Yan Bu Gui: “I think it has nothing to do with Shen Yuan Chao. It’s mainly Old Yi, he probably wants a biological child of his own and wants to divorce Yi Da Ma.”
“Old Yi!”
The deaf old lady’s voice came from outside. Yi Zhong Hai rushed out: “Old lady, it’s so cold out, why are you here? Come in and warm yourself!”
“Is Xiu Ju still refusing to take care of me?”
The deaf old lady was truly unhappy. Before, Yi Da Ma had taken good care of her, feeding her and washing her clothes and quilts meticulously.
But ever since Shen Yuan Chao came to the courtyard, Yi Da Ma had stopped taking care of her.
She had to eat irregularly, and her room was a mess.
Yi Zhong Hai: “She... I don’t understand, why is that Shen Yuan Chao so powerful that he has blinded her with greed?”
The deaf old lady’s eyes narrowed: “Old Yi, why don’t you get a divorce?”
“Old Lady, this…”
Yi Zhong Hai had never even considered divorce until now.
“It’s not a real divorce. You can temporarily divorce. Yi Da Ma doesn’t have a job. Do you think she can support herself with odd jobs?
Does she think she’s as lucky as Liu Widow, who could easily find a job at a relief station?
Divorce will affect your reputation for a while, but if you divorce, you can give her less of your assets, and let her go out and fend for herself. When she can’t support herself, she’ll naturally come back to beg you.
Then you can be magnanimous and remarry her. Wouldn’t your reputation be even better?
In ancient times, people would raise cats. If the cat was disobedient, they would throw it out for two days. When it came back after enduring all that hardship, it would become docile.”
It has to be said that the deaf old lady’s strategy was insidious. Yi Da Ma didn’t have a job. If she were to leave after divorce, she wouldn’t even have a place to live. She would probably be hungry and cold. In order to survive,
she might really have no choice but to beg Yi Zhong Hai.
Yi Zhong Hai: “Okay, Old Lady. I’ll divorce after the New Year.”
Yi Zhong Hai also felt that this constant commotion was no solution. Now, not only in the courtyard, but also in the entire street office, and even at the steel mill, there were a lot of rumors.
They said he refused to adopt Shen Yuan Chao just because he wanted to divorce Yi Da Ma and marry another woman. Yi Zhong Hai’s reputation, built up over many years, was about to be ruined.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Moreover, Yi Zhong Hai now had almost complete control of the courtyard with the deaf old lady. After divorcing Yi Da Ma, he would absolutely not allow anyone in the courtyard to help her.
Then, Yi Da Ma wouldn’t be able to survive and would have to come back to him.
Then, he would show mercy and take Yi Da Ma back, and his reputation would be restored.
Yi Zhong Hai turned around and went back into the house: “Sun Xiu Ju, I’ll ask you one last time. Can you take care of the old lady like before, and give up on adopting Shen Yuan Chao?”
Yi Da Ma: “No!”
“Fine. Then after the New Year, we’ll get a divorce. But most of the family property is mine. You won’t get much.”
In 1950, the new Marriage Law was enacted, stipulating that when a divorce occurs, the female party’s premarital property belongs to the female party, and both parties have equal ownership and handling rights over the family property. ? This provision reflects the basic principle for handling joint property of couples during the initial implementation of the new Marriage Law, namely that the property obtained by a couple during their marriage is jointly owned and should be divided equally upon divorce.
Therefore, Yi Zhong Hai’s proposed distribution of property upon divorce was illegal.
But in Yi Zhong Hai’s eyes, Sun Xiu Ju was illiterate and didn’t know about the new Marriage Law.
So, he planned to give Sun Xiu Ju only a small amount of money!
But Yi Zhong Hai didn’t know that due to Shen Yuan Chao’s arrival, Liu Hui Zhen and Sun Xiu Ju both went to a literacy class.
In just two months, Liu Hui Zhen had learned more than two thousand characters and could read simple popular newspapers.
To encourage Liu Hui Zhen, the teacher of the literacy class specially gave her a pencil and notebook.
Sun Xiu Ju learned slower, but she could now recognize seven or eight hundred characters.
However, Sun Xiu Ju was unsure about the divorce and the property. She planned to ask Liu Hui Zhen for advice.
As for fighting Yi Zhong Hai for property?
Sun Xiu Ju knew in her heart that she couldn’t outsmart Yi Zhong Hai. If she tried, she would only make him more prepared. He would then do something else.
So, on the third day of the New Year, Sun Xiu Ju, with a lunchbox of dumplings and her luggage, moved to the west wing!
This scene shocked the entire courtyard.
Divorce on New Year’s Eve, and kicking out Yi Da Ma, who couldn’t have children!
The neighbors in the courtyard were stunned: “This old Yi, can’t even wait until after the New Year?”
“Yeah, at least let her celebrate the New Year. How can you kick someone out on New Year’s Day?”
“Ah, poor Yi Da Ma. She started cleaning and washing clothes for the New Year from the eighth day of the twelfth month. She worked so hard for the New Year, but in the end, she didn’t even get to eat New Year’s Eve dinner. She was kicked out!
The price of grain is rising rapidly. If this continues, people will die. Yi Da Ma is so foolish. For adopting a child, she’s having trouble with Yi Da Ma!
She’s not afraid of starving to death!”
“Who says not. This year, grain is scary. It’s twenty to forty percent higher than the listed price!”
“That’s because you bought it early. What I bought is already sixty percent higher than the listed price. If grain continues to rise like this, our family’s wages won’t be enough. We’ll starve to death!”
“Sun Xiu Ju, you better go back and apologize, otherwise, your life will be tough!”
Yi Zhong Hai’s face was a bit dark as he listened to the gossip in the courtyard. He didn’t actually want Sun Xiu Ju to leave now, just after the New Year. But who knew, Sun Xiu Ju was stubborn.
She directly packed her things and went to the west wing!
Wasn’t this just making people laugh at him?
However, upon hearing about the rising price of grain, Yi Zhong Hai’s heart felt a little happy. Originally, he had wanted to call Sun Xiu Ju back, to save face!
But now he changed his mind. He also knew about the rising grain prices in the capital. Now, many people in the capital were saying that the grain market was extremely unstable!
Many people in the courtyard alley sold furniture to buy more grain. It was common to see people queuing up to buy grain!
In this situation, Sun Xiu Ju would not be able to earn enough money from odd jobs to buy grain.
At most, in a year, as long as the grain price remained high, he would definitely wait for Sun Xiu Ju to come back and beg him!
Yi Zhong Hai felt increasingly pleased with himself!
He thought about how Yi Da Ma would be humble before him, and how he would play the good guy in the courtyard. Then, not only would people not point fingers at him, they would think he was a good person!
Then his reputation and authority in the courtyard would reach an unprecedented height!
Thinking of this, Yi Zhong Hai hummed a tune and walked back home!
If Shen Yuan Chao knew what Yi Zhong Hai was thinking, he would definitely be amused. Yi Zhong Hai, wait. You won’t be able to wait for the price of grain to keep rising. You won’t be able to wait for Yi Da Ma to kneel down and beg to come back!
Instead, you’ll be waiting for the implementation of grain rationing. Yi Zhong Hai, your entire family will be unable to survive in the capital!
Qin Huai Ru was a little uneasy: “Mom, do you think Yi Da Ye really wants to divorce Yi Da Ma and marry another woman?”
Jia Zhang Shi: “He doesn’t dare. If he does, we’ll sabotage every blind date he goes on!”
Qin Huai Ru’s eyes moved slightly, thinking that her mother-in-law wasn’t really stupid, that she could still come up with such a vicious plan.
It’s said that you learn from the people you spend time with. Now, Qin Huai Ru had started learning some of Jia Zhang Shi’s tricks as a widow!
Jia Dong Xu was thoughtful. He remembered what his father, Lao Jia, had told him before he died!
Lao Jia died in an industrial accident, but no one knew that Lao Jia had been seriously ill before he died. To get more compensation, he deliberately caused a machine malfunction!
And before he knew he was sick, he had started scheming against Yi Zhong Hai. First, he pretended to accidentally kick Yi Zhong Hai in a certain place!
Then he went to prepare for an industrial injury claim. Before his death, he pulled Yi Zhong Hai aside and told Yi Zhong Hai that his son was now his responsibility. He should take care of him and provide for his old age.
Lao Jia knew Yi Zhong Hai’s scheming ability. He was very good at it. With Yi Zhong Hai protecting this orphan and widow, their future life in the courtyard would be better!
Lao Jia knew that Jia Zhang Shi was often clueless. So, he told Jia Dong Xu about this!
He told Jia Dong Xu that there were no secrets in the courtyard. He should remember to never reveal this secret.
If Yi Zhong Hai found out, he wouldn’t help the Jia family. He might even want to ruin them!
Lao Jia said that the kick was very hard. Yi Zhong Hai’s area was swollen for days. However, he wasn’t sure if Yi Zhong Hai was rendered infertile. If he wasn’t, he told Jia Dong Xu to tell Jia Zhang Shi.
Jia Zhang Shi was a reckless woman, but for the sake of the Jia family, she would definitely try to scheme. As long as Yi Zhong Hai was rendered infertile, the Jia family could receive Yi Zhong Hai’s care while also benefiting from his misfortune.
If that kick really did make the master infertile, then the master should have no problem finding a partner, right?
“Dong Xu, Dong Xu, what are you thinking about?”
Jia Dong Xu came back to his senses and saw Qin Huai Ru and Jia Zhang Shi looking at him.
“Nothing, I was thinking that our son, Bang Geng, will definitely be more successful than Shen Yuan Chao in the future.”
Jia Zhang Shi: “Of course. My grandson will be a big leader in the future!”
Sha Zhu got the news and ran to Yi Zhong Hai’s house: “I say, Yi Da Ye, are you really going to divorce Yi Da Ma?”