allonlinenovel Chapter 574 Women Need to Be Cherished
Chapter 574 Women Need to Be Cherished
Chapter 574 Women Need to Be Cherished
After persuading Zhang Jiao, Wang Wenzhou waved to Li Mei and said with a smile, "Baby, baby, come sit here with your husband."
Li Mei stood up, her face flushed, and sat down next to Wang Wenzhou.
Wang Wenzhou, with one arm around Zhang Jiaobao and the other around Li Meibao, was very happy. He looked at Hou Fangyu and Mao Xiang and said sarcastically, "Brother Hou, Brother Mao, you two have been cursing me quite a bit these days. Now you've come to Hanshan, what are you trying to do?"
"What?" Old Man Li looked at Hou Fangyu in surprise, his eyes blazing. "I was really blind to have thought you were a good person and even invited you to dinner. How dare you be disrespectful to an adult!"
Not only Old Man Li, but everyone present looked at Hou Fangyu and his companion with the same angry gaze they had directed at their enemies.
Hou Fangyu frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "Boxin, speaking of which, you have been kind to our Hou family. It was your magnanimity that spared my father, and I am deeply grateful to you. However, we have different political views, and it would be too much for you to say that I scolded you. It was all because of official business. I heard that you were establishing an expeditionary force in Hanshan, and I also have a heart to serve my country, so I came here with Brother Mao to take a look."
"Heh!" Wang Wenzhou sneered, his hand, which was around Li Mei, already secretly slipped inside her clothes.
Li Mei felt her face burning hot. She kept her head down and prayed that her father and grandfather hadn't seen anything.
Wang Wenzhou gently pinched Li Mei and said with a smile, "Baby, baby, have a sip of wine."
"Okay!" Li Mei quickly took a sip of wine and fed it to Wang Wenzhou.
After the kiss, Wang Wenzhou looked at Hou Fangyu and said sarcastically, "From what I've heard, Brother Hou, you still want to join the army? It's not that I look down on you, but a weakling like you who only knows how to talk big shouldn't embarrass yourself. When it comes to fighting, you're not even as good as a woman."
Hou Fangyu was furious, clenching his fists tightly. "Wang Wenzhou, you mad dog! You look down on people like that!"
Mao Xiang smiled and said, "Bo Xin is joking. Although Brother Hou and I are weak scholars, we also want to abandon our studies and join the army to serve our country. However, we are afraid that some people are just pretending to be something they're not, like the treacherous Wang Mang, who is blinded by greed and plotting something wicked."
Wang Wenzhou curled his lip and said irritably, "A swaying bed reveals a horse's strength, and time reveals a person's true character. If you two are truly willing to serve your country and abandon your studies to join the army, I welcome you. As for your sarcastic remarks, that's fine, but if you anger me, you'll be the ones who suffer."
Hou Fangyu rolled his eyes at Wang Wenzhou, cursing inwardly: Mad dog!
Wang Wenzhou hugged Li Mei and took another sip of wine. Looking at Li Mei's shy and bashful appearance, he also felt aroused. Too lazy to listen to Hou Fangyu and Mao Xiang's sarcastic remarks, he decided to go home and sleep with his baby.
Thinking of this, Wang Wenzhou looked at Old Man Li and said with a smile, "Grandpa, I have something to do, so I'll go back to the mansion with the babies first. I'll come to see you another day so we can discuss when to hold the wedding."
"Good!" Old Man Li felt that it was Hou Fangyu and Mao Xiang who had displeased Wang Wenzhou.
"My lord, please take care!" Everyone quickly stood up and respectfully saw Wang Wenzhou off.
Wang Wenzhou, holding his two babies, walked away happily.
Old Man Li's expression changed. He looked at Hou Fangyu and said coldly, "I never expected that you two young masters would be this kind of people!"
"Pfft..." Hou Fangyu and Mao Xiang felt like crying. Old man, what kind of people are we?
Hou Fangyu was somewhat embarrassed and retorted sarcastically, "Uncle, I never expected you to be such an sycophant."
"Bang!" Li Fugui slammed his hand on the table and said coldly, "What did you say?"
"Hmph!" Hou Fangyu snorted coldly and said irritably, "Just now your father wanted to betroth your daughter to me, but when Wang Wenzhou came and took a liking to your daughter, your father directly betrothed her to Wang Wenzhou. Before the marriage was even finalized, Wang Wenzhou acted without any restraint, hugging and embracing her in public. Did you all just turn a blind eye?"
Mao Xiang said sarcastically, "Brother Hou, Wang Wenzhou is rich and powerful. How can you, a poor scholar, compare? Even if everyone knows that Wang Wenzhou is greedy and lecherous, he still has money! Do you have any?"
Li Fugui said coldly, "Get out!"
"Wealth and honor!" Old Man Li scolded his son, then cupped his hands in apology to Hou Fangyu and said, "Young Master Hou, what I did just now was inappropriate. But to slander the magistrate is your fault!"
"Slander?" Hou Fangyu said with a wry smile, "Uncle, everyone knows that Wang Wenzhou is a lecher. Don't you know that? You saw what Wang Wenzhou did just now. He was so rude, yet you turned a blind eye!"
"Ah..." Old Man Li sighed, and said with a wry smile, "The magistrate is indeed a bit lecherous. Not only do I know it, but everyone in Hanshan knows it. But if the magistrate takes a fancy to a girl, no one in the village will be unhappy. They will all be as excited as I am, as if their ancestors' graves are emitting auspicious smoke!"
"Pfft..." Hou Fangyu was completely dumbfounded. Old man, have you been infected by that mad dog Wang Wenzhou? How can you be so shameless?
Mao Xiang said irritably, "Old man, you've already said that, so why don't you admit that you're a sycophant?"
Old Man Li shook his head and said, "My family used to be poor, but ever since you came to Hanshan, our lives have improved. I'm not the kind of person who would sell my granddaughter's happiness for money. Although you're a bit of a womanizer, you treat your wives and concubines exceptionally well."
Hou Fangyu and Mao Xiang exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with disdain. The old man was too shameless. He knew Wang Wenzhou was a womanizer, yet he still married his granddaughter to him and kept saying he would not betray his granddaughter's happiness.
Old Man Li continued, "We're all men, so I'll ask you two gentlemen one question: would you kneel before your own wives and concubines?"
"Pfft..." Hou Fangyu was completely dumbfounded. This mad dog Wang Wenzhou did crazy things, and you actually believed it? How could a dignified seven-foot man, the head of a family, kneel before his wives and concubines? Have you no shame?
"Haha!" Old Man Li laughed and said, "To tell you the truth, when I first saw you kneeling before Lady Liu Rushi begging for forgiveness, I also thought you were so shameful. Later, when I got home, I told my wife about it. But she said, 'You are such a good man. What woman wouldn't want to marry such a good man?'"
"Huh?" Hou Fangyu looked at Old Man Li in surprise. What kind of logic is this? A man kneeling in front of a woman makes him a good man?
"Honey, you say it," Old Man Li said with a smile.
"Yes!" The old lady nodded and said with a smile, "You are all men, you don't understand women's hearts. For us women, our husbands are like the sky, and women should listen to their husbands, otherwise they are not being virtuous. But what woman doesn't want her husband to treat her well? Doesn't she want her husband to love her? Even if a man is a womanizer, as long as he kneels in front of a woman and admits his mistakes, what woman wouldn't forgive him?"
The old lady said enviously, "If my husband, Lao Li, were like you, no matter how bad he is, I would love him wholeheartedly. Women need to be cherished! No matter how old a woman is, she hopes her man will cherish her. With a man like you who cherishes women so much, how could my granddaughter suffer if she married him?"
"Ah!" Hou Fangyu was stunned. He had never thought from a woman's perspective before. Now, after hearing what the old lady said, he suddenly understood why his beloved Li Xiangjun had betrayed him. He had truly been wrong!