While Cambridge in Country Y was busy holding its opening ceremony, Zhou Chunmei was still lying in the Fang County Maternity Hospital, enduring the smell of disinfectant.
A caesarean section usually requires a hospital stay of six to seven days, and most people can be discharged from the hospital within six days. Zhou Chunmei's caesarean section wound recovered slowly, and she was hospitalized until the afternoon of the 10th. After the examination showed that there was no problem, the hospital allowed her to be discharged.
Because the baby suffered a fracture, he continued to stay in the hospital for observation.
When he was discharged from the hospital, Li Yao only took Zhou Chunmei home. Because his grandson was still in the hospital, Li's father and mother did not go back to the city. They were still in the county and had to go to the hospital every day to see the baby.
Zhou Chunmei was in confinement at home and was taken care of by a nanny. Li Yao took a day off and went to Meicun on the 12th to announce the good news.
He drove to Jiudao. When he arrived at Meicun, it was almost 11 noon. Many villagers were cooking lunch. The library in the village office building was not closed yet, and there were children reading and doing homework.
It was the weekend. Zhou Tianhong and Zhou Tianlan were both at home helping with the store. Zhou Tianhong bought rice and put it in the rice cooker to cook. When he returned to the main room, he was about to help his younger brother with his homework, and then he saw Li getting out of a car.
Yao.
He didn't know Li Yao at first, but out of necessity, he looked at his cousin Zhou Chunmei's space photo album and remembered the faces of Li Yao and the Li family.
Seeing Li Yao coming to Meicun again, Zhou Tianhong didn't care why he came, and immediately ran to the back of the house to call his uncle and grandma to inform him.
Grandma Cao went back to the village in the morning to cook pig food, and then went back to Grandma Zhou's house. She also dragged back two large watermelons, and she and Grandma Zhou gave a watermelon to the Le family.
Cao Bingyue doesn't go to kindergarten on weekends, but also goes to Lejia with her two grandmothers.
In September of the New Year, it was relatively hot at noon and the fields were not too busy. Zhou Qiufeng also finished work early and went home to cook. When Granny Cao brought watermelon, she killed the melon, cut a few pieces and ate them.
Grandma Zhou had just eaten half of a piece of watermelon when she received a call from Zhou Tianhong saying that Li Yao was here again. She hung up the phone, hurriedly told Qiufeng the reason, and hurried home.
When Granny Cao heard that the son-in-law of the girl from the Zhou family was back, she stopped staying at the Le family and took Cao Bingyue with her back to the Zhou family.
Grandma Zhou came back, put a chair in the alley inside the gate, and acted as a doorkeeper.
Grandma Cao also moved a small chair to sit opposite her and accompany her.
Li Yao parked the car, picked up the rooster, cigarettes, wine, and rice to announce the good news, and went straight to the Zhou family along the village road. He didn't meet anyone from the Zhou family who knew him along the way, and he arrived at the side of the Lejia Building smoothly.
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The Le family's big wolf dog squatted under the eaves, looking at the village road, but saw no one.
Li Yao did not go to Le's house, but continued walking forward. When he reached the door facing Zhou's house, he saw Grandma Zhou sitting by the west wall.
Seeing the old man, he immediately shouted: "Grandma!"
"Don't call me grandma, I have nothing to do with you." When Grandma Zhou saw the man carrying something, she stood up with a fierce face and blocked the door: "Zhou Xialong has severed the father-daughter relationship with Zhou Chunmei. Li Chunmei's matter has nothing to do with Zhou Xialong."
Home has nothing to do with it, it doesn’t matter what you are here for, or where you come from or where you go.”
Grandma Zhou's family still refused to let her in. Li Yao walked to the door and politely explained the reason: "Grandma, Zhou Chunmei gave birth to a fat boy on the 3rd. She was hospitalized for a caesarean section. She was just discharged yesterday. I'm here to tell you and your father-in-law the good news.
My father-in-law has become a grandfather, and you have become a great-grandmother."
Zhou Chunmei gave birth? Grandma Zhou was startled for a moment, then calmed down: "I told you, Zhou Chunmei has nothing to do with my Zhou family. If you want to announce the good news, go to the Liu family and ask the Liu family and Liu Tong. Is there any happy event in your family?
My house doesn't matter, don't come to my house and be an eyesore."
"Grandma, it doesn't matter if you are angry or don't forgive Zhou Chunmei. This good news must be repaid. If you don't want to see me, I won't go in. I'll leave my things here." Li Yao didn't defend himself, and answered nicely, and brought it up.
put things down.
"Wait a minute." Grandma Zhou stopped people: "Bring your things back, if you dare to throw them away and walk away to cause trouble for me, I will strangle the chicken to death, so that your family will not get good luck and will be in panic day and night."
"..." Li Yao was shocked and stared at Grandma Zhou, unable to believe that Grandma Zhou was so cruel.
It is right for the Zhou family to sever the father-daughter relationship with Zhou Chunmei, and it is understandable not to forgive Zhou Chunmei, but what is wrong with the child Zhou Chunmei gave birth to?
The Zhou family doesn’t recognize Zhou Chunmei, and they don’t even care at all about Zhou Chunmei’s newly born child!
The chicken that the son-in-law's family sends back to grandma's house to announce the good news needs to be raised until grandma comes to see the baby. The husband's family will continue to raise the chicken. In rural areas, it is said that the longer the chicken is raised, the healthier and smoother the baby will be.
If something happens to the chicken, it means the child will be in trouble.
When he came to announce the good news, the Zhou family did not recognize him and Zhou Chunmei. Even if they accepted the good news gift and did not go to the Li family, the Li family recognized him. However, Grandma Zhou said that he would strangle the chicken that brought the good news to him if he did not take the things away. She clearly did not care at all.
Is the child born by Zhou Chunmei good?
Li Yao couldn't imagine how much the Zhou family hated Zhou Chunmei, so that Grandma Zhou could say such cruel words.
"Look what I'm doing? The child you have with Zhou Chunmei is your child and has nothing to do with my family. Whether your family is happy or not has nothing to do with my family. You dare to make me unhappy. Why should I care about your family?
Is life going well or not?”
Grandma Zhou had a dark face and was not soft-hearted at all: "I have long guessed that you will make a fuss about your children. As expected, you are willing to take advantage of your children. Do you think you and your family are so kind and kind?
great?
My family told me that Zhou Chunmei has nothing to do with the Zhou family, but you still come here again and again. What are your plans? You know that I know that others also know. Why are you pretending to be a good person?
I won’t talk nonsense to you, just take your things and get out of here, you bastard.”
Being scolded by Grandma Zhou, Li Yao's anger suddenly faded away. He had an ulterior motive for marrying Zhou Chunmei.
It is a fact that their family wanted to use Zhou Chunmei to have a child to achieve their goals, and it is also a fact that they used the child.
Speaking of which, the Zhou family's disapproval of Zhou Chunmei was also an aboveboard thing. The Li family did things only for themselves and were not as bright as the Zhou family.
Li Yao could no longer say anything to accuse the Zhou family of being cruel and heartless. He picked up the things he had put down and said, "Grandma, I'm going back." He turned around and left.
He didn't dare to gamble and finally got a healthy child. Regardless of whether those customs were true or not, he didn't dare to try. If the good ones didn't work and the bad ones did, wouldn't it mean that he had harmed his own child with his own hands.
Not daring to bet, Li Yao had no choice but to admit defeat, carry his things, and go back to where he really was.
He returned to the village office building, put his things in the trunk, and drove along the road out of Meicun and back to Zhu County until he had left Jiudao Township for several miles. He stopped by the roadside and called home to explain the situation.
Father Li and Mother Li were silent when they heard what their son said about the Zhou family's reaction. They didn't expect that the Zhou family was so tough.
What else can be done now?
The Li family could only accept the reality. Father Li and mother Li discussed it and asked their son to go home instead of going to the Liu family to announce the good news.
The Liu family is a snobbery. If they are given face, they might rely on the child born by Zhou Chunmei to come to the Li family. In that case, it is estimated that the Zhou family will not be able to calm down for the rest of their lives.
Li Yao didn't want to talk to the Liu family anymore, so he didn't go to Grandma Zhou Chunmei's house and went directly back to Zhu County.
When he returned home and carried his things, Zhou Chunmei saw it and asked: "You bought so many things, whose house do you want to go to to announce the good news? When you go to Meicun, did my mother, my father, and the others say anything? When will they come to see the child?"
"I didn't see my dad or grandma when I went to Meicun... She didn't let me in, and her things weren't confiscated. She probably won't come." Li Yao simplified the process of going to Meicun into a few words. He wasn't going to talk about the specific process, so as not to worry about it.
Add bad luck.
"My grandma won't let you in, and you won't recognize my child?" Zhou Chunmei suddenly felt angry. If she was wrong, her grandma and father would have kicked her out. The child she gave birth to didn't offend her family, right?
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"What grandma means is that you married into the Li family. The child you gave birth to has nothing to do with the Zhou family. Grandma is still angry. Let's forget it for now. When the child grows older, she will call her grandma and grandpa and then bring it back to Meicun to the Zhou family.
When the elders look at it, they will be relieved when they see how smart and cute their children are."
Li Yao felt that Grandma Zhou wouldn't let him in, firstly because she was still angry, and secondly because he went to announce the good news without bringing the child. The old man didn't see the child, so he was naturally hard-hearted.
If the child can call people and is brought back to Plum Village, and the child calls "Grandpa" and "Grandma", the father-in-law and grandma will probably be very angry, and their hearts will soften when they see the lovely little cub.
Zhou Chunmei was angry and gritted her teeth: "If you don't admit it, don't admit it. You can go if you want. I won't go anyway."
If you want to break off the relationship, just break off the relationship. Anyway, she gave birth to a male child, and the child is the grandson of the Li family. Her mother is more valuable than her son, and she has a foothold in the Li family.
The doctor said that mothers should not be emotional during the confinement period. Li Yao also wanted Zhou Chunmei to maintain her health and give birth to her second and third children. Naturally, he didn't argue with her and just followed her: "Okay, if you don't want to go back to Meicun, just don't go. You are sitting here
Confinement, don’t be too angry."
Li Yao became good-tempered, and Zhou Chunmei felt much better. She asked again: "Have my mother and grandparents gone to their house? When did they say they would come?"
"I didn't go to the Liu family. The Liu family are all snobbish, selfish and self-interested. It's good that I didn't bother them. It's impossible for the Li family to admit that they are relatives."
Li Yao decisively expressed his disgust for the Liu family: "If you want to treat the Liu family as relatives, you should think about how much you have. If you want to help the Liu family suck the blood of my family, don't blame me for falling out."
Divorce you."
Before giving birth to a child, Li Yao also talked about divorce because of his grandmother's family affairs. After giving birth to a child, he also threatened divorce. Zhou Chunmei is now hard-core and choked back if she is not convinced: "Just leave, who is afraid of whom?"
No one else needs to tell Li Yao to guess that the reason for Zhou Chunmei's toughness is because of her child. Zhou Chunmei has a temperament that takes advantage of the soft and fears the tough. She is also the type who will open up stains if given three points of color, and will hit her nose and eyes if given three points of color.
Man, she gave birth to a son and has the momentum to expand.
That momentum is not a good one and must be suppressed. If she is allowed to think that she can control the child by relying on him, she doesn't know how much trouble she will cause in the future.
"This is what you said, you will get divorced after your confinement." Li Yao was not prepared to back down, lest Zhou Chunmei would resort to making trouble with her children to achieve her goals in the future.
"..." Li Yao said divorce without hesitation. Zhou Chunmei was dumbfounded. This... how could this be different from what he imagined?
Li Yao put the things aside, walked to the sofa and sat down, talking eloquently: "It's better to choose a day than to hit it. I've already brought it up. Let's negotiate first, write the contract and sign it, and wait until you finish confinement.
Just go to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
My pre-marital property has been notarized, so the pre-marital property is my private property. You have no right to share my pre-marital property. You have no job after marriage, and the household expenses are based on the benefits generated by my pre-marital property.
In case of divorce, you will naturally have to bear half of the expenses after our marriage.
From a humanitarian perspective, if the court orders the man to compensate you for the loss of your youth during divorce, it will not exceed 80,000 yuan.
As for your children, you can’t take them away because you don’t have real estate or a job. You don’t have the ability to support your children or provide them with good educational conditions. For the sake of your children’s growth, going to the court for a judgment will only be
I was sentenced to custody.
Because the child is not yet one year old, even if I let you take care of it for a year, I will give him a monthly support payment. According to the living standards of Fang County, it will not exceed 4,000 per month.
If you have anything to say, please tell me as soon as possible. After you finish speaking, I will go to the street to print out the divorce contract."
"You..." The original plan of turning over and making the decision was backfired. Zhou Chunmei's face turned blue with anger. In a state of devastation, she grabbed the ashtray on the table and threw it at Li Yao.
She had just thrown away the ashtray, and Li's father and mother, who had gone to the hospital to see their grandson, pushed open the door and saw the ashtray flying towards Li Yao's face.
Li Yao saw something flying towards him and stretched out his hand to block it. The crystal cigarette jar touched his arm and rolled to the ground, shattering into pieces.
After smashing the ashtray out, she turned her head when she heard the knock on the door. When Zhou Chunmei saw her father-in-law and mother-in-law, her hands and feet were so scared that she didn't dare to move.
"What are you doing?" Mother Li opened the door and frowned.
Li Yao didn't panic at all. While rubbing his hand that was hurt by the ashtray, he replied: "Mom, Zhou Chunmei is getting divorced."
"What's a good divorce?" Mother Li's face suddenly darkened.
"Zhou Chunmei only has the Liu family in her heart. She wants my family to raise the Liu family as our ancestors. I don't agree. She is clamoring for a divorce. I have agreed and are negotiating for a divorce." Li Yao explained the reason slowly without even looking at Zhou Chunmei.
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"If that's the case, you can just leave." Li's father also understood that Zhou Chunmei probably had uneasy thoughts because she had given birth to a son.
In any case, she had just given birth to a child. Zhou Chunmei thought that her parents-in-law would at least scold Li Yao on the surface. Unexpectedly, her parents-in-law supported Li Yao's divorce after just asking the reason.
She sat dumbfounded, and it took dozens of seconds to react, and she cried anxiously: "I didn't, I didn't get a divorce..."
After Li's mother changed her shoes, she asked politely: "If you don't want a divorce, why are you making trouble? Do you think that after giving birth to a son, we have to follow you in whatever way you want to make trouble?"
Her mother-in-law's words were like a knife, and her thoughts were revealed. Zhou Chunmei didn't dare to breathe, and she was frightened: "I...I don't have that kind of thought-"
