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

After Zhao Shengli and Zhao Yuan settled down in Xiaoquan Village.

At Song Xianglan's suggestion, Zhao Yuan went to a technical school.

Zhao Shengli and his daughter settled in Xiaoquan Village, but they hadn't been able to build a house yet. However, Song Xianglan rented them the first floor of Zhou Fang's house, and Zhao Shengli took good care of the house.

He was in charge of Song Xianglan's orchards and purchasing the fruit.

He then became acquainted with Widow Wang.

……

"Hello, Chen Zui. I can go to Haishi tomorrow." Song Xianglan held the microphone in one hand and flipped through the reports on the table with the other.

Chen Zui's voice was cheerful on the other end of the phone, "I'm going to a hotel in Dinghai City. You can go directly to the hotel when you arrive."

Song Xianglan paused for a moment: "Stay in a hotel? You can stay at the house that Song Dong bought over there before."

"Godmother, you're really going to shirk your responsibilities completely. The houses Song Dong bought over there have been empty and unattended, some have even been rented out. If you go there temporarily, there won't even be a clean bed or sheets. A hotel is much easier."

Song Xianglan thought for a moment and said, "Okay. I'll do as you say. I'm hanging up now, I have things to do at the factory."

Hang up the phone.

A series of hurried footsteps echoed from the hallway outside the door.

"Zhang Haiyan took the day off today? She looked pale when she left. Could something have happened?"

Song Xianglan opened the office door.

Several female workers stopped in the corridor.

"What happened? Did Haiyan say anything?" Song Xianglan asked.

Everyone shook their heads. "They didn't say anything, they just hurried home."

Song Xianglan actually had a relatively easy job at the factory.

Production and sales are all overseen by Liu Guodong, the factory manager; she at most makes oversight on the general direction and signs off on routine matters.

When she had some free time, she couldn't suppress her love for watching the excitement.

I went downstairs and walked to the factory gate.

They bumped right into Liu Chou-nu, who was strolling to the factory gate.

"Lanlan." Liu Chounv winked.

"Come with me to Haiyan's house."

The two exchanged a glance, without needing to say a word.

It hits it off.

Everyone in the village knows that the Huang family has been in turmoil lately.

There's definitely going to be some drama surrounding Zhang Haiyan's leave.

The Huang family courtyard.

Quietly.

All three children were sent away.

The door to the main room was half-closed.

Zhu Zi sat at the octagonal table, shaking his leg.

"What exactly are you trying to say? I'm in a hurry to get to my grandma's house." Zhu Zi frowned. "Dad just left, leaving you a gold ring and some money. The house is in good condition, and all the furniture was put up by my mom before she left."

Other people could only dream of such a good life, and you still have that long face. Zhang Haiyan, you should be content. What are you so dissatisfied with?

Other women would be terrified to wake up from a dream if they had a husband as good as him.

Zhang Haiyan sat opposite him without looking at him.

Zhu Zi is good-looking, and people outside say he is an honest, family-oriented man.

He doesn't indulge in drinking, gambling, prostitution, or beating his wife.

According to the village's old customs, she should burn incense.

But staring at the face in front of her, she felt a chill run down her spine.

Zhang Haiyan smiled.

"Every penny of that money and gold ring is a testament to my mother-in-law's life's hardships. You take it without a second thought, and you expect me to be happy about it?"

Zhu Zi slammed his hand on the table in frustration.

Why are you bringing up my mother? That's a matter for the elders.

Everyone says his mother had a hard life, but was it easy for his father to be inexplicably arrested and taken to a strange place?

"The world is so unfair. Men are born with a safety net. No matter what happens outside, your parents' home will always be your support. If you want to go out and make your way in the world, there will be women to protect the home for you."

Zhang Haiyan's voice was indifferent.

"From the moment a woman reaches adulthood, her so-called home begins its countdown. Her parents' home is no longer a home; she has to stake the rest of her life on marriage."

Using her uterus to seek someone to rely on.

They'd bury themselves in the mud, working tirelessly from dawn till dusk to care for their in-laws and raise their children. In the end, they'd discover that the ultimate goal women strive for isn't even at the starting point of what men achieve.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhu Zi stood up and pulled the stool back, making a screeching sound.

"To outsiders, you're a good husband. But when we live behind closed doors, I know you have no heart." Zhang Haiyan looked directly at him. "You don't even have a shred of warmth."

You want a decorative object to do housework and have children. What would you do if I suddenly became seriously ill and bedridden?

The pillar paused for a moment.

"You'll do the math in your head," Zhang Haiyan answered for him, "calculate how much it will cost to treat my illness, and then calculate how much it will cost to remarry. Whichever is more cost-effective, you'll choose."

Zhu Zi's face flushed red instantly.

The embarrassment of having his thoughts exposed made him furious.

Zhang Haiyan refused to accept her fate.

Like a rootless dandelion, she lived in this house for more than ten years.

In the end, she didn't even own a single tile.

She didn't want to wait until she died and lay in a grave to receive a piece of land that belonged to her.

"Pillar. Let's break up," Zhang Haiyan said.

I actually felt more relaxed.

The room was deathly silent.

At the base of the wall outside the door.

Song Xianglan and Liu Chounu exchanged a glance and both held their breath.

"Are you crazy?" Zhu Zi hadn't expected Zhang Haiyan to be so wild. "Zhang Haiyan, I told you I shouldn't have let you work at that food factory. Hanging out with Song Xianglan and her gang of women all the time, your heart has become wild."

"This has nothing to do with anyone else."

"What do you mean it's okay?" Zhu Zi roared, waving his hand wildly in the air. "Women are supposed to stay at home and take care of their husbands and children. Did I hit you? Did I have other women outside? What gives you the right to be dissatisfied?"

"Your good life is something other women can't have."

Zhu Zi paced around the room in a fit of rage.

"I understand." Zhu Zi suddenly stopped. "Are you having an affair? Huh? Are you?"

"You slut, have you found another man?"

"I can't satisfy you, and you've become restless, wanting other men to satisfy you. Who is it?"

Zhang Haiyan watched him throw a tantrum.

His eyes were filled with sorrow.

"Is there anything else in your head besides these filthy thoughts?"

"Don't you fucking act all high and mighty with me." Zhu Zi gritted his teeth. "Lin Fang and the others must have lost their minds to insist on getting divorced."

And then there's Song Xianglan, who couldn't live her own life and insisted on dragging others down with her.

You women just need to be taught a lesson. What's wrong with staying home to be a wife and mother? Men are like heaven; no matter how capable you are, you can't ascend to the heavens.

Zhang Haiyan didn't respond to a single word.

Just quietly watch him go crazy.

When Zhu Zi saw that she didn't speak, he thought she was scared.

He walked back to the table, placed his hands on the surface, and leaned closer to Zhang Haiyan.

"Divorce? Forget about it. Absolutely not."

"Zhang Haiyan, who do you think you are? Do you think your parents love you?"

Think carefully about why your mother was willing to come and take care of you when you were in postpartum confinement.

That's because my mom gave her the money. Without that money, which of your sisters-in-law would be willing to let her serve you?

Zhang Haiyan's fingers curled up slightly.

"Believe it or not, if you dare mention divorce, your family will be the first to stand up and curse you to death." Zhu Zi smiled confidently. "After the divorce, you won't even have a place to stay."

"Your dad will beat you to death first, you shameless slut."

Zhu Zi's words were all aimed at the very heart of the matter.

In this era.

The bride's family is indeed not a fallback option for many married women.

Going back would only make me look like an outsider who's just freeloading.

Zhang Haiyan sat there.

His expression showed none of the collapse that Zhu Zi had anticipated.

She was calm.

The calmness made the pillar feel uneasy.

"You're right. I know my family won't agree to my divorce."

Zhu Zi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to force a smile.

"I won't divorce you." Zhang Haiyan looked at him. "For the sake of our three children, we can stay married. But I just said we need to separate. From now on, we'll each live our own lives."

The anger that had just subsided instantly flared up again.

"Are you crazy? How can we separate without getting a divorce?"

"It means exactly what it says." Zhang Haiyan explained clearly, "From now on, all food and drink expenses will be accounted for separately. I'll live on the second floor with the child. We'll each have half of the kitchen and our own stoves. We'll split the chickens, ducks, and geese in the yard in half. As for the private plot behind the house, we'll run a line down the middle and split it in half."

Zhu Zi's eyes widened.

They looked at her like she was a monster.

"You want to separate from the family? What do you, a woman, have to do with separating from the family? As long as you're under this roof, you have to listen to me."

"Are you keeping yourself a virgin for some other man? Don't you want me to touch you?"

"You don't have to agree." Zhang Haiyan stood up. "Then I'll go to the old Party Secretary's house tomorrow and ask the village committee to give me a divorce certificate. At worst, I'll take my three children and move to the factory dormitory."

"You dare?"

"You'll see if I dare," Zhang Haiyan said coldly. "You care about saving face. I'm not even willing to risk my life, why would I be afraid of losing face?"

Zhu Zi's chest heaved violently.

He never expected that Zhang Haiyan would dare to pressure him like this.

"If one day you feel you can't live like this anymore and want to find another woman, then we can sit down calmly and discuss getting a divorce."

Zhang Haiyan was well aware of her situation.

She didn't have any spare money.

We can't build a house to shelter us from the wind and rain.

She has to stay here for the sake of her child.

They should hold onto the portion of the houses and land that belong to the children.

Outside the door, Song Xianglan raised an eyebrow and quietly led Liu Chounu out.

Zhang Haiyan played this game with a clearer mind than anyone else.

The two walked a distance away.

Liu Chounu glanced back in the direction of the Huang family and clicked her tongue.

"Goodness, Haiyan is really going to cause trouble." Liu Chounu said in a low voice, "But it sounds really satisfying."

"It won't be a complete upheaval," Song Xianglan said with light steps. "It's just about stripping Huang Zhuzi of his selfishness and exposing him completely. If women don't care about a man's conscience, life will be much easier."

As long as a woman doesn't do anything foolish, she can also forge her own path.

Zhang Haiyan moved all her belongings to the second floor.

The three children watched as their mother carried clothes upstairs again and again.

Xiaoyu tugged at Zhang Haiyan's sleeve.

"Mom, did you and Dad have a fight?"

Zhang Haiyan patted her daughter's head.

"We didn't argue. From now on, Mom will let you sleep upstairs. Don't you like Mom to sleep with you?"

"We like it." Xiao Tian and Xiao Yu knew perfectly well what was going on.

I know Mom and Dad had a fight.

Downstairs, the sound of pillars smashing pots and bowls was deafening.

Zhang Haiyan pretended not to hear.

Closing the door shut out all the sounds from outside.

From this day forward, she will live only for herself and her child.

She has no husband, only business partners.