Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

Murong Chen still underestimated Ma Cuilan's status in the family.

The fifth brother and his wife are the vested interests and are the most favored by Ma Cuilan. It is absolutely impossible for them to stand up.

The third and fourth sons did not have the courage to stand up to Ma Cuilan. The eldest son's wife was a sophisticated egoist. Her mother-in-law's crime would affect her husband's imperial examination career.

Daxia did not have a clear rule that children whose parents were criminals could not take the imperial examination to become officials, but the Ministry of Personnel did have an assessment. Since the parents were criminals, they would be very cautious when hiring people.

Some of the children were in their parents' arms and didn't see it. The adults who saw it didn't say anything, and they didn't dare to say anything either.

As for the second brother himself, his face was pale and gloomy;

He was conscious when he was knocked over, lying on the ground and did not see Ma Cuilan throwing her daughter out, so he could not be sure.

Seeing this, Ma Cuilan pointed at Hu Yanhong's nose and cursed:

"You bitch, you wrongly accused your mother-in-law. I think you should be thrown into the pig cage."

Then sit on the ground and roll around:

"Oh my God, how could I have such an unfilial daughter-in-law,"

"Second brother, you are letting your wife force me to death, I won't live anymore!"

Ma Cuilan swung her fat body around, and the struggling Lao Er was determined. She gritted her teeth and yelled at Hu Yanhong:

"Get up and go back."

Normally, she would get up and accept it, but today she doesn't want to:

"Please, sir, make the decision for me."

She kowtowed continuously until her forehead was bleeding. Murong Chen was thinking about what to do. The second brother couldn't help but limped up and grabbed Hu Yanhong's hair.

"Come with me, or I'll divorce you! Send you back to your parents' home!"

For a moment, Hu Yanhong hesitated.

Her parents favored boys over girls, and her brothers were useless. If she went back, she would just wait to die. As a divorced woman, she had no support from her natal family and had no way to survive in this era.

"Mom, we're not going anywhere, not anywhere."

Erya cried and hugged Hu Yanhong,

"Grandma beats me and my sister and won't give us food. We won't go back, and we won't go to grandma and my uncle's house. Let's go beg for food, okay?"

The elder sister was pushed out to block the knife and she almost died. They could endure it because their mother endured it. If their mother couldn't endure it, what would they have to be afraid of?

The surging grievances and hatred made me not want to go home even if I had to beg for food.

The children's determination made Hu Yanhong feel heartbroken. Her tolerance caused the children to suffer. She felt that she was wrong and she no longer cared about it.

Leaving won’t be worse than it is now, so what is there to hesitate about!

She didn't know where she got the strength from, she pushed Lao Er to the ground and yelled at him:

"I'm not going back. I want to divorce you!"

Combination and separation,

It was a taboo for women in this era. It was difficult to remarry after leaving the husband's family. The villagers were silent.

The second brother was pushed to the ground. The wound on his back made him unable to get up. However, the pain in his heart was probably more painful than the pain in his body. It would be a lie to say that he had no feelings.

It was only his foolish filial piety that prevented him from rejecting and rebelling against his parents. His tragedy was a microcosm of this era.

Ma Cuilan was very good at taking advantage of every opportunity. She clumsily got up from the ground and grabbed Hu Yanhong's hair.

"You bitch, you dare to hit your husband? That's against heaven!"

"I beat you to death!"

Hu Yanhong couldn't resist her because of her huge body. Erya came up and bit Ma Cuilan's wrist, but she slapped her to the ground. Dabao and Xiaobao were furious.

"Don't hit Sister Erya."

"I'll fight you!"

Xiao Yunxi was so engrossed in eating the melon that she failed to stop them. The two little guys rushed out and were kicked to the ground by Ma Cuilan.

She didn't intend to appear too early.

If you want to break free from the devil's control, you must be determined to fight to the death. Hu Yanhong must stand up so that she and her child can have a way out. Xiao Yunxi needs to know how determined she is before deciding what to do.

Furthermore,

The more miserable Hu Yanhong was, the more sympathy the villagers had for her and the deeper their disgust for Ma Cuilan.

Last night, Ma Cuilan and her fifth son knelt down and surrendered. Combining these two things, there wouldn't be many people objecting to driving their family out of the village.

Who knew that Dabao and Xiaobao were so fierce? They were knocked down as soon as they went up. Niu Niu screamed and tried to go up with her short legs, but she was grabbed by the collar and thrown back.

He stepped forward with his mysterious steps, kicked Ma Cuilan to the ground with his Foshan shadowless kick, and then stepped on her big face.

"I've tolerated you for a long time!"

"You beast, you dare to hit someone in front of me!"

"You're telling lies with your eyes open. I'll beat you to death, you bastard."

There were two loud kicks, and Ma Cuilan rolled her eyes. Murong Chen felt very happy, but on the surface he had to maintain the image of a county magistrate. After Xiao Yunxi had kicked her enough, he slowly had someone pull her away and scolded her:

"Be bold!"

"How dare you be so presumptuous in front of me! Be careful of severe punishment!"

Xiao Yunxi curled her lips.

You are the only one who knows how to pretend, so you still have to act out the performance that should be coordinated:

"Sir, I was so angry that I couldn't control myself, so I hit someone. I hope you can understand."

Murong Chen said seriously:

"Why are you angry?"

"I witnessed everything that happened at the Ma family last night. Ma Cuilan pulled out her own granddaughter to block the knife. Not just one, but two. If I hadn't kicked the criminals over, Erya might have died. Please investigate thoroughly and restore order to Tangjia Village."

Since there is a witness, it will be easy to handle. Murong Chen waved his hand:

"Ma Cuilan is in custody and awaiting my personal trial! As for separation..."

Murong Chen admired Hu Yanhong's courage to stand up and protect her daughter, and was willing to support her divorce. However, in this era, there were very few people as open-minded as him.

He was a little hesitant.

Hu Yanhong kowtowed again:

"Sir, please allow me to divorce."

Murong Chen asked seriously:

"Are you sure you want to divorce? You have to understand that it's very difficult for a woman to divorce."

"Sure!"

The second one shouted:

"I disagree."

Hu Yanhong didn't look at him:

"Sir, I married into the Tang family and strictly followed the code of conduct for women. I respected my parents-in-law and took care of the household chores. I endured my mother-in-law's beatings and scoldings, and I endured them. I also endured my husband's beatings and scoldings, and I endured my mother-in-law's failure to feed the children. I lived in disgrace just because I wanted my daughter to have someone to rely on. I was wrong, so wrong. I just wanted a little protection from my family, but they wanted to take my child's life. I must divorce you, or I will die here today!"

Murong Chen was in a dilemma.

He is the county magistrate. Is it legal for him to force people to divorce?

Ma Cuilan's family are all bastards. Letting Hu Yanhong continue to stay in that family is really going to drive her to death.

Tang Huaiming: Please don’t take me with you.

Dabao: Don’t count me out!

Xiao Yunxi whispered a few words in Murong Chen's ear, and Murong Chen's face was full of suspicion:

"Are you sure it's possible?"

"The village chief is the head of the family. It's more appropriate for him to handle it than you."

Having experienced life and death, he trusted Xiao Yunxi very much. Although he was unsure whether the village chief could wake up, he still spoke:

"As the saying goes, it's better to demolish a temple than to ruin a marriage."

"But a forced melon is not sweet. It may quench your thirst, but if it is destined to be yours, it will come to you eventually. If it is not destined to be yours, don't force it."

Xiao Yunxi's eyes were threatening to kill someone, so Murong Chen quickly became serious:

"Mrs. Hu is asking for a divorce. I cannot ignore it, but I will give you a one-month cooling-off period. After that month, if you want a divorce, I will support you. During the cooling-off period, no one is allowed to harass Hu Yanhong. Violators will be thrown into jail!"

In this way, Ma Cuilan was temporarily detained, and it would take another month to know whether Hu Yanhong could divorce smoothly.