Chapter 802 - 170: Selling the Mother for Wealth_5
Pei Houli and Pei Wenbo, along with Kong’s, who brought her daughter Pei Qingya back, had arrived.
From the moment they were notified until their return, it had been more than a month. To say there had been no delays would be absolutely impossible. And Pei Wenlee had not come back for the mourning.
The time had been dragged out too long. Even though it was winter, Lady Chen’s corpse had started to stink.
Lady Zhu, disgusted, had it hurriedly buried as soon as people returned.
Of all people, it was Pei Wenbo who was the most unwilling and aggrieved by Lady Chen’s death. He was already seventeen and would turn eighteen soon—after abiding by three years of mourning, how old would he be!? Besides, he had already set his sights on a young lady in Capital Jingcheng; by the time the mourning period was over, she would have long been married off and had children!
Pei Houli also cried with deep sorrow. However, he wept over his son’s future being ruined again, with his younger son’s marital arrangements delayed due to the mourning period. As for Lady Chen’s death, he had only been distressed for a few days at the beginning. Then, he felt relieved. He no longer had to deal with Lady Chen’s dark, unpleasant, and meddling face ever again!
Soon, Lady Chen was buried. Old Pei’s House did not host a grand feast for guests and did not have many people to invite, settling the matter with a few ceremonial tables.
Now back in this home, Kong’s was no longer pressured by a mother-in-law above her, but she knew it wouldn’t be long before Pei Houli found a new stepmother for her, keeping her under someone’s thumb once again. And Lady Zhu, now looking even less favorably upon the main house, began ordering her about. Knowing the suspicious circumstances of Lady Chen’s death and how Pei Wenli conspicuously did not pursue the matter, she discussed with Qian Wanxiu, "My mother-in-law is gone, and I alone can’t take care of the whole household. The grandparents are getting on in years, and the second uncle and aunt are seldom home. How about we buy a couple of maids to serve them?"