Zhang's teeth were practically grinding to powder. Song Rui was her son, the pride of their second branch of the family. She was counting on this son to hold his head high and live a good life in the future, and she absolutely couldn't let that wretched girl, Song Er Ya, ruin it!

"Big brother, Er Ya, wait a moment!"

Zhang turned to Li Guixiang and whispered, "Mother, I think we should just give the money to them."

"No way! Why should that bitch get away with this!" Li Guixiang said through gritted teeth.

"Mother, if we don't give it to them, they'll complain. What if it really ruins Jun'er's marriage? You've watched Jun'er grow up; you can't just ignore him!"

"She's a money-loser, I wouldn't dare leave her hanging!"

"But what if...?"

Li Guixiang is unsure of Song Ning's temperament. If things really go to court, her grandson's future will be ruined.

Even though Li Guixiang was unwilling, her grandson was her darling, with a bright future ahead of him, and she couldn't just abandon him.

After hesitating for a while, he finally reluctantly went back into the house and took out one hundred coins.

Looking at the hundred coins, Zhang felt her heart bleed. She secretly vowed that if her son became successful, she would never let Song Dahai's family have an easy time!

Song Ning was overjoyed to receive the hundred coins, completely ignoring Li Guixiang's murderous glare.

Song Ning counted the money in her hand. She couldn't trust Li Guixiang; what if she gave her less?

After counting the money, Song Ning looked up and stared at Li Guixiang for a long time.

Caught off guard, Li Guixiang had a necklace pulled off her neck by Song Ning.

"This necklace, if I remember correctly, should belong to my mother, right?"

At this time of year, aside from young women getting married, who still wears this around their neck? Everyone's afraid it will be stolen.

Li Guixiang, despite her advanced age, wore the necklace around her neck every day to show off.

Back then, the family was poor, and Song Dahai had never bought anything for Liu Yuelan. He originally wanted to buy her a hairpin, but hairpins were too expensive, so in the end he chose a slightly cheaper necklace, which Song Dahai had saved up for a long time to buy.

But Liu Yuelan hadn't even worn it for a few days when Li Guixiang scolded her for being indecent, saying that no village wife dresses up and wears these things all day long.

Liu Yuelan didn't understand either. After being scolded by her mother-in-law, she dared not wear it again, and the necklace disappeared after that.

"My mother cried for days because she lost her necklace. I never expected it to be with you."

"You good-for-nothing, this is mine!" she said, reaching out to snatch it back.

Song Ning dodged aside and laughed, "My mother has been looking for this for a long time. No wonder she couldn't find it. It turns out it was stolen by your Song family. Tsk tsk, Grandmother, my cousin is quite successful now. If you want to dress up, let him buy it for you. Stealing other people's things is a bit shameless. Besides, at your age, you still have this kind of leisure. Could it be that you've come back to life and want to find us another grandfather?"

Li Guixiang was already quite angry with Song Ning, and these few words caused her to catch her breath and fall backward.

Before leaving, Song Ning left a message: "By the way, Second Aunt, if Grandmother wakes up, tell her that my father is seriously injured and will probably need to recuperate for a long time. He won't be able to work for at least a year and a half. If she still has any shame, she shouldn't come to visit again."

Before the family of three had gone far, they heard the cursing coming from the yard. Song Ning wasn't angry; instead, she laughed.

Liu Yuelan was so shocked that her face turned pale, and she was speechless for a moment while supporting Song Dahai.

Song Ning was still worried about Song Dahai's injury, so she insisted on taking people to see a doctor in the next village and getting some medicine.

By the time they got home, it was already late. Liu Yuelan was busy taking care of Song Dahai and didn't pay attention to Song Ning.

Song Ning took out another pheasant from her spatial storage and placed it on the table.

The whole family hadn't eaten breakfast, and having not slept well last night, plus having spent so much time at the old house, they must be exhausted and hungry.

She had intended to help Liu Yuelan with some of the burden by preparing lunch, but when she opened the water vat, she found it was empty.

Now that Song Dahai is injured, he definitely can't carry water, which puts Song Ning in a difficult position.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he grabbed a broken bowl from the stove and slipped into the space.

There was a spring in her space, which came in handy at this moment.

Water gushed out of the spring with a gurgling sound, and Song Ning reached out and scooped some up.

I took a sip; it was refreshing and sweet, a top-quality mountain spring water.

After leaving the space, fearing that Liu Yuelan would ask questions, they did not directly draw water into the water vat, but instead put more than half a pot of water in another pot, which was enough for them to eat and drink today.

After rinsing the water, Liu Yuelan came in. Seeing the pheasant on the table, she wasn't surprised and picked it up, heading towards the stove.

"Er Ya, are you hungry? Mom will cook for you."

"How is Father?"

"He's resting now. We'll call him when it's time to eat."

Liu Yuelan glanced at her daughter a few more times, and most of the gloom in her heart was instantly swept away. Her daughter had really grown up; she never understood these things before.

In the past, he was never home, leaving right after meals, and he never cared about these messy things at home.

If it weren't for their daughter, they really wouldn't know what to do today.

While Liu Yuelan was cooking, Song Ning took the bedding out to air it. There was no way to replace it with new ones, so they would just have to make do with what they had.

Now that Song Dahai is injured, there is no one to do the work at home for the time being, so she will have to rely on herself from now on.

Liu Yuelan stewed the pheasant, took out another bowl, and called out to Song Ning.

"Er Ya, take this bowl of pheasant meat to Aunt Zhao."

Song Ning took the bowl, carried it out the door, and walked up the slope.

The Li family was their only neighbor. Because they lived close by, the Li couple usually took good care of Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan.

The couple, Song Dahai and his wife, were able to settle down here thanks to Li Daniu, and they have always remembered this kindness.

I was so focused on eating last night that I didn't even think about it until today.

It was almost noon, and regardless of whether there was food or not, the villagers all went home.

Li Daniu's family was also preparing for lunch. Usually, it was just the two of them at home, and they would just eat a few bites to get by, not wanting to spend money on anything fancy.

A handful of wild vegetables, mixed with some coarse flour, made into pancakes, and served with some pickled vegetables that have been preserved for years, can fill you up to about 80% full.

Just as Aunt Zhao finished setting the table, she heard a knock on the door.

"Who would come at this hour?" Aunt Zhao muttered as she went out to open the door.

As soon as I stepped out of the courtyard, I vaguely smelled the aroma of meat, but then I realized I was overthinking it. At this time of year, who could afford meat? It was a miracle they weren't starving.

"Aunt Zhao, are you home?"

Aunt Zhao recognized Song Ning's voice and quickly went to open the door. She figured something must have happened to come at this hour.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Er Ya standing there smiling, holding a bowl in her hand. Upon closer inspection, the bowl was full of meat. Aunt Zhao thought she was seeing things, so she rubbed her eyes and looked closely. Sure enough, it was meat!