From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 875 - 871: Give Me a Son This Year (Part 1)

Chapter 875: Chapter 871: Give Me a Son This Year (Part 1)

"Why are you in my husband’s carriage?"

Mrs. Jin, declaring her territory, used the village’s most contemptuous term.

The purpose was to make the woman in front of her find her place.

Ruan Xiao Jiao looked at Mrs. Jin, somewhat displeased. She remembered Mu Dade’s words: if not for Mrs. Jin drugging him, it would be her standing beside Mu Dade now.

"Mrs. Mu’s words are quite vulgar. I always thought, although Mrs. Mu grew up in the countryside, her conduct should match that of a scholar’s wife. In the end, I was wrong; Mrs. Mu is no different from other village women!"

"You..." Mrs. Jin knew Ruan Xiao Jiao was mocking her, and her expression wasn’t good.

"What? Aren’t you going to help Aunt Ruan?" Mu Dade popped his head out from the carriage and, hearing the argument between Mrs. Jin and Ruan Xiao Jiao, intervened directly.

Mrs. Jin’s expression immediately returned to its previous delighted appearance.

"Mr. Dan Dan, you’re finally back. Just now, Dan Dan and Yingying were asking me when you’re coming back and if you brought them any treats."

Mrs. Jin stepped forward, reaching out to take Mu Dade’s arm, intending to show Ruan Xiao Jiao who was in charge.

But Mu Dade flicked her away nonchalantly.

"As a mother, don’t pamper the two daughters so much. They’re no longer young; it’s time for them to get married. Staying at home isn’t an option."

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Mu Dade wasn’t interested in Mrs. Jin.

Moreover, with Ruan Xiao Jiao present, Mu Dade naturally wasn’t amiable to Mrs. Jin.

Mrs. Jin’s attempt to use Mu Dade to suppress Ruan Xiao Jiao failed; she angrily went into the Old Mu Family’s courtyard.

Mu Dade followed closely, with Ruan Xiao Jiao also entering the Old Mu Family’s courtyard.

The combination of the three was indeed strange.

Mu Dade and Mrs. Jin were the couple, but it was Ruan Xiao Jiao who walked beside Mu Dade.

Mrs. Jin was forced to walk ahead, feeling sulky. She thought it over and decided to complain to Old Mrs. Mu.

*

Inside Old Mrs. Mu’s room—

Mrs. Jin carried two oranges from her own room.

Though oranges were common in the countryside, at this cold winter month, they weren’t cheap.

People used old methods to preserve oranges.

Stuffing a handful of hay in a cellar, placing the oranges on top, then covering them with more hay.

Layer upon layer, they could store quite a few oranges, but it wasn’t foolproof.

With good luck, many oranges could be preserved whole, but often many others would rot and spoil the surrounding ones.

Old Mrs. Mu happened to be by the fire in her room. Seeing Mrs. Jin, her eyelids moved, but she said nothing.

After a while, she finally spoke.

"Oh, what wind brought the eldest daughter-in-law here?"

Old Mrs. Mu didn’t like Mrs. Jin.

Not for anything else, just that Mrs. Jin had married into the Old Mu Family for over ten years, giving birth one after another, but only to two daughters who bring losses.

And after more than ten years, Mrs. Jin’s belly had no news.

Old Mrs. Mu had long wanted Mu Dade to divorce Mrs. Jin, marry a village wife with wide hips, and give birth to a big, chubby son to carry on the eldest’s legacy.

Mrs. Jin’s gaze deepened slightly. She knew Old Mrs. Mu didn’t like her, but the matter she wanted to discuss still required Old Mrs. Mu’s help.

"Mother, I... I came to discuss something with you."

Saying this, Mrs. Jin placed the two oranges she held on the table in Old Mrs. Mu’s room.

"Speak your mind, don’t make a fuss! Also, is your belly just bloated, or is it useless? It’s been so many years, and I’m still waiting to hold my eldest grandson!"

The saying ’love me, love my dog’ rings true in Old Mrs. Mu’s heart; Mu Dade’s son would be her rightful grandson, while the rest weren’t!

Mrs. Jin’s face flushed slightly.

Being questioned like this made her feel uncomfortable, but in front of Old Mrs. Mu, she couldn’t show it.

After all, this old woman was her mother-in-law.

"Mother, I wanted to ask you, don’t you think Mr. Dan Dan and that Ruan Xiao Jiao are too close? Shouldn’t they avoid suspicion?"

Mrs. Jin felt a little uneasy in her heart.

She had no evidence for this matter and couldn’t say much.

But if she didn’t say anything, her husband would be someone else’s.

"Humph? You came to me for this nonsense?" Old Mrs. Mu was somewhat disdainful.

Mrs. Jin, feeling weary of Old Mrs. Mu’s constant insults, grew impatient.

Under her sleeves, her fist was tightly clenched, never sure when it might explode.

"Mother, please... won’t you help me? We can’t let Da De go astray. That’s the County Magistrate’s concubine; even if Da De likes her, he can’t, he can’t have anything with that Ruan Xiao Jiao."

Mrs. Jin, with a pleading voice, originally wanted to soften in front of Old Mrs. Mu to ask for her help.

Unexpectedly, Old Mrs. Mu raised a hand and banged it heavily on the brick bed.

"Nonsense! Jinyin’er, don’t you dare slander my son. What’s between my son and that Ruan Xiao Jiao? Nothing at all.

You spread rumors again, I’ll tear your mouth!" As Old Mrs. Mu spoke, she tried to get up from the bed.

Mrs. Jin kept retreating.

Her attitude became more submissive.

"Mother, I mean no harm, just want you to prepare early, so that Ruan Xiao Jiao won’t have a chance to cause trouble with Mr. Dan Dan."

Old Mrs. Mu, growing angrier, sprang down from the bed in one move.

"I say, Mrs. Jin, are you out of your mind? Even if my son has something with Ruan Xiao Jiao, what concern is it of yours?

Have you given our Old Mu Family a grandson, contributed to our Old Mu Family?

I’m telling you, if you don’t bear a grandson by next year, I’ll have Da De divorce you!"

After saying this, Old Mrs. Mu forcefully pushed Mrs. Jin out of her room by the abdomen.

She spat vehemently and cursed, "Mrs. Jin is such a troublesome woman, always making a fuss. No, I must tell Da De to prepare early. If no son is born, divorce is the way!"

Old Mrs. Mu put on her clothes and went straight to the main room.

At this moment, Mu Dade and Ruan Xiao Jiao were chatting eagerly.

Seeing Old Mrs. Mu arrive, Ruan Xiao Jiao approached, smiling brightly.

"Aunt, I just saw a bolt of cloth for you and Uncle in the county; I’ll have Da De bring it to you later."

Upon hearing there was something to be received, Old Mrs. Mu was overjoyed.

She no longer spoke to Ruan Xiao Jiao as an outsider.

"Da De, I’m here to tell you, your wife is no easy commodity; she just said you and Jiaojiao have some unspeakable affair!"

Mu Dade and Ruan Xiao Jiao were both startled.

They were both a bit flustered.

However, Mu Dade steadied himself and signaled Ruan Xiao Jiao not to be afraid with his eyes.

"Mother, Mrs. Jin talks like that, likes to speak nonsense, I’ll teach her a lesson when I get back." Mu Dade said.

"Son, I won’t fault you. I just advise you to find a wife who can bear sons quickly. A woman who doesn’t bear sons, what’s she but a salted fish?"