Chapter 1206: Chapter 1179: Cannon Fodder in the Demon Hunting Novel 43

The Xu Family had a Snake Demon.

This matter quickly spread throughout the city, and the Magistrate sent people to investigate.

With the help of the expert Daoist, the Snake Demon’s powers were quickly abolished, and the Snake Demon was locked in a cage and sent to the largest temple in the city to be transformed.

However, the Snake Demon did not change its aggressive nature and attempted to attack people on the way, only to be killed by the Daoist with a single stab.

The Daoist said the Snake Demon’s body was highly toxic, fearing that it might harm people if buried randomly, he took the Snake Demon’s body and left swiftly.

By the time the master at the temple arrived, the Snake Demon’s body was gone.

The master was extremely regretful, as the gall of such a Snake Demon is a valuable item.

The Snake Demon was taken away, but the Xu Family’s issues were far from over.

Luo Anhui went to the government office with people to beat the drum and demand justice, insisting on divorcing Xu Jiamao.

The Luo Family also received the news, and Second Uncle Luo brought a group of people from the Luo Family to support Anhui.

Moreover, the Magistrate had some ties with Rong Yan, and Mrs. Luo sent a post over. In consideration of Mrs. Luo’s status, the Magistrate quickly ruled that Anhui could divorce Xu Jiamao and could leave with her daughter.

Anhui, who had suffered in the Xu Family for so many years, was overjoyed upon learning that she could leave with her child, weeping with joy and nearly crying out loud in the courtroom.

She took the divorce paper and went with people from the Luo Family to pack her belongings at the Xu Family.

Anhui had a lot of dowry, and packing it required time.

Xu Jiamao saw Anhui return and knelt, pleading her not to divorce, saying he couldn’t live without Anhui and was reluctant to part with the child, claiming the child should grow up with both parents, questioning how it would be without a biological father.

Anhui laughed in anger: "Xu Jiamao, how dare you talk about being a father? Did you ever hold the child after she was born? Have you coaxed her even once? When she was sick to the brink of death, did you care? No, and yet you dare speak of what’s good or not. I say, the child leaving your Xu Family is the best thing."

Luo Anhui became angrier as she spoke, and later, while Xu Jiamao was unguarded, she secretly fed him the female fertility pills given by Anning.

As Luo Anhui left with her child and dowry, she only felt relief.

Hmph, wasn’t the Xu Family looking down on her? Didn’t they despise her for having a daughter?

She wanted to see how the Xu Family could find another wife after she left, a wife who would give them a son, and how Xu Jiamao would cope with having no sons and all daughters, what Madam Xu would say.

Thinking of these things made Luo Anhui extremely happy.

Indeed, it went as Anhui envisioned.

After Luo Anhui divorced, the Xu Family began searching for a wealthy wife for Xu Jiamao.

However, the Xu Family’s reputation was ruined, and no decent family’s daughter was willing to marry him.

Moreover, Xu Jiamao had been associated with a Snake Demon; who knew if his body carried demon energy? Who would risk their life to marry a man who had tangled with a Snake Demon? Were all men in the world gone?

Thus, Xu Jiamao couldn’t find a wife for a long period.

Eventually, he had no choice but to lower himself to marry the daughter of a country squire.

That woman was robust and not very easy to marry, but her family had money, and her dowry was substantial.

This girl was attracted to Xu Jiamao’s good looks and agreed to marry him.

After Xu Jiamao remarried, the new Grandma Xu bore him a daughter in the second year, followed by twin daughters the next year.

Madam Xu started causing trouble again, using the absence of a son as an excuse, and took concubines for Xu Jiamao.

Yet, the new Grandma Xu was not a pushover.

She beat both Xu Jiamao and Madam Xu and argued with Luo Anhui’s logic that Xu Jiamao was inherently incapable of fathering sons. Otherwise, his previous wife wouldn’t have had three daughters, and she wouldn’t have had three daughters either.

Grandma Xu was unreasonable and capricious, beating Xu Jiamao senseless and threatening that if she didn’t give birth to a son, she’d thrash the Xu Family members.

Madam Xu had grievances that went unsaid.

As she complained to others, they said she deserved it, having a good wife yet not knowing how to cherish, inviting a Snake Demon home, wasting what could have been enjoyable days, only capable of causing trouble.

Others said Xu Jiamao deserved it; he was in need of a beating, Grandma Xu was right to beat him, and her actions were commendable.

No acquaintance or relative spoke in defense of the Xu Family.

This made Grandma Xu all the more arrogant.

Later, Grandma Xu took charge and provided Xu Jiamao with two concubines, but these concubines were also coarse and clumsy-looking, and Xu Jiamao was unwilling, resulting in a beating from Grandma Xu.

Despite taking concubines, Xu Jiamao still couldn’t have a son, and the concubines bore him five daughters.

In total, including the three from Anhui, Xu Jiamao fathered eleven daughters altogether.

Everyone said Xu Jiamao deserved it, for the Xu Family lacked virtue, which is why they couldn’t father a son.

Xu Jiamao felt ashamed and almost dared not leave home.

He didn’t believe he couldn’t father a son, vigorously trying, regardless of how unattractive his wives and concubines were, almost engaging in rituals daily.

His wives and concubines were in good health, having children one after another, yet they were all daughters, not a single son.

The daughters were taught to be particularly boisterous by Grandma Xu, with no trace of tranquility, even naughtier than sons. When they could walk and jump, they annoyed Xu Jiamao and Madam Xu to no end, and when they were slightly older, they dared to tear the house down.

Meanwhile, Luo Anhui had remarried. A year after marriage, she bore a son, followed by dragon-phoenix twins two years later.

Her new husband was gentle and kind-hearted, treating her and the three daughters she brought along exceptionally well, and they lived in harmony as a family.

Of course, that’s another story.

While Luo Anhui returned to Yang City with a lavish dowry.

She didn’t move into her parents’ home; she bought a house close to her family residence.

Armed with a dowry, living near her family, and having people to care for her, she didn’t fear anyone treating her poorly or causing trouble.

Back home, Anhui’s smile became more frequent, and she grew more cheerful day by day.

Ru Yi and her sisters, no longer oppressed by the Xu Family, gradually became lively and active.

At this time, Cong Zhongbai sought a matchmaker at the Luo Family to propose, wishing to marry Anqing.

Mrs. Luo was quite surprised.

She hadn’t expected Cong Zhongbai to wish to marry Anqing.

If it were anyone else, Mrs. Luo might have refused, but this was Cong Zhongbai, who had once escorted Anqing, and they owed him kindness, so Mrs. Luo couldn’t refuse.

She then called Anqing over to ask her opinion.

Upon hearing that Cong Zhongbai sent someone to propose, Anqing blushed immediately.

How could Mrs. Luo not see this? Her eldest daughter, cared for and escorted by Cong Zhongbai, had grown fond of him.

Mrs. Luo had to agree to this marriage, and meanwhile, negotiated the wedding date with the Cong Family and prepared a dowry for Luo Anqing. Near the wedding date, she planned to escort Luo Anqing to the Capital for the wedding.

As for who to send to escort Luo Anqing, Mrs. Luo invited An Yuan, as well as Anning and Xiao Yuan.