She helped her wife sit back on the kang (a heated brick bed), then took out three nitroglycerin pills from under the pillow, put them in her mouth, and gently patted her back.

The eldest uncle had originally come to force the issue, determined to get his hands on the property deed through all sorts of tricks and pleading. Now that he saw Qin Xiaoyu come in, he knew he wouldn't get anything out of it, so he could only leave dejectedly.

Qin Xiaoyu originally intended to just make a quick stop and leave, but now, fearing that his wife would upset herself, he had no choice but to stay and comfort her.

The wife was also heartbroken. Her own son was disappointing, and she sighed and cried constantly.

"Sister-in-law, it's rare for you to come back for dinner. Don't leave yet, I'll have your brother buy some ribs," the sister-in-law said with a smile as she walked in.

"No need, I'll be leaving in a bit. Besides, my sister-in-law got some steamed buns, that's enough for us." Qin Xiaoyu was used to her cold demeanor, and felt uncomfortable when she tried to be enthusiastic.

"No, don't move, I'll have your brother go buy some ribs!" the sister-in-law said, quickly walking out. Just then, the older brother came home from work, pushing his bicycle in.

"Go and buy three catties of pork ribs."

"Are you crazy! Eating ribs during a holiday? You spendthrift woman!" The older brother was startled when he heard that he was being asked to buy ribs and shouted at him.

"Just go when I tell you to, stop talking so much nonsense!" The older sister-in-law was also getting impatient. She raised her hand and gave him two slaps, glaring at him and winking at him, pushing him out.

Qin Xiaoyu immediately understood that this person needed her help.

Just then, Tang Long walked in. He was growing taller and had become a young man in the blink of an eye, standing at 1.8 meters tall. His face resembled Tang Long's, but he was much fatter.

"Here you go, little brother." Tang Hu's fat hand held a comic book, the story of "Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats" from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Qin Xiaoyu still remembers this book. Back then, Hanhan loved it so much that she only managed to peek at it once before Tang Hu beat her so badly that her nose bled.

"Thank you, brother, but I won't read the comic book anymore," Hanhan politely pushed it back.

Tang Hu was a little embarrassed. He held his big, chubby hands and looked to his sister-in-law for help. It turned out that she had sent him over to curry favor.

"Sister-in-law, you're too strict with your child. Here, Tang Hu is all grown up now and doesn't read comic books anymore." The sister-in-law snatched the comic book and stuffed it into Hanhan's hands.

"Auntie, I really won't read comic books anymore. I'm almost in second grade." Hanhan's face turned red with anxiety as she looked at Qin Xiaoyu.

"Sister-in-law, he's reading the original novel now, not the comic books anymore," Qin Xiaoyu said with a smile, not wanting to cause any unpleasantness in front of her wife.

"I need to lie down. It's too noisy with so many people. You all need to leave." The lady directly asked them to leave, and chased the mother and daughter out.

Qin Xiaoyu stayed by his wife's side, trying to comfort her. Seeing her gradually calm down, he finally felt relieved. However, seeing his uncle's condition, he knew he couldn't give up easily. It was best to resolve the situation.

"Little Fish, come back during the day sometime and sign the agreement. You'll have a share in this house too," the wife instructed.

"I don't want mine..."

"If you don't want me, who else should I give it to! Those animals! I don't want to!" The wife got angry again.

"Okay, I'll sign it. I want it, I want it." Qin Xiaoyu was afraid of her.

The eldest sister-in-law was unusually efficient; she had already prepared all the dishes. She made a large bowl of cold noodles, stir-fried some bean sprouts and shredded potatoes, and was about to pour wine for the wife when Qin Xiaoyu stopped her.

"What a happy day! My wife already has high blood pressure."

"Hehe, I'm not as thoughtful as my sister-in-law, so I need your guidance."

"What are you saying?" Qin Xiaoyu was shocked. What advice did she have? And seeing Tang Hu pacing back and forth, could it be that he was looking for a job? No way, he just graduated from junior high school.

This meal was like a trap; the eldest sister-in-law kept picking the best ribs and putting them into Qin Xiaoyu's bowl, which made the wife so angry that she put down her chopsticks.

"Madam, eat slowly and chew a little longer." Qin Xiaoyu was trying to lose weight and didn't want to eat, so she immediately put the food on her plate and gave it to her wife.

"I won't eat it, I can't chew it!" The wife had quite a temper.

"The stew isn't tender enough today; the heat was too high." Grandma Hanhan chewed for a long time before spitting out a bone.

The sister-in-law was a little discouraged and buried her head in her rice. The brother, still upset about the cost of the ribs, ate one piece after another in a huff.

"Little Fish, your dad and I went to see the house the other day. The land looked so nice. I thought a coal mine would be something like this, all gloomy and covered in dust. But look at it, it's not like that at all, hehehe." Grandma Hanhan couldn't stop smiling when talking about the new house.

"I found a well-landed area with little wind and sand, and it's clean to live in," Qin Xiaoyu said with a smile.

“Sister-in-law, now that we’re on the topic, I’d like to say something too.” The eldest sister-in-law finally found a chance to interject, quickly put down her bowl, cleared her throat, and said, “You’re always so busy, and Mom and Dad are getting old. They need someone younger to take care of them. Why don’t I move in with them?”

Upon hearing this, the older brother understood the purpose of the ribs, quickly returned the piece he was holding, and looked at Qin Xiaoyu with his bowl in hand.

"This house is built according to the number of people, sister-in-law, there really isn't room for your family." Qin Xiaoyu wasn't afraid of offending anyone; she didn't want them to go, so she said it bluntly.

“We don’t need many rooms, just three of us can squeeze into one. There are four buildings, how come there isn’t a single room yet?” The sister-in-law was really going all out.

“The reason your family moved there is so they want to live comfortably. If you give up a room, they won’t be comfortable either. Forget it. You’ll be allocated a house here as part of the relocation program, so you can move in and live peacefully. Isn’t that better?” Qin Xiaoyu lowered her eyes and refused to say anything.

"Mom, it's up to you to say something about this." The eldest sister-in-law slammed her bowl down and then kicked the eldest brother, urging him to put pressure on Grandma Hanhan.

"Don't look at me, I don't have the final say, I listen to your father." Grandma Hanhan was terrified. It was likely that her sister-in-law had been nagging her behind her back. She didn't want to offend anyone, so she kept pushing it away. Now that she couldn't push it away anymore, she dragged Grandpa Hanhan into it as a scapegoat.

"I disagree. This is the house Xiaoyu built. Whoever she wants to go can go." Grandpa Hanhan rarely stood up for himself, and even his wife gave him an appreciative look and put a piece of rib on his plate.

"Dad, you're being so biased! The relocation is coming up soon, and now you're all living in apartments, even my cousin's family is living in apartments, so why do we have to live in bungalows? Unless you promise that you'll give us an apartment too, we're going to move there. If you're so capable, throw your bedding out here, and we'll sleep in the open!" The eldest sister-in-law adopted a shrewish attitude, and none of the people in the house could control her.

"Fine, I promise you, the apartment will be yours once it's allocated. But let me make this clear, you can't ask for anything else after this, and you shouldn't get involved with us anymore. If you want to break off relations, don't try to get back together." Qin Xiaoyu realized that only she could make the decisions.

"Your whole family, sitting here, are dividing up the apartment! What about our family?!" The door was kicked open, and the eldest uncle stood in the doorway holding a kitchen knife, his eyes bloodshot—he had been drinking.