Chapter 302 Divorce [Request Full Order]

Xiahuai Village is separated from Shanghuai Village by an old locust tree which is said to be five or six hundred years old.

Everything in Shanghuai Village is upstream, and everything in Xiahuai Village is also downstream.

Shanghuai Village is upstream of the water source.

Xiahuai Village is downstream of the water source.

Shanghuai Village is close to the town government seat, close to the market place, and also close to the city. As early as several decades ago, there was a road leading directly to the village.

It’s even better now, as we can directly use asphalt roads.

Xiahuai Village lags behind Shanghuai Village in everything. It is more than ten kilometers away from the town and the city. And because of the winding mountain roads, there is no wide road leading directly into the village. There is only a winding muddy path that can barely accommodate a human-powered tricycle. When it rains, the vehicle cannot be driven at all and can only be pushed forward.

Although Shanghuai Village and Xiahuai Village share the same "Huai" character and have intermarried for generations, the girls from Xiahuai Village always marry into Shanghuai Village, while very few girls from Shanghuai Village would marry into Xiahuai Village. They would generally try every means to marry into the city or town, and only then would they choose to marry in their own village.

The girls and their parents chose to vote with their feet.

This is exactly in line with the saying: "People go to high places, and water flows to low places."

People like Lu Youli, who not only married a girl from Xiahuai Village but also moved from Shanghuai Village to Xiahuai Village, are even rarer.

It can be said to be true love.

Is not it?
If Lu Youli had not wanted to marry his current wife and to please his father-in-law and brother-in-law, why would he choose to steal the money saved by his elder brother and younger brother for marrying a wife, and even hide his parents and drain all the pension money for medical treatment?

In the end, he was even unwilling to bow his head. He would rather be driven out of the Lu family, out of Shanghuai Village, move to Xiahuai Village, and live in his father-in-law's house, than not marry his current wife.

But there is a saying in love: "How deep the love was at the beginning, how cruel the hatred is now."

When you love, you devote your whole heart to it. But when you stop loving, the pain is unforgettable. Or when you are hurt, and the hurt is very deep, this love will turn into hatred, and it is easy to go to extremes.

From Lu Yang's villa, go towards the back mountain, all the way to the pond in front of Da Jun's house, then along the back mountain, along the foot of the mountain which has now been transformed into a tea mountain, and walk downstream along the water. The road begins to narrow and become winding, and then passes a narrow bridge made entirely of bluestone.

After crossing the narrow bridge, there is an old locust tree that serves as the dividing line. Even if three adults stretch their arms out, they cannot reach each other’s hands. Opposite the old locust tree is Xiahuai Village.

Lu Youli's new home is not far from the old locust tree. When he first moved from Shanghuai Village to Xiahuai Village, he did live in his father-in-law's house for a period of time.

But he is a very scheming person.

After using the stolen money to pay the bride price, he had about five or six hundred yuan left, which he secretly hid.

Later, he learned that his father-in-law did not even keep the betrothal money he gave him, but gave it directly to his brother-in-law, who took it all to his wife's family and used it as a betrothal gift.

In other words, the money he stole not only allowed him to marry a wife, but also indirectly allowed his brother-in-law to marry a wife as well.

It's like killing two birds with one stone.

But Lu Youli suffered a loss, because all the money was given to his youngest son to marry a wife, even the betrothal money given by his son-in-law was used up. When his father-in-law and mother-in-law married their daughter, they almost did not give any dowry and just gave it to him alone.

Oh, by the way, it can’t be said to be one person, but two people, there is another person in the belly.

Although it seems like buying the box and returning the pearl, Lu Youli did not lose out this time. At least the baby in her belly is indeed his. Because he wanted his betrothal gift, but was worried that he would turn against her if he didn't give her a dowry, his brother-in-law instigated his father-in-law and mother-in-law to set up this trap for him, letting him stay overnight at their house before he even had a baby, and personally sending his sister to his bed. What a joke, buying the box and returning the pearl, getting pregnant before marriage, getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later. Otherwise, how could such a plot happen in this era?

So, because of this, Lu Youli accepted everything.

No dowry, no dowry.

It's my fault for not being able to control my crotch. I should be sorry to Guo's sister first.

However, you can't just bully someone just because he's honest.

Lu Youli's brother-in-law, Guo Aqiang, is a second-rate person.

The wife I married was not a good person either. From the day she entered the house, her eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose.

Especially when looking at the brother-in-law Lu Youli who lives with his father-in-law, and the elder sister-in-law Guo Azhen who is married but still lives in her mother's house, the couple are so annoying that even when passing by their house, people will spit on the step in front of the door.

At first, Lu Youli placed his hopes on his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and even on his brother-in-law, hoping that his father-in-law and mother-in-law could control their daughter-in-law, or that his brother-in-law could control his newly married sister-in-law.

After all, even the money used to marry his uncle's wife was his. He couldn't let his brother-in-law and elder sister-in-law be humiliated after his wife got married, right?
But it doesn't work.

The old couple can't control the family, nor do they dare to do so, for fear that the daughter-in-law they married at great expense will run away. The brother-in-law can control the family, but doesn't want to. He is too busy coaxing his wife. Anyway, it's not him who makes his wife hate him. It's a good opportunity for him to let his sister and brother-in-law move out so that his own house will appear more spacious.

After this happened time and again, Lu Youli finally lost heart and decided to move out with his wife. He took out the five or six hundred yuan of private savings that he had originally intended to save to start a small business, and built a new house at the boundary between the Upper and Lower Huai villages, not far from the old locust tree.

As for the land, it was my father-in-law who provided it. These days, the thing that is least in short supply in rural areas is wasteland.

When he learned that Lu Youli had actually hidden some private money and wanted to move out to build a new house, his father-in-law was so happy that he couldn't contain himself. If it weren't for the fact that the money he had hidden was just enough to build two simple small houses for the two of them to live in, and for their future grandson, his father-in-law and mother-in-law would even have thought of asking him to give some more to his brother-in-law. After all, his daughter-in-law was pregnant, and when the eldest grandson was born, it would cost money again.

Lu Youli refused and said, "Either I move out and you give me a piece of land to build a house, or I will live in your house and will never move even if I am beaten to death."

Fortunately, this time, even his wife stood on his side.

Perhaps it was because she was pregnant and a mother was strong, or maybe it was because she was ridiculed by her brother's wife at her parents' home and could no longer live there. Guo Azhen chose to stand in the same trench with her husband Lu Youli, and fought against her father and mother. She insisted on getting a piece of wasteland and finally had the house they have today.

but.

The situation is changing.

Originally, life at my mother's home was much better than at my husband's home. My younger brother, Guo Aqiang, worked hard to improve himself and invested in the Houshan Tea Factory in the neighboring Shanghuai Village. First of all, he could get a salary by working for the tea factory, and at the end of each month, he would receive dividends. In less than half a year, he even had a motorcycle to drive.

And what about the couple?
At the beginning, Lu Youli almost hooked up with the people at the tea factory.

It was his brother-in-law who built the bridge for him.

Later, something happened. Does anyone still remember what it was?
Yin Mingzhu, who had just returned from summer vacation, was drinking some wine in the convenience store at the time. He forgot his first name and last name, and thought he was the boss. He started fighting with the foul-mouthed Ma Laoliu and Lu Youli, and even used a wine bottle to split Ma Laoliu's head.

But so what?

Ma Laoliu finally knelt down and apologized because Lu Yang stood up for his sister-in-law!
It was also through this incident that Lu Youli saw through Ma Laoliu and his gang. These despicable guys could never accomplish anything. They were always thinking about going against his cousin, and they would definitely be in big trouble in the future.

Furthermore, Ma Laoliu betrayed him at that time, causing him to almost kneel down to his cousin.

From then on, he completely drew a line between himself and this group of people. Coincidentally, not long after that, my cousin's garment factory expanded and recruited people to Xiahuai Village. He and his wife discussed it and asked his wife to run home to complain to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, saying that there was no way to make a living, and the couple had no livelihood and no land to farm. Why don't you lend this sewing machine to us? Anyway, my sister-in-law is lazy and she doesn't want to use the sewing machine. Why don't you lend it to us?

My husband and I will give you two a little rent every month.

Just like that, after hearing that they would get paid without having to work, Lu Youli's father-in-law and mother-in-law finally agreed to let the couple move the sewing machine away.

Until now, the couple's relationship is still as loving as ever.

However, it didn’t take long before his brother-in-law was caught in a scandal. Not only did he lose his shares in the tea factory, he was also arrested, his house was searched thoroughly, and he even had to pay a fine.

Otherwise, you will spend a few more years in jail.

It was also from this time that life began to become difficult for Lu Youli's wife's family. His father-in-law and mother-in-law, who had originally looked down on him, as well as his pregnant sister-in-law, who would spit at his door before leaving, came to ask for money every few days.

They either come to borrow money or to eat for free, and before leaving, they also want to take something.

There was nothing Lu Youli could do.

As for his wife, Guo Azhen, this woman has some of Voldemort's attributes in her, otherwise she wouldn't have been so reckless in order to raise money for her brother's dowry, and even threw away the most basic etiquette and shame, and went to bed with his blind date Lu Youli before they were officially married.

Originally, because her sister-in-law often ridiculed her, her brother was ungrateful, and her parents sided with her brother and sister-in-law, she was really disappointed.

But I am still heartbroken.

It’s different now!

Her younger brother was put in jail, her sister-in-law admitted her mistake, and her parents also apologized to her very sincerely. Now her younger brother is in trouble, her sister-in-law is pregnant, and has been suffering with her parents at home. How could she just turn a blind eye?
We still need to help when necessary.

So, sometimes, even though she knew that her husband Lu Youli was unhappy, she still took the family's money and food and drinks again and again to support her parents' family.

After a long time, Lu Youli finally exploded and the couple had a fierce quarrel...

Let me put it this way, if the daughter-in-law had not been pregnant and her pregnancy was not obviously obvious, she would have been beaten to death by the enraged Lu Youli.

money.

It's all his money.

Is it easy for him to make money?

One or five yuan a day or two, even if his wife occasionally gave him ten or twenty yuan, he would endure it.

After all, I have endured it for so long.

And the child was born, a big fat boy, but today, he really couldn't bear it anymore.

"Let me ask you one question now, where's the money?"

In the messy home, Lu Youli held an empty canvas bag in his hand and stared with a pair of scarlet eyes at his wife Guo Azhen who was trembling all over and pretending to breastfeed her child across from him.

He had been saving the money in this bag for half a year, and because he was afraid that his wife would take it to spend on her family, he deliberately embedded it in the gaps between the bricks. Whenever he wanted to save money, he would secretly pry off the bricks on the wall of his house, take out the canvas bag, put the money he wanted to save in it, then put the canvas bag back into the wall, and reinsert the bricks. It was almost tight and seamless, so it was impossible for it to be lost.

Recently, probably because they have also opened small family workshops, they have to earn more money than before when they just worked as a part-time worker, and they can save money faster.

As a result, Lu Youli had to pry bricks every few days when his wife was not around, save the money, and then put the bricks back.

Why did he think of taking out all the money today?
Because he wanted to play big, he also wanted to be respected by the villagers like his cousin Lu Yang and become a famous rich man.

And this money saved for half a year is the key.

He is now doing the same thing as his cousin, also running a garment factory. Although it is still a small family workshop, a family workshop can also expand its production scale!
As long as the capital is sufficient, he no longer has to spend high prices to buy cloth from second-hand dealers in the market as before. If he has money, he can also purchase goods directly from manufacturers like his cousin Lu Yang.

This way, there will be fewer middlemen making a profit from the price difference, and the clothes made can be sold at a higher profit, and I can even hire more workers. This will be like a snowball, and slowly, I will become a well-known rich man like my cousin Lu Yang, live a good life, and be respected wherever I go.

But today this dream was shattered, shattered completely. The money I saved is gone. Where did it go?

He had to figure it out.

"Speak, where's the money?"

Guo Azhen still remained silent, but her whole body was shaking even more violently.

"Put the child down. I command you to put the child down."

Lu Youli's eyes became even redder, and he even ordered his daughter-in-law, who was breastfeeding, to put the child down.

But the more this happened, the more Guo Azhen dared not give up the child, because the child was her amulet now.

She backed away slowly.

Lu Youli roared, "For the sake of our marriage, I'll give you one last chance. Tell me, where did the money go?"

Guo Azhen finally hesitated for a long time, and slowly opened her mouth and said: "It's Dad and Mom. Dad and Mom came here today..."

Lu Youli: "You gave them the money? Then go and get it back now."

Guo Azhen shook her head, tears streaming down her face: "I can't come back anymore..."

Without waiting for her to finish her words, Lu Youli rushed forward and grabbed her neck: "Tell me again why you don't want to come back?"

Guo Azhen was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe, her whole body became limp, and her face turned pale.

Because she was worried that the child in her arms would fall to the ground and get hurt, she used up the last of her strength and tried her best to bite the palm of her man's hand to break free.

After regaining her freedom, she said desperately, "This money is our common property, but you hid it secretly. It's because you don't trust me. If I hadn't discovered it by accident, I wouldn't have known that we had saved so much money. Now my brother is suffering in prison, he needs this money. Dad and Mom said that as long as they have this money, they can use their connections to get my brother out early. Why can't I give it to them?"

After listening to this, Lu Youli fell to the ground with a blank look in his eyes. Then he suddenly laughed. Tears and snot flowed from his eyes as he laughed. He looked at the woman in front of him whom he had loved so much, the woman who turned him from a boy into a man, the woman who gave birth to his children, and then he said slowly, "Let's get a divorce. This will be good for everyone. If it happens again, I'm afraid I'll accidentally strangle you to death. Please, let me go."

This world is truly a cycle. For example, this marriage started with Lu Youli stealing money from his family and ended with Guo Azhen stealing money from their small family.

It's really...tit for tat, no one can escape.

(End of this chapter)