When Lin Miaoyin got up, Lin's father and mother had already returned.
As the team leader, Lin's father first went to the secretary to discuss things. Lin's mother felt sorry for her frightened daughter, so she went to her private plot and picked some young corn to cook.
Lin Miaoyin followed the faint sweet smell in the air to the kitchen.
Now is the time to eat young corn. The Lin family has planted a lot of corn in their private plot. Lin's mother is busy in the kitchen. Corn is bubbling in a big pot. There are cucumbers, eggplants, and a small piece of pork belly on the chopping board.
Mother Lin was cutting the meat skillfully while Cui Fen was making a fire.
Seeing Lin Miaoyin coming in, Lin's mother said happily, "You woke up just in time. The corn is almost ripe. Scoop it up and share it with Yuanzheng."
Lin Miaoyin paused, "He's here too?"
"Sitting in the main room."
Lin Miaoyin sat down in front of the stove and said, "I don't want to live with him anymore. I want a divorce."
Lin's mother and Cui Fen both stopped what they were doing and looked over. "Why are you getting a divorce when things are going well?"
According to my daughter's personality, her son-in-law saved her, so no matter what little quarrels they had in the past, it doesn't matter. It's good that she didn't immediately pounce on him and stick to him. Why would she suddenly want a divorce?
But Lin Miaoyin is not like the original owner who is like a dough. When she is hard, she is extremely hard, and when she is soft, she is so soft that she has no principles at all.
Why don't you divorce a scumbag like this and keep him around to make yourself angry and die?
But Lin's mother and Cui Fen obviously didn't think so. First, Meng Yuanzheng saved Miaoyin's life. Second, in this era, it is difficult for a divorced woman to get married again. She will not have a good life after getting married and will have to endure the gossip of people around her.
Besides, it was Miaoyin who cried and begged to marry him in the first place. Now talking about divorce may be a momentary angry remark. Young people are impulsive and it will be too late to regret it later.
Therefore, Lin's mother and Cui Fen both wanted to persuade them not to divorce, and let Meng Yuanzheng deeply reflect on his mistakes and correct them, and concentrate on Miaoyin in the future.
"Yinyin, men are bound to cheat. In the past, those men had three wives and four concubines. Yuanzheng didn't do anything too outrageous with Zhang Hui. Since he is willing to repent this time, why not give him a chance?" Lin's mother said earnestly as a person who had experienced it.
The eldest sister-in-law also advised, "Yes, it is difficult to get married after divorce these days. You are still young and don't understand."
Mother Lin recalled something and said, "It's all because of Zhang Hui. She's always so coquettish. Maybe Yuan Zheng wasn't interested in her, but she shamelessly tried to get close to him."
Cui Fen agreed, "Of course she is. Zhang Hui is not as pretty as our Miaoyin, and she can't work. She is skinny and has no flesh on her forehead. It's obvious that she can't give birth to a son."
Lin Miaoyin...
It’s not a question of whether Zhang Hui is ugly or not, it’s a question of what a scumbag Meng Yuanzheng is. He accepts all women who come to him. Even though he is usually polite to the girls in the team, no one knows what dirty thoughts he has in his heart.
It seems that before the reform and opening up, rural women's thinking was still very feudal.
"Mother, sister-in-law, your ideas are backward and ignorant. The Marriage Law stipulates monogamy. If either party has improper thoughts, it is a violation of the law, a corrupt ideology, and promiscuous relationships between men and women, and they must be criticized and struggled against."
Then he added, "In some places where the crackdown is strict, those who commit crimes will be shot."
Mother Lin and Cui Fen looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Mother Lin sighed, "Yinyin, didn't you cry and shout that you wanted to marry him? Your father and I disagreed, and you even threatened to jump into the well."
Lin Miaoyin also sighed in her heart, because the original owner was stupid. She did not change her expression and said frankly, "Because Meng Yuanzheng is a hypocritical villain, good at disguise, I only realized his true face after marriage. Through this incident, I made up my mind to divorce in order to correct my previous wrong thoughts."
"I think you are stupid, girl. You are suffering if you don't listen to the advice of the elderly. You can't get a divorce just because you want to. Your father and I will not agree. As long as he doesn't issue a certificate, you can't get a divorce." Lin's mother stretched out her finger and tapped her forehead, persuading her to give up the idea.
Seeing that Lin's mother and sister-in-law were both determined, Lin Miaoyin remained silent.
She also knew that divorce was very troublesome in this era. One had to get proof from the lowest level, and sometimes one had to rely on connections. It would take at least a year or two to get a divorce.
It is now the late 1970s, not far from the time of reform and opening up. Divorce was not so complicated in the 1980s.
She suddenly remembered something. In the original work, when the educated youth returned to her hometown, the original owner was abandoned by Meng Yuanzheng, who just patted his butt and went back to the city.
Counting it up, it’s only about two years from now.
Before leaving, he made a passionate confession to the heroine. The original owner begged him not to leave, but he kicked her away.
Seeing that she was silent, Lin's mother thought she had stopped making trouble, so she urged her, "Go quickly. Do you hear me? Don't quarrel with Yuanzheng."
Unable to resist, Lin Miaoyin stood up, scooped out the corn, put it in a sieve to cool, and carried the sieve to the main room. There was an enamel basin attached to it, which she placed on the table. She said coldly, "Go wash your hands, or you are not allowed to eat."
Meng Yuanzheng was sitting on a bench, staring at the saw hanging on the earthen wall. He came to his senses after hearing her words, said okay, and got up to fetch water from the well.
He is a city guy. Both his parents are intellectuals. He was well brought up since childhood. He is tall and has long legs. Every move he makes is very elegant. He has a good-looking face and dresses very coquettishly. If he were put in the Hong Kong star circle in the 1990s, he would have been able to debut as the center.
It’s just that this is the absolute example of not judging a person by his appearance.
At this moment, he remembered something, went back into the kitchen, and said to Lin's mother, "Do you have a bucket? I'll fetch some water."
Lin's mother was busy and just pointed to the two buckets under the chopping board. Meng Yuanzheng picked up two, thought for a while, put down another one, and walked out of the door with his body hunched.
The kitchen door was quite low, and there was a threshold. Meng Yuanzheng was only 1.8 meters tall, and if he didn't lower his head he would have bumped into it.
Cui Fen was washing vegetables by the canal when she saw Meng Yuanzheng carrying a bucket. He swiftly took off the lid of the well, threw the bucket in, and with a little effort, he drew a bucket of water. He carried it to the kitchen, and soon came out with an empty bucket. He went back and forth several times before finally squatting down to wash his hands.
As if she had seen something incredible, she stood up and wiped her hands on her apron, then went into the kitchen and said to Lin's mother, who also found it incredible, "Did Yuanzheng just fill up the water tank?"
Lin's mother also found it strange. This son-in-law came from the city, with fair skin and tender flesh, better taken care of than any maid, and never did any work. Why was he so diligent today?
"Maybe he has realized his mistake. We should give him a chance to correct it."
The two nodded and reached a consensus.
Lin Miaoyin, who witnessed Meng Yuanzheng fetching water in the main room, was chewing a corn. When she saw Meng Yuanzheng coming over and reaching out to take the corn, she pulled the sieve away.
Meng Yuanzheng looked at her with a puzzled look, as if complaining why she didn't give him food, since she had just asked him to wash his hands before eating.
"Mr. Meng, let me ask you, what exactly are you planning?" Lin Miaoyin asked him coldly.
Meng Yuanzheng looked even more innocent. His eyes fell on the sieve. "Didn't you tell me to wash my hands and eat corn?"
"Are you trying to please my family so you don't get a divorce?"
Meng Yuanzheng frowned and said in a low voice, "No."
Lin Miaoyin didn't give him a good look, "Pretend to repent, win sympathy, and continue to rely on the Lin family for free food and drink."
Surprisingly, Meng Yuanzheng did not quarrel with her or call her an ignorant woman as he did before, nor did he say nice things to coax her. He just stood there and said, "Maybe I didn't do many things well before, but from now on I will only do what I should do."
"Do you think I will believe it?" Lin Miaoyin retorted and walked away with the corn.
What should be done? What’s a villain to do? Apart from courting death, he is also harming others. If he wants to take a roundabout way, she won't give him a chance.
The author has something to say: Small theater:
Meng Yuanzheng: I want to eat some corn.
Lin Miaoyin: Eat shit! No food for you!
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