CHAPTER XXIII

Speaking of principled mistakes, Wang Chu doesn't know how to explain and say, more than a year ago, the domestic violence incident more than a year ago, because strangers sent the wrong message caused the eardrum to perforate, two years later, another domestic violence, so that she can not judge what is a square, what is a circle, and what is a principled error.

I remember that one day in July was my mother-in-law's birthday, and on that day, Wang Chu got off work early, bought a birthday cake, picked up Li Haoran from school and went to her mother-in-law's house.

Not long ago, because Li Haoran did not write homework at school, he was abused by Li Xiangyang, and he was still holding a broom to sweep the bed, Haohao was so frightened that he didn't dare to cry, his body shrunk into a ball, and he didn't dare to raise his head.

"What are you doing to send you to school? Are you going to mess around? If you don't even write your homework, do you want to pick up garbage when you grow up? Go to the construction site to carry bricks, you? ”

"How old is he, and you're yelling at him like that? Picking up garbage and carrying bricks, these words are instilled in his mind, you know? Just let the child know that you are wrong, as for you to reprimand the child like this? ”

"I can't teach my children that it's your turn to interject." Li Xiangyang's eyes emitted a sharp light, "One education and one protection, you will hurt him sooner or later." ”

"Is it right for you to scold a child like this?" Wang Chu pulled Li Haoran to his side, "Haohao, go to the room and do your homework." ”

Li Haoran nodded, quickly entered the room, closed the door, Li Xiangyang threw the broom in his hand somewhere, and almost hit Wang Chu, "You are used to it, sooner or later you will get used to it." She looked at him quietly, and a sense of disgust came over her.

On the day of her mother-in-law's birthday, Wang Chu went to pick up Li Haoran at school, and met his homeroom teacher and told her, "Your Li Haoran is smart and lively, and he is very active in answering questions in class, I like him very much, but he is really mischievous, and she starts all kinds of small actions after only two minutes of learning in class, do you know?" also led the classmates around him to play, but his test results were not bad at all, and he was third in the class in the last monthly exam. ”

"My Li Haoran is quite mischievous." Wang Chu was actually very pleased with the teacher's feedback, "Trouble teacher, you tell him more at school, if it doesn't work, you can clean him up." ”

"There's no need to clean up." The teacher replied, "You can supervise the completion of your homework at home, as for Li Haoran, who is smart and lively, don't suppress his talent, such a child will definitely grow up." ”

"Thank you, teacher." When they broke up, Wang Chu asked Li Haoran to say goodbye to the teacher and leave.

The moment I knocked on the door of my mother-in-law's room, it was my father-in-law who came to open the door, there were several dishes on the table, my mother-in-law was still busy in the kitchen, Wang Chu's favorite chicken noodle was ready, and my mother-in-law was serving it to the living room, she put down the cake in her hand and vacated the position of chicken noodle soup on the coffee table.

"Mom, the chicken noodle soup you made is fragrant." Wang Chu smiled, "I think I'm blessed." ”

"Your mother has been doing it for so many years, but this dish is to your liking, and she won't stir-fry for you." The mother-in-law put down the basin and said.

"You've tied my appetite to this dish." Wang Chu said, "I can't get tired of eating every day." ”

"You can eat as long as you like." The mother-in-law sat at the dining table, "Hey, what about Xiangyang?" Why didn't he come? ”

Wang Chu frowned and was silent, and his father-in-law said, "I called, saying that someone from above was coming and I was going to socialize." ”

"I'm drinking again." The mother-in-law said very reluctantly, "This child, I can't even see him in person after a busy day." ”

"Mom, happy birthday." Wang Chu said, and then instructed Li Haoran, "Haohao, bring the birthday hat on the cake box to grandma." ”

"Okay." Li Haoran jumped up and down to bring the birthday hat to his mother-in-law, he pursed his lips and smiled, he was going to come up with some ghost idea at a glance, he ran down the table again, Wang Chu saw him wipe his fingers on the cake, put his hand behind his back when he came over, walked to his mother-in-law, and wiped it lightly on her forehead, but he laughed happily, clapped his hands and said, "Grandma has a birthday, grandma has a happy birthday." ”

"Oops." The mother-in-law was happy, "I am so happy to see my grandson every day." ”

Seeing Li Haoran's innocent face and innocent smile, Wang Chu also smiled with relief, his mother-in-law smiled even more happily, and his father-in-law always had a stiff expression, even if he was happy in his heart, he didn't show any smile.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, the lights on both sides of the way home shone brightly, stretching the figures of Wang Chu and Li Haoran slender, and that moonlit night reminded her of the first time she walked on the street. At that time, there were no street lights, no buildings, no vehicles, and even a motorcycle was a strange thing, but now, a five-kilometer-long street is lined with commercial houses and commercial streets, villas and building communities are rising, and three squares have been built, and more people will go there for a walk at night after the Moon Lake is built, and the whole town is as bright as a jewel.

Along the way, Li Haoran didn't stop, he said that the school's so-and-so and so-and-so had a fight, his forehead was bleeding, stitches were stitched, his parents were called, and finally he paid for so-and-so's medical expenses. Wang Chu warned him, "Just don't fight at school." He added, "Mom, there was a third-grade male teacher who hit a student and was sued by the parents, and the school fired the teacher. ”

"Yes! Is it so serious? ”

"yes, that classmate is still in the hospital."

"So, Haohao, you have to be good at school, don't be too mischievous."

"I know, Mom."

Back at home, Wang Chu arranged for Li Haoran to sleep, she saw the lights in the distance from the window, those refracted points of light appeared more charming, and the outline in the distance was covered by a confusion, replaced by clusters and clusters of flickering lights. Such a night reminded her of the domestic violence incident when a stranger sent the wrong message more than two years ago, and after it was over, she stood at the same angle and looked out the window at the same light, but at that time, she turned her crying to silent mode, and her heart was infinitely sad. At this moment, she still feels that life is still so strong and sad, she can't see hope, and she can't be happy, especially when Li Xiangyang drinks for entertainment, the feeling of trembling, heartbeat, and worry keeps coming, making her feel suffocated.

I don't know how long later, Wang Chu lay down next to Li Haoran and fell asleep, and suddenly the door was kicked open in her sleep, and the light was turned on, and the light stabbed her to cover her eyes with her hands, but she got up from the bed in an instant, and Li Haoran was also awakened and rolled up from the bed.

"What are you two doing?" Li Xiangyang's voice was full of unhappiness.

"We're already asleep, and we haven't done anything." Wang Chu explained, but clearly felt that danger had struck.

"Old man's birthday, what are you two doing?" Li Xiangyang roared, he didn't have time to dodge, and the phone had already smashed into Wang Chu.

"We've already celebrated Grandma's birthday." Li Haoran explained, but before he finished speaking, Li Xiangyang tore Wang Chu's hair and dragged her to the living room, "I'm so busy all day, what are you doing on my mother's birthday?" ”

"I've already celebrated her birthday." Wang Chu explained, but Li Xiangyang didn't seem to hear it, the muscles on his face twitched and deformed, and a stream of alcohol exhaled from his mouth, filling the whole room with a foul smell. She was hit on the wall with a powerful force, and she felt her head buzz, and the heart in her chest expanded and contracted violently, followed by several punches to her head.

"You let go of my mother, don't hit my mother." Li Haoran cried, Wang Chu didn't know if Li Xiangyang would stop there, he really let go of her, but he heard a more worrying movement, Haohao was slapped twice in the face, and his nose was bleeding instantly.

Wang Chu struggled to get up and went to get the paper on the table to wipe Li Haoran's nosebleed, Li Xiangyang grabbed her and dragged her to the kitchen.

"I'm going to kill you today." Li Xiangyang shouted, "I don't want you anymore, what do I want you to do?" It's not to ruin me, or to show me a look, you are the same as your mother, you asked me to hold a wedding and marry you, I have been bloody for eight lifetimes, I can't kill you today, you will get me out of the house tomorrow. ”

Wang Chu was dragged to the kitchen, Li Xiangyang opened the window, he used all his strength to pick her up, pushed to the window, she struggled with all her strength, but ushered in more punches and kicks, nearly half an hour, he and she were fighting in the small kitchen, she grabbed the door frame, the window sill, and tried my best to grab the life-saving straw that I could grasp, she was dragged to the window, her body was already tilted out, Li Haoran stood not far away and seemed to be stupid by the scene in front of her, she shouted, "Haohao, go out and call someone, go quickly." ”

Li Haoran disappeared in an instant, Li Xiangyang let go of Wang Chu and rushed to the living room, she hugged his leg, and only let go of her hand when she saw Haohao open the door and run downstairs.

Li Xiangyang finally stopped his hand, Wang Chu saw that there was blood flowing out of her nose, there were blood stains on her sleeves, her waist pain was unbearable, and there were several convulsions in her legs, she went to the bathroom to wipe off the blood.

When he came out of the bathroom, the neighbor downstairs came up, it was a man, Li Haoran followed behind, the moment he entered the room, he threw himself into Wang Chu's arms and cried, "Don't cry." She reassured.

The man looked at everything in the room, including the blood on the floor, "What happened to you two of you?" Let's beat our own women like this? What's not to say? ”

"I'm not going to live with her." Li Xiangyang raised his hand confidently, "She hasn't given me a good face for a few days, and I want to divorce her." ”

"Divorce is divorce, and it won't be like this." The man said that he watched Wang Chu take Haohao to the room and change his clothes, "Xiao Wang, do you want to call the police?" You're also serious, this is pure domestic violence. ”

"I don't need you to be an outsider to take care of my family's affairs, you let me out." Li Xiangyang stood up from the sofa and shouted at him.

"Why are you like this? I haven't even said a word to my wife, look at you, are you still a man? The man shouted too.

Wang Chu took the mobile phone and the key, and said to the man, "Thank you, big brother, you can go home too." After speaking, he pulled Li Haoran out of the door.

It was already three o'clock in the morning at this moment, Wang Chu had no choice but to go to Xiao Ju's house, it was Yang Qiang who came to open the door, he was stunned and took a few steps back, "Why are you two doing so late?" ”

Wang Chu ignored it and pulled Li Haoran into the room, and Xiao Ju walked out of the room in a daze, "What's wrong with this big night?" ”

Yang Qiang noticed the wound on Wang Chu's face, and Li Haoran also had scratch marks on his nose, "What's the matter with the wound on your face?" He asked in surprise.

Wang Chu didn't answer, and went straight to the small room, Li Haoran cried, "My dad beat my mom and beat me too." ”

"Because of what? He Li Xiangyang will beat people? Xiao Ju asked, "Besides, you can't beat people even if it's a big thing?" ”

"My dad said that my mom didn't celebrate my grandma's birthday, but my mom and I obviously celebrated my grandma's birthday, and my mom bought a birthday cake for my grandma." Li Haoran explained.

"Why is this Li Xiangyang so virtuous? Or is it the head of the agency, how can he be like this? He's too inhuman, isn't he? Xiao Ju walked into the house, Wang Chu was already lying on the bed, hugging the quilt tightly, "Chu Chu." She was going to pull the quilt away, "Is what Hao Hao said true?" Li Xiangyang really beat you up for this? ”

Wang Chu was reluctant to answer, not even a tear, Xiaoju finally didn't wait for an answer, "hey", and walked out of the house, "Haohao, it's not early, go sleep with your mother." ”

"Hmm." Li Haoran nodded, walked into the house, closed the door, got into bed, Wang Chu took him in his arms, touched his head, and in the dark room, he asked, "Mom, are you still in pain?" ”

"Mom doesn't hurt, go to sleep, Haohao."

"Mom." Li Haoran hesitated for a long time, "Will you divorce your father?" ”

"Son, this is a matter between adults, your task is to go to school well, and you can become a useful person in society in the future, you know?"

"Oh, I got it, Mom."

The room was quiet, Wang Chu didn't sleep all night, her eyes were open until the sky was bright, she thought about everything, wondering if she had another dream, when she looked at Li Haoran who was sleeping in front of her, she was sure that everything that happened was true, unlike before, she surprisingly didn't shed a single tear, and she didn't even feel sad.

On the second day, Wang Chu had to call Wang Xuewu and ask for sick leave, Li Haoran went to school with Xiaoju's children, Yang Qiang also went to work, before going out, he instructed Xiaoju, "Daughter-in-law, you make some breakfast for Chu Chu and accompany her well." ”

"I see." Xiao Ju promised, "I'll do it when I'm done cleaning up the house." ”

Then, Wang Chu heard the sound of the door closing, the sound of sweeping and mopping the floor in the living room, and the sound of the sparse noise in the pool, she wanted to get up, but found that she couldn't even move her body, and even her side was quite difficult.

More than half an hour later, Xiao Ju opened the door and came in, "Chu Chu, get up and have some rice, I cooked you some red date rice porridge, as well as eggs, and your favorite shredded potatoes." ”

Wang Chu blinked and sighed, she turned sideways and struggled to get up, her waist couldn't be strengthened at all, Xiao Ju was anxious and immediately came over to help her, "What's wrong with you, Chu Chu?" Why is it so serious? I only saw a wound on your face last night, why can't you get up? ”

In the end, Wang Chu was in pain, "oops", and fell on the bed, "I'm afraid I won't be able to get up." She replied.

"Why is Li Xiangyang so ruthless?" Xiao Ju cursed, "Why can he do it?" The man who beats a woman is really not a man, I quarrel with my Yang Qiang at every turn, but he has never touched me with a finger, just the last time we quarreled so fiercely, he got angry and smashed the phone and went out. ”

"You two had the worst quarrel that time?"

"Isn't it? That was the most serious one, and I blamed me, I had nothing to do to grab someone's mobile phone to watch, otherwise we wouldn't be able to quarrel. ”

"I really envy you, there is no major conflict between husband and wife, quarrel a few words to apologize, apologize, and find a harmonious family under the steps."

"What are you going to do? It can't be cheap Li Xiangyang, this man does it to women, and if he has the first time, he will have a second time, and he must not be used to this problem. ”

"We can't go back for a long time, and this is the lightest time he's ever hit me."

"Why haven't you said it? You can't let Li Xiangyang bully you like this? ”

"The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, how can I tell you these things, I broke my teeth and swallowed it in my stomach, who would believe it when I said it."

"Then you can't put up with it again and again? Do your parents know about it? ”

"My parents knew about the first time they beat me, and then I didn't let them know about it, and I don't have the face to let them worry about me anymore."

"Chu Chu, you can't do this, you have to think of a way, either divorce or let him stop."

"He can't change it." Wang Chu let out a cold breath, "In the past seven years, we have had too many small fights, from punches and kicks to disability, he has become accustomed to handling things in this way, and the only way now is to find a way to divorce, this is my way out." ”

"Then divorce, this kind of man is too terrifying, I am also a woman, I don't want Yang Qiang to move a finger of me, if you divorce, I absolutely support you."

"In fact, how can it be so simple, I have only been working for two years, once I get divorced, will it affect my work? I finally got my own job, no matter what, I have to fight for the custody of Haohao, if I don't have a job, it's a divorce, and the law won't award the child to me. ”

"The law is a place to be reasonable, you don't have too many concerns, you are now a formal cadre, no one will do anything to you, you should consult a lawyer, like him, the court will not award the child to him, if she is not responsible, he Li Xiangyang is unscrupulous, every step is wrong, and he can't even keep his job, don't worry."

Wang Chu nodded, and sighed again.

"Bear with me." Xiao Ju said again, "I'll help you sit up, lean on the pillow, I'll bring you the food, do you eat less." ”

Wang Chu nodded again, Xiao Ju took a lot of effort to help her up, put a pillow behind her, and brought her the meal, she ate one bite at a time, her mouth was wide and her face would hurt, she had to endure it, Xiao Ju stood aside and watched like this, so she had to wipe her tears.

Fortunately, the injuries this time were basically in the waist and legs, not on the face. On the third day, the bruises on her legs became more obvious, and Wang Chu rubbed Xiaoju on the bruises every day to buy her Yunnan Baiyao, hoping to get better as soon as possible.

A week later, Wang Chu was finally able to get out of bed and walk, although his waist was very painful, but it did not hinder walking, and suddenly received Li Xiangyang's WeChat, "Chu Chu, you take the child home to live, don't live outside, I'll go back to my mother to live." ”

When he returned home, Wang Chu called the master who changed the lock to change the door lock, and the family hired a tricycle to pack the clothes, shoes, and toiletries related to him, and pulled them to his mother-in-law's house.

Li Xiangyang suddenly went home to live, and her mother-in-law already knew what had happened, so she had already heard what had happened from Li Haoran, "It's right for you to move over, take Haohao over, I will cook for you every day, just come back and eat ready-made meals, let him Xiangyang stay in the building alone." ”

At first, her mother-in-law thought that all the clothes belonged to Wang Chu, she endured the pain and moved the big bags of clothes back to the house, and the mother-in-law also moved, only to find out that it was Li Xiangyang's clothes halfway through, she hurriedly stopped, "Chu Chu, why did you move all Xiangyang's clothes?" You and Hao Hao come back, I don't want him. ”

Wang Chu didn't say a word, turned around and left after moving, and when she got home, she locked the door, and when she slept at night, Li Haoran said, "Mom, I still want to live at my aunt's house." ”

"Don't worry about Haohao." Wang Chu persuaded, "Your father went to grandma's house, he won't come back, go to bed quickly, he has to go to school tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Li Haoran lay on the bed and closed his eyes.

Wang Chu turned off the light, closed Li Haoran's door, and returned to the bedroom, it was another sleepless night, she racked her brains to think about how to go through the legal process to divorce, she regretted that she did not report the case that night, at least having a case record is more convincing for divorce, but she didn't want Li Xiangyang's years of hard work to be wasted, after all, he is Li Haoran's father, the idea of divorce is an ironclad fact, so many years, her will has never changed.

When I came home from work one day, my mother-in-law stood at the door and waited, and Li Haoran called "Grandma" affectionately. So he hugged her, and her mother-in-law agreed, and even tears were about to flow out.

"Mom." Wang Chu greeted, opened the door, greeted his mother-in-law into the door, and sent Li Haoran to do his homework.

The mother-in-law sat on the chair, and she put the noodle soup on the table with the noodle soup in her hand, and Wang Chu knew the taste as soon as she smelled it, "Chu Chu, the noodle soup I just made, your favorite food, and Haohao eat it first." The mother-in-law said.

"Haohao and I have already eaten Mom, don't give it away in the future."

"I'm idle all day, and if you don't want to go back to eat, I'll send it to you."

"I have time to cook after work, you are old, and you have to climb such a high building, you really don't need to send it."

The conversation came to an abrupt end, the mother-in-law's extraordinarily petite figure looked pitiful, and there was a seemingly distressing sense of loss on her face, her eyes were dull for a long time, and she probably didn't know how to speak, but she had to sort out her thoughts and adjust her thinking, "Chu Chu." Her language was quite low, "I know that I don't have the face to persuade you anymore." She snorted slightly, and it seemed that her eye circles had reddened, "I know you must hate Xiang Yang to death, and he regrets it, he sat on the sofa and cried the night before." Wang Chu didn't want to be angry, shook his head gently, and wanted his mother-in-law to stop talking, but her mother-in-law said, "I don't know what's going on with him, just drink some cat urine like this, drink some cat urine like this, but Chu Chu." The more she spoke, the more excited she became, "This is not Xiang Yang's nature, Chu Chu, his nature is good, he must have watched his father treat me like this since he was a child, so he caused such Chu Chu." ”

"Alright Mom." Wang Chu finally spoke, "Don't defend your son anymore, he has a good nature and will treat his own woman like this?" He has a good nature and doesn't even let go of his son? I've lived for more than 30 years and I've never seen a family like yours. ”

The mother-in-law finally cried, "I don't know how to persuade you." She got up, "I won't say anything, if you want to eat powder, you can tell me, I'll make it for you, if you don't want to go home and eat, I'll bring it to you." ”

"Mom, no."

"You should rest early, you have to go to work tomorrow." The mother-in-law walked out of the room and closed the door.