Wang Guiying had gotten up long ago and heard the conversation at the door, but she felt ashamed. When she saw her come in, she snorted coldly: "I knew it. This woman, whose husband is not at home, is also not at home. It turns out she couldn't stand the loneliness and found someone else."

"What have my family done to wrong you? You want a divorce, fine, but you even want to take the two children with you. They are surnamed Tu, they belong to the Tu family, why should you take them?"

Wu Xinxin: "Just because I'm Guoqing Guozhu's mother, I have the right to take him away. Besides, Tu Mingcheng doesn't get along with them. If he marries a woman in the future, will she be able to stand them? There's a saying that if you have a stepmother, you'll have a stepfather."

"You...do you think we, as grandparents, would let them be bullied?"

Wu Xinxin: "Who knows?" Her eyes clearly showed distrust.

Wang Guiying was so angry at her that she was practically fuming. "You heartless woman! Haven't my family treated you well? You eat my son's food and wear my son's clothes, and now that you've grown wings, you want to fly away!"

Wu Xinxin sneered, "Do you think I don't know what you're up to? You want to keep the two kids in your house so your son can give them living expenses! So you can subsidize your eldest son. Your son gives you 15 yuan a month. If I take them both away, your son won't give you that much anymore!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Wang Guiying's face changed. "Mingwen and his wife aren't without hands and feet. Why would they take advantage of their second son? They wouldn't have such thoughts!"

Wu Xinxin: "You all know whether it's true or not. Anyway, I've made up my mind. I'm going to take the children and leave this place to start a new life."

"Don't even dream about it!" Wang Guiying said through gritted teeth. "The children are the flesh and blood of the Tu family. You can't take them away!"

Wu Xinxin: "This is what Tu Mingcheng and I agreed on, it's none of your business." After saying that, she turned and went to her room, leaving Wang Guiying with an angry look on her face.

When the two children woke up and saw Wu Xinxin, they were very happy.

Tu Guozhu ran over and said, "Mom, where have you been? I haven't seen you in so long."

Wu Xinxin patted her youngest son's head. Although Wu Xinxin had ambitions and expectations for her two children, they were, after all, her own children, and she still had the heart of a loving mother.

"Mom is here to pick you and your brother up. I found a job in the county town and I'm here to transfer your and your brother's household registration to the city so you can go to school there, okay?"

Tu Guozhu: "Did Mom and Dad get divorced?"

Wu Xinxin: Yes, your father and I didn't get along, so we separated. You two will live with your mother from now on. Your father doesn't want you two anymore.

Wu Xinxin said it on purpose; she wanted Tu Mingcheng to see his son's resentment in the future, to make his son hate him, and to make him regret it.

She packed her things, picked up her luggage, and left the Tu family home with her two children.

Before getting on the bus, she looked back at the place where she had once lived, her heart filled with emotion.

As for Tu Mingcheng, he got up early and had already gone up the mountain.

……

After being gossiped about in the village for half a month, the news of Wu Xinxin and Tu Mingcheng's divorce gradually faded into obscurity.

As for the two couples in the village getting divorced, what impact did it have on the villagers? Well, it's pretty strange in the city; married people who come to the city will get divorced.

Therefore, many couples are no longer so eager to go to the city, lest their partner go astray if they go there, and educated youth from the village are no longer popular.

……

Two months later.

There's going to be some excitement in the village again.

Tu Gouzi's (Tu Mingcheng's father) wife has taken a liking to Xiao Min, who is divorced; to be precise, she wants Xiao Min to be her daughter-in-law.

They've all sent matchmakers to her house to arrange marriages, and now the Luo family is in an uproar. Zeng Min is still living in their house! How can she get married?

Luo Qicai had said that the house was given to her in the hope that she would not get married and that the house could be passed on to Anlin after she raised him. That's why the house was given to her.

Now that she's getting married, the house needs to be taken back; otherwise, wouldn't it just benefit an outsider?

The matter caused quite a stir, and the neighbors were all discussing it. Some people felt that Zeng Min shouldn't have gotten married; a good woman doesn't marry twice, and the Luo family had treated her well, even giving her a share of their ancestral home.

However, some people believe that she has the right to pursue her own happiness, and that the oppression of women is no longer practiced; men and women are equal.

Look, there are still two couples in the village comparing them.

So Zeng Min's former mother-in-law came to talk to Zeng Min.

As soon as Luo's mother entered Zeng Min's house, she looked around. It had been more than ten years since they moved away from their old house. The house, which used to look dilapidated, now seemed much more lively with people living in it.

Unlike before, the yard is no longer overgrown with weeds and damaged; it has been well-maintained by the owner and is now neatly arranged.

The yard on both sides, as well as the open space extending into the back ditch, were planted with various vegetables and peppers.

Because Zeng Min likes pea shoots, she deliberately cleared a large area on the left (a little larger than the space for other vegetables) to sow peas, and the pea sprouts have grown quite long.

The remaining nooks and crannies were planted with scallions, garlic, and coriander.

On the right, they planted cabbage, peppers, white radishes, spinach, and Swiss chard. They planted a little of all the common vegetables.

There was also a pile of neatly chopped timber under the eaves.

When Zeng Min came out of the house, she saw her former mother-in-law looking around in her own yard.

She said with a grin, "Aunt Luo, why didn't you knock before coming in? Anyone who didn't know better would think a thief had broken in."

Mrs. Luo said, "I've come to see my grandson."

Zeng Min knew in her heart that Luo's mother wouldn't come to the temple without a reason, and she must be here again to ask for the house. She calmly said, "An Lin is not home."

"I'm here to see you," Luo's mother said bluntly. "I heard you're going to remarry, so you have to return the house to the Luo family."

“The house originally belonged to me, why should I give it back to you?” Zeng Min argued.

Mother Luo sneered, "You, a widow, remarrying with your child, have disgraced the Luo family! This house is our Luo family's ancestral home, and it absolutely cannot fall into the hands of outsiders."

Zeng Min didn't want to argue with her, so she turned around, went back into the house, took out a piece of paper, and handed it to Luo's mother. "This is a certificate written by the brigade headquarters. It's compensation for my divorce from Luo Qicai. My name is on it. The house is mine, and no one can take it away from me."

Luo's mother was furious: "It was agreed that the house was for my grandson. Now that you're remarrying, of course it should be returned to the Luo family."

Zeng Min: "How come if I remarry, An Lin is no longer a grandson of the Luo family? He still bears the surname Luo!"

"Who knows who you'll give this house to in the future?"

Zeng Min shrugged indifferently and said, "An Lin's surname is still Luo! If I say it's An Lin's, then it's for An Lin."

"If you don't like the name Luo Anlin, I can change it to Zeng Anlin or even Tu Anlin! It's all the same to me anyway." Her tone was relaxed and casual, as if she were talking about something trivial.

Then, Zeng Min started complaining again: "Your family has been coming over to nag me all the time these past few days, it's so annoying! I'm only in my early twenties, I'm still young! Can't I get married?"

"Don't you know how lazy I am? How can I survive without a man supporting me?" After saying that, she rolled her eyes to express her dissatisfaction and helplessness.

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