As Shen Xiao expected, Wei Dong's son was indeed useless.
He could have asked for leave from his master, but he left without saying goodbye because he was timid or for some other reason.
Bai Hongmei regarded him as the only man in the family and thought that Wei Dong's return could provide her with a roof over her head.
But Wei Dong was unwilling to do so. No matter what Bai Hongmei said, Wei Dong acted as if it was "whatever you want".
Bai Hongmei had no choice but to use her trump card. She cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang herself, trying to force Wei Dong to leave the Liao Province Shipyard and stay with her.
Wei Dong didn't refuse but didn't agree either.
He kept staring at Chen Xiao with his dark eyes. Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone could see that Wei Dong was waiting for Chen Xiao to make the decision for him.
After being away for a few months, Wei Dong's heart changed a lot.
He stepped out of his native environment and looked at his family from an outsider's perspective.
This made Wei Dong suddenly realize a problem: this family was destined to become a burden.
The only remaining money in the family was spent by his mother. His sisters are young and his mother has to support them in their old age.
He is the only male in the family and the pillar of support for his mother and sisters.
Other families use all their strength to support a man, but in their family, it is the woman who earns money to support the whole family.
Wei Dong felt very unlucky.
If he worked hard just to support his mother and sister, Wei Dong felt that there was no hope in such a life.
Whenever Wei Dong gained something from his studies and received encouragement from his master, he felt that there was hope for the future.
His mother Bai Hongmei would write him letters, telling Wei Dong about the unhappy things in her life.
For example, Shen Xiao and his wife were rich but unkind. They just enjoyed themselves and didn't care about her life or death.
For example, Bai Hongmei found a man, a man who was half a level lower than Shen Xiao but very reliable. This man is steady and has no children. He is very good to two girls, Wei Fang and Wei Hong.
Wei Dong was not surprised that his mother remarried.
His mother is a beautiful woman. Since he was a child, uncles and aunts have often come to visit their home. Although his father is not at home, there are many men who like to do hard labor.
Wei Dong is a boy, so he will understand some things early even if no one teaches him at home.
It's no secret that his mother is not a law-abiding woman.
Wei Dong also knew that the person his mother wanted to marry for the second time was Shen Xiao. Even though Shen Xiao was married, his mother still ordered him around as a matter of course.
Wei Dong followed suit and regarded Shen Xiao as his father's shadow. Wei Dong accepted Shen Xiao's arrangement very easily.
Bai Hongmei praised Lao Zuo to the highest level in her letter, saying that he was only slightly inferior to Shen Xiao.
Wei Dong was quite looking forward to this stepfather, fantasizing about a tall man like Shen Xiao who could support their dilapidated and shaky home.
Unexpectedly, within a few days, this tough guy would be forced to lose his job.
The unemployed man has lost his usefulness. Bai Hongmei wants to divorce him, but she is afraid that Lao Zuo will not agree. Let Wei Dong go back and force Bai Hongmei to divorce by threatening to sever the mother-son relationship.
The son didn't know that his biological mother had remarried, so he traveled thousands of miles back home and refused to recognize his stepfather. This drama is nothing new from ancient times to the present. Bai Hongmei went with the flow and divorced Lao Zuo reluctantly.
Bai Hongmei could not be morally blackmailed, and no one blamed Wei Dong. As for Lao Zuo, what could he change if even Dorgon could not do it?
Bai Hongmei had a good plan, but she didn't expect that Wei Dong inherited her good genes and was also an extremely selfish person.
Wei Dong also saw through Bai Hongmei's thoughts and guessed that the man who was praised by her as a flower was actually a useless person. After demobilization, he would most likely become a farmer. Bai Hongmei couldn't bear the hard life of working in the fields and wanted to leave.
The problem is, Bai Hongmei has been struggling in Qingyan Mountain for a year and has turned herself into a yellow-faced woman.
She was not a strong and capable woman. She had been a dodder all her life and was willing to live a life of begging for money from her upper hand.
After the divorce, Bai Hongmei will rely on Wei Dong, the only man in the family and the pillar of her family.
Wei Dong doesn't want to be sucked dry by his mother, so he would rather let Bai Hongmei stay with his stepfather. After all, they are now a legitimate couple.
But Wei Dong couldn't say this.
The mother and son each had their own ulterior motives and neither was willing to give in.
They were stuck here, forcing Shen Xiao to be the reckless guy and the boss of their mess.
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