Chapter 781: Driving Out Cen Widow

Everyone thought it was unbelievable that the Cen Widow would marry Shang Shisan.

Apart from some ancestral farmland, Shang Shisan’s family was actually very poor. The Cen Widow was clearly someone who loved money, so how could she willingly marry him as a concubine?

Could it really be because she liked Shang Shisan?

But Shang Shisan wasn’t particularly handsome either.

In fact, the Cen Widow was forced to be with Shang Shisan because she was desperate; she was pregnant with the child of a passing merchant. But when the merchant learned she had other lovers, he refused to acknowledge the child and ran away a couple of days after finding out she was pregnant.

The Cen Widow couldn’t even find the man.

She tried to pin the blame for her pregnancy on a shopkeeper in Baihe Town, but Manager Tu was shrewd and ignored her, even threatening to expose her to her late husband’s family and have her drowned in a pond if she caused trouble in Baihe Town.

With no other options, after begging many people for help, only Shang Shisan, who was naive and had a wife who was easy to bully, ended up taking the responsibility for the child.

Shang Shisan, hearing that the Cen Widow was carrying his seed, was overjoyed. He was even willing to sell his land to marry her and went into debt to throw a banquet to honor her, not knowing that the child wasn’t actually his.

But with her pregnancy, the Cen Widow turned malicious. Once she entered the house of Shang Shisan, in less than two months, she began to cause trouble for Ms. Lv. Yet, before she had her fill of tormenting her, Shang Shisan’s family was driven out of the Shang Family Clan, which was infuriating.

"Help, somebody help!" Despite being cunning, seeing Ms. Lv’s reckless self-destruction, the Cen Widow was terrified and screamed for help around her.

In the end, it was Da He, a servant from Village Chief Shang’s house, who came out to stop Ms. Lv: "The Clan Leader said, no lives should be taken."

Distraught and with bloodshot eyes, Ms. Lv pointed at the Cen Widow and said, "You wicked woman, you’ve caused me so much trouble, and now you even plan to sell my children. If you want to live, take your belly and get out of Shang Family Village right now. If you dare entangle with my man again, or harm my children, I will die with you!"

The Cen Widow was hoping to squeeze the last benefits from Shang Shisan’s family, and upon seeing someone helping, she clutched her belly saying, "I am carrying Brother Gang’s son, he’s the one who threw a banquet and took me as his second wife, why should you drive me away? I want to see Brother Gang, take me to him..."

Whoosh—Bang—!

Ms. Lv’s chopping knife went flying towards the Cen Widow. Unfortunately, it missed and instead struck the ground behind her, its blade sinking into the earth while still trembling slightly from the impact.

The Cen Widow narrowly escaped, nearly fainting from shock, staring at the knife before screaming out moments later, "Ah!"

Ms. Lv: "Ah your ass, I’m warning you, scram now! If you keep bothering my man, even if I die today, I’ll take you with me!"

"You’ve gone mad, Ms. Lv, you’ve absolutely gone mad." The Cen Widow, witnessing Ms. Lv’s crazed demeanor, was genuinely frightened, knowing well that Ms. Lv meant her words.

Though the Cen Widow desired the money from the sale of Shang Shisan’s land and house, she was scared of dying and dared not confront Ms. Lv directly, so she could only clutch her belly and leave Shang Family Village. She planned to return after Shang Shisan’s land and house were sold.

After driving the Cen Widow away, Ms. Lv collapsed on the ground, drained.

Women from the Shang Family Clan came to help her up, advising, "Wait until the Clan buys your house and farmland, then hold onto the Silver tightly, never give it to Shang Shisan. Just say the Silver is to arrange a marriage for your eldest son. Once your son is married, you’ll become a mother-in-law, and with that status, Shang Shisan won’t dare to be too unreasonable."

"As for your mother-in-law, doesn’t she adore her grandson the most? As long as all the children stand by your side, Mrs. Wu will only cry and make a fuss a few times. And given today’s issues were caused by her, she is short of breath and if you show some backbone, like how you dealt with the Cen Widow, Mrs. Wu wouldn’t dare to treat you badly."

"Don’t be afraid that she will divorce you, she is just trying to scare you. Deep down, she wishes for a docile daughter-in-law like you to stay in her family forever."

The women in the Shang Family Clan were speaking to Ms. Lv.

Ms. Lv was all ears and with tears said, "I have lived more than half my life and suffered for most of it. Today, after fighting the Cen Widow, I finally see the light... The old saying is true, ’The gods and ghosts fear the Evil Man, and the Evil Man fears another Evil Man.’ Since Mrs. Wu and Shang Shisan bullied me when I was being nice, from now on I’ll turn evil, I’ll fight them for the sake of my children!"

However, her children had been corrupted under the care of Shang Shisan and his mother; it was uncertain whether she could bring them back.

Ms. Lv wasn’t foolish; she had seen the poor character traits of Shang Xiu Yue’s children, but she couldn’t speak out at home, always letting Mrs. Wu and Shang Shisan raise the children as they pleased.

With the current incident, Ms. Lv was determined to correct the children’s character no matter what.

If she couldn’t do it, the children would be doomed.

Accompanied by several women from the Shang Family Clan, Ms. Lv returned home and started to pack her things.

Da He also followed and after staying briefly at Shang Shisan’s place, went to Scholar Shang’s house and informed Village Chief Shang about what Ms. Lv had done.

Village Chief Shang nodded upon hearing this: "Ms. Lv should have done this sooner. If she had toughened up earlier, perhaps today’s events could have been avoided."

But Village Chief Shang also knew that Ms. Lv, a woman who saw men as sky, wouldn’t normally dare to shout and fight against a man or her mother-in-law.

Yet, sympathetic towards Ms. Lv, he decided to buy Shang Shisan’s fields and house at a high price, letting Ms. Lv hold the silver, and ensuring her family could follow the right path.

"Master Ouyang has arrived, Young Master Zheng has arrived!"

While they were talking, Ah Jiu’s loud announcement suddenly came through, startling Village Chief Shang and the others, making them rise all at once to greet Master Ouyang.

Village Chief Shang was very pleased. He had heard from Wenyuan a long time ago that Master Ouyang might come. After waiting so long, he thought Master Ouyang would not come at all, yet here he was indeed.

Brother Cheng, holding Master Ouyang’s hand and accompanied by Brother Qing, stepped into Scholar Shang’s house and seeing a group of elderly men hurriedly coming out to meet them, greeted them with a smile: "Hello Village Chief Shang, hello to all the elders of the Shang Family."

Brother Cheng, charming when he smiled, resembled a celestial child; the elderly particularly liked him and eagerly responded, "Good, good, good, Master Ouyang is here at your invitation?"

Brother Cheng was eloquent and shook his head, "No, Grandpa Ouyang and Uncle Shang already know each other. Knowing that Uncle Shang is taking my brother as a disciple, he specifically came to be the ceremony singer."

In the master-apprentice ceremony, there is a ceremony singer who recites poetry according to ancient rituals, acting as the witness to the apprenticeship.

Master Ouyang cheerfully said to everyone, "It was too cold last night, I didn’t sleep well, I couldn’t get up early today, I apologize for my lateness, please don’t take it to heart."

Village Chief Shang hurriedly said, "Not late at all, you arrived just in time."

If he had come earlier and encountered the issue at Shang Shisan’s place, it would indeed have been a great loss of face for the Shang Family.