Qian Shulan soon discovered that Li Caiying and Wang Shouzhi were in a cold war. They ignored each other at the dinner table.
Qian Shulan had never been a mother-in-law, so naturally she didn't know how to deal with such a situation, but she also knew that outsiders should not interfere in a marriage.
Especially since her identity is so embarrassing.
If she sided with her son, Li Caiying would feel that the mother and son were bullying her.
If she sides with her daughter-in-law, her son will think she is biased towards outsiders.
Qian Shulan naturally would not do such a thing that would please both sides, so she just pretended not to see it.
It was time to eat and drink. She wondered in her heart whether she should tell Wang Shouzhi that she wanted to return to the village early so that he could find a car to take her back.
After finishing her meal, Qian Shulan cleaned up her dishes and prepared to go to the kitchen to wash them, when she heard two people talking outside the door. Although she knew it was bad to eavesdrop on people's conversations, Qian Shulan still went over out of curiosity.
"Look at what a stupid idea you came up with. Your mother doesn't love you at all. We have both done it so obviously, but she pretends not to see it like a blind person. I don't think she treats you as her son. Wang Shouzhi, you promised me last night that you would send your mother back to the countryside, otherwise I will never forgive you for what happened to Lin Fang." Li Caiying's voice was a little loud, and Qian Shulan heard it clearly inside.
Wang Shouzhi seemed to be begging for mercy, and sighed helplessly, "How could I know that my mother would not accept the challenge?"
Li Caiying snorted, "I think she probably likes the good life in the city and wants to stay here and not leave."
Wang Shouzhi said in a dejected tone, "How about I go ask my mother tonight?"
"Okay, that's what you said."
With that, the two walked away.
Qian Shulan was so angry that she wanted to beat him up! Such an ungrateful person!
She just stayed for a few days and cooked for them every day, but she was still despised.
At the same time, Qian Shulan was reflecting in her heart, is she such a bad mother? So bad that her son and daughter-in-law wanted her to leave immediately.
However, Qian Shulan soon calmed down. Why should she be angry? She was not Wang Shouzhi's biological mother, and she had decided to leave anyway.
When she first moved in, Wang Shouzhi's filial piety value increased a little because she cooked for him, cared about him, and asked about his well-being, but the filial piety value stopped increasing after it reached 7.
However, Lee Chae-young has always been in the state of 0.
Since this method of education doesn't work, she might as well find another way!
After dinner, when Wang Shouzhi asked her indirectly when she was leaving, Qian Shulan said, "I will leave tomorrow, but I have to talk to you about the alimony issue." Then, she pointed at the closed door without mercy and said, "Call Caiying in."
This action did not give Wang Shouzhi any face at all and made him blush with embarrassment.
Li Caiying was lying outside the door when she heard her mother-in-law say that she would leave tomorrow. She was very happy. Then she heard that she needed alimony, which made her unhappy. Then she heard the old woman calling her. She immediately appeared, opened the door, and walked in.
Qian Shulan didn't waste any words and said directly, "Fifty yuan a year. Just like before, I don't want more. But I'm old and can't come here every year. In addition, our production team still needs to go out to work. I've been out for so many days, and I've missed dozens of work points. You can pay me five years at a time to save me the trouble of going back and forth." Asking for more money can buy more food. In the years of famine, food can save lives.
She had heard people say that during the famine years, some people used ten kilograms of grain to marry a beautiful wife. Maybe she could do the same and exchange grain for a temporary job. Wouldn't her career value increase by then
Wang Shouzhi thought it was reasonable, but Li Caiying didn't want to let this old woman get her wish so easily. She subconsciously wanted to object, but Qian Shulan seemed to guess her thoughts and began to retreat. "I just want to save trouble by paying me five years at a time. You don't want me to come to you every once in a while for alimony, right? If you like, I, an old country woman, come and interfere with your life, then I don't mind. Speaking of which, life in the city is indeed better than our country life. I don't have to work in the fields to earn work points. I only need to clean and cook every day. It's really easy."
It seemed that she didn't want to leave, and Li Caiying was so scared that she quickly took out the money. She had been having a terrible time these days. This old hag was simply a monkey in the world, very cunning and sly. Moreover, the old hag was very good at talking, and when she talked back to someone, it was enough to make her vomit blood.
After receiving the money, Qian Shulan was in a much better mood. She said to the two of them, "Go out. I'll be back tomorrow."
Wang Shouzhi wanted to tell his mother that he would find a car for him tomorrow, but Li Caiying simply dragged him away. Wang Shouzhi just opened his mouth and then shrank back in cowardice.
Qian Shulan looked at the money in her hand and felt really sad for her son. This son would never be able to turn things around.
She put the money in the space and started thinking about what to do next.
Wang Shouzhi is not difficult to reform. He has tolerated Li Caiying for so many years for a job, which shows that what he cares most about is his job. As long as she can help him find a job, his filial piety will definitely increase. This matter would be quite difficult to handle in normal times. But next year there will be a famine, and there will be a shortage of food everywhere, so there are still many opportunities.
However, Li Caiying was in a difficult situation. In fact, it was not that she could not reform this person, but her methods were too vicious and she could not make up her mind.
The first method is to divorce. Li Caiying is a peacock girl, and she has a deep prejudice against her. She will never listen to her. The gentler transformation method is useless to her. Only by divorce can she change a daughter-in-law to transform. Anyway, the original body only said that she wanted to transform her son and daughter-in-law, and did not specify that the daughter-in-law must be Li Caiying. Having said that. But divorce is a great harm to women and children. In addition, Wang Shouzhi is not a responsible man. She is afraid that Wang Shouzhi will vent his anger on herself, so she has been undecided.
The second method is to break Li Caiying's wings and pluck out all the peacock feathers on her body, so that she will not have the capital to be proud. But Qian Shulan felt that doing such an immoral thing herself was too challenging to her character.
So, she chose to let them polish themselves with the passage of time.
Not to mention the distant future, famine will start to hit the whole country next year. In the countryside, people can still dig wild vegetables and eat tree bark, but what can we have in the city
By then, won’t they have to go to the countryside to seek help
At that time, wouldn’t it be more effective for her to educate the students with half the effort
So, in order to make Wang Shouzhi feel guilty about her, she followed his wishes and left on her own initiative. Although it was a bit cowardly, as long as she could succeed, it didn't matter if she suffered a little now.
No matter what job you do, you might get bullied, but she takes it easy.
The next day, Qian Shulan cooked herself a bowl of noodles before dawn. After eating and drinking, she carried her things and left the family area.
Before leaving, she sighed heavily towards Wang Shouzhi, then turned and left without saying a word.
Wang Shouzhi felt very sad and wanted to catch up and find a carriage to take his mother back.
But Li Caiying, who was standing next to him, held his arm tightly, like a victorious rooster, with her head held high, "The old hag is finally gone! I thought she would stay here for the rest of her life."
Hearing this, Wang Shouzhi suddenly turned around and glared at her fiercely. Li Caiying, who had never made such an expression to her before, was shocked. She patted her chest and began to scold, "Wang Shouzhi, why are you so fierce! Don't you know what kind of people your family is? How dare you be fierce to me! You are so bold, how dare you stare at me like that!" She cursed and pounced on her with her teeth and claws bared.
Wang Shouzhi was furious when he saw Li Caiying losing her mind. Instead of letting her beat him as usual, he pushed her away and cursed, "Bitch!"
This sentence successfully made Li Caiying furious! She was so angry that her eyes turned red, and she waved her hand and hit Wang Shouzhi.
No matter how honest or cowardly a man is, he will eventually become unable to bear being criticized and beaten by a woman in public. Moreover, Wang Shouzhi is a man with a very strong self-esteem. If it were not for keeping his job, he would never have endured it for so long.
Seeing his mother being chased away as he wished, the guilt in his heart instantly overwhelmed him. He remembered that when he was a child, his mother went to the mountains to pick wild fruits to support their family and was almost killed by wild beasts. She also went to the enemy to steal food and was almost killed by bullets. It was so dangerous, but his mother dared to go through it, but he was such a piece of shit. For the sake of work, he tolerated Li Caiying in every way. He wanted his mother to see his predicament, but he didn't want to lose his job. He was so conflicted and tormented! But Li Caiying was still talking nonsense, disdaining his mother for being shameful and disdaining him for being a country boy. If she disdained him so much, why did she marry him in the first place
He regrets it now. If he knew that Li Caiying had this kind of temper, he would not do it even if he was asked to be the president of the country!
Wang Shouzhi, who was full of regret, started fighting with the arrogant Li Caiying in the yard.
Men, even those who never work, have better physical strength than women. In addition, Wang Shouzhi, who had already had the intention to resist, did not give in to Li Caiying as usual. Therefore, by the end of the fight, Wang Shouzhi gradually gained the upper hand.
Everyone in the yard gathered around, but no one was willing to stop the fight.
Because Wang Shouzhi was like a madman, punching and kicking Li Caiying, and kicking anyone who came over, without any regard for other people's face.
Li Caiying was beaten and screaming. Wang Shouzhi, who was in a superior position, was not much better than her. There were several bloody scratches on his fair face, and his hair, which was usually meticulously groomed, was now a mess. The glasses on his nose had been thrown to the ground and broken by Li Caiying during the fight.
Although Li Caiying screamed miserably, many onlookers were dissatisfied with her. Usually, when they met her on the road, Li Caiying would not even say hello, so when they saw that it would affect them, they were unwilling to step forward to help.
When the onlookers went over and called out to Li Guocheng, Li Caiying curled up on the ground with her body tilted, holding her head and groaning in pain.
When Li Guocheng saw his daughter being beaten like this, he was so angry that his face turned blue, and he kicked the mad Wang Shouzhi aside.
Wang Shouzhi finally came to his senses and sat on the ground. When he saw Li Caiying was beaten up like a pig, he felt a little relieved. He said coldly, "Divorce!"
After saying that, he got up from the ground, squeezed through the crowd and left without looking back.
Li Guocheng looked around the yard but couldn't find his in-laws. He was a little annoyed. The two children were fighting like this, but the old woman didn't come to stop them. What on earth was she doing
After he brought Li Caiying back home, Li Caiying told him what had happened in sobs.
When Li Guocheng heard his daughter say that she had taken the old lady back home in anger, he felt that things had gotten serious.
He rubbed his eyebrows. These past few days, he had been reflecting on whether he had taught his daughter to be too ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, which was why she became so arrogant and didn't know how to save face for others.
Who would have thought that she could actually drive the old lady away. Thinking of what the son-in-law had said before, could he really want a divorce
But didn't the other party always treat his mother as nothing? Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed away for six years. Why is he so upset now because the old lady left
Li Guocheng was a little confused. Looking at the bruises on his daughter's face, he swallowed back the words he wanted to say to persuade her.
Outside the cotton mill’s family quarters, Wang Shouzhi stood at the door and found that his mother was missing. He immediately felt relieved.
It seems that his mother found the carriage and went back.
Just thinking about how pathetic he was, he really couldn't live with Li Caiying anymore. His life was so tiring!
His mother was so good to him. She didn't let him marry Li Caiying because she wanted to live a good life. She just felt sorry for him and didn't want him to suffer.
But he went home angry with his mother.
He is so unfilial! Wang Shouzhi squatted at the foot of the wall and slapped himself hard.