Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 55 Are there any problems, officers?
Why are all the officials from the yamen here?
She stood up and said, "Yes, that's me. What can I do for you, officers?"

The two constables were about to show off their authority when they saw Chu Xiu standing there, staring at them without moving.

His eyes seemed to say that if they dared to intimidate Li Ruru, he would devour them.

The two immediately put on a show of changing their expressions. "Hello, Madam Li, this is an official document. Please sign it."

The news that the magistrate's son was eating at a peasant woman's house had already spread among the constables.

But they never expected that this peasant woman was the very person they were going to visit that day.

Chu Xiu kept staring at the two of them, who lowered their heads like children who had done something wrong, not even daring to step forward and greet their young master.

"Signature?" Li Ruru opened it and saw that it was a document to change the surnames of the three children.

Without a second thought, she picked up the pen and signed, "Sirs, what about the Chen family..."

She didn't know if Chen Sanbao would agree.

He doesn't care about the three girls, but if you ask them to change their surnames, he'd probably jump up and curse you.

A stubborn person like him would definitely value a surname more than the thing in his crotch.

"Don't worry, Madam Li, we have our own way of dealing with this. He has no choice."

A yamen runner said.

"Yes, Mrs. Li is a kind-hearted person. She left that scumbag and took three cute little girls to live her own life peacefully. If he dares to make a mistake, I will be the first to beat him."

The other constable was even better at flattery.

Chu Xiu gave Xiao Wu a wink, and Xiao Wu said, "Two constables, I'll see you out."

"Wait a minute." Li Ruru quickly handed each of them a spicy steamed bun. "There's not much good food in the countryside. If you don't mind, you can take it with you on the road."

The two naturally took it and couldn't resist taking a bite. "Mmm, delicious."

He thought to himself: No wonder the young master wants to freeload here, this food is absolutely delicious.

Li Niangzi is amazing; this chili sauce is incredible.

The constable ate his steamed bun as he left, and Xiao Wu secretly slipped a silver ingot to each of them.

"You must keep the fact that the young master is here a secret. Also, there's no need to be polite to the Chen family."

Everyone in the courtyard had finished eating, and there was nothing else to do.

Li Ruru smiled and suggested, "Do you think there might be some excitement going on at the Chen family's place?"

Er Ya pulled Li Ruru's hand: "Come on, let's go see what's going on."

She knew her mother wanted to see it, otherwise she wouldn't have asked that question.

The others followed, finding it particularly satisfying to see the Chen family get humiliated.

Chen family.

Chen Sanbao was talking to his parents about marrying Zhang Junniang.

“Mother, Junniang said the bride price should be at least 30 taels of silver.”

"What? Is she some virgin? She's already so old, and she still wants to make money from the bride price? She's gone crazy for money."

“Mother, her mother-in-law doesn’t want Ma Yong and Ma Gan to come to our house. She said she would agree to anything unless we give her 30 taels of silver.”

Zhao choked, yes, how could she have forgotten her two great grandsons?

If Zhang Junniang marries into the Chen family, they will have two more great grandsons.

I heard that Ma Yong and Ma Gan were even educated. If they become accountants or teach a few students in the county town, the money will come in like crazy.

Ma Yong and Ma Gan were unaware that everything had already been arranged for them by their future grandmother.

Of the 100 taels that Chen Sanbao had obtained from digging ginseng, Zhao gave 36 taels to Li Ruru, and another 20 taels to the yamen. She had spent some money on medicine last time, and recently she had also spent a lot on furniture and daily necessities.

She now has 35 taels left.

Thirty taels of silver as a bride price was far too expensive, but for the sake of having two more grandsons, she gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, thirty it is."

Chen Sanbao beamed with joy, "Then I'll go tell Junniang right now."

Chen Sanbao was happy, but the eldest and second sons of the Chen family frowned. Wang Shuixia said, "Mother, we can't just spend all our money to marry off a divorced woman."

Feng Yuzhu chimed in, "The others also need to eat. My elder brother and sister-in-law have just recovered, so they need to eat well too."

After being flogged, Wang Shuixia and Chen Dagang rested for a few days and are now finally able to get out of bed and walk around.

She glanced at Feng Yuzhu gratefully, thankful that she still had some conscience and knew how to care for her brother and sister-in-law.

Chen Bingxiao tapped his pipe and frowned. Now, every time he tapped his pipe, he would think of his old, good pipe.

He cursed Li Ruru in his heart again.

"Sanbao dug up the ginseng, so it's not unreasonable for him to get married. After they get married, let him bring Junniang along to dig more."

Chen Bingxiao believed that his third son was lucky; if he could dig up one, he would dig up two; it was only a matter of time.

The people from the first and second wives' families exchanged a glance and then remained silent.

The money doesn't belong to them, nor is it in their hands, so they don't really have much say.

"Mother, Mother, Mother..." Chen Sanbao rushed back like a pig being slaughtered as soon as he went out.

He encountered the constables and, thinking he had done something wrong, ran straight into Zhao's arms.

"What's wrong?" Chen Bingxiao asked.

"Guards! There are two guards at the gate!" Chen Sanbao exclaimed in alarm.

The Chen family members' expressions all changed. After being flogged and forced to pay compensation at the yamen last time, they now saw the yamen runners like mice seeing dogs, and could only run away.

Just then, two constables entered the room.

Suddenly, a large crowd of onlookers surged into the main gate.

Pan Dayan shouted in a loud voice, "Oh no! Chen Sanbao has committed a crime and is about to be arrested by the yamen runners!"

Zhao glared at her and said, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Gentlemen, what can I do for you?" Zhao asked boldly.

The constable scanned the room and asked, "Where is Chen Sanbao?"

When Chen Sanbao heard his name called, he lowered his head even further.

The constable stepped forward and pulled him out from behind Zhao, mocking, "Oh, this man in his thirties, is he still breastfeeding?"

He hides behind his mother whenever something happens; he's not a real man.

Chen Sanbao had nowhere to hide, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "What...why are you looking for me? I haven't done anything wrong. I'm a law-abiding citizen, a very law-abiding citizen."

One of the constables frowned and said, "Shut up, it's too noisy."

He took out the document that Li Ruru had already signed and handed it to him, saying, "Sign your name here."

"What is this? We can't just sign it randomly." Chen Bingxiao became wary.

Another constable said, "Madam Li wants to change the surnames of her three daughters. Don't waste your breath, just sign the document."

Chen Dagang looked at the two constables suspiciously and secretly called his two eldest sons over.

"Look, look at what's written on that document!"

The constable was speechless at the family's antics. "Why would we lie to you about a mere document?"

Chen Bingxiao said with a forced smile, "We'll just take a look, just one look."

Chen Jingang and Chen Jintong, as the only ones after Chen Jinbang who had received a few years of schooling, became the hope of the Chen family.

The two men took the document, looked at it for a long time, and finally nodded, "It's what they meant."

Although they didn't understand many of the characters, they could still get the general meaning by putting together the characters they knew.

"What? You're going to change the surnames of those three good-for-nothings? And whose surnames?"

Once Zhao realized what was happening, she was the first to disagree.

(End of this chapter)