On the wedding day, I was broken off, so I remarried his uncle

With the help of a donkey cart, the couple quickly arrived at Xixi Village.

Song Xile asked his elder brother to stop on the official road leading to the village, and they walked home together.

As soon as the couple entered the village entrance, Patriarch Chen immediately came to greet them, "You are finally back."

The couple stood still, and Chen Yunyou asked doubtfully, "Uncle, is there something wrong?"

The Song clan leader did not beat around the bush with the two of them and went straight to the point: "The people you are looking for to do the work today have all been found, but there are a little more of them, a total of 45 people, what do you think?"

Song Xile smiled and said, "Thank you for troubling me, uncle. It doesn't matter if there are more people. I'll have to trouble you to tell them to gather at the village entrance tomorrow and set off."

Patriarch Chen felt a little relieved, as he had been worried that the two men would not be able to accept these people.

Alas, he had no choice. Within the morning, the news that he was looking for someone to do the job spread among the clan.

What every household has the most now is labor. As soon as everyone heard about this, they all came to us.

He could have refused for those who were still able to get by, but the lives of the rest of them were really difficult, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and come over to ask first.

If that doesn't work, he'll fire the person.

He didn't expect that the other party would agree to the matter he had been struggling with for the whole afternoon just by mentioning it. Patriarch Chen was very happy and promised repeatedly, "Don't worry, I will go and talk to them right away, and I will make sure it won't delay your business."

After Chief Chen left happily, the couple returned home greeting the villagers along the way.

The two were just about to cross the corridor of the second courtyard and return to their own courtyard.

I met Mr. Chen with a gloomy face.

He seemed to be waiting here on purpose and did not respond to the couple's greetings.

Chen Yi was very angry at this moment. He had told his son that he would go to Zhou's house with him for a banquet today. But when he sent people to look for his son, he could not find him.

It made him lose face in front of the Zhou family today.

He glanced at Song Xile coldly and said, "You go back first." Then he looked at his son and said, "Come with me."

Chen Yunyou held his wife's hand tightly and said with a firm look: "If Dad has any questions, just say it here. There are no outsiders here!"

Old Master Chen was so angry at his son's disobedient behavior that he no longer cared about getting along with his son as he had originally planned.

He said directly without allowing any arguments: "I am going to get you a concubine. Tomorrow you will pack up and go to Zhou's house with me."

Song Xile was stunned when he heard it. He really couldn't believe his ears.

Chen Yunyou also looked at his father in disbelief.

Master Chen felt a little insecure when his son looked at him like this. He explained to himself, "Dad is doing this for your own good. The Zhou family is the largest grain merchant in Nanyun County. If you marry their daughter, it will only benefit you!"

The last bit of desire for family affection in Chen Yunyou's heart was shattered. He turned his head away and said coldly, "My son is not worthy of such help. If Daddy can't bear to give up the Zhou family's power, you can let Mingyuan marry her daughter. If that doesn't work, Daddy can also take her as his wife!"

When Mr. Chen heard what his son said, he reached out to hit him, but was pulled away by Song Xile who was standing beside him.

His slap missed, and he pointed at his son angrily and cursed: "You unfilial son, how can you talk to your father like this?"

Song Xile stood in front of her husband and said sarcastically, "Only a kind father can make his son filial. Father-in-law, are you a kind father? My husband just passed the imperial examination and you want to give him a concubine. If this gets out, how can my husband stand in front of others?"

Old Master Chen was so angry at Song Xile's accusation that his face turned green and red. He pointed at Song Xile and cursed, "You jealous woman, how can you have a say here?"

Chen Yunyou was too lazy to argue with his father. He said with a cold face, "I will only marry Xile in this life. You don't have to ask me to take a concubine. I won't agree to it."

After saying that, he took Xile's hand and walked away without looking back.

Old Master Chen watched his son walk away in such a hurry. He was so angry that he felt dizzy and staggered back a few steps. Fortunately, there was a pillar behind him, which helped him to stabilize his body.

The quarrel on the corridor could not be hidden from the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the eldest house.

Xiao Liu was quite gloating and wished that the conflict between the two sides could be bigger, so that her father-in-law would definitely hate the third child.

However, Mrs. Liu pointed at the table thoughtfully. It was obviously not in her interest for the couple to have such a good relationship.

But his wife's plan to use Zhou's daughter as a breakthrough point obviously failed.

If you just want to create a rift between these two people, the best way is to insert a third party between them.

Liu was thinking about something, and suddenly she heard little Liu say, "Mother, I want to bring my eldest brother's daughter over to live with me."

In fact, Xiao Liu also had her own selfish motives. Her son should get married, but after choosing and choosing, there was no good candidate, so she was somewhat interested in her niece from her mother's family.

A bold idea suddenly popped up in Liu's mind. Maybe she could take Zhi'er over and live with her under the same roof. It would not be too convenient for her to do anything.

If it had been a year ago, Liu would have been unwilling to sacrifice her daughter from her natal family, but the situation was different now, as the third son had passed the imperial examination and became a scholar first.

She needed someone to break the deadlock and control the third brother.

Xiao Liu looked at her mother-in-law cautiously, and seeing that she had a sullen face and remained silent, she did not dare to mention it again. Since her husband passed away, she knew that her mother-in-law did not want to marry into her parents' family anymore.

Just when she was regretting that she shouldn't have mentioned this matter, Liu suddenly asked her to take the maid Zhi'er over.

After getting approval from her mother-in-law, Xiao Liu left happily.

Liu knew what her daughter-in-law was thinking, but she just turned a blind eye. In order to prevent her from losing her temper and doing something bad, Liu did not tell her her real plan.

Chen Yunyou had a sullen face and pulled his wife back to his yard.

After returning to the house, Chen Yunyou sat down at the table somewhat dejectedly and said to his wife, "I'm sorry for letting you go through such a terrible thing."

He had already retreated to a point where he could no longer retreat, so why would they not let him go? In order to control him, they had come up with such a ridiculous thing.

This was something his father did.

Chen Yunyou's heart felt like it had fallen into an icy cave. Apart from the cold and suffocation, he could no longer feel any warmth of home.

Song Xile looked at her husband with a confused look in his eyes and held his face with her hands.

She placed a kiss between his eyebrows, stared at his bewildered eyes and said, "Yun You, have you ever thought that maybe you are not your father-in-law's biological child?"

The pupils of the person in front of me dilated, and his eyes were full of shock.