Zhao Ermei slept until noon, and as soon as she woke up, she heard a gentle knock on the door.

She quickly got up to open the door, and saw her cousin Liu Ping standing at the door smiling, holding a pale yellow flower in his hand, like a chrysanthemum but not a chrysanthemum she had ever seen, and a box of birthday cakes. Zhao Ermei was very moved, her cousin Liu Ping always remembered her birthday, except for her cousin Liu Ping, she didn't know who else could be so kind to herself.

Cousin Liu Ping said: "I wish you a happy birthday, invite me to dinner at noon, I heard that you have increased your salary again." ”

Zhao Ermei was very excited when she thought that she was rated as a model worker in the factory, and even increased her second-level salary, and hurriedly said: "I must have a treat, not today, I am on the night shift, and being a model worker must be more dedicated than others, not only can not be late and leave early, but also should arrive early and leave late." I'm going to prove myself with my work and can't let other people gossip. I'll make an appointment another day, and I will also invite the leaders of the factory, please accompany you? ”

Cousin Liu Ping said: "Okay, what you said can't be done? You're afraid of spending money for me alone, so I'll have to let you go. However, my stomach is still empty, and I still have to eat, so I'll invite you today, the small restaurant at the mouth of the alley is not bad. I was going on a business trip in the afternoon and was going to be out for more than a week before I could come back. What you said about inviting the factory leaders to dinner, let's talk about it when I come back. ”

Zhao Ermei smiled and nodded, she knew that her cousin Liu Ping always said that she wanted to treat her, but every time he finished eating, he always went to pay the bill, and there was never an exception.

"Thank you for the gift, is this a chrysanthemum?" Zhao Ermei looked at the pale yellow flower puzzled, in the past, her cousin Liu Ping gave her a bouquet of yellow roses. "Well, it's cosmos, and it means happy every day. It's in my office, I don't have time to go to the florist, you don't mind. Cousin Liu Ping was a little apologetic.

Zhao Ermei said gratefully: "I like it very much, thank you cousin." The two of them walked out while talking, the small restaurant at the mouth of the alley was not big, but it was very clean, the boss saw that it was two familiar faces, and immediately greeted each other with a smile and arranged into a small private room.

Opposite the hotel are several fruit shops, and Yao Dabao and his children wander around one by one. He knows Zhao Ermei's living habits, if she is not on the day shift now, she must be sleeping, and she will definitely come out to buy some food when she wakes up. He didn't want to knock on the door of her rental house, he had to wait for her to come out, so his eyes were always on the alley.

Yao Dabao finally saw Zhao Ermei coming out of the alley, but he didn't expect that there was a man beside her. Yao Dabao stared at the two of them in some surprise and walked into the small restaurant, only then did he see that it was her cousin Liu Ping.

When watching Zhao Ermei and her cousin Liu Ping walk into the small restaurant, Yao Dabao's face finally became gloomy, and the doubts that had been hidden in his heart for a long time were like dregs, turning up layer by layer. But doubts are doubts after all, and he can't and doesn't want to tell anyone about his doubts, and these doubts finally slowly sink again. Yao Dabao thought about it and felt that it was better to leave, so he took the child's hand and left quietly as if he had come quietly.

Zhao Ermei finally had her turn to have a two-day vacation, and she decided to go back to see the child. When Yao Dabao saw Zhao Ermei, he said to her coldly: "If you remember this child, take him away." ”

Zhao Ermei was stunned for a moment: "I'll take it away?" How can I take care of him alone? ”

Yao Dabao sneered: "That's your business, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Zhao Ermei didn't expect Yao Dabao to speak like this: "Isn't this kid yours?" Nothing to do with you? Aren't you his father? What do you mean? ”

Yao Dabao sneered: "You know what I mean, I don't know who this kid is?" Only you know? ”

Zhao Ermei finally couldn't help it, she knew that Yao Dabao was a very suspicious man, but she didn't have any reason to make him suspicious: "Yao Dabao, if you are a man, you can make it clear to me today." This kid isn't yours? Whose do you say it belongs to? Are you doubting me? I'm a model worker in the factory now, and I can't just take a vacation when I want to, and I'm very tired from work. There are fewer people who come back, and you should also be a little more understanding. ”

After all, Yao Dabao didn't have real evidence, let alone really doubted his child, he knew that he might have overspoken, but he refused to admit his mistake in front of Zhao Ermei, so he "hummed" and sneered: "You are very busy, and you have to be busy being a model worker, and you are also busy being a lover." ”

Zhao Ermei suddenly felt a hot pain on her face: "Yao Dabao, what do you want to say?" How are you such a person? ”

Yao Dabao said: "What kind of person do you say I am? I can't watch my wife eat and drink with others all day long, and not say a word. ”

Zhao Ermei felt a little inexplicable: "Yao Dabao, you and I make it clear, who have I eaten and drunk with all day?" ”

Yao Dabao's anger came up all of a sudden: "Do you think you have a normal relationship with your cousin Liu Ping?" Why do I always see you together? Either eating together or shopping together, do you want me to write them down for you like an account? ”

Zhao Ermei's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and tears flowed out of her eyes: "Have you ever cared about me?" I didn't expect you to make money in addition to tracking, your ability really can't be underestimated. ”

Zhao Ermei, like most women, when she decided to get married, she wanted to live a stable life from now on, not many people want to pursue glory and wealth, for most women, it is just an unattainable dream. They only hope that they can be cared for by another person, and if this wish is also in vain, their hearts will be silent from now on.

Marriage is like a piece of porcelain, when it has cracks and no one to maintain and repair them, the breakage becomes an inevitable trend and result. After several fierce quarrels in a row, Yao Dabao knew that Zhao Ermei was definitely going to divorce him, he was not worried about divorcing Zhao Ermei, let alone that he could not find a better woman after the divorce, he was worried about the millions of family properties he earned, and he was worried about whether this property would be divided as the joint property of the husband and wife.

Yao Dabao is a shrewd person, he will not let himself suffer, since divorce is a matter of time, he must be prepared. While he was ready to find a way to delay, he began to create a fake ledger that would be used to prove his meager income in the event of a divorce.

When he received a copy of Zhao Ermei's complaint requesting divorce served by the court, when Yao Dabao saw that Zhao Ermei only asked for the legitimate child Yao Youjin to be raised by him while filing for divorce, and asked him to pay annual child support, Yao Dabao changed his original mind about delaying it. But he doesn't want to lose his wealth, let alone lose the custody of his son, he wants both wealth and people.

When Yao Dabao and Zhao Ermei quarreled, he said that this child was not his own, but he was just angry, but he never doubted in his heart that this child was his own flesh and blood. Whether it is from the appearance or the child's personality characteristics, this child is his Yao Dabao's juvenile version, which can also be said to be the hardcover version, because Yao Dabao's childhood was poor, but this child's childhood was happy, and Yao Dabao would be willing to give up whatever he wanted. Yao Dabao thought, if you Zhao Ermei want to divorce, then divorce, you Zhao Ermei can be your city person, don't think about the rest, you can only be empty of people and money.

Zhao Ermei knew that the result of her divorce might be a lack of people and money, she knew that Yao Dabao had earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years, but she never expected that there would be millions. She is not interested in the money that Yao Dabao earns at all, she has her own hands, she has the job she has earned, she is not rare in other people's money, but she hopes that the child can be raised by herself.

She consulted a lawyer and knew that her conditions for raising her children were not as good as Yao Dabao's, and the court might not award the child to her for custody, but she still wanted to fight with him, because after all, the child was conceived and born by herself in October, and it was her own flesh and blood that she could not part with in her life.

Yao Dabao is in business, and he has also made calculations on child custody disputes, and he has also consulted a lawyer, as long as he wins custody, he can not talk about child support for the time being, and he can look at the situation in the future, and then seek child support from the other party. He decided to fight for Yao Youjin's custody no matter what, and he could not let Zhao Ermei bear child support for the time being, so that he could also give himself a little more leverage in court.

There is no dispute between the two parties about the divorce, one is for the property, the other is for the sake of the long night and dreams, and the other is to get rid of the loveless life and regain freedom. The court ruled that the divorce was granted to the parties, and the legitimate son Yao Youjin was raised by the defendant Yao Dabao, the plaintiff did not bear the child support, and the property of the original defendant and the defendant belonged to each other.

The sisters in the factory all knew that Zhao Ermei was suing for divorce, and before the divorce, they all cared about giving her all kinds of ideas and thinking of various methods, which was nothing more than fighting for a little more property.

The female workers were more careful when they considered the problem, and those colleagues who often played with Zhao Ermei learned the result of Zhao Ermei's divorce, and laughed at her: "How can you be so talkative, don't want children, and don't want property." Some people also said: "It doesn't matter if you want a child or not, you gave birth to it yourself, whoever raised him will not have much impact, he will still recognize you as a mother in the future, and it will be a burden to remarry after taking a child." ”

More people said to her in disunderstanding: "Why should you give up your property?" Are you as stupid as you? She has no regrets, and in order to pursue a better life, she can give up everything in the past without hesitation.

As the saying goes: Men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. In the old days, women could not be free because of marriage, and it was difficult for individuals to be independent, and if they married the wrong person, they would suffer for a lifetime.

Modern women have their own jobs, their own lives, and complete personal independence, and it is not a big deal to marry the wrong person, and they can also choose to give up, choose to leave, and choose to start over like doing anything else. This is the true emancipation of women, and the real equality of men and women.

Zhao Ermei's first divorce was very peaceful, calm without a trace of ripples. Like a stone thrown into the rushing river, only the sound of the river was heard, but the stone disappeared without a trace, her prosaic divorce case, like countless ordinary people's stories that happened in this era, was quickly forgotten.

(Chapter 105: The Freedom of Being Single)