Year 1983: I was a carpenter in Northeast China

Xu Bei immediately thought of the time he met Xu Dahong at the post office.

I guess the other party was sending a telegram to Xu Dajiang and his family back home, otherwise they wouldn't have arrived so quickly.

In the 1980s, telegrams were generally divided into several types: express, urgent, and ordinary.

The express telegram was mainly open to official business, and the time from sending to receiving the telegram was 2 hours.

The time limit for urgent telegrams is 4 hours, while the time limit for ordinary telegrams is 6 hours.

"Aunt Wang, thank you for reminding me. But we're divorced now, and we're not family anymore. Even if we fight, my mother and I definitely won't come out on the losing end!"

Zhao Fengying, however, was unaware of the situation and assumed that Xin had already informed her.

Upon hearing that Xu Dashan could go to the city to pick someone up, he knew that nothing would happen and that he had foolishly worried, he felt even angrier, more depressed, and more annoyed.

"Yes, we're already divorced. We're only here today to deliver the household registration book! If they're being unreasonable and want to argue or fight, let them come at me. I'm just waiting to have my fill of fighting!"

Aunt Wang stared in shock, her mouth opening and closing, before finally managing to utter a sound: "Oh my god! It's only been a short time and they're already divorced! We hadn't even heard about it!"

When did you get divorced? The other day when I went to your store with my third son, we were chatting and talking about how the letter of introduction hadn't been issued yet...

Zhao Fengying said with a complicated expression, "It was probably the third day after you went... Anyway, the procedures were processed quite quickly! After that, Xu Dashan forced us to transfer our household registration as soon as possible, otherwise we wouldn't have rushed over to deliver it today! We didn't want to give them an excuse to cause trouble at the store!"

Aunt Wang was immediately furious. "This is outrageous! Even if you're divorced, what's wrong with being registered under the same household registration temporarily? It's not like you're losing anything! So where has your household registration been moved to now?"

Zhao Fengying patted Xu Bei's arm, "Luckily, my son knows someone who is capable, and we temporarily moved to their newly bought house, otherwise I don't know what we would have done."

Xu Bei didn't want the two to continue their probing conversation, so he said directly, "Mom, I think we should hurry up and go there. Otherwise, if they hear the news and come looking for me, it won't be good for Aunt Wang."

Zhao Fengying thought it made sense and quickly said, "Then, Sister-in-law Wang, I won't chat with you any longer. Come visit our shop when you have time, and we can have a good chat then."

Aunt Wang didn't try to stop me any further. "Okay, I'll definitely go for a stroll when things aren't so busy at home."

However, after seeing the mother and son off at the gate, I couldn't help but follow them for a few steps. Even after seeing them enter the Xu family's open gate one after the other, I didn't rush home.

The neighbors who had been chatting outside earlier, some of whom were curious and gossipy and didn't mind the cold, immediately came over to ask what was going on.

Aunt Wang sympathized with her old friend Zhao Fengying's plight and spoke indignantly about the divorce and the forced relocation of her household registration.

At the same time, Xu Bei and Zhao Fengying set up their bicycles in the middle of the yard. Before they even entered the house, several people ran out of the house.

The first to be affected was Xu Dashan, who was even wearing slippers.

Following behind were Xu Dahong and Xu Dajiang, as well as the latter's fifth and sixth children.

Although Xu Dajiang was only two years older than Xu Dashan, he looked much older because of his rural upbringing, and his skin was very dark from the sun.

However, they are siblings from the same mother, and their faces and features are seven or eight parts alike.

As for his two sons, the fifth son, Xu Wei, was born in the same year as Xu Bei, while the sixth son, Xu Yong, was younger. Neither of them were as handsome or fair-skinned as Xu Bei.

Unlike Xu Dashan, who looked at the two excitedly and said, "You're back."

Everyone else had their own thoughts and expressions.

Xu Dahong still harbored resentment towards Xu Bei for humiliating her at the post office that day, and she sneered, "Oh, weren't you already divorced? Why are you shamelessly coming back?"

Xu Bei immediately turned cold and was about to rush over to teach Xu Dahong a lesson when Zhao Fengying reached out and hugged him.

After all, the son is a junior, and a grown man, so it's not right for him to fight with Xu Dahong.

Especially with Xu Dajiang and his two sons watching closely from the sidelines, Zhao Fengying was afraid that her son would be outnumbered and suffer a great loss.

She might have been mindful of her sister-in-law's status before, but now that they're separated, why would she still tolerate her?

"You, a barren old hen, can shamelessly ignore your husband back home and refuse to leave. Do you think I'm crazy for coming back to deliver the household registration book and grain ration book? Xu Dashan, if you don't want them, I'll tear them all up!"

After saying that, he pretended to tear the household registration book and grain ration book in his hand.

Zhao Fengying's words and actions, though unknown to others, terrified Xu Dashan, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.

These days, household registration books and grain ration books are extremely important, even related to the lifeline of a family. If they are torn up, it is quite troublesome to replace them.

He hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "Don't tear it! How can I not want it! You..."

Xu Dahong's inability to have children after so many years of marriage was her Achilles' heel. She was furious, jumping up and down, her voice rising to a chorus that overshadowed Xu Dashan's, "Zhao Fengying! You jinx, you don't need to talk to me like that! Your eldest daughter, Xu Li, has been married for over half a year and still has no children!"

Zhao Fengying sneered. Now that things had come to this, she might as well speak up and vent her anger. "My eldest daughter is already pregnant! Unlike you, you barren old hen, married for so long and still no child! And you're always saying that others are meddling in other people's lives and that they won't have a good time. Let me tell you, this is all your retribution!"

Then, they threw away both the household registration book and the grain ration book.

As Xu Dashan hurriedly caught it, he asked with a mixture of joy and mixed feelings, "When did you get it? Recently? Why didn't they mention it at all when I went there that day!"

"Why should I tell you? What if you make me so angry that I get seriously ill? Then there'll be no going back!"

Zhao Fengying was furious when she saw Xu Dashan.

I heard from my workplace that he hadn't been to work, and I thought he was seriously injured, but it turns out he's perfectly fine.

Xu Dahong couldn't listen to their conversation at all. The moment Xu Dashan got the household registration book and grain ration book, he rushed out like a little calf.

"Zhao Fengying! I'll fight you to the death!"

Xu Bei was prepared and wouldn't let Xu Dahong hurt his mother, so he flashed past her.

But Zhao Fengying always wanted to do it herself; she couldn't let her son be held hostage.

"Fine, I'll go all out! Xu Dashan, if you don't care about your sister's foul mouth, I'll take care of it for you!"

A fight broke out between the two women, and they immediately began to tear each other apart.

Xu Dashan rushed forward to try and stop the two from fighting each other.

Xu Dajiang and his two sons naturally sided with Xu Dahong, especially after hearing that Xu Bei had changed so much and even dared to hit his father, they wanted to take the opportunity to teach him a lesson.

Unfortunately, their plan was ultimately doomed to fail.

Because Xu Bei still has some skill, he can easily handle three opponents at once...