Su Mian felt uncomfortable hearing this. Her youngest uncle killed pigs and did not work for the first month of the year. Yet it was February and he still had not gone to collect pigs, and had even gone to find another woman.
It was possible that those two had children too and her youngest aunt was still kept in the dark about it.
After pondering about it for a long time, Su Mian told her youngest aunt what she had seen in the afternoon so that she could be mentally prepared.
“That bastard. I will divorce him when he is back, how can he treat the three of us like this?!” Youngest aunt started crying quietly after cursing. Her children were home and she did not dare to cry loudly, so she covered her mouth and sobbed.
Distressed, Su Mian watched her for a long time, but short-term pain was better than long-term pain. It was better to have told her youngest aunt earlier so that she could make plans and not be thrown into passivity. It would be no use to just cry and wail when the time came.
Youngest aunt had also found that her man was not quite right in recent years. In the past, he always complained about not having a child at home, saying everyday that their Liu family would not have any descendants in the future. Later on, he did not mention it anymore and youngest aunt thought, now that their two daughters were older, he did not care about having a son anymore. Looking at it now, it seemed like he had a son outside. Who knew when he would latch onto her faults and divorce her?!
Su Mian advised her youngest aunt to look at it from a long-term point of view.
“Yes, I am worried. If I leave him, I would not rest assured about letting our children follow him. But if they do not follow him, I do not have much craftsmanship and now, households are registered in the county and I am not qualified to be eligible for land division. So what can I do to feed my daughters?!” Thinking of the days to come, youngest aunt was distressed and started crying again.
Su Mian comforted her. She had just completed a surgery and she could not be too agitated. Only then did her youngest aunt become encouraged. If it were not for her two children, she would have wanted to just drink half a bottle of dimethoate and die. Divorced women in this era were discriminated against.
Su Mian’s eyes lit up. When she first walked in, she had seen her youngest aunt’s house. “Aunt, why don’t you buy this house when the time comes? It’s next to the road and at a crossing, and there is also a public restroom nearby. A lot of people come and go so there is a lot of foot traffic. I think you can open a small convenience store. It won’t be tiring and you can just watch it all day. Your children can help you watch it when they are on vacation too. It’s just that you might find it boring!”
As soon as her youngest aunt heard this, she stopped crying immediately. “Su Mian, will this really work? Will it be enough to support the three of us?”
Su Mian thought about how in a few years there would be hundreds of thousands of people who open convenience stores. When it came to supermarkets, there was no one who would not profit.
“Aunt, you have to trust me. When you divorce uncle, you have to buy this house. My dad can pay the capital for you. When the time comes, let eldest and second uncle help you buy the goods first. You will be on the right track in a few months. When they see that you are making money, they might open one too!”
“How wonderful! Su Mian, i will listen to you! In a while, I will go to Apricot Village and discuss the divorce with my eldest and second brothers.” Now that someone had given her ideas, youngest aunt was empowered and felt that even a divorced woman could live on.
“Aunt, you should take care of your health for a while. Don’t worry about the divorce, I don’t think uncle wants to divorce you yet.” Su Mian was worried that if her aunt was divorced now, she would be too distressed and it would affect her body’s recovery. It would not be good to have any lingering chronic effects.
Youngest aunt knew what Su Mian meant, but she just had not expected that her own niece had really grown up and was able to help her and make suggestions.
“Elder brother really raised a good daughter!” The more youngest aunt looked at Su Mian, the more she liked Su Mian. She had not noticed Su Mian’s good attributes for so long and had even bullied Su Mian’s family with Bai Yu Lan.
Elder brother and sister-in-law were honest people and never made excuses.
They were all influenced by Bai Yu Lan and thinking about it now, she was incredibly regretful.
