Yun Erman spread out the paper and wrote 'Letter of Divorce' at the top.
He didn't want this spendthrift wife anymore; whoever wanted her could have her...
Ever since fleeing to Dashui Village, had Liu Cuirong done a single proper thing?
All day long, besides being lazy, she was meddlesome, always finding trouble where there was none.
Her parents were getting old, and not only did she fail to fulfill her duties as a daughter-in-law, but she also annoyed them constantly.
It was as if she wished for her parents-in-law to die sooner...
Liu Cuirong was illiterate. Seeing Yun Erman writing with flourish, she quickly grabbed Yun Jinshan and asked, "Son, what is your father writing?"
Yun Jinshan pried her hand away, a look of disgust on his face.
"Are you mute? Hurry up and tell me, what is he writing?" Liu Cuirong shook Yun Jinshan's shoulders as if she had gone mad.
"Second sister-in-law!~" Yun Sanman frowned. "That's a letter of divorce. After this is written, you will have no more ties with the Yun family..."
"What? What did you say?" Liu Cuirong's eyes turned red. She suddenly looked at Old Man Yun and Gu Shi. "Father, Mother, how can you be so heartless?"
"Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs. You are pushing me to my death, woo woo woo. Is the child in my belly a wild cub? Don't you want it anymore? Woo woo..."
Liu Cuirong wailed and cried, then lunged towards Yun Erman to snatch the divorce letter.
She had initially thought that Gu Shi was just angry and had kicked her out of the Yun family.
Once Gu Shi calmed down, and Erman persuaded her a bit, she would be able to return with her luggage...
But seeing Yun Erman writing the divorce letter, and no one stopping him, Liu Cuirong suddenly woke up.
It seemed the Yun family truly didn't want her anymore.
"Get lost! If you keep making noise and crying, I'll cut out your tongue and feed it to the dogs..." Yun Erman nudged her away.
Liu Cuirong was pregnant, carrying his child. If she miscarried, it would be terrible.
"Woo woo woo, don't write, don't write. I'll be obedient from now on, okay? Woo woo!~"
Liu Cuirong sat down on the ground, her face covered in snot and tears. "From now on, I'll cook for the family, fetch water, chop wood, and light the stove. I'll help elder sister-in-law pickle vegetables and tidy the fields. I'll do any dirty or tiring work..."
"I only beg you not to drive me away. If I leave this door, I have no way to live, woo woo woo, Fengjuan, please say a few words for me. Sister-in-law, Jinhe, go call your mother, woo woo!~"
Yun Jinhe didn't move. However, Gao Fengjuan said sarcastically, "Second sister-in-law, I remember there's an idiom called 'jiù yóu zì guǒ' (cause and effect). You, you purely brought it upon yourself, it's your own fault..."
Yun Sanman heard this and frowned so deeply he could have trapped a fly. He tugged Gao Fengjuan. "It's called 'jiù yóu zì qǔ' (you reap what you sow). What is 'jiù yóu zì guǒ'? If you can't say it clearly, shut up. Aren't you embarrassed?"
Gao Fengjuan hadn't read as many books as Yun Sanman. Being retorted like that, she felt her face burning...
Gao Mantang also glared at her, disappointed in her lack of progress.
His daughter was decent at business, but truly not presentable.
Liu Cuirong wiped her tears and sobbed, feeling like she had never cried so much in her life.
Gu Shi remained silent. As Yun Erman was about to finish the divorce letter, she looked at Liu Cuirong and said, "Cuirong, I'll give you some silver. Buy whatever you want to eat..."
"This money is for the child in your belly. If you can't raise the child after it's born, bring it to our Yun family. If you can raise it, then treat the child well!"
This was all she could do.
To put it bluntly, with Liu Cuirong's ways, it would be a miracle if she didn't starve herself to death...
After she gave birth, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, she would definitely bring it back to the Yun family.
Liu Cuirong glared at Gu Shi resentfully, crying, "Mother, aren't you afraid I'll sell the child?"
Everyone: "..."
A chorus of gasps and curses erupted from inside and outside the house.
Even Magistrate Chen was speechless.
As a mother, she would sell her own child? Did she have any humanity left?
"You damned woman, if you dare to sell the child, I'll handcuff you and take you to the yamen right now, and you'll rot in jail..." A constable outside the door cursed angrily.
"That's right, a woman like this should be locked up in prison for ten or eight years, and she'll behave. Hmph, to talk about selling a child in front of the Magistrate, what were you thinking?"
"Magistrate, she's full of wicked ideas. With just a word from you, the brothers will take care of her, and she'll eat prison food every day!~"
"..."
Liu Cuirong panicked at this. "I, I, I, I wasn't going to sell the child. It just came out when I was talking!"
"Oh, please. 'It just came out when I was talking.' You were thinking it in your heart, and it slipped out. Don't put on that sour face!~"
Liu Cuirong: "..."
What are you all getting excited about? Does this have anything to do with you?
The village chief stood at the doorway, leaning against the doorframe, puffing on his pipe. "Hmph, Second daughter-in-law has a history. Don't you remember, she sold Xiao Bao before."
"In my opinion, it's safer to have someone watch her. Even a cornered dog will jump over the wall. What if Second daughter-in-law, in a fit of rage, aborts the child? That's a life, alas..."
Old Man Yun heard this and also felt that Liu Cuirong was capable of such a thing.
He looked at Gu Shi and hesitated before asking, "Old woman, what do you think we should do about this?"
It wasn't easy to handle!
Either they keep Liu Cuirong, let her give birth in the Yun family, and then drive her away...
Or they send someone to watch her, to prevent this woman from doing anything foolish.
But the Yun family had no idle hands. Who would have the time to watch her!
Daman and Erman had to work, Old Man Yun had to farm, Jinshan and Jinhe had to go to the academy, and Guihua was busy with household chores.
Only Huaihua and Xier could spare some time.
But they also had to help with the farm work...
Gu Shi pondered for a moment, untied her money bag, and took out a few pieces of silver, placing them on the dining table. "Cuirong, take this silver first!~"
"Woo woo woo, Mother, your daughter-in-law doesn't want money. Your daughter-in-law wants to stay, not go anywhere, woo woo..." Liu Cuirong crawled to Gu Shi's feet, hugged her thigh, and shook it desperately.
Gu Shi rubbed her temples, extremely annoyed.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?" Yun Erman finished writing the divorce letter and pulled her aside. "Mother is already upset enough. If you dare to pester her again, I'll drag her out right now!~"
After speaking, Yun Erman slapped the divorce letter onto Liu Cuirong's face. "Take it and get lost..."
From now on, you are no longer part of the Yun family.
Liu Cuirong didn't even look at the divorce letter. She took it and was about to tear it up.
Magistrate Chen saw this, threw away his pipe, and rushed over. "Try tearing it! With this official as a witness, do you still want to defy heaven?"
Liu Cuirong pouted, her vision went black, and she fainted.
Crying and wailing also took a lot of energy...