activa-t Chapter 107: Suzhu Divorces Her Husband
Chapter 107: Suzhu Divorces Her Husband
"I divorced my husband."
Song Suzhu held a bowl of water in her hand, her expression extremely calm, as if she was just talking about something ordinary.
No one knew whether they were shocked by her talk of divorcing her husband or by his unusually calm expression. For a moment, no one in the room spoke.
In the end, it was Old Lady Song who found her voice first: "Zhu'er, what did you do?"
With Old Lady Song's questions, the other people in the family gradually came back to their senses from their shock.
Song Rending couldn't help but look at the little girl with admiration.
Although the current court does not have such strict restrictions on women, divorce is as precious as a giant panda, and it is rare to find one in decades.
There were regulations in the laws of the time that allowed women to divorce their husbands and return home, and there were even specific cases to cite, but due to secular reasons, very few women dared to take this step.
Although she didn't know why her aunt disappeared from her husband's family in her previous life, but looking at this life, since her family's luck had not been sucked away and affected the daughters who married out, she decided to divorce her husband. Her disappearance in the previous life must be related to her husband's family.
Therefore, before Song Suzhu could speak, Song Rendong's inner voice rang out:
[Calculating the time and thinking about the direction of my aunt's disappearance in the previous life, it must be that her husband's family did something terrible! However, in this life, my aunt divorced her husband and went home, woke up and wandered around as a nanny, and was killed by Su Fuzhu. It will not happen again. ]
Song Suzhu once again talked about the fact that she had divorced her husband. Her ears moved and she heard some different voices, but they were much calmer than those of Song Sulan or even Song Sumei.
She moved her eyes around and looked at the people around her, but because she had not heard everyone's voice, she could not tell who had said the words she had just heard.
Since she couldn't tell, she didn't plan to ask.
Clearly no one spoke just now, but voices were heard. Combined with her frequent dreams recently, and the things in the dreams matching what she did with her husband and parents-in-law after waking up, the voices without anyone speaking seemed even more mysterious.
Song Suzhu automatically classified this as a sign from heaven similar to her dream warning, and was afraid that after she asked about it or did something, she would no longer have this ability, so she simply pretended not to hear it.
Old Lady Song naturally heard Song Rendong's thoughts. Her mind, which had just been empty after hearing about her daughter's divorce, immediately grasped the key point:
"But the Yuan family bullied you?"
After Old Lady Song asked this, Song Sanfu's eyes were fixed on his daughter, as if as long as Song Suzhu said that it was the Yuan family that bullied her, he would go directly to the Yuan family to settle the score with his weapons.
But Song Suzhu did shake her head.
"They want to bully me, but they are still a little short of the right time!" Song Suzhu curled her lips and said with a smile: "They did want to bully me, but I discovered it in advance."
"What did they want to do that you discovered in advance?" Song Sanfu asked.
Song Suzhu put the bowl in her hand on the table next to her and sighed:
"There is plenty of water in Shierlipu Village, and many people there grow lotus and lotus roots to make a living. But since the beginning of this year, for some reason, the water in the fields and the village's rivers and streams has been getting less and less every day."
"After entering summer this year, the number of people has been even smaller. The villagers are also in a panic. Some elders are worried about the coming drought and are calling on the villagers to move elsewhere. The Yuan family didn't want to move at first because they didn't know where to go. But two days ago, they heard a message from somewhere that as long as they paid 40 taels of gold, they could follow a team of an escort agency and move to a water town in the south of the Yangtze River without any damage, even with the formalities completed. The Yuan family was tempted."
"But forty taels of gold is not a small amount. Although they have enough food and drink on weekdays, forty taels of gold is equivalent to four hundred taels of silver. Given the current situation in Shierlipu Village, they can't get a good price even if they sell their fields."
"So their family decided to sell the child. Since they were reluctant to sell their own child, they decided to target me, didn't they?"
"They are really brave. They planned in broad daylight in the house and I heard it all. They have bullied me. If I continue to tolerate it, I will become a cuckold. So I divorced my husband and came back."
Song Suzhu spoke calmly, but Song Sanfu and Old Lady Song were furious when they heard it.
Seeing that the old man and the old woman were about to call their two sons to take weapons and beat someone up, Song Suzhu quickly reached out to stop them.
"Dad, Mom, since I was able to successfully divorce my husband and come back, I naturally won't leave any hidden dangers for myself. You don't have to go to their house to beat them up. I reported it to the authorities before I came back. Now that family is in jail! The law is a crime to buy and sell people at will. Selling a wife is not a minor crime under the law. The county magistrate is a fair and strict person. That family will not be released until the winter solstice at least!"
When Song Suzhu said this, Song Sanfu and Old Lady Song realized that they were too concerned and confused.
The old couple had three daughters. The second daughter, Sulan, seemed to be the most difficult to deal with, but in fact, the third daughter, Suzhu, was the most difficult to deal with.
Suzhu is about the same age as Daan. When Daan was studying, he always liked to take his younger sister with him, so her understanding of the law is particularly profound.
Those people wanted to sell their wives, and she found out. Now they can't get what they want!
"Well, Xiu! Just stay at home with peace of mind. No one will blame you for living comfortably in your own home!" Song Sanfu praised Song Suzhu's action and told him to stay at home with peace of mind.
At this time, Song Suzhu asked about the situation of her eldest sister and second sister at home. After finding out, the three sisters gathered together to talk about it to vent their anger, and the topic then returned to Song Suzhu.
"How dry is the water in Shierlipu Village?" Song Sanfu went to the backyard to take a look at his own well. He could still see the clear water in it. He felt relieved a little, and then he asked Song Suzhu about the Shierlipu Village.
Shierlipu Village is some distance away from Songjia Village, and its geographical location is further south than that of Songjia Village.
The Shierlipu Village has always been famous for its many streams and lotus fields, but now the water is gradually becoming less and drier. The most important thing is that this situation has not been spread widely, and not many people know about it.
So, this is even worse.
Even though Songjia Village has not dried up, the water level of the small stream has not dropped, and the wells at home have not dried up.
But the two villages belong to the same area. If one village issued a warning of an impending disaster year, the other village would not be far behind.
Thinking of this, Song Sanfu frowned.