The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 843 - 181: Divorcing You_3

Chapter 843: Chapter 181: Divorcing You_3

"You little brat! Do I have to report to you where I go?!" Fang Li cursed and lay down on the kang to rest, urging Fang Liuyang to wash his clothes for him.

Fang Liuyang took his clothes to soak and detected a whiff of perfume. He sniffed again and the scent was even stronger, causing his eyebrows to furrow.

Lady Yu came over, took the clothes from him, "Let me wash them." She had just grabbed them when she sniffed the makeup scent on them, and her face instantly changed.

"Mother..." Fang Liuyang called her. Very few people at home wore makeup, only Fang Fang when she got married, and even then, he had complained about the overwhelming scent. But the scent on father’s clothes...

Lady Yu’s face darkened, a chill creeping into her heart. She took a moment with the clothes in hand, her expression wooden, before putting them into the tub to wash.

Fang Liuyang glanced at Fang Li, who was rolling around on the kang in the room, his gaze murky. He turned to find Fang Fu, "Uncle! Where did my father go last night?"

Fang Fu saw his troubled expression and dodged his gaze, "I ran into him on the way, but I don’t know where he was going."

"If Uncle won’t tell me, I can guess it myself." Fang Liuyang’s face was stern.

"You’re just a kid, stop making wild guesses!" Fang Fu chided softly and patted his head, "Have you finished your writing for today? I’ll check it for you." He dragged him to the study.

Lady Yu washed and returned the clothes, Fang Li was already asleep. With reddened eyes, she gazed at him for a while, then turned to go about her chores.

Fang Li slept until evening, by which time Old Scholar Fang was still waiting for him to admit his wrongs. He blurted out that he wanted to divorce Lady Yu.

Lady Yu sharply looked up at him.

Old Scholar Fang laughed with rage, "Well then, tell me, which of the ’Seven Outs’ has Lady Yu committed? Why do you want to divorce her?"

Fang Li had nothing to say. According to the statutes of the ’Seven Outs,’ Lady Yu had not breached any. But Fang Li stubbornly retorted, "Lack of virtue!"

Fang Liuyang ran over, glowering at him, "You don’t have the right to divorce my mother! My elder brother won’t agree either!"

"What say do you, a little brat, have in this!" Fang Li pointed at him and cursed furiously.

"If you divorce my mother, my brother and I will leave with her!" Fang Liuyang’s voice quivered, eyes reddening.

Fang Li looked at him, fierce as a young beast, and then at his parents, who also opposed divorcing Lady Yu. His resolve to divorce her only grew stronger, "I might not divorce her today, but I will eventually. You wretch, just wait and see!"

"I’ll be waiting!" Lady Yu said with a cold, desolate laugh.

Fang Li turned and left. After a few steps, he stopped, turned back, and hissed his threat, "Dalang has been sent off to some godforsaken place in Baoning County. If they don’t bring him back to be a Capital Official, then she, Pei Qian, can forget about marrying into our family! As long as I live, I won’t allow it!"

"What sin have I committed to deserve this!" Grandma Fang wept bitterly.

"Let him go! May he never come back! I have no son like him!" Old Scholar Fang was equally furious.

Fang Li then went to Fang Zhi’s house to look for him.

Fang Fu called after him to no avail. He had to go find Dalang now, with the family in such disarray, how could he leave with peace of mind?

Lady Yu was both angry and desolate. She had slept a little the evening before, but not a wink this entire night.

At dawn, Lady Yu discovered that her left ear was ringing at times, and she was going deaf.

Fang Liuyang was carefully watching her. Seeing her frantic expression as she rubbed and probed her ears, he asked, "Mother! What’s wrong with your ear?"

"It’s a bit... I can’t hear clearly." Lady Yu did not dare to hide it. If she delayed and became deaf, Fang Li would have even more reasons to cause trouble. Dalang was still unwed, and Er Lang was not yet grown.

Shocked, Fang Liuyang immediately told Old Scholar Fang and Grandma Fang.

They called for a doctor, who said the ear had suffered a serious injury. He prescribed some medicine to start with and suggested they go to the county seat to see a specialist if necessary.

Grandma Fang wiped her tears while cursing Fang Li.

Old Scholar Fang ordered Fang Fu to prepare the cart and take Lady Yu to the county, with Grandma Fang and Fang Liuyang accompanying her.

Lady Yu thought it over; she couldn’t become deaf, so she didn’t refuse and got onto the donkey cart to see the doctor.

As Fang Fu passed through the town, he saw Pei Qin strolling on the street. He told her about Lady Yu’s ear problem, "... Do you know any doctor who specializes in ears?"

"Was it that fool Fang Li who hit her?!" Pei Qin sneered coldly.

Lady Yu’s eyes reddened as she consoled her, "It’s no big deal, just need to get some medicine from the doctor. You’re in your final month and about to give birth, don’t get agitated so easily."

Pei Qin, now heavily pregnant, was closely watched by Mo Heng and couldn’t accompany her. So she called Zhang Gengshan to go with them, "If we can’t return today, just stay in the little courtyard for a day!"

Zhang Gengshan felt a jolt. The young master wasn’t home, and if he left too, leaving Shen Songming to watch over Madam...