"Please, can you just leave?"
Wang smiled and said, "Copy thirty pages of books before dark today. If you don't finish, you won't get dinner tonight."
What did you say?
"Thirty pages. I'll check it tonight. If you don't finish copying it, I'll see who dares to give you food."
Zhao Dawen stamped his foot, "Wang, I advise you not to go too far! Don't provoke people!"
"So what if you piss me off?" Wang tapped the long stick in her hand.
Zhao Dawen shrank his neck.
"I can't finish copying all twenty pages; it's too late now."
"It's okay, don't eat if you don't finish copying. I won't force you."
After Wang finished speaking, she left, and Zhao Dawen angrily pounded the wall. Dust fell from the wall, and Zhao Dawen's hand ached so badly he grimaced.
It's over, it's really over.
From now on, will I be completely controlled by the Wang family? Copying books? If I don't copy, I won't have anything to eat?
The most poisonous heart is that of a woman; this woman truly only sees him as a tool for making money and has no feelings for him whatsoever.
But he can't escape or run away, so what should he do?
As soon as Wang stepped out the door, she met her eldest son's resentful gaze. "Are you satisfied now? The family has been divided, and you're finally free! You just can't stand to see me doing well, can you?!"
"Yes, I'm very satisfied."
“Mother-in-law, the man in charge just doesn’t want to separate from you and doesn’t want to part ways with the family. He’s so desperate. Don’t take it to heart.”
She then forcibly dragged her man away, furious.
How could you be so impulsive? Why didn't you listen to her?
"What's wrong with you? Didn't I tell you not to argue with your mother?"
"I couldn't help it. Look at her attitude! Do you think I could tolerate that? Anyway, the family has already separated, so there's no point in saying anything more. Why can't I lose my temper?"
"Are you stupid? Mother manages the money at home. What do you think you can get by being close to your father? Don't be silly. Your father can't even manage himself, how can he manage you?"
From now on, be nicer to Mom, coax her gently. We'll only have good days when she's happy, understand?
“I understand what you’re saying, but I’m just so angry. Why is she so furious? She’s been angry all the way here and still hasn’t calmed down. She actually split up the family.”
"You think Mother is really angry this time? She's furious. Think about how many times this has happened. Father is really unreliable. He not only found someone to help him, but he also gave them all the money. If I were him, I would be angry too."
It wasn't just a little bit; it was several tens of taels of silver, half of the family's entire fortune.
Originally, all of this money was for her husband's schooling.
"So what if he gave it to you? It's just because Father knows Mother is jealous, and he can't keep the money once it's in his hands."
The woman sneered, "So what if you gave it to her? Do you think that young woman is any kind of pushover? Once the money is in her hands, what can you get? Don't tell me she won't. If she were really as good as you say, she wouldn't have taken so much money and other things with her."
Ha, they even took the big iron pot with them. What kind of person did my father-in-law hire?
Men are all idiots who only care about appearances.
What do you mean?
"First, assuming she comes back, she will definitely not give the money in her hands to you or your father; she will still keep it herself."
Second, she didn't come back; she took the money and ran away.
"Impossible. She's very good to Father; she would never abandon him. Father said she came with us."
"Hehe, then go to the county town in a few days and look for her, see if she's actually here."
Even if she'd never met this kind of woman, she'd heard of her. How could she possibly have genuine feelings for her? She wondered if her father-in-law was stupid or if her husband was.
However, judging from her husband's reaction, the woman knew she needed to be more vigilant. It seemed her husband took the matter of taking a concubine very lightly, thinking it was normal for a man to do so.
If that's his mindset, there's no guarantee he won't consider finding someone else later to add another child to the family.
If it's true, then don't blame her for being impolite. A man who studies can avoid working in the fields and doing household chores, but he absolutely cannot find her sisters.
Aside from her sisters from her maternal family, she didn't care about any other sisters.
In another pair of rooms.
"Master, this silver..."
"Keep the money, but don't spend it recklessly, and don't secretly give it to your family. If I find out, I won't let you manage the money anymore."
The young woman patted the man a few times. "Do I look like that kind of person? I just want to save more money so we can move out and build a few brick houses. When the child is born, you can teach the child to read. Even if the child can't become an official, he can still make money with his pen, just like you. It's much better than working in the fields."
Zhao Jiadong nodded; his wife was still quite clear-headed. Her plan was exactly what he had in mind.
“My mother told me before that she planned to build three brick houses after the New Year. Since my grandfather passed away, she has had a hard life these past few years and doesn’t want to continue to make herself suffer.”
The young woman's mouth opened slightly; it turned out her mother-in-law also wanted to build a brick house.
"No wonder Mother urged Father to copy books; it turns out she wanted to earn money to build a house."
"That's right, she doesn't have enough money right now."
The young woman leaned closer, "Honey, isn't Father's new concubine pretty?"
Zhao Jiadong thought about Xiao Cui's face carefully, and it seemed alright.
"Do you think Dad would buy her if she wasn't pretty? She's about your age, and her looks are passable."
He didn't remember anything else, didn't look closely, and the past was chaotic, with his mother crying her eyes out.
"Don't think about her anymore. That person is wicked. She tricked Father into giving her all the money and ran away with our family's money and belongings. We'll never see her again in this lifetime."
"Really? She's not coming to see Dad?"
"How dare I? Mother will beat her to death."
"What was my brother thinking? How could he not stop his father-in-law? How could he just watch his stepmother walk into the house?"
"He's lost his mind. My third uncle said he's gone crazy from studying. He can't distinguish between ethics and morality. All his education was for nothing."
"Third Uncle was right. What did Third Uncle bring Grandma when you came back this time?"
"There was nothing there. It was too chaotic at the time, and my mother didn't have the mind to pack anything. She just rented a car and came back without saying goodbye to my third uncle."
No, she thought that if she went to the prefectural city, she could bring back some good things.
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