The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 801 - 170: Selling Mother for Money_4

Chapter 801: Chapter 170: Selling Mother for Money_4

Li Bao Lian’s face stiffened when she saw them, and tears suddenly began to spurt from her eyes, harboring resentment in her heart against her own brother, "If it weren’t for you, he wouldn’t have despised me so much!" If it weren’t for the things her brother and mother had angered, would Young Master Mo have ignored her?!

Seeing her actually resenting him, Li Bao Xiang’s face turned ashen.

Yu Qingxiu, too, was seeing Li Bao Lian like this for the first time, and looked at her with astonished eyes. She was already married, and even though her husband was Zhang Shiqian, considering her previous reputation, her life was passable. Yet, she had the audacity to stop Mo Heng on the road and ask for his assistance—didn’t she feel any shame?

Li Bao Xiang, already too lazy to deal with her, came over and hissed threateningly in a low voice, "If you continue to shamelessly ruin my affairs, you will no longer have a family home to return to!"

"I just said one thing, why are you being so fierce? If it weren’t because of you, how would I have come to know Zhao Junchao, or Zhang Shiqian, and have my life ruined!?" Li Bao Lian accused him as she started to cry.

Li Bao Xiang was so furious smoke could have come out of his seven orifices, and after giving her a final warning, he left with a flick of his sleeve.

Yu Qingxiu looked at Li Bao Lian, initially when she had just married in, Yu Qingxiu thought this little sister-in-law with her sullen face and self-pitying demeanor was just typical of a scholarly family’s daughter during springtime sorrow. Little did she expect... She glanced at her again and reminded her, "Later just say you twisted your waist and couldn’t stand up for a moment," and then quickly followed Li Bao Xiang.

When they returned to Liu’er Alley, Yu Qingxiu awkwardly explained, "The ground there was slippery, Bao Lian fell and twisted her waist, and couldn’t stand up for a while," insinuating that Mo Heng had misunderstood. Otherwise, if they continued to associate, things would definitely become awkward.

Li Bao Xiang also bowed his hands and said Li Bao Lian was too rash, not used to going out often, and with few acquaintances. Having recognized Mo Heng, she had sought help. He smoothed things over with those words.

Mo Heng responded with just a few indifferent words, not saying much more.

After dinner, when Li Bao Xiang sought advice on his studies, he lacked confidence.

Mo Heng pointed out several shortcomings in his essays and advised him to read more and practice the essays he had written before, once again.

Li Bao Xiang felt that he had hardly been taught anything significant. He believed Mo Heng looked down on him and wasn’t willing to teach him more. Pei Wendong was Pei Qin’s younger brother, so he said nothing, but Zhao Yong was nothing more than a young master in someone else’s family, and yet he managed to teach him to become a Scholar. If he didn’t pass the examinations and earn a title soon, he would only continue to grow older and fall further behind Fang Liuming!

When he got home, instead of practicing in depth as Mo Heng had instructed, he went to complain to Grandma Li about how Li Bao Lian was going to ruin him again, and asked Grandma Li to keep Li Bao Lian under control, "She’s already married to Zhang Shiqian. To go find Mo Heng now would only embarrass me! If she angers Pei Qin and she sabotages my examinations, my life would be over!"

Grandma Li’s face turned from dark to red, from red to blue, cursing Li Bao Lian for creating trouble at such a time.

Yu Qingxiu listened from inside the room, not daring to go out for fear of embarrassing her in-laws. But she still heard their conversation. She thought to herself, even before, with just a few looks, Li Bao Lian seemed pitiable, but she was far inferior to Pei Qin. And Mo Heng, looking almost godlike, would not take an interest in her, right!?

At first, Li Bao Lian despised herself but the people at Zhang Shiqian’s house still indulged her, feeling that she had married up, all respectfully catering to her whims. But as time passed, she kept misbehaving. The guilt from the miscarriage was gradually worn away by her own actions. Only Zhang Shiqian continued to indulge and dote on her.

Pei Qian had previously gone out with her elder sister and brother-in-law to the workshop and had also encountered Li Bao Lian, "I just didn’t expect her to still be so cheap even after getting married! Shameless!" She warned Pei Qin to keep a close eye on Mo Heng, "Those families only confirm a pregnancy before allowing a vixen to exploit the situation and climb into bed! If you let someone climb into brother-in-law’s bed, just wait and cry!"

Pei Qin relayed the message to Mo Heng, "If you let someone climb into your bed, just wait and cry!"

Mo Heng was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at her, his handsome face darkening, "Only you would dare climb into my bed, who else has the nerve?"

"I was dragged by you!" Pei Qin retorted with a darkened face.

"Hmm. And your clothes were also taken off by you," agreed Mo Heng with a nod.

In such slander, she couldn’t outdo him who was almost beastly in nature. Pei Qin said crossly, "I’m hungry!" ordering him to go get something for her to eat.

Mo Heng’s lips curved slightly and he instructed Zhang Gengshan outside to bring the stewed fish soup from the kitchen.

Soon, Zhang Gengshan brought two bowls of fish soup, along with two plates of steamed dumplings and fish balls.

In the front yard, Pei Qian and Jiujiu’s aunty and nephew had already eaten and were leading her out to join the festivities.

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