Five years slipped away right under my nose.

Ye Zhen sometimes walks to the embankment alone, standing there staring blankly at the turbid river that rolls away, and often has an impulse that comes out of her heart, she thinks: If she jumps off the embankment, from now on, there is no woman like her who doesn't even have an ID card in this world.

Ye Zhen was homesick, she remembered the benefits of her parents, although they said that they had the old concept of patriarchy, but in addition to wanting to save money for her younger brother to go to school, there was no other discrimination against her. They are their parents after all, and if they haven't heard from them for a few years, will they be in a hurry to find them everywhere?

She couldn't think about it anymore, and she couldn't bear to think about it anymore. For the first time, she admitted in her heart that she was too willful, and she was trapped on this Jiangxin Continent because of her naivety and willfulness. It is still difficult for her to understand that there is good and evil in human nature, and sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil.

Ye Zhen asked herself, do you have to live in such a poor and remote place for the rest of your life? She wanted to leave, but there was no way, and it was impossible for Mai Daer to let herself leave. Because he knew that if he let her go, she might never come back.

What Ye Zhen didn't expect was that such a life had finally changed completely because of the appearance of a person.

Mai Er'er is back, he is Mai Da'er's younger brother, and he has been working outside. The hunchbacked old lady couldn't remember when he left, and after he was gone, she never saw him come back. The hunchbacked old lady felt most sorry for Mai Er'er, when Mai Er'er was three years old, his mother quietly followed the troupe and never came back.

Mai Er'er came back to see the hunchbacked old lady on purpose, and he missed his grandmother. He knew that Mai Da'er also worked outside all the year round, so he was worried that his grandmother was alone at home, and if there was any difficulty, he would call the sky unacceptable and the earth ineffective. If something happens, the villagers and relatives may not find out in time.

Mai Er'er was carrying a large travel bag on his back, a slightly smaller satchel on his chest, and several large bags of various foods in his hands, and he bought a lot of delicious things for the old lady. Although the old lady's eyes were not good, she saw Mai Er'er's shadow from a distance at the entrance of the village, maybe she didn't see it with her eyes, but felt it with her heart.

The hunchbacked old lady knew that it was Mai Er'er who came back, and suddenly became energetic. With a trembling cane, he walked to the entrance of the village, and looked at the running shadow from afar.

When Mai Er'er walked up to her, the hunchbacked old lady was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and kept muttering: "Er'er, Er'er, you made grandma want to die, where have you been in the past few years?" I don't come back to see my grandmother during the Chinese New Year, and if my grandmother dies, you won't be able to see it. Are you doing outside? Didn't starve or freeze, did you? ”

Mai Er'er obviously walked a long way, his face was covered with sweat, he didn't care to wipe it with his hands, and looked at his grandmother with a smile: "Grandma has a long life, she must live to be a hundred years old." The second child is busy making money outside, and during the Chinese New Year, it is always difficult to buy tickets, and I haven't bought them a few times, so I haven't come back to see my grandmother, and I can't live with my grandma. ”

Mai Er'er put the package on the ground, sat on the small stool at the door, and told her grandmother: "Grandma don't worry, Er'er is doing well outside, working and studying at the same time." Now I have a certificate and can be a lawyer. Does grandma know what a lawyer is? It is specialized in fighting lawsuits for others. I'm coming back to see my grandmother, and I'm still leaving, and there's still a lot of work to do. ”

The hunchbacked old lady didn't understand what a lawyer was, but she believed in Mai Er'er, and believed that this grandson must be very promising, and he must have done something big, so she kept looking at Mai Er'er and smiled happily: "Grandma doesn't understand, grandma is most at ease with Er'er." You have been different from other children since you were a child, you are especially able to endure hardships, and you must be promising. ”

Mai Er'er was very surprised when he saw Ye Zhen and the two children, and he asked Ye Zhen suspiciously how old she was. Ye Zhen told him truthfully: "Even with a head and a tail, I am just 20 years old this year." Mai Er'er looked at the two children beside her who were hiding and were at a loss, and his face sank, and he didn't dare to look at Ye Zhen's aggrieved eyes anymore.

McDale played cards outside for a day and came home after dark. He was surprised to see Mai Er'er, and he was also very happy.

Unexpectedly, after Mai Er'er saw him, he didn't give him a good look, and before Mai Er'er could speak, Mai Er'er called him aside first, his face became very ugly, and he opened his mouth to ask Mai Da'er: "Do you know that what you did was a crime?" ”

Mai Da'er didn't expect his own brother to talk to him like this as soon as he got home, the smile on his face froze suddenly, and slowly turned iron blue, and he couldn't say a word of what he wanted to say. Mai Da'er walked into the house without looking back, and looked at Ye Zhen and the two children with a gloomy face.

Mai Er'er reluctantly chased into the house and continued to ask him: "She is only twenty years old this year, you have two children, one is four years old and the other is two years old, you tell me clearly, how old was she when she gave birth, she should be under sixteen years old, is she willing?" If she didn't want to, why was she in this house? You have to tell me the truth, tell me what's going on? ”

After turning around the house in anger a few times, McDaer came out of the house in a huff and shouted at his brother, "What truth do I have to tell you, can you control your brother?" We have a marriage license!" Mai Er'er said: "What did you say?" Marriage certificate? What kind of marriage certificate? Where does the marriage certificate come from? ”

He picked up the marriage certificate that Mai Daer had just thrown on the ground, and after looking at it, he asked Mai Daer even more angrily: "This is the marriage certificate you are talking about?" Without any official seal and without any number, it is a fraudulent false certificate. Where did you get this false testimony? Besides, she is not of legal age for marriage. I asked her just now, she doesn't have an ID card, and she doesn't have a hukou, you tell me, where can I get a marriage certificate? You know what, all of this you do is illegal and criminal! You've let me down so much. ”

Mai Da'er said angrily and hatefully, "I have sinned? I'm going to jail myself! Whatever you do, you can't take care of it. Have you grown your skills? Mai Er'er also became angry, pointed at Mai Da'er's nose and said angrily: "You also know that you have sinned? I'm going to have to take care of this, I'm going to see how muddy you are. ”

Mai Da'er saw that Mai Er'er would not let him go, so he coaxed him first, so he went to beg the hunchbacked old lady and said: "Er'er doesn't know what ecstasy soup he drank outside, I haven't seen him come back for a few years, and when I come back, I turn my face and don't recognize me as my brother." Where is there a brother who wants his brother to go to jail? He's taking the wrong medicine, grandma, you have to take care of him! ”

The hunchbacked old lady sighed and said, "Er'er, it's not easy for the eldest child, you want him to go to prison, which of the two children will take care of it?" I don't know how many days I'll live. Maybe one day, as soon as you close your eyes, you won't be able to control you. If the eldest son goes to prison, this family will be defeated, you can't say that he broke the law, he broke the law? The two of them are living a good life. ”

Mai Er'er was silent, turned her head to look at Ye Zhen who was at a loss on the side, Ye Zhen lowered her head, but the two lines of tears couldn't stop flowing.

Mai Daer deceived her for five years, and it turned out that the marriage certificate was fake. She is also homesick and wants to be partial to her younger brother's parents, no matter how partial they are, they are also their own relatives, and they also have their own difficulties. She also misses her two younger brothers, do they get good grades when they go to middle school? She misses the playmates she used to go to school with, are they married? Got a baby?

Mai Er'er made up her mind: "Grandma, you listen to me explain the matter, if Ye Zhen is willing to be with the eldest brother, I will not object, but they have to register legally." What happened a few years ago, Ye Zhen is not old enough, if it was because the eldest brother forced her, Ye Zhen now wants to hold him legally responsible, she can sue the eldest brother. If Ye Zhen has feelings for her eldest brother and doesn't want to sue him, this is her own right. The problem now is: if Ye Zhen agrees to still be with her eldest brother, then she will have to go to the township to go through the marriage registration procedures, and only when she really receives the marriage certificate can she become a legal husband and wife. ”

Mai Er'er looked at the hunchbacked old lady and continued: "Ye Zhen is only twenty years old now, it's impossible for her not to go out, right?" She definitely needs a hukou and an ID card, I asked her just now, and she doesn't have any identity proof now. Without legal identification, Ye Zhen can't go out. She is still so young, big brother, you can't let her stay on this Jiangxinzhou for the rest of her life, right? To help her get her ID card, she must go back to her hometown to do it, big brother, you don't let her leave the continent, it is restricting her freedom, and this is illegal. Besides, if you are not legally married, how can your two children register for their household registration? If you don't have a hukou, you will become a black household, you can't go to school, you can't go out, do you want these two children to stay on this continent forever? ”

The hunchbacked old lady seemed to understand something, and pulled a grandson with one hand, and the two children snuggled up to her obediently, and the hunchbacked old lady was silent.

Mai Daer looked at her brother, who had not been back for several years, as if she were looking at a stranger. This younger brother is obviously promising, and he is happy for this younger brother in his heart. Mai Da'er was silent, he seemed to feel his own ignorance, compared to the younger brother in front of him who had been outside for a few years, he had only guilt.

Mai Da'er raised his eyes and saw that Ye Zhen was still crying, and he finally figured it out: "It's me who is wrong, I shouldn't be confused because of my feelings, I'm sorry." Ye Zhen, if you want to sue me, you can sue me. What I have done, I am willing to take responsibility. However, for the sake of the two children, please forgive me. My children and I want a complete home. Do you know that I like you, and you can't just say that you will disperse? ”

Ye Zhen wiped away her tears, she looked at the two children, and then said to Mai Da'er: "My heart is very messed up now, and now I only want to go home, I haven't been back for five years." My family doesn't know where I went. I don't know if I'm dead or alive? I also have parents, and I miss my own parents too. Can you bear to let me never see them again for the rest of my life? I can't help but go back. ”

Mai Da'er looked at Ye Zhen and said cautiously: "I didn't let you go back, the road is so far, it's inconvenient for you to go back, I'll accompany you back, right?" "No, it's better for them not to know about me, at least not for now. If my parents knew about this, I was afraid they wouldn't be able to stand it. At that time, I'm afraid that you won't end well, and maybe you won't be able to come back. Ye Zhen said calmly.

"Don't you want children?" Mai Da'er was afraid that Ye Zhen would never come back like his mother from now on.

Ye Zhen said truthfully: "I don't know, I can't give you an answer now, I have to think about it before I can decide what will happen in the future." I won't go to the township with you to register now, and I'll talk about it later. You tell me to go back, I may or may not come back. I'm not going to sue you, not for the sake of the children, but for your own sake. In fact, in the past few years, you have been okay to me, but you shouldn't have deceived me five years ago, let alone bullied me. Although things have passed, the hurdles in my heart still can't be overcome, and I can give you the answer only if I understand it. ”

Ye Zhen looked at Mai Er'er: "I want to make a break with the previous before, I know that you understand the law, you are also a person with a sense of justice, a person who understands, can you tell me what can be done?" ”

Mai Er'er thought for a while and said: "If you have an ID card, you can go to the township government with Mai Da'er to register your marriage first." After registration, you can go to the court again if you want to get a divorce. If you are unwilling to register your marriage with him, you can also go directly to the court to sue for the dissolution of the non-marital cohabitation relationship with McDaer, and at the same time you can make a claim for child support and property division. You've figured it out, I can help you. ”

Ye Zhen wiped the tears on her face, looked at Mai Er'er and said with a wry smile: "The children and property belong to Mai Da'er, I just want to go home, and I can talk about other things after I go home." You don't need to help me except for wanting to go home, and I don't want you two to become enemies. ”

Mai Er'er felt a kind of uneasiness in his heart, he was determined to help Ye Zhen, not only Mai Da'er's behavior was already suspected of a crime, but also had a serious conflict with his inner conscience. In this matter, he could not pretend to be confused.

After listening to Ye Zhen's words, Mai Er'er felt that Ye Zhen was a kind-hearted good woman, and she didn't force people to a dead end. He helped Ye Zhen write the complaint overnight, and the next day, Mai Erer took Ye Zhen and Mai Daer to the court together.

After arriving at the court, the case was immediately accepted and the trial was immediately completed in accordance with the summary procedure.

After learning about Ye Zhen's situation in detail, Dongfang Siyi was afraid that Ye Zhen would have any more accidents in the process of returning home, so she took the initiative to contact the Women's Federation and asked the Women's Federation to provide her with necessary help. Mai Er'er knew that Ye Zhen didn't want to go back to Jiang Xinzhou, so she found a hotel for her and let her stay.

Mai Er'er felt ashamed of what her eldest brother had done, and wanted to send Ye Zhen home in person, but Ye Zhen refused in person: "You are a good person, thank you for your help, without your help, I don't know how to get rid of all this, I can get rid of this marriage that shouldn't happen, it's all because you helped me." Don't be careful, you've already helped me, I just don't want you guys to know more about me. I will remember what you did for me, thank you so much. ”

Ye Zhen carried simple luggage and followed the people of the Women's Federation into the car, she didn't know that Mai Er'er quietly stuffed a package in her luggage. That package contained five pancakes and an envelope containing a thousand dollars in cash.

Mai Erer watched Ye Zhen get on the train with the staff of the Women's Federation, and then left the station with a guilty feeling.

Mai Da'er stood in the distance, and after watching Ye Zhen leave, he caught up with Mai Er'er and asked, "Are you going to leave too?" ”

Mai Er'er told him: "I came back this time because I was working on a case, and I went home to see my grandmother." This case involved several crimes of abduction and trafficking of women, and the director of our law firm and I were lawyers who provided free legal aid to the families of women victims. I can't go home and see this kind of thing. I'm sorry for you!"

Mai Da'er finally repented: "Don't say it anymore, you helped me free myself from my sins, otherwise, I myself would often be tortured by my conscience." Now that I'm free, so is Ye Zhen. ”

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