IBTSOME Chapter 3 Part 1: Yan Wang

 

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 3 Part 1: Yan Wang

 

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If it was three months ago someone willing to marry Lin Wei Xi, Aunt Lin would have been happy to send the person over, but now...

 

Aunt Lin hesitated, she didn't dare to brush away Li Yuanwai's face, but she was really unwilling to part with her brother's property. She the elder sister who was married out of the house, couldn’t seriously be count as Lin family’s elder. Even if she could pull some from Lin Yong’s estates, it was only a small amount. But if Lin Wei Xi was to marry her son, then Lin Yong’s reward would all stay in their family. Maybe you could even go to the government to ask the title of Marquis Zhongyong be passed on to his son Li Da. This is a Marquis, ah! Much better than that scholar person next door, it would be out of the question if Aunt Lin was not green with envy.

 

Aunt Lin and Grandma Wang each harbor ulterior motive, and the two of them continued to pull each other, completely treating Lin Wei Xi as a decorative item. Lin Wei Xi stood in the room and gave a sneer while listening to this. Then suddenly scowled and pushed open the door.　　

 

The wooden door slammed into the wall, scaring the two people in the courtyard. Aunt Lin turned her head in horror and found that it was Lin Wei Xi. The fright immediately turned into anger: "What crazy things you do so early in the morning? Can you afford it if you broke the door?"　　

 

"How cannot afford?" Lin Wei Xi's back straightened and her clear eyes fixedly stared at Aunt Lin. The  black and white of her eyes were extremely clear, as if all the dirt in the world was not worthy to enter those eyes, letting all nasty and sinister things had nowhere to hide, "Lin... Father died for the country, and the court named him Marquis Zhongyong. Aunt already seized so many things from my father, is she still reluctant to bear this small wooden door?"

　　

Grandma Wang saw the person in the room and let out a sigh. She only knew that there was an orphan in Lin shi family’s house. She heard that she was always sick and didn't go out to see people very often, so Grandma Wang never seen this Lin Wei Xi. It wasn't until the court sent the reward that Grandma Wang remembered about her. Now that the whole village was staring at Lin Wei Xi, this fat sheep, Grandma Wang after receiving money from Li Yuanwai, hurriedly came over to act as a matchmaker.

　　

In Grandma Wang's mind, Lin Wei Xi was a medicine jar with a huge inheritance and a sick body who could die at any moment. This kind of person must be exhausted by the disease. She acted as matchmaker was certain that she wouldn’t refuse. But now that Grandma Wang saw Lin Wei Xi, she didn’t know that there was really a fairy-like appearance in this world, and the graceful celestial from  the play unexpectedly really exist.

 

Grandma Wang was shocked by Lin Wei Xi's beauty, and her desire to make this marriage became more urgent. With thousands of wealth, the name of the only daughter of a martyr, and the appearance of Chang'e, this kind of woman she was a fool if she didn't grab it quickly.

　　

Aunt Lin was also surprised. She knew that Lin Wei Xi's looks was good, but before Lin Wei Xi always shut herself in the room, did not talk to people or communicate with others, she always looked sick, and made people who saw her feels unlucky. Aunt Lin also resented Lin Wei Xi’s timid nature. Her son proposed to marry Lin Wei Xi as his wife but Aunt Lin did not agree no matter what. Afterwards, she hated Lin Wei Xi even more. She wholeheartedly believe that this was a foxy child with a short life, entering the house would only cause bad luck. But after all, Aunt Lin had raised Lin Wei Xi for several years, and she couldn't lose so many rice for years for nothing. Aunt Lin already thought about it. Later, she would sell Lin Wei Xi to a rich family as a concubine, which was just right.

　　

However, after knowing that Lin Wei Xi had Lin Yong's legacy, Aunt Lin changed her mind, but she just couldn't overcome the previous prejudice, which made her very tangled, even so Aunt Lin didn’t put to Lin Wei Xi in her eyes. But now seeing Lin Wei Xi pushed the door to question her, she felt awe for some reason, even her knees were faintly shaking. This feeling was like seeing a high ranking madam.

　　

Aunt Lin shook her head hard and secretly laughed at herself for being afraid of the sick girl in front of her. Aunt Lin slanted her eyes and glanced at Lin Wei Xi, with a shrill voice said: "What do you mean seizing? That is what Lin Yong left me. There are many things to buy during the New Year. I don’t know how much money I have lost to support you over the years. Now my brother got the honor, what's wrong with taking some to subsidize family expenses?"

　　

"Although I am staying at my aunt’s house, I didn’t spend the Li family’s money. Father has worked under Yan Wang all of these years, and he sent money back every year, and I haven’t even seen it once. See, it’s all collected by auntie. Don’t say these, just the box of silver ingot that auntie secretly hid when the court gave the title, that alone is enough to buy your little yard hundreds of times over."

　　

Grandma Wang was shocked, a box of silver ingot? Aunt Lin’s secret was exposed, she was flustered, her eyes twitching: "You little child knows nothing, don’t talk nonsense. What silver ingot? just a few pieces of shards. I am Lin Yong’s sister. He was rewarded by the court, so I can’t take a few pieces of silver?"

　　

A few pieces of broken silver... Lin Wei Xi sneered in her heart. Other family’s farm worked for a year while live frugally could only bring two or three silver. This family with large number of people, based on the harvest of the Li family in a year, how could they make a couple of silver back? Before they embezzled Lin Yong and Lin Wei Xi's property, afraid Aunt Lin and the others never came across silver ingot before. Even now, Aunt Lin said she just got a few broken silver.

 

Lin Wei Xi was not a stingy person who didn't understand right and wrong. She was brought up as the eldest granddaughter of duke mansion and from time to time received guidance from Grand Princess Shou Kang. After that, she became the madam in charge of  Yan Wang Mansion. She was not a cheapskate. On the contrary, she was very generous to her own people. If Aunt Lin treated Lin Wei Xi better, and had a little consideration towards her, it was impossible for Lin Wei Xi to keep Lin Yong's astronomical inheritance by herself, and not leave a single thing to Aunt Lin.

　　

But in the past month Lin Wei Xi had been watching coldly, and Aunt Lin's performance was too disappointing. She never really regarded Lin Wei Xi's as her niece. She used to think Lin Wei Xi as a medicine jar. Later, Lin Yong was conferred posthumously by the court and leave behind a large inheritance. At this time, Aunt Lin recalled her brother and sister' deep feeling.

　　

What was the best way to embezzle the brother's property? Of course, let Lin Wei Xi "voluntarily" marry Li Da, so that Lin Yong's things could belong to Aunt Lin and Li Da. Lin Wei Xi's health still not very good. If Lin Wei Xi died after passing the door, it would be even better.

　　

Lin Wei Xi saw it clearly, and her heart became more and more angry. What kind of act this group played? Each and every one talked about benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, but their mind thought about making money and killing, Lin Wei Xi at last understood how the original owner died. The original owner was timid by nature, but Lin Wei Xi was not.

　　

However, Lin Wei Xi thought of her mother’s teaching and felt that it was not good to scold others, so she maintained her previous self-cultivation and said politely: "Auntie, I am grateful for your kindness in taking care of me, but my father’s filial piety is not over, so I shouldn’t talk about it now. Grandma Wang, thank you for taking this trip, but after you go back you can tell others, I Lin Wei Xi is grateful to my father for his kindness, and determined to recite sutras and pray for my father, so that I will not marry anyone in the future. Afterward if others ask you to act as a matchmaker, you don’t have to accept it for me."

　　

When Lin Wei Xi said that she would not marry in the future, Aunt Lin was more anxious than Grandma Wang: "How can this work? You are a little girl who doesn’t know anything, but as elders I can't watch you make mistakes. There are not so many rules in the countryside. Mourning periods for a few months is enough. You are now still young and someone is willing to marry you, so you should marry as soon as possible."

 

Lin Wei Xi held back her anger and said, "I don't want to marry anyone." After speaking, she didn't want to listen anymore and turned around. Just walked into the room.

　　

Aunt Lin jumped to her feet with anger, pointed at Lin Wei Xi with her finger, her words became more acrid: "You just pretending to be virtuous, act arrogance and say you don’t want to marry. When you get older, no one will marry you again, I see what you do!"

　　

Lin Wei Xi's back suddenly stopped, in the gloomy peasant house Lin Wei Xi's eyes glowed brightly.

　　

Aunt Lin’s words could be said to have stabbed Lin Wei Xi’s achilles heel. Lin Wei Xi’s previous life was a noble granddaughter of a Duke and grand princess, but after marrying, the life of husband and wife was very bad. Later she knew that she was just an unruly ex-wife, a failed original partner, a stepping stone to smooth out Gao Ran's path with status as shu daughter, so that Gao Ran could justify marrying into Yan Wang Mansion. This had become a thorn in Lin Wei Xi's heart. Now Aunt Lin in front of outsiders said that Lin Wei Xi pretending to be virtuous and no one would marry her in the future. This was like poking a hornet's nest.

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