Chapter 937 Xu Damao divorced?
After the meeting, Gao Zhendong had dinner with his comrades at the Defense Work Committee and went straight back to his home. Before he even entered the house, he heard a loud noise in the backyard.

The Defense Work Committee will hold a long meeting this time. At this time, the comrades on the day shift have all gone home after get off work, and it is the time when the most people are present.

Who has so much free time on this Saturday?
As soon as he stopped the car, he saw Lou Xiao'e rushing out of the house with a gossipy expression on her face.

"Zhendong Zhendong, what's going on? Where is the noise? Where is the noise?" Her eyes were full of gossip, and at this moment, it was completely impossible to tell that she was a national model worker and a March 8th Red Flag Bearer.

All I can say is that whether they are model workers or red flag bearers, they are all ordinary people, and they also have their own hobbies and temperaments.

"I don't know either. Let's go and take a look." The couple put their hands into their sleeves like a coachman and walked towards the backyard. A figure followed them from behind.

On the way, the two also saw Sha Zhu and his wife, who were also walking out of the house together. The couple were holding hands and not avoiding suspicion at all.

We are already married, why should we avoid suspicion?

"Hey, Zhendong, you're back. Have you eaten?" Sha Zhu was happy when he saw Gao Zhendong and his wife.

"I ate, I ate at work. You've gained weight again."

Gao Zhendong was not just making small talk. Ever since he married Qin Huairu, Sha Zhu's figure has grown a bit horizontally, which is very obvious.

"Hehe, he has a big heart and a fat body. He has a big head and a thick neck, so he must be a cook." There was no concept of rich man in those days.

In just a few words, they had already reached the backyard.

Normally, old man Yi Zhonghai, who should have been here long ago, is not here. He is probably working the night shift. Now he is extremely motivated at work and has nothing to worry about.

Yan Bugui was not here either. This old man had the habit of checking the wind direction before showing up.

Liu Haizhong is here, trying to persuade people. Judging from his actions rather than his true feelings, he is playing a positive role in this matter.

At the deaf old lady's house, a group of neighbors who were originally preparing to watch night school on TV and children who came to see the "little man" also turned around and watched.

Gao Zhendong knew before he squeezed in that after the process of elimination, the only two people quarreling were Xu Damao and his wife.

The ones that caused such a big commotion were usually either Xu Damao beating his wife or Liu Haizhong beating his child. Liu Haizhong was trying to stop the fight, so the only one left was naturally Xu Damao.

Seeing Gao Zhendong coming, the neighbors surrounding Xu Damao's door moved aside to make way for him.

Pang Shuixian, who was struggling with Xu Damao, saw these people and actually turned around and said "Hello, Teacher Lou", then turned around and continued to struggle with Xu Damao.

The word "teacher" made Lou Xiao'e happy. Gao Zhendong remembered that Pang Shuixian had asked Lou Xiao'e for help in recognizing words.

This woman was quite polite. Gao Zhendong originally thought that she was going to complain to Lou Xiaoe and involve Lou Xiaoe, forcing Gao Zhendong to step in.

Unexpectedly, Pang Shuixian just called "teacher" politely and then turned away, without any move to pull Lou Xiaoe into the water.

This is not like the Pang Narcissus of the past. Gao Zhendong felt a little surprised.

Sure enough, people do change.

In fact, Pang Shuixian knew in her heart that if she dared to drag Lou Xiaoe into the water, she would definitely be the one in trouble.

"...Do I need you to eat or wear? You want to go to the welfare home to do odd jobs? Huh? You've thrown all the things at home aside. Pang Shuixian, I'm telling you, if you keep embarrassing me outside, you'll see how I'm going to deal with you!"

Xu Damao spoke very loudly, probably because he felt he was right.

He thinks that his family is not well-fed, but as long as there is food and drink, it is always fine. This is the moral high ground.

Seeing Gao Zhendong coming, Liu Haizhong shook his legs and Xu Damao shrank his neck.

Perhaps he realized that he was right, and he straightened his neck and chest again.

I, Lao Xu, am not afraid of this!
It was Pang Shuixian who took the initiative to bring the matter to the yard. She knew that Xu Damao would dare to hit her at home behind closed doors, but once in the yard, even if Xu Damao had eight guts, he would not dare to touch her, otherwise, even if the uncle was not at home, he would come back and punish Xu Damao.

The maintenance of a "civilized courtyard" sometimes requires a little uncivilized behavior.

Sure enough, when they got outside, with so many neighbors watching, Xu Damao became a gentleman after Liu Haizhong's persuasion and only used words instead of violence.

This made Pang Shuixian very courageous. You, Xu Damao, think you are right, and I also think I am right. I am not afraid!
"Xu Damao, let me say this first. I want to apologize to you sincerely, but there is a reason why I came back late today. You can go to the welfare home and ask around. An old lady fell down today, and I spent most of the day just taking care of her and waiting for the doctor to come. I apologize for delaying your Master Xu's meal, okay? But tell me, do you often have this kind of thing happen? Do I usually prepare meals for you properly?"

It has been said long ago that if Pang Shuixian wants to find a part-time job, both the street and the police station will definitely support her. This is typical. Pang Shuixian said this softly, but his words were full of knives, whizzing.

I would like to apologize for what happened today, but it was because I helped an old lady in the welfare home who was in trouble. Then I said "Master Xu" in a very shady way, and finally I had to distance myself from the matter by saying that I am not usually like this.

One has to admit that someone with her background has no shortage of little tricks.

However, putting aside the small tricks used in today's incident, the cause is indeed very reasonable, at least there is no room for blame.

Xu Damao was also smart and didn't respond to her other words.

"Don't give me that. Why are you pretending to be so pitiful? Does your family need you to eat and drink? Do they want you to go out and show yourself in public?" In fact, if it were someone else, Xu Damao would never react so strongly. But Pang Shuixian was different. Xu Damao knew her background well, so naturally he reacted strongly.

"Xu Damao, let's not talk about how we rely on you alone. How do we eat and dress? Please judge for yourself. Is it wrong for me to earn money to support the family by working with my own hands?"

Looking at Pang Shuixian's clothes with patches on top of patches, everyone nodded and said yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

"Xu Damao is wrong. His work is getting worse and worse, and his salary keeps decreasing. He still thinks he is still in the lucrative position he used to be."

"Yes, his family's situation has been getting worse over the past two years. Even so, why is he still putting on airs and showing off... Tsk tsk tsk tsk, with the way he is, how can he even say that?"

"Pang Shuixian, big sister supports you!" I don't know which old woman shouted in the crowd.

"Yes, yes, yes, we support you!" A group of aunts and young wives laughed.

It sounded like a joke, but Pang Shuixian and Xu Damao didn't change their expressions even after being beaten and scolded. Instead, tears suddenly flowed down his face.

He turned around and bowed to the aunts and wives: "Thank you, neighbors."

After saying that, she turned her head and wiped the tears from her face: "Xu Damao, do the math yourself. Since the last time I took three dollars and fifty cents to buy something and you and I had a fight, it's been a few months. The money I took home from doing odd jobs has already exceeded three dollars and fifty cents, right? Forget three dollars and fifty cents, it must be more than thirty-five."

Wow, they are not old or young at all. What's more, many young wives are envious. This number is not small. Even Yan Bugui who arrived later was wondering, is it so good to do odd jobs in this welfare home?

"You've hidden a lot of things secretly, don't think I don't know!"

People started laughing, it turned out that you didn't want the money, you just felt you didn't get enough.

"I hand over most of my own money to my family, and keep a little for myself. That should be fine, right? Xu Damao, do you want to calculate how much you've spent on eating and drinking outside?"

Ever since Xu Damao lost his lucrative job, he has had fewer and fewer entertainment activities. He can only squeeze out some money to eat and drink every now and then to reminisce about his previous happy life.

"I'm a grown man, what's wrong with eating and drinking a little? Everyone, don't you think this makes sense?" Xu Damao turned around and mobilized the crowd.

No one said anything. Everyone had their own opinions on this matter, but at least everyone knew one thing: at least in public, there might be some problems in agreeing with such a statement.

Pang Shuixian did not add insult to injury when no one supported Xu Damao: "Okay, Xu Damao, no problem, I don't care if you eat and drink, then I will earn money with my own hands, and don't worry about it if I keep some money for myself!"

When Xu Damao heard this, he got furious. Damn it, after going around in circles for so long, why did he end up back at the same place? He failed to achieve his goal of getting Pang Shuixian home to serve him, and he also failed to achieve his goal of grabbing all of Pang Shuixian's income. This quarrel was in vain!

But he knew that Pang Narcissus had a fatal weakness.

"Pang Narcissus, if you keep making trouble like this, believe it or not, I will divorce you!!" Xu Damao was still not used to saying "divorce".

According to Xu Damao's understanding, as soon as this sentence was said, Pang Shuixian would immediately surrender and lower his head.

But this time he was wrong. Pang Shuixian put her hands on her hips and said, "Divorce me if you want! Do you think I'm afraid of you? Also, divorcing a wife is a term used in the old society. It's not popular now. It's called divorce!!"

Huh? Not to mention Xu Damao, the whole courtyard was stunned, including Gao Zhendong.

He knew very well how Pang Narcissus married into the Xu family. He didn't expect that after all the effort she put into marrying into the family, she would be so tough now.

Others, apart from being surprised at Pang Shuixian's toughness, had never seen a divorce before and they didn't expect to have their eyes opened today.

"No, no, no, Narcissus, this is not okay. Family matters can be discussed. Damao was just talking in anger. Don't take it seriously." As the second uncle, Yan Bugui had to speak up now.

Gao Zhendong and Lou Xiao'e didn't say anything. Matters like divorce are up to the parties involved. Even if Gao Zhendong wanted to deal with Xu Damao, he didn't think of doing it in this matter. He simply dirtyed his hands.

"Second Uncle, don't try to persuade me. I'm not afraid of him." Pang Shuixian still maintained the utmost respect for the "Second Uncle" whom she had voted for herself.

(End of this chapter)