Qiao Mingjin ignored him, went next door to find Sister Xiu, and asked her to go to the patriarch's house, then turned around and came back.
In the courtyard, Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Yu and Yue Xiaoman all surrounded her. Mrs. Yu asked: "Sister-in-law, do you really want to reconcile? How can we live a good life without divorce?"
Ms. Sun didn't believe that Qiao Mingjin would reconcile. Her family was so poor, how could she live a good life if they divorced? Besides, Yue Laosan now has a business trip, which is an enviable job. Only a fool would reconcile. Sure.
He wants to take Qiao and put forward some conditions.
Mrs. Sun curled her lips.
Yue Xiaoman came up and said, "Third sister-in-law, don't make peace. Third brother will be very sad. Besides, Wan'er is still young, and it won't be good for anyone without her."
Qiao Mingjin looked at her and smiled without saying anything.
After a while, the clan leader surnamed Yue arrived. He was about sixty years old, with a strong body and bright spirit. He was accompanied by two elders from the clan.
Patriarch Yue glanced at Qiao Mingjin and entered the house.
Sister Xiu took her aside to talk.
"Really decided?"
Qiao Mingjin nodded.
"But what about the child? The in-laws may not give the child to you."
"Wu will agree."
Wu didn't want to see Wan'er at first, saying that she was eating for free, and she would agree as long as she gave her money.
This time, Qiao Mingjin did not enter the house. She only talked with Sister Xiu outside while watching her daughter play picking up pebbles.
There was a heated debate in the room.
The Wu family has a loud voice and will never withdraw from this marriage. She will not agree to compensate the Liu family or anything. What a joke, if you can't get the money, you still have to compensate her? What's the difference between cutting her flesh off?
Father Qiao and the two uncles from the Yun family were also increasingly dissatisfied with the Yue family. They said that Yue Zhongyao had failed the Qiao family and asked Jin Niang and her son to vacate the house. No one would do such a mean thing.
But Yue Zhongyao refused to reconcile until his death.
Chief Yue has a headache.
He also looked at how Jin Niang had come here in the past four years. He finally expected her husband to come back, but to receive such treatment made him feel unhappy.
But He Li asked Jin Niang to take Wan'er away. Not only did the Yue family disagree, he didn't agree either.
If word spreads about this, how can the sons of his in-law family talk about marriage? If word spreads that all the men in his in-law family are ruthless, will the men in his in-law family become old bachelors?
Besides, his brother is still an official in Beijing. If he is criticized, it will probably affect him.
After thinking about it, he said: "Then let Zhongyao wait for a year before marrying a daughter of the Liu family. Wait until Jinniang gives birth to a son and then marry Zhongyao. In this way, Jinniang will also have a son to support. Within a year, your family will save money for
Jin Niang and her son built a new house and promised not to wrong them."
Wu jumped up when she heard this and said: "What if she gives birth to a daughter? Do we have to make my son wait for another year? How old are the daughters of the Liu family! Besides, why do they wait so long for the third child? They saved me.
The third child is destined to die, and it is already unfair to be an equal wife, and to have to make others wait."
Patriarch Yue really wanted to step forward and slap this woman in the face.
Judging from the expressions on Qiao Jiayun's face, they were considering his proposal, and this woman came to stir things up again!
Then he gave Lao Yue a hard look.
The old man shouted: "What do you want from me?"
"Why is there nothing wrong with me? Why can't I make the final decision about the son I gave birth to?"
Mrs. Wu was worried. One year? Not to mention whether Mrs. Liu was willing to wait, but she said that her son was still studying. In case all the money was spent on his son, or if time went by and no money came to him as a dowry,
, doesn’t she want to beat the odds?
If you want to delay it for a year, there is no way!
I don’t know if I can give birth to a son if I wait another year!
Yue Laosan glared at his mother and said, "I am willing to listen to the clan leader and wait until Jin Niang gives birth to a son before marrying the daughter of the Liu family."
Father Qiao said nothing.
Being divorced is the last option. How many women in this world can live a good life with divorce? Since Yue Zhongyao doesn't want to be known as ungrateful, when Jin Niang gives birth to a son, he will probably think highly of him for his son's sake.
Take a look at Jin Niang. Jin Niang’s status will be stable by then.
Father Qiao and the two uncles from the Yun family looked at each other and felt that a year's delay was acceptable. Maybe after a year, the Liu family's daughter would meet a better one? Wouldn't everyone be happy?
But the Wu family refused to agree, and regardless of Yue Zhongyao's wishes, she insisted on carrying him through the door immediately!
Everyone started arguing again. Old Yuetou and Yue Zhongyao tried to pull Wu, but they couldn't get her to shut up.
Qiao Mingjin walked in, glanced at everyone and said, "Then let's split up and live separately."
Everyone looked at her.
Mrs. Wu shouted: "What kind of property is there for us to live apart?" She only heard about property. Was it to divide her family's property? What a beautiful idea!
Everyone was puzzled, only Father Qiao raised his eyebrows.
Qiao Mingjin took a step forward and said to Patriarch Yue and the two elders: "Great Wei law, if a couple cannot reconcile, they can divide their property and live in separate places. After they separate, the status of the couple remains unchanged, and the status of the children does not change.
No change, you can choose either party to live with you. During the separation, the property acquired by the husband and wife will also belong to each party. The man will have to provide the house for the woman to live in. If the child chooses to live with the mother, the father will still have to fulfill the obligation to support. During the separation,
Failure to fulfill marital obligations.”
When Qiao Mingjin returned to her parents' home that day, she flipped through the thick book of Wei laws in her father's study. She didn't expect that she would find such a law.
Her original intention was to reconcile. But now that reconciliation cannot be achieved and she wants to have children, this law undoubtedly opened another window for her.
In the eyes of some people, this law is just a proof that those sanctimonious people want to be whores and build memorial arches.
Many children of wealthy families had to marry women related to their family's interests for some reasons, but there was no love and affection, and they could not divorce due to various reasons, so this law was created.
A woman's title of legitimate wife remains unchanged, her legitimate son's status as a daughter-in-law remains unchanged, and the status of husband and wife is still there. By setting up a separation and living separately, you can leave the person you don't want to see, and you can marry another daughter and live happily.
And it seems that the man provides the residence, but in fact it is just that the Wedolfs are afraid that the woman will cause something bad for them and will discredit them, so they trap the woman in disguise.
But no matter what others think, this law is the best for her right now.
Under the current circumstances, she couldn't let go of Wan'er, and she didn't want to have anything to do with the Yue family, nor did she want to live as a couple with Yue Zhongyao. Moreover, she had no money left, and didn't want to drag down her parents' family and affect the reputation of her younger siblings in getting married. This was just right.
Yue Laosan wants to marry someone new, even if he is already married.
Wait for her to wait for a few years. Now she doesn't want to marry another person. She has a reputation of being harmonious and has to deal with all kinds of harassment. In the next few years, Wan'er will be older, and she will slowly think of ways to get rid of this big Wei.
Once you are familiar with it, it will be much easier to reconcile and divorce again.
Father Qiao's eyes lit up, this was indeed the best way at the moment.
If Jin Niang reconciles, although their family will not lack a place for her mother and daughter to live and food for both of them, the Yue family will never let Wan'er follow Jin Niang.
This is just right. We will see what happens in a year or two. Maybe Yue Laosan will let go voluntarily when he has a new wife, Jiaer. Or maybe something has changed in the past two years, and he still doesn't want his daughter to get divorced.
Patriarch Yue and the two elders also looked at each other, but they didn't expect there to be such a law.
That's fine, everyone is happy.
It does not affect the official reputation of the brothers in the clan, and also solves the Yue family's situation.
Patriarch Yue thought that as long as his wife's name remained unchanged, Jinniang would know how difficult it was to raise a child after a year or two of living on her own, and she would obediently return to Yue's family.
As long as Mrs. Wu keeps her son's marriage to Liu Meiniang, she won't care about anything. It's better to stay far away, out of sight and out of mind.
Yue Zhongyao was stunned, his eyes fixed on Qiao Mingjin.
Why do you want to leave him so much?
Although they keep their title as husband and wife, but they fail to fulfill their obligations as husband and wife, are they still husband and wife?
Does it really break her heart that she wants to marry Liu Meiniang? There are so many men out there who have three wives and four concubines, and besides, my feelings for her have never changed...
