My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 2 The Original Body's Shameless Husband

The aura that Cheng Ruoan is exuding now is completely different from that of the timid and cowardly wife who used to cry and sigh at night!

"So, Mother? To divorce or not to divorce?"

Cheng Ruoan asked again.

When the eldest sister-in-law, Xia, saw that her mother-in-law was actually intimidated by Cheng, she spoke up: "I say, third sister-in-law, isn't your attitude towards Mother a violation of the seven grounds for divorce?"

What young wife would dare speak to her mother-in-law like that? You're just taking advantage of her soft heart, thinking she won't divorce you…

"You're no better than me, shut up!" Cheng Ruoan grabbed a lump of mud and threw it directly into Xia's mouth.

The mud from the rural land, mixed with some unknown substance, emitted a foul, fishy odor from Xia's mouth.

Xia spat out the words while yelping, then pointed at Cheng Ruoan and let out a sharp, violent cry!

Ah ah ah ah ah!

How dare that damned woman?!

Xia's eyes were extremely vicious, but Cheng Ruoan was not intimidated at all and glared back fiercely.

"Don't think I don't know. It's you, you treacherous woman, who's always complaining about me to your mother-in-law or instigating Li to bully me."

"Xia, if you provoke me again, I'll drag you down to hell with me, even if I die!"

The disgust and murderous intent that flashed in Cheng Ruoan's eyes were no joke, and Xia was terrified.

Seeing this, Zhao pointed at Cheng Ruoan, her teeth grinding: "You...you're possessed by a ghost!"

She was angry, but also scared.

Cheng Ruoan grabbed her fingers, seemingly about to break them, and sneered:

"Even a clay figure has a temper, let alone a living, breathing person like me."

I tolerated everything that happened before, out of consideration for seniority and hierarchy.

But now I'm a discarded woman of the Si family, do you expect me to continue to swallow my anger?

Zhao was in her early forties, and her face was already lined with wrinkles. When Cheng Ruoan startled her, her entire old face began to wrinkle.

"You...you let go! As long as San'er hasn't divorced you, you're still my daughter-in-law. How dare you disrespect your mother-in-law!"

Cheng Ruoan loosened her grip and narrowed her eyes: "Even if it's like this now, there's no guarantee it won't be like this in the future..."

Zhao withdrew her hand: "Our Si family has no rule against divorcing wives. From now on... from now on you can expect me to torment you for the rest of your life!"

"Fine, I'll treat your son the same way you treat me."

"If you're so capable, your whole family should stay by Si Sanlang's side without blinking an eye, otherwise..." Cheng Ruoan glanced at the long-collapsed kitchen, "...and if you force me to die, then we'll all die together."

She snorted coldly and limped back to the two children.

"You damned woman, Cheng Ruoan, you damned woman, you've really gone too far! You're going to drive me crazy!" Zhao was so angry that she slapped her thigh while crying.

Da Lang and Si Lang quickly came over to persuade him.

"Mother, my third sister-in-law barely survived, and you still scolded her. It's normal for her to be angry. Don't hold it against her..."

Xia pinched Si Dalang's waist and glared at him, and Si Dalang didn't dare to continue speaking.

Just now, Xia Shi was stared at by Cheng Ruo'an who threw mud into her mouth. He was so stunned that he didn't go up to help his wife clear her throat, which already angered her.

After his initial surprise, Si Silang glanced at his third sister-in-law's retreating figure and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.

“Mother, my third sister-in-law has been devoted to my third brother and our family. She has not committed any of the seven grounds for divorce.”

Don't keep bringing up the idea of ​​Third Brother divorcing his wife. It's bad for his reputation. He still needs to take the imperial examinations after his leg heals."

Upon hearing this, Zhao immediately stopped crying.

She glanced at her home, now a pile of ruins, and thought of the fields that had been destroyed by the earthquake, and her third son who had been dug out and immediately taken to Doctor Hu's clinic...

The Si family has struggled for decades in Baihua Village for three generations, and now they have nothing left.

She only hoped that her third son would recover and be able to continue taking the imperial examinations to become a scholar; otherwise, the Si family's reputation would collapse in Zhao's hands.

Overwhelmed with grief, Zhao cried out, tears streaming down her face, "I'm so sorry to your grandparents, so sorry to your father..."

Cheng Ruoan returned to the empty courtyard, and the two children immediately rushed over and hugged her.

"Mother, don't be angry with Grandma. She always speaks harshly."

"Mother! You want to be divorced? Don't you want Nian Nian and my brother anymore?"

Si Nian accidentally bumped her right leg, causing her to gasp in pain.

"Little sister, watch out for Mother's legs!"

"Mother misread it. If I recited it, I would breathe on it for you, and the pain would go away..."

Cheng Ruoan was so relieved she almost melted. She smiled and hugged the two children back, saying, "Good girl, Mommy's alright."

She looked at her two children earnestly and said, "Your mother said those things to your grandmother because she wants you. You'll understand when you grow up."

Cheng Ruoan did not intend to continue maintaining the original owner's personality, which was so prone to being stifled. The best thing to do was to take advantage of the moment of surviving today's ordeal and undergo a complete personality change.

Otherwise, once the Si family discovers that she has been replaced with a new soul, she will be burned alive.

Is it not possible to leave the Si family?

Of course.

But she couldn't have been divorced and driven away.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, divorced women could not take their children with them, and their household registration could not be returned to their parents' home or registered as a daughter's household. They could only be temporarily managed by the local government and wait for an official matchmaker to arrange a second marriage for them.

Cheng Ruoan said so much just now, firstly to establish her public image, and secondly to let Zhao Shi know that the Si family cannot divorce her!

If anyone dares to divorce her, she will spread the Si family's dirty laundry everywhere.

Zhao was hoping her third son would pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, because the Si family's reputation was extremely valuable.

In Cheng Ruoan's dictionary, there are only divorce and widowhood; being divorced is impossible!

Speaking of Shisaburo...

Cheng Ruoan asked the children, "Where is your father?"

"In front of Dr. Hu's medical tent."

"There were too many casualties in the village. The village chief ordered all the wounded who could still be saved to be sent there. I'm going to see my third brother, and I'll take my sister-in-law with me while I'm there. May Dr. Hu take a look at your injury?"

The one who answered her was Shiro, who walked over.

In the original owner's memories, the two couples from the fourth branch of the Si family who were with Cheng Ruo'an were not considered too much.

Although they neither helped nor advised when Zhao beat and scolded Cheng Ruoan, at least they didn't take advantage of his misfortune like the eldest sister-in-law and the second wife.

There was a temple fair in town today. Except for the three branches of the family who stayed behind to look after the house, all the members of the Si family went to the town more than 20 miles away to watch the excitement.

When they returned and heard what the two younger brothers of the third branch had said, the eldest brother and the fourth brother misunderstood that Cheng Ruoan was trying to save the third brother and that's why he was forced to lower his head.

So I said a lot of nice things about her today.

But no one would know that the original owner simply wanted to commit suicide, and take with her the burden that would have been on her two children, Shizaburo.

Cheng Ruoan gave Silang a fairly friendly smile: "Alright, thank you, Fourth Brother."

When Cheng Ruoan arrived near the medical tent, he truly understood the devastating impact of natural disasters on humanity.

Especially in ancient times.

The people have no ability to cope with the disaster.

The open space in front of the medical tent was densely packed with people of all kinds.

An elderly doctor with gray hair and beard is examining and treating patients one by one.

"Good heavens, when we brought Third Brother here, there weren't this many... Ugh..." Even Si Silang almost vomited when he saw it.

"Silang, tell me where your third brother is. I can go there by myself. You go back and take care of the family."

Cheng Ruoan saw a long wooden stick next to a haystack and picked it up to use as a walking stick.

Si Shilang, his face ashen, pointed to the old banyan tree on the upper right of the open space.

Cheng Ruoan, leaning on her cane, carefully walked in that direction.

She wanted to see if the original owner's despicable husband was dead or not!

If she's not dead, she can finish her off with a fatal blow!

Why was he called immoral? Because Cheng Ruoan discovered some clues in the original owner's memories. She suspected that Si Sanlang was not a cripple at all!

He's faking being lame!