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Chapter 813: Chapter 816: Up to No Good
"Is it any fun to keep bringing this up? If you think someone else’s husband is better, I’ll divorce you, and you can go find that man!"
Tan Zhongzhong said in a stern voice. He had tolerated her at home, but now with so many people in the field, couldn’t she give him some face?
Li Clan was stunned where she stood. Ever since she had Xiao Fu, she had been bossy at home, becoming accustomed to Tan Zhongzhong’s submissive attitude. Now that he suddenly turned fierce, she wilted in an instant.
She had injured herself giving birth to Xiao Fu and could no longer have children. If Tan Zhongzhong divorced her, she would have nowhere to go.
Although Tan Zhongzhong was useless, at least he provided her with a place to live.
They had a few acres of land and had saved up a few taels of silver, so their life was passable.
After a long while, she struggled to say, "Take twenty wen to find out if you can rent a threshing machine. After we use it, we can lend it to my parents."
The two old folks had just had a falling-out with the second branch of the family, which was a perfect opportunity for the third branch to show goodwill.
As long as they played their cards right, they might get those six acres of land.
"Got it," Tan Zhongzhong responded dully.
Even though Tan Zhongzhong had agreed, he still dawdled for quite a while before heading over to Tan Zhenghong’s field.
"Fourth Boss, I have something to tell you."
Tan Zhenghong kept working as he spoke, "What is it?"
"Is it still possible to rent a threshing machine? However, I didn’t bring any money into the field today. If you have one, I can bring the silver coin to you tonight," Tan Zhongzhong said, keeping his head down and eyes on his toes.
If possible, he wished he could find a hole to crawl into and never see anyone again for the rest of his life.
Tan Zhenghong gave a factual reply, "There’s only space left at night. Check it out this evening, and if the timing works out, you can rent it."
Tan Zhongzhong nodded and then hurriedly left.
He really had no face to say more, considering the foolish things he had done in the past.
Qiao Duo’er saw all the little schemes of the Tan Family Members, and the current state of affairs pleased her.
Reforming a low-quality person was very difficult, so she had chosen a simpler method, which was to make them fear her and not dare to disturb her life.
Now that everyone was at peace with each other, it was good.
In the evening, Tan Zhongzhong arrived as scheduled. The two conducted their business without a word more than necessary.
In the end, they rented the threshing machine for the night after three days.
Tan Zhenghong couldn’t help but remark inwardly that Tan Zhongzhong seemed like a completely different person. He had become much more diligent, and a little more decent. If he kept it up, life could slowly get better.
As a brother, he sincerely hoped his older brother would have a good life.
After seeing Tan Zhongzhong out, Tan Zhenghong returned to his room, only to find Qiao Duo still nestled on the sofa reading.
"Not sleepy tonight?" Tan Zhenghong asked curiously.
Usually, at this time, his wife would have already been asleep, the kind that couldn’t be woken by any amount of calling.
Qiao Duo set the book aside: "The little thing in my belly is already four months old."
"Right, you got pregnant in January, and now it’s May," Tan Zhenghong said, squinting his eyes. She was already showing.
Little by little, he had learned the secret to safe childbirth and was slowly accepting this little thing.
"I heard that after four months, if the pregnancy is stable, it might be possible to..." Qiao Duo paused deliberately.
Tan Zhenghong blinked, "Possible to what?" 𝚗ovp𝚞b.𝚌om
"What do you think?" Qiao Duo teased with a mischievous lift of her eyebrows.
Her eyes, gentle as the spring water, further kindled the lust in Tan Zhenghong’s body. It had been over two months since they had made love.
Feeling aroused, he then belatedly realized what Qiao Duo meant.
