Reborn Soul: Me and My Family

"Kang Chao, I also raised my daughter with love. We only have one son and one daughter. From childhood to adulthood, whatever Wenjie had to eat and wear, we also gave to Wenjuan. I married my daughter to you, not to let her suffer in your house. I will tell you clearly today that this marriage is finalized. You know your mother's attitude towards Xiaohua. We will take this child away so that it won't delay your future marriage."

"Dad, Wenjuan and I haven't come to that point yet. My mom also said that we are still young. This child has the signs of miscarriage when she is conceived. She might not be healthy when she is born. If Wenjuan takes good care of her, we can have children in the future. Besides, Xiaoduo is my Kang family's flesh and blood. Even if we want to divorce, Xiaoduo will stay in my Kang family."

A baby's cry was heard from the room. After a while, Zhang Yuefang came out of the room, holding a little girl's hand. "Dad, Xiaohua, look at this child, Xiaohua, hiding in the closet. I called her for a long time before she spoke. This child has not come out of the room for the past two days, and no one in this family has fed her. I just asked Xiaohua, and she said that no one at home called her to eat. She went to her grandmother in the morning, and the old woman only let the child drink water."

Grandpa Wang came forward and hugged his granddaughter distressedly and said: "Kang Chao, what else do you have to say now? Your mother can't even bear to feed her children? Look at the two boys in your brother's family. Their flesh trembles when they move. Is your family just lacking food for the children?"

"Dad, that's not true. I asked my mom yesterday and she said Xiaohua ate too many snacks and said she didn't want to eat. Xiaohua, tell grandpa quickly if you said you didn't want to eat last night. We can't lie!"

"Our Xiaohua is a good child. Grandpa will take you to see your mother later. Tell Grandpa whether you had dinner yesterday."

The child cried on Grandpa Wang's shoulder for a long time before she pointed at her belly and said, "Grandpa, Xiaohua didn't eat and I'm hungry. Grandma said that we can't eat food that costs money. I miss my mom. I want my mom and grandpa."

These few words made Uncle Wang's eyes red, and the eyes of everyone present also turned red. This Widow Du was really useless, treating the child like this. Aunt Sun was so angry when she heard it. Today, she had to help her old sister teach this useless coward a lesson.

"Kang Chao, now that the child has spoken out, what else do you have to say? Have you eaten your brain and digested it? You keep talking about your mother, so why did you marry a wife to harm Wen Juan? It would be better to just live with your mother for the rest of your life. If your mother dies and can't speak out, you will chase her to the grave. I've lived for almost 60 years, and I've never seen such a troublesome person like you."

"Dad, Xiaohua is my own flesh and blood. My mom would never lie to me. Xiaohua, tell me if you lied again. We have to be good and honest children. We can't talk nonsense, understand?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Uncle Wang shouted angrily: "Enough, Kang Chao, I never knew you could be so stupid. You still doubt a child this young. I told you that it is not as simple as divorce now. I didn't want to be so heartless. You are really a hopeless case."

Uncle Wang was so angry that his face turned red. He took a few deep breaths before saying, "Gui Lan, please tell this loser the conditions I mentioned on the road. If his family doesn't agree to these conditions, there's no need for us to be polite to them."

Since Uncle Wang has made up his mind, Zhou Guilan stopped worrying about it. There is no need to be polite to such a blind man. "Since the people from the Street Office and the Women's Federation are here today, please help to be a witness. Kang Chao and Wen Juan have been married for a total of 5 years. Now Wen Juan has also entrusted her family members to come to the hospital to discuss the divorce."

It was really unlucky for such a good girl to be married to such a family. Now they all felt from the bottom of their hearts that divorce was right, and the onlookers couldn't stop nodding.

"When the Wang family married off their daughter, it was the first gift from our family. I believe everyone agrees with this statement! Isn't it natural for a woman to take away the dowry she brought from her parents' home when she divorces? Tell me if I am right."

"Of course you can take it. This is given by your mother's family, not the man's family. Kang Chao and Kang Chao, you two brothers don't think that something will become yours just because it is lent to you for a few years, do you? If so, you must be really thick-skinned." These were the words of an old lady who was a neighbor near the Kang family. She and Widow Du have always been at odds. Today, when she saw Widow Du being taken to the police station, she was so happy that she came here specifically to wait and see what happens to this family.

"Kang Chao, your mother loves grandchildren. All your neighbors know that your mother doesn't like Xiaohua at all. Instead of letting her starve in your house, it's better to let her live with her own mother. At least Wenjuan won't be short of food for the child. If you still have a little conscience, you shouldn't snatch the child from Wenjuan."

As soon as these words came out, even the people from the Women's Federation couldn't help but nod their heads, wanting to applaud Zhou Guilan.

"You two have been married for five years and you have never given Wenjuan a penny. Wenjuan has to pay for the children and herself. You said that you gave all your salary to your mother. Well, I will calculate it with you today. Since you are a formal employee, I will take out your lowest salary in the first two years and add your highest salary in recent years to get an average. I will assume that you get 5 yuan a month!

I will divide this money into four parts for you. One part is for your mother, one part is for yourself, and the remaining two parts are for the support of Wenjuan and her daughter. Each family gets 4 yuan. Wenjuan also pays 2 yuan for living expenses every month. We think that half a month is not too much. Do you think it is reasonable?"

Director Qi from the Street Office and Aunt Hu from the Women's Federation both nodded and said, "Sister, you calculated very carefully. We all think it's reasonable. Please continue."

"Today, under the witness of all of you, we took away all the things that belonged to Wen Juan, but we didn't take a single thing from your Kang family. If you lose something in the future, don't blame us."

"Wenjuan's family, don't worry. We all saw that you only took Wenjuan's things. If Widow Du still wants to make a scene, we will take care of it for you." The enthusiastic old neighbor lady spoke again. As long as it could make Widow Du uncomfortable, she would be happy to help.

"Wenjuan got pregnant not long after she came into your house. From the moment she came into your house, she gave 5 yuan a month to your mother. Am I right? Wenjuan is not a person who haggles over every penny. For the first year, we calculated it based on 10 yuan a month. For 12 months, that's 120 yuan. Now the child is over 4 years old. We discussed it before coming here. The rest will be calculated based on 4 years. There are 4 months in 48 years, 17.5 yuan a month, a total of 840 yuan. In addition to the first year, you have to pay a total of 5 yuan for the support of Wenjuan and her daughter for 960 years, including 300 yuan for Wenjuan herself. Am I right? Comrade Kang Chao?"