Chapter 146: The First Wife of the Republic of China (1)

Chapter 146: The First Wife of the Republic of China (1)

"Madam, the young master will be home soon. The old lady asked you to go to the door to greet him." The maid said cheerfully.

Xu Jinhuan nodded and followed the maid to the door. It was a Chinese-style courtyard. The maids he met along the way were all wearing loose cheongsams, while the servants were wearing long gowns and jackets.

It is obvious that the historical background of this small world is the turbulent Republic of China.

Combined with what the maid just said to her, she most likely has a husband who has received a Western education or has studied abroad.

When she arrived at the door, many people were already standing there. When she saw her coming, a serious-looking woman said unhappily, "Why are you so late? You don't even care about your own husband."

Xu Jinhuan never blamed himself. After hearing this question, he directly asked, "I don't have clairvoyance or super hearing. How do I know he's coming back now? The only thing to blame is that you informed him too late."

"How dare you talk back? You are so unfilial. I don't know how the Xu family brought you up?" the woman scolded harshly.

Xu Jinhuan curled her lips, "Don't you always say that a married woman should obey her husband? If I am uneducated, it is because your family did not teach me well."

The woman was so angry that she pointed at Xu Jinhuan with a trembling finger: "You——"

Xu Jinhuan wanted to fight back, but the middle-aged man next to the woman said coldly, "That's enough! Why are you arguing? Don't you know that others are laughing at you?"

"Who dares?" The woman glanced at the people around her with sharp eyes.

All the maids and servants lowered their heads in obedience.

The woman snorted coldly, glared at Xu Jinhuan again, and said meaningfully, "When Lu Ting comes back, I want him to know what kind of person his wife is."

"Whatever!" Xu Jinhuan shrugged indifferently.

The woman was so angry that she was shaking all over. Just as she was about to lose her temper, she heard someone exclaim, "The young master is back."

Now, the woman no longer cared about arguing with Xu Jinhuan. Her face instantly broke into a smile. She hurriedly walked up to him, looking at the young man in front of her with surprise.

She touched the young man's face and murmured, "You've lost weight, you've lost weight. My son has suffered a lot outside."

As he spoke, his eyes became red and tears flowed down, looking heartbroken.

The young man was also very moved and said, "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry for making you worry. I am unfilial. I will definitely be more filial to you in the future."

The woman looked relieved. The middle-aged man patted the young man on the shoulder and said, "We don't need you to follow us around and be filial to us all the time. Just do your own thing."

The young man nodded, turned his body to reveal the girl in a dress behind him, and said, "Let me introduce you. This is my friend, Han Ruonan. If she hadn't saved my life while I was studying abroad, I might not have met you."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but secretly look at the eldest young lady.

Xu Jinhuan had a blank expression on her face. She had already understood the plot at this moment.

The original owner was a girl who received a traditional education. She was married to Lu Ting, the eldest son of the Lu family, at the behest of her parents. The day after the marriage, Lu Ting went across the ocean to study abroad.

After returning from studying abroad, Lu Ting, who had learned a lot of Western liberal ideas, felt that his marriage with the original owner was a feudal dregs and proposed a divorce.

The Lu family disagreed at first, but they couldn't persuade Lu Ting, so they agreed.

This era is a transition from the old to the new. On the one hand, new ideas are pouring in, while on the other hand, the old order has not yet collapsed.

The Xu family was a family that followed the old order. They refused to accept a divorced daughter and simply asked for the original owner's dowry back.

The original owner had nowhere to go, so she could only agree to Lu's father and mother's request to divorce but not leave home. From then on, she lived in the Lu family awkwardly and provided for Lu's father and mother in their old age.

After devoting his whole life to hard work, he ended up with a bad reputation that dragged down Lu Ting.

Not cost-effective.

The woman who had just quarreled with Xu Jinhuan, that is, Lu's mother, took Han Ruonan's hand and said with gratitude: "Ruonan, thank you very much. From now on, you will be the benefactor of our Lu family."

As she said this, she glanced at Xu Jinhuan complacently, as if to say that her son had many suitors and she would stick to her.

Xu Jinhuan was speechless. What kind of treasure is her son? Any woman would want him.

"Come in first! The food has been prepared at home." Father Lu said in a gentle tone.

Mother Lu smiled and pulled Han Ruonan towards the dining room. Lu Ting and Father Lu walked in front. The two asked and answered each other, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Only Xu Jinhuan was walking alone at the back, occasionally receiving sympathetic looks from the maids and servants.

But Xu Jinhuan didn't care. She was a little hungry. The original owner ate very little in order to maintain her figure.

When it was her turn, it didn't work. She walked very fast and passed the person in front of her.

Since I'm leaving soon anyway, there's no need to leave a good impression on the Lu family.

Mother Lu stared at the figure in front of her in amazement, muttering, "Is she in a hurry to reincarnate? She left so quickly, without any manners at all. Why did we let her enter the Lu family in the first place?"

Lu Ting also frowned.

That's so rude.

How could his wife be such a person?

When they arrived at the dining room, they saw Xu Jinhuan already sitting down. When he saw them, he didn't even lift his butt and continued eating with big mouthfuls.

Mother Lu got angry all of a sudden and said coldly: "Get up, what daughter-in-law is like you, sitting down before the elders have sat down."

Xu Jinhuan rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, "No one's husband is like your son? He left the next day after the wedding without saying a word, and came back with a young girl, saying she was your savior. If the two of them didn't have an affair, I would take your surname."