Chapter 16： divorce

Chapter 16 Broken Relationship

After talking about the Tian family, the mayor glanced at the shivering Qiao family and his wife again, their legs were so frightened that their legs went weak.

"It's unfortunate to be the daughter of your family. I don't feel sorry for the flesh that fell off my body. My daughter is going to be rubbed to death. Instead of saying that I feel sorry for the child, I complain instead. Let me tell you, she did the right thing. Your daughter is not a girl bought by Tian's family, she doesn't want to be abused by Tian's family, it's not wrong for her to come out, you and your wife scold her like this, you think she's ashamed, why do you want her to go home?"

Qiao Shicheng didn't know what to say, he couldn't say it, and wanted to sell his daughter again to add some food to the family, right?

He couldn't say it, and he didn't have the face to say it.

But the family is really in trouble, and now it is the time when the grain is not harvested. After paying the public grain, there will not be much left. In the middle of May, there are still two months, and it is really hard to get rid of it.

"Master, the mayor, the family is too difficult. She is not at Tian's house now, and she is living so well, so, we, we will"

"Wait, what happened to her?"

"She, she is well dressed, and she doesn't have to do farm work anymore."

The mayor shook his head and said, "Is that good? She dresses well because she sold it to shopkeeper Lu. The clothes and jewelry belong to shopkeeper Lu, not hers, so she doesn't need to do farm work, but she wants to give it to shopkeeper Lu." Arranged work to pay off the debt, you are still free, but what about her? Have you thought about it?"

Qiao Shicheng's head was on the stick, and he looked unconvinced. It seems that he is determined today, and he will not stop until he finds something from Qiao Mai.

"But it's not easy for us to raise her."

Qiao Mai looked coldly at this poor, indifferent couple who only had their son in their eyes.

"Didn't you exchange a hundred catties of wheat for the gift of fertility?"

"No, that's a bride price, we just didn't give you a dowry."

Qiao Mai understood that this was cheating, and shopkeeper Lu was also moved in his heart, and didn't intervene.

"Then tell me how to repay the grace of childbirth. I already owe shopkeeper Lu twenty taels of silver, which is calculated as a salary of one hundred cash a month. I will pay back shopkeeper Lu for twenty years. What do you say?" Let me listen and see if I can pay off shopkeeper Lu's debt when I die."

One sentence caused the onlookers to burst into laughter. This sentence was a sarcasm for the Qiao family and his wife in Chike class.

Anyway, this is not the first time they have encountered such ridicule. People are poor and short-sighted, and they are discriminated against everywhere.

"Five, five taels of silver?"

This is what Qiao Shicheng said through gritted teeth, after all, it is much more than the one hundred catties of wheat back then.

"Write a divorce document, and the mayor will be the witness. After you get the money, you will no longer be my parents. We will never communicate with each other."

"Then, that's twelve taels!"

Qiao Mai's eyes suddenly turned red, he wiped away his tears, and said infinitely sadly.

"Okay, in order to repay your kindness, I am willing to exchange my freedom for the next few decades. From now on, we will go our separate ways and stop being entangled. Is there any kind-hearted person who can help me write a divorce Documents?"

"I'm coming, I'm coming,"

It's really not a big deal to watch the excitement, the mayor took a look at the inconspicuous Qiao Mai.

"Joe, have you thought it through?"

"Think clearly, my parents' family is poor, and the land is small and there are many people in the family. It doesn't matter if I work for shopkeeper Lu to death, as long as they live well."

As he spoke, he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, and the mayor sighed.

"Since ancient times, parents have depended on their sons for their support. When a daughter is married, she is a member of the family. Even if they are divorced, the mother's family will not let the daughter take care of the elderly. I didn't expect that the Qiao family would rather break up their relationship than ask for this money. If you want to talk about such a person, how can you say that?" There are quite a few, it seems that if you don’t read books, you don’t know how to be polite, if you don’t read books, you don’t know what parents are and what family affection is, alas~”

The mayor is like a commentator, explaining to the people in the town.

The enthusiastic person wrote two divorce letters to Qiao Mai, both written and written by shopkeeper Lu, and she asked the enthusiastic person to help write an IOU, and then handed it to shopkeeper Lu.

"This is an IOU of ten taels of silver. I will give you another ten years of work in the future."

"Girl, you should have thought it through clearly. If you add up, you will work for me for thirty years. By then, you will be old."

"Let's pay back the favor to parents first, they are waiting for money to buy food."

This is said, as if she is such a sensible and filial daughter.

Qiao Mai borrowed ten taels of silver from shopkeeper Lu, and brought it and the divorce letter to Qiao Shicheng.

"Press your thumbprint, this is yours"

Seeing that Qiao Shicheng took the document without hesitation, Qiao Maihong handed over the ink pad with eyes open, poked his finger inside, and pressed on the document.

In duplicate, the Qiao family and his wife pressed them.

Qiao Mai took a long breath and handed over the silver.

"After getting the money, we are strangers, and we are not allowed to visit shopkeeper Lu again. She is my savior."

Just like that, Qiao Shicheng and his wife lowered their heads, walked out of the crowd without making a sound, clutching the money tightly in their hands.

Old man Tian and his wife quickly followed behind and rushed out of the crowd.

I didn’t read the almanac when I went out today, so it’s fine to offend shopkeeper Lu, even the mayor has a problem with them.

Originally, this matter was only spread in secret, but now it has been confirmed in a flash, so how will the Xiatian family go out in the future.

Wrong, the Tian family has thick skins, they can rub their wives, so they are not afraid of others knowing.

The only one who can’t go out is the eldest grandson of the Tian family.

Tian Yaozu, thirteen years old, is studying in a private school in the town. This year he may end up in trouble.

He knew about this a long time ago, but he just pretended not to know. Qiao Mai usually doesn't hum or haha, and has been silently enduring it. At most, he can say a few words in the village.

What he didn't expect was that Mrs. Qiao dared to rebel against the Tian family, which was something he never dreamed of.

And it spread to the teacher and classmates. The teacher asked, and the classmates inquired, which made his face hot.

After returning home after Muxiu, I told Old Man Tian about this matter and asked them to come forward to solve it. It would be better if they could be coaxed back to Qiao's, but if they couldn't be coaxed back, they might as well go to the town to show their faces and show their concern.

Unexpectedly, things backfired, just Tian Li's virtuous conduct ruined the matter with a single mouth, and he didn't know how he was complained by his eldest grandson when he returned home.

The mayor drove away all the onlookers, and shopkeeper Lu quickly saluted the mayor.

"Thank you sir for upholding justice for our women today."

"Well, the mayor of this town is just acting impartially. Later, I will tell the head of Taohua Village and the people of Lihua Village to stop making such a thing up. It would be too embarrassing to spread to other towns."

"Yes, yes, don't look at them making people happy for a while. When they get old, they will definitely suffer. Such things must be taken care of. Otherwise, who will dare to marry a daughter after that? When the time comes, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will fight each other in chaos. Yeah, don't you think so?"

"Makes sense, makes sense."

The mayor smiled, glanced at shopkeeper Lu, then turned and left.

The Embroidery Village finally regained its calm. Shopkeeper Lu dragged her into the room, and when he saw the finished product on the table, he screamed.

"Oh, this is so pretty!"

"Yes, at that time I had no money, so I ordered a three-liang yellow rosewood one. It would be even better if I used ten-liang sandalwood."

"This is already very good. I look very good. One hundred taels, no problem, absolutely no problem. If you add a piece of red silk to the bottom, whoever looks at this fan likes it, just wait!"

Shopkeeper Lu turned around and went to the counter, opened the small cabinet behind him with a key, took out a piece of red silk cloth, locked the cabinet again, and walked to the table.

Spread the cloth inside and put the palace fan up.

"Tsk tsk, what a beautiful palace fan"

"Sell it in the store?"

"No, I decided to take it to the county seat myself. I have a good friend who is the wife of a wealthy family in the county. I will sell it to her. She is not short of money. When the time comes, someone will like your embroidery work. It came to me through her."

"It's not bad, it can make Ruyi Embroidery famous more quickly, but I don't accept orders."

(end of this chapter)