Upon hearing this, Granny Fan couldn’t help but feel angry: "I’ve never seen soone as ungrateful as you. When you moved out of the Wang Family, I spoke up for you and even helped."
"Helped ?"
Yu Tingwan didn’t believe a word of these claims.
"I rember the gratitude from those who truly helped , but do you think I don’t know your real intentions?"
"You couldn’t stand my aunt and wanted us to fight."
If she were to get along with Mrs. Wang, Granny Fan would treat her like an eyesore.
Yu Tingwan curled her lips slightly.
She usually gets along well with others and doesn’t like to bicker. But if soone really provoked her, she could retort ten tis for their one.
"Silly Girl went through hardships and couldn’t handle the shock, which is why she beca simple-minded."
"If I rember correctly, before anything happened to her, many people wanted to marry her, and you even tried to match her with your two nephews."
"Her mother cursed you for having a rotten heart and drove you out."
"You’ve been feeling sour about that for quite a while, haven’t you?"
"They are a mother and daughter relying on each other; their life is already hard. I don’t expect you to empathize, but at least be decent! Do you think it’s a feat to rub salt into others’ wounds?"
"Silly Girl isn’t fully minded; those who see her as easy to deceive are scum. Is that the kind of person who talks behind her back?"
After throwing those words down, she didn’t even bother to look at Granny Fan’s darkened face and was ready to head back.
The won were left looking at each other, slightly intimidated by her fierce deanor.
Yet they couldn’t help but feel... Yu Tingwan was right.
After all, Granny Fan’s words, filled with selfishness, were indeed unpleasant.
At that mont, Yu Tingwan stopped in her tracks.
Just as the won assud she hadn’t had enough retorting, Yu Tingwan paused to ask calmly if the mushrooms she picked were poisonous.
Getting a definite answer, Yu Tingwan returned to the old house, boiled so hot water to soak her frozen hands, and carefully applied ointnt.
She had been diligent in applying it these days, and her frostbite had improved a lot, with no more pus.
Yu Tingwan had long been accustod to the countryside habit of not having lunch. She’d been quite sleepy these days, sleeping a lot, as if trying to make up for years of rest all at once.
She lay down on the couch, wrapping herself tightly in a quilt.
Once she had money in the future, she would definitely buy a thick cotton quilt.
Like the one Wei Shen used today! That way, she wouldn’t wake up in the middle of the night from the cold.
The Wei Family’s second household might be poor, but they really spared no expense for their son. If her parents were still around, they surely would have...
Yu Tingwan sighed deeply.
She still needed to think about how to make money.
Pondering and pondering, the young woman’s breathing beca steady, and before she knew it, she had fallen into a deep sleep.
Yu Tingwan was awoken by the aroma from next door; it was nearing dusk.
She took a deep breath.
It was the sll of stewed chicken. The rich aroma perated the air, lingering around her nose.
Hui Niang’s cooking skills were excellent. The Village Chief’s grandson had even hired her for a banquet when he got married, allowing her to earn so money. It was a source of inco.
But this place was so impoverished that few people would pay for a cook.
Although the two households of the Wei Family had separated, they hadn’t divided the family assets.
Even when Hui Niang managed to earn so money, Mrs. Wei, that old hag, would snatch it away before it even ward in her hands.
Forget at dishes; even simple vegetarian dishes, when cooked by her, were exceptionally delicious.
Yu Tingwan could barely rember when she had last eaten at.
The stead buns Aunt Wu gave her were long gone.
Yu Tingwan washed the wild vegetables and put them into a broken pot along with the mushrooms to cook.
Without oil or salt to season, it naturally didn’t taste great. But she wasn’t picky.
Wei Family stewing chicken.
Yu Tingwan eating wild vegetables, mushrooms.
The next day, Wei Family cooking fish.
Yu Tingwan eating wild vegetables, mushrooms.
On the third day, the Village Chief chose an auspicious ti to butcher the pig they bought from Butcher Wu.
Half the village gathered to watch the pig slaughter, and those with money planned to buy so pork, the fatter the better, so they could have more sustenance in their bellies.
Hui Niang queued at the Village Chief’s house, too.
The family needed to be frugal with money, but she didn’t want to skimp on food for Erlang.
She arrived late, and the good fatty at was already taken.
Hui Niang clutched the coin in her hand, her eyes inadvertently falling on the pig intestines discarded in the corner, ant to be chopped up to feed the chickens.
These days, few people ate pig intestines. Firstly, they were hard to clean. Secondly, people feared they carried bad luck. Thirdly, they could taste quite awful once cooked.
Yu Tingwan, with nothing better to do, went to join the fun as well.
She had no money to buy at, but she had her reasons.
Li Lian was cleaning the bloodstains in the yard. Yu Tingwan approached her.
"Mother-in-law."
Seeing her, Li Lian had a bad feeling.
Indeed.
Yu Tingwan said slowly, "It’s been two days already."
Li Lian: ...
What’s the hurry!!!
Yu Tingwan felt quite anxious, "I really am in a hurry."
Li Lian: ...
She understood.
Both amused and annoyed.
"You..."
Just about to joke, when a sharp voice interrupted.
"Isn’t this my sister-in-law? Can you actually afford to buy at?"
A sharp-faced woman blocked Hui Niang’s path, her lofty deanor exuding superiority.
She didn’t lower her voice one bit.
"Look at what you and your husband are up to! Insisting on treating Lang’s illness – you even took Mother’s money purse!"
"Mother has been so upset she can’t eat, she’s lost weight. Yet you and your husband are living it up!"
Yu Tingwan: ...
She thought Mrs. Wei was very healthy.
Every day yelling at Hui Niang right at her door!
Even disturbed her!
Hui Niang, having been oppressed by Zhuang i for years, had grown accustod. She tried to muster up the courage: "Sister-in-law, don’t put false charges on and my husband. What do you an by Mother’s money? That should have belonged to our second household."
"But the Wei Family hasn’t split their assets. How can it be your second household’s money!"
Not daring to et Zhuang i’s eyes, Hui Niang said softly: "We might not have formally split, but years ago, you pushed us out, saying there wasn’t enough room. We’ve been living separately for years."
How to divide the houses? How to divide the land... That should be docunted.
Mrs. Wei was biased and lived with the main household, unwilling to divide these things. Moreover, her eldest son Wei Shoucai was slick and lazy, while Wei Shouzhong was earnest and diligent, only knowing how to work hard.
Every spring, the fields planted by the main household never produced more than what Wei Shouzhong could alone.
The Wei Family needed labor like him.
All these years, Mrs. Wei held on to the money from crop sales, secretly supplenting the main household. For the second household, it was just grain from the fields.
She didn’t skimp too much on grain; after all, a cornered rabbit will still bite.
The main household had taken all the advantage, and Zhuang i lived well.
But!! The second household dared to resist.
Seeing her dare to speak up, Zhuang i was furious.
"Incredible! With your son back, you’ve got the backbone, and dare to talk back!"
Hui Niang pressed her lips, lowered her head to avoid her, and prepared to leave.
Would Zhuang i let her go?
She shoved her: "I said you could leave?"
"So what if Wei Shen is back? What are you proud of? That brat can rise up and stand up for you?"
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