Si Cheng knew things wouldn't be resolved easily, but he hadn't come to give the other party unlimited demands. If he wanted to resolve this matter, he needed the witnesses of everyone in Gaojia Village.

When Gao Shuzhen arrived, he had already asked Gao Liang to invite the village officials and several elders over.

"You already brought shame to Gaojia Village by going to Pinghe Village before. If you continue to cause trouble, Gaojia Village will no longer tolerate you." The village chief of Gaojia Village had already embarrassed them by having Pinghe Village come to inform them. During this period, the village had been restricting the movement of the mother and son. Otherwise, they would definitely have gone to Pinghe Village to cause trouble again. Now that Sicheng has come, he also wants the two of them to make things clear.

"Shuzhen, you really can't keep making a scene like this. Even if he owes you a debt of gratitude for giving birth to him, your years of indifference show that you've already given up on him. There's no point in bringing this up now." The elders of the Gao family were also advising her, wondering how her sister-in-law had raised such a selfish and self-centered daughter!

“Even if you want him to take care of you in your old age, you’re not old enough to do so yet. You two can sit down and discuss it properly. If you really can’t move around anymore, then it’s fine to ask him to help out.” This was the voice of the neutral faction.

“Look around the village, every elderly person in their sixties or seventies is still working in the fields. You’re only in your forties, and you’re already demanding retirement benefits. That’s going too far.” Many people in the crowd echoed this sentiment.

“Don’t you still have Gao Dongxing? You can’t expect the child you raised and protected to support you in your old age, and instead expect the child you abandoned to support you in your old age, can you?” Someone also brought Gao Dongxing into the conversation.

"It's good enough that Gao Dongxing can support himself, let alone expect to support himself in old age. He must be trying his best to get close to Brother Cheng because he thinks his son is unreliable."

As Gao Shuzhen listened to everyone's accusations, she said, "This is between him and me, it's none of your business."

"I invited them to uphold justice." Si Cheng genuinely wanted to break things down and didn't want this endless entanglement to continue.

Yunqi then walked to the gate and addressed the villagers of Gaojia Village, saying, "From the moment she first came to us, we agreed that when she became immobile, Brother Cheng would take on his share of the responsibility for her care. But do you know what she asked for when she came to our village recently?"

Yunqi insisted on coming along this time because she knew that some things were better left unsaid by her; otherwise, given Cheng Ge's personality, he would never bring them up again. Even these requests were something she heard from the village elders later.

"What kind of requests should we make?" someone asked curiously.

Yun Qi turned to look at Gao Shuzhen, "2,000 catties of rice, 400 catties of oil, and 50 catties of meat every month."

Everyone in Gaojia Village gasped upon hearing this. Even if they had several sons before the great disaster, they couldn't afford such conditions.

"They can even ask for that? With these conditions, they can support a whole family."

"People in the fields are just trying to feed themselves, how can they possibly produce so much grain?"

"This guy Cheng is really unlucky to have a mother like that. Compared to him, our mother-in-law is an angel." This comment was echoed by many people, and it seems they'll have to treat their elders even better when they get back.

Upon hearing Yun Qi repeat the request she had made earlier, Gao Shuzhen's expression completely changed. She lunged at Yun Qi, trying to scratch her face.

Yun Qi wasn't about to stand there and wait for her to tickle him. He sidestepped her and made her miss. But Gao Shuzhen wouldn't give up and continued to attack her.

Just as Si Cheng was about to stop her, Aunt Gao couldn't sit still any longer. She stepped in front of her niece and shoved Gao Shuzhen, saying, "Are you angry and trying to fight? Don't think that just because Xiao Qi is avoiding you, you can keep going like this."

"It's because she's always causing trouble. I'll tear her mouth apart." Gao Shuzhen felt that she had lost all face and dignity today because of Yun Qi. She was furious and wanted to scratch Yun Qi's face to see if Si Cheng would still want to live with her.

"Isn't there a single thing she said true? You've done it, so why can't others say anything?" Aunt Gao had long disliked Gao Shuzhen. Ever since they arrived in Gaojia Village, Gao Ci'an had secretly taken countless things from her home. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to build up a family so quickly.

"Alright, stop making a scene." The elders of the Gao family had already understood the whole story after watching for so long.

"Since Shuzhen, you want to return to Gaojia Village, then the village will decide this matter for you. If you are unwilling, then you and your son should move out of Gaojia Village in the next few days." The village chief of Gaojia Village had long disliked the mother and son. If it weren't for the consent of several elders, he would never have agreed to let them move into Gaojia Village.

Gao Dongxing had been standing silently to the side, but when he saw the village chief giving him a meaningful look, he quickly tugged at his mother's sleeve, signaling her to look at the expressions on the faces of the people around them.

Gao Shuzhen wasn't that naive. She looked around and found that everyone around her was looking at her with contempt. She also knew that Yun Qi's words had worked. Although she hated him to death, she could only nod in agreement.

Yunqi and the others knew that if they firmly refused to take responsibility for their elderly parents from the beginning, even if the village could understand them at first, if Gao Shuzhen and her son's lives became unsatisfactory over time, then everyone's scales would tip in their favor.

After Yun Qi just revealed Yun Shuzhen's previous actions and excessive demands, the villagers are now sympathizing with them. Taking this opportunity, they should set the future retirement time and amount in black and white, so that even if she wants to cause trouble again, they will have a reason to refuse.

At the beginning of the negotiations, Gao Shuzhen clung to the previous conditions, which were the amounts that the mother and son had agreed upon at home. Although Gao Shuzhen knew that it was impossible to achieve, she still held on to them.

But Si Cheng didn't give her a chance at all, and laid out all the conditions he had planned beforehand.

“I can support her in her old age, but only after she turns 60. I will provide her with 200 jin of grain a year, half coarse grain and half refined grain. After she turns 70, I will provide her with 200 jin of refined grain. But we will not take care of her after she is old, sick or dying, and we will not take any of her belongings.”

Gao Shuzhen jumped up as soon as she heard the condition. Wouldn't she have to wait more than ten years to receive the grain, and the amount would be far too different?

She glared at Si Cheng fiercely. "Impossible. I can't just eat rice and not vegetables. Besides, I can't do farm work now. You must start taking care of my old age right now."