Shen Yunsheng already had plans to separate the family, but she was not the head of the main branch. She could only make the separation possible by persuading her father-in-law.

“Grandpa Village Chief, I’ve actually thought it all through. If my father-in-law agrees to separate the family, I’m willing to leave with nothing.”

"Oh dear! If you leave with nothing, how will you live?"

Deng Chengen sighed softly. As far as he knew, the Xiao family still had ten mu of land. If it were divided according to the number of households, they could get at least five mu.

“If we choose to leave with nothing, the old lady will live with the second wife, and we will have no obligation to support her. Of course, if she is willing to divide the property equally, we, the first wife, will definitely support her.”

Shen Yunsheng sneered. She would never do a losing business. She would rather leave with nothing than give the old lady the opportunity to interfere in their home.

Xiao Jingchuan fully agreed with his wife's decision; he was faking illness in order to get rid of the second wife.

Just as Deng Chengen was about to speak, Granny Yang picked up the silver and stormed in.

“Jingchuan’s family, I have given you the money you asked for. Don’t go around slandering me anymore.”

Granny Yang was heartbroken. If she hadn't embezzled that huge sum of money more than forty years ago, she really wouldn't have been able to come up with thirty-five taels of silver!

Shen Yunsheng took the silver and counted the amount. It was indeed thirty-five taels, and all of it was in loose silver.

After several encounters, Granny Yang had witnessed Shen Yunsheng's prowess and was genuinely afraid that he would sell the house.

“Jingchuan’s family, I’ve already helped you as much as I could. Don’t even think about taking the house from now on.”

After putting away the silver, Shen Yunsheng looked up at Granny Yang and said, "Old lady, what you're saying is really funny. It's only right to pay back debts. How dare you give yourself a 'good person' card?"

“I don’t care, you can’t sell the house. Didn’t you want to separate the family before? I agree to separate the family. We’ll separate the family once everyone is here.”

“I don’t want to separate the family now. Our family has already spent a lot of money to support my second uncle’s education. Now that we are in trouble, my second uncle should help us.”

"Sigh! A tree grows big and branches out, so while I'm still alive, I'd better split it up!"

Seeing that Granny Yang was in a hurry to separate the family, Deng Chengen smiled and said, "Actually, it's good to separate the family. It's not easy to cook when everyone lives together, since everyone has different living habits."

Shen Yunsheng: "Fine, this matter depends on my father's decision. As long as he agrees to divide the family, I will agree to the division."

Old Mrs. Yang sneered: "If you had thought of this earlier, we wouldn't have had this conflict. Women should know their place and not meddle in everything."

Shen Yunsheng deftly deflected the attack: "Sigh, if you had left me a way out earlier, I wouldn't have wanted to get involved."

Granny Yang was rendered speechless by Shen Yunsheng's retort. She greeted Deng Chengen and headed straight for Yanzi Town.

Xiao Family Compound, East Wing

After Granny Yang left, Deng Chengen also left. Before leaving, he told Shen Yunsheng to take good care of Xiao Jingchuan and to come to him if Shen Yunsheng needed any help.

Shen Yunsheng was about to go outside to see if his mother-in-law had returned when he saw Li Hongyu and his mother-in-law enter the bedroom.

"Sister Yunsheng, when we came back just now, we saw the old lady by the bridge. She immediately started scolding Aunt Luo for not keeping a good eye on you, causing her to lose dozens of taels of silver for nothing."

After helping his mother-in-law sit down, Shen Yunsheng told her and Li Hongyu the whole story.

Luo was heartbroken that her mother-in-law was kicking her while she was down. She couldn't help but shed tears whenever she thought of her son lying in the hospital bed.

"Mother! I'm confident I can cure my husband, so please don't cry." Shen Yunsheng gently wiped away her mother-in-law's tears. Although ginseng can prolong life, too much of it is not good.

She plans to donate two or three drops of her blood every day, starting today, to prolong Xiao Jingchuan's life.

Xiao Jingchuan was secretly shocked; this was the second time he had heard his wife say she wanted to use her blood to prolong his life.

To be honest, he was a little touched. If it were any other woman, he would have been completely flustered.

After wiping away her tears, Luo couldn't help but sigh again: "Jingchuan's family, if the old lady really kicks us out, our whole family won't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

Shen Yunsheng smiled and comforted him, "After the family splits up, we can build our own houses, preferably far away from them."

Luo looked worried; building a house was not as simple as it seemed.

Li Hongyu interjected with a smile: "Aunt Luo, I think it's a good thing to separate the family. Once you separate, you won't have to serve those ungrateful wretches anymore."

Of course, Luo wanted to separate the family, but she was mainly worried that Granny Yang would make them leave with nothing.

Li Hongyu took out a few taels of silver from her person and placed them in Shen Yunsheng's hand with a smile.

"Sister Yunsheng, keep this money. When Brother Jingchuan wakes up, buy him something nice to eat."

Shen Yunsheng was deeply moved by her childhood friend's timely help. After thinking about it, she decided to return the silver to Li Hongyu.

“Hongyu, I appreciate your kindness, please keep this money.”

"Sister Yunsheng, you must accept it. If you don't, it means you don't consider me a sister."

Li Hongyu then stuffed the silver into Shen Yunsheng's hand. When she was in trouble, Shen Yunsheng was always the one who helped her. Now that Shen Yunsheng was in trouble, she certainly wouldn't stand idly by.

Since Li Hongyu had put it so bluntly, Shen Yunsheng couldn't refuse. She thanked her and accepted the money from Li Hongyu.

“Hongyu, consider this money a loan. I will repay you double when I make money.”

"Okay! You can pay me back when you've made some money."

Li Hongyu understands her friend; if she doesn't accept her suggestion, she definitely won't take it.

Shen Yunsheng secretly remembered her childhood friend's kindness. She planned to send her mother-in-law and childhood friend away so that she could use the blood to prolong Xiao Jingchuan's life.

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