"Alright! Dad, Haitang, let's go!"
Xie Yushu didn't hesitate. If she wanted a divorce, then so be it. It suited her perfectly. Anyway, Xiao Yi was gone. She'd be a fool to stay here and argue with that family of scoundrels!
Xie Yushu led Haitang home to pack their things, while Xie Baotian and the others followed behind in their car.
Upon arriving home, Xie Yushu asked Haitang to pack her things, while she went to Xiao Yi's room to look for the kang hole where he hid his things, to see if there were any house deeds or silver.
Sure enough, when Xie Yushu opened it, there was only fifteen taels of silver and nothing else. It seemed that Xiao Yi had also taken the house deed to leave himself a way out.
If the property deed is in his hands, no matter what happens outside, he will still have a home to live in when he comes back. If the property deed is lost, given Old Madam Xiao's character, her family will definitely take it away. Xiao Yi still understands his mother!
As for leaving behind the fifteen taels of silver, it was probably for her and Haitang to live on. She remembered there should have been twenty-three or twenty-four taels, and she probably took the remaining seven or eight taels with her!
Xie Yushu didn't know what to say. If you call Xiao Yi a scumbag, at least he cares about your life and death and leaves you some money. If you say he's not a scumbag, he just leaves without saying a word.
Sigh! I guess I just don't love him!
You can't force things. Aren't I the same? I'm always preparing a backup plan! We're in the same boat!
If she had known he was going to run away, she would have discussed a divorce with him long ago. Now, he's gone, so be it. She can't even find him to get a divorce and is left as a discarded wife!
Thinking too much was pointless, so Xie Yushu quickly put away the silver. Although she wasn't short of money, she didn't want to give it to Old Madam Xiao. It was better to save it for Xiao Haitang's dowry than to give it to Old Madam Xiao and then have Xiao Yuanhang come back to scold them!
After taking the silver, Xie Yushu went back to her room to check. The bedding they had slept in was so dark that it was definitely unusable.
The two sets of casual clothes had also been worn and were wrinkled, so they were no longer needed.
They cut up the remaining satin fabric and didn't want it anymore.
Alas! The house was almost completely destroyed! Luckily, she took the clothes she had made with her when she left, otherwise she wouldn't even have anything to change into!
Speaking of clothes, Xie Yushu suddenly remembered that she still had a tiger skin and four wolf skins. She quickly went back to Xiao Yi's room to check the newly opened kang (heated brick bed) hole, which was separated from the original one by three mud bricks. When Xie Yushu opened it, thankfully, the items were still there, packed in burlap sacks by Xiao Yi. Xie Yushu immediately moved the items out and put them in the car.
Then she went to the storeroom to check on the medicinal herbs she had prepared. Fortunately, these things were inedible and no one had harmed them yet, so Xie Yushu quickly loaded them onto the donkey cart.
There were also some farm tools, all of which Xie Yushu had acquired later: two shovels, two machetes, and a wood-chopping knife. Xie Yushu even instructed Xie Tianming and Xie Tianqi to tear down the earthen kiln in the corner of the wall and take out the iron bars inside, which could be forged into other things later.
Xiao Haitang was even more shrewd. She retrieved the stolen clothes and hair ornaments, then ran to the kitchen to grab rice, flour, pots, pans, and even the remaining chickens, ducks, and geese. She kept muttering how it was a pity some of the clothes were still being worn by those bandits!
She doesn't even want to call Xiao Damei "aunt" anymore!
They were moving things with great enthusiasm when they heard Old Mrs. Xiao and her group arrive, howling and shouting. Seeing Xie Yushu and the others carrying things, they immediately sat down on the ground and rolled around in a rage.
"Ouch, I'm out of work! You heartless little bitch, you're going to empty my house! Help! Someone, you're going to bully me to death!"
Now that Xie Yushu has been divorced, Xie Tianqi is no longer willing to tolerate the Xiao family, and immediately glared at them.
"What are you yelling about, you old hag!"
These things were all bought with my sister's money. What business is it of yours if she takes her own things?
"You're talking nonsense! My things are my home, they're mine!"
"Just because you say it's your house doesn't mean it's your house."
Don't forget, even if you weren't divorced, you separated your households. You took advantage of Xiao Yi's absence to bully my sister because she didn't have a man to manage the household, and you forced her to divorce me to take the house for your daughter. I haven't even settled accounts with you yet!
"Let me tell you, my sister has only been married into the family for less than six months, and Fan Qi hasn't done anything wrong. You'd better be sensible and not force me to take legal action and sue you for daughter-in-law abuse!"
The beating had already made the Xiao family tremble with fear. Xiao Damei's family was still half-dead and groaning in the back. When they saw Xie Tianqi was about to turn on them, the old lady Xiao immediately dared not utter a word.
Xie Yujiao and Xiao Yan were still not satisfied, so they pulled Old Madam Xiao aside and whispered something to her. Old Madam Xiao immediately changed her tune.
"You can leave if you want, but leave Xiao Haitang behind. She's a girl from the Xiao family; she can't go with a divorced woman like you!"
"Haitang was kicked out by you a long time ago. She can go wherever she wants; it's none of your business!"
"Why is it none of my business? Even if I kick her out and she comes over with her second uncle, I'm still her grandmother. It's only natural for a grandmother to take care of her granddaughter. If you dare to take her away, I'll sue you for human trafficking!"
"That's what Grandma Xiao said proudly."
No wonder she was so proud; what she said made perfect sense. She could only control Xiao Haitang, but how could Xie Yushu feel at ease leaving Xiao Haitang behind?
He then compromised.
"I'll leave my things here, and you can let Haitang come with me."
Seeing that Xie Yushu had compromised, Old Madam Xiao became even more demanding.
"Leave the goods, and give me another ten taels of silver, and I'll let this worthless thing go with you."
Otherwise, I could keep her as a maid and raise her for a few years before selling her for a good price. Our Haitang has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and she's quite pretty. Ten taels of silver should be enough to sell her then!
"Old hag Xiao, are you even human?! Haitang is your own granddaughter, the only bloodline of your third son in the world, and you're willing to abandon her!"
Xie Baotian was so angry that he started cursing.
Xie Yushu was so angry she wanted to beat her up, but she couldn't just take it from her, so she had no choice but to say...
"Alright, I'll give you ten taels of silver, but you have to sign a promise that you won't interfere with Haitang's marriage in the future!"
"No, Second Aunt, you don't need to agree to her conditions. I'm not going with you!"
My grandma is right. I am her granddaughter and a member of the Xiao family. How can I go with you?
This is my home, and I will live here.
I'm not afraid of anyone ordering me around or serving others, or beating or scolding me. I won't need anyone to beat or scold me anymore. Whenever I'm in a bad mood, I'll just put some rat poison in my food!
As long as I have a breath left, I'll wipe out all those who have wronged me and bullied me sooner or later!
Anyway, my parents are gone, and I'm all alone, with no one to love or care for me. It doesn't matter if I live one more day or one less. If I can't kill her with poison, I'll go up the mountain and catch poisonous snakes, then I'll put them in their beds one by one in the middle of the night. I refuse to believe I can't poison her to death!"
Haitang glared fiercely at Old Madam Xiao, Xie Yujiao, and the other people who bullied her.
Then he urged Xie Yushu and Xie Baotian to...
"Second Aunt, you should go! Really, I really won't go with you!"
Look, they beat me up! I haven't gotten my revenge yet! I have to get my revenge here!
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