Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 406 - 377: Divorce vs Separation? (Part 3)

"Ah... Mother, don’t hit me, don’t hit me, you caused me to miscarry my child, didn’t you say you wouldn’t hit me again?"

Scholar was dragged aside by Mrs. Li grabbing his shoulder’s clothes. Just as Mrs. Li was about to scold Scholar, she was shocked by Scholar’s words.

Could it be that Scholar knew that his child was lost because of her?

Mrs. Li hesitated for a moment.

But in this moment of hesitation, the onlookers were even more convinced by Scholar’s words.

"Oh dear, people said Scholar didn’t give birth for three years; turns out it was this heartless woman who caused the miscarriage."

"No way, right? Scholar was pregnant with her own grandson. Even a tiger doesn’t eat its cubs. Could it be true?"

"I think it’s true. You don’t know the dirty affairs that happen in these big families!"

"Mother, please don’t let Wenyuan divorce me. I promise to listen to you when we go back. I’ll do whatever you say. If you don’t let me enter Wenyuan’s room, I won’t. If you don’t let me eat, I won’t eat..."

Mrs. Li came to Sun’s house today to humiliate Scholar, but unexpectedly, she was outmaneuvered by Scholar. It was only today that she realized Scholar, this woman who usually had some rebelliousness but no guile, had turned the reputation of both the Li family and her son upside down in her hands.

How will people talk about their family now? That they beat their daughter-in-law together? Don’t let her eat after a beating? Don’t let their son and daughter-in-law share a room at night?

Mrs. Li got angrier the more she thought about it, and in a fit of rage, she yanked Scholar’s hair and slapped her several times across the face.

"Hey, the Li family is bullying our family to this extent? You think our Sun family has no one? Manying, Mantao, Manbo..." Sun Dalin’s wife started calling her four sons’ names, "Are you just going to watch your sister get beaten?"

Originally, Sun Manying and his three younger brothers were working at the Yu family’s workshop, but once the Li family came, Sun Dalin’s wife sent the grandson Sun Huaixing to call her sons back. The sons were already seething with anger, and now upon their mother’s command, Sun Manying and the others immediately rushed forward armed.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li just wanted to retreat, but Scholar caught her skirt.

"Mother, you’ve already hit me, please calm down, let’s go home, when we go back, I’ll serve you just like before!" Scholar thoroughly understood the psychology of sympathy for the weak.

Scholar’s plea elicited the villagers’ sympathy.

"Scholar is so pitiful, Li Mistress is too cruel, too cruel..."

"Indeed... If she dares to beat her like this in front of her family, who knows how she torments her in Xinghua Village!"

"In my opinion, it’s good to separate. At least she’s jumping out of the Li family’s fire pit."

"Absolutely, staying in the Li family means she will eventually be tormented to death by her mother-in-law."

Sun Manying and his brothers went forward but were stopped by Scholar.

If their family used their numbers to beat those from the Li family, they would lose their justified position. Furthermore, Li Wenyuan is a Scholar, and if they reported to the authorities, they would not need to kneel before the County Magistrate, whereas they would have to be flogged regardless of guilt. It’s not worth it.

Scholar was more clear-headed than ever; even if she and Li Wenyuan separated today, she had to extract a heavy price from the Li family.

Scholar’s sincere plea made even Mrs. Li confused if it was genuine, leaving her stunned, letting Scholar embrace her leg and cry and beg.

Scholar’s plan was excellent, but unfortunately, it was an ad-hoc script, and she had not communicated with her mother beforehand. Just as Sun Dalin’s wife couldn’t stand her daughter’s lack of ambition, she forcefully had her third son, Sun Manbo, drag Scholar back into the house.

Scholar, being the person involved, was unwilling to have others determine her fate.

"Third Brother, since they insist on separating, let’s agree to it. Have Li Wenyuan write a separation letter. I won’t accept a divorce letter. Just separating isn’t enough; they also need to compensate us with two hundred taels of silver."

Scholar whispered to Sun Manbo, "If the Li family doesn’t agree, tell them that unless they get the money, we will go to Jianyin Academy daily to cause trouble, asking that old woman whether two hundred taels is more important or her son’s reputation."

Sun Manbo, although he thought the method was a bit unscrupulous, felt that the Li family’s treatment of his sister warranted some retribution.

Moreover, while two hundred taels might not be much to the Li family, it could be his sister’s future security.