Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

The middle courtyard is Yi Zhonghai's home.

Jia Zhang was sitting next to Qin Huairu, and Aunt Yi was sitting next to Yi Zhonghai. They all had gloomy faces, and no one wanted to be the first to speak.

The youngest of the Jia Zhang family couldn't help but say, "Yi Zhonghai..."

"Go get a divorce now and marry Huairu immediately, or I will report to the police right now."

"Not only will you lose your job at the steel mill, but you'll also be arrested by the police, and your entire second half of life will be ruined!"

"I don't agree to divorce!" Aunt Yi refused without hesitation.

Yi Zhonghai was the weapon that enabled her to survive in the city. If she divorced Yi Zhonghai, she would definitely not be able to survive in the future.

Jia Zhang snorted coldly and replied: "You divorce now..."

"Yi Zhonghai can still give you a few hundred dollars!"

"If you don't divorce, not only will Yi Zhonghai be arrested by the police and lose his job at the steel mill, but he won't get a pension when he gets old, and you won't get a penny either. In the end, you'll still starve to death in Beijing, and the result will be even more tragic!"

Seeing Aunt Yi looking at her with an expression of disbelief, Jia Zhang immediately repeated what Qin Huairu had taught her.

"Are you thinking about the retirement money that Yi Zhonghai and you saved?"

"Tell you……"

"If Yi Zhonghai is really caught by the police and accused of raping him, all the retirement money you saved will have to be paid back to the Jia family."

"By then, you won't get a penny except for half the house."

"According to the current market price, half of your house is only worth two hundred dollars."

"As long as Yi Zhonghai doesn't agree, you can't sell it even if you want to?"

"Without a penny in hand and only half a house to look after, do you think a woman without support can survive in Beijing?"

"Everyone, be decent and take the initiative to divorce Yi Zhonghai, let Yi Zhonghai marry my Huairu as his wife, and Yi Zhonghai can give you half of his pension money?"

"The house can also give you some money."

"I can rent a small house in the old city and get some matchboxes from the street to make paste. At least I can survive in the old city and not starve to death."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Zhang in surprise. He didn't expect him to say such a thing.

But she soon realized that these words were taught to her by Qin Huairu.

His mind was racing, thinking about Qin Huairu's real purpose in plotting against him and marrying him.

As a result, his mind was a mess and he couldn't think of anything.

But there is one thing Yi Zhonghai can be sure of.

After I really marry Qin Huairu, there will be many obvious benefits for me.

First of all, my wife has become younger.

Moreover, Qin Huairu gave birth to three children in succession in the Jia family, which shows that Qin Huairu has no problem with fertility. If she is lucky, she might be able to give birth to a child of her own.

Then the pension issue is solved.

It would be best if Qin Huairu could give birth to a son. If she couldn't, Banggeng and Xiaodang would be her legal sons and daughters.

I raised them, so it is only right and reasonable that they should take care of me in my old age and see me to the end of my life. Otherwise, it would be a crime.

The last advantage is that the two families have become one family, and from now on there will be no need to scheme against each other like before, with you guarding against me and me guarding against you.

Moreover, after Qin Huairu became his wife, it was only right and reasonable that she should be the one to take care of all the big and small matters in the family.

All I have to do is work hard at the steel mill and save money on time every month.

As for his current wife, she has nothing to do with him when it comes to personal interests.

As long as his retirement problem is solved, he can sleep with his beautiful wife in his arms every day. Her retirement problem has nothing to do with him.

Besides, it would be nice enough if she could get half of the retirement money when they divorced. After all, she had not contributed a penny to the family in the decades since they got married.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai had already made up his mind to marry Qin Huairu.

The most urgent task now is how to convince my current wife to divorce me.

Just as Yi Zhonghai was frowning and thinking about a solution, Aunt Yi's desperate voice suddenly reached his ears.

"Lao Yi..."

"Is what Jia Zhang said true?"

"If I don't agree to a divorce, you will really be arrested by the police and sent to jail!"

"I can't even keep my job and pension at the steel mill, and I have to pay the Jia family a huge sum of money?"

Yi Zhonghai knew it clearly.

Even if he was really accused of raping someone, it would only be attempted rape, and he would have to pay the Jia family two or three hundred yuan at most.

But in order to convince his wife to divorce him, Yi Zhonghai decided to lie and answered hesitantly: "It's almost the result!"

"I'm not afraid of being sent in, or losing my job at the steel mill."

"As long as you have the skills, you can earn a living even as an apprentice when you are released in the future!"

"What I'm most worried about is you..."

"If you get arrested by the police, all the money in your family will be lost to the Jia family, and you still have to spend money on medicine..."

"If we lose our income, how will we survive?"

"How about we get a divorce?"

"Not only will you not be treated as a criminal's family member, but you can also get a few hundred yuan in pension money. You can make a living by making matchboxes for the streets..."

"You always wanted to adopt a child from an orphanage, but I didn't agree."

"After we get divorced, you can rent a house outside, adopt the child you like, raise him, and let him take care of you in your old age."

Yi Zhonghai’s last words touched Aunt Yi the most.

She had long felt that it was unreliable to ask the Jia family to support her in her old age, and it would be better for her to adopt an orphan herself.

But he could not convince Yi Zhonghai.

Once she divorces Yi Zhonghai, she will have nothing to do with the Jia family and can decide for herself how to support her in her retirement.

Although adopting a child will make your future life much more difficult.

But by pasting matchboxes, as long as you don't be lazy, it's no problem to earn ten dollars a month.

In addition, Yi Zhonghai may share some of his pension money, so there will be no problem in raising the adopted child.

"When he finds a job in the future and can earn his own money, the pressure will be gone."

Thinking of this, Aunt Yi seemed to have made a decision in her heart.

I started to recall how much money the two of us had in our savings and how much I would get.

How much compensation can I ask Yi Zhonghai for for the half house that belongs to me?

Where to live after divorcing Yi Zhonghai? Can I rent a house in a courtyard house? It doesn’t matter if it’s small, as long as it’s cheap.

After all, I have lived here for most of my life, and neighbors can help out in some way.

Although Yi Zhonghai is not very popular in the courtyard, Aunt Yi's character is much better than his.

Although he can't be called a good person, he's not a bad person either, and the relationship between neighbors is pretty good. (End of this chapter)