121: Chapter 110: Returning Ho 121: Chapter 110: Returning Ho Keke didn’t speak, and Manbao looked up to ask Zhou Si, “Fourth Brother, who is it that can’t have children?”
Zhou Si also tightened his lips and remained silent.
Manbao then wondered, could it be ?
Manbao touched her own belly, recalling how Sanzhu’s wife had such a big belly last year, and her eldest sister-in-law said it was because she was carrying a child.
When Zhou Si saw his youngest sister touching her belly, his face grew even darker.
He slapped her on the head, “What nonsense are you thinking?
You’re so young, and you’re already thinking about having children?
There’s no one who can’t have children…”
He paused and then added, “Still, you should read more books, see if there’s any way in the books for a woman who can’t bear children to take so dicine.”
Manbao said, “Why not just go ask a doctor?”
A ready-made talent would surely be much faster than her starting to learn slowly now, right?
Zhou Si didn’t speak.
In the end, Manbao still couldn’t find out who it was that couldn’t have children.
When she returned ho in the evening, the Zhou Family was very lively.
Zhou Dalang and the others had brought back a lot of New Year goods, and Zhou Si and Zhou Wu also bought quite a few things with their own money.
In addition to buying fabric and cotton for themselves, the two brothers also handed over all their money to buy so fabric for their parents’ clothes.
After all, with Manbao as a precedent, they couldn’t be the unfilial sons, could they?
But even so, Old Zhou did not give them a very good look, feeling that they were wasting money, not only by buying clothes for him but also by buying for themselves as well.
Logically speaking, since they hadn’t started their own families, the money they earned should all be contributed to the family’s finances.
Now, Old Zhou felt an even greater sense of urgency to hold on to more money.
Ms.
Qian, although exhausted, still said: “These three youngsters, always reluctant and resisting, can only be led forward with a bundle of grass hanging from their mouths.
Before this year, besides the work in the fields, how much money could they possibly bring ho?”
Ms.
Qian leaned on the pillow and said, “Let them be.
At least this year they’ve made quite a bit of money.
Both of the younger ones have earned no less than Eldest and the others.”
Old Zhou said, “That’s because Manbao gave them ideas.
Without Manbao’s strategies, what could they have accomplished?”
Upon saying this, Old Zhou beca angry, “All girls, the smart ones shoot up to the heavens, and the dumb ones are utterly foolish.”
Lying in bed, Manbao, whose consciousness had been buried in the system reading storybooks, heard her parents whispering.
As soon as she heard this, she sharply exited her inner consciousness from the system and scrambled up to run towards the inner room, “Dad, Mom, has sothing happened to my eldest sister?”
Old Zhou’s face was grim, and he did not speak.
Seeing her running around barefoot, Ms.
Qian quickly pulled her onto the bed.
After a long sigh, she asked, “Manbao, is it okay if your sister cos ho to stay?”
Manbao didn’t have a deep impression of her eldest sister, as she was raised by her eldest sister-in-law from a young age, but she knew that her sister always brought her tasty treats when she ca ho, a good person, so she nodded, “Yes.”
“Would it be okay if she stayed and never left?”
Manbao scratched her head, “That’s also my sister’s ho.
If she wants to stay, let her stay.”
Old Zhou then asked, “Where would she stay, then?
Should we set up a shed by the firewood room for her to live in?”
It was the first ti Old Zhou lost his temper in front of Manbao, saying to Ms.
Qian, “It’s not that I won’t let her co back to stay, but with only one room for Zhou Si, Zhou Wu, and Sixth, how can we accommodate so many people in the house?
She can’t possibly still live with us at her age, can she?”
He then turned to Manbao, who looked confused, “Your mother is only joking.
Your sister is married now; how could there be any reason for her to co back ho to live?”
Ms.
Qian said nothing.
But the very next morning, just as Junior Ms.
Qian opened the door, she couldn’t help but cry out in shock; soone was squatting outside the door.
She was frightened, and looking down, she was even more terrified, “Cousin!”
She thought again and called out, “Big Sister, when did you co back?”
The Zhou Family was thrown into chaos because of this unexpected event.
Nobody knew how long Zhou Xi had been squatting outside.
When Junior Ms.
Qian went to help her, Zhou Xi was cold all over.
Ms.
Feng and Ms.
He didn’t dare to delay; they hurriedly boiled hot water, and gave her egg water to drink.
Ms.
Qian was very angry, and she burst into flas right in the main room, “You co back and don’t even say a word?
Standing outside for whom to see?
Do you want to freeze to death and anger us to death?
What kind of heart do you have, to not think at your age?”
Zhou Xi lowered her head and said nothing.
Manbao was awakened by the noise, and shuffling her shoes, she went out.
Rubbing her eyes, she saw the person indeed sitting in the main room was her eldest sister, who had just returned ho during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
She quickly ran over and grabbed her hand, “Eldest Sister, did Mom say you’re coming ho to stay?”
This sentence sohow struck a chord with Zhou Xi.
The one who had been silent, head bowed, suddenly burst into tears.
She raised her eyes to look at Manbao, then turned to her parents, and slid off the chair to the ground, falling to her knees as she wept, “Dad, Mom, they’ve divorced , divorced!”
Old Zhou’s face changed drastically, and Ms.
Qian’s hands trembled slightly.
It took her a mont to slam the table, “How dare they!
Do they think the Zhou family is dead?”
Old Zhou imdiately stood up to ask, “Where is the divorce letter?”
Zhou Xi, with trembling hands, pulled out a letter from her bundle.
Old Zhou opened it, realized he couldn’t read, and passed it to Manbao, “Read it.”
Manbao was completely unaware of what had happened, she took the letter with a bewildered face and read it.
The letter began with two large characters—Divorce Letter!
The content simply stated that Zhou Xi had married into the Liu family for eight years without bearing children, and for the sake of continuing the family lineage, they had divorced her.
Old Zhou grabbed the letter in his hand, glared at his oldest daughter crying on the floor, and said to his eldest daughter-in-law, “What are you staring at?
Go and take her downstairs to change her clothes and warm up by the fire.
Her health is already poor, and if she gets sick again…”
Old Zhou, looking down and eting his little daughter’s innocent, wide eyes, found he couldn’t say the harsh words.
He swallowed his anger, then barked at Zhou Wu and Zhou Liulang, who were peering in from outside, “What are you staring at?
Go and call the village chief to our ho, tell him our family has sothing to discuss with him.”
Ms.
Qian was also heartbroken, but she quickly recovered, glanced at the bundle her oldest daughter had brought back, and asked, “Where is your dowry?”
Zhou Xi, still with her head lowered, said, “It wasn’t even dawn when their family drove out.
The bundle was packed by them; I didn’t bring anything with .”
Ms.
Qian nodded, “Fine, fine, that’s just perfect!”
Zhou Dalang and the others were also fuming with anger.
Ms.
Qian looked towards Zhou Si and said, “You go as well, go to your maternal grandparents’ place and call your three uncles and cousins here!”
Divorcing one’s wife, even if her daughter could not bear children, was not to be done in such a manner.
Which family would divorce a daughter without the consent of her maternal family?
Zhou Si answered with a shout and dashed out the door.
Manbao stood dazedly by Zhou Xi’s side, her hand being held tightly, completely unable to move.
She knew she couldn’t ask any questions now, or else she would definitely anger her family, so she could only ask Keke, “What is a divorce letter?
Why are Mom and Dad and my brother and sister-in-law so angry?
Why is Eldest Sister so sad?”
Keke said, “A divorce letter is a docunt one spouse gives to the other, declaring that they are no longer husband and wife.”
Manbao hadn’t really understood, “If it’s over, it’s over, right?
Why is everyone acting as if the sky has fallen?”
Keke paused before replying, “For your eldest sister, this really is the sky falling.
As for your family, this is also a very impactful event.”
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