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

What does Chapter 56 mean? You listen to your mother?

The constable glared at her, "Why are you asking so many questions? What's it to you?"

Zhao was dumbfounded. "How can it not concern me? Those three girls are still Chen family swindlers. I don't agree to this. They'll have to take care of me in the future."

Pan Dayan, standing in the crowd, exclaimed, "Zhao, you're shameless! You always call her a money-loser, beating and scolding her and not feeding her."

"You actually expect that when you're old and can't move, someone else will have to take care of you? Your face is like an eggplant after autumn, wrinkled and dark."

Eggplant is a very productive plant. In late autumn, as the weather gets colder, the skin of the eggplant wrinkles because it is afraid of the cold, making it hard and unpalatable to eat.

Pan Dayan's description was very vivid, and everyone laughed along.

Li Ruru arrived at the scene at this moment and quietly asked Pan Dayan, "Has the show started yet?"

Pan Dayan shielded Li Ruru with her body and replied, "At the beginning, hide behind me so they can't see you."

Today's drama will be handled by the yamen runners; Li Ruru doesn't need to show her face.

The yamen runners were just doing their job, and the Chen family couldn't do anything about it.

If Li Ruru gets involved, the Chen family will probably start making trouble again.

Li Ruru glanced gratefully at Pan Dayan, then shrank back to make herself less noticeable.

Zhao was scolded by Pan Dayan, but she didn't think she had done anything wrong at all.

"How I treat those three girls is none of your business. But if those three girls don't serve me, they are unfilial."

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed that it made sense.

The laws of Da Tang are like this: there is no rule that elders must support juniors, but there is a rule that juniors must support their elders in their old age.

The weight of filial impiety can crush a person to death.

Li Ruru is not a person of this era. She doesn't care about filial piety or what others say about her.

She neither hears nor gets annoyed by those who gossip behind her back.

But if anyone dares to speak ill of her to her face, she will teach them a lesson.

Zhao's words stunned the three maids. The eldest maid whispered, "Mother, is it really true?"

Er Ya pouted, "Why should I?"

She felt that these so-called laws were very unfair.

Li Ruru didn't care about her own reputation, but she didn't want Zhao to tarnish her daughters' reputations.

She pushed Pan Dayan aside and walked in front of everyone, saying, "Old Zhao, my daughters are mine, and I'm going to change their surnames to mine."

Also, I want to sever all ties with you.

"After you die, we won't even look at you; we'll just clap, cheer, and set off fireworks to celebrate."

Li Ruru's words were forceful and resounding, infuriating the Chen family.

Chen Sanbao flew into a rage the moment he saw Li Ruru, shouting, "You little whore, how dare you step into our house!"

"Didn't you hook up with Zhang Laizi? Why don't you change their surname to Zhang?"

Er Ya also rushed out of the crowd, "You're talking nonsense, shameless. My mother doesn't even look at Zhang Laizi, you're just spreading rumors. My mother doesn't want you or Zhang Laizi, my mother is beautiful all by herself."

Li Ruru looked at Er Ya approvingly. "You even know the term 'unique beauty' now. That's great. Women's consciousness is awakening."

It seems Chu Xiu taught him well; I'll give him an extra chicken leg tonight.

Granny Zhao slapped her thigh and sat down on the ground crying again, "Oh dear, this old woman can't live anymore, my three granddaughters are all unfilial."

Li Ruru ignored him and looked at the two constables, "Sir, how should this letter of severance be written?"

Chu Xiu pushed through the crowd and stepped out, saying, "Just add a clause to the original document."

His father was the county magistrate; he could just have him handle it. Most people in Chenjia Village didn't know Chu Xiu, and someone asked, "Who is he?"

Da Ya said, "He's a distant relative from my maternal family, my cousin."

The Chen family had never cared about Li Ruru's family, and naturally didn't know them.

Chu Xiu had been busy repairing the house all day, and his gorgeous clothes were covered in dust, even his usually fair face was covered in a layer of dust.

This made it less likely that people doubted his identity.

The constable, having received his young master's instructions, immediately replied, "That's right, just add one more thing."

As he spoke, he rummaged through his suitcase and pulled out a calligraphy brush, quickly adding the message about severing ties with his family.

"After severing ties, we go our separate ways, and have no further connection with each other in life, old age, sickness, or death."

Li Ruru was very satisfied, because this way, her three daughters would no longer be labeled as unfilial by Zhao Shi.

Seeing that things had developed to this point and that she was powerless to change it, Zhao could only look at Chen Sanbao with tears in her eyes.

"Sanbao, don't sign that."

Chen Sanbao said in a low voice, "I will listen to Mother."

One of the constables overheard this and scolded, "What do you mean? You listen to your mother?"

Where do you put us? Where do you put the county magistrate? Where do you put the laws of the Great Tang Dynasty?

"I...I...I..." Chen Sanbao stammered in fright. He didn't know what to do. He always listened to his mother.

His mother wouldn't harm him, so naturally he should listen to her.

But today, these two constables represent the imperial court, a class he cannot oppose.

"Enough with the nonsense, sign it," another officer said.

Chen Bingxiao was anxious. Although his son had divorced, those girls were still his granddaughters, and he still wanted to get their dowry money in the future.

If he breaks off all ties with his family, won't he end up with nothing?
"Ahem, gentlemen, changing one's surname is entirely voluntary. You can't force people, can you? Why don't you ask the children's opinion?"

He believed that the three girls definitely had feelings for their father, and they certainly didn't want to be called fatherless children.

The constables lost their patience. One stood in front of them, while the other went around to their backs and kicked Chen Sanbao to the ground.

She then helped him up and asked with concern, "Oh dear, how could you be so careless and suddenly fall down?"

The other man, using his oversized clothes as cover, stomped hard on Chen Sanbao's leg and said coldly, "Chen Sanbao, will you sign?"

Chen Sanbao yelled, met the murderous glare of the constable beside him, and quickly said, "I'll sign."

He suspected that if he didn't sign, the two men would break his legs.

A yamen runner handed him the document, and Chen Sanbao said awkwardly, "Um... I can't read."

"Fingerprints are fine too," the other person said.

Chen Bingxiao rushed over and pushed away Chen Sanbao's hand, which was about to press his fingerprint. "We haven't even asked the three girls what they think yet."

As he spoke, he looked at Da Ya and the other two, "Do you want to sever ties? Think it over before you speak."

After you sever ties with your family, you will be fatherless, children without a father. Do you want that?
Don't rush to answer. You're too young to understand. When you grow up, without your fathers to support you, your in-laws will bully you terribly.

Er Ya said with a stern face, "Is it like how your Chen family bullied my mother? My mother doesn't have a father, so you can bully her all you want."

Just because you are so bad doesn't mean everyone else is like you.

What has our current father ever done for us? Does he deserve to be called "father" by us?

(End of this chapter)