Zhang Yulan was truly enraged; the more she talked, the angrier she became, to the point that she kept pounding her chest in anger.
"Mom, Mom, don't be angry!" Xiao Moxi gently patted Zhang Yulan's chest and quickly brought her a glass of water to help her calm down. "Don't fall into this bad woman's trap. She just made Sister Lanyin cry and run away, and now she wants to make you angry too. We're not going to fall for her tricks."
“I used to get yelled at for not cooking or going into the kitchen. Now that I’m cooking for you, you still accuse me of having ulterior motives. In that case, let’s live separately.”
"Fine, let's break up then! Who's afraid of who?" Xiao Moxi raised her head. "So what if you can only cook a little? You can't do anything else. Let's see how you'll live in the future. Even a skilled cook can't cope with the hardship of having no rice to cook. I don't believe you can eat well every day."
The original owner was notoriously lazy and gluttonous. When she first married into the Xiao family, she took advantage of her pregnancy to live a life where she was waited on hand and foot. In the three years since she gave birth, she has not only been lazy and gluttonous, but she has also been causing trouble at home every day, making a fuss about getting a divorce.
In order to get a divorce as soon as possible, the original owner acted up in all sorts of ways. Today she would flirt with this man, tomorrow she would whisper sweet nothings to that man, and when people had impure thoughts about her, she would kick them away. Therefore, she was a rat in the village, a promiscuous woman hated by everyone.
Today, Su Xiaonuan used force to deal with Xie Jun, serving as a warning to others and instilling fear in the villagers so they wouldn't dare to slander her again. Her act of inviting Lan Yin to dinner was also a way to poke at her sore spot. However, she didn't expect Xiao Moran to act so unusually, even serving her food and sitting next to her.
"Then tell me how you're going to divide it?" Zhang Yulan quietly observed her.
“Of course, it’s the four of us who will live together, and you and your daughter will live separately.” Su Xiaonuan pointed around. “The house will have three rooms for the four of us, and one room for you and your daughter. We’ll share the kitchen and the main room, and we’ll stagger our cooking times. The land will also be divided according to the number of people.”
"Dream on!" Xiao Moran returned with murderous intent. She thought this woman had really changed, but she didn't expect that she was still a leopard that couldn't change its spots. She made Lan Yin cry and now she's causing trouble again with the family separation issue.
"Ha, you send your sweetheart home without even staying to comfort her?" Su Xiaonuan glared at him. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You can take advantage of this chance. If you miss this opportunity, you'll never have another one."
"Su Xiaonuan, I told you, you can forget about divorcing me."
"What a great love!" Su Xiaonuan clapped her hands. "My legal husband, the father of my two children, wants to wear me down for the sake of his beloved's happiness. Fine, I agree. Let's see who can outlast whom."
"Stop arguing, isn't it annoying to do this every day?" Zhang Yulan raised her hand and pressed down. "Since you want to separate the family, and you two are irreconcilable, then we, the Xiao family, will live together. As for you, the outsider, if you want to live on your own, then go ahead. We'll give you a house to shelter you from the wind and rain, but don't even think about getting any land. Even if we gave you some, you wouldn't know how to farm it..."
"Mom, what are you saying?" Su Xiaonuan wasn't angry, her face still smiling. "What do you mean by 'Xiao family'? I married into the Xiao family rightfully. Am I an outsider? It's not that I'm being difficult. You heard it yourself, it's your son who's tormenting me. He doesn't fulfill his duties as a husband, and he's dragging me along without a divorce. Since that's the case, he's the one who's heartless, so don't blame me for being unjust. How about this: the child you gave birth to will live with you, and the child I gave birth to will live with me. That's the fairest way. The house and land will be divided equally."
“Your children will live with you, but we’ll have to ask the kids,” Zhang Yulan called out. “Dou Dou, Guo Guo, do you want to live with your mother?”
The two children have just turned three years old. They want to live with their grandmother and aunt because their mother often beats and scolds them.
Seeing their mother all alone, the two children thought for a moment and then ran to Su Xiaonuan's side, whispering, "Let's stay with Mom."
"You, you all..." Zhang Yulan was so angry that she couldn't speak.
"You two ungrateful wretches! Your aunt and grandma have spoiled you for nothing."
DouDou and GuoGuo were so frightened that they started to cry.
Su Xiaonuan held one child in each arm, comforting them tenderly. "Don't cry, sweethearts. From now on, Mommy will love and care for you. Don't be afraid!"
“Alright, let’s divide it.” Xiao Moran waved his hand. “Let her and her two children live separately, and divide the land and house equally. I don’t want to be entangled with this woman anymore. It’s good to have some peace and quiet.”
"Okay. I'll go get paper and pen now." Su Xiaonuan quickly drafted two copies of the family division agreement and handed them over for review.
Zhang Yulan and her daughter didn't say anything after reading it.
After reading it, Xiao Moran said, "We need to add another clause: during our marriage, you are not allowed to go out and have affairs. You may be shameless, but the Xiao family still has a reputation. Otherwise, the Xiao family has the right to kick you out of the family."
"Okay. But it can't just be directed at me. It has to include both of us. Both sides have to restrain each other. Otherwise, you're just allowing officials to set fires while forbidding ordinary people to light lamps."
"Deal." Xiao Moran coldly uttered two words, quickly took out the fountain pen Lan Yin had given him, added this sentence, and finally signed his name in a flamboyant manner.
"Your handwriting is quite good," Su Xiaonuan said. His strokes were masterful, matching his tall and handsome appearance, and he had a very imposing presence. She just didn't understand why he didn't take the college entrance exam. Lan Yin was able to get into university; if he took the exam, he would definitely get in too.
Su Xiaonuan carefully put away the family division agreement that everyone had signed, then led Dou Dou and Guo Guo back to her room. She went to the well to fetch water for the children to wash their hands and faces, and coaxed them to take a nap.
While the children were sleeping, she cleaned and tidied up the other room she had been allocated. Then she went to the kitchen and divided the kitchenware in half. She didn't want any extra. She had decided to build another kitchen in the corner of the yard so she wouldn't have to share one with them and end up staring at each other every day.
Zhang Yulan and her two children sat quietly in the main room, watching Su Xiaonuan bustling about.
"Mom, Su Xiaonuan seems like a completely different person. She used to be so lazy, how come she's suddenly so diligent?" Xiao Moxi asked, puzzled. "Could she have been faking it before? That she couldn't do anything? But now that the family has been divided up, she can do everything, and she does it all in an orderly manner."
“Mo Ran, Mo Xi, no matter what, Dou Dou and Guo Guo are descendants of our Xiao family. Be more careful in the future, and never let her hit the children.” Zhang Yulan glanced at Su Xiaonuan’s room. “The children are still young, and we must protect them as they grow up.”
"There's no way she'd be sincere with the child. She'll definitely try to get the land first. She's very cunning. As long as she doesn't bother us, we should avoid bothering her too. Let's see what she's up to." Xiao Moxi refused to believe Su Xiaonuan no matter what.
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