Seeing this, Sister-in-law Huang felt a tightness in her chest, shortness of breath, and blurred vision. She leaned on Jiang Nuan and rested for a while before she recovered.

"Yaya, I'm sorry to have made you laugh," she said with a self-deprecating laugh. "Your sister-in-law has not disciplined you properly, and you and Mother have suffered."

"That's too formal," Jiang Nuan gently reassured, "We're all family, don't say that."

She didn't feel wronged at all; on the contrary, she felt aggrieved for her sister-in-law.

To be honest, this niece-in-law really opened her eyes; she had never seen anyone so shameless.

"To have such a wife," Sister-in-law Huang said angrily, "I don't know what bad luck I've had in my past lives."

She even wondered if she had committed some heinous crime in her past life, such as murder or arson, and that God, unable to bear it any longer, had sent her such a nemesis.

Jiang Nuan felt she couldn't respond to those words.

The conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was too serious for her to reconcile. It was better to let them resolve it themselves, since they were now two separate families.

“Sister-in-law,” Jiang Nuan changed the subject, “Mother’s illness can’t be delayed. I’ll go home and brew the medicine first, and then bring it over.”

"Alright," Sister-in-law Huang sighed, "You go back now, I'll talk to Mother."

She still needed to think about how to say it appropriately, because the old lady was too old to take offense.

"Then I'll head back now."

Jiang Nuan took the medicine and left without hesitation.

She always felt that the smell of gunpowder was too strong in the old house area and that she needed to avoid it for a while.

Jiang Nuan's premonition was correct. When the men from the Huang family returned at noon, the great battle completely erupted.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, is dinner ready?" Old Huang asked as soon as he entered the door.

After a busy morning running around outside, I was starving. Fortunately, things were almost done. The bricks and tiles were ready, the timber was prepared, and the bricklayers were hired. Once the auspicious day was chosen, the school could begin construction.

Thinking about it this way, Old Man Huang felt all the fatigue from the day disappear.

"No," Sister-in-law Huang forced a stiff smile. "Father, I'm afraid we won't be able to have lunch today."

That awful stuff covered the pot in black dog blood. I don't know what they added, but it's impossible to wash it off. I can't cook anything with it.

"Can't we eat?" Old Huang was stunned. "What's going on?"

His eldest daughter-in-law is always efficient and considerate; there must be a reason why she didn't cook lunch.

Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Huang angrily recounted the incident, expressing her and her mother-in-law's particular dissatisfaction with their daughter-in-law.

"What's going on!" Village Chief Huang was dumbfounded. "Why does this mountain woman stuff herself with everything? You can't just eat this stuff!"

"Is that the point?" Sister-in-law Huang snorted coldly. "It's one thing for her to torment herself, but she's tormented the whole family, especially Mother, who caught a cold and can't even get a bowl of medicine."

“This is outrageous,” Old Man Huang said with a stern face. “Eldest son, you must discipline your wife properly.”

“Father,” Village Chief Huang said helplessly, “she’s not my wife, what’s the use of telling me this?”

He had already told his son everything he needed to say; he couldn't very well be the one disciplining his daughter-in-law as a father-in-law.

“Master,” Huang Shan said softly, “I’ll go and talk to her right away and tell her to stop causing trouble.”

“Go on,” Village Chief Huang patted his son on the shoulder, “If you can’t even manage your own wife, you might as well hang yourself with a noodle.”

Village Chief Huang regretted it; he regretted raising his son so well.

His son is such a good man, yet he has such a stubborn and cunning daughter-in-law. I wonder how much he will suffer.