Chapter 891: Scumbag Brother and Scumbag Father, Get Lost (37)

Chapter 891: Chapter 891: Scumbag Brother and Scumbag Father, Get Lost (37)

Watching the gradually departing ox cart, Meng Chongxi and Meng Wengan glanced at each other, both having thoughts.

Meng Wengan’s eyes lit up: "Dad, I want to divorce Xu Yunniang. You saw it yourself; she no longer listens to me. Now she’s even making me sleep in the cow shed, not allowing me into the house. She’s heavily pregnant and definitely won’t be able to find another husband. Let her see how life is without a man."

"What are you thinking?" Meng Chongxi slapped Meng Wengan on the head, "We’re still hoping she can give birth to a grandson. You can’t pursue officialdom now, so we’re counting on the one in her belly."

Meng Wengan became annoyed at the thought and didn’t mention divorcing Xu Yunniang again.

However, he didn’t know that Meng Chongxi had kept those words in mind; Mrs. Zhang had been behaving more and more out of line recently.

But he understood Mrs. Zhang; she had a relatively weak disposition and wouldn’t become fierce unless someone gave her ideas.

Once Landlord Liu took away the non-useful person, Mrs. Zhang wouldn’t be able to cause much trouble and would still have to serve him obediently.

As such, the thought of divorce only stayed in his mind for a moment before disappearing.

Landlord Liu would be back after a while, and he was just waiting for that useless person to be taken away.

The story of Meng Chongxi receiving a sum of silver from Landlord Liu and secretly feasting in town with his son, leaving his wife and daughter behind, was spread by Yaan Huai.

Widow Lee, washing clothes by the river in Xinghua Village, happened to hear about it.

"I think Meng Chongxi is a muddle-headed person..."

"Isn’t it so? If I had a daughter like Meng Qianyan, I’d wake up laughing from dreams."

"Don’t you think this girl is too fierce, hard to marry off in the future?"

"Fierce or not, with a daughter like that, you’ll never be mistreated. The men at home are all subdued; isn’t that good? If she can’t marry, she can bring in a husband."

"Probably no one would want her, too fierce, and a live-in son-in-law... Anyway, I wouldn’t dare have such a daughter-in-law."

The crowd fell silent for a moment; it was true. Even though some of them thought the girl was good, those with sons didn’t dare take someone like that.

Widow Lee then said, "Oh, this is interesting."

However, no one paid attention to her.

Widow Lee was not annoyed, continuing to wash clothes, but pricked up her ears to listen to the conversation, finishing the laundry quickly and leaving with the clean clothes.

Ten days later, Meng Chongxi and Meng Wengan returned from the town and encountered Widow Lee, who had fallen by the roadside and was asking them for help.

Although Widow Lee was not young, she was still good-looking; calling Meng Chongxi "big brother" made him feel soft inside, and he somehow agreed to send her home.

Meng Wengan watched his father look mesmerized, yet he had no intention of stopping him.

Mother always sided with Meng Qianyan, so isn’t it great that Dad has taken a liking to someone else?

Mother is already aged; if she gets divorced in the future, she’ll become the village joke and won’t be able to return to her family home. Who asked her to be indiscriminate and insist on siding with Meng Qianyan?

"Dad, why don’t you send this lady home first?"

Meng Chongxi: "Alright, then you go back on your own."

Meng Chongxi helped Widow Lee, and along the way, the two of them chatted. Widow Lee said she lost her husband at a young age and that life was hard for a woman alone.

Meng Chongxi asked why she didn’t remarry. Widow Lee said she wanted to remain faithful and couldn’t wrong her husband. Meng Chongxi felt it was a pity for such a woman to be widowed.

Widow Lee spoke gently and pleasantly, always going along with Meng Chongxi, flattering him comfortably, making him regret why this woman wasn’t his wife.

The previously dispelled thoughts of divorcing his wife resurfaced at that moment.