Chapter 28： harmony and separation

Chapter 28 Heli

Jiang Erlang came over and saw his elderly mother's face full of tears. She apologized with trembling lips: "Mom, my son has made you worry..."

Ms. Jiang Liu cried so hard that she choked. She hugged her son tightly and hugged him on her chest over and over again, "Mom, don't worry, I just want you to be well...Son, you must be more open-minded, woo woo woo woo..."

Jiang Erlang lowered his eyelids and said after a while: "Mom, since the Leng family wants to reconcile, let's divorce. But it's impossible for me to get thirty taels of silver."

After a pause, he added: "Ms. Leng knows the situation at home. Our brothers have already separated. There is no reason for me and Li to have my parents and brothers pay for me."

This time when he got sick, Leng's behavior completely chilled Jiang Erlang's heart.

Normally he tolerated her tantrums, but she actually took advantage of her serious illness, took all the money in the family and ran back to her parents' house.

This morning he also thought that after he recovered from his illness, he would go to his in-law's house and bring his wife back.

After all, the two of them have been married for more than ten years, so how can they not quarrel and quarrel.

He thought that as long as he cajoled him and admitted his mistake, his wife would always come back with him and live a good life, thinking of the children, this family, and the friendship between husband and wife for so many years.

But she never expected that today her mother and brother-in-law would come to her door and ask for a divorce.

No matter how the parents explained, or how others persuaded them, the Leng family insisted on making peace with each other. They also said that the Leng family had suffered so much in the Jiang family that they could no longer survive.

Not only peace, but also thirty taels of silver as compensation.

Jiang Erlang didn’t believe it. It was Leng who proposed the idea of ​​harmony.

Although he is a little weak, he does all the heavy work at home and farm work by himself. Mr. Leng is unwilling to go to the fields, so he tries his best to be satisfied.

So before He Li, he must ask in person whether Mr. Leng really couldn't live with him.

If that was the case, he wouldn't be reluctant to part with her. Anyway, his second wife already has a son and a daughter. Even if he doesn't have a wife in this life, it's not a big deal.

When Mrs. Jiang Liu heard that her son agreed to reconcile, she quickly persuaded her: "My son, reconciliation is not a trivial matter. You must think it over carefully. Mrs. Leng... maybe it's just an angry talk. As long as we are polite and polite, we can apologize to them..."

"Don't...cough cough cough..." Jiang Erlang coughed several times in a hurry, feeling that his chest started to hurt again.

After taking a breath, he said: "Mom, we are right. I was always well before we got married, and I never had any serious illness."

His illness was caused by cold during hard labor two years after they got married. At that time, the family was not separated, so his parents and brothers felt very guilty and spent all their money to treat him.

It is estimated that Mrs. Leng had plans to reconcile at that time. She secretly hid the ginseng slices in the medicine bag, packed all the valuables and money in the house into a package, and stuffed it under the couch.

If A Niang hadn’t accidentally discovered the package, opened it, examined it, found something wrong and questioned her, Mrs. Leng might have secretly taken the package and never returned, regardless of the child in her belly.

Today the Yue family suddenly divorced their daughter who had been married for more than ten years. They must have already planned what to do next.

It’s nothing more than trying to get another bride price from my daughter.

But the wife has always seemed possessed, unable to see clearly the greed of her parents and brothers, unable to listen to her own advice, and only wants to help her parents' family.

Over the years, I don’t seem to have done anything wrong to my wife and my in-laws.

There is no shortage of gifts that should be given, and there is no shortage of money that should be spent.

Two years ago, my brother-in-law got married. At the request of his wife, in order to give generous gifts, he invited his eldest brother and his third brother to go hunting in the mountains. They stayed outside for several days in the cold weather before returning home.

At that time, he had only been recovering from his illness for a year, and he managed to hold on without falling.

When he got home, Leng not only didn't say a word, but also kept urging him to get all the prey.

In the end, neither the eldest brother nor the third brother wanted any of the prey they brought back, and they all were given to themselves.

Even so, Mrs. Leng was still not satisfied, so she insisted on borrowing a lot of money from her parents and brought them back to her parents' home.

So far, he has not returned all the money to his parents. Of course, my parents never asked for it.

So, if Mrs. Leng is determined to make peace with her, then divorce her. He doesn’t owe her anything to the Leng family.

the next day,

Jiang Erlang came forward to tell the Leng family that he agreed to reconcile, but asked the Leng family to bring their son Huzi back, and the two discussed the reconciliation face to face.

So Mr. Leng took Huzi home in the afternoon, and the couple sat opposite each other on both sides of the table.

"Do you have to make peace?" Jiang Erlang suppressed his sadness and asked in a low voice.

Leng Shi, who was wearing a face towel, nodded.

Jiang Erlang closed his eyes and asked, "Why?"

Leng was silent.

"Is it because of my illness? But I am already cured. Mr. Li said that I have fully recovered." Jiang Erlang suppressed the sadness in his heart and tried to save himself. Mr. Leng still lowered his head and said nothing.

Jiang Erlang couldn't help but shed tears. He quickly turned his head away and wiped them away with his sleeves.

The two were silent for a long time. Jiang Erlang asked again: "Are you having any difficulties? Let us discuss it together."

Ms. Leng finally raised her head and said softly: "Erlang, my difficulty is that I married you. I have lived a poor life in these years."

After a pause, he said, "Let me go and let's make peace."

Hearing this, Jiang Erlang was disheartened and stood up, "Well, since you have made up your mind, I will make it happen for you. I hope you will be well from now on."

Out of the house, Jiang Erlang went to invite Muramasa personally, and asked his eldest nephew to go to Xicun to invite the matchmaker from that year.

Since we have reconciled and separated, we must separate thoroughly.

Hence, Muramasa Chen Sanyou and the matchmaker were present to witness the reconciliation between Jiang Erlang and Leng.

The Leng family also invited the elders of the Leng clan to come and support them.

The two families negotiated until the end. Erni and Huzi were brought up by Jiang Erlang. The Jiang family paid Leng a settlement fee of fifteen taels of silver, and they had nothing to do with their future marriages.

Chen Cunzheng also wrote two letters of divorce, signed by both families, with the elders of the other party as guarantees, and the former matchmaker's fingerprints as evidence.

Since then, Jiang Erlang and the Leng family have officially reconciled.

Yingbao didn't know that just because of the five hundred coins he received, the family of his second uncle and his mother-in-law was broken up.

But even if she knew, she wouldn't feel guilty.

Because the Leng family was not a good match for the second uncle, and his five hundred coins were just a trigger.

It's just that I feel sorry for Erni and Huzi, who lost their mother at a young age.

But in her previous life, after her second uncle passed away, Mrs. Leng still abandoned her young children early and lived her own life.

In this life, Erni and Huzi will still have their biological father looking after them.

“Ying Bao, hurry up, dad is leaving.”

Jiang Sanlang pretended not to wait for his little girl anymore and walked out.

Ying Bao was really anxious. She put on her tiger head hat and ran over, stopped her father and opened her arms to hug him.

Jiang Sanlang picked up his little girl and put it on his back in a backpack, and went to the front yard to greet his eldest and second nephews to go to town together.

Today is the last big gathering before New Year's Day. People are coming and going, all of them are people buying new year's goods.

Yingbao stood in the basket, looking down at the vendors on both sides of the road.

Those selling chickens, ducks, old geese, eggs and cereals, game, children's toys, and silk flowers. The most popular ones are the Nianfu door gods and auspicious lanterns, which are hung red on wooden shelves. The gray winter brings a touch of warmth.

Yingbao looked at it with great interest and asked her father to come over and ask questions from time to time.

A vendor placed children's toys on the ground, such as small clay pigs, clay cows, clay chickens, ducks, clay dolls, clay tigers and clay whistles.

“Which one does Baoer want?” Jiang Sanlang asked.

Yingbao shook his head, "No."

She has long lost interest in these things, but she just came over to take a look out of curiosity.

Several people huffed and puffed in the crowd, each looking at the rare things.

The brothers Jiang Cheng and Jiang Quan disappeared in a flash. Jiang Sanlang was so anxious that he shouted loudly: "Don't get separated, you two. I'll wait for you outside to go back together!"

“I know, Uncle San!” Jiang Cheng agreed in the crowd.

Yingbao stood high enough to see his two cousins ​​sitting in front of the sideshow stall.

“Dad, let’s go over there to see the flowers.” Yingbao pointed to the roadside.

"good."

So the father and daughter started visiting roadside stalls.

(End of this chapter)