Tian Sangui wouldn't tolerate them. Now that the evidence was conclusive, she threatened to take everyone in the old house to court.

“I am a reasonable and honest person. Breaking into a private residence to steal, rob, and vandalize is punishable by at least three years in prison according to the law. My fifth uncle’s future has come to a perfect end.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Yun's face turned pale instantly. Her youngest son was the one she cared about most, and she would never allow anyone or anything to affect him.

"You're talking nonsense! Fourth son is my son. If he doesn't show filial piety to his parents after getting something good, then I, as his mother, have the right to come and collect it myself. What kind of dog are you? You think you can just send someone to jail like that?"

"The magistrate will never help an unfilial son like you."

Yun began her unreasonable and disruptive behavior.

Wang thought to herself, "So I'm going to jail too?" That wouldn't do. This had nothing to do with her, and she couldn't let herself suffer this loss.

"Tian Sangui, your family is so heartless! You keep making a fortune in silence, living a life of luxury, but you don't even think about showing filial piety to your grandparents. You are ungrateful wretches, and you have failed to live up to their kindness in raising you!"

Filial piety can be a killer, and even the government can't change that. No matter how capable Tian Sangui is, he can still crush her.

After Wang finished speaking, she raised her chin triumphantly, provoking Tian Sangui, who was glaring at her.

"You want to talk to me about filial piety? Fine, I'll have a good 'laugh' talk with you!"

Tian Sangui sat on the bench with his cotton-padded trousers pulled up, crossed his legs, and his eyes fell on Wang Shi.

"Aunt, do you remember what we said when we divided the family property?"

It was written in black and white that the fourth family would leave with nothing, and from then on, their lives, good or bad, would have absolutely no connection with the old house. Do you remember?

At that time, Yun, Wang, and several of her sisters-in-law argued endlessly with her over money, refusing to part with even a single copper coin. Seeing that they were about to lose the argument, Yun started to throw a tantrum on the ground to gain Tian Laosi's sympathy.

At that time, their arrogance was even more triumphant than that of soldiers who had won battles on the battlefield.

She understood what Tian Laosi meant. She could give up everything, but she had to be the first to draw the boundaries.

"What...what does this have to do with your filial piety? Don't confuse the two!"

"It's your aunt who's lumping us together. When our four branches of the family separated, did you ever think about giving us a quilt? Grandma, did you ever think about giving us a bowl and chopsticks?"

Grandpa, did you ever say that my father is your son? How can he survive outside without anything?

Uncles, when you're drinking your porridge, have you ever thought of sending a bowl to the fourth branch of the family?

Tian Sangui's words left everyone in the room speechless.

"You abandoned us without mentioning it, but now that we're doing a little better, you suddenly want to talk to us about filial piety?"

"Heh, is there such a good thing in the world? Do you think we, the fourth branch of the family, are fools?"

Tian Sangui's words hit the nail on the head. Yun and Wang could no longer act arrogantly. At first, they all thought it was a good thing for the fourth branch to separate, and they never expected that they would make a good living together.

At the time, everyone was eager to get rid of this scoundrel, so they all urged the Yun family and Old Master Tian to agree to Tian Sangui's demands.

Now that I think about it again, it was a scheme devised by Tian Sangui to lure them into jumping in.

If they had known that the fourth branch of the family would become rich, they would never have agreed to Tian Sangui's proposal to divide the family property.

Now they can legitimately eat meat to their heart's content, drink wine in large bowls, and have endless silver to spend.

The more the old folks thought about it, the more they felt that Tian Sangui had done it on purpose. She knew all along that her family was going to get rich and didn't want them to benefit from it, so she deliberately set a trap in advance.

Even so, it doesn't change the fact that Mother is Fourth Brother's biological mother. No matter what, you have to be filial to her and pay her alimony.

Tian Laowu mustered his courage and retorted to Tian Sangui.

Who told them to be rich? If you're rich, you should support your parents and help your brothers.

"I'll beat you to death!!" Tian Sangui couldn't stand this sissy.

He swung an axe half his height at him and chopped at him, saying something disgusting.

"San Gui, stop!"

Just then, the village head and Tian Laosi arrived at the door and saw Tian Sangui wielding a knife.

Tian Laosi shouted and snatched the axe from Tian Sangui, pulling the furious Tian Sangui aside.

It wasn't that he blamed her, but he didn't want his daughter to be branded as unfilial because of his parents' situation; it wasn't worth it.

Tian Sangui didn't really intend to chop them down; he was just angry and raised his axe to scare them.

"Lord of the village, you've come at the right time! Look at this unfilial descendant! She...she's going to kill someone!"

Old Master Tian, ​​who was huddled in the corner, looked as if he had seen a savior when the village headman came in.

He hurriedly got up, grabbed the village head's arm, and pointed at Tian Sangui with trembling hands to complain.

"Yes, I saw everything. Brother, let's sit down and talk." The village head glanced at her and helped Old Master Tian sit down at the table.

On the way here, Tian Laosi had already told him what had happened.

Tian Sangui is a notorious bad girl in the village. Why did Yun have to provoke them? The division of the family was clearly stated that it had nothing to do with them how the fourth branch of the family fared.

Sigh, now they've even demolished people's houses. With Tian Sangui's temper, if he doesn't kill them, why would he kill outsiders?

Given the atmosphere at the time, even he might have lost control and attacked them.

"Let's sit down and discuss it. I know what happened. Since it has already happened, we should resolve it properly afterwards. Fighting and arguing are not the way to solve the problem."

"Tian girl, please sit down. I will handle this matter impartially and will not let your family suffer injustice."

When the village head spoke, everyone sat down around the square table. Tian Sangui and Tian Laosi sat together, while Tian Da and Tian Er stood behind them.

The village headman took out a receipt from his pocket, spread it out on the table, and saw that the words "division of the family" were written on it.

“Sister-in-law, bring out your family’s receipts too, so we can compare them and avoid accusations that I’m being unfair.”

Left with no other choice, Yun got up and brought out an identical family division certificate.

Tian Sangui naturally carried it with him as well, taking it out and putting it together.

"It's clearly written above that the fourth son has no further connection with the Tian family after he leaves. Do you understand what that means, sister-in-law?"

The village head pointed out the last line of text with fingerprints in the receipt to the Yun family. Even though Old Master Tian's eyesight was failing, he could clearly see the words written on it while sitting in the middle.

His face flushed slightly. This was no different from being stripped naked in front of everyone; it was incredibly embarrassing.

Yun snorted coldly and turned her face away, ignoring him.

"It's not easy for the children to live their lives. It's good enough that they don't ask you for anything."

How can parents steal their children's food? You refused to share even a grain of rice with them before, and now you're taking away their food. That's not right, sister-in-law.

You can't be so heartless, especially towards your own son!

The village head patiently persuaded everyone in the old house, and Tian Sangui felt relieved.

"Tian girl, is there anything you want to say?"

The village head first asked for her opinion.

Tian Sangui had already made up his mind, straightened his posture, and loudly proposed it.

"Repay with whatever you have, repair whatever you destroy, and consider what we eat as our way of showing filial piety."

After hearing this, the village head felt relieved, but he was afraid that Tian Sangui would make excessive demands, which would make things difficult.

"Yes, yes, do you agree?"

As you can imagine, everyone looked unwilling, and not a single person answered.

The village head doesn't need their consent; he's just going through the motions.

"Since there are no objections, then let's do it this way. If something like this happens again in the future, let Tian girl handle it herself. I, Tian Gen, will no longer interfere."

The village head despised the Tian family's actions from the bottom of his heart. However, out of consideration for the villagers and fearing that Tian Sangui might cause trouble and act recklessly, he didn't want to get involved in this mess even if he was offered two taels of silver.

After seeing the village head off, Tian Sangui told Tian Laosi to take his things and go home first, as he shouldn't be present for what was about to happen.

Tian Laosi guessed what his daughter was going to do. He was utterly disappointed in his parents and didn't bother with them anymore. So he listened to his daughter, picked up the food on the table, and headed home.

Tian Laosi's cooking made the people in the old house completely lose their sense of security.

"Brothers, except for the old couple's house, move everything else out of the house." Tian Sangui grinned mischievously.

"Alright!" The two brothers had been waiting for this moment. They should have thought of these consequences when they stole their things.

"No, you can't touch our things. Tian Da, you beast, you can't go into our house."

Wang panicked. Seeing that she couldn't stop Tian Da and Tian Er, she stood up and started cursing.

"Try swearing at me again!" Tian Sangui raised his axe and swung it over Wang's head, scaring her into screaming.

"San Gui, your second aunt begs you, please don't let your brothers take it all. Leave us one quilt, please!"