Chapter 245 Such a father is worse than having no father
Pei Zhen's gaze swept towards his daughter standing beside him.
Pei Qiuge subconsciously lowered his head and hid behind.
She is the one in the family who likes to show off the most.
While the family is frugal, she is extravagant and can't even afford to eat, yet she still feels so vain!
A bunch of country guys, I don’t know who she is showing off to.
"Asshole!"
Pei Qiuge dared to challenge Jiang Xinyue, but she didn't dare to show any strength in front of Pei Zhen. She bit her lip, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Dad~"
"Shut up." Pei Zhen didn't want to listen to her nonsense and glared at Jiang Xinyue in front of him. "I don't know how you manage this family? No wonder things are getting worse and worse."
Jiang Xinyue pursed her lips and wanted to refute, but after all, she really couldn't come up with the money at the moment.
"Master, I'll know later, but what should I do now?"
Pei Zhen was at his wit's end. What could he do?
Because the relationship between these women and the Gu family is extremely hostile, he will never admit that he has problems.
What did he do wrong?
It's all women's fault.
"Where's Yuan Qing?"
Pei Yuanqing was thin and pale, no longer the gentle and kind young man he used to be. He looked like a terminally ill patient who would soon die.
Although he has been ill recently, it is not a life-threatening illness. He just has trouble eating and is depressed. In addition, the work in the quarry is too hard for him.
After returning home, the woman made a fuss with him.
"Dad, call me!"
Pei Zhen originally had no hope for his eldest son, but now it was unrealistic for his second son to marry a rich and powerful wife, so the whole family could only rely on this incompetent eldest son.
"Yuan Qing, you should run more often to the Gu family."
Pei Yuanqing was not a persistent person. Knowing that Gu Lan would never accept him, he gave up.
That's just the kind of person he is.
Know when to retreat.
Moreover, the withdrawal was very fast.
"Dad, the Gu family is unreasonable, and Gu Lan is determined not to turn back. I don't think it's necessary..."
Suddenly, a broken bowl came flying towards him. Pei Yuanqing was not feeling well and his reaction was slow. He did not dodge and was hit on the cheekbone by the bowl, which turned red instantly.
He gasped in pain, "Dad, I'm telling the truth, why are you so angry?"
"No need, no need. You're the one who did the wrong thing. Gu Lan is the daughter of the Duke's Mansion, but you married her and still act so fickle. If you hadn't been hanging out with that woman, would she have divorced you? If not... would we have ended up like this?"
The more Pei Zhen thought about it, the angrier he became, as if the Pei family's current decline was all due to Pei Yuanqing.
Jiang Xinyue didn't dare to breathe.
Pei Zhen was right. She wanted her niece to marry in to help her. But if Pei Yuanqing could control his lower body, he wouldn't have been in such a mess with Gu Lan.
Pei Yuanqing lowered his head. He now saw another side of the woman, fierce and unreasonable. There was no trace of her previous gentleness and consideration.
He also regretted it.
Gu Lan never quarreled with him, and would discuss everything with him. She would always consider him. Knowing that he had an awkward position at home, she would help him find ways to get along with his family.
In comparison, the two women are so different, how could he not regret it?
But there's no use regretting.
Those people in the Gu family always want to beat people up.
He was scared.
"Dad, it's not the Gu family who made us like this. What does it have to do with our divorce?" Pei Yuanqing asked.
"You idiot, if we hadn't divorced, we and the Gu family would still be one family and we could take care of each other."
Pei Zhen's hands were shaking with anger. Considering how respected the Gu family was in Ningxi Village, how much better would their life be?
Besides, does he even need to go to the quarry?
The Gu family would rather pay back the money for the Bai family, so how could they not pay it back for them?
Now I really regret it.
But he was the same, not daring to get close to the Gu family for fear of being beaten.
"In short, the baby in Gu Lan's belly is your flesh and blood. No matter what, it's your child. She told you that the child was gone at the beginning. She lied to us. This is an opportunity."
Pei Yuanqing nodded, "I definitely want the child."
He is no longer able to have children, and this is his only child, whether it is a boy or a girl.
But it would be better if it was a boy, so that he could carry on the family line.
"Dad, is Gu Lan about to give birth?"
"Not yet, but it should be coming soon." Jiang Xinyue said, "Yuan Qing, your father means that you can take the opportunity of looking after the child to get along well with Gu Lan. You are already a couple with feelings for each other, and maybe you two can reconcile as before."
"This woman, after giving birth to a child, will always think about the child in everything. The life belongs to the child. As long as you can grasp this point, she, Gu Lan, will still be yours."
After Pei Yuanqing knew the truth, he chose not to break up with Jiang Xinyue because he was weak and had no one at home to make decisions for him.
Even the women around him now are from the Jiang family.
If they really fell out, he was afraid he wouldn't even be able to go home.
He is just a cowardly and weak-minded person.
But at this moment, he also felt that Jiang Xinyue's words were correct.
So he nodded and wanted to say something sarcastic, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
Once Gu Lan changes his mind, he will have the support of the Gu family, and he can settle the score with them later.
After the Pei family discussed it again, they all felt that the most urgent thing was to put aside their grudges and coax Gu Lan back.
Even Pei Qiuge agreed.
After all, she needs money to buy this and that.
Spring plowing only takes a few days. After all, the per capita land in Ningxi Village is not much, less than one acre, and every family has such a small amount of land, so they can finish planting in a few days.
The weather has warmed up, and there are more people on the streets.
However, there are fewer women this year. After all, many people follow Gu Lan to make embroidery and make money every minute.
I don’t have the time to gossip about other people.
Jiang Xinyue deliberately used the last bit of money in the family to buy some red cloth, and when she saw people, she told them it was for the child in Gu Lan's belly without waiting for them to ask.
People in the village also know something about the relationship between the two families.
If the Pei family was not unpopular and the Gu family was unwilling to mention it, the villagers would have dug up everything.
But now we also know that Pei Yuanqing and Gu Lan are a divorced couple.
"Miss Lan'er has nothing to do with you anymore. Why are you thinking about the baby in her belly now? What were you doing before?" Piglet's mother said angrily.
"I didn't know before that she had saved the baby. After all, it's the blood of our Pei family. How could we give it up? We are both mothers. Lan'er would not be so cruel as to not let Yuan Qing be separated from the child. How can a stepfather be as good as a biological father?"
Piglet's mother curled her lips and said, "Unreliable father, it's worse than not having him. Miss Lan'er was so happy when you were not here. Now that you are here, she is rarely seen."
Gu Lan just didn't want to see their family to avoid getting into trouble, so even if he wanted to move around, he would just walk around the house.
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