Xu Meijun was dumbfounded after watching the farce that unfolded at the Huo family's home.

After a while, she took Ye Weiwei's hand and whispered, "Ye Weiwei, your mother-in-law is really something."

Ye Weiwei smiled and said, "It's better to be more capable."

To be honest, she quite liked Liu Guilan's personality.

In this era, especially in the countryside, it's rare to find a mother-in-law like Liu Guilan, who doesn't discriminate against girls and is decisive and clear-headed in her actions.

What she fears most is the kind of muddle-headed patriarch who can't see the bigger picture, likes to muddle through, and can't understand the situation.

This second sister-in-law, Sun Hongying, should now be called the former second sister-in-law. From the first time she went to the Huo family, she had a strange hostility towards her. She would pick on her and cause trouble from time to time. The thought of living with such a person made her feel upset.

Now that Sun Hongying and Huo Jiang are divorced, her life after marrying into the family will be much more comfortable.

She didn't even have to lift a finger to solve the problem; the trouble was gone first.

very nice.

Seeing Ye Weiwei's smug smile, Xu Meijun couldn't help but poke her, saying in an annoyed tone, "You're really blinded by lust! It's just marrying a country bumpkin, and you're so happy about it!"

Ye Weiwei glanced at Xu Meijun speechlessly, thinking that although Huo Xiao was still a country bumpkin, Daqingshan Village could not hold him back. With his abilities, he would rise to prominence in no time.

After the Huo family received the grain and carried it home, Liu Guilan sent Huo Xiao to help Ye Weiwei collect the grain, thus sending the man away. She then arranged for the eldest son's parents to tend the vegetable garden in the backyard, and sent the children away as well. Only then did she pull the old man back to his room.

The two sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) in silence for a long time before Liu Guilan finally broke the silence.

"Honey, are you blaming me for letting our second son divorce Sun Hongying?"

She could tell that the old man didn't look too good today. Although the old man didn't like to get involved in things, and she was always the one in charge of everything at home, important matters like this were always discussed and decided by the two of them.

Today, we didn't expect the Sun family to come knocking on our door at this time. Things got so heated that we had to get to this point. Without even sitting down to discuss it with the old man, we made the two of them get a divorce.

The old man is concerned about his reputation, and there's a lot of gossip going around in the village today. She's afraid he'll get stuck on this, so she has to make things clear to him.

Old Huo sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), holding his pipe, taking two puffs without saying a word.

Liu Guilan was so angry that she snatched his pipe away. "Don't try to kick me three times and I won't get a word out of you. Get to the point!"

The second son's temperament is just like the old man's; he only knows how to work hard in silence and never knows how to use his tongue properly, like a gourd with a sawed mouth.

Old Huo grabbed the pipe and said, "They're already divorced, what's the point of saying anything now?"

Liu Guilan was so angry that she pushed him off the kang (a heated brick bed). "What? You can't bear to part with a daughter-in-law like Sun Hongying? Are you hoping that the Sun family will empty our house? Tell me, if we don't get a divorce today, how much grain and money are you planning to give to satisfy the Sun family's big appetite?"

Old Man Huo was angry. "When did I say I couldn't bear to part with them? Stop talking nonsense. I was just afraid that my second son would resent us in the future! Besides, Sun Hongying gave birth to three daughters. Now that the two of them are divorced, what will happen to the three children? Aren't you afraid that the children will resent you in the future? You are a grandmother, not their biological mother."

Upon hearing this, Liu Guilan sneered, "I, as their grandmother, treat them better than their own mother! Put yourself in their shoes, and I don't believe these three children will grow up to be unreasonable. Look at the lives Sun Hongying's children led when she was at home! She would cut back on everything given to her three granddaughters, saving the money to curry favor with her nephews. I've never seen such a clueless mother!"

"The child is still young. What if she grows up and we, the old couple, are no longer around? Can you guarantee that Sun Hongying won't sell my granddaughter to her nephew for money to buy a bride price? Don't you have any idea what kind of people the Sun family are?"

Old Man Huo also disliked Sun Hongying's behavior, especially her habit of stealing things from home and taking them to her parents' house, and mistreating his granddaughter.

He and his wife Liu Guilan had three sons. His wife always longed for a daughter, saying that daughters are parents' little darlings. Even though Sun Hongying gave birth to three daughters in a row, they treated them all the same. On the contrary, Sun Hongying, as the mother, did not treat her own daughters as human beings.

“Let me tell you, if Sun Hongying hadn’t insisted on clinging to my second son about that incident back then, and I was afraid he’d get into legal trouble, I would never have let that woman into the house. Do you even know what happened back then…”

Liu Guilan whispered in Old Man Huo's ear.

Old Man Huo's face grew increasingly grim, until he nearly smashed his prized pipe in anger. "Good riddance! Good riddance to the second son! This kind of woman absolutely cannot be allowed to stay in our Huo family! Old woman, go find a matchmaker tomorrow and find a wife for the second son, so that they can completely give up on their hopes!"

Sun Hongying, who couldn't stand living in the Sun family anymore, regretted it and ran back to continue tormenting his son!

Liu Guilan glared at the old man: "Do you even need to tell me that! The second son is my own son. As his mother, I would rather suffer a loss myself than let him suffer a loss! You can rest assured about this."

Old Huo added, "The key is to be fast."

Liu Guilan said irritably, "Do you think this is as simple as picking cabbages in the field? This time I'm going to find a good one for my second son."

Although Liu Guilan said this, she was actually worried.

A second marriage is not the same as a first marriage, especially with three daughters involved; the conditions definitely need to be lowered.

Her second son was a filial, obedient, honest, and hardworking young man. Back then, many girls were envious of him, but he was ruined by Sun Hongying, that troublemaker...

I can't think about it, it makes me feel heartbroken and angry!

Huo Jiang was unaware that his parents were already anxiously trying to find him a wife. After returning home with the certificate stamped by Sunjia Village, he saw his elder brother and sister-in-law tending the vegetable garden. He then picked up his tools, carried two large bamboo baskets, and went to work, showing no sign of sadness at losing his wife.

Sun Hongying has been staying at her parents' house for so many days now, he's already used to it.

Moreover, without her causing trouble at home, their whole family gets peace and quiet.

When Liu Guilan heard that her second son had come home, she was thinking of asking him a few words of comfort, but when she saw him busy in the vegetable garden, he was all smiles and didn't seem to care at all, which made her feel much more relaxed.

She knew that although the second son was forced to marry Sun Hongying back then and had three children with her over the years, he was unwilling in his heart. It was like forcing a cow to drink water; Sun Hongying kept causing trouble and making a fuss after she entered the family. Even if there was any affection between them, it was all destroyed by her constant harassment!