Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 505: Methods of Divorce (3)_1

Chapter 505: Chapter 505: Methods of Divorce (3)_1

Before, even though that man might have been muddleheaded and foolishly filial, at least he had her and the children in his heart. Even if it meant more hardship and suffering, she was willing to endure and bear it for the sake of their children, for their little family. But now, in his heart, there were only his suffering parents and an unmarried sister. Where was there a place for her and their five children?

If her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and little sister-in-law were easy to get along with, if they treated her and her children as part of the family, she would have been willing to use silver to build a house, to live together with them happily and prosperously. But they weren’t like that!

During her years in Lao Mo’s House, she had grown too tired. Now that things had come to this point, that man had even spoken out about divorcing her, what was there left for her to long for?

She had her hands and feet and a snack stand that was doing well in business. Once divorced from Lao Mo’s House, she would only live better than before!

The resolve of Mo Wu made Mo Yan very surprised; seeing that she was truly not speaking in a fit of anger, she couldn’t help but feel happy for her, "Aunt by marriage, it’s good that you’ve decided! Niece’s words still stand, if you encounter any difficulties and need niece’s help, I will certainly not refuse! Even if you divorce and are no longer a daughter-in-law of Lao Mo’s House, niece will still treat you as my own aunt!"

Mo Wu’s tears flowed even more fiercely, she tightly grasped Mo Yan’s hand, too moved to speak.

After wiping her tears and calming her emotions, Mo Wu voiced her concerns, "Yan girl, even if Lao Mo’s House is willing to let me go, I’m afraid they won’t give me the divorce paper. I haven’t committed any of the seven outs, and I don’t want a divorce letter stained with disgrace. Can you help me think of a solution?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan suddenly recalled a Great Chu law book she had read before, and said, "Aunt by marriage, you haven’t committed any of the seven outs, and it is Lao Mo’s House who first brought up divorce. It’s they who are in the wrong. You can certainly ask the Clan Leader to decide. If the Clan Leader is biased towards Lao Mo’s House, then you can go find the village head. Considering the reputation of Lao Mo’s House in the village, the villagers are likely to stand by your side. If that still doesn’t work, you can spend some silver to ask the Government to intervene; Lao Mo’s House surely doesn’t have the courage to confront the Government!"

In Great Chu, although women depended on men for survival and were of lower status, the legal code was not particularly harsh towards women.

If a woman was determined to sever ties with her husband’s family and hadn’t committed any of the "seven outs", she could request a divorce. If the husband’s family disagreed, the woman could spend silver to ask the Government to make a judgement and enforce the divorce.

After the divorce, a woman could take away her dowry, but there was one thing, the children born to the woman would have to remain with the husband’s family; she wouldn’t even have the right to visit them.

If Mo Wu divorced Mo Yongfu, Tie Tou, Dani, San Ni, and Shitou would inevitably have to stay with Lao Mo’s House. Previously protected by their mother, the four of them could hardly live as they wished; once Mo Wu left, they would probably suffer all kinds of hardships, and even Tie Tou and Dani’s marriages could become chips for Lao Mo’s House to profit from, not to mention the two younger ones, who could be sold off by Mo Hong’s family any day to gather a dowry for Mo Yongxi.

Lao Mo’s family was insatiably greedy, and the four were burdened with such an incapable and foolishly filial father; such things were entirely possible. Seeing the joy in Mo Wu’s expression, Mo Yan hesitated, unsure whether to remind her or not.

Yet Mo Wu noticed and, with a bad feeling flashing through her heart, cautiously asked, "Yan girl, is there something you want to tell me?"

Mo Yan’s face stiffened; after considering, she still thought it best to lay out all the problems first and then think of solutions together. Otherwise, even if the divorce succeeded, seeing her children suffer wouldn’t bring any happiness to a mother like her.

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