When the pears are green

Chapter 147: Others Will Always Judge

Ever since the cicadas began to chirp, Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou would go to the woods near Jiangjia Village to pick up cicada shells almost every day, except when it rained or when there was an emergency.

"Qingzhou, let's go back!" Song Li gently took the cicada shell from the tree and put it into the cloth bag in Jiang Qingzhou's hand.

Jiang Qingzhou looked up at the bustling woods. There were many children chasing and playing with each other with bamboo poles. It would be more accurate to say that they were here to kill the boring summer time rather than looking for cicada shells.

"Okay, I'll cut some melon for you when we get home." Jiang Qingzhou held a bamboo pole in his right hand and a cloth bag in his left hand, and led Song Li out of the woods slowly.

The sunlight outside the woods was very dazzling. Song Li used her right hand to put the fan on her head to block the sunlight. She smiled and said to Jiang Qingzhou: "Last year, Xiaoxing, Yueyue and I sold more than 50 coins for the cicada shells we picked up. This year, with you, we will definitely sell more."

Jiang Qingzhou looked down at the smiling face under the shadow of the fan. He leaned the bamboo pole against his shoulder and reached out to pinch Song Li's increasingly round face.

With a "pa" sound, Song Li slapped away Jiang Qingzhou's "evil" hand. She hummed "Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!" and skipped forward. The fan above her head kept swaying with her owner's steps.

Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou had just opened the gate when, with a "whoosh", an ox cart stopped behind them.

The two of them hurriedly turned around to look, and saw that as soon as Wu Mingshu stopped the ox cart, Song Yue and Wu Minghui jumped off the cart.

Song Li signaled Jiang Qingzhou to open the gate first, and she quickly walked to Song Yue and asked, "Yueyue, Minghui, Sister Wu, why are you here?"

The wound on Wu Mingshu's face had healed, but a scar half the size of a palm remained on her smooth forehead. Wu Mingshu followed Song Li's gaze and touched her forehead. She smiled and replied indifferently: "Xiao Li, I'm going to divorce Yang Cheng today. I know that Yang Cheng's mother is used to throwing tantrums and making trouble. None of us are good at quarreling with others, so I want to ask you for help."

"But I'm not good at it either. Are there only three of you?" Song Li felt that matters like divorce should still have the presence of elders.

Song Yue hurriedly answered for Wu Mingshu: "Sister, Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu have already gone."

"Okay, Qingzhou can come too." After Song Li finished speaking, she smiled and called Jiang Qingzhou out from the yard. She told Jiang Qingzhou what happened, and Jiang Qingzhou nodded in agreement.

By the time Jiang Qingzhou locked the gate, Song Li and the others were already sitting on the ox cart. Jiang Qingzhou crossed his long legs and sat down next to Song Li neatly.

Wu Mingshu felt the ox cart sink. She looked back and saw that everyone was already seated, so she drove the ox cart towards Yang Cheng's house.

The alley leading to Yang Cheng's house was quite narrow. Wu Wei and Wu Li's group who had come earlier did not drive the ox cart in. Instead, they parked the ox cart outside the alley and left Li Xiuyun's youngest son Chang Sui'an to watch over the ox cart.

"Xiaoyue, Minghui, you two stay here with Sui'an. I'm afraid that if I start scolding, it will dirty your little girls' ears." Wu Mingshu instructed the chubby and dark-skinned Chang Sui'an to keep an eye on Song Yue and Wu Minghui. Chang Sui'an smiled and told Wu Mingshu not to worry.

Song Li took Wu Mingshu's arm and walked towards Yang Cheng's house. Many neighbors gathered at the door of Yang Cheng's house, pointing and talking. Someone pointed at Wu Mingshu who was walking over and shouted, "Yang Cheng's wife is coming."

"There is no Yang Cheng's wife here, only Wu Mingshu." Wu Mingshu rolled her eyes at the person who had just spoken, and walked into the Yang family's yard with Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou.

Wu Mingshu ignored Yang Lishi who was walking over. She walked straight to Wu Lishi and asked, "Mom, have you signed it?"

"Not yet?" Wu Li showed the divorce agreement to Wu Mingshu, which still only had Wu Mingshu's signature.

Yang Li wanted to take the opportunity to snatch the divorce documents, but was blocked by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Song Li. Wu Mingshu quickly put the divorce documents away and put them into her bag.

"Why are you so anxious, Aunt Yang?" Wu Mingshu retorted to Yang Li.

Yang Li laughed dryly and said to Wu Mingshu, "Mingshu, you should call me mother, not aunt. Cheng'er went to your house to apologize to you ten days ago and knelt in front of your door for a long time. Don't be angry anymore. If you still feel unsatisfied, you can beat him or scold him now. I will take care of it for you."

After Yang Li finished speaking, she was about to pull Wu Mingshu's hand to hit Yang Cheng who was standing next to Yang Tian. Wu Mingshu quickly put her hands into her sleeves, and Song Li took the opportunity to block Wu Mingshu.

"There is no overnight hatred between husband and wife. Mingshu, if you continue like this, you will be too narrow-minded. Besides, you have been married to Cheng'er for six years, and you have not given birth to a son or daughter for our Yang family. We did not despise you for being infertile, but you kept picking on Cheng'er's little faults. You really don't know what is good for you. Apart from Cheng'er, which man would dare to marry you just because you can't give birth to a child?" Yang Li pointed at Wu Mingshu aggressively and said.

"When a strong wind blows down a paulownia tree, there will always be people who will talk about its merits and demerits. Why does Aunt Yang have to say such harsh words?" Song Li couldn't help but defend Wu Mingshu.

Wu Li was afraid that Yang Zhang would scold Song Li as well, so she quickly reached out and grabbed Yang Li's outstretched finger, and angrily retorted to Yang Li: "At the beginning, it was because you were a distant relative of our Li family that I promised Mingshu to your son. What did you say at the time? You said you would treat Mingshu well and treat Mingshu like your own daughter. Bah! You don't even treat your own daughter well. I was really crazy to marry Mingshu to your son who was not doing his job properly. What about the ten acres of land and fifty taels of silver that we gave as a dowry? If you are one cent less, I will destroy your family."

"If you dare to touch a piece of wood in my house, I will go to the government to sue you and put you in jail." Yang Tian looked at Wu Li and Wu Wei with disdain. He felt that Wu Wei was just a small village headman. He could scare farmers but not him.

Wu Wei didn't waste any more words with Yang Tian. He signaled his two nephews, Wu Mingzhuo and Wu Mingyue, to start destroying the Yang family's kitchen.

Yang Tian and Yang Cheng hurriedly tried to follow in but were stopped by Li Xiuyun's other two sons, Chang Le'an and Chang Jiu'an. They watched helplessly as Wu Mingzhuo and Wu Mingyue smashed the iron pots and pans, broke the bowls and pots, broke the chopsticks, and kicked over the table.

When Yang Li heard the noise in the kitchen, she collapsed in the yard and cried.

When the Yang family members heard the whole story, no one wanted to show up, but they couldn't just watch Yang Cheng's house being smashed, so they asked Yang Hai to go to the government office to report the case.

"Bandit, what a bandit. Wu Mingshu is unable to give birth, and she doesn't allow Cheng'er to take a concubine. She wants to cut off our family's bloodline. This unforgivable bitch should go to hell." Yang Li kept cursing Wu Mingshu.

Song Li looked at Yang Li, who looked like an immortal in tattered clothes, and gently advised Wu Mingshu not to take it to heart, and to find a way to make Yang Cheng sign the divorce agreement.

"Yang Cheng, sign it, and everything will be over between you and me. I will neither pursue your previous quarrels with me nor tell anyone about your raising a Hua Niang in the west gate of town. Didn't you tell Aunt Yang that except for the few days when Hua Niang has her period, you spend the rest of the year lying in Hua Niang's bed. You tried so hard, but Hua Niang didn't move, which shows that you are still not good enough." Wu Mingshu smiled and took out the divorce papers from her bag and stuffed them into Yang Cheng's hand.

Yang Li only knew that Yang Cheng had a woman outside, but she didn't know that she was a prostitute. She looked at the disappointing Yang Cheng angrily, stood up and slapped Yang Cheng twice.

"You dare to want that kind of woman? Do you think you want to die? I will beat you to death." Yang Zhang's fists rained down on Yang Cheng's body. Yang Cheng, feeling the pain, pushed Yang Zhang to the ground.

Yang Cheng looked at Wu Mingshu again, who had a look of triumph on her face. He tore the divorce agreement into pieces and threw them at Wu Mingshu.

Wu Mingshu smiled and clapped her hands, then took out another copy from her bag and handed it to Yang Cheng, saying, "Tear it slowly, I have more in my bag."

Yang Cheng snatched the divorce papers and was about to smash them at Wu Mingshu's face, but Wu Wei kicked him in the left leg. He dropped the divorce papers on the ground, holding his leg and crying out in pain.

Wu Mingzhuo and Wu Mingyue smashed the kitchen. After they came out, they asked Wu Wei, "Uncle, where else are you smashing?"

Yang Zhang, who had fallen to the ground, quickly got up. She and Yang Tian quickly begged Wu Weigao to show mercy and stop smashing things.

"Why didn't you come out when your son beat Mingshu? Mingshu was screaming in the yard, how could you stay in the house? Don't you have any conscience? It's fine if you don't smash the house. You won't smash it after we sign the divorce book." Wu Wei pushed Yang Tian, ​​who was pulling at his sleeve, aside with disgust.

Just when the situation in the yard was at a stalemate, Yang Hai came over with the detectives. The neighbors who were watching the fun stepped aside and made way for the detectives.

When Yang Tian saw Yang Hai leading the constables in, he changed his previous humble attitude and bent down to cry to the four constables including Chen Yuan about how the Wu family bullied them and smashed their kitchen.

Chen Yuan waited for Yang Tian to finish his sobbing, then he looked around the yard several times, then stopped beside Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou and asked, "Brother Jiang, why are you here?"

Jiang Qingzhou told Chen Yuan what happened. Chen Yuan picked up the divorce papers on the ground and handed them to Yang Cheng, motioning him to sign them.

Yang Tian didn't expect that Chen Yuan was familiar with the Wu family. He sighed and told Yang Cheng: "Cheng'er, you didn't want to marry her in the first place, so just sign it."

Yang Cheng looked at the iron ruler in Chen Yuan's hand. He took the divorce papers and walked into his room. He took out pen and ink and signed his name on the papers.