Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich
Chapter 433 - 303 The Truth About Being Unkind to Son and Daughter-in-law_2

Chapter 433: Chapter 303 The Truth About Being Unkind to Son and Daughter-in-law_2

They both returned to the room, and although Mrs. Lai was unsure if this was something she shouldn’t hear, she feared that her husband might secretly promise Hongji more dowry.

Hongji’s father and son came to his bedroom and were just about to close the door when they saw Mrs. Lai wanting to enter. They initially wanted to refuse but eventually agreed to let her in.

Mrs. Lai, not listening now, would just keep stirring things up, which wouldn’t be good, and as the legitimate wife, she would be the one to whom the concubine had to serve tea in the future!

When Hongji saw his parents actually closing the bedroom door, he later heard about this significant matter.

He thought he had heard wrong. His father, who seemed so honest, how could he think of taking a concubine once he visited his mother’s family home?

Taking a concubine would not require such a large dowry; his mother’s reluctant demeanor also didn’t seem like she had agreed to it.

Upon inquiring, the candidate for his father’s concubine, wasn’t it the woman, from two years ago, whom his mother and he had discussed taking as a concubine?

Over the past two years, his mother had secretly mentioned it to him several times, but he had never agreed.

Why, after this year’s visit to his maternal home, was his mother willing to let his father have a concubine?

Mrs. Lai was contentious and relentless; what made her compromise?

Could there be something he didn’t know about?

But he couldn’t find out; the couple wouldn’t say what it was about, just that suddenly his father wanted a concubine.

"Our family lineage is weak, and you only have one son right now. We, husband and wife, have discussed it, and I’m not too old yet, I should be able to have sons too, to give you a brother, so you won’t be so lonely!"

Hongji listened to his father’s reasons, which he didn’t quite believe. If his father really wanted a concubine, why didn’t he do it two years earlier?

"Hmph, can he even bear a son? To compete with me for resources? And what if it turns out to be a losing deal, or he can’t have any!"

Mrs. Lai had been holding back for so long, and at that moment, she couldn’t restrain herself and blurted it out!

Hongji was even more bewildered, observing his mother’s demeanor; she was unwilling for his father to take a concubine, which surely meant his father was interested in that cousin.

"Hongji, let’s settle it then, as for how to handle it, I’ll talk to you in private later!"

What else could Hongji say? If his father needed money to take a concubine, he had no choice but to give it. He had just invested some money, not much cash was left, but in his parents’ unusual expressions, he really couldn’t say much.

"Hongji, you must not listen to your dad and secretly give that temptress any more dowry!"

Mrs. Lai issued a reluctant warning!

Hongji nodded in agreement, desiring to leave the room quickly to avoid being caught between his parents.

Ye Shiqi... can this old bull still sprout fruit? Will our home ever be peaceful again?

With a strange expression, Hongji returned to his room. He didn’t need to take that young cousin as a concubine, which was a relief to him!

Men may have multiple women when wealthy, but he felt he shouldn’t be too fickle—Mrs. Li and his children were everything to him.

He owed Mrs. Li too much over the years; he would spend a lifetime trying to make it up to her and still it wouldn’t be enough, so how could he spare time for other women.

Having such a wife, he had always been the envy of other men, not to mention the many men in the village who surely envied him!

But with his father taking his cousin as a concubine, living under the same roof, where they could constantly see each other, the situation was quite awkward.

Mother had always talked to him about taking a concubine for him, and he never dared to tell his wife.

These past two years, he had avoided going to his mother’s family home, afraid of encountering that cousin.

His father taking his cousin as a concubine gave him a sigh of relief, but also left him with a conflicting emotion, as future meetings would be awkward.

If his wife were to find out, would she blame him again?

A perfect family, now disrupted by an outsider coming in, it was certain to lead to disputes without splitting the household.

Hongji hadn’t thought of this at first, regretting that he hadn’t considered it more when building the house, not building a few more courtyards like those rich men did, so that even if someone came in, the friction wouldn’t be so intense.

Clearly with the current house structure, they would run into each other at every meal. Hongji dreaded the thought of facing his cousin in the future; if this woman married his father and didn’t restrain her glances, it would only cause him trouble and embarrassment.

Once this woman entered the family, would she bear grudges, would she cause trouble for his wife?

Hongji didn’t quite understand why his mother disagreed with his father taking a concubine, yet his father was bewitched by his cousin.

They had met not just once or twice; his father might have seen her grow up from a child.

His cousin, half a year younger than his father, how could his father go through with this if he wanted a concubine? With several taels of silver or just a few, he could find a good girl.