Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

Inside the grocery store, some curious customers were chattering amongst themselves.

Some of the words that reached Li Yunlan's ears instantly made her nose sting and her eyes well up with tears.

Yes, outsiders can see that she has a hard time in her husband's family and sympathize with her experience of domestic violence by her husband and mother-in-law. Just like those who gossip say, it's fortunate that her family—her mother, her eldest and third brothers, and her second sister—did not treat her like water spilled after marriage. Even though she married far away, they still treated her as family. When she was being abused in her husband's family, in the freezing cold, they traveled hundreds of miles at night to Xinghuo Commune to visit her, care for her, support her, and give her the warmth of family.

"Fourth Sister, why are you crying?"

Seeing that Li Yunlan's eyes were red, Li Yunmei quickly asked.

"No, second sister, I'm just happy. When I was being bullied in my husband's family, you were there to stand behind me and support me. It warms my heart."

Li Yunlan quickly wiped away the tears in her eyes, but her nose still felt a little sore.

"Hehe, we're family."

Li Yunshi said with a smile.

"Big brother is right. We are family. If we knew you were not doing well here, being bullied, and being beaten until your head was bleeding, and we still did nothing, I don't think Father would be happy in the afterlife."

Li Yunshan also said.

As they were talking, Wang Yuanchao came out of the grocery store's office.

Seeing that Li Yunlan's head was still wrapped in gauze, Wang Yuanchao opened his mouth, then frowned and asked, "Why aren't you staying at the commune clinic? What are you doing here at the grocery store?"

"What are you doing? Didn't I already tell you I wanted a divorce? Have you forgotten?"

Seeing Wang Yuanchao's impatient expression, Li Yunlan let out a cold laugh.

"Divorce? Li Yunlan, what nonsense are you talking about? There's no way I'm divorcing you. You may be shameless, but I still have my pride. Besides, if we divorce, who will Qianqian live with?" Wang Yuanchao said in a deep voice.

"How am I shameless? I didn't cheat on you. It was you and your mother who bullied me because I married far away and beat me up like this. That's why I thought about divorce. You forced me to. If anyone is shameless, it's you and your mother. As for who Qianqian will stay with after the divorce, of course she'll stay with me."

I know you and your mother both favor sons over daughters. After Qianqian was born, your mother often scolded me for being a barren hen and called Qianqian a money-losing burden. She even considered giving Qianqian away. Do you think I would keep Qianqian for you? You're dreaming!

With the support of her family, including Li Yunshan, Li Yunlan felt much more confident and spoke less hesitantly.

"Mom is right. I don't want to stay with Dad. He doesn't like me, and Grandma always scolds me for being a good-for-nothing. She even wants to take me away and give me away while Mom isn't home."

At this moment, Qianqian peeked out from behind Li Yunlan and said in a childish voice.

Despite being only three years old, she speaks with perfect pronunciation, and everyone around her can hear her clearly.

"Wang Yuanchao, did you hear me? Hurry up and go with my sister to get a divorce. Don't delay us from going home to celebrate the New Year together."

Li Yunshan urged from the side.

In her past life, the fourth sister, Li Yunlan, gave birth to three daughters for Wang Yuanchao, but in the end, she was still kicked out by Wang Yuanchao. When he and his eldest brother went to pick up the fourth sister and bring her home, she cried her heart out.

After returning home, she attempted suicide several times. If it weren't for her eldest brother keeping a close eye on her and her second sister frequently accompanying and comforting her, Li Yunlan would probably be dead.

Even so, it took the fourth sister a long time to gradually emerge from the shadow of the divorce.

Now that Wang Yuanchao has beaten his sister so badly, and his fourth sister Li Yunlan also wants to divorce Wang Yuanchao, Li Yunshan naturally hopes that Li Yunlan will break off all ties with Wang Yuanchao as soon as possible to prevent her from suffering any further harm.

"Wang Yuanchao, if you're a real man, hurry up and get the divorce done. Then I'll look at you with more respect. If you keep dragging your feet, you're not even as good as a woman."

"You've already beaten Yunlan up like this, so just get a divorce already."

"He even hits his own wife, he's not a real man at all."

"Give us a straight answer, are you getting a divorce or not? If not, we're going to cause trouble."

Cai Er and the others started to make a fuss.

Seeing Cai Er and his gang's reckless behavior and their threats to cause trouble, Wang Yuanchao was caught in a dilemma.

Leave him. Who will do his laundry and cook for him in the future? Who will take care of his mother?

If they don't divorce, Li Yunlan's family has already threatened to cause trouble at the grocery store.

If trouble breaks out, Manager Niu will definitely blame him.

Manager Niu was already furious about the fight he had with that customer not long ago. If Li Yunlan's family really caused trouble in the grocery store now, and Manager Niu blamed him for it...

After thinking for a while, Wang Yuanchao seemed to have made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, let's get a divorce. I don't believe that I can't live a good life without you, Li Yunlan."

He was, after all, an employee of a state-owned enterprise with a secure job that guaranteed his income regardless of circumstances. Since Li Yunlan was determined to divorce him, then he would agree to the divorce.

As long as you keep your job as a state-owned enterprise employee, why worry about not being able to find a wife?

As long as he marries a new wife, someone will do his laundry and cook for him, someone will take care of his mother, and she will give him two big, fat sons.

"Then stop dawdling and hurry up to the civil affairs department to complete the divorce procedures."

Li Yunshan sneered.

……

"Snapped!"

Xinghuo Commune, Civil Affairs Department.

With a bright red stamp affixed to each of the two divorce certificates, Li Yunlan and Wang Yuanchao officially ended their marital relationship.

From now on, the two of them will have no further connection except that they are Qianqian's parents.

Of course, given Wang Yuanchao's patriarchal nature, Qianqian chose to stay with Li Yunlan, and the two may find it difficult to have any further contact in the future.

When Li Yunlan received her divorce certificate, she felt as if she had been freed from a cage and was relieved of a great burden.

She glanced at Wang Yuanchao but didn't say a word to him. She picked up the divorce certificate and left, accompanied by Li Yunshan and others.

After leaving the Wang family, she was no longer Wang Yuanchao's wife, but her mother's daughter and the younger sister of her loving older brothers and sisters.

"Perhaps I should have divorced Wang Yuanchao a long time ago."

Thinking of her mother, eldest brother, second sister, and third brother, who braved the sub-zero winter cold and traveled hundreds of miles at night to come to Xinghuo Commune to stand up for her and support her, Li Yunlan couldn't help but feel grateful.

She had considered this idea before, but she always nipped it in the bud because she was worried that her family wouldn't accept her.

It wasn't until this time, seeing her family members come all this way to protect her, that she finally made up her mind.

Meanwhile, watching Li Yunlan and the others leave, Wang Yuanchao glanced at the glaring divorce certificate in his hand, stood there silently for a long time, and then put the divorce certificate into his pocket and left the Xinghuo Commune Civil Affairs Department.

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Xinghuo Commune, Health Center.

After obtaining the divorce certificate, Li Yunlan and her group returned here to complete the discharge procedures.

After completing the discharge procedures and loading her few belongings onto the tractor, the group was about to leave when their neighbor, Aunt Ma, and her daughter-in-law arrived carrying a bag of things.

"Yunlan, wait, wait."

Seeing that the tractor had started, Aunt Ma quickly waved and called out.

"Sister Yunlan, wait a moment."

Grandma Ma's daughter-in-law also shouted.

"It's Aunt Ma and her daughter-in-law, Ren Xiaolan."

Li Yunlan turned around after hearing the shout and exclaimed in surprise.

When Li Yunlan married into Wang Yuanchao's family, she was looked down upon by her neighbors because Feng Cuilan didn't get along with them.

They say people who aren't family don't enter the same door.

Everyone knows what kind of person Feng Cuilan is, so naturally they view Li Yunlan with prejudice.

At this time, it was Aunt Ma and her daughter-in-law Ren Xiaolan who were the first to accept her and truly treated her as a neighbor.

Previously, Li Yunlan was beaten bloody by Wang Yuanchao and Feng Cuilan. She was only saved by Aunt Ma taking her to the commune clinic. She was also grateful to Ren Xiaolan for watching over Qianqian. Otherwise, Li Yunlan didn't know if that old hag Feng Cuilan would have taken Qianqian away and given her away while she was away.

"Aunt Ma, Little Lan."

Li Yunlan jumped off the tractor and went to meet her.

"Yunlan, we heard that you and Wang Yuanchao got divorced and are going back to your parents' home. We, your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, thought that it would be difficult to see you again in the future, so we hurriedly prepared some things for you to take. Eat them if you get hungry on your way home."

As she spoke, Aunt Ma stuffed a bundle into Li Yunlan's hands: "These are steamed buns that I made. They were just made not long ago. Take them and eat them if you get hungry on the road."

"Sister Yunlan, this is a pair of woolen gloves I knitted. I'm not as good at knitting as my mother-in-law, but you can't complain about them."

Ma Da Niang's daughter-in-law, Ren Xiaolan, also handed Li Yunlan a pair of knitted woolen gloves.

"Aunt Ma, Little Lan, I...I thank you both..."

Holding the bundle in her arms, she could still feel the warmth emanating from the freshly steamed buns inside, and the woolen gloves that Ren Xiaolan had placed in her hand. Scenes from the past flooded back like a tide, and Li Yunlan was moved to tears.

"No need to thank me. Now that you're leaving, I don't know when we'll see each other again. Then I'll have one less person to talk to," said Aunt Ma.

"Aunt Ma, don't worry, I will bring Qianqian to visit you whenever I have time."

Li Yunshan wiped away the tears in his eyes and said.

No matter what, Aunt Ma was her savior.

If conditions permit in the future, Li Yunlan really wants to visit Aunt Ma's family more often.

"Hehe, it's enough that you have the intention."

Aunt Ma said with a smile.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Li Yunlan hugged and said goodbye to Aunt Ma and her daughter-in-law in turn.

"Goodbye, Aunt Ma and Xiao Lan!"

As she boarded the tractor, Li Yunlan waved to Aunt Ma and Ren Xiaolan.