Chapter 10

The longer Ning Zheng was with his wife, the more he knew what kind of person she was. He didn't care about her personality, as long as she didn't cause any trouble for her children, he would be satisfied. Even though Ning Guan was better at studying than his siblings, she never thought of praising her children. Instead, she only doted on his eldest and second sons. Only he encouraged his youngest son to study hard and learn about herbs with him well, hoping that in the future he would have some skills. Lan Jiu's true nature gradually showed, she was both stingy and tight-fisted. She would often scold her youngest son in front of him, so he had to quarrel with her all the time about this. Lan Jiu had always compared herself to Ning Zheng's eldest brother's family, saying that he was useless, unlike his brother who was a nobleman. This made Ning Zheng even more dissatisfied. He liked to live a peaceful life. Why did he have such a wife? In fact, he had wanted to divorce her for a long time, but since his children were still young, he had no choice but to endure it. He would wait until they were older before he could divorce her. She definitely didn't want his youngest son. If she thought she could raise her two sons by herself, he wouldn't hold her back. He didn't want to hear her complaining to Ning Guan anymore. It was so annoying and unreasonable. Even when Ning Guan did nothing, she would still scold him regularly. It made Ning Zheng angrier every day. Because of the couple's quarreling, Ning Guan couldn't help but feel sorry that he was the cause of his parents' quarreling. It was just that he was still young, so he didn't understand why his mother hated him so much. Ning Guan tried to be a good boy like his father told him to be, hoping that his mother would love and care for him. But unfortunately, Lan Jiu was unreasonable. She had always thought that Ning Guan was her jinx since she gave birth prematurely, so she despised Ning Guan even more. The village head didn't know about the matters at Ning Zheng's house. It was just that he was an outsider, so he couldn't help much. However, if Ning Zheng wanted to divorce his wife, he would help her as much as he could. He had promised Ning Xuanyuan that he would help Ning Zheng if he had any worries. Now, he really couldn't believe that his wife would find such a person to marry Ning Zheng. He only trusted her because his wife was a distant relative. But she gave Ning Xuanyuan such a daughter-in-law. It made him so ashamed that he didn't dare to go to Ning Zheng's house as often as before. Now that the servants had all moved out of the house, Ning Zheng had to rely on his wife for food. Although it wasn't as delicious as before, it was still edible. Lan Jiu also liked to punish Ning Guan by not eating often. This made Ning Zheng so unhappy that he threatened her that he would divorce her if she continued to behave like this. He could buy an imperial slave whenever he wanted. He didn't need her. He and his son could live together. Lan Jiu was shocked that her husband wanted to divorce her because of his unlucky son. After the day Ning Zheng threatened to divorce her, Lan Jiu's behavior had improved quite a bit. She didn't scold or scold Ning Guan anymore. But he didn't compliment her at all.

Ning Zheng saw that she had calmed down a lot and felt relieved. In fact, he didn't want to divorce her and embarrass himself. After all, she was still the mother of his child. Even though he had separated her from her for a long time since he saw her true nature,

Ning Zheng still brought Ning Guan to sleep in the same house with him because he was afraid that Lan Jiu would secretly hurt his son.

This made Lan Jiu even more dissatisfied that her husband didn't trust her.

She only scolded Ning Guan but never hit him even once.

After that day, Ning's family became much quieter.

The people in the village thought that they had reconciled as a couple.

But no one knew that Ning Zheng had become more and more silent. He hardly talked to his wife.

As for the food money, he let her manage it herself.

He wouldn't interfere.

But she had to use the same amount for every meal and every month.

Since he didn't give her a lot, there would still be some money left if she didn't secretly keep it for herself.

Lan Jiu's stinginess was in her blood. The food she cooked was nothing but vegetables and meat. Ning Zheng, who was in the herb garden, could not stand it anymore and they argued again. He said that he would not let her spend money anymore. He would buy the ingredients to cook himself. However, Lan Jiu, who had money, refused to return the money to Ning Zheng. Ning Zheng, who saw her greedy nature, could not help but feel helpless. He did not want to deal with her anymore. He took Ning Guan to buy slaves to cook for him and his youngest son. He did not care about the other two children. Lan Jiu loved them more anyway. She would not let her children starve to death. Lan Jiu could not help but feel anxious when she saw her husband and youngest son leaving the house. She just wanted to save some money, but he did not show her any face. Lan Jiu knew that he did not dare to divorce her now because his children were still young. If he had waited for her to fight with him again in the future, he would definitely divorce her. Lan Jiu herself did not understand why her husband loved her unfortunate son so much. As for her two sons, whom she loved, he did not care about them. Now Lan Jiu had the one tael of food money that her husband had given her. She wanted to wear some nice clothes like her sister-in-law, so she held onto the money. Even though Ning Zheng had quite a bit of money, he had only been raised to be an ordinary villager. He did not understand why his wife liked to compare herself to his sister-in-law so much. He had already told her that she was the only daughter of the Protection Bureau. Why did Lan Jiu, who was just a villager's daughter, want to compare her with her?