Reborn not to be a simp, the school beauty's whole family goes crazy

Just as he was about to pick up his chopsticks, he suddenly realized that only Xu Xiucai had come over, and his brows instantly furrowed into a deep frown.

Old Master Xu Youde asked in a low, accusatory voice, "Scholar, what's going on? Why haven't you brought your wife back yet?"

Xu Xiucai had a bitter face, and the muscles on his face seemed to droop.

He sighed and replied, "Father, Meiju is running a chicken farm in the suburbs with her nephew from her maternal family."

“They’ve been eating and sleeping there, like they’re under a spell. They’re not willing to come home with me anymore.”

“I went to talk to her today, but she wouldn’t listen to me at all, and we even had a fight.”

Xu Maocai's wife, Li Dongdong, had incredibly sharp ears. Upon hearing this, she immediately spoke up with a sarcastic tone: "I knew long ago that your wife wasn't a docile person."

"Now look what's happened, she's run straight back to her parents' house and isn't coming back. Did you marry her for nothing?"

"Our Xu family has never had a daughter-in-law like this before, always showing her face in public, what kind of behavior is this!"

"Look at this house, it's such a mess without her managing it."

As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Xu Xiucai with disdain in her eyes, as if Xu Xiucai had committed some terrible mistake.

When Xu Maocai saw that his wife's words were really unpleasant, he glared at her, his eyes filled with reproach and a hint of helplessness.

He turned to Xu Xiucai with a slightly apologetic expression and said, "Third brother, don't take it to heart."

However, his expression didn't seem very sincere; the slight upturn of his lips betrayed his perfunctory attitude.

After apologizing, the hot-tempered Xu Maocai seemed to have found an outlet for his anger, and solemnly instructed his third brother, Xu Xiucai, "Third brother..."

"You have to beat a disobedient wife and discipline her severely. How can a woman be obedient if she isn't taught a lesson?"

“Look at you, your wife has run away, what kind of man are you? The men of the Xu family can’t be so spineless.”

“Throughout history, which wife has ever dared to disobey her husband like this? You have to show some of the authority of the head of the household.”

Upon hearing this, Li Dongdong became displeased and pinched Xu Maocai hard, her nails almost digging into his flesh.

Xu Maocai gasped in pain.

But in front of so many people, he didn't dare to move his hand. He could only silently endure it, his face turning pale and red, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

As an old scholar, Xu Juren shook his head and stroked his beard.

His beard swayed rhythmically as he continued to criticize Chen Meiju.

“My third brother’s wife’s actions are truly contrary to the virtues of womanhood. A woman’s primary responsibility should be managing the household; how can she spend all her time outside busy with business matters?”

"If this gets out, how will the Xu family save face!"

"The 'Admonitions for Women' states that a woman should have virtues, speech, appearance, and work. She has failed to do any of these, and she really should reflect on her actions."

As the old man, Xu Youde, listened to what everyone was saying, his face grew increasingly grim, and the muscles on his face trembled slightly.

Looking at Xu Xiucai, he was furious.

“Look at you, you can’t even control your wife! Our Xu family has always had strict rules, how can we tolerate her acting like this?”

The old lady, Wang Meimei, chimed in, and began to ramble on about Chen Meiju's faults.

"This Meiju is so irresponsible towards her family. It's one thing if she doesn't know how to be filial to her parents."

"There's a mountain of chores at home, and we're waiting for her to come back and do them."

"Since you left, the wardrobe hasn't been cleaned in ages. It's covered in a layer of dust, and dirty clothes are piled up unwashed. What kind of mess is this!"

"With my old arms and legs, it's hard for me to find a clean set of clothes."

As Xu Xiucai sat there, he felt his head buzzing, as if a swarm of bees were buzzing around inside, and he was extremely agitated.

Not daring to lash out, he could only sullenly smoke his pipe again, puffing one puff after another, as if trying to expel all the pent-up frustration in his heart with the smoke.

The entire Xu family was talking at once, all saying bad things about Chen Meiju.

Li Dongdong complained at the top of her lungs, "My husband, the kids and I have a huge pile of clothes, and we haven't had any clean clothes to change into for days."

"She's doing just fine, she just left. We're busy with all this every day, while she's living a carefree life."

Liu Fangfang also complained, "That's right, there's a lot of garbage piled up in the courtyard, it smells terrible, and nobody cleans it up."

"The rats are scurrying around in the corners; it's disgusting to look at."

The old lady, Wang Meimei, kept saying, "All the clothes in the wardrobe need to be taken out and aired again. If this continues, they'll all get moldy and infested with insects."

"Life really can't go on without a woman to take care of things carefully."

Chen Meiju and Xu Xiucai's son and daughter sat at another table with their heads down, not daring to breathe loudly.

The son clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force, and his eyes were red.

She felt both resentful that her mother wasn't by her side and heartbroken for the grievances her mother suffered outside.

The daughter bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes, and almost cried out several times. Her little hands kept clutching the hem of her clothes, looking nervous and helpless.

After a while, when everyone had finished eating, the old man Xu Youde cleared his throat again.

The sound was particularly loud in the now quiet hall.

The old man, Xu Youde, looked at his other two sons with a serious expression and ordered, "Maocai and Juren, you two will go with Xiucai to the outskirts of the city tomorrow to that chicken farm."

"You must bring Chen Meiju back to me."

“What kind of house is this without a woman to manage it! Our Xu family can’t be a laughing stock.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiucai finally smiled slightly.

The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and there was expectation in that smile, as if she had seen hope.

He felt he could finally bring his wife home and save face.

Xu Maocai and Xu Juren exchanged a glance, both looking troubled and somewhat unwilling.

Xu Maocai pursed his lips and muttered under his breath, "Dad, why do we have to go to all this trouble?"

“The suburbs are so far away, won’t that delay our whole day’s work?”

Scholar Xu also sighed, "Alas, with my third brother's wife's temperament, I'm afraid it won't be easy to bring her back."

"She's completely focused on the chicken farm now, so she's not going to come back easily."

But under the old man's stern gaze, the two dared not say anything more and could only bite the bullet and agree.

Chen Dong was still busy at the chicken farm with Guo Miao and had no idea what had happened at the Xu family's place.

"Phew~ Brother Dong, it wasn't so hard to raise these chickens when they were free-range, but raising 500 is really tiring!"

Guo Miao wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face showing signs of fatigue.

"Yes, otherwise why would I ask my second aunt to hire someone? It's just that one or two people can't handle the job."

"But once these technologies are mastered on these 500 chickens, the rest will be simple and easy."

Chen Dong replied, also exhausted.

Clean the chicken coop, collect the eggs, remove chicken droppings, and change the drinking water, etc.

One thing at a time may seem insignificant, but when you add them all up, it becomes exhausting.