Ning Huan said coldly, "These are our family's things."

Just as Liu and Zhou Yan were about to say something, Zhou Dasheng walked in with his mother.

Hearing Ning Huan's words, he said with dissatisfaction, "What do you mean by 'your family's things'? Third Brother is the son of the Zhou family, and you are the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family. Your family's things are also the Zhou family's!"

Zhou Yan chimed in, "That's right! Big brother is right. Your family's things are also our Zhou family's things. What's the difference between 'yours' and 'mine'?"

Ning Huan frowned slightly. The man in front of her must be Zhou Dasheng, the eldest brother of the Zhou family. She hadn't seen him before because he wasn't home, and her impression of him was based on the original owner's memories.

Now I've finally seen it.

Zhou Dasheng put his hands on his hips and looked at Ning Huan: "Third sister-in-law, I went to work in another village a while ago, and when I came back, I heard that you haven't been doing well lately. It's one thing to be disrespectful to your sister-in-law and sister, but you're also not filial to our parents."

"It's not that I, as the eldest brother, am saying anything to you, but now that you're a daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, you should always think of our parents in everything you do."

Ning Huan sneered. Zhou Dasheng's words were exactly as she had imagined.

This week, her family members have been speaking quite irrationally. As the eldest brother of the Zhou family, she probably wouldn't be used to it if he could speak with even a modicum of reason.

"Brother, are you saying I don't care about our parents? But I have to remind you first, what did our parents say when they kicked my husband and me out of the house?"

Ning Huan said, word by word, "From now on, our family has no relation to the Zhou family whatsoever."

These were indeed the words spoken by Zhou's mother back then. She saw that Zhou Jing'an's body was badly injured and was afraid that he would ask the family for money for medical treatment and medicine. That's why she said such harsh words.

Seeing Ning Huan say those words in front of everyone, Zhou's mother felt a little embarrassed.

She roared arrogantly, "Shut up! Third son's wife, I said that back then to let you know that after the family is divided, you have to take responsibility on your own. You are now parents of four children, and you shouldn't be thinking about relying on your family anymore."

Ning Huan looked at Zhou's mother calmly: "So, it seems I misunderstood you, Mother?"

Zhou Yan, who was looking at the gifts, wanted to put them in her pocket as soon as possible. She hurriedly said, "Of course you've misunderstood your mother. Now that your family has so many good things, hurry up and take them out to show your respect to your parents!"

Since Zhou's mother entered the house, all she has seen is this pile of things filling the yard; she hasn't had a chance to properly look inside what's inside.

Zhou Yan reminded her, and she walked over to the box to examine its contents more closely.

It's fine if you don't look at it, but once you do, you can't take your eyes off it.

The hairpins, skirts, and jewelry in the boxes were all beautiful styles she had never seen before. There were even some fine things like bird's nest in the other boxes, which she had only seen the lady of the house eat when she was a servant in a wealthy family when she was young.

Although the remaining boxes haven't been opened yet, they must contain quite a few good things.

Her eyes gleamed with excitement. Zhou Yan, watching the boxes, was also eager to take these treasures home.

The hairpins and jewelry inside were all novel styles she had never seen before, and even the clothing fabrics were the most fashionable designs of the moment. If she could tailor them into clothes and wear them, she would definitely outshine all the girls in the nearby villages!

Thinking of this, she couldn't wait to grab the box and leave.

Ning Huan rushed forward with lightning speed and pressed the box down.

Zhou Yan rolled her eyes at Ning Huan with displeasure: "What do you mean by this, Third Sister-in-law?"

Ning Huan said calmly, "I should be the one asking you that question. My second sister rushed to my house without even saying hello and was about to take our things away. What does that mean?"

Zhou Yan quickly complained to Zhou Dasheng, "Big brother, listen to what your third sister-in-law is saying! You and Mother both told her we're family, but she still keeps saying 'my family, my family'!"

Seeing so many beautiful and precious things being blocked from her by that bitch Ning Huan, Zhou Yan was extremely anxious and felt incredibly distressed.

Thinking of this, she became even more resentful of Niu Dadan. If it weren't for that good-for-nothing's incompetence, Ning Huan would have already been drowned in a pig cage by the villagers.

All of Zhou Jing'an's things belonged to her, the second older sister.

She wished she could tear Ning Huan to pieces right now, but she couldn't do anything about it. So she hoped that Zhou Dasheng could teach Ning Huan a lesson so that she could take all her things.

Zhou Dasheng looked at Ning Huan coldly and said, "Third sister-in-law, there are quite a lot of things in this box. You and your third brother don't need so much. So it's only right that you take some out to show your respect to our parents and siblings."

Ning Huan chuckled softly, then said, "Big brother, do you know who gave you these things?"

She pointed to the boxes and said, "These are gifts that my husband's classmates brought to visit him."

Zhou Dasheng asked, "So what? Since they were given to Jing'an, it's none of their business who Jing'an gives them to, especially since they're giving them to his own parents and siblings."

Ning Huan said, "You can't take these things."

Ning Huan wasn't initially interested in the contents of these boxes; she had earned enough money during this period to buy a hundred of them.

But she noticed that there were many nourishing medicinal herbs in the container, which she could give to Zhou Jing'an to brew into medicine.

This saves me the trouble of going to town to buy it myself.

As for those hairpins and jewelry, although she herself didn't care for them, there was no reason for her to let others take them for free.

What's more, Zhou Yan didn't even say hello; she just grabbed the things and was about to leave like a robber.

If she can get the Zhou family to take even one item from these boxes today, then she, Ning Huan, will have her name read backwards.

Zhou Dasheng said impatiently, "Third brother's wife, didn't you understand what I just said? Or is it that even I, as the eldest brother, can't persuade you anymore?"

Because Zhou Dasheng is now considered half the head of the Zhou family, even Zhou's father has to ask for his opinion on some matters. Therefore, in the Zhou family, few people can disagree with what he says.

He was very unhappy that Ning Huan dared to go against him in public.

But Ning Huan changed her tune and said aggrievedly, "Brother, that's not what I meant. These things were brought by my husband's classmates when they came to visit him, and there are many rare medicinal herbs among them."

“Those medicinal herbs are for my husband’s treatment, so I can’t let my second sister and mother take them away.”

Zhou Yan said dismissively, "I thought it was something special. It's just a few herbs. We won't take them. Let's leave the herbs for our third brother, okay?"