He Wenliang was speechless about his elder brother. His elder brother was the kind of person that everyone should be hateful for.

It’s not that the eldest brother tolerates his mother’s mischief and never speaks directly to her, but that he just lets his eldest sister-in-law tolerate it.

The eldest brother thought that his sister-in-law would be a member of the He family for life after marrying into the family. Now that his sister-in-law wants to divorce, the eldest brother realized that his sister-in-law can actually leave the He family.

He Wenliang certainly doesn't want his elder brother and sister-in-law to divorce. He hopes that his elder brother will pay more attention to his sister-in-law in the future and no longer just ask his sister-in-law to tolerate him unilaterally.

However, he had no idea how to send his mother back to her ancestral home.

The two brothers were worried.

He Wenyan said to his third brother, "Why don't you go to the Mo family and ask for mercy? My father-in-law has always praised you, and Jingyi's mother treats you like a brother. If you go and ask for mercy, maybe the Mo family will forgive our mother for once."

He Wenliang was stunned for a moment and suddenly stood up.

"Brother, you still haven't figured out what the Mo family wants from you? What will happen if I go there? Sister-in-law treats me like her own brother. That's because she's kindhearted and because I'm your brother."

He Wenliang gasped for breath. It wasn't that he didn't want to help his eldest brother, so what was this? It wasn't like he was living with his eldest sister-in-law. Could the Mo family just ignore his mother and eldest brother for his sake?

My eldest brother still wants to avoid offending both sides and be a good person to both sides.

He was so angry that he just left and didn't care.

If the eldest sister-in-law really wants to divorce, it is the eldest brother's fault.

He Wenyan looked listless.

Two days have passed, and he still hasn't dared to tell his mother, "I'll send you back to live in the ancestral home."

Jingyi's mother didn't come back either, which means that if he didn't send her mother away, Jingyi's mother wouldn't come back, or she would come back to file for divorce.

He Wenyan thought that he didn't care anymore. Since Mrs. Mo didn't want to come back, he could just live in the Mo family.

But how can this family be without a mistress to take care of it?

His mother asked him for money again, saying that a lady was having a birthday and she needed to prepare gifts.

He Wenyan was overwhelmed.

On the third day, Uncle Jiang came and asked Mrs. Jiang when the bride would be born.

Madam Jiang said with a dark face, "Mrs. Mo disagreed and said that if she wanted to take a second wife, she would divorce. Wen Yan also disagreed and said that if she wanted to take a second wife, he would resign and go home."

Uncle Jiang said, "Sister, you've been manipulated by the younger generation? Is Wen Yan stupid? Isn't this for his own good? How can he not know what's good for him?"

When Mrs. Jiang knew that the Mo couple came over two days ago, she hid in the house and didn't show up.

Mrs. Mo had thought her son would agree, so she had nothing to say.

But her son disagreed, and she wanted to trick her daughter-in-law into agreeing. What could the Mo family do?

Now that the son is absolutely unwilling to do so, the daughter-in-law goes back to her parents' home in anger again.

Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to give up. She couldn't really force her son to resign. She knew her own son well, and if he became stubborn, even she couldn't stop him.

Seeing her brother trying to provoke her, she didn't get provoked. She took out the banknotes and said, "These are for you. You apologize to the Tao family and say that your daughter-in-law's family is a tyrannical family and they refused to allow her to enter the house."

Uncle Jiang took the banknote and left, only to come back the next day.

Madam Jiang asked, "What's wrong? What did they say?"

Uncle Jiang knelt down and cried, "Sister, you have hurt your brother. I listened to you and looked around. If the marriage fails and the other party doesn't accept the gifts, I will marry into the He family.

"Sister, I paid twenty taels for the gift, but they threw it away and are going to sue the He family for marriage fraud. I tried my best to persuade them, and they finally gave me one thousand taels before they gave up.

"Sister, I don't have a thousand taels. Even if I sell my house and land, I still can't get a thousand taels."

Old Madam Jiang was stunned. She had never seen one thousand taels of silver in her life.

"Did you accept money from them?"

Uncle Jiang got up and sat down. "I just accepted a small gift from someone. How could I dare to accept such a large sum of money? I am a scholar. How could I do such a thing?"

He felt guilty and pretended to wipe his tears, not daring to look at his elder sister.

In fact, he accepted a sum of money from the Tao family, and his unpromising eldest son borrowed a sum of money in the name of the He family, saying that he wanted to do business with the guards, a business that was sure to make a profit.

Now that the marriage has failed, although the Tao family has not said they will give him the money, the money his son borrowed must be repaid. Their Jiang family still has to live in Pingqiu County and does not want to offend the Tao family.

Business people are not so easy to mess with.

Uncle Jiang reluctantly wanted to return the money he had collected to the Tao family, but he had spent all the money his son borrowed and half of his own.

They all thought that with the Tao family, they would always have money in the future, so they spent money lavishly. They were just waiting for the girl from the Tao family to marry into the He family, and then they were ready to close the private school and go home to be a grandfather.

He had no money to repay the Tao family, so he could only ask his eldest sister for money. It was his eldest sister who asked him to find someone. If it wasn't for his eldest sister, he would not have spent the Tao family's money.

In fact, he and his son didn’t take that much from the Tao family together. Didn’t he want to take this opportunity to ask for more?

Madam Jiang twisted her handkerchief in anger. "One thousand taels of silver? Isn't this extortion? No, you must report it to the authorities! A businessman dares to blackmail an official of the imperial court. They must be reported to the authorities and punished."

Uncle Jiang said with a sad face, "We can't report it to the police. What if the Tao family insists on accusing my nephew of marriage fraud? The Tao family entered the He family that day. People around saw it. I even greeted the neighbors."

Old Madam Jiang was scared now. If the Tao family sued her son for marriage fraud, her son's life would be over, and the He family would be over too.

"If we don't let Wen Yan go to Pingqiu County, I don't believe they would dare to report to the police in front of Wen Yan."

Uncle Jiang said, "Who is my nephew? I went to see the Tao family and gave them face. Big sister, I'm just not convinced. We've agreed on a good marriage, and everyone has come to our house. How can we not agree on it? I also want to save face. I'm just asking for a thousand taels to vent my anger. Do I really need my nephew to come forward?"

Madam Jiang gritted her teeth and said, "I don't have any money."

Uncle Jiang lowered his voice and said, "Didn't my nephew's wife disagree? Then she should pay, or she can let someone in. The Mo family doesn't want their daughter to be wronged, so they should pay the money. If my nephew is sued, will his Mo family have face?"

Old Madam Jiang thought about it over and over but could not come up with a solution. She could only let her brothers go back first, and she tried to find a way to get Mrs. Mo to pay the money.

Just like my brother said, if Mrs. Mo doesn't agree to let anyone in, she should take out the money. She doesn't have it, but the Mo family does.

Old Madam Jiang told her son about this. When He Wenyan heard it, his first thought was that his uncle had deceived his mother. Maybe his uncle had spent the Tao family's money and had no money to return it, so he came to ask for the money.

A businessman who runs businesses everywhere and allows his daughter to become the second wife of an official is not a family of good character.

Even if my uncle accepted the other party's money, such a person would not ask for it back.

They didn't want to offend anyone for money, so they could only think that their uncle had borrowed a large sum of money from others under some excuse and now had no money to pay it back.

The so-called fraudulent marriage report was just an excuse used by my uncle to deceive my mother.

He Wenyan was just about to say that he was going to Pingqiu County to meet with the rogue merchants who dared to sue the court officials, when he suddenly thought of an excuse to send his mother back to her hometown.

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