The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 121 Let’s talk

Wang Hengzhi thought that his mother had designed to get him and his cousin together, causing him to ruin the innocence of an innocent woman. Later, his cousin died of dystocia, thus wasting a life in vain. This was the greatest evil thing his mother had ever done.

If he had not been so disappointed in her, he would not have left her in her hometown and not brought her to his new post.

Unexpectedly, his wife and the doctor's words made him realize another more vicious side of his mother.

She actually came up with such a sinister way to harm her daughter-in-law. Has she forgotten that Ruomei is not only her daughter-in-law, but also her wife? By doing this, where does she put her son?

He had been feeling so guilty towards his mother for the past six months, thinking that it was a lack of filial piety to leave her and the eldest daughter in their hometown. He was thinking that after all the affairs in the county were sorted out this year, he would persuade his wife to bring his mother and the eldest daughter over next year so that they could share the joy of family life.

Now that I think about it, I felt like a fool!

The mother is not only plotting against her wife, she is also plotting against herself and the position of her daughter-in-law!

In fact, he knew a little about what his mother was thinking. She just felt that her daughter-in-law came from a good family and was wealthy, so she was difficult to control.

But hasn’t mother ever thought about where she got the chance to live like a lord, with slaves and maids ordered around now?

Could she rely on her annual salary of 45 taels? That was not even enough for her two months' worth of supplements.

Since marrying my wife, my mother has lived a completely good life. Not only does she not have to work anymore, but there are people to serve her when she goes in and out, and she takes supplements every day. Her complexion is better than it was ten years ago. All of this is due to my wife. It is she who supports this family with her dowry.

Wang Hengzhi really couldn't accept that his mother knew where all this came from, but she still did things to hurt his wife again and again.

Being childless is such a serious crime for a woman, which woman can endure this? He has seen his wife drinking those bitter medicines over the years, and she even gained weight and lost her beauty because of this. But now he finds out that all these were caused by his mother. How embarrassing it makes him!

"Ruomei, I...I'm sorry for you. Go ahead and hit me. It's all my fault that you've suffered for so long."

Wang Hengzhi felt regretful and angry, and didn't know what to do for a moment, so he grabbed his wife's hand and slapped it on his face.

He thought about how he had previously disliked his wife because of her increasingly plump figure, and he felt like a real bastard. This was all caused by his mother, and he should bear the consequences as the son must pay for his mother's debts.

Zhang Ruomei had just vented her anger at her husband, and her pent-up anger had dissipated a lot. Seeing her husband in such a state, she felt an indescribable pity in her heart.

That was his biological mother. Even if he knew the evil things his mother had done, what could he do?

However, isn't it more pitiful for me, the victim? Since I have chosen to make a scene today, I can't just make a scene in vain. There must be a result.

Zhang Ruomei pulled her hand away with a sad look on her face.

"Master, I am letting you know today just to distinguish right from wrong, so that you know that being childless is not my fault, but your good mother's fault. She didn't want me to have any offspring. I can't stay in your Wang family. The old lady doesn't like me so much. This time she made me childless, and next time she might want to kill me. If you really feel sorry for me, please write a divorce letter and let me go. Let's part ways. Master, you can find a new wife that the old lady likes, and I... I will pray for you in front of the Buddha and recite sutras."

Zhang Ruomei was just acting and said this on purpose, but in the end, when she put herself in the other person's shoes, she suddenly felt sad and couldn't stop crying.

When Wang Hengzhi heard this, he felt like he was struck by lightning.

He didn't expect that his wife wanted to divorce him!

Yes, since I got married, my wife and her family have helped me a lot. They have never done anything unfair to me, and they are filial and respectful to my mother.

But my mother has repeatedly done things to hurt my wife, and she is the culprit that has caused my wife to be childless all these years. No woman can endure such injustice and humiliation again and again!

Wang Hengzhi looked at his wife with tears streaming down her face. Thinking of how good she had been to him in the past, he felt a mixture of emotions and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Plop" Wang Hengzhi suddenly knelt down in front of Zhang Ruomei.

"Ruomei, I was wrong. I am sorry for you. I didn't take good care of my mother and made you suffer. Can you... give me another chance? I swear that I will never let my mother live under the same roof with you and never let you suffer any grievances again. Can you forgive me this time?"

Zhang Ruomei looked at the man in front of her with tears streaming down his face and cried even harder.

One of them was standing, the other was kneeling, and both were crying uncontrollably.

Zhang Ruomei crouched down and tried to help him up: "Wuwu... get up, what will it look like if someone sees you like this..."

Wang Hengzhi: "I can't get up... I don't want a divorce... I can't get up if you don't agree..."

Zhang Ruomei: "Get up..."

Wang Hengzhi: "I can't afford it..."

The two of them were crying and pulling each other in the room.

Fortunately, Zhang Ruomei had instructed the servants in advance to guard the gate of the outer courtyard and not let anyone in during this period, otherwise someone would have come to check the situation.

Thanks to the fact that everyone in the yard was Zhang Ruomei's people, and they all followed her instructions, the noise was not spread outside.

Chuntao and a maid were standing outside listening to the noise. They each held a rolling pin in their hands to prevent their young lady from getting hurt if a quarrel broke out, so they could rush in to help in time.

However, the noises inside became more and more strange. The two did not fight, but started crying. Their crying became louder and louder, one louder than the other.

Chuntao and Xiahong looked at each other, but did not dare to go in casually, for fear of ruining the young lady's arrangements, so they could only wait outside.

When the crying gradually stopped, the sound of two people talking in low voices could be heard from inside.

First, the son-in-law swore to heaven that he would do such and such in the future, and then the young lady forbade him to swear like that. Then the two of them said something else, but Chuntao didn't hear clearly.

Because then there were some embarrassing noises, so she and Xia Hong quickly ran away.

Although they were still girls, they had served the young lady and the son-in-law for so many years and knew a little about human affairs. They knew that what was coming next was not what they should listen to.

Chuntao ordered the kitchen to boil more hot water for the master to use for bathing later.

So, by the time the two of them finished washing up and left the house, the sky had cleared up after the rain.

Wang Hengzhi felt guilty and was much more considerate to his wife than before. Zhang Ruomei did not act pretentiously because of this. Instead, she became more virtuous than before and even started to pay more attention to her husband's work.

She asked Chen Cuixin about the food matter because she wanted to help her husband gain merit in this regard.

In a small place like Yinping, agriculture and sericulture are not good, literature is not prosperous, and business is even more average. If you want to get promoted, you must have outstanding political achievements.

And this achievement of discovering new high-yield crops will definitely attract the attention of the higher-ups, making it easier for her to get promoted in the future. Otherwise, she would not care about these things!