I trade in both worlds

Village Chief Yang had a look on his face: "If you Yang family had been more careful in doing things before, would this happen? You even wrote the divorce letter in advance. Who's daughter would be willing to swallow her anger when being divorced for no reason? The face of our entire Yang family has been trampled on by your family."

Li Laidi was unwilling to admit that he was wrong: "Her family dared to do it, why can't we get a divorce?"

Seeing that Li Laidi refused to repent, Village Chief Yang wanted to continue to slander him: "Yang Laosan, are you going to take care of it? If you don't, I will. If I take care of it, it won't be as simple as closing the ancestral hall."

When Li Laidi heard what Village Chief Yang said, he hid behind Yang Laosan in fear. Yang Laosan, on the other hand, continued to smoke his pipe without making any sound, as if he had not heard what Village Chief Yang said.

Village Chief Yang looked at the couple and snorted coldly, "You'd better keep quiet. If you are going to affect the marriage in our village because of your slander of others, get out of the village."

Yang Laosan raised his eyelids and glanced at Village Chief Yang, then continued to lower his head and tap his pipe, and asked slowly: "What do you, the Xu family, want?"

Patriarch Xu didn't want to waste time with the ruffian, so he said directly: "Let's get a divorce."

Before Yang Laosan could say anything, Li Laidi started jumping up and down again: "Impossible, be smart and take the divorce letter and leave, otherwise I will make you pay."

The clan leader turned and looked at Li Laidi: "How are you going to make me suffer? Let your son who is ready to abandon his wife and children to marry a rich man?"

Yang Laosan's pupils shrank with fear and he looked up at Patriarch Xu. Li Laidi also became timid, not sure whether the Xu family really knew or were just tricking them.

This was a lot of information. The surrounding villagers were so shocked that they were silent for a second, then started chattering again.

Village Chief Yang looked at Yang Lao San in disbelief: "What do you mean by abandoning your wife and children to climb up the social ladder?"

Yang Lao San avoided the gaze of Village Chief Yang, his eyes filled with guilt: "That's not the case."

Regardless of what others said, the clan leader directly said to Yang Lao San: "Yang Lao San, I have prepared the divorce agreement. You can sign it. The two children will be given to Xu Xu. You can also sign a severance agreement. The two children will have nothing to do with your Yang family in the future. Finally, Xu Xu's dowry must be taken back, and you also have the dowry list."

Li Laidi was unwilling to hear this: "The child belongs to our Yang family. Why should we let you take him away? Impossible."

The clan leader turned and looked at Li Laidi: "What do you want the child for? To sell it for money?"

Yang Laosan's family was so frightened that they broke out in cold sweats. They didn't know how Patriarch Xu knew about this. This matter had just been discussed and no one had told anyone.

Village Chief Yang was unwilling to hear this: "Chief Xu, my Yang family's children must be raised by the Yang family. We will never sell our children."

The clan leader replied with disdain: "Really? Why don't you ask Yang Lao San if he has such a plan?"

Village Chief Yang was so ruthless in his response that his face became as gloomy as if a dark cloud was pressing down on his head. He looked extremely ugly and turned to look at Yang Laosan.

Yang Laosan turned his head and looked away. Li Laidi lowered his head and said dryly, "Nothing."

At this point, there was nothing that Village Chief Yang could not guess. He watched as Chief Xu opened his mouth to say something to save the situation, but in the end he sighed helplessly and thought, "Forget it, forget it. It was his own fault and he had to bear the consequences himself."

The clan leader didn't care what other people thought: "Yang Lao San, your family knows exactly what happened. I don't care what your family wants to do, but it's impossible to divorce my wife now. We can only divorce amicably."

The looks from Village Chief Yang and the surrounding villagers made Yang Laosan and his family feel as if they had been stripped of their clothes. They were extremely embarrassed, but if they wanted to continue living in Yangjiaao, they could not admit it. For this reason, Yang Laosan continued to firmly deny it: "It's not true. He just said it nonsense."

Li Laidi also nodded: "No such thing, absolutely not."

The clan leader looked at the couple calmly and said, "You know it in your heart, right? I don't want to waste time with you here. I only have the divorce agreement. Do you want to sign it?"

Li Laidi still wanted to struggle: "If you don't want to sign, then take the divorce letter and leave. The child is ours, you have to bring him back to me."

Patriarch Xu looked at Yang Lao San calmly and said, "I'll say this one last time. A divorce is out of the question. We can only sign a divorce agreement. If you want to sign it, sign it. If you don't want to sign it, then just wait. We're not in a hurry anyway."

Yang Laosan hesitated. This matter could not be delayed any longer, for fear that the longer it was delayed, the more it would affect his son's future. He turned to look at Li Laidi and Yang Dazhui, and saw that the two were also eagerly waiting for his decision. He felt very frustrated, as they were all useless.

Xu Xu saw their hesitation and said, "Sign the divorce letter and say that the two children belong to me. Then write and sign a letter of severance. My dowry included eight quilts, and you took six. You should pay me back according to the market price."

"Also, my eldest sister-in-law has borrowed 13 taels from me over the past four years. You have to return this to me. Your son asked me for 30 taels after giving me gifts. I don't want more. You have to return 55 taels."

"Finally, my dowry and belongings. I will pack them up and move out with you. Also, have you taken any of my things from my room while I was away? If you did, return them in the same condition or convert them into silver to make up for it."

When Li Laidi heard that he had to pay so much money, he started to be reluctant: "Why should I pay money to take the child away?"

Chief Xu said indifferently: "If you are willing, sign it now. If not, we will leave. We will not be so easy to talk to next time."

Li Laidi was unwilling: "If you want money, you can't take the child away. If you want to take the child with you, you can't ask for money."

Chief Xu didn't even bother to pay attention to him. He turned around and said to the Xu clan members, "Let's go."

When Yang Laosan saw that the Xu clan members were really preparing to leave, he became anxious and took his anger out on Li Laidi: "If something bad happens, you can go back to your mother's home."

Yang Dazhu held Li Laidi and said softly, "Mom, give it to her according to their request. If it is delayed for too long and affects my second brother's future, it will not be worth it."

Li Laidi was reluctant, but was afraid of affecting Yang Erzhu. He thought that if Yang Erzhu married his boss's daughter and got promoted, he would still be short of this little money. But this time he sent 200 taels of silver back to their family along with the letter.

After thinking it through, Li Laidi reluctantly said to Chief Xu: "Chief Xu, we agree to divorce."

Yang Laosan took a puff of his pipe and said, "Sign it. After that, we won't have any more contact."

Xu Xu sneered: "Don't worry, from now on we have nothing to do with each other. He will marry his wife and I will raise my child. The child will have nothing to do with the Yang family in the future. Even if we meet on the road, we will pretend not to know each other."

Seeing that they had all agreed, the clan leader turned around and handed three pieces of paper to Xu Xu: "Xu Xu, the divorce agreement is ready. Take a look. If there is nothing that needs to be revised, just sign it. If you have grain, bring the ink."