The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1097 - Chapter 1097 1097

Chapter 1097: 1097 Chapter 1097: 1097 Chen Xian nodded his head.

After quite a while, Xiao Ailiu returned with a sullen expression and empty hands.

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“What, you didn’t manage to borrow a ladder?” Chen Xian’s face also darkened.

“All the people in the village are so heartless; I asked several families and not one of them was willing to lend me a ladder,” Xiao Ailiu fumed with anger.

“They even said I was planning to use the ladder to climb over the wall and break into someone’s home against the king’s law.

How is it breaking the law when I enter my own second brother’s house!”

“Are you dumb, why did you tell them you needed the ladder to climb over a wall?

Couldn’t you just say you needed the ladder to…” Chen Xian couldn’t come up with an excuse on the spot.

“Enough already, do you really think your wife is that stupid?” Xiao Ailiu said angrily.

“I hadn’t even mentioned climbing over the wall when the second house I asked guessed what I wanted it for.

My second brother’s house is now the wealthiest household in the village; who would dare to offend them?

No one was willing to lend it to me.

Forget it.

Let’s move some stones!”

Chen Xian looked up at the courtyard wall, it was built much higher than the average person’s home.

“What’s the point of building such a high wall for no reason?”

“Who knows.

I heard it was Su Qingyue who wanted it that high…

It’s said that the wall is built with clay bricks and covered with mud ash, not just mud.

Such a waste of money, she doesn’t even think to honor me, her eldest sister…” the more Xiao Ailiu spoke, the worse her facial expression became.

Chen Xian asked, “Wife, why haven’t I seen your third brother’s wife, Su Qingyue?”

“How would I know?

For all we know, Yuchuan might have sold her off…”

“That can’t be; I just heard passersby saying that Xiao Yuchuan and Su Qingyue are inseparable these days.” Chen Xian glanced at Yuchuan’s courtyard door, “The great beauty I saw with Xiao Yuchuan earlier, could that have been Su Qingyue?”

Xiao Ailiu pondered a little, “She does look somewhat familiar…

Chuan didn’t introduce her, but who cares if it’s her or not.

It’s better not to provoke the third brother.”

Last time, she barely made it back to her husband’s family with her life, and it cost a lot in medical expenses.

And she was still scolded by her in-laws to this dayaEUR”if it weren’t for her two kids, she would probably have been disowned by the Chen Family.

Chen Xian looked around, “Let’s find a few large stones to step on; stack them up, and I refuse to believe we can’t climb over the fence.”

“That’s a good idea.” As Xiao Ailiu spoke, she instructed her two kids to stay put while she and Chen Xian moved a few large stones from nearby, stacking them up at the corner of the wall.

Once the pile was thigh-high, Xiao Ailiu said, “Step on it.”

“You’re not going to climb?” Chen Xian’s face didn’t look too good.

“Are you a man or not, needing your wife to do something like climbing a wall?”

“I’ll climb, I’ll climb…” Chen Xian stepped on the stones, which were not well-stabilized, and he tumbled down, ending up flat on his back with a bruised buttocks.

“Oh, oh, oh!” Five-year-old Chen Daxian saw his father tumble backwards and clapped his hands in delight.

Seeing her father’s comical fall, the expression on Chen Xiaoxian’s young face also blossomed into laughter.

“You two little brats, what are you laughing at!” Chen Xian glared at them.

Daxian and Xiaoxian immediately started crying.

Xiao Ailiu hurriedly comforted them, “Don’t cry, my sons.

Your father is useless, falling so clumsily, what’s wrong with a laugh?” As she spoke, she shot Chen Xian a glare.

“You, my wife, how dare you glare at me, and even say I’m useless?”

“Did I say something wrong?

You even fall over trying to climb a wall; you’re useless; would I need to scheme for my second brother’s property if you weren’t?”

Chen Xian was at a loss for words, and Xiao Ailiu vented a few more complaints before rolling up her sleeves, “‘The old lady’ will do it!”

“I should have known.

I’m not fitted for heavy-lifting tasks.

Having to climb over a wall, especially one that tall!” Chen Xian complained bitterly as well.

Xiao Ailiu reached the wall’s edge with her hands, pushing against it with her feet to climb up, “Give me a boost!”

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