As soon as the third aunt left, my mother glared at my father, her eyes as cold as a knife. My father glared back at her without showing any weakness, as furious as a trapped beast.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

Dou Zhao's small figure huddled in the curtain, listening to his parents blaming each other.

"Zhao Guqiu, what on earth are you trying to do? Don't you think I'm embarrassed enough?"

"What am I going to do? I also want to ask you, what are you going to do? Taking the daughter of a criminal as your concubine, where did all your knowledge of sages go? Do you want to destroy the Dou family's reputation of a hundred years and the accumulation of several generations in your hands? You don't mind being ashamed, but I still have some dignity!"

My father was so angry that his face turned red: "We grew up together. Don't you know who I am? At this time, you don't help me, but you hold me back. You invited my second aunt to see me make a fool of myself. How can you be a wife? My reputation is ruined. How can you be a good person? Don't forget that husband and wife are one body! You are a good wife! Fortunately, my mother-in-law passed away early. If she saw you like this today, I don't know how sad she would be."

"Dou Shiying, you are talking about me, why do you mention my mother?" The mother was so angry that she started crying, "Do you remember that we grew up together? Do you remember how my mother treated you? Do you remember what you said to me before we got married? You are shameless! You want me to cover up for you? No way!"

My father suddenly wilted like an eggplant hit by frost, with a flash of discomfort in his expression: "I, I didn't mean to mention my mother-in-law. Do you have to be so unreasonable? I am like this because you forced me to do so." As he spoke, he thought of the past and became angry again, "Baoshan just took me to drink wine, but you glared at him. He came to our house, but you didn't even give him a cup of good tea, and made me suffer the ridicule of my classmates..." He became more and more angry, "You only know how to blame me, why don't you think about yourself! If you had a better temper, would I have to go to my third brother to discuss it?"

The mother was so angry that she was shaking and wiping the tears from her face. "You did something wrong, and you still have the nerve to blame me! What good is Feng Baoshan? Besides eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, what else can he do? If it weren't for my uncle, he would have been stripped of his title in the annual examination at the end of the year. Only you, who hang out with him every day, you are not a good person either!"

The father was choked and speechless. After a while, he murmured, "Well, you can't do this!"

"What do you want from me?" the mother asked fiercely, "Open the door and welcome Wang Yingxue in? I have the grace to do that, but does Wang Yingxue have the blessing to do so?" The mother sneered, "Dou Shiying, let me make it clear, you can marry any woman you want in the world, but Wang Yingxue can't come in unless I die!"

"You...I..." His father pointed at his mother, his arms shaking, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Mother smiled disdainfully and straightened her back even more.

It turns out that couples can quarrel like this!

Is this her father who always puts on a sanctimonious front?

How can you be like a child!

Dou Zhao was stunned.

She has never quarreled with Wei Tingyu.

At first I didn't dare, and later I disdained it.

The father lowered his head and whispered, "Gu Qiu, let's not quarrel anymore, okay?" His tone was sad. "This is all my fault. Yingxue was also dragged down by me. Otherwise, why would she, a daughter of an honest family, suffer such humiliation? Besides, Yingxue and I have agreed that she will live in the farm in the future," he said, raising his head with some hope in his eyes, "Let's be the same as before, okay? I will listen to you in everything from now on, and I will never go out with Baoshan again..."

good!

Dou Zhao almost couldn't help but jump out from the curtain to answer on behalf of his mother.

When a couple quarrels, nothing can better illustrate the wife's position in her husband's mind than the husband taking the initiative to lower his head.

Since Wang Yingxue is pregnant, given my father's character, he must be determined to marry Wang Yingxue. It would be better to take this opportunity to give my father a way out. This will allow me to show my generosity and kindness in front of the elders of the Dou family, and I can also win over my father's heart. I can even use this matter to control my father when the couple encounters any disagreements in the future.

This kills three birds with one stone!

Moreover, even if a broken mirror is mended, no matter whether there are cracks or not, in the eyes of others, it is still a mirror.

Wang Yingxue would probably feel heartbroken if she took one look at him.

Then he made Wang Yingxue write a contract of sale and threw her into the farm.

Regardless of whether what my father said at this moment was true or false, he couldn't go back on his promise, right?

As long as her father didn't change his words, Wang Yingxue would have to endure the hardship in the farm. This was a good opportunity to let everyone see what kind of person Wang Yingxue was in the Dou family!

I am not afraid even if my father wants to regret it.

When the time comes, take Wang Yingxue to visit every household.

Aren't you, Wang Yingxue, the descendant of a famous scholar? You have fallen into depravity and become someone's concubine. Let's see how your Wang family will face the world!

Is there anything more satisfying than this?

Even if Wang Yingxue could convince her father one day, her mother had her indenture in hand, and her status as a wife or concubine was there. With the help of the elders of the Dou family, could she still turn the tables?

Dou Zhao almost laughed out loud.

But I could hear my mother's sharp voice screaming in my ears: "Yingxue, Yingxue, you are so affectionate! Since you have discussed everything behind my back, why are you looking for me? 'A daughter of an honest family', Dou Shiying, how dare you say such a thing! Would a daughter of an honest family come to someone's house to be a concubine? Would a daughter of an honest family shamelessly seduce someone else's husband? If she were a daughter of an honest family, there would be no innocent and unclean people in this world! If she feels humiliated, then she should find a place where she will not be humiliated..."

Dou Zhao was so anxious after hearing this that he wished he had three heads and six arms to shut his mother's mouth!

Arguing is like talking, you have to have the point!

What's the point of going on about this over and over again?

You have to fulfill your father's promise as soon as possible.

But before she could do anything, her father shouted in anger: "What else do you want from me? Not this, not that! Aren't you just relying on the support of your elders? Don't you think I dare not do anything to you? I am thinking of the friendship we grew up together..."

"If you still remember the friendship we had growing up together, you wouldn't do such a dirty thing!" Mother showed no weakness, her expression was disdainful, "I just rely on the support of my elders at home, what can you do to me? If you have the guts, go around me and marry Wang Yingxue!"

"You, you..." The father was so angry that he said, "I, I...I want to divorce you!"

The mother was stunned.

"What did you say?" Her face turned pale. "You want to divorce me!" Mother looked at her father in disbelief. "You want to divorce me for Wang Yingxue..."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, his father was also stunned. He turned his face away as if he didn't dare to look at his mother, and whispered: "I'm going to talk to you in a serious way, but you won't give in..."

"Dou Shiying!" Mother's eyes turned red with anger. She shouted her father's name, "Get out of here! Get as far away from me as possible! I'm waiting for your divorce letter! I want to see how you can welcome that little bitch Wang Yingxue into your home!"

My father was very angry and said stubbornly: "Gu Qiu, that's not what I meant! Listen to me..."

"Get out! Get out! Get out!" Mother pushed father out of the door. "I'm waiting for your divorce letter, I'm waiting for your divorce letter..." she murmured, and slammed the door.

"Gu Qiu, Gu Qiu!" My father knocked on the door outside. "I didn't mean that. I just said it casually! I didn't mean it..."

The mother leaned against the door, tears streaming down her cheeks, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s: “Unintentional, sometimes what you say unintentionally is the truth…”

Dou Zhao felt a splitting headache, and slid off the kang and grabbed his mother's clothes: "Mom! Mom!"

The mother squatted down, grabbed her daughter's arms, and asked her sobbingly: "Didn't you say you wanted to go to your uncle's house to play? I want to go to your uncle's house with you, okay?"

"No!" Dou Zhao shook his head, his big eyes shining like morning stars, "This is my home, I want to stay at home. During the New Year, I will go to my uncle's house!"

The mother was stunned, and her tears fell even faster.

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In the evening, Nanny Yu advised her mother: "...if you get angry with Master Qi at this time, won't that only make your loved ones sad and your enemies happy!"

My mother sat in front of the mirror, staring blankly at the woman in the mirror who looked like a flower reflected in still water. She answered the question irrelevantly: "...When I was a child, every time I came to the Dou family, my mother told me not to be naughty and not to upset my aunt and sisters in the Dou family... Once, Pei Ci took me to pick magnolia flowers. I was very scared and didn't dare to climb the tree, but thinking of my mother's words, I still climbed up tremblingly... Pei Ci jumped down from the tree neatly, but I squatted on the tree and didn't dare to get down... Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Pei Ci got anxious and ran to the outer courtyard to ask the servant for help... I was squatting on a tree alone. The leaves were furry and there were fleshy bugs crawling on them... I wanted to cry but didn't dare to, for fear of attracting others and getting Pei Ci slapped on the hand... I thought I might as well jump down. I would rather die and be disabled than be crawled by bugs... I closed my eyes and someone below called out "Hey", saying, "Why are you squatting on the tree?" 'That voice was like the water in a stream, clear and pleasant to the ear. I opened my eyes and saw a young man standing under the tree, looking up at me. His hair was like the finest satin, dark and shiny, his face was as bright as jade, and his eyes were gentle and bright... I was stunned. But he smiled, more beautiful than the flowers in the garden... I told him that I was hanging on the tree and couldn't get down. He asked me to wait, turned around and found a ladder, and carefully lifted me up. "After that, every time I came to the Dou Mansion, he would wait for me under the magnolia tree... He gave me sweet peas, sour plums, and black olives... Once, he gave me a pearl flower... I put it in my purse and never left it for a moment..." She turned her head and looked at Yu Ma with her red and swollen eyes, "Ma, tell me, where did the person who was waiting for me under the magnolia tree go? Why can't I find him?"

"Miss!" Nanny Yu covered her mouth and started crying.

Dou Zhao's eyes were blurry and he couldn't see anything clearly.