Chapter 818 The Bride Who Died of Fright 5

Madam Song isn't a bad person, so naturally she cares about her daughter-in-law. How could her daughter-in-law's mother openly try to take the things her daughter-in-law brought back? Isn't that a bit too short-sighted?

"Very well, since Zhao'er has already said that the Ning family will not be allowed to enter the house in the future, then so be it."

After saying that, he instructed his personal maid, "Go, take my ruby ​​headdress to the young mistress and make her happy."

The maidservant immediately went to fetch the jewelry, placed it on a tray, and delivered it to the young master's courtyard.

Ning Yan stared at the ruby ​​jewelry in front of her, momentarily stunned. Good heavens, she had a fight with her family and this was a good thing?

On her wedding day, she thought her future mother-in-law wouldn't be a good person, but it turned out to be wonderful!

Although she was used to seeing fine things, and this set of jewelry didn't even qualify as part of her collection, the sentiment was what mattered. Besides, the Song family was quite wealthy, and giving her a set of jewelry worth two or three hundred taels was already extremely generous.

She accepted it.

The couple ate lunch indoors. Song Yanzhao probably had exhausted himself from the morning's activities, as he ate a bowl of rice without feeling full, and also ate a piece of chicken from the clay pot stew and drank a bowl of chicken soup.

The servant was also very happy to see his young master eating so heartily. The young mistress was truly bringing good fortune to their young master, who was getting better every day.

"Husband, would you like to take a walk to digest your food?"

Song Yanzhao never imagined that the word "digestion" would one day be related to him.

Although he wasn't full, he readily agreed, and the couple didn't go far, just strolling around in the yard. It didn't take long, only a quarter of an hour, before Song Yanzhao started to feel a little tired, and Ning Yan helped him back into the house.

"Alright, go to sleep for a while. You still have to read to me when you wake up."

"Okay, whatever you say."

Song Yanzhao took his wife's hand and got into bed. Having his wife really made a difference. For the past twenty years, he had just been enduring each day. Now, although they had only been married for three days, he felt that there was hope for the future. He wanted to do whatever she wanted, as long as she was willing to stay with him.

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Ning family in Lin'an Village.

Ning Yan and Song Yanzhao had barely left when the Ning family army returned home in a grand procession.

It turned out that the sickly man from the Song family had already left. The reason was that the fourth branch of the family had secretly switched the return gifts and even tried to frame the fifth daughter for the switch. A big fight broke out in the family, and even the matter of the fourth branch taking half of the betrothal gifts was brought up.

Only Ning Xiaogu wisely hid inside the house, refusing to help either side. She was about to get married and would rely on her brothers and nephews to support her in the future; offending any of them would be bad.

As for Wu Ya, if she had known that marrying into the Song family would bring good luck, she would have taken the marriage. They even gave her so many good things when she returned home. Wu Ya's life in the Song family must have been incredibly comfortable.

In the hall, Aunt Ning felt incredibly wronged after being beaten. She clearly hadn't stolen anything, even though she had thought about it. But she hadn't done it, yet her family wouldn't let it go and she was beaten for it. Her anger flared up. "Since your family has such a big problem with us, then let's split up the family."

“With our parents still alive, we shouldn’t separate the family. Is your fourth sister-in-law planning to make us a laughing stock in the village?” said Li, the second sister-in-law.

"Shut up if you don't want to divide it. Those were the homecoming gifts that my fifth daughter brought back. It's only right that I accepted them all. What does it have to do with your families?"

Besides, these gifts are right here, what more do you want from me?

"If I weren't going to die in front of you guys?!"

That's a bit harsh!

Regardless of whose daughter she was born to, since the Ning family hadn't split up, the gifts the child brought back belonged to everyone. It was just that the biological mother's branch of the family would get a little more. But the way the fourth son's family said it made it seem like it was right for her to put everything away.

The third son's family, however, had a bright idea. They had two daughters, and Xiao Liu was about to find a husband. If they separated their family, wouldn't all the betrothal gifts go to their branch of the family?

The eldest son's three sons didn't receive any betrothal gifts; they only got to take advantage of the other families. Why should they?

The fifth couple's eyes darted around. Their parents would rely on the eldest son's family for their old age, and most of the money they saved would end up benefiting the eldest son's family anyway. In that case, it would be better to separate the family early.

"Fourth Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. As long as the family is not divided, the things belong to the common people. Wu Ya's betrothal gifts should be divided among the five branches of the family, but Fourth Sister-in-law's family took fifty taels. This is not fair."

Aunt Ning was so angry that she blurted out, "I have the right to a larger share of the child I gave birth to. You want to talk to me about fairness? Then you should also give birth to a daughter who is very fortunate!"

"No, this family must be divided today! All the gifts Wuya brought back for her return visit must go to our branch of the family!"

Ning Laowu continued to fan the flames, "That's impossible! We haven't separated the family yet, so everything belongs to everyone!"

The third branch of the family understood what the fifth branch meant and echoed, "That's right, if we don't separate the family, it belongs to everyone, and no branch can take advantage of the situation and get more than their share."

The other two families joined the fray, and the grandchildren buzzed around, making such a racket that the roof was about to collapse. Old Man Ning and Old Woman Ning were furious. Was this the time to talk about the homecoming gift?

They finally managed to get in touch with a wealthy family in town, but today they've angered Wuya and her husband so much that they've driven them away. Shouldn't they be thinking about how to win back Wuya's heart?

How did the conversation turn into talking about dividing the family property?

"Shut up, all of you! If you want to split up the family, wait until I'm dead."

Everyone in the family fell silent; in this household, the old man's words still carried considerable weight.

Seeing that the whole family had calmed down, the old man said, "Eldest daughter, go prepare the meal. You still have to go to the fields this afternoon."

Sister-in-law Ning led her two daughters-in-law into the kitchen and obediently began to cook.

The Ning family's internal power struggle has been temporarily suppressed, but it could erupt again at any time.

Because none of the sons born to Old Man Ning were easy to deal with, and the two elders were unable to be fair and just, nor could they completely suppress the five branches of the family, it was only a matter of time before the family divided up.

After returning to their room, Aunt Ning and Old Man Ning immediately explained to her husband, "I feel that Wuya is not right. There's something fishy about that girl."

"What do you mean?"

Ning Laosi looked at his wife with suspicion. Was she going to smear their daughter again?

Although I know my wife said that to take advantage of the public funds, there's no need for her to say that once we're back in our room.

"That girl doesn't agree to send her brother to school." Thinking of that wretched girl and her mean-spirited manner, Aunt Ning felt that her daughter had changed too much.

"How could this be? Isn't Wuya the most obedient to you?" Could it be that she's unhappy because her family sold her to a sickly man?

Aunt Ning repeated what her daughter had said: "She must have tampered with those gifts today. She's only been married a few days and she's already lost interest in us. We've raised that brat for nothing."

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