Chapter 782 - 097 Condolences_3
But speaking of Lin Jiaxiao, he was beside himself with rage after his older brother cheated him out of two taels of silver and returned to his room. Li Feng’e was in the midst of dressing her two sons in mourning clothes and glanced at him coldly, sneering, "You’ve got the guts to do it, but not to admit it? Where’s that viciousness you had when you beat me? A real tyrant at home!"
Lin Jiaxiao couldn’t be bothered with her, and sat morosely on the edge of the kang, absentmindedly pounding his leg. What Lin Jiazhong said was indeed true; not only had he been a hired thug at Chunfeng Building, but he was also involved with a vixen there—the handkerchief Li Feng’e found the other time belonged to that vixen.
Since the last big fight with his wife, she had recklessly returned to her parents’ house, leaving behind their two sons in tears and tantrums. Although Lady Yang helped take care of them, going through the New Year without his wife was laughably shameful.
Therefore, on the second day of the new year, he shamefacedly went to fetch his wife back from her parents’ home. That visit turned out badly, with a beating from his brother-in-law!
Moreover, he was forced by his brother-in-law to swear never to lay a finger on his wife again before he was let go. Consequently, he had to give up his job in the city, and naturally, his liaison with the vixen was cut off as well.
Although Li Feng’e returned with Lin Jiaxiao, the couple’s relationship was far from the closeness it once had. If he had been cheated out of two taels of silver in the past, Li Feng’e would have exploded, but today she showed no anger, and even seemed a bit gleeful at his misfortune. Who asked him to secretly stash away silver? Serves him right!
After a day’s preparation, the family might be late, but somehow they managed to set up the ancestral hall. Due to a lack of sufficient silver, the cheapest wood was used for Lin Jianling’s casket. The furnishings inside the hall were as simple as could be, even less decent than some common families in the village, almost deserving the description of "pitiful."