Chapter 20: Divorce is settled

Hearing this, the Zhao family immediately put away their sarcastic faces and stood aside to watch the show.

Not to mention the Zhao family, who were outsiders, even the people in the courtyard were eavesdropping, busy with their own work, but their ears were perked up.

Hu Meili was in the right, and her voice was loud, she deliberately said in front of the Zhao family, “Xiaonanis about to graduate. Is Liu Hongying just stealing a man? She’s stealing Xiaonan’s chance to stay in the city. My children are honest, they love me, but I can’t let the Liu family bully me and also bully my children.”

“Meili, you’re breaking my heart by saying that. All these years, I’ve treated Little South like my own child.” Liu Laohei defended himself.

Hu Meili snorted in her heart, men are thick-headed, they don’t care about their children at home, when Liu Hongying went to the countryside before, Liu Laohei didn’t even ask, it shows that even a biological daughter is useless.

“Alright, don’t say these things anymore, everyone has their own judgment.”

Hu Meili skipped the process of whether or not to divorce, she directly started dividing the family property.

“There’s only eighty yuan in the family now. Last year, we bought a job for Hongshan, it cost five hundred, three hundred was borrowed, we agreed that Hongshan would repay the debt himself, I don’t care, but the family did spend two hundred. So this eighty yuan is mine.”

Because of the children’s going to the countryside, Hu Meili had already thought about divorce, but Liu Laohei had been good to her all these years, she was afraid of gossip, so she put it off.

Now Liu Hongying had stolen Lin Xiangnan’s man, if she didn’t take this opportunity to get a divorce, she wouldn’t find such a good excuse, so she didn’t care about Liu Laohei’s attitude, she rattled off the family’s accounts.

“Besides the family’s money, the pots and pans in the house were also bought by you and me together, I want half of them. The house we live in is a staff housing provided by the factory, before we find a new place, I will also live here, we will split the rent in half…”

A broken home is worth a fortune, it would cost a lot of money to buy everything new.

Although Hu Meili and Liu Laohei are both working and earn more than 80 yuan a month, there are many children in the family and they are all growing up, so their food expenses every month are more than 30 yuan. This is just for food, there are also clother food, there were also clothes and other necessities.

Several children had also gone to school, elementary school tuition was 2 yuan per term, middle school tuition was 4.5 yuan per term, to be fair, their children all went to school, they would support them until high school, this was another big expense.

Their salary was already pretty good to raise six children well, they couldn’t save much.

The eavesdroppers in the courtyard nodded silently after hearing this, they thought the Liu family’s assets were about the same as what they had guessed.

Liu Laohei was unwilling to divorce, he pleaded, “I know you’re angry now, but don’t be impulsive. We’ve been through so many years together, why divorce? If you don’t like Hongying, I’ll get her married off quickly, then the family will be peaceful.”

The Zhao family, who were standing by and watching, turned black when they heard this.

Liu Hongying couldn’t help but start to cry softly when she heard Liu Laohei say this.

Hu Meili didn’t buy it, “Don’t. People will gossip and call me a vicious stepmother. If you don’t want to divorce, then I’ll unilaterally announce that I’m breaking up with you.”

In this era, divorce wasn’t uncommon.

Especially those involving overseas relations, families were afraid of being implicated, and there were countless couples who divorced.

As long as Hu Meili insisted, in the end, the divorce would still happen.

Liu Laohei had already hit her last night, he couldn’t beat Lin Xiangnan, he wanted to reason with her today, but Hu Meili wouldn’t listen, she even brought her family to support her. Now he had no choice.

“If you want to divorce, then divorce!” Liu Laohei said through gritted teeth, “But if you want to come back later, it’s impossible.”

“Pfft,” Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but laugh.

Hu Meili was even more direct, “You’re an old geezer. You really think you’re a hot commodity. Not to mention now, you weren’t popular when you were younger…”

Seeing that Hu Meili was getting more and more outrageous, Hu Laodie coughed, “Don’t say those things. Quickly discuss the division of property, your brother and the others have to go to work.”

If they offended them now, it would be difficult to negotiate when dividing the property.

Hu Meili calmed down and started to divide the property with Liu Laohei.

The eighty yuan in the family was hers, the tables, chairs, pots, and pans were all clearly listed, and she even asked the aunties in the courtyard to be witnesses, everything was clear, then she signed and sealed it.

The current divorce certificate has information about property disposal, as well as the reasons for divorce and the arrangements for the children, they settled these things first so they wouldn’t have to argue at the Civil Affairs Bureau, affecting the speed.

When the divorce was settled, it was almost noon, Hu Meili decided, “We’ll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the certificate this afternoon.”

Now the Zhao family was unhappy, “You’ve settled your business, but we’ve been waiting for a whole morning.”

The longer they stayed at the Liu family, the more dissatisfied the Zhao family became.

They didn’t come to get married, they came to cause trouble.

“After listening for a whole morning, I understand your family’s situation. Your Liu family is crazy about marrying off your daughters, but our Zhao family doesn’t dare to marry into your family.”

Zhao Mu said with a sarcastic smile, “I asked my Zhao Qi about last night, someone gave him a note asking him to wait for someone there, the note was signed ‘Nan’, he waited, and then something happened.”

Lin Xiangnan was about to stand up to clarify, but Zhao Mu said directly, “Besides Liu Hongying, I can’t think of anyone else.”

Although no one suspected her, Lin Xiangnan still added, “Anyway, I didn’t write it.”

Some things were hard to say, so she had to rely on notes. Lin Xiangnan still had Liu Hongying’s prepared love letter.

Liu Hongying really saw Zhao Qi as a golden turtle, she was afraid that Lin Xiangnan would compete with her, so she wanted to use the love letter to divert Lin Xiangnan’s attention.

As soon as she heard that Lin Xiangnan wanted to get to know Zhao Qi, she immediately used her tricks on Zhao Qi.

Being watched by everyone, Liu Hongying looked wronged, “I didn’t write the note. I’m the one who was taken advantage of, why are you all blaming me?”

Hu Meili heard this and secretly pouted. If she hadn’t divorced Liu Laohei, she would definitely be making a fuss now, scolding the Zhao family outside and scolding Liu Hongying inside.

Now, she was just watching the show from the sidelines, it didn’t matter if she let the Zhao family go for now, she couldn’t escape the Civil Affairs Bureau, it was the same if she went later.

Hu Meili didn’t go to battle, Liu Laohei was clumsy and couldn’t argue with Zhao Mu, he was speechless after being refuted in a few words.

In the end, Liu Hongying got serious, “Anyway, everyone saw that I was taken advantage of by Zhao Qi, I won’t be able to get married. If Zhao Qi doesn’t want to take responsibility for me, I’ll go to the police station and kill myself, then everyone will believe that I’m innocent.”

Lin Xiangnan said with a smirk, “Think positively. My mom is getting a second divorce. If you want to die because you can’t get married, then it’s too embarrassing to say it out loud.”..