Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 151 - 151:  149: Elderly Mr. Di Causes a Family Split, and Everyone Hurries to Make Arrangements

However, at the moment, she was quite curious about what kind of outstanding beauty this woman called Little Cui was. She not only made Di Ah-Bao spend so much silver, but even went against tradition and insisted on marrying her.

“I say they deserve this! They always say they have no money, and now they finally admit it! 100 taels of silver, just smashed on a prostitute who can’t be tamed! It’s a pity for us women who have worked hard for the Di family’s lineage, not to mention not seeing 100 taels of silver, but we haven’t even seen 10 taels…”

Ms. Zhang also added fuel to the fire with sarcastic remarks!

Elderly Mr. Di, lying quietly on the chair, finally spoke!

“Enough! Stop complaining! If the silver is gone, it’s gone. Since it’s like this, today, while everyone is here, I’ll make the decision to separate Di Ah-Bao and let him live on his own.”

His words carried a tone of despair and even resentment for not being able to make steel.

“What? Dad, how can you separate me from the family? You will depend on me, Di Ah-Bao, to care for you in your old age!”

Di Ah-Bao was obviously frightened by Elderly Mr. Di’s move!

In Upper Village, parents usually live with their youngest child.

So it goes with the saying, “The Emperor loves the eldest son, and the civilians love the youngest.”

Elderly Mr. Di’s heart was completely broken, and he had given up on Di Ah-Bao, hence he mentioned separating him to live on his own.

“My decision is made! Di Cheng, quickly go invite Mr. Land Officer and let him help as a witness! And by the way, make a written agreement.”

A written agreement cannot be changed.

Elderly Mr. Di was serious! Everyone suddenly understood.

“Dad, what written agreement are you making? Why is it so lively here?”

As everyone was talking, a couple whom Liu Sisi was not familiar with walked in from outside. Leading them was a young and delicate married woman whose face was filled with a joyful smile as she walked through the main entrance.

The young woman scanned the crowd and her gaze fell on Ms. Zhao and Elderly Mr. Di: “What’s going on? Is there some celebration happening at home?”

Not a single person spoke.

Di Yelei looked at the visitors somewhat dazed, as if he was in a trance.

“Third Brother, were you yelling and fighting just now to target me deliberately? You scared me to death.” The young woman patted her chest and said.

“Little Sister, brother-in-law, when did you come back?”

Di Yelei’s face eased: “How could it be? I didn’t know Little Sister was back, otherwise, I would have gone to welcome you.”

“Second Sister, save me!”

On the contrary, Di Ah-Bao snapped back to reality, rolled and crawled to Di Ruoning’s side, grabbed her clothes tightly as if she was his savior.

“Second Sister, save me, you are my own sister if you don’t save me, I will definitely be beaten to death by them! Second Sister!”

This person was none other than Di Yelei’s younger sister by two years, Di Ruoning.

A few days ago, when Elderly Mr. Di was seriously ill, Di Gaoyuan sent a letter to his eldest daughter Di Xiaolan, and to his stepdaughter Di Ruoning.

Di Xiaolan, who had been married for many years, was now a grandmother. She only sent back a funeral present. The elderly Di was almost enraged to death by her response.

Today, Di Ruoning, who was not her own daughter, led her husband Yuan Mengbai back to her home, finally resolving the present crisis.

A raging anger was hastily extinguished due to the unexpected arrival of Di Ruoning.

Ms. Zhao secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Regardless of Ah-Bao’s behavior, he was still her only son.

Since their daughter and son-in-law had returned home, Elderly Mr. Di couldn’t keep a straight face and remain silent. He hurriedly ordered people to clean up the courtyard and prepared some food.

However, all the valuable items in the house had been pawned away by Di Ah-bao, so they couldn’t even make a decent meal. In the end, Elderly Mr. Di commanded that the meal be cooked by the second family branch, resolving the farce.

But Di Ah-bao didn’t gain any advantages: “Since Ah-Bao gets more and more ignorant as he grows older, he’s not allowed to go out for this period of time. Retrieve the education gift that was originally sent away and lock him up for three or five months. Later, Ms. Zhao, find a matchmaker to find a nice girl from a decent family. When spring comes next year, welcome the bride into the home, putting our minds at ease.”

Elderly Mr. Di directly cut off Di Ah-bao’s path to education!

But after some thought, it seemed reasonable. With Di Ah-bao’s current character, if he could pass the imperial examination, it would be like the sky raining red!

Through all these twists and turns, Elderly Mr. Di’s expression became increasingly listless. Accompanied by his son-in-law, Yuan Mengbai, he leaned on his crutch and returned to his room to sleep.

Yuan Mengbai had a gentle appearance and a soft personality, always listening to Di Ruoning’s commands and never uttering a word of dissent.

Of the three people who had arrived, another was an old woman who was specifically bought to serve Di Ruoning.

Only then did Di Ah-bao breathe a sigh of relief!

“Little sister, you don’t know, if you had come back a moment later just now, I would have been kicked out of the Di family by dad. Second sister, you are my good sister, you must help me…”

Di Ah-bao grabbed her sleeve and shook it continuously.

“Little brother, what exactly did you do? Dad is not someone who gets angry easily. You must have done something wrong to make dad so angry.”

“No… there’s nothing wrong,” Di Ah-bao dodged the gaze.

Seeing his evasive appearance, Di Ruoning knew that he was not telling the truth. She couldn’t help but raise her hand and forcefully poke his forehead with her fingertips.

“You little scoundrel! You even lied to your second sister! Watch how I’ll deal with you!”

“Second sister, I…”

Di Ah-bao gave an awkward smile. As he spoke, he pulled her closer and whispered, his voice becoming inaudible.

Liu Sisi looked closely at her little sister Di Ruoning. She did not inherit Ms. Zhao’s monkey-like appearance, but instead was extraordinarily good-looking and radiant.

Maybe it was because she was pregnant again, when she spoke, she would always intentionally or unintentionally gently touch her belly, clearly cherishing the child inside.

Not long after, Di Ah-bao dragged her hand and went to the backyard.

“Madam, be careful of the little miss in your stomach…”

The old woman followed Di Ruoning closely without leaving a step, appearing extremely anxious.

Pregnant women were indeed different.

As Liu Sisi hesitated, she saw Di Yelei also walking towards the backyard from another direction, apparently going to join Di Ruoning.

Liu Sisi wondered if she should follow, but then she heard Ms. Zhao call her: “You from the Third Son’s family, the old man is calling you in.”

“Alright.”

Liu Sisi obeyed and entered. She saw her father-in-law half-lying on the head of bed, and Yuan Mengbai was sitting in a chair next to him. Seeing Liu Sisi and Ms. Zhao coming in, the two hurriedly got up from the chair and left the room.