Chapter 115: They Are All Wife-Obsessed Fools

"Yanyan? What's wrong?"

Jiang Yu held his wife with a nervous look on his face, "Are you feeling dizzy again? I knew it, I shouldn't have let you do the laundry yesterday!"

His act started the moment he decided to perform, and Xu Yan cooperated with practiced ease.

She immediately collapsed onto his shoulder.

"I'm sorry Nainai, my body is truly useless..."

Si Rong had already seen through it; her brother-in-law was a gentle and polite County Magistrate in front of others, but behind the scenes, he was a black-sesame-filled rice ball who doted on his wife.

She waited to see how her own husband would handle it.

"Nainai, do you know how much money I spent to marry my wife?"

Jiang Cheng said bluntly, "Two hundred thousand. If you anger my wife and drive her away, you will be the sinner who cost our Jiang Family two hundred thousand yuan. When you get old, you'll be cursed even after you enter the ancestral grave!"

Hearing the words "two hundred thousand," Jiang Nainai felt a sudden pang of physical and emotional pain.

What a spendthrift! Truly a spendthrift!

To actually spend two hundred thousand to marry a hen that can't lay eggs.

Heavens, with two hundred thousand, how many women could one marry back in their hometown.

Cuilan said she only wanted a bride price of six hundred yuan.

This two hundred thousand could marry hundreds of Cuilans.

However, she ultimately didn't dare to say anything more to Si Rong; after all, in her eyes, Si Rong was now a walking two hundred thousand. If she really drove her away, that little brat would be right, and she wouldn't even dare to enter the ancestral grave when she died.

"Alright, alright, all of you go and rest."

Jiang Aiguo waved his hand; he found these two sons of his to be a headache as well.

One by one, they were all so afraid of their wives to this extent.

They didn't have a shred of manliness.

Hu Qian cleared her throat.

Jiang Aiguo immediately stopped his wild thoughts, "Wife, you should hurry and go rest too, I'll wash Mom's feet."

Wu Shen brought over a basin of foot-washing water, and soon only Jiang Nainai and her son were left in the living room.

"Mom, you should cause less trouble in the future! The children have grown up and have their own little families; it's not good for them if you keep interfering."

Jiang Nainai was so angry she kicked him, "Every one of you is just like him, a wife-obsessed fool!"

Her own old man had never treated her that well.

"Is being wife-obsessed a bad thing?" Jiang Aiguo wasn't angry, and he pulled his mother's feet back into the basin, "Only when a family is harmonious can everything prosper."

"Mom, do you know what I was most afraid of when I was little?"

"It was my dad getting drunk and hitting you. Back then, when we brothers knelt on the ground begging him to stop, I thought to myself that if I married a wife in the future, I would never let her suffer such grievances."

"Women already have a hard enough time living in this world, don't you think, Mom?"

Of the three brothers, only he had become literate when he joined the army; doting on one's wife wasn't being "wife-obsessed" as his mother called it, it was respecting women.

His two older brothers had inherited their father's violent temper, and their households were constantly in chaos; the children were either cowardly and afraid of trouble or had inherited their father's habit of solving every problem with violence.

In short, only those who cherish their wives can have everything go smoothly.

This was also their family tradition now.

His two sons were doing very well.

Jiang Nainai was silent for a long while, but in the end, she still couldn't take his words to heart.

She huffed and went back to her room.

This youngest son had been the most foolish since he was small, and he wasn't any smarter now that he was grown.

There were only two sons in total; Jiang Yu had only had one daughter and then refused to let his wife have any more because he felt sorry for her.

This Jiang Cheng was even more outrageous, simply marrying someone who couldn't give birth at all.

They might be quite glorious while they were young, but when they got old, they wouldn't be as well off as her other two sons!

There wasn't a single male descendant among the grandchildren; didn't that mean the family line would end with them?

Once Si Rong returned to her room, she took the phone into Jiang Zhi's room.

She gave her a few brief instructions.

"If a call comes in, just tell that person I'm not home and have gone traveling, and ask her to call back in a while."

"I understand, Auntie."

Jiang Zhi obediently placed the phone on her bedside table, "How many days are you and Uncle going for?"

"About half a month or so."

Si Rong wasn't sure either; the train ride alone would take several days.

"Study hard, Auntie will bring you a gift when I get back."

"Okay! I'll listen to Auntie."

Si Rong rubbed Jiang Zhi's head; it wasn't without reason that people favored well-behaved little girls.

Every time she saw Jiang Zhi nodding in such an adorable way, she felt her heart melting.

Somehow, she thought of Shen Yuan again; she wondered how that child was doing.

Although the bond between mother and daughter was gone, it was still lamentable that she had ended up like that, driven to madness.

Li Xuan didn't stay at home today.

There was really no way to stay there.

Having failed to get the prize money from the dance competition, Li Xuan's mother couldn't get her hands on any cash and spent every day at home finding different excuses to curse and scold.

Shen Lan is now sleeping directly at his workplace.

Today, she truly could not stand it anymore and thought about sneaking out early in the morning while Mother Li was not yet awake to catch a breath.

No, she must find a way to get one thousand yuan as soon as possible.

Li Xuan thought of Shen Chi.

According to Shen Lan, Shen Chi now has a steady income every month from running a street stall outside.

Although it was a bit embarrassing to ask her son for money, she was truly at her wit's end.

This could not help but make Li Xuan think of the past, when she was still a single female teacher; not only did she have a salary every month, but Shen Lan would also occasionally give her money to use.

At that time, one thousand yuan was simply not a problem for her at all.

Not to mention anything else, even asking Si Rong for it would have been a matter of just one sentence.

But now, how did she end up living in such a state?

Even now, Li Xuan still could not figure out how exactly Si Rong discovered that she was with Shen Lan.

These things simply could not be thought about; the moment she thought of them, her head felt as uncomfortable as if it were about to explode.

Forget it, the most urgent matter now is to first go find her son, get the one thousand yuan, and send that group of scoundrels away.

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"Hurry up!" Mother Li patted her big, fat son on the bed, "Li Jianmei is not at home, let's move quickly!"

Li Dabao climbed up from the bed, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

"What if she finds out?"

"Who cares what she does? Could she really make a scene with me over such a money-losing item!"

Mother Li glared, "Anyway, when the time comes, we will trade the money for the person with that family; if she wants to make a scene, let her go make a scene with them!"

"Once the two thousand yuan is in hand, you will be able to go to a big hospital to treat your infertility."

Mother Li felt that she was a loving mother, still worrying about her son at such an old age.

The mother and son entered Shen Yuan's room, but they were stumped by the chain lock.

Li Jianmei hid that key; who was she trying to guard against?

"Search! I don't believe we can't find the key even if we turn this house upside down!"

Believe it or not, they really could not find it.

"Mom, what do we do?" Li Dabao was panting with exhaustion.

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Mother Li's old eyes as she looked toward the kitchen, "Go! Bring the kitchen knife over!"

Li Xuan had finally managed to find Shen Chi, but Shen Chi did not have a good expression for her.

"Xiao Chi, why haven't you come home for so many days?"

Shen Chi looked at her coldly, "What is it?"

"I am your mother, can't I come to see you if there is nothing wrong?"

"I don't have much patience; if you have something to say, say it. If not, don't delay my stall business here!"

Li Xuan could only speak embarrassedly, "Xiao Chi, Mom wants to borrow one thousand yuan from you. When I have money in the future, I will pay you back, okay?"