Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

61. Divorced

When Qi Zhengyang was beaten by Cheng Xiao before, he did not fight back, but when the grain was taken away, he desperately tried to stop it from being taken away.

This was the food he had scraped together and borrowed money to buy after his rebirth; it was the food that would sustain him for the next two years. And now it had been taken away like this. What was the point of his rebirth?

But how could he, alone, stop so many people?

In the end, the grain was still taken to the production team's granary.

Cheng Xiao, who was crying and sobbing, was also taken away by the people of Xiaoben Village.

He has two daughters and a son who just passed away; he has to go back to handle his son's funeral arrangements.

Du Mei wanted to go back to see her son one last time, but Cheng Xiao wouldn't allow her to go back, saying he would break her legs if she dared to.

Seeing Cheng Xiao's murderous gaze, Du Mei sought help from the villagers.

But Cheng Xiao wouldn't listen to any advice. He said that if he couldn't help but kill Du Mei, who would be responsible? This scared the villagers so much that they dared not persuade Cheng Xiao to let Du Mei go back to see the children.

Du Mei knew that Cheng Xiao might really kill her, and she dared not go back to face him alone.

So Du Mei simply moved into Qi Zhengyang's house openly.

Anyway, she dared not go back home. Her family was in Xiaoben Village, and they wouldn't welcome her, the daughter who had brought them shame.

Since she's already infamous, it'll be the same no matter where she goes, so she might as well stay with Qi Zhengyang.

She and Cheng Xiao had already fallen out to this point; they definitely couldn't continue their relationship. They were bound to separate sooner or later, and her only way out was Qi Zhengyang.

If both of their reputations are ruined, then they'll both be ruined together.

The crowd dispersed, leaving only Qi Zhengyang and Du Mei at home.

Both remained silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

Qi Zhengyang was gripped by a deep sense of fear.

His affair with Du Mei was exposed in such a shameful way that he felt utterly ashamed and embarrassed.

More importantly, he probably won't be able to be a teacher anymore.

If he doesn't become a teacher, what else can he do? Become a farmer?

No, he didn't want to be a farmer for the rest of his life.

He graduated from a teachers' college, how could he become a farmer! Besides, he was reborn, he knew what the future held.

Perhaps, after a while, people will gradually forget his and Du Mei's unsavory past.

Three years later, the famine will be over, and so will their troubles. Schools will reopen, and in this era of scarcity of knowledgeable and cultured people, they will invite him back to teach.

Given the opportunity, even if it's just to become an ordinary teacher, he will find a way to climb the ranks.

Du Mei was grieving for her son, who had died at just over two years old. The poor child had even been beaten by her before he died.

Thinking of that bowl of porridge she had that morning, she felt a mix of emotions.

Damn Cheng Xiao, if he had drunk that bowl of porridge, everything would have been over. She and Qi Zhengyang wouldn't have been embarrassed, the grain in the cellar wouldn't have been found, she wouldn't have hit the child, and the child wouldn't have run to the water to play and drown.

Now, he won't even let her see the child one last time.

Damn it, she only regretted not killing him sooner.

Now, she has lost such a good opportunity.

Cheng Xiao didn't want Du Mei to go home. On one hand, he hated her to the core and might really kill her. On the other hand, he knew how vicious this woman was and didn't know what evil things she might do if she returned to his side. After all, even tigers have their moments of weakness, and he wouldn't be able to sleep soundly with such a wicked woman by his side.

So, half a month has passed, and Du Mei has been staying at Qi Zhengyang's house.

However, because Du Mei's household registration is still in Xiaoben Village, she still comes to the production team to eat every day when the collective canteen is open.

Even if Cheng Xiao could tolerate it, others couldn't.

What kind of nonsense is this! Allowing such a shameless woman to remain in their production team is a disgrace to their team.

Doesn't she like Qi Zhengyang? Then let's move her household registration to the third production team where Qi Zhengyang works. Staying here is just a waste of the food here.

At first, some people advised Cheng Xiao to call Du Mei back and start a new life together, since they still had two children!

But seeing Du Mei do such a shameless thing and act like she didn't care, many people felt sorry for Cheng Xiao. They thought it was better to get rid of such a despicable woman.

Later, people advised Cheng Xiao to just get a divorce. They said that a woman like that was only embarrassing for him.

Because the impact was so bad, the production team leader of Cheng Xiao's team had to step in and ask Cheng Xiao what she meant. He said that if she still wanted to live a good life, she should call Du Mei back; if she didn't want to continue living with her, she should get a divorce. He said that continuing like this would not be good for her reputation or that of her two children.

During this time, Cheng Xiao was indeed suffering terribly, especially at lunchtime every day. He was the target of everyone's open and covert ridicule. A burning anger was raging inside him, making him unable to eat or sleep. He had an uncontrollable urge to kill.

He just felt sorry for the two children; he couldn't let them lose both of their parents at the same time.

So when the captain came to persuade him, Cheng Xiao, a grown man, cried uncontrollably.

He covered his face like a woman, and like a trapped beast, he screamed hysterically, "I want to kill, I want to kill, I want to kill."

The captain was genuinely afraid that Cheng Xiao might do something drastic, so he said, "Don't cry anymore. There are plenty of women in the world. Why ruin your life and the lives of your two children for one woman? I'll go and call her back. I'll go with you to get the divorce certificate. From now on, whatever she does will have nothing to do with you, and you'll have some peace and quiet."

So the team leader called two women from the village to go to Daben Village and bring Du Mei back. Together, they accompanied Cheng Xiao and Du Mei to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce.

The captain said to Du Mei, "Du Mei! You should know how much Cheng Xiao hates you right now. For your safety, we advise you to get a divorce. You should quickly move your household registration out of Xiaoben Village and go there less often in the future."

Du Mei naturally understood that the team leader was only pretending to be doing it for her own good, but in reality, he couldn't wait for her to transfer her household registration out of the team as soon as possible.

She was once a respected teacher, but now she's a despised harlot. Her production team shuns her presence, seeing her as a disgrace to their community.

However, Du Mei thought that since her reputation was already ruined, she didn't care anymore. If others looked down on her, she would not only not bow her head, but in front of others, she would put on an indifferent attitude to infuriate those gossipy people.