The couple’s marriage certificate was registered before the liberation, and the font on it is still in traditional Chinese characters, which looks grand and exquisite. Unfortunately, this piece of paper has been completely invalidated today.
The old man also took out his son's marriage certificate and explained the situation. The people from the Civil Affairs Bureau looked at the old couple with indescribable expressions, and for a moment they could not accept this fact.
"You have really made up your mind. As for your son, let him come and handle it himself."
The old man nodded and left without looking back. The old lady looked at the heartless old man and didn't know where to go for a moment.
Qiu Min went home after two days in the hospital. When she walked to the hospital gate, she saw a familiar figure at the door of her home. She couldn't help but worry. Dad is here. Could it be...
"Brother Monkey, my father has loved me since I was a child, unlike my mother, so what if something happens later..."
"I saved it. Don't think too much about it. The child is more important."
"Dad, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
"Qiu Min, how is the baby in your belly? Is he okay?"
"It's okay. Dad, are you going to see my brother? He's gone to the police station, but he should be fine. Nothing happened to me."
"I know. Let's not talk about this today. Take this money."
The old man took out a stack of money and handed it to Qiu Min. Qiu Min took it and took a look. He was shocked to see that there were actually two hundred yuan.
"Dad, where did you get so much money?"
Qiu Min knew that the financial power of the family was in the hands of her mother, and that her father was already very rich if he could usually take out a dime from his pocket.
"Dad, Qiu Min is pregnant. Let's go home and talk."
Seeing that his father-in-law looked a little dazed, Shouhou knew that something must have happened at home, but they just didn't know what it had happened.
Qiu Min's father nodded and followed Qiu Min back home:
"Dad, sit inside. No one has been at home these past two days, so the stove is cold. I'll go light a fire."
Qiu Min's father nodded again and followed Qiu Min into the house silently. The house was indeed extremely cold, but fortunately they were wearing a lot of clothes.
The fire was lit, and slowly the whole room became warmer. Seeing that his father-in-law was still silent, Skinny Monkey hurried to cook. His father-in-law was not hungry, but his wife was.
"Qiu Min, I have something to tell you."
"Dad, tell me what's going on."
Qiu Min has already prepared herself for her father to ask her for money, because her eldest brother is the only male in the family, so who else can she take care of if not him
“I sold the house.”
"What."
Qiu Min was startled, and the baby in her belly kicked her hard. Qiu Min cried out in pain and covered her stomach with both hands.
"What's wrong? Is the child okay?"
"It's okay. This child seems to be naughty too."
"It's really nothing. I don't even dare to say it."
"Dad, tell me, I'm ready."
"I'm divorcing your mother, and your brother and your sister-in-law are also getting divorced, so I don't want the house anymore and I'm selling it."
Qiu Min took five deep breaths in a row before she digested the shocking news. She covered her stomach with one hand and touched her forehead with the other. Fortunately, there was no sweat.
"Dad, why do you want a divorce? If you sell the house, where will you live? And what about my brother? Where will he live? Oh, and what about his two sons? Where will they live?"
"I live in the factory dormitory. I haven't retired yet. I can apply for a single bed if possible. If not, I can rent a house outside. Your brother has nothing to do with me, and his son has even less to do with me."
Qiu Min found it a bit confusing. She could understand each word of her father's words when they were separated, but when they were put together, she couldn't understand a single word.
Shouhou understood everything. No wonder his father-in-law was able to divorce smoothly. It turned out that he had something on his mother-in-law. As for his eldest brother-in-law, he didn't look like his father-in-law, so they all thought that their son looked like his mother.
"Dad, why don't you live with me? My belly is big and I can't do many things. Skinny Monkey is too tired to do it alone. Can you give me a hand?"
The old man nodded. Although his daughter only had two rooms here, he could live in the outer room and move out after his unit’s dormitory application was approved.
"Dad, does my elder sister know?"
Skinny Monkey was worried that the elder sister was not Qiu Min’s biological elder sister, so he asked quickly.
"Yes, I also gave her 200 yuan so that she could live a good life. I also told her not to tell her in-laws about the money, otherwise she would lose it."
"Hey, every family has its own problems, and my eldest sister has her own problems too. Dad, please sit down. I'll go cook some dishes. How about we have a couple of drinks to celebrate?"
Qiu Min rolled her eyes at Shou Hou, asking if this was worth celebrating. But Shou Hou pointed at her belly, and Qiu Min smiled, saying this was indeed worth celebrating.
The old man watched the interaction between his daughter and son-in-law and felt comforted that at least one of them was a good couple, otherwise his life would have been a joke.
Qiu Min's mother went to the hospital after the divorce. When Qiu Jianguo saw his mother, he cried out that he was hungry. But at this time, the old lady had no time to care about her son and sat on the stool beside the bed in a daze.
Jianguo is so old now, how could the old man know about this? It is true that if you don't want others to know, you had better not do it yourself. But she didn't know where Jianguo's biological father was at all. At that time, she was eager to have a child and was deceived by others.
But how can I tell Jianguo this? Will the old man kick Jianguo and his two grandsons out? The grandsons are at their grandmother's house now. When they find out that their daughter has been arrested and they want to divorce, will they kick their grandsons out as well
For a moment, the old lady was filled with grief. What was she doing in her life? She calculated her food and drink every day, and every penny, and she was reluctant to even eat a piece of candy.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? I'm hungry. Please help me buy some food."
The old lady nodded, looked at Qiu Jianguo deeply, then took the lunch box to the hospital cafeteria to get food. Qiu Jianguo saw the delicious food and gobbled it up without even thinking of asking, "Mom, have you eaten yet?"
Looking at her son who was eating happily, the old lady took out a passbook from her pocket. There was one thousand yuan in it. This was the money she had saved penny by penny throughout her life. Now, she gave it all to her son.
"Mom, how did you get so much money? It would be better if you took it out earlier. I'll let Daying find a job and nothing like this would happen."
Listening to her son blaming her, the old lady smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, it would have been better if it had been taken out earlier. What a pity."
"Jianguo, mom is back. You should keep this money well and don't spend it carelessly, okay?"
"Mom, please go back. Be careful on the road. By the way, how do you talk about the divorce?"
"Oh, this is your marriage certificate. The people at the Civil Affairs Bureau said that you have to be present in person before they can process it. You can handle it yourself. After all, you have two sons."
Qiu Jianguo curled his lips and said, "Son, son, I'm so annoyed. If my mother hadn't urged me, I wouldn't have wanted to have a son at all."