Before Wei Zhen Hui even reached the door of his house, he heard Zhang Jie and Wei You Shan quarrelling.
Wei Min was standing in the yard listening. When she saw Wei Zhen Hui coming back, she skipped over while gloating and said in a lowered voice, “Mother already knows and is arguing with father!”
Wei Zhen Hui walked into the room with an icy expression. He had not broken the news last night exactly because he had been afraid Zhang Jie would cause trouble.
“Look at your so-called good son, going to Su Mian’s house and proposing marriage behind my back. Does he not know what that trashy Su Mian’s reputation is like? The matter of her seducing the teacher had just blown over, and now she is seducing Zhen Hui. Do not stop me, I am going to Su Jiang Hai right now to ask him how he teaches his daughter.” Zhang Jie pushed Wei You Shan out of the way. When she turned around and saw Wei Zhen Hui standing at the door, her domineering momentum suddenly diminished somewhat.
“Mother, Su Mian did not seduce me. I am in charge of my own marriage and I am definitely marrying Su Mian.” Wei Zhen Hui spoke in a resoundingly powerful voice and even Wei You Shan was stunned. Although Wei Zhen Hui was a soldier, he had never spoken to them like this.
“Zhen Hui, you did not know but that little slut, Su Mian, seduced the teacher at school last year. But she blamed it on Zhang Yan Jie and unable to stay in the village, the Zhang family was forced to move away.”
“I know exactly what kind of person Su Mian is. Mother, she is my wife. I do not wish to hear the word ‘slut’ coming from your mouth ever again. You can forget about me marrying Su Hong.
Do not cause other people to make a mistake because of five mu of land. Now that the country is reforming, everyone is watching closely. When the time comes to divide the land, people would fight when the rope is loosened or pulled too tight. Who would give you an extra five mu of land?” Last night, Wei Zhen Hui had heard Zhang Jie and Bai Yu Lan muttering as they discussed the matter of dividing land.
Wei Min had already told him in her letter about Zhang Yan Jie slandering Su Mian. Su Mian had suffered a lot of grievances at school due to this.
As soon as Zhang Jie heard Wei Zhen Hui mention the five mu of land, she glanced guiltily at Wei You Shan.
Wei You Shan stood a metre away from Zhang Jie, with blue veins bulging at his temples. He looked at Zhang Jie like she was a stranger.
A dissatisfied heart was like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. When had Zhang Jie become like this?
“I do not care, I will not agree to you marrying Su Mian!” Zhang Jie sat down on the ground and threw a tantrum. When she did this in the past, Wei You Shan would comply and listen to her.
Smack. Wei You Shan came over and slapped Zhang Jie, “Just once or twice, can you not have a conscience and stop doing things like selling off our son and daughter? Our Wei family will not accept such embarrassing acts!” Wei You Shan was truly angry this time. He had simply thought that Zhang Jie had been possessed by a ghost that one time regarding Wei Min. This time, she had dared to scheme against their eldest son and harbored evil intentions.
“You, you actually dared to hit me.” Zhang Jie covered her face and wailed. After more than 20 years of marriage, Wei You Shan had never even spoken harshly to her. Zhang Jie could not stand feeling this wronged and sitting on the ground, she refused to get up.
“I have spoilt you too much, making you so bold. In the future, do not interfere with our children’s marriages again. Just mind your own business. If this happens again, we are getting divorced.” Wei You Shan left after speaking, unable to stay in such a chaotic house.
The thing he regretted the most in this life was marrying Zhang Jie. Not to mention the fact that she did not teach her second son well, but she was using her children’s marriage as a trading tool.
When Zhang Jie heard Wei You Shan mention divorcing her, she became dumbfounded and stopped crying immediately. She was used to being arrogant and indulged, and had never thought that the refined and cultured Wei You Shan would bring up divorce.
In this era, divorce was not a good thing, especially for women, because it would be difficult for them to remarry.
