Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 19 Crying, crying, crying! You've all cried away all my good fortune!
Wang Shuixia was so angry that she saw stars. Not only did she fail to get the 36 taels of silver back, she also lost a silver hairpin.

She bared her teeth and reached out to scratch Li Ruru's face, and Granny Zhao also raised her hand to slap her.

Li Ruru dodged again with agility, and Wang Tieniu and Wang Tiezhu protected her like her personal bodyguards, one on each side.

Unable to hit Li Ruru, and not daring to lash out at the burly Wang brothers, Wang Shuixia slapped her thigh and cried out in grievance.

Seeing this, Zhao spat a mouthful of phlegm-filled saliva onto Li Ruru's face.

Li Ruru and the Wang brothers darted away together.

Li Ruru felt extremely disgusted; why was this old woman Zhao suddenly resorting to disgusting attacks?

The onlookers retreated in unison, thinking that this old woman Zhao had a disease, and her saliva was probably poisonous as well.

Seeing that his family was being completely fooled by Li Ruru, Chen Bingxiao, who usually played the good cop, turned pale.

"Third son's wife, you took the money, and you took the dowry too, but..."

He glanced at the three girls, "But the three girls have to stay; they are the offspring of our Chen family."

Li Ruru was speechless. Her daughter, who usually called her a good-for-nothing, was suddenly a member of the Chen family.

Chen Bingxiao did this simply to get Li Ruru to exchange money for her daughter.

He didn't believe any mother would abandon her own child.

Although the three girls were of little use, they still consumed the family's food.

But in order to control Li Ruru, Chen Bingxiao said for the first and only time that the three girls were born into the Chen family.

Li Ruru found it strange, and the other members of the Chen family were also somewhat confused and puzzled.

However, Chen Bingxiao's next words quickly made them realize the truth.

"If you feel sorry for the three girls, then buy them. It'll cost you 12 taels of silver each."

At this moment, the Chen family members were all relieved.

Sure enough, once Father took action, we knew he was capable.

Just when everyone thought Li Ruru would spend money to buy back her daughter, Li Ruru's words shocked everyone.

She shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Since Third Sister is from your Chen family, then she can stay in your family."

Daya and Erya froze on the spot. Did their mother abandon them?

Sanya cried out in heartbreaking sobs, "I want my mother, not my father, not my grandmother or grandfather."

Li Ruru secretly gave her three daughters a wink. Daya was lost in her own sorrowful world, while Sanya cried uncontrollably.

Only Er Ya understood that her mother had not abandoned them and had her own plans.

She secretly tugged at her older sister's hand and whispered only one word, "Cry."

Although Daya didn't understand what her second sister meant, she was already feeling sad, and influenced by her two younger sisters, she also started crying.

The cries of the three girls rose and fell, with Er Ya being the most vocal, crying with a particularly loud voice.

The onlookers couldn't bear to see the three girls crying, and several women went over to comfort them.

The Chen family members' heads were buzzing from the crying, and their agitation reached its peak.

Chen Sanbao cursed, "Cry, cry, cry! You've cried away all my good fortune! You debt collectors!"

Chen Bingxiao took a deep drag on his cigarette, still unable to suppress his inner turmoil.

"Stop making so much noise! ​​If you cry again, I'll slap you all to death!"

Pan Dayan, unable to bear it any longer, said, "If the child cries, just comfort him. Why do you have to hit him all the time?"

You just said they were born of your Chen family, and this is how you treat your own people?

Chen Bingxiao's lips twitched. He said it, but he never thought that way.

How could a mere girl be worthy of being born into the Chen family?

Li Ruru directed Wang Tieniu and Wang Tiezhu to borrow an oxcart, and they had already started moving things.

Seeing that she really didn't care about the three children anymore, Chen Bingxiao suddenly felt a little scared.

"You...you're leaving?"

“Yeah, right.” Li Ruru rolled her eyes. “Otherwise, would we still be eating here?” Her car was packed full of things, and she had even tied several broken jars from the Chen family to the car.

After she had finished packing, she looked up at Chen Bingxiao and said, "Old man Chen, I thank you on behalf of the three girls. Thank you for being willing to cover their dowries, after all, they are not young anymore."

Just as a bride needs a dowry to marry off a daughter, so too does a son need a bride price to marry off a daughter.

Chen Bingxiao felt as upset as if he had swallowed a fly. "I will not give them a single penny."

Li Ruru turned to Chen Sanbao and said, "If your father doesn't contribute any money, what about you, the daughter's father?"

Chen Sanbao scoffed, "You want my dowry? I've raised them all these years, and I haven't even asked them for alimony yet!"

Li Ruru said indifferently, "Since none of you are willing to provide a dowry for Sanya, then they can only grow old and die in your Chen family, remaining old maids for the rest of their lives."

Zhao's eyes darted around quickly; couldn't they still be sold?
Selling all three to slave traders would bring in a considerable sum of money.

Li Ruru saw through her little scheme at a glance. "As her mother, I will come to see my daughters often. If I find that they are missing one day, I will immediately report it to the authorities."

"Anyone who sells my daughter without my consent is a human trafficker and will face legal trouble."

In families where couples are not divorced, the man usually takes the lead.

Decisions regarding children after a divorce also require the woman's consent.

The Zhao family was at their wits' end.

The rest of the Chen family had already seen through it all; raising three girls would be a losing proposition.

Chen Sanbao shoved the three girls in frustration, "Get out, get out, go find your mother!"

Er Ya clung to Chen Sanbao's leg, crying and wailing, "No, Dad, we want to stay with you!"

Daya stopped walking towards Li Ruru and looked at her second sister with a puzzled expression.

Doesn't she want to go with her mother? Didn't she just say she didn't want her father?

Chen Bingxiao grabbed her by the collar and shoved it into Li Ruru's hand.

"Get out of the Chen family with all of you, you good-for-nothings."

Li Ruru knelt down and gently comforted the three girls, "Don't be afraid, Mother won't abandon you."

She knew that the more she expressed her desire for a child, the less likely the Chen family would allow her to have one.

Just like many modern couples who get divorced, the husband sometimes tries every means to fight for custody of the children.

But once they get custody, they immediately abandon the child to their parents and don't care about the child at all.

He simply enjoys his carefree single life, going to work and flirting with girls as usual, without neglecting anything.

Many men fight with women over children purely out of spite, not because they genuinely love the child.

Of course, there are plenty of good men in this world, but Li Ruru just hasn't met one.

The Chen family didn't like girls in the first place, so if Li Ruru didn't want her, they would be even less likely to want her.

If Li Ruru wanted the child, they would jump out and fight over it, so she simply did the opposite.

She refused, but the Chen family insisted on giving it to her!

The Chen family was overjoyed. They were so glad to have gotten rid of their three burdens!

The clever Er Ya was the first to understand Li Ruru's scheme and cooperated in putting on a show.

She whispered, "Mother, I know, you're the best."

Daya realized what had happened and quickly wiped away her tears. For a moment, she really thought her mother didn't want them anymore.

Wang Tieniu and Wang Tiezhu were helping Li Ruru drive the oxcart, but before they had even left, Chen Bingxiao started urging and cursing them from behind.

"Get out of here! Get out of here now!"

Li Ruru strode up to him and snatched the pipe from his hand.

"What are you doing?" Chen Bingxiao jumped three feet high; that pipe was his lifeline.

He can go three days without food, but he can never go a day without smoking.

He angrily grabbed Li Ruru by the collar and tried to snatch his pipe without any regard for her feelings.

(End of this chapter)