Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 210 - 210 210 Drunken Words (Extra for Monthly

?Chapter 210: Chapter 210: Drunken Words (Extra for Monthly Votes) Chapter 210: Chapter 210: Drunken Words (Extra for Monthly Votes) “His father, don’t talk nonsense. Shitou isn’t that kind of person. Shitou, tell your father you promise you don’t have such intentions,” the old lady was unwilling to give up.

Wang Yan went to the backyard with his head down and did not leave a definitive word before he left.

The old lady, seeing her son walk away like this, couldn’t help but feel puzzled and asked Old Man Wang.

“Do you think Shitou’s silence means he actually has these thoughts?”

Old Man Wang squinted his eyes, put the dry tobacco pipe to his mouth, and took a harsh drag, the smoke rings he exhaled were hazy, obscuring his expression from the old lady’s view.

“Tomorrow, you go and settle the marriage with the girl from today. We can’t delay our eldest son’s marriage any longer. I can tell his mind is not in the right place. Saying such things today proves he has some ideas in his head. I know my own son. Right now, he’s not married yet, and I’m afraid his heart is set on someone in the village—and it’s definitely not a maiden. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said what he did today.” The old man made a decisive decision, determined to settle the matter swiftly.

The old lady was still in a fog, “Could it be? Shitou doesn’t seem to have contact with anyone normally.”

If she could just see her son spending time with the village girls, she would be relieved. Named Shitou, her son truly was like a rock, spending all day working at home, managing pigs, fanning them, and helping them to give birth. Among her three sons, only the eldest was most devoted to the family affairs.

Old Man Wang shook his head, sighing.

“It’s precisely because we haven’t noticed anything that I’m even more worried. Anyway, you go ahead and finalize this marriage for him quickly. Once he’s married, he’ll forget all about it, sleeping next to his new wife on the Kang. I reckon it’s just a passing fancy right now. As parents, we can’t let him stray off the right path.”

The old lady nodded in agreement.

“Okay, I’ll go tomorrow.”

The old couple had set their minds on quickly getting Wang Yan married off to save their son.

Wang Yan, working hard in the backyard, had been toiling for half a day, drenched in sweat, and still feeling uneasy. The anger he had been holding in since morning was still burning inside him, making him feel like he was on fire.

Even as he kept busy with the work, the image of Bai Yue handing him shoes would always appear before his eyes.

Every time he thought of the hands he had touched, his body felt electrified, and his heart burned even hotter.

He continued working until evening, ate a few bites of dinner, made up an excuse, went out, and arrived at the reservoir at the entrance of their village. He sat by the water, lost in thought.

…

The three sons had already gone to bed.

The front gate was locked.

Bai Yue sat on her own kang, with a plate of peanuts on the table and a jar of wine in her hand. This was leftover from a meal when they entertained the village chief a while back. The drink was said to be Apricot Blossom Village’s Fenjiu, which tasted sweet and didn’t have a harsh bite.

Bai Yue had been sitting there for half the day, unable to articulate what exactly she was feeling, just a general sense of discomfort and frustration.

She had already drunk half the bottle, the world spinning slightly before her eyes, her body feeling floaty as if a lot more at ease.

Suddenly, she heard the gate rattling, Bai Yue’s hand slid out scissors from under her pillow.

She staggered to the door, holding them behind her back.

“Who… ah?”

Ever since the people in the village learned she had divorced, there were not a few idle men knocking on the door late at night, yearning for a woman who had been married twice. How could she not take precautions?

“Bai Yue, it’s me, Wang Yan!”

It was Wang Yan’s voice.

Relieved, Bai Yue undid the latch.

“Big Brother Wang, what brings you here?”

Upon opening the door, Wang Yan immediately smelled the alcohol on Bai Yue. Her speech was softer and tinged with a drunk slur, different from usual, which made him furrow his brow.

Turning to close the door behind him, he saw Bai Yue swaying slightly; he quickly went to support her, steering her towards the room while scolding her,
“Why were you drinking so much late at night? Look at what a state you’ve put yourself in.”

Supporting Bai Yue into the room, he saw the small table on the kang, with peanuts and liquor on it.

It seemed she had indeed drunk quite a lot.

Bai Yue pointed to the far end as she sat on the kang.

“Perfect timing, Big Brother Wang, since you’re here. Have a drink with me. You’ve been a big help since I returned to our village. It’s only right and proper for me to toast to you. Here, this cup is for you. Thank you for looking after my four children and me so well.” Bai Yue raised her cup, utterly oblivious to the fact that Wang Yan didn’t even have a cup in front of him, and downed it all in one gulp.

Wang Yan grabbed her wrist firmly, “Bai Yue, stop drinking, or you’ll really get drunk.”

Bai Yue pushed his hand away, “I’m not drunk; just let me have a few sips. Otherwise, I feel this ache inside, it’s unbearable. I married Li Dashan hoping for a good life; I knew it was tough for my parents, his family being such a mess. Which girl would want to marry into that? It was his mother who used the favor owed to my parents to pressure them.

If I hadn’t married him, my father’s reputation in the village would have been ruined. I thought at the time, who you marry is all the same. As long as you are dedicated, you can live well. But who knew? Li Dashan turned out to be such a piece of crap. At first, it wasn’t bad being married to him, because he was bedridden and needed care, and I looked after him day and night, until he finally got better.

I even raised his brother until he was old enough to marry, but then, oh then, anytime he disliked something about me, he would beat me, just because he didn’t want me to go up the mountain to carry stones. Yes, all stone carriers at the quarry were men, and there I was, a woman, working among them, and the village couldn’t stop gossiping.

But what choice did I have? Did Li Dashan agree to go out and earn money to support my sister? I promised my parents I’d see her grown up. We had just enough from farming to make ends meet; where else could I get the money for my sister’s education?

Because of that, Li Dashan beat me to near death. Sometimes, when I was covered in bruises and lying on the kang immobile, I’d wonder, why live a life like this? When would such days ever end? Sometimes, I wished I would just die and get it over with, it would be easier, settled once and for all.

But then, looking at my three sons, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. No matter what, they are innocent. Now that I am divorced, I have finally been able to give my sons a better life, but why won’t the Li Family leave me alone? Just because they bully my brother, who’s not around, and there’s no man in the house to back me up,” Bai Yue sobbed as she recounted her past.

Wang Yan’s fists clenched, veins throbbing on his forehead. He truly hadn’t known why Bai Yue had divorced. Perhaps she would have kept all this buried inside forever, never telling another soul, if she hadn’t been drunk.

A worthy woman like her, tormented by that beastly man to the point she couldn’t get up from the kang—the abuse she must have suffered was unimaginable. Thinking of Bai Yue’s condition and hearing her words filled Wang Yan with a deep anguish.

Why must such a good woman never experience happiness in her life? Why would fate be so cruel to her?

Bai Yue was completely drunk now, collapsed over the table, motionless.

Wang Yan helped her to lie properly on the kang and covered her with a blanket, lest she catch a chill sleeping slumped over the edge of the table all night.

He gently stroked the wrinkles on Bai Yue’s face, remembering her smile from the past. Back then, in the village, Bai Yue was one of the most liked girls by the young men. But now, she had been worn down to this state. He recalled when he first saw her, barely able to believe it was her.

The girl who was once as delicate as a flower bud had now ended up like this.