Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 257 - 254: Even an Upright Judge Cannot Settle Family Disputes (Double - )

Everyone was stunned by the scene, not expecting the woman to be so fearless.

They had to know that offending powerful people might lead to losing their lives at any time.

Qian was shocked but still immediately took two steps forward and grabbed his wife’s arm tightly.

The servants looked disdainfully at the people in front of them. If the woman dared to come over, they would not be polite.

"Let go of me, let go of me, Qian, you bastard, if you don’t let go, I’ll divorce you. I want to follow my daughter."

The old woman who had hidden the grain returned to the circle again, only to hear her daughter-in-law shouting about divorcing her son as soon as she arrived.

She roared angrily, "Du Third Lady, I’ll let Qian divorce you right now. You’re such an ungrateful and undutiful daughter-in-law who contradicts her mother-in-law."

The man was dumbfounded when he heard this. How could it be that his mother wanted to divorce his wife?

He looked imploringly at his mother and accused, "Mother, Third Lady is just momentarily confused and hasn’t committed any major mistake. We can’t divorce her, how would she live?"

The old woman snorted coldly, "She hasn’t done anything wrong? She’s been married to our family for almost ten years, and hasn’t even given birth to a son. What’s the use of keeping her?

Let her go, and I’ll find you a better one so you can have more sons in the future."

The man shook his head in fear at these words, "No, mother, I just want Third Lady. I’ve been married to her for ten years. How can we just say it’s over?"

"Hahaha!"

Du Third Lady laughed wildly with a somber face: "Qian, I’ve been working like an ox and a horse in your house for so many years, and now your mother wants to divorce me. What will you choose?"

"I..." The man was at a loss for words!

"If you really can’t bear to part with our mother and daughter, then we should split the family. Let’s live as a family. What do you think, dare to do it?"

Du Third Lady looked at the silently standing person, seemingly certain her husband wouldn’t dare. She smiled bitterly, holding back the tears threatening to overflow, and looked at her husband with derision and disappointment.

The old woman was furious, her daughter-in-law actually wanted to stir up a division in the family, outrageous.

She jumped angrily, "You troublemaker, having a daughter-in-law like you is like having bad luck for eight generations.

Daring to force my son to abandon his mother, how big is your face?

I gave birth to and raised my son with hard work and bitterness for ten months, and you think a few words will make him not recognize me? Hmph, dream on! I’ll have him divorce you right now."

The old woman was so angry that she was determined to divorce Du Third Lady, disregarding her son’s obstruction and pleas. Soon, she found the village chief of their village.

Some villagers repeatedly advised the old woman to make peace, but she was determined to divorce the daughter-in-law.

Everyone tried to persuade her for a long time but to no avail. The village chief had no choice but to agree since even honest officials find it hard to resolve family matters. The daughter-in-law was married into the family with money, and if the family insisted on a divorce with no objection from both parties, he could only write the divorce document in triplicate.

In no time, the divorce paper was thrown in Du Third Lady’s face.

She was also furious, and didn’t expect her mother-in-law to actually divorce her. She laughed at herself bitterly. She just didn’t want to be separated from Yuanyuan, fearing she would endure hardship, be beaten or scolded at will. Was she wrong?

The hard work of nearly ten years did not bring her any kindness from her mother-in-law’s family, only endless insults and accusations.

Oh well, oh well.

From now on, does her life or death matter? Without her daughter, what’s the meaning of living?

The man was also dumbfounded. He did not want to divorce his wife, but besides pleading, he could do nothing, nor change the fact, and could only crouch aside weeping silently.

Cheng Xiaoxiao lamented from the side, such a helpless father should not be kept.

The woman put away the divorce paper and continued to plead with those people to take her too.

Fang Zheng couldn’t stand it anymore. He quietly approached Cheng Xiaoxiao, wanting to borrow a bag of fine rice from Sister Xiao to help the poor mother and child.

Seeing Xiao shake her head, Fang Zheng thought Sister Xiao was unwilling to lend, so he whispered again, "Don’t worry, I’ll repay you tenfold in the future."

Cheng Xiaoxiao still shook her head, objectively explaining, "They probably gave five pounds of fine grain, even if you offer ten pounds of fine grain now, they may not accept it."

For wealthy Aristocratic Families, matters solvable with money don’t count. Face is the most important thing.

"If you rush out now, trying to trade grain for something others bought, isn’t that a slap in the face? They might not acknowledge your offer."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng understood the key issue.

Do they care about this little grain? Rushing up is to compare backgrounds with them? Compare who’s richer? Snatching people from their hands? He was overestimating himself.