Chapter 18: Wu Jiali's Mouth (part 2)
Wu Jiali left the field with the other nosy housewives with a stomp. The village head's expression eased up a bit, but there was still some dissatisfaction. Wu Jiali touched his bottom line, and whether he liked it or not, he still had to inform the elders.
"Jiahao ah. Ignore that woman. You don't have to listen to what she says. Wenmin ge'er too. You have what she doesn't have. Naturally, she would be jealous." Uncle Yichen can only comfort us with a few words. But he needs the most comfort out of all of us.
Back in the house of Chen Haoran. Since he didn't separate from his parents, he and Wu Jiali lived with them. Wu Jiali arrived home with a sour face and quickly entered the kitchen. She may have a lousy mouth outside, but inside the house, she was treated the same as any daughter-in-law without a child in the village.
She stayed quiet in the kitchen, busying herself, so she didn't have to see her husband's face. She first got married to Chen Haoran when she was still young. She had heard many stories of Chen Haoran being the only son and how he was raised pampered by his parents.
At that time, she thought if she could marry him and provide him with a son, her status in the family would be good. But she didn't know that the man she wanted to marry was not only pampered, but he was also useless in terms of work and only knew how to mingle with gamblers and drunkards from the town.
Even though Chen Haoran never hits her like the other gambling addicts and alcoholic husbands in the village, Chen Haoran is still useless and timid whenever he encounters men far more potent than him. Like when Chen Jiahao first arrived in the village.
After marrying for so many years, she still couldn't bear any child, and her mother-in-law's treatment of her worsened. She also overheard the conversation between the family, and they wanted Chen Haoran to marry a concubine or something to have children.
That's why her heart felt sour seeing how happy Li Wenmin and Chen Jiahao were at the field today. How can an outcast of the village look more comfortable than herself? That ger also looks prettier and tender than her, a woman.
Listening to the villagers about how luxury carts has been to his house and buying his vegetables must mean that he can already make money by himself without sewing any handkerchiefs or purse like the other gers and women from the village. How can she stand that?
Dazing in the kitchen, she suddenly heard Chen Haoran's mother shouting his name, "Wu Jiali, you vixen! How dare you tarnish the family's name and face? What did you even do at the field? The Chen family elders called us and said that we don't know how to take care of our family?"
Wu Jiali slowly came out of the kitchen. She gritted her teeth and replied, "Mother-in-law, it was all Chen Jiahao's fault. How could he even mingle with unmarried ger? An outcast also, shouldn't we have the right to at least recommend his marriage partner?"
"Do you think, with the village head as his backer, we can easily meddle with his life? Do you remember how easy it was for him to get his house back? If he's itching to marry that unlucky Li Wenmin, let them be. Both of them are orphans anyway. What can they even do without adults by their sides?" Was all the vicious mother-in-law could say.
She was also dissatisfied but couldn't make her move by blindly following her feelings. "Speaking of marriage, You have been unable to conceive for a very long time. Let Haoran marry a concubine. It's not like you can have a child by yourself."
Just listening to those words, even the most annoying woman could cry. That's how evil Chen Jiahao's aunt, Chen Meilin, is. Once again, Wu Jiali felt like a thousand knives were piercing her heart. "Mom, please give me the last chance. I will try to conceive a child. If it is still fruitless, then... it's up to you."
Chen Meilin, seeing her daughter-in-law kowtow in front of her like that, was dissatisfied by how a woman like her could marry her son. Childless and also shaming her family's name. Listening to the elders scolding them and how the villagers were also there when the incident happened only tarnished their reputation.
Plus that mouth of hers, ah, really a broom star. 'I should find Haoran a docile girl or ger. Easier to control and surely will not bring them shame'. They say that people of the same personalities always flock together, but this old woman still thought that she was better than Wu Jiali -_-'
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