The woman who was fighting with Gao Laidi wasn't in much better shape. Her outer garment, which she was wearing over her cotton-padded jacket, had been torn to shreds by Gao Laidi, revealing the cotton-padded jacket underneath, which was stained with black dirt. Her hair was disheveled, and a small piece of hair on her head was in Gao Laidi's hand, from which blood was seeping. She had a scratch on her face and was viciously twisting Gao Laidi's arm.

Qin Xiaoxiao gasped and stuffed a piece of dried sweet potato into her mouth to calm her nerves.

Wow! If it were her, she would be in excruciating pain.

I wonder if hair will ever grow back from that patch of scalp!

The two women had rolled onto the ground. A few days ago, there was a light snowfall. The ground temperature was high at noon, so the snow had melted. It hadn't completely frozen by four o'clock in the evening, so their clothes were covered in mud.

There were quite a few people standing in the Su family courtyard. The third branch of the Su family stood under the eaves and watched coldly. Even though one of the people fighting was from their third branch, they didn't think of going forward to help.

In the eldest branch of the Su family, the eldest son and his wife stood beside the old master Su, with two men older than Su Lu standing beside them. One was watching the two fighting with glee, while the other had a livid face and was glaring at Gao Laidi with a sinister look.

In addition, there was a group of people standing on one side of the courtyard gate. Qin Xiaoxiao did not recognize these people, but guessed that they were from the second or fourth branch of the family.

On the other side of the door stood another group of people, whom Qin Xiaoxiao didn't recognize, just like the people on the other side.

In the short time that followed, the two men rolling on the ground had reached the front door. The young man from the main house, whose face looked rather grim, had picked up a shovel and was walking towards them. Seeing this, a man from the third house also picked up a pickaxe and walked over.

Upon seeing this, Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up immediately, and she couldn't help but excitedly tug at Aunt Song's sleeve.

Aunt Song seemed to be possessed, completely unaware that Qin Xiaoxiao was pulling her, and was secretly cheering her on with her arm raised.

Aunt Liu, not wanting to miss out on any excitement, also showed an excited expression, cracking sunflower seeds in her mouth and spitting out the shells even faster.

Qin Aiguo, who had somehow ended up standing behind Qin Xiaoxiao, couldn't help but rub his forehead. He silently tugged at his granddaughter's sleeve, afraid she might rush out to cheer for others.

Just then, Qin Feng stepped between the two young men from one side of the courtyard gate, coldly rebuking them, "What are you doing? Put it down right now."

Qin Feng stepped forward, and Su Zhiyuan sighed, walked to the middle of the courtyard, nodded to Qin Feng, and said, "I'm sorry to have troubled you, brother. You're all so troublesome. Thank you for your help."

Qin Feng glared at him angrily, "You still have the nerve to talk back! I haven't even eaten yet, and I'm already here dealing with your family's mess. You have to provide me with food tonight, or I won't stand for it."

Su Zhiyuan nodded with a wry smile, "Yes, I should."

Qin Feng also sighed, and looked at the young men on both sides who were already moving forward, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and pull them apart?"

"Pull your own wife along, don't hurt others."

Qin Xiaoxiao then realized that the young men who were about to use weapons were Gao Laidi's husband and the second son of the first wife.

Qin Xiaoxiao pouted and shook her head.

We're all family, why bother?

They're all surnamed Su, they're practically family, why make such a scene, aren't they just making a laughing stock?

It's just a few rooms, why does it have to escalate to the point of resorting to violence?

Qin Xiaoxiao, burdened with a large sum of money, had no idea of ​​the hardships faced by people in the countryside.

Don't underestimate a room; it's related to whether you and your children can live separately, and whether the couple can have their own space.

Building a house in the countryside is not easy. It costs at least a hundred yuan. They might not even earn a hundred yuan after working all year round. Add in their usual expenses, and it might take them three to five years to build one or two rooms.

Even if the building is completed, the money will be spent. Who wouldn't panic if they didn't have any money in hand?

With Qin Feng's intervention, Gao Laidi and the eldest son's second daughter-in-law separated, glaring angrily at each other.

Seeing that the fighting had stopped, Old Master Su stood up from the ground. "Why did you stop? Keep fighting! We haven't even seen any blood yet, why did you stop?"

Qin Feng smiled wryly and advised, "Uncle, please don't get involved. We finally managed to persuade them to calm down. Your words are just adding fuel to the fire."

Grandpa Su glared at Qin Feng, annoyed. "Do you think I want this? Do you think I want to become a laughingstock in the village? A bunch of idiots. If we don't fight them today, we'll have to fight them again tomorrow. It's better to settle this once and for all."

Qin Feng smiled wryly, stood next to Grandpa Su, and pulled him to sit on a chair under the eaves to rest.

"Uncle, you should rest for a while. It's nothing, you don't need to worry about it."

After speaking, Qin Feng looked at Old Madam Su again.

"Auntie."

Grandma Su waved her hand, looking utterly dejected, and said, "Don't worry about me, just do what needs to be done."

Qin Feng nodded, helped Grandma Su to stand next to Grandpa Su, and then walked back into the courtyard, looking around.

"Are you still going to fight? If not, can you listen to me for a moment?"

No one spoke in the courtyard. Seeing this, Qin Feng nodded. "Since you're not fighting anymore, then I'll say it. I'm quite puzzled. What are you fighting about here? Isn't the Su family's backyard house occupied by three families? Su Lu wants to build a house and move out. What business is it of yours?"

Qin Feng's words were directed at the second daughter-in-law of the eldest son's family.

"I was thinking that once Lao Jiu moves out, the house will be empty. My son is grown up and needs his own place, so..."

Qin Feng nodded. "It's normal for you to think that way, but as I said, the house in the backyard was given to the third branch of the family when the family was divided. Even if Su Lu wants to move out, he should decide what to do with the house himself, instead of you trying to take it away."

"If Su Lu wants to sell, then you can buy it from whoever has the money. If Su Lu wants to keep it to store junk, you can't force a sale; that's called forced buying and selling, and you'll all be sued and imprisoned."

Gao Laidi and the second daughter-in-law of the eldest son's family were clearly frightened. They looked at their husbands with fear and, after noticing that their husbands' faces were also not good, they looked helplessly at Grandpa Su, hoping that he could plead for them.

Grandpa Su didn't even lift his eyelids, keeping his head down as he smoked, while holding his wife's hand in one hand to comfort her.

Su Ming's mind worked quickly. After a moment's thought, he smiled and walked up to Qin Shen. "Captain, you see, this is all a misunderstanding. We didn't mean to force anyone to buy. It was my second brother who wanted to take advantage of us. We were afraid Xiao Jiu would suffer, so we..."

"Captain, for the sake of our long-standing relationship, let's just let this matter go."

Qin Feng lowered his eyelids, not sparing Su Ming a single glance.

They're both Su Zhiyuan's children, so why is there such a huge difference? Compared to Su Lu, that one is incredibly well-behaved.

Su Zhiyuan's eldest son isn't as simple as he seems. I'll have to tell Xiaoxiao when we get back, and we need to be careful around this older brother, otherwise Xiaoxiao might suffer a great loss. (End of Chapter)