Seeing that Liu Tianyou was still willing to talk to her, Yang Chunxiao didn't care about the coldness in his words and nodded hurriedly, "I know, I know. My mother rented a house in town for my brother. I've been there twice and I still remember the way."

Liu Tianyou nodded silently, squatted down and put his hand on Yang Chunxiao's neck, slowly tightening his grip: "Just do as you say. If you can't get the money back this time, you should know what the consequences will be."

"Cough cough cough..." Yang Chunxiao felt that his breathing was blocked and his head was dizzy. He was unconscious and could only kick his legs randomly like a drowning fish.

Liu Tianyou let go of his hand at the last moment, threw a cold steamed bun on the ground, and walked into the house without looking back.

Liu Youlian vented his anger by kicking twice more, cursing all the time. He turned around and went back to the main room, locking the door tightly, completely ignoring Yang Chunxiao who was still lying at the gate of the yard.

Yang Chunxiao thought he was going to die and lay on the ground for a long time before he recovered. His clothes, which were not warm to begin with, made him even colder.

Unable to enter the main room and with no shelter from the wind in the yard, Yang Chunxiao picked up the steamed buns on the ground and, dragging his heavy body, moved step by step to the woodshed.

The steamed buns were cold and hard, and covered in dust, making them even harder to swallow. Yang Chunxiao's eyes were red and tears were streaming as he stuffed the steamed buns into his mouth one bite at a time. The image of Yang Donghu flashed before his eyes.

New clothes, new hairpins, and even her originally thin and pointed chin has grown some flesh. It seems that she is treated well by her husband's family. Thinking of the time when Yang Donghu was pushed out by Wang Dujuan to pay off his debts, Yang Chunxiao still felt a little gloating in her heart. They were both invisible people in the family, and they should suffer together.

But now that I have seen it, I realize how pathetic I am.

She bit her lower lip tightly, not daring to cry out loud. Tears crawled over the new scars. Yang Chunxiao seemed not to feel the pain. After a long, long time, she finally fell asleep in endless regret and self-blame.

The next morning, Yang Chunxiao was still curled up in the firewood pile when the door was suddenly pushed open with force and Liu Youlian's sarcastic voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Liu Youlian pinched Yang Chunxiao's arm viciously, spitting all over her face. "You damned bastard, it's already so late and you're still sleeping. Hurry up and get up! You'll have to wait until you get your money back before you can sleep. Hurry up and get up!"

Liu Youlian didn't care whether it was cold at night or whether Yang Chunxiao would freeze. As long as she was not frozen to death and was still alive, she could go to the town to ask for money.

Yang Chunxiao was stabbed and suddenly woke up from his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw Liu Youlian's almost distorted face. He thought he was in the depths of hell and the evil ghost standing in front of him was taking his life. He screamed "Ah" in fear.

"Are you crazy? Why are you yelling so early in the morning? Do you think I'm not mad at you?" Liu Youlian was frightened and pinched Yang Chunxiao's hand even harder.

"I...no, no." Yang Chunxiao knew her mother-in-law's temper, so she endured the pain and dared not move. If she dodged, she was afraid that she would be beaten even harder.

Liu Youlian vented her anger and walked out of the woodshed. Yang Chunxiao didn't dare to linger any longer, fearing that Liu Tianyou would get impatient and beat him up again. He quickly got up and followed Liu Youlian.

They had no energy to do anything until they got their money back, so the three of them didn't even eat and hurried to the town.

Wang Dujuan didn't know what she was about to face. She and Yang Chunxue were in the Junziyuan rented by Yang Yaoguang, sipping tea like the ladies of wealthy families.

Li Shangcai couldn't wait to get Yang Donghu, so he brought a lot of good things to Junziyuan, hoping that Wang Dujuan could think of a way to trick Yang Donghu into coming to the town. As long as he was in his territory, everything would be easy.

But his words were not clear, so Wang Dujuan misunderstood him.

Ever since she came to the town to live with Yang Yaoguang, she realized that life in the town was so comfortable. She didn't need to do anything by herself. As long as she asked for something, someone would deliver it to her door.

Ever since Li Shangcai learned that Yang Donghu and Yang Yaoguang were from the same family, he, who once looked down on Yang Yaoguang, now treats Yang Yaocai as a close friend. He even rented a house for him in the town, saying that it was a good place for Yang Yaoguang to study hard and strive to pass the imperial examination as soon as possible.

In fact, she came once every three or four days, bringing some prostitutes from brothels and taking Yang Yaocai along to do all kinds of filthy things.

Yang Yaoguang was not a good person to begin with. He went to brothels several times and fell in love with the girls there. After Li Shang found out, he redeemed the girl, dressed her up as a maid, and sent her to the Gentlemen's Courtyard to serve Yang Yaoguang.

The two of them spent their nights in the yard reveling in love and had completely forgotten all about the books of sages.

When Wang Dujuan first came, she thought that the girl was seductive and not suitable to be around, but how could she control Yang Yaoguang, so he brushed her off with a few words.

Li Shangcai was still thinking about Yang Donghu, so he was extremely polite to Wang Dujuan, telling her to just ask whatever she wanted. He also made arrangements with the shop owners in the town, telling Yang Chunxue to take whatever she wanted and put it on Li Fu's head.

Wang Dujuan thought that Li Shangcai had taken a fancy to Yang Chunxue, and asked Yang Chunxue twice in private. However, Yang Chunxue looked down on Li Shangcai's dandy appearance, but was reluctant to give up her wealthy life.

Also, because she was embarrassed after being rejected several times by Yang Anchen, and wanted to save face, she wanted to see Yang Anchen regretful, so she spoke ambiguously, as if Li Shangcai's heart was tied to her, making Wang Dujuan think that there was really something going on between the two of them, and she was happy for a long time.

Wang Dujuan was holding her breath the whole time. She thought to herself: What is there for Yang Anchen to be proud of? Once Yang Chunxue gets on board the big ship of the Li Mansion, ten Yang Anchens will not be able to compare to her. Her family will also benefit from it. By then, there will be no problem finding any beautiful girl. They don't care about a boy. Let that old hag Zhang Lanzhen regret it.

Wang Dujuan seemed to be able to see silver and money waving at her in the sky. She ordered the servants in the yard to do this and that all day long, acting like the mistress of the house. But in fact, she didn't know how many people were secretly laughing at her for not being presentable.

Yang Chunxiao lay in the woodshed all night, his bones all aching and he couldn't walk fast. Liu Tianyou and Liu Youlian were both farmers, they were still strong and walked fast.

Seeing that the two had no intention of waiting for him, Yang Chunxiao endured the discomfort and jogged all the way to barely keep up.

During this time, she also straightened her messy hair and wrinkled clothes. This was her last attempt to appear decent.

Yang Chunxiao found the entrance to Junziyuan based on his memory. Before he knocked on the door, he heard laughter coming from inside. The voices were melodious and clear. Who else could it be but Yang Chunxue?

Liu Youlian urged Yang Chunxiao to knock on the door. She didn't dare to disobey and knocked on the door lightly, her voice a little low: "Is anyone there?"

Seeing her cowardly look, Liu Youlian got angry and pushed Yang Chunxiao aside. The door slammed loudly, and she shouted with all her might, "Open the door!"