Brother Bao is 55 years old this year and has been married to his wife Xiumei for five years. Although they have no children of their own, Brother Bao has always felt that Xiumei is a gift from God. Their relationship has always been stable. However, five years later , Brother Bao’s wife who had disappeared for seven years suddenly appeared at the door of his house.
Six years ago, Brother Bao, who lived alone, accidentally broke his leg while riding a motorcycle with others. Aunt Wang, who lived next door, found a nanny named Xiumei to take care of him. Xiumei was five years younger than Brother Bao, and her husband nine years ago After his death, he lived alone with his son. Now that his son has gone to college, life is extremely difficult.
Xiumei is considerate and gentle. She is a good hand both inside and outside. She serves Brother Bao comfortably. After her leg healed, Xiumei settled her salary and was about to leave. Brother Bao frowned and found Sister Wang next door and asked her to help. To make peace, he wanted to live with Xiumei. Aunt Wang saw what Brother Bao was thinking, clapped her hands and said with a smile: This matter is all on me, but there is one thing, you are not allowed to bully her after marriage, you must make her happy. , Brother Bao nodded like garlic.
At the end of 2017, with the help of Aunt Wang, Brother Bao successfully married Xiumei into his family. Speaking of Xiumei, she was also a hard-working woman. Her husband passed away after nine years of marriage. She could only live with her son. In order to provide for her these years, Her son was studying, and Xiumei worked as a nanny everywhere. After Brother Bao learned about Xiumei’s past, he loved the perseverant woman in front of him even more. Xiumei and Brother Bao had similar experiences. The difficulty of life made the two middle-aged People know how to cherish each other more.
At the end of 2018, Brother Bao’s village was classified as an ecological forest protection area, and all the land was converted into forests. The state compensated each household in the village on a per capita basis. At that time, Xiumei and Brother Bao had just gotten married, and Xiumei had not yet had time to move in. , and Brother Bao only has himself and his ex-wife Wu Lihua on the family register. Since Wu Lihua ran away from home, he is the only one left in the family. However, according to regulations, there are two people in Brother Bao’s family, and they should receive two compensation payments. A total of more than 600,000 yuan.
Speaking of Brother Bao’s marriage, it was also in a mess. In his early years, Brother Bao was a bricklayer. Due to his introverted personality and poor talkativeness, he could not find a wife in his thirties. Later, his parents died one after another. Brother Bao felt that he had no hope for marriage and life, so Life just went by. Just when Brother Bao was desperate, at the age of 40, a woman named Zhao Lihua came to him with a 13-year-old boy. The introducer claimed that as long as Brother Bao did not dislike him, Zhao Lihua was willing to marry him. After getting married, the two of them would give birth to a fat boy next year, but the condition was that Brother Bao must take on the responsibility of raising Zhao Lihua's son. After thinking about it, Brother Bao finally decided to marry Zhao Lihua.
After the two got married, Brother Bao treated Zhao Lihua’s son as his own and worked hard to make money for him to study. However, Zhao Lihua was already 45 years old after all, and several years had passed without giving birth to a son or a daughter for Brother Bao. The eldest brother often complained, and the couple often quarreled over this matter. After Zhao Lihua's son graduated from high school, he went out to work alone to make a living, and he has not come back since.
Since her son became independent, Zhao Lihua’s attitude towards Brother Bao has changed. She is no longer as forbearing as before. The two would fight almost every day when they met. Until one night seven years ago, Brother Bao came home from work to watch. The house was empty, and no one answered the call to Zhao Lihua. Later, Brother Bao discovered that Zhao Lihua left without saying goodbye, and there was no news from him. In the following years, Brother Bao successively visited Zhao Lihua’s hometown, and the place where Zhao Lihua used to work. place, but no one knows what year she went. Three years after Zhao Lihua disappeared, Brother Bao finally gave up the search. Brother Bao felt that perhaps he was destined to die alone. It was not until the appearance of Xiumei that Brother Bao rekindled his yearning for marriage.
Since the government allocated 600,000 yuan to Brother Bao's family, Brother Bao has renovated the house and the whole courtyard has been completely renewed. Brother Bao thought to himself that this time he and Xiumei can finally live in peace for a few years. Although they have no children, the couple can Emotional harmony is enough for Brother Bao in this life, but one day, Zhao Lihua, who had disappeared for seven years, suddenly appeared at the door of Brother Bao's house. He had not seen her for seven years. Brother Bao found that Zhao Lihua was much older than before, and her hair was completely white.
Zhao Lihua didn’t know where she learned that Brother Bao’s family had been allocated 600,000 yuan. The purpose of coming back this time was to get back his share of the compensation. But Brother Bao felt that Zhao Lihua had been away from home for 7 years, even though her registered permanent residence was still nominally there. In my own family, I should not be considered a part of this family, because according to the law, if one of the spouses has been missing for more than three years without any reason, the couple can be regarded as automatically dissolving the marriage. In other words, as early as a few years ago, the couple Years ago, Brother Bao and Zhao Lihua were no longer husband and wife.
Zhao Lihua didn't think so. She said that because she couldn't give birth to a son and a half for Brother Bao, she often put pressure on her, so she secretly left Brother Bao. In fact, she has been living alone outside these years. It’s not good, I’m running around here and there every day, I don’t have a fixed residence, and I don’t want to contact my family.
Brother Bao and Zhao Lihua had a heated argument over the ownership of the 300,000 yuan compensation. In the end, Brother Bao could only ask someone from the village committee to come forward to administer justice. The village chief felt that three years after Zhao Lihua ran away from home, it stands to reason that the court at that time It has been announced that the marriage between the two will be automatically dissolved. Although the two did not receive a divorce certificate, the court's decision took effect at that time. In fact, it does not matter whether they receive a divorce certificate or not.
Seeing that no one supported her, Zhao Lihua finally squatted at the gate of the village committee and said with tears in her eyes: I have terminal cancer now, and I don’t think I have much left to live. I just hope that before I leave, I saved a sum of money as a gift for my son, which was considered worthy of him. Finally, the director of the village committee called Brother Bao to the side and started some ideological work for him. After the two negotiated, Brother Bao agreed to spend 100,000 yuan. Compensate to Zhao Lihua.
When Zhao Lihua heard that Brother Bao was willing to give her 100,000 yuan in compensation, her face changed instantly, and then she stopped entangled. She stood up, dusted herself off, and went to the bank with Brother Bao. When she saw the text message reminding her of ten When the 10,000 yuan was received, I almost laughed out loud. Everyone present felt sorry for Brother Bao. This was obviously to extort money, but Brother Bao smiled slightly and said: It doesn't matter, money is something external to the body, as long as she doesn't use it anymore. Just disturb me and Xiumei's life.
