"Why invite guests over there."

Lin Xiuran made such a request after hearing Lu Canwen come back, and she was a little incomprehensible. "If I let them know, how will you let me get along with them in the future."

Although she doesn't care whether Lu Canwen marries a wife or not, after all, the wife is set by the family, not Lu Canwen's own liking. But she still didn't want people to know that Lu Canwen had another woman. This is her pride as a woman. She just wants to be the only one for Lu Canwen.

Lu Canwen frowned, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his handsome face. He stretched out his hand to my Lin Xiuran, and interlocked his fingers, "Xiuran, I know this has wronged you, but I can't let my mother down." It's not that my mother can't see people, and my friends should meet my mother. ”

"And my mother also promised me that she would not embarrass me in front of outsiders. Just ask them to come and sit down, and don't say much. ”

"What about Ruan Huizhen, won't she say more?" Lin Xiuran didn't believe it. She understands a woman's mind too well, and it is impossible to be so generous. And that woman has not seen much of the world, and she will definitely not think about it so much in her heart.

"She won't, she has always listened to her mother." For this, Lu Canwen is still very convinced.

Lin Xiuran pouted, but she was not willing to express her position.

Seeing that Lin Xiuran didn't let go, Lu Canwen was rarely angry, "I already had a family at the beginning, and this matter has never been hidden from you." Isn't it, you still mind? ”

"Canwen, I, I didn't." Where did Lin Xiuran dare to admit it, she hurriedly hugged Lu Canwen's arm and looked at him with an aggrieved expression, "You know, I never thought about it." You're so good, I'm just worried she's going to snatch you. ”

Lu Canwen sighed and hugged her back, "No, I gave it to my mother." It belongs to the mother. ”

"Xiuran, I hope you can get along well with your mother. This is also an opportunity, in front of your friends, your mother will not embarrass you. Let your mother know your good qualities and she will like you. ”

Lin Xiuran was silent for a moment, feeling that it was right. That woman from the countryside will definitely not be able to fit into Canwen's circle. And he is at ease. Everyone knows that she is the most suitable woman for Canwen.

"Okay, then I'll prepare. You know, I'm used to doing that. ”

Lu Canwen was delighted, smiled and kissed her on the cheek, "Thank you, Xiuran." ”

In order to prove that she is more than a little stronger than Ruan Huizhen, Lin Xiuran is also very positive about this party. As Lu Canwen's wife, he invited friends to his mother-in-law's house for a party. In addition, I prepared a lot of things for the party.

Lu Canwen has become more and more famous in recent years, and the school's salary has also increased a lot, and now the two of them are living a very nourishing life. Lin Xiuran is a person who has been used to living a good life since he was a child, and the things he buys are naturally very bourgeoisie.

On the day of the party, when the two brought things to Mrs. Lu's house, Mrs. Lu's face was a little dark. Although she used to be a big family, she didn't pay attention to pomp and circumstance. As the hostess of the house, the first thing to think about is how to manage the expenses of the family. Especially after a hard life in the past few years, she has become more economical in money. Now I see Lin Xiuran inviting a friend to dinner, so I pay attention to it, the tea is prepared by some of the best Tieguanyin on the market, and even the dim sum is made to order in the big restaurant.

"Huizhen has good craftsmanship and delicious dim sum. It's not sincere to buy it outside. Mrs. Lu nagged.

Ruan Huizhen was helping to make tea on the side, and she was not prepared to mix in the confrontation between the two 'mother-in-law and daughter-in-law'.

According to the old lady's choice of the original owner as her daughter-in-law, Lin Xiuran's paragraph obviously does not conform to the image of the old lady's daughter-in-law. Some of these two people became entangled in the future.

Lin Xiuran watched Mrs. Lu criticize her in front of Ruan Huizhen, and her face was a little unbearable. She originally wanted to be a virtuous and generous daughter-in-law, but this old lady was too picky.

Lu Canwen pinched her palm with a little headache, and looked at Mrs. Lu again, "Mother, these are my ideas, today is the first time my friends have come to see you, I want to be grander." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled at this time, "Well, I won't need it next time, Huizhen is good at craftsmanship, and I can make any dim sum." ”

Ruan Huizhen was noncommittal, she didn't have this opportunity.

After a while, people came to the door one after another.

Lin Xiuran and Lu Canwen greeted them at the door, and Ruan Huizhen was responsible for greeting everyone.

Some of these people are well-known literati, some are teachers, and some are students of Lu Canwen.

As soon as the students came, they happily called their teachers and their mothers. After Lin Xiuran listened, she subconsciously glanced at Ruan Huizhen, and saw that Ruan Huizhen was taking care of the old lady without care, and her face was a little proud.

Everyone is a very polite person, and after coming, they came over to greet Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu smiled and asked Huizhen to greet everyone.

The men sat around, some greeting the old lady and some talking about the topic. Lu Canwen and Lin Xiuran also participated, chatting about some topics that Ruan Huizhen, a little country daughter-in-law couldn't understand.

Ruan Huizhen pretended not to understand, and quietly helped everyone refill the tea and get them food.

Someone looked at Ruan Huizhen dressed like a maid, and said, "Canwen, who is this, I haven't heard that you have a sister in your family." ”

Lu Canwen looked stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, Lin Xiuran next to him said, "This is the person who takes care of his mother." She didn't talk nonsense, Ruan Huizhen was indeed taking care of Canwen's mother all the time.

"Oh, it turned out to be a hired helper. You are so filial. Someone quipped.

After all, although everyone is very petty, no one likes to hire a servant. First, it is no longer possible to enslave the working people ideologically, and secondly, it does not support raising an extra outsider economically.

It is very rare to ask someone to take care of the old mother like Lu Canwen.

"Am I a domestic helper?" Ruan Huizhen suddenly looked at Lu Canwen with a sad and angry face.

Seeing the sudden excitement of the 'helper', everyone was a little surprised.

Lin Xiuran and Lu Canwen looked at her even more nervously, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

Ruan Huizhen looked at Mrs. Lu, who was also full of anger, "Mother, who do you say I am Canwen?" He just raised the outer room, and said that my original partner was a domestic helper, mother, you have to make the decision for me. ”

Outer Chambers? First wife?!

Everyone was dumbfounded, as if they knew something amazing.

Lu Canwen hurriedly said, "Let's talk about these things later, let's go outside and chat first." ”

Lin Xiuran also invited everyone to go out and sit first, she tried her best to endure the embarrassed look, and smiled stiffly on her face. "Let's go to the courtyard and talk, have you read any new books lately?"

"No, this matter must be made clear, Lu Canwen, you sue your friends, who am I to you?"

Ruan Huizhen bit her lip, her eyes were red, and she looked like a wronged daughter-in-law.

Lu Canwen squeaked, looking at the curious eyes of his friends, and Lin Xiuran's pale face, he didn't know how to answer for a while. "Huizhen, let's not talk about this today."

"No, Lu Canwen, you touch your conscience and say, are you worthy of me? Not only did you keep the outer room, but you even let the outer room treat me as a domestic helper. Am I so unsightly? When you are merry outside, it is me who takes care of my mother-in-law at home. Over the years, you have ignored us, and you have no guilt in your heart, but you have compared me to a domestic helper. Tell me yourself, am I the Lu family's helper? Without waiting for Lu Canwen to answer, she looked back at Mrs. Lu, "Mother, you say, who am I?" ”

Everyone looked at Mrs. Lu in unison, no one present was stupid, look at the reactions of Lu Canwen and Lin Xiuran, and then listen to the meaning of Ruan Huizhen's words, it is not difficult to guess the identity of this woman.

At this time, Mrs. Lu's answer also directly revealed the last layer of fig leaf, "Huizhen is Canwen's wife, and the daughter-in-law of our Lu family is married home." They've been married for four years. ”

Married for four years? Lin Xiuran and Lu Canwen have only been married for two years. Doesn't that mean that these two people are ......

Feeling everyone's strange gaze, Lin Xiuran suddenly felt that her face was dull. At this moment, the pride of being a woman does not allow her to admit defeat, she said confidently, "You and Canwen are married by feudal parents, and Canwen himself is unwilling." Now it's a new society, and the feudal legacy of the past doesn't count. ”

Ruan Huizhen asked rhetorically, "Since he is unwilling, why didn't he resist marriage in the first place, why did he marry me and enter the door." At the beginning, it was the Lu family who found a matchmaker to propose marriage, but he was unwilling, why didn't he say it before. Why let me in the door. Now that I enter the door, I say that I am not happy, is this bullying me a weak woman to bully? Or is this just a high-sounding excuse for your betrayal. Although I have not seen much of the world, I also know that the new ideas are positive and uphold justice, and are not an excuse for you betrayers to hurt others. Since you changed your mind two years ago, why didn't you tell me earlier, let me wait for you to go back at the Lu family stupidly?! ”

Lu Canwen's face was red when he said this.

The literati and students next to him didn't know how to react. Today's incident happened so suddenly, everyone was talking well, but suddenly it became like this. The most important thing is that in their minds, the husband and wife who are deeply in love, there is still an original wife in the middle.

The few people who called Lin Xiuran's wife before felt like they had swallowed flies.

Lin Xiuran said angrily, "Canwen can't bear to hurt you." If he divorces you, how can you live by yourself, Canwen is a responsible man. ”

"Will the man in charge raise a woman outside?"

"You, you are so strong and reasonable, and your thoughts are stubborn."

Ruan Huizhen didn't bother to talk to her, but said with a firm expression, "I originally thought that even if Canwen found a woman outside, he still respected me as the original wife in his heart." will leave me with decency. But I didn't expect that I had been filial to my mother all these years and served her with all my heart, but I was considered a servant in the family. ”

She looked at Lu Canwen, "Lu Canwen, you are so ruthless and unjust, wolf-hearted, I have really been blind all these years." Today, when your friends are here, I will clearly propose to you, I want to divorce you, let's report the divorce! It's not me Ruan Huizhen who is sorry for you, it's you Lu Canwen who is sorry for me, it's you who raised the outer room and insulted the original wife. You're a teacher in vain! ”

Ruan Huizhen's accusation made everyone present unable to find the words to refute.

It seems that this original wife has indeed served Lu Canwen's mother for many years. And it seems that he didn't know about Lu Canwen and Lin Xiuran's wedding in Shanghai before.

Think about it again just now, Lin Xiuran regarded herself as Mrs. Lu in front of others and received guests. The original wife from the countryside silently served tea and poured water in the back, greeted the guests, and served the elders. The treatment is indeed very different.

Although most of the people present glanced at Lu Canwen and had advanced thoughts, they were full of sympathy and a sense of justice.

Facing a woman who was oppressed by feudal society and a woman who was abandoned by her husband, they were also a little unhappy in their hearts.

Although everyone didn't speak, Lin Xiuran still felt that the eyes of these people were no longer the same as in the past.

Mrs. Lu was anxious first, "Huizhen, what are you talking nonsense, you are our daughter-in-law, how can you talk about divorce." If you want to leave, this woman will also leave us Canwen. She's a vixen, seducing her teacher, such a person is really shameless. ”

When several of the female students present heard this, their faces turned red.

They also admired the young, handsome and talented Teacher Lu in their hearts, but after knowing Lin Xiuran, the saving of his wife, they could only simply admire him. Unexpectedly, Lin Xiuran was just a student of Teacher Lu before, just like them. Now they call themselves their sisters. It's disgusting.

Lu Canwen moved his lips, not knowing how to say. Ban Xiang said, "If you leave the Lu family, you won't be able to survive after you go back." I just want to keep you at home, I said, I will keep you. Xiuran will also take care of you in the future. ”

He really hates the messy situation now, and only hopes that he can know it with affection, move it with reason, and calm it down as much as possible.

However, Ruan Huizhen did not play his cards as he thought.

"I am the wife you are marrying, and you should raise me. But what is this woman, why should she take care of me? Ruan Huizhen gritted her teeth fiercely, "Lu Canwen, I'm not rare." I said that I will definitely divorce you. And it's also a divorce. ”

After speaking, he turned to look at Lu's mother, regardless of Lu's mother's panicked appearance, and said directly, "Mother, I have been in the Lu family for four years, and I haven't been lazy for a day. Work hard to keep a family and help Canwen take care of your elderly. I asked myself, I'm not sorry for the Lu family. Now Canwen is sorry for me, and I hope you can support my decision to let Canwen and I leave home. Don't worry, I won't urge you to repay the money I helped the Lu family repay the debt before. The house will be kept, not sold. ”

"Hui Zhen, ......"

Lu Mu also wanted to persuade. Didn't you say yes today, did you bring Canwen back, how could Jane suddenly mention the divorce.

Hey, it's still strange that the woman can't speak today, how can she say that Huizhen is a helper.

"Zhenzhen?"

One of the schoolgirls suddenly shouted. Before the others could calm down, another female teacher suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Ruan Huizhen in surprise.

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been waiting for many years, handsome young husband, and debt repayment ...... It seems that Lu Canwen only picked them up recently.

And Lu Canwen's original partner seems to be called Huizhen.

This coincidence of qiē immediately reminded everyone of a person.

Zhenzhen, the kind poor woman in the recently popular story "Women Don't Cry".

When I was reminded of this, several other women also remembered this. At this time, it looks really like it.

Ruan Huizhen knew in her heart that the net she had cast before had begun to take effect, she pretended not to know, and said to Lu Canwen, who had a tangled face, "Today, you will write a divorce letter with me." Write down the reason, it is that you fell in love with other women during your marriage, ignored the original partner Ruan Huizhen, and ignored the original partner's hard work for many years to keep the house, but raised a woman outside. Ruan Huizhen disdains you as a heartless and ungrateful person. So I decided to divorce you! ”

"No way!" Lin Xiuran immediately spoke up.

Ruan Huizhen took the initiative to file for divorce, and she naturally supported it. But this divorce paper can't be written like that. Otherwise, how will she and Lu Canwen meet people in the future.

"You and Canwen are forced by feudal parents, and the divorce is because they have no feelings, anti-feudal oppression."

Mrs. Lu also said, "Huizhen, let's talk about this matter again." In this way, how will Canwen see people in the future? ”

"And how do I meet people?" Ruan Huizhen cried, "Then I have become a feudal product that Lu Canwen wants to oppose?" I'm a human being, I'm a victim. When he Lu Canwen was merry outside, I was still starving at home. Mother, have you forgotten when we were dying of starvation? Why am I divorced, and I should be suppressed as a feudal product? ”

"Lu Canwen, I think it's better to write truthfully." A female teacher persuaded. Originally, she didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Lu family, but this family bullied a woman. And this woman is still Zhenzhen herself, who has been sympathized with for a long time, and she really can't help but want to reach out.

Other literati didn't mix. After all, it's a man, and he turns a blind eye to these things.

Someone advised, "Either settle it peacefully, sign a divorce letter in private, and say that the relationship is broken." ”

"yes." Another male teacher agreed.

Mrs. Lu didn't know what to do at this time. She didn't want her son and daughter-in-law to divorce, but now that it's like this, it doesn't seem that she can control it. Her only hope now is to leave her son with some decency.

Ruan Huizhen was indifferent, "I'm just a lone woman. Now settle it privately. How do I know how you will be legends in the future? I can't compare to you as talented and capable. If others are willing to listen to your explanation, who can listen to me cry out for injustice. If I have a bad reputation, is this trying to kill me? ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't speak. If you continue to talk about it, won't you become a literati forcing a poor woman to death?

They all looked at the person concerned, Lu Canwen.

Lu Canwen was silent at this time, obviously not wanting to agree to such a request. He was also a man of letters, cherishing his reputation. And he felt that he was not as shameful as Ruan Huizhen said. He was very considerate of this original wife. It's really for her good not to want a divorce.

Everyone was silent, Lu Canwen didn't speak, and Lin Xiuran didn't know how to speak. Mrs. Lu was directly blinded.

Seeing this, Ruan Huizhen took out a killer weapon and said, "I was wholeheartedly for the Lu family, and I would rather sell my mother's heirloom than pay off the debts for the Lu family." I didn't expect to feed the dog with all my heart. Now I just want justice, and your Lu family won't give it to me. Since you are ruthless, I have no intention of doing so. I don't have to keep the Lu family's ancestral home. ”

Mrs. Lu sighed in her heart, that was her lifeline, "Huizhen, what do you want to do?" ”

"What can I do, if I divorce Canwen in a nest, I will endure the scolding of others in the future, but I am afraid that I will not even have a place to live. I had no choice but to sell my ancestral home and find a place to live the rest of my life in peace. ”

"Sell the house?" Mrs. Lu is really not calm.

"Presumably Third Uncle Lu still wants this house very much." Ruan Huizhen said.

When Mrs. Lu heard Lu Chonghai's name, she was even more calm, "No, I don't agree." ”

"Then let me divorce Canwen and give me justice. The Lu family is so ruthless and unrighteous to me, how can my mother repay me with virtue? ”

"Huizhen, you, why are you so ruthless?" Mrs. Lu seemed to know Ruan Huizhen for the first time.

Ruan Huizhen smiled sadly, "I have served you with all my heart and soul all these years, and I almost starved to death in order to save rations. Now for the sake of justice, my mother said that I was ruthless? Since no one feels sorry for me, I can only feel sorry for myself. Today's justice, I have to be. ”

She looked at Lu Canwen's friends, "I also ask you to be a witness today, I just want justice today, I am not sorry for the Lu family, it is the Lu family who has failed me." ”

Seeing that some people nodded, she smiled gratefully, and said to Mrs. Lu, "This justice, will the Lu family give it to me?" ”

Mrs. Lu was distressed, disappointed and angry.

She didn't expect her daughter-in-law, who had lived together for so many years, to force herself like this.

But she couldn't help it. It's the son who is sorry for Huizhen, and now the old house is in Huizhen's hands again.

"Ruan Huizhen, don't deceive people too much!" Lin Xiuran said angrily.

Ruan Huizhen glanced at her and said righteously, "You are not qualified to export." I haven't left the Lu family yet, you are still just an outer room, and you can't manage the affairs of the Lu family. ”

"You ......" didn't seem to expect that Ruan Huizhen, who had always been wooden, could become like this, and Lin Xiuran was speechless angrily.

Ruan Huizhen turned around and entered the house, quickly took a pen and paper out, and wrote a divorce paper on the paper herself.

The content is basically the same as what she said before, it was Lu Canwen who changed his mind and was sorry for the original partner, so the original partner divorced.

Looking at the divorce document placed in front of him, Lu Canwen's fingers trembled a little, and his face turned pale. Every word above is an accusation that he is a negative person.

"Sign it, sign it, and you're free. If you want to raise a few women in the future, no one will say anything about you. ”

Mrs. Lu wanted to stop it, but looking at Ruan Huizhen's cold eyes and thinking of the ancestral house at home, her heart began to be entangled.

Before she could stop it, Lu Canwen suddenly picked up the pen and signed his name on the paper.

"I'll give you alimony." Lu Canwen closed his eyes and said with pale lips.

Ruan Huizhen was finally very relaxed, she picked up the divorce paper, and said, "No need, you haven't supported me all these years, and I am still living well." I won't need to take care of you in the future. Lu Canwen, over the years, what you have done is only today, and you are still like a man. ”

After she finished speaking, she reluctantly smiled and said to the others, "Sorry for disturbing your interest today. Thank you for testifying for me. Thank you for spreading the new ideas, so that my oppressed feudal daughter-in-law will repent and finally have the courage to resist the unfair treatment. Goodbye. "She is by no means a feudal product, she is a divorced woman in the new era of anti-feudalism and anti-oppression!

It wasn't until Ruan Huizhen turned around and left in a dashing manner that Mrs. Lu reacted, sat on the chair and cried.

Things have developed to this point, and others are embarrassed to stay any longer. In particular, several of the women began to winkle and prepare to go back and have a good chat. They actually saw Zhenzhen in reality, and witnessed the resistance of Zhenzhen, a poor woman.

At this time, the mood was emotional and excited.

and so on, everyone left. Lu Canwen seemed to be deflated and sat on the stool.

Mrs. Lu suddenly stood up excitedly, pointed at Lin Xiuran and scolded, "It's you, the vixen, it's a woman like you, who hurt our Lu family's wife and scattered, you vixen." ”

Lin Xiuran's face suddenly turned blue and white.

Ruan Huizhen had long been far away from the Lu family's courtyard, so naturally she didn't know what happened to the Lu family. But she doesn't have to worry about it, now that she has a divorce paper, she has nothing to do with Lu Canwen. After that, she will be free.

At this moment, Ruan Huizhen felt extremely relaxed.

She is no longer the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, but her true self, Ruan Huizhen, who really lives for herself.

Ruan Huizhen didn't plan to stay in Shanghai for long, so she found a nice hotel nearby and stayed there.

She was going to publish the divorce papers, and then inquired about the news of the Yu family by the way, so she returned to the provincial capital.

It had already been published in the newspaper that Zhenzhen knew about another woman's deposit. The story has come to an abrupt end here, and it is said that the follow-up will not be serialized again, and readers have been crazy for a few days.

They would rather the story end at the moment when Zhenzhen's husband returns, rather than end at this time.

The frenzy of readers put a lot of pressure on the newspaper.

When they were at a loss, they finally received the divorce letter sent by Ruan Huizhen, as well as the self-report of 'Zhenzhen'.

"I'm divorced...... I originally thought that I was a stone and would one day wait for my husband, and I finally waited for him. But the appearance of another woman shattered my illusions. She was young and beautiful, and her fingers did not have the calluses left behind by the work. She was dressed in silk and jewelry, delicate and beautiful...... I finally decided to be a little turtle, and even if it was slow, I kept up with my husband. I tried to learn what he was talking about...... The woman was in front of her husband's friend and said I was a domestic helper. In the face of the new ideas in their mouths, my original existence seems to be a mistake. No, it's them who are wrong. New Thought is definitely not an accomplice to hurting others, it teaches me to be self-reliant, it makes me sober from the mud, and I finally know that everything I have done is in vain. So I finally decided to rebel against these injustices. I believe that there are still women like me in the world, and I believe that I will not be the first to resist, nor will I be the last ......"

"Is that how the story ends?"

Xu Chunlai couldn't believe it, as the editor in charge of the article here, she has been paying attention to the follow-up. In fact, she, like those readers, always wanted to know the follow-up plot.

It's just that I didn't expect this to be the result. However, it seems that this result is also the best. Zhenzhen, who has been suffering silently, finally mustered up the courage to change her fate.

Editor-in-Chief Huang lit a cigar and leaned back comfortably in his chair, "Of course it's not over, I believe Zhenzhen's story has just begun." ”

She smiled lightly, "I'm really curious about what kind of story Zhenzhen will have after the rebellion." ”

"Yes, what can she do as a woman?" Xu Chunlai couldn't help but be curious.

Zhenzhen's divorce letter and self-statement caused a big stir.

After having the divorce certificate, everyone finally knows Zhenzhen's true identity.

It turned out that this Zhenzhen's husband had also published articles in newspapers and books, and was a talented and famous person in the literary world.

Many of these readers have read his articles and are highly impressed by the thought-provoking ideas in his articles.

It's just that I didn't expect such a celebrity to have such a big scandal in his private life.

Women, especially good women, can't stand such a woman who is sorry for their original partner. Even those men who have three wives and four concubines have not let their concubines waste their original marriage like this. What's more, it is like this to take the woman outside to live a good life, and let the original partner and mother suffer at home.

For a time, many readers published critical articles in the newspaper. Among them, the vulgar or the elegant, all kinds of criticism and scolding are endless.