Outsiders didn't know how outrageous the rumor was, and he actually believed it, as if his family had a mountain of gold.
Pu Xiang thought over her life experiences several times. The night before, she suddenly found herself back to the year when she was 25 years old. She was not calm enough and could not remember many things all at once. Now another day has passed and she has experienced so many things. Instead, she is calmer and more composed than the night before.
Her marriage with Shi Dafu had already ended, and the next step was to leave the Shi family completely. She couldn't go back to her parents' home, so she had to find another place to live.
There was no chance of finding a job in the village. In the 1990s, she was a divorcee and came to rent a house. Not only was everyone living in a tight spot, but there were no extra houses to rent. Even if there was a place, people would probably spit in her face.
This is the countryside after all.
They are close to Haishi, which is considered close to a big city, and were affected by the policy of reform and opening up early. If they were in some remote corner of the mountains, it would probably be even more closed than here, and the situation for divorced women would be even more difficult.
She was lucky to be born in this land of plenty.
Therefore, if Pu Xiang wants to rent a house, he must go to the county town.
When she was getting divorced during the day, she met the hardware store owner. When she heard her say divorce, she was not surprised, but just a little surprised. Also, when she and Shi Dafu came out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, they met another divorced couple.
Nowadays, people in county towns are much more accepting of divorce than in villages.
The county is big and you can always find people to rent houses. No matter how tight the housing situation is, it is impossible to be so tight that there is no place to rent.
She just needs money.
As for opening a women's clothing store, she had worked hard all her life, and she started her small business by selling food at a stall outside the school.
Thinking of her previous life filled with smoke and fire, facing stoves and pots all day long, the greasy smell seemed to cross time and space to hit her face and drill into her nose... She quickly shook her head and threw the idea of opening a restaurant out of her mind.
She had to make money, but now that she was reborn, she couldn't start from scratch by setting up a small stall.
It is true that she became rich through hard work, but she doesn't want to be so tired anymore. She has been tired for more than 40 years and she is tired enough.
With the information gap in hand, it is not difficult to make a little money, let alone a big money.
Whether buying stocks, houses, shops, opening a Taobao store, doing WeChat business, or live streaming, she can make a fortune if she gets the first chance.
Among these choices, Pu Xiang chose women's clothing without hesitation.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she was still somewhat affected by Shi Dafu's scolding of being ugly and tomboyish for so many years.
Later, when she had money, she also wanted to make herself look better. It wasn't that she wanted to please Shi Dafu, she just didn't want to admit defeat. Compared with women like Lin Meihua and Zhou Fang, how was she inferior? She looked at them and they weren't that good-looking.
But at that time, she had money, but she was tired of sitting in front of the stove all day long, and she didn't have the time or energy to tinker with those things that restricted her hands in the kitchen.
Later on, she no longer wanted to compete with Lin Meihua, Zhou Fang and the others. As a woman, whether she is pretty or not, whether she dresses up or not, it is all for herself. It is none of men's business, and even less of the business of those women that men mess around with outside.
She also had some free time and was no longer stuck in the kitchen, but she felt that she was getting a bit old and it was not appropriate for her to dress up as brightly as she had when she was younger.
She started dressing up, just to make herself look elegant and decent. She would occasionally use lipstick and perfume, but she always felt that there were not many opportunities and occasions. Later, when she started taking care of children, she stopped using them completely.
Now, she is back to being 25 years old, and looking at herself from the perspective of a 65-year-old, she is really young now!
She can dress herself however she wants!
Next, she will not only open a women's clothing store, but once her business is on track, she will open a beauty salon and, if there is an opportunity, she will also try her hand at the cosmetics business.
It is said that it is easy to make money from women and children.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Pu Xiang felt that she had no chance of becoming the richest person in the country or the province, but she still had hope of becoming a wealthy woman in their small county if she worked hard.
Before that, she can set a small goal: for example, she strives to be the first woman in the area to buy her own car!
She really wanted to get to that time soon so she could see Shi Dafu's uncomfortable expression after eating a fly.
She wants to live a good life and make Shi Dafu regret dying!
After painting a pie for herself and drawing a beautiful blueprint for the future, Pu Xiang has also thought about where her first start-up capital will come from.
She can go to a credit union to get a loan.
When Pu Xiangzhen was 25 years old, she would never have thought of this idea. Even if someone told her, she would not dare to take out the loan.
If you borrow money from a bank, you will have to pay interest.
She remembered that the interest rate for deposits was extremely high at that time, with a one-year fixed deposit rate of more than 10%, and the interest rate for loans was even higher than that. Ordinary farmers didn't even dare to think about it. How could they repay the loan?
But Pu Xiang had to hurry up to get a loan. After the commotion during the day, the two families locked her up to prevent the news of the divorce from spreading, which was not completely without benefits.
The Shi family was a household with a net worth of 10,000 yuan. It was much easier for her to borrow money using her identity as the daughter-in-law of the Shi family than as a divorced woman.
The Shi family had savings in the bank. Every time after selling pigs or earning money from the harvest in the fields, Shi Hai would go to deposit the money in the bank. She had gone with them many times and recognized the bank staff several times.
The advantage of a small town is that it is small and everyone here is familiar with the people.
The loan procedures are not that complicated nowadays. Pu Xiang thought about it and hid her ID card in her insole.
No matter who you are, don't even think about taking anything out of her pocket again!
The ID card is important. It will be troublesome if she loses it, so she has to hide it well.
Thinking about the money, Pu Xiang sat up and rummaged through the boxes in the room again.
She had her own money. When she got married, the Shi family gave her a dowry of 666 yuan, which was a very high number in the area at that time. Over the years, no family had given a higher dowry than this one.
The Pu family used the money to prepare a dowry for Pu Xiang. They bought her a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a pair of watches. They also prepared three large items as a dowry, as well as all kinds of furniture, household items, and floor coverings.
The Pu couple gave Pu Xiang some extra money from the rest, and put it all in the bottom of the box and brought it back to the Shi family.
The Pu family is really honest. They really care about their daughter Pu Xiang and want her to marry into a good family and live a good life.
Thinking of this, Pu Xiang felt a little complicated, but she quickly suppressed these emotions and continued to collect her money.
In addition to the remaining money from the betrothal gift, she also received a reward of 1,000 yuan from her father-in-law Shi Hai when she gave birth to a son.
These two sums of money came from the Shi family. In addition, Pu Xiang also had a small income of his own.
Although she worked hard in the Shi family, she didn't have to spend any money on food, clothing and household expenses. Shi Hai, the father-in-law who was in charge of the family, would give her money during the holidays and give her a small red envelope to buy clothes, shoes and socks.
Pu Xiang is hardworking. Whenever she is not busy with farming, she will prepare some salted duck eggs and dried plums to sell in the town.
There are some dual-income families in the town, and their conditions are always good, with strong purchasing power. They also make fried melon seeds and salted beans. She has good skills and makes things that are clean and delicious, so they sell well.
She also raises chickens and ducks at home. She would hatch some eggs and then sell the chicks and ducklings.
Pu Xiang sells these things almost entirely without any capital. Every dollar he sells makes him more money, and he has saved more than a thousand dollars over the years.
In the first half of the year, her parents were building a house and asked her to borrow money. She didn't even tell her father-in-law about it and borrowed the money from her own pocket.
But she didn't tell either side. She always felt that her family was poor and she was afraid that her parents and brother and sister-in-law would look down on her if she told her father-in-law about borrowing money.
As for her parents' side, she didn't want the money back. She didn't tell them because she was afraid of nagging from her parents. If they knew the money was hers, they would definitely ask them. But even if she asked them, they would be timid. If they knew she was selling things, they would definitely worry whether she was speculating or not and whether she would be caught.
It would be better to just say nothing and save trouble.
After Pu Xiang counted the money, she was only 18 yuan away from two thousand.
She is quite rich. This amount of money is probably enough to surpass many families in Shijia Village.
The money is not small, but it is definitely not enough to open a store, so a loan is probably inevitable.
Pu Xiang hid the money well. Nowadays, people would sew a small pocket on the waistband of their trousers specifically for storing money.
She rummaged through the box again and pulled out some gold items from the pocket of a piece of clothing.
A pair of earrings, a ring, and a bracelet.
This was given by the mother-in-law, Mo A-mei, on behalf of the Shi family at the time of the wedding. It was said that this was a gold heirloom and that it was given to her now and she would pass it on to her daughter-in-law in the future.
Pu Xiang almost never wore these things. She did farm work and fed pigs every day, so she had no time to wear these cumbersome things, so she kept them all in a box.
If you turn it over again, there really is nothing else.
Pu Xiang still remembers what Mo A'mei said to her when she came back from the divorce, saying that since they were divorced, she could not take away the Shi family's money or things.
That's all the money and stuff.
She really thought that the Shi family gave her a mountain of gold and silver!
She curled her lips in disdain.
After tidying up her things, Pu Xiang prepared to wash up, but when she stood up and looked, she found that there was no running water upstairs. There was a water pipe downstairs, but it was rarely used.
If you use tap water, you have to pay for it. There is river water behind the house and well water in the yard. You can use either one.
Pu Xiang needed to wash her face and feet, and change her underwear, so she walked to the door and shouted outside.
"Shi Dafu, get me some water."
It was quiet outside, but it was not late yet, so Shi Dafu must not have fallen asleep yet.
Pu Xiang was not in a hurry either. She just stood there and shouted, her voice neither too high nor too low, neither too fast nor too slow.
"Shi Dafu, get me some water."
"Shi Dafu, get me some water."
"Shi Dafu, get me some water."
…
The sound of the TV in the room of Shi Hai and his wife in the West House suddenly stopped. The next second, Shi Dafu's irritable voice came from the next room: "You are calling the soul!"
This is because he was afraid that his father would come out again and threaten him with the family fortune, so he had to speak up.
After a while, Shi Dafu came over reluctantly with a thermos, opened the door and put it on the ground at the door angrily.
There are clean basins in the room, which are usually used for washing. Puxiang is usually washed clean after use and placed on a fixed shelf.
"A pitcher of cold water is also required."
She was very clear about what she was doing.
Shi Dafu: “…”
His lips were tightly pursed, and he looked like he was about to turn hostile any second.
Pu Xiang did not forget to provoke him: "If you are unwilling, just let me go. Anyway, we are divorced."
Shi Dafu: “…”
Does he not want to let go? He just doesn't dare!
He glared at Pu Xiang fiercely: "Can't you run away by yourself?"
Pu Xiang thought so, but she refused to say it to Shi Dafu: "Now that I think about it, I was indeed impulsive in divorcing you. Your family is so well off, and I will definitely not find a better one after the divorce. Anyway, you have apologized and written a letter of guarantee. Otherwise, we can just revoke the marriage certificate and continue living like this."
Shi Dafu: “…” He was so angry that he almost vomited blood!
It would be fine if he married this woman once, but you want him to marry her a second time. Is he crazy?
"Don't even think about it!"
I said this with gnashing teeth!
Pu Xiang felt very happy when she saw him like this.
They're getting divorced, but she has to vent her anger while she has the chance!
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