Back home, Lin Guihua and Zhou Junyu felt increasingly resentful and that they had been wronged. They thought Ding Yun and the others were making a mountain out of a molehill.
It was just asking her to do some housework, take care of the child at home, and insist on having a son.
Which woman didn't go through this?
Why couldn't she?
They were too full of themselves.
Growing more indignant, as soon as they returned, they immediately began to loudly condemn Ding Yun. Of course, Lin Guihua was the main instigator; Zhou Junyu was too embarrassed.
Their main strategy was to confide in peers.
They would chat with people in nearby square dancing groups.
To anyone who would listen, Lin Guihua would say, "My son works so hard. He comes home from work every day from morning to night and can't even have a hot meal. My daughter-in-law wants a divorce over such a small matter as housework. They won't even let us see our granddaughter. Marrying this daughter-in-law has brought our Zhou family eighteen lifetimes of bad luck."
As for the reactions, there were both agreements and disagreements.
Some would join her in cursing their own daughters-in-law, saying things like, "She's lazy all day at home and expects my son to cook for her. They've been married for two years and still no children, what a curse! I don't know when they'll have one."
Others would say, "Her daughter-in-law demanded a dowry of 188,000 yuan when they got married. She can blow up the kitchen just by cooking. Now I have to serve them both. I don't know what I did in my past life to deserve this."
Those who shook their heads picked up on the loopholes in Lin Guihua's complaints. For example, her daughter-in-law was pregnant and still had to do housework after returning from work. They felt it was indeed excessive.
And her mother-in-law didn't help at all.
Some also said she was too focused on sons over daughters. Nowadays, having a daughter was no easier than having a son, yet she still complained. Her son was overjoyed to have a daughter, but she was unhappy.
He didn't even want a son.
And he said the pressure of having a daughter was much less.
However, these discussions and sharing sessions ultimately concluded when Lin Guihua accidentally revealed that her daughter-in-law didn't ask for a dowry. Everyone unanimously condemned Lin Guihua.
Most felt she was ungrateful. Her daughter-in-law didn't ask for a dowry, so why was she still picky? If their daughters-in-law didn't ask for a dowry, they would gladly serve them as nannies.
Of course, some of these words were just talk.
It was hard to say if the reality would be the same.
The main reason everyone joined forces to condemn Lin Guihua was that their sons had cost a lot of dowry for their weddings, but her family hadn't spent a penny and was still being picky. They felt she was taking advantage and then complaining, so who else should they condemn but her?
This was among those her age, who also had sons and daughters-in-law. As for those who only had daughters, or who had just married or were not yet married,
They would obviously not agree with Lin Guihua.
After all, everyone considered issues from their own standpoint, and their perspective was slightly biased depending on where they stood.
For those whose daughters were married and who were currently daughters-in-law themselves, under conditions that were not overly demanding, they would naturally side with their own interests, which meant siding with Ding Yun.
Thus, Lin Guihua's planned public opinion offensive died out shortly after it began.
Zhou Junyu, on the other hand, didn't engage in a public opinion campaign. He directly searched for information online, looking into things like hormonal changes in pregnant women before and after pregnancy, emotional changes in pregnant women, and whether pregnancy and childbirth could change a woman's personality. He hoped to understand the root of the problem through professional knowledge.
To be fair, it seemed quite scientific.
But it was useless no matter how scientific he was.
If he didn't make any changes, why should Ding Yun accommodate him?
In the end, they still couldn't bear to divorce or were unwilling to divorce. They withdrew their application a few days later.
Ding Yun had no choice but to file for divorce.
Her reasons, in addition to incompatibility and lack of care for the pregnant woman during her pregnancy, included submitting the original body's prenatal depression diagnosis report and proof that the apartment the original body had always thought was rented actually belonged to Zhou Junyu.
That's right, the original body had been kept in the dark all along.
But because Ding Yun wanted a divorce, she had specifically investigated Zhou Junyu in detail. She then unexpectedly discovered that he owned another property. As the investigation deepened, the specifics of that property could no longer be hidden from Ding Yun.
While these matters might not have been as severe as infidelity or illegitimate children, they were still largely unacceptable to Ding Yun and her parents.
Especially the fact that Zhou Junyu owned a property.
This made it even harder for Ding Yun's parents to accept. Because their daughter didn't ask for a dowry when she got married, and the groom's family didn't prepare a new house, they got married in a rented apartment.
This had caused their family to lose a lot of face.
Many people had even whispered privately that she must have been desperate to get married to be so accommodating.
Before, they thought Zhou Junyu was genuinely poor.
That he truly couldn't afford a house, so there was nothing they could do.
Now, although he still wasn't wealthy, he owned property, even if it was bought with a loan. Yet, he was so guarded against their family, hadn't informed them for years of marriage, and even tricked their daughter into paying rent every month. Such a betrayal was heartbreaking.
Therefore, after learning about this matter,
They naturally became even more supportive of their daughter's divorce.
There was no point in marrying into such a family. Divorcing early was the only way to escape the sea of suffering sooner.
Despite this,
There were still people who advised reconciliation rather than separation.
Some even tried to persuade them to reach a settlement.
Finally, Ding Yun threatened to sue for a share of his property, which finally made Zhou Junyu agree to the divorce. The outcome was that Ding Yun left with her daughter, wanting nothing else. She even waived child support.
Not for any other reason than not wanting to get entangled with them.
And not wanting the child to have too deep a connection with them.
Even so, it wasn't until two months later that they officially received their divorce certificates. Ding Yun had already finished her postpartum confinement and had started working.
The fruit online store had not only expanded its variety but also removed purchase limits on some fruits.
Most importantly, Ding Yun was much freer than before. Due to her pregnancy, many things, including shopping and business trips, had been inconvenient.
Experiments with the low-grade plant and wood creation furnace were also limited to minor endeavors.
She dared not buy many things that could affect pregnant women, let alone use the low-grade plant and wood creation furnace for creation experiments. Now that she had given birth and completed her postpartum confinement,
Her concerns were naturally gone.
Therefore, her trial use of the low-grade plant and wood creation furnace was no longer limited to fruits and vegetables but had begun to expand in other directions. Simultaneously, she rented a plot of land in a nearby village and started planting some fast-growing, cultivated vegetable seeds.
She was preliminarily understanding the effect of the creation furnace on seeds.
Of course, she herself had no time to plant them.
She primarily hired people to help with the planting and would visit every two to three days to check the situation and record data.