The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Shi Ge'er and Yuan Jie'er's third-day baptism ceremony was held in a grand manner. Pei Yanshu and Li Yaoyuan also came back with their children to participate.

Pei Yanshu and Li Yaoyuan had a girl, who was born earlier than Xia Mian. Li Yaoyuan's spirit and energy did not look very good.

After the third-day bathing ceremony, Madam Pei smiled and said to Li Yaoyuan, "Yaoyuan, why don't you and Yanshu come back to live here? It will be more convenient at home."

Pei Yanshu and Li Yaoyuan both agreed. This was what Pei Yanshu and Pei Yanxu had discussed before.

But Li Yaoyuan was always unhappy. Shi Ge'er and Yuan Jie'er's third-day baptism ceremonies were so grand, but her Ying Jie'er was not only a girl, but also did not have such a lively third-day baptism ceremony.

Pei Yanshu became more affectionate now that he had a daughter, and treated Li Yaoyuan better. Li Yaoyuan also felt better, but she couldn't help but wonder if Pei Yanshu would treat her better if he had a son.

Xia Mianwan didn't know what Li Yaoyuan was thinking. She was almost sick from the confinement. After the confinement was finally over, the housekeeper's power was taken back.

Although giving birth to twins is hard, if you have two at a time, there are old women and maids to take care of them at home, and it is not so hard to sleep late in the summer.

This year, Chen Ge'er and Pei Yanshu are both going to die. These days, they stay in the academy every day and don't come back. Xia Mianwan has hired someone to take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Now that there are not many masters in the Pei family, Madam Pei hopes that everyone can eat together, so that they can see the younger generations every day. To be fair, Madam Pei is actually a very good mother-in-law. During the days since she married into the Pei family, she has never used Qiao to set rules for the two daughters-in-law. Since it is Madam Pei's wish, Xia Mianwan also agreed.

Mrs. Pei is always happy when she sees her grandchildren in front of her every day. However, Li Yaoyuan has become much more well-behaved these days and is no longer as domineering as before.

Originally, the family had been quite peaceful. Xia Mianwan was planning to build another workshop and had even picked a piece of land, but then the family became noisy again.

Pei Yanshu suddenly brought a woman to the house and said that he wanted to take her as his concubine.

When Pei Yanshu brought people back, the family was sitting together for dinner. Pei Yanshu led the people in, kowtowed to Mrs. Pei three times without saying a word, and then told Mrs. Pei that he would take the girl he brought in.

Pei Yanxu looked at Pei Yanshu in surprise. He had no idea that Pei Yanshu had met the girl outside.

Xia Mianwan frowned and hid the smile on her face. This girl was a worker in Manyue Workshop, and she had seen her before.

Li Yaoyuan looked at Pei Yanshu in shock, "When did you start?"

Pei Yanshu straightened his back and said, "One year ago."

Li Yaoyuan looked at Pei Yanshu in disbelief. They had been together for a long time, but she had never realized that there was someone else in her heart. She had never felt that Pei Yanshu was so scary.

"One year ago..." Li Yaoyuan murmured.

Mrs. Pei panicked for a moment and subconsciously looked at Xia Mianwan, but Li Yaoyuan lost her mind and slapped Pei Yanshu in the face, "Pei Yanshu, are you worthy of me?"

Pei Yanshu did not dodge or evade, allowing Li Yaoyuan to pounce on him and tear him apart.

Xia Mianwan looked at Pei Yanxu, who shook his head solemnly, indicating that he was not aware of the matter either.

Xia Mianwan looked at the girl that Pei Yanshu brought home, and saw that she looked very calm. She did not seem afraid, nor did she feel humble.

"Sister-in-law, that's enough. Get up first. What's the point of doing this?" Xia Mianwan gave a look, and Ruzhu went up to Li Yaoyuan and started to take advantage of her.

Li Yaoyuan's eyes were filled with tears, and she felt very aggrieved. "If you dare to take this bitch into your family, I will report it to the Queen Mother!"

When Pei Yanshu heard that Li Yaoyuan was going to report to the Queen Mother, some anger appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Madam Pei for help. Madam Pei knew that her youngest son and his second daughter-in-law were not living happily, but there was no precedent of the Pei family taking concubines... What's more, the marriage between Li Yaoyuan and Pei Yanshu was arranged by the Queen Mother, so what kind of thing was this!

"Mother, it's my fault, but Yao Ying can't wait any longer. She is already pregnant with our child..." Pei Yanshu said hurriedly when he saw that Mrs. Pei was in trouble.

Mrs. Pei looked at Pei Yanshu in shock. Was he trying to force her?

Pei Yanxu angrily scolded: "What stupid things have you done? Why don't you tell us one by one?"

Pei Yanshu saw that his elder brother was angry, so he did not dare to act recklessly. "Brother, Yingying and I are truly in love. She is a girl from a good family. If she was not in love with me, she would not be so careless about herself. If I don't marry her now, her father will definitely beat her to death..."

"Yanshu, tell me what happened." Xia Mianwan said coldly. She did not like Li Yaoyuan, but that did not mean she approved of Pei Yanshu's shameless behavior.

Pei Yanshu knew that if he wanted Yao Ying to marry him, he had to get his sister-in-law's approval, so he said, "Yingying and I met a year ago. At that time, I helped my elder brother to get something from Manyue Workshop, and I met Yao Ying. At first, we were really in love and polite, but later we really couldn't control our feelings. That day, Yingying wanted to come and say goodbye to me, because her father wanted to marry her off. It was because I had a quarrel with Yao Yuan that day that... that's why I lost my temper. I knew it was impossible for me to marry Yingying, so I wanted to give Yingying the status of a concubine."

Pei Yanshu looked at Xia Mianwan with eyes full of hope. Xia Mianwan almost suspected that Pei Yanxu was not his biological son. How could a person like him have such a confused brother?

Xia Mianwan sighed and looked at Li Yaoyuan, "Yaoyuan, what do you mean?"

Li Yaoyuan looked at Pei Yanshu fiercely and said, "It is impossible for you to take her as your concubine. Do you think my Li family is dead?"

Xia Mianwan looked at Yao Ying and said, "Your name is Yao Ying, right? I remember you."

Yao Ying said calmly, "Yes, Madam."

"What about you? What do you think?" Xia Mianwan asked.

"Does it matter what I think?" Yao Ying asked sarcastically.

Xia Mianwan laughed at this moment, "Miss Yao, what you said is interesting. If you don't know, you might think that my second brother forced me into prostitution... So, you don't want to do this with my second brother?"

Yao Ying said calmly, "What girl doesn't want to be the wife of a man? Who would rush to be a concubine?"

Pei Yanshu lowered his head in regret after hearing this. It was because he could not give her the status she wanted.

Xia Mianwan smiled and continued, "Miss Yao, please make your words clear. Don't avoid the question. What I'm asking is whether you are unwilling to do something with my second brother."