The news of the old man and the old woman getting a divorce had spread throughout the courtyard.
Speaking of the old woman, she woke up early, first washing the diapers, then boiling water, and preparing breakfast.
They didn’t have dinner last night, so the old woman was definitely going to eat something this morning.
Besides preparing breakfast for the old lady, she also made a portion for Yi Zhonghai, but this was the last time.
Yi Zhonghai hadn't slept all night, and he had faint dark circles under his eyes, with a dark cloud hanging over his face.
Yi Zhonghai didn't eat breakfast.
"Have you thought it through?" Yi Zhonghai looked at his wife.
"I've thought it through." The old woman nodded.
"You will regret it." Yi Zhonghai's face looked grim.
The old woman just smiled. Regret? She wouldn't.
After summoning the courage to choose divorce, the old woman felt that she had become lighter, as if she had been living under a heavy weight before.
In fact, she had considered divorce before, she didn't want to harm Yi Zhonghai, but Yi Zhonghai had expressed his deep affection, saying he would rather be childless than divorce her, which made her heart feel touched.
But now, their life was impossible, it was better to go their separate ways.
In the old woman's opinion, this would be better for everyone.
Yi Zhonghai actually knew what his wife was thinking.
The old woman held the child and walked towards the courtyard. Besides going to the neighborhood committee to get a certificate to divorce Yi Zhonghai, she also wanted to register the child.
This child would take her surname and be called Zheng Aimin.
"If we're going to get divorced, then we'll get divorced. Whoever doesn't want to is a son of a b*tch!" Yi Zhonghai thought to himself, also walking out of the courtyard.
Many people in the courtyard were discussing it.
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At the neighborhood committee, Wang Qiuxia had just sat down in the office when Yi Zhonghai and his wife came looking for her.
Seeing the old woman holding a baby, Wang Qiuxia was surprised.
"Director Wang, please give us a certificate. We want to get a divorce, and also, this child is a abandoned baby, I adopted him, please register him," the old woman said.
Upon hearing this, Wang Qiuxia was also surprised.
Divorce?
Adopting a abandoned baby?
As the director of the neighborhood committee, if someone in the neighborhood wanted to get a divorce, of course, she would try to persuade them to stay together.
In this era, divorce didn't require going to the civil affairs bureau. It was enough to get a certificate from the neighborhood committee, then you could go to the relevant department to get a divorce.
In a few years, city residents would have to go to the civil affairs department of the committee to get married.
After failing to persuade them, Director Wang could only reluctantly issue the certificate.
After getting the certificate, the old woman went to register the child.
Yi Zhonghai stood aside, watching coldly.
The registration was quickly completed, Wang Lufei also had a new name, called Zheng Aimin.
After registering, Wang Lufei, no, it should be Zheng Aimin, was now the old woman's son.
Wang Lufei didn't care about changing his name. He had been an orphan before he time-traveled, and followed the orphanage director's surname. Now, the old woman had adopted him, and he was fine following her surname.
Moreover, since he had become a baby, and had arrived in this era, he would start a new life!
His previous life could be considered a failure, so in the future, he would try his best to live a brilliant and successful life.
Seeing the old woman with a son, Yi Zhonghai didn't feel envious at all.
Next, they left the neighborhood committee and went to a related department, and the marriage relationship between the old woman and Yi Zhonghai would be dissolved.
At this point, Yi Zhonghai didn't expect the old woman to change her mind.
Anyway, in the future, others couldn't say that Yi Zhonghai divorced because he disliked his wife for not being able to give birth.
After all, they could have divorced a long time ago, there was no need to wait until now.
Because of the disagreement about adopting a child, they got a divorce, and it was the old woman who insisted, so the impact on Yi Zhonghai's reputation was limited.
Besides, Yi Zhonghai had also thought it through. After the divorce, he wouldn't remarry for two years, which would also silence some people's mouths.
In this era, reputation was too important.
It was not easy to maintain a good reputation, and Yi Zhonghai didn't want to ruin it.
The old woman didn't think too much about it.
Couples without children were basically blamed on the women being unable to have children.
In the past, the pressure was mostly on the old woman.
In addition, the old woman had never schemed to maintain a good reputation.
Now, the old woman’s thoughts were simple. After divorcing Yi Zhonghai, she would find some odd jobs to support herself and the child, and also take care of the old lady.
If she didn't live in courtyard 95, it would be inconvenient to take care of the old lady in the future.
Many neighbors and even the neighborhood committee tried to persuade Yi Zhonghai and the old woman to reconcile, but the old woman insisted, and Yi Zhonghai was also angry.
Therefore, the old woman successfully dissolved her marriage with Yi Zhonghai.
In fact, if Yi Zhonghai had stubbornly refused to divorce, it wouldn't have been so easy for the old woman to get a divorce.
After all, getting married was easy in this era, you could get a marriage certificate as long as you liked each other, but divorce was not easy.
Divorce was mainly about being laughed at by others.
Many couples didn't want to get divorced because they didn't want to be laughed at, or for the sake of their children, they would simply put up with it.
When a couple lives together, if there is conflict, they just need to endure it, and after enduring it for a long time, a lifetime will pass.
The divorce between the old woman and Yi Zhonghai would inevitably be laughed at.
The old woman had thought about what she would endure after the divorce.
No matter how hard or difficult the days ahead might be, the old woman would grit her teeth and persevere.
Since she decided to get divorced, the old woman was prepared.
Zheng Aimin didn't know what to say. He had just time-traveled yesterday, and was picked up by the old woman. He thought that Yi Zhonghai and his wife would adopt him, but Yi Zhonghai was against it when he got home from work.
Yi Zhonghai opposed it, but this time, the old woman didn't give in.
So, yesterday, the old woman picked up a baby, and today, she divorced Yi Zhonghai. That was quite 'efficient'.
However, it was Yi Zhonghai who proposed the divorce.
The reason why the old woman divorced was on the one hand, to adopt the child, and on the other hand, for Yi Zhonghai's sake. She couldn't give birth, so she wouldn't drag Yi Zhonghai down, it was better to divorce early and let Yi Zhonghai remarry someone who could give birth.
Even if after the divorce, Yi Zhonghai would smear her, the old woman would bear it.
After more than ten years of marriage, the old woman had feelings for Yi Zhonghai, and she also felt guilty.
After the divorce, the old woman wasn't lost about the future, only hope, she felt her life was filled with light.
"Hmph!"
Yi Zhonghai’s face was cold, he believed his wife, no, his ex-wife, would regret it.
The old woman didn't commit any fundamental mistakes, so even after the divorce, she wouldn't be left with nothing.
Yi Zhonghai's house belonged half to the old woman, and the family savings also belonged to the old woman.
Yi Zhonghai meant to give the old woman 2 million yuan as a one-time payment, and the old woman agreed.
In fact, 2 million yuan would be a loss for the old woman, but she didn't care.
There was less than 2 million yuan in the family's money box, and Yi Zhonghai had to withdraw some money from the bank.
Back home, Yi Zhonghai took out 500,000 yuan from the money box, adding to the 1.5 million yuan he withdrew from the bank.
The second set of banknotes was issued in 1955, and now it was still the first set.
For example, the dowry given to the Jia family when they married Qin Huaiyu was 50,000 yuan.
In three years, the second set of banknotes would be issued, and the current 10,000 yuan would only be equivalent to 1 yuan. At that time, 10 yuan would be the highest denomination, but now, 50,000 yuan was the highest denomination.