Old Mrs. Song is reborn; get out of here, you scumbag husband and illegitimate child!

Mother He was a typical old woman from the countryside.

I spent half a month going back to my parents' home to take care of my mother who had broken her leg, and I didn't hear a single word of her nagging.

Just as he reached the alley entrance carrying his bundle, he was intercepted by Li Guoyao, who had been lying in wait for a long time.

Li Guoyao only said that He Xiuxiu had gone crazy since the child was lost, and asked He's mother to persuade her to get a divorce if she couldn't go on living like this.

The string in He's mother's heart suddenly tightened.

"Your Li family is too bullying. You can get married whenever you want, and then you try to make us the bad guys when you want to dump my daughter."

She didn't go home after she finished speaking; she went straight to the family compound.

The door wasn't locked.

He Xiuxiu's hair was a mess, like a clump of dry grass, and her face was so swollen that she was unrecognizable.

His eyelids were bruised and purple, and his exposed arms were covered with bruises and welts from pinching; there wasn't a single patch of unblemished flesh.

"Xiuxiu."

Mother He wailed, pulling her daughter into her arms, "That heartless Li Guobin beat you up like this?"

He Xiuxiu's cloudy eyes moved, and when she saw that it was her mother, her grievances burst forth like a flood, and she burst into tears.

"mom……"

That shout made his voice crack.

"Don't cry, Mom is here, Mom is here."

Mother He trembled with heartache, her withered hands touching her daughter's face, wanting to touch it but not daring to. "Why don't you go back to your brother and the others? Is this a life fit for a human being?"

"Mom, I hate it so much."

He Xiuxiu gripped her mother's clothes tightly, her eyes blazing with hatred. "I want to kill their whole family, I want to make them suffer unbearable pain. But I'm powerless, I can't even protect my little sister."

When her granddaughter was mentioned, He's mother was also moved to tears.

"Mom understands you, I understand you."

He Xiuxiu sobbed, her body trembling.

"Mom, I dreamt that my sister was telling me to leave. But they still owe her a debt. I want their family to become rats in the gutter, rotting away in the gutter."

Mother He was heartbroken upon hearing this, and her tears soaked her clothes.

"Listen to my little sister, that child is very perceptive, she cares about you as her mother."

Song Xianglan came over when she heard the commotion.

Seeing the mother and daughter crying together, he wrung out a hot towel and handed it to them.

Mother He grasped Song Xianglan's hand, "Sister, Xiuxiu has been so fortunate to have you taking care of her these past few days."

She said you're the best person to Meibao, and asked me to persuade her not to do anything foolish again.

My daughter has a life too, and I can't just watch her rot in the mire of the Li family. She feels sorry for her daughter, but don't I, as her mother, feel sorry for her too?

Song Xianglan: "Xiuxiu, your mother is right. It's not worth wasting your whole life on that bunch of beasts from the Li family."

Your daughter left because she didn't like this dirty place. She wants to wait for you in a warm home in the future. We need to prepare that home and welcome her back in a clean and tidy place.

He Xiuxiu gritted her teeth, her eyes bloodshot.

"But I'm not reconciled. How could Li Guobin be so cold-blooded? He wasn't like this when we first got married... How can a man change his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book?"

"A man who has changed his heart is more stinking than maggots in a latrine."

Song Xianglan's voice was cold and hard, "Li Guobin didn't just change his face, he revealed his true colors."

"But I can't leave my child."

Song Xianglan looked at her, her eyes calm and serene.

"Xiuxiu, the pain of losing your child will be etched deep in your heart, and you'll never be able to let it go for the rest of your life. Since you can't let it go, use it as motivation to keep going."

"Auntie, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"Silly child, when life gets unbearable, you have to get close to others to survive. Otherwise, despair will devour your heart. No one can live alone. A little warmth from a stranger will help you keep going."

He Xiuxiu's pent-up rage and pain were stuck in her chest.

"Don't waste your whole life on them. Let them go and let yourself go too."

"I want to see my little sister grow up."

When He Xiuxiu is alone, she hugs Meibao's clothes and calls out "sister," "baby," and "stinky sister." Those are affectionate terms used by people in Qingyang to refer to their daughters.

He started shouting and then laughed.

She cried as she shouted.

Mother He cried, "My dear sister, you want to avenge your daughter, and I want to avenge mine. I'd rather risk my old life than let you live under the sun."

He Xiuxiu burst into tears.

Something seemed to stir in her heart, which had long since died.

After she finished crying, she raised her head.

"I've thought it through. I want a divorce."

"Auntie, I took all the money, receipts, and passbooks from the Li family's cabinet a few days ago. I don't want to return them; can I use them as compensation for the divorce?"

Song Xianglan didn't even lift her eyelids, and said indifferently, "What did you say? Nobody saw you take anything."

He Xiuxiu was taken aback: "Huh? This..."

Song Xianglan looked very serious:

"You've been traumatized and your mind isn't working properly. You didn't even lock the door when you ran out."

For the past ten days or so, the Li family's doors have been left wide open.

Neighbors, scrap collectors, passersby, onlookers—who wouldn't come in? And who knows, stray cats and dogs might even come in and steal something to eat.

Mother He realized, "The Li family has done so many despicable things that even animals can't stand it, and stray cats ransacked their home."

You silly child, always taking on so much trouble. You're dirt poor, don't you even have a single dollar in your pocket?

He Xiuxiu: "Yes, I'm dirt poor."

Song Xianglan continued, "That temporary street sweeper job Li Guoyao mentioned is a trap. We don't want that; we just want housing. As long as we have a place to live, we can sell snacks on the streets later."

Mother He hesitated, "Can they provide a house?"

"You have to give it to them whether they want to or not."

Song Xianglan sneered, "The Li family is scared to death right now. Doesn't Li's mother own an old house in Nancuo?"

With your money and house, you won't be afraid of losing your livelihood even if you get divorced.

Of course, He's mother unconditionally sides with her daughter, but the old man in the family might not be so sure.

The son and daughter-in-law are doing well now, but if Xiuxiu moves in, it means someone will have to set up a bed in the living room.

There will inevitably be a lot of chaos and disorder then.

"If we could really have a house, that would be wonderful. My two rooms are simply not enough. If we have any arguments about where to live, Xiuxiu will feel even worse."

……

Two days later.

In the mediation room of the subdistrict office.

Li Guoyao specifically asked several respected elderly people in the family compound to witness the matter, hoping to resolve it as soon as possible.

Li Guobin stared at He Xiuxiu across from him with a sinister look on his face.

The two initially spoke softly to each other, their eyes filled with tender affection.

They exchanged sweet nothings that everyone in the world could say, and dreamed of growing old together.

The affection between husband and wife was scalded away by excrement, urine, and boiling water.

All that's left is hatred.

"Since you're already here, let's put our conditions on the table and talk about it." The old lady from the neighborhood office tapped the table. "Although it's said that it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage, you've become enemies. Separating would be a relief."

Li Guoyao quickly put on a smiling face:

"Our family sincerely wants to resolve the issue. We'll provide the house and the money, as long as He Xiuxiu doesn't cause any more trouble."

He Xiuxiu hadn't spoken yet.

Li Guobin, whose face had been gloomy the whole time, cursed:

"He Xiuxiu, you are fucking despicable and shameless. You keep saying you love your child, but you used your dead child to exchange for a house and money."

You're a vampire. You filthy thing, you don't deserve to mention that child.

These words were spoken.

The air inside the room seemed to freeze.

He Xiuxiu grabbed the teacup in front of her and was about to smash it.

"Dry wood. I don't want the house. I want your dead parents to pay with their lives. I want your whole family to pay for Meibao's life. I'll wear your whole family down until there are no descendants left in your family tree."

The elderly people were so frightened that they quickly backed away.

Song Xianglan reacted quickly and grabbed He Xiuxiu's hand.

"Li Guobin," Song Xianglan said slowly, "when your mother gave birth to you, did she cut your brain along with the umbilical cord and throw it in the trash?"

"You!" Li Guobin was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged.

Song Xianglan: "You stupid idiot whose eyes are covered in shit. Your own daughter died, and you act like nothing happened, still scheming over that little bit of money?"

They practically came to our door begging us to be witnesses, just so we could listen to their filthy mouth spewing nonsense?

"A man like you is a waste of air when he's alive, and a waste of land when he's dead."

So, Xiuxiu was blind to follow you for several years, and now that she's realized her mistake and wants to cut her losses, you're turning around and blaming her?

"If you were to suddenly die right here, He Xiuxiu wouldn't take your money; she'd even pay out of her own pocket to buy you a string of firecrackers to set off for three days and three nights. She'd also have beer and barbecue at your grave every day."

This tirade left Li Guobin's face turning purple.

He couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Li Guoyao quickly stood up to smooth things over, "Auntie, calm down! Don't take it to heart with Guobin. He's just upset because his wound hurts, so he's talking nonsense."

Song Xianglan snorted coldly, "I thought your brother was a heartless beast, but I didn't expect it would make me unhappy."

If you're not happy, then fight it; if it doesn't work out, then leave.

Stop putting on airs like a stinky man in front of me.

"When I was yelling at people in the street, your father's balls weren't even fully developed yet."

Li Guobin was stunned by this fierce aura. Looking at Song Xianglan's murderous eyes, he truly believed that this woman dared to take action.

Li Guoyao was afraid that things might get complicated if things dragged on, and even more afraid that his household registration would be cancelled.

He shoved the pen into Li Guobin's hand, hissing in a low voice, "Sign it. Do you want our whole family to suffer because of you?"

Li Guobin's hands trembled as he crookedly signed his name on the divorce agreement.