Liu Ge's mother was probably worried about leaving her son alone, so she ran back without even taking an umbrella.

He handed a small piece of silver to Xiao Yunying and said fiercely, "Here you go, take good care of it, don't drop it."

If you dare to extort money from her, you might have the money but not the chance to spend it.

Xiao Yunying weighed the silver in her hand, then handed it to Xiao Changxing.

“Village chief, I heard that the elders discussed repairing the Xiao Clan Ancestral Hall recently. Each household in the Xiao Clan collected two hundred coins. Although I have married into the Luo family, I am still surnamed Xiao. Please use these two taels of silver to repair the ancestral hall.”

None of the people present expected Xiao Yunying to do this; this was two taels of silver, not two hundred coins.

Xiao Changxing said, "It's good that you have this intention, but this is too much. Other families only charge two hundred coins per household."

Anyone can say nice things: "Village chief, please accept this without worry. It's not much for our ancestors. It's all from my heart. I hope our ancestors will bless my parents and children so that they can live a long and healthy life."

Upon hearing this, Mu Lianrong immediately stopped feeling sorry for her daughter, who was always thinking of her: "Cousin, just keep it. The ancestral hall really needs a proper renovation. Buy some good bricks and tiles, don't be stingy."

Since everyone said it was for repairing the ancestral hall, not for him, Xiao Changxing didn't refuse: "Then I'll accept it."

"By the way, village chief, remember to weigh the silver when you get back. This is silver I'm giving to our Xiao family ancestor. It was agreed that it would be two taels. If it's not enough, it would be bad if our ancestor blames us."

Xiao Changxing weighed the money in his hand; if the difference was small, it wouldn't be noticeable by hand. He then turned to Liu Ge's mother, who was glaring at Xiao Yunying through gritted teeth, and asked, "Did you weigh the silver? Is the amount right?"

Liu Ge's mother couldn't say that she had specifically chosen a grain of silver that was slightly smaller than two taels of silver. She could only whisper, "We don't have a small scale at home, so I didn't know. Why don't you go back and weigh it? If it's not enough, you can come back and ask me for more."

"Alright, the rain's getting heavier, you should take Liu Ge back."

He turned around and scolded Liu Ge a few more times before letting the mother and son leave.

Xiao Shan Hai pulled his wife's raincoat tighter: "Cousin, the rain is getting heavier, let's go back too."

Xiao Shan Hai was inexplicably annoyed when he saw his husband's doting attitude: "Go back now, I'm leaving too."

The sound of raindrops falling on the paper umbrella grew louder and louder. Mu Lianrong didn't say much to her daughter, just told her to hurry home and be careful not to get sick from the rain.

Luo Chen carried the wooden bucket, and Xiao Yunying saw that he had picked up the large bowl and porcelain basin that had already broken on the ground, intending to take them home and throw them away to prevent the shards from injuring anyone.

Two pomegranates were trampled, and the rest were probably picked up by someone.

If you take the main road from your parents' home to the Luo family's home, you'll pass by the big well. I guess your second sister-in-law came to return the bowl and brought her pomegranates. She happened to run into He Hua hitting her, so she rushed over.

She admitted that because of the original owner's memories, she disliked her second sister-in-law from the start, thinking that she was ungrateful and had a sharp tongue.

But if you look at it from another angle, it's understandable that the parents-in-law and husband always favored and doted on the younger sister after the two sisters-in-law married into the Xiao family, since they are all family members connected by blood.

If the two sisters-in-law wanted to have a good time in their husband's family, they naturally couldn't go against the original owner; they could only go along with her and coax her.

However, the original owner was ungrateful and took everything for granted. He didn't treat his parents and brother well, but he bossed around his two sisters-in-law. He didn't treat them like servants, but they weren't much better.

She doesn't do any housework, eats and uses the best food, and is always finding fault, complaining that their clothes aren't clean enough or that their cooking isn't good enough.

Wang was not a pushover either; she was not one to remain silent and would seize upon any small mistake the original owner made to viciously attack her.

As a result, the two of them often started arguing.

In Xiao Yunying's opinion, both sides have problems. One has a bad temper and is spoiled and willful, while the other has a sharp tongue and always kicks someone when they're down. The strained relationship between the two is not caused by one of them alone.

Looking at it today, it seems that this Wang family member is just like me. No matter how much trouble her own family members cause, when facing outsiders, she knows without a doubt that the first thing to do is to unite against them.

Her protective nature suits her well.

Mu Lianrong was truly amazed by her second daughter-in-law today. When she returned home, Zhang was applying medicine to Wang's neck.

The men in the family often go hunting in the mountains, so they always keep medicine for injuries on hand.

Mu Lianrong took off her raincoat: "How are you? Are you badly injured?"

Wang waved her hand: "It's not serious. I just wasn't paying attention and He Hua scratched me. I said it was nothing, but my sister-in-law insisted on putting medicine on it. Mother, you saw it, her face is much worse. It's swollen like a pig's head."

His expression was excited and thrilled, his eyes sparkling like a child who had done something good and was asking for praise from his parents.

Mu Lianrong hummed in agreement and offered a small compliment: "Not bad, you know how to protect Yun Ying now."

"That's right. How can our family let outsiders bully us? But Mother, I was in such a hurry that I threw the bowl and the pomegranate at He Hua's head. Both bowls broke and the pomegranate was crushed."

"It's broken, it's just two bowls. As long as my daughter is okay, that's all that matters. The pomegranates were sent by your family. If your brother hadn't sent them, we wouldn't have been able to eat them. It's fine that they're crushed. If Yunying wants to eat them, I'll have her father go to the city to buy some for her."

Mu Lianrong originally thought of sending a few to her daughter to try, but then felt that since they were sent by her second brother's wife's family, she couldn't make the decision herself, so she didn't say anything.

To her surprise, Wang took the initiative to bring some pomegranates to her daughter that afternoon, which truly astonished her.