Chapter 26 Divorce
When Li Liang invited Shen Dashan back, the yard was already empty, leaving only wooden boards on the ground.
After taking Shen Dashan into the house, he went to ask the village doctor again. No matter what, his brother was beaten, so it was better to ask the village doctor to come and take a look.
Shen Dashan looked at Old Man Li who was lying on the bed with a pale face and asked, "I don't know what Brother Li wants from me."
"I'm in trouble." Old man Li looked at Shen Dashan and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying. This was his last bit of dignity. He had always had a good face, but now he looked like this.
Shen Dashan didn't feel pity for him when he looked at him. He must know the nature of Mrs. Wang best. Who can blame her for being like this now?
Although he was thinking about it in his heart, he just nodded and said politely: "No need to worry about anything, Brother Li, just tell me if you have anything."
"Cough cough cough."
"Ms. Liu, bring me a pen and paper." After coughing a few times, Old Man Li looked at his young daughter-in-law and waved.
Liu Hui watched her father-in-law respond before going to get the paper and pen that had been prepared.
"Li Zheng, it is my lax housekeeping over the years that has caused the Wang family to make so many jokes, and even our daughter in Lihua Village has lost her reputation."
As Old Man Li spoke, he only felt a slight pain in his right leg, but he continued: "I feel sorry for the villagers. I asked you to come here because I want you to write a letter of divorce for me."
Shen Dashan was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He also knew what happened to the Li family just now. His eldest daughter-in-law Zhou went back and told him after hearing the letter. When Li Liang came to invite him, he just thought that they wanted to sue. Lin Yatou's condition, she even thought about her words along the way.
In the end, Old Man Li actually wanted to divorce Mr. Wang?
"This..." Although Shen Dashan could not help but have some guesses in his heart, he did not dare to make a conclusion. After all, it was not his turn to say anything about the Li family's family affairs.
Old Man Li's eyes were slightly absent-minded, as if he was recalling something. It wasn't until the pain in his right leg became more and more intense that he came back to his senses: "I want to divorce Mrs. Wang."
"After more than thirty years, at the end of the day, at the end, I turned out to be..."
Thinking that his own safety was not worth even three taels of silver in the eyes of his wife, Old Man Li seemed to have some tears in his eyes, but he did not say any more.
It wasn't until the next day when Nanzhi was packing up his things to take the dog to Dongshan to pick chestnuts that he learned about it from Aunt Liu and the others.
There has been no divorce in Lihua Village for decades, let alone at the age of Old Man Li and Mrs. Wang.
Coupled with the things Mrs. Wang did in the past, Old Man Li's divorce became a household name once word spread.
"Retired?"
Nanzhi looked at Aunt Liu and couldn't believe it. Old Man Li and Mrs. Wang had been together for decades. In the past, he didn't have to discipline Mrs. Wang for all the ridiculous things she did. But now she saw that the two of them were in their fifties, but they were... A divorce letter?
"Yes, I also said it was strange." Aunt Liu also found it strange. She said that when Mrs. Wang forced her to kiss her daughter to death, old man Li didn't even say that he wanted to divorce his wife, but now it happened all of a sudden.
"I heard that it was because old man Li was poisoned by snakes and needed money to treat his leg. Even three taels of silver, Mrs. Wang wouldn't give it."
Aunt Guihua, who was following Nanzhi and the others, also started to gossip after hearing what they said, and quickly told the latest news she knew.
"Really or not?" Aunt Liu looked at Aunt Guihua and asked, "The Li family said that because of what happened before, didn't they all get fifteen taels of silver? Adding up the two, it's twenty-five taels. Why? Will you not even be able to pay out three taels of silver?"
Aunt Guihua quietly looked around and made sure there was no one from the Li family before continuing: "My nephew saw it with his own eyes! Yesterday he went to Jishitang to run errands, and he happened to meet the entire Li family. The doctors at Jishitang said Yes, three taels of silver can save my legs, but not only did Mrs. Wang refuse to give me any, she even made a fuss about it, calling her a black-hearted person just to defraud her out of money."
"Thankfully, the doctor at Jishi Hall gave me the injection for free, otherwise I'm afraid Old Man Li wouldn't be able to make it back."
Several people around him also heard this and sighed for a while. This old man Li was half buried in the ground. He still suffered such a crime in his old age.
"Perhaps at home, they eat meat every meal, otherwise all the money will be used up?"
One woman joked that even her family could afford three taels of silver, but Mrs. Wang was just deducting it. It would be okay to deduct more on weekdays, but it was really strange that she didn't even pay for such a thing now.
"If her family eats meat every day, then Shitou will run to snatch the wild eggs from the dog? Isn't that right, Girl Lin?"
Nanzhi, who was listening to the gossip happily, was suddenly called upon and just smiled and nodded.
"Let me tell you, Girl Lin, your mother's family has two such powerful brothers. Why didn't you call her here earlier? If you had called her here earlier, why would you have to endure Wu's bullying?"
Aunt Guihua looked at the silly Nanzhi and said with disapproval. In the past, they thought that Nanzhi's family was so miserable because they had no supporter. It was okay to say that everyone helped her on weekdays, but after a long time, she still looked at her with a look of disapproval. No matter how hard she kneaded the dough, she felt that she was not up to par.
If she had a tougher temper, even her dog would be less bullied by rocks.
"..." Nanzhi didn't know how to explain herself, because she felt aggrieved by what she had done before.
Can only remain silent.
"Let me tell you, it's okay for you to be like that yesterday. Now you are living alone with a dog. If you don't be tougher, others will treat you as a soft persimmon."
Aunt Liu nodded in agreement, especially in this bad year, if people lose their temper, they may be bullied in the future, especially a beautiful young widow like Nanzhi.
"I protect grandma." Gou'er was a little unhappy after hearing what they said. He is a man and he can protect grandma.
Thinking about it, his face dropped in displeasure, and everyone laughed loudly.
"Yes, yes, our dog can protect your grandma." Aunt Liu looked at the dog with a smile. This little guy is indeed a sensible and filial baby.
Aunt Guihua looked at the dog with a loving look on her face, and said coaxingly: "Then you have to eat more food, so that you can grow as strong as your uncles."
Gou'er thought about the appearance of his two uncles before he nodded seriously, "Yeah!"
The group of people arrived at the chestnut forest chatting and laughing. There were already some people who had gone up the mountain early and were busy in the forest.
Nanzhi looked at the chestnut husks piled everywhere in the forest, thoughtfully.
"Girl, what are you thinking about? Follow me quickly. Let's go a little further inside. There are no chestnuts left outside. There are more chestnuts inside."
Aunt Liu urged, looking at Nanzhi in a daze.
Although this chestnut forest is large, it cannot handle the large number of people in the village. I am afraid that in the next two days all the chestnuts here will be picked up. If you want to pick them up again, you will have to wait for the ripe ones on the trees to fall.
If they had moved faster, they could have picked up more and put them away. After all, there were many lazy people in the village.
"Hey, here we come."
After Nanzhi agreed, he led the dog to follow them again.
The chestnut trees grow taller as you go further in, and there are more people picking up chestnuts here than there just now.
But for some reason, Nanzhi suddenly felt panicked for no reason.
As a result, Aunt Liu and the others filled a basket full of chestnuts throughout the morning, and she had only filled half of it.
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