"Li Xia, stop making a fuss here. Marriage is free, you can get married and divorced if you want. It's unreasonable for you to be throwing a tantrum like this."
"She's just a shrew. Why are you trying to reason with her?" The youngest sister of the Fang family was furious and yelled at her brother, "Take her and throw her out. There are so many people in our family. Are we going to let her trouble us like this?"
The two grown men looked at each other and both felt that it was not appropriate. They turned their eyes to the eldest brother, Fang Zhongcheng, who was shocked.
The one crying, making a scene, and then hanging herself was his wife, and her making a scene gave him a headache and made him feel ashamed. He wanted a divorce when he entered university, and now that he has graduated and been assigned a job, this matter cannot be put off any longer.
"Snapped,"
Seeing that no one could take the rope from the woman's hand, she cried and made a scene, trying to wrap the rope around the beam. He raised his hand and slapped her hard, causing the woman to fall to the ground.
"Stop making a fuss. What are you making a fuss about? There are so many divorced people, but I've never seen anyone cry and act crazy like you. Just tell me, which man would want a shrew like you? And you're saying it's for the sake of the children. The children don't want a mother like you…"
"Dad, Mom isn't moving."
The woman fell to the ground after being slapped by him. It was just a simple slap, but he didn't care. He was venting his dissatisfaction there, and didn't notice that she had her eyes closed and didn't move at all. The two children called her, but she didn't respond at all.
Hearing his daughter talking, he finally stopped talking. Seeing that she was indeed motionless, he immediately panicked. No way, could a slap in the face kill someone?
He was stunned and stood there without moving. The second brother came to his senses and squatted forward. He reached out and felt the woman and found that she was still breathing. He patted her chest and looked up to tell his family that she was fine.
"She's breathing and her heart is beating. Maybe he fainted from anger."
"Now what?"
"I'll go get a bucket of cold water and splash it over her so she can wake up."
The youngest sister ran to scoop up a bucket of cold water and splashed it on the woman's face. She had been married to the eldest son of the Fang family for many years, but the family didn't consider her a member of the family at all.
The eldest son of the Fang family wanted to divorce her, and the whole family supported him. The sisters came together to persuade her, and their parents hid outside for fear of being labeled as bullies.
Li Xia took a deep breath, shuddered, and opened her eyes. The scene before her confused her and she didn't know how to react. She was alone in the empty night, watching the TV in a daze. She had been suffering from insomnia for a long time and thought it would be another sleepless night, but what was going on now?
"Look, she's awake now." The younger sister was close enough to see clearly, and her words were extremely harsh. "I said this kind of woman is very lucky. She won't die even if we torture her to death. Don't be afraid of her, brother. Take her to the Civil Affairs Bureau. Even a de-facto marriage needs to go through the divorce procedures, otherwise she will keep pestering us."
The eldest brother sighed and looked at the mother and daughter on the ground with indifference. Li Xia, who had just woken up, turned her head and looked around. When she saw her seven-year-old daughter, she reached out and pulled the child to her.
I haven't seen my daughter for a long time. Every time we meet, we either argue or are speechless. The child graduated from high school and went out to work. The daughter was so old but still refuses to get married. She tried talking to her, but it was useless. The child doesn't say anything and just looks at her with pity. It's as if she's asking, "Are you living a good life? You're not living a good life yourself, why do you want me to get married?"
She opened a breakfast shop in the county town. There were more people during the day, but it was empty after closing. Her daughter didn't want to quarrel with her and stayed away from home. Her son rarely came back after going to college in the city. Later, she found out that he had recognized Fang Zhongcheng as his father even after he abandoned them and hence the mother and son quarreled until their faces turned red and their necks became thick.
"Mother,"
The youngest son squatted beside them, and when he saw the mother and daughter hugging each other, he also came over. There was fear in the little guy's black and white eyes. She had been very extreme these days, and she would go crazy at any time. Just now, she cried and wanted to hang herself. Both children were a little scared.
"Li Xia, don't be crazy. No matter what you do, I will divorce you. I don't want you even if you hang yourself."
The woman looked up at the man who was speaking, her eyes dark and shadowy. This was the man who had given her the oath for lifetime, lived with her for many years and had two children with her, divorced her after graduation from college, and abandoned her and her children.
He had a stable job and remarried to start a family, while she was a rural woman who had not even finished junior high school. She also had two children.
He had a leisurely job, but she worked hard from dawn to dusk and treated herself like a man. The children she raised with great effort were filial to her but would also avoid her. He does nothing, but his son still calls him father when he grows up.
Why is God so unfair? She worked so hard but at end she was lonely in her old age, and her daughter was also lonely and unwilling to get married. But he who abandoned his wife and children may have many children and grandchildren, and live happily with his wife. No, it shouldn't be like this.
"Li Xia, speak up."
"Don't play dead." The younger sister of the Fang family scolded: "You were desperate just now, why are you playing dead now? Hurry up and go with my eldest brother to handle the formalities, take your two kids and get out of our Fang family."
"Snapped,"
Li Xia let go of her daughter, stood up suddenly, and slapped her in the face. She had always scolded and threatened her the most, but this sudden slap stunned the girl. She covered her cheek and her eyes turned red instantly.
"You dare to hit me?"
"I'm going to hit you."
The five words landed loudly, but her state was completely different from before. She looked crazy just now, but now her words, actions and expressions were very calm.
"I'll fight…"
The girl was about to start a fight, but Li Xia grabbed her arm with her left hand and slapped her with her right hand. Seeing the man walking forward, she picked up the mirror on the table and threw it on the edge of the table.