Zhou Shian continued, "Your Tian family is not safe now. Who knows when another poisoning incident will happen? Taohua is no longer suitable to live here. I will make it clear to you today and let Taohua move back to her Meng family."

Wang Shuifeng jumped up and said, "No, Taohua is the daughter-in-law of our Tian family, she should live in the Tian family!"

After a pause, Wang Shuifeng quickly continued, "Unless you want Taohua to separate from my family and want her to marry someone else, right? Then it's up to you!"

Hearing this, Zhou Shian sneered. This woman was quick-witted and was planning to remarry her son Tian Zhigao.

Bao Shunfeng said, "Wang Shuifeng, are you not senile? Don't think that just because Mr. Meng is gone, you can turn your back on your words. When your San'er married Meng Taohua, he was a son-in-law who married into the family. The Meng family yard was their home. You and Tian Agui accepted the betrothal gifts and grain from Mr. Meng. The marriage certificates and receipts signed by the two families all have stubs. You can't deny it."

Wang Shuifeng: “…”

This didn't work, so she said something else: "My third son works in the provincial capital, Taohua should live in my house."

"Just remember that your third son is a son-in-law. Not to mention that he works in the provincial capital, even if he is in Beijing, he has to live in the Meng family when he comes back. This is the rule and the truth! Taohua has lived in your Tian family for four years, honoring you two old people and taking care of your younger siblings' studies. She has fulfilled her responsibilities. Now she wants to move back to the Meng family, so she can move. No one can say anything to her."

Wang Shuifeng started to make a scene: "There are a bunch of educated youth living in the Meng family yard now, and there are a lot of men and women. If Taohua, a young woman, moves back, who knows what will happen? If she hooks up with some educated youth and loses her innocence, I, San'er, can't keep her!"

Bao Shunfeng was furious when he heard her biting like a mad dog: "Shut your stinky mouth! Your eldest daughter Tian Xianglan lives in Meng's house now, why don't you say anything about your daughter? There are three main rooms in the Meng's yard, and eight educated youth men and women live in two of them. One room is kept to lock up the old furniture of the Meng family, and Taohua will live in that room when she goes back. Not everyone is as shameless as your Tian family. Last night, your Tian family had a fire and... did such immoral things, and I haven't had time to settle accounts with you yet! The whole Linshui Village is so embarrassed, and they have to cover up for you! If you don't behave, just move out with your family and live wherever you want. Linshui Village doesn't want villagers and members like you, and it's not worth it to embarrass a family like you!

Also: Taohua will move back to the Meng family yard, and your eldest daughter Tian Xianglan will have to move out. Move her things to your Tian family first."

When she mentioned the scandal of last night and was threatened to get out of the village, Wang Shuifeng finally dared not say a word and bowed her head deeply.

Bao Shunfeng continued, "Tian Agui and Tian Xianglan are now in the commune clinic. The tractor driver came back and said that Tian Xianglan's head wound will heal in a few days after being bandaged. Tian Agui is still confused. The clinic said it would be best to send her to the county hospital, which would cost a lot of money. You can handle it on your own. You should send a telegram to ask Tian Zhigao to come back."

When Wang Shuifeng heard the latter part, she objected without even looking up: "We can't ask Zhigao to come back! Don't let him affect his work and ruin his future!"

Bao Shunfeng said: "No matter how important your future is, you still have to have your parents and your wife, right?"

Wang Shuifeng pretended not to hear.

Bao Shunfeng snorted. Zhou Shian had already shown him the three letters from Tian Zhigao, so now was not the time to talk about this.

He turned around and called Meng Tao: "Taohua, which room are you in? The militia is here to help, move your things!"

Meng Tao said hurriedly: "I live in that small house, and I don't have anything. I just need to take a wooden box and bedding with me. I can do it myself."

Looking at the dark room that was the farthest away, everyone was speechless. Bao Shunfeng was even more annoyed: Tian Agui and Wang Shuifeng were really not human beings, asking a young wife to live in a side room. They were a pair of old beasts! Zhou Shian asked Meng Tao: "What did you say? Why is there only one wooden box and bedding? When you and Zhigao got married, your grandfather hired a carpenter to build a wardrobe, a cabinet, a new bed, four old camphorwood boxes, and..."

Meng Tao lowered her eyes: "They took everything away."

Meng Tao: “…”

The director of women's affairs sighed, "Alright, stop scolding her. The parents-in-law are in charge, and she is the most obedient daughter-in-law. What can she do? Taohua, take them room by room to find out which cabinets and boxes are yours. Clear out their things, and we can move the boxes and cabinets away."

Meng Tao actually didn't want it anymore because it had been taken away by someone else. But then she thought that it was Grandpa Meng who had spent a lot of time and money to buy it, so she decided to move it back. Even if it was left empty, it would be better than giving it to the Tian family.

The small daily items could not be found, but the wardrobe, cupboard, bed frame and three other old camphor wood boxes were all found. The wardrobe, cupboard and bed frame were occupied by Tian Baoshan and Zhao Liulian, and the three old camphor wood boxes were in the rooms of Wang Shuifeng, Tian Zhiyuan and Tian Yalan respectively. The militiamen had moved them back to the Meng family yard.

While identifying the cabinets and boxes, Meng Tao entered the rooms of several people. After experiencing what happened last night, the younger generation of the Tian family had not yet become as shameless as Wang Shuifeng. Whether awake or not, they all stayed quietly in their bed curtains, not daring to fart, let alone show their faces.

The original owner Meng Taohua's hut was in a mess, the bed curtains were collapsed, and Shi Datou was still sleeping soundly on the bed, which made Meng Tao so disgusted that she didn't even want the bedding.

When leaving the Tian family, Meng Tao deliberately fell behind and turned around to meet Wang Shuifeng's vicious eyes. She smiled faintly and lip-synched "Sticky grass". Wang Shuifeng's eyes suddenly became sharp and her breathing became rapid. She raised her hand and wanted to catch up to hit Tao Hua, but was tripped by her granddaughter's small wooden chair under her feet and fell to the ground with a thud. Meng Tao turned around and walked away as if nothing had happened.

It would be better if he fell to death, but I don't think he will die, and the harm he will cause will last for thousands of years.

Witnessed by everyone, Tian Xianglan's family's belongings were moved back to the Tian family. In fact, apart from two bed frames, a low cabinet, three or four quilts, a few bundles of rags, and some pots and pans, there was nothing good at all. Tian Xianglan was very disliked in her husband's family. On the one hand, she was fierce and selfish. On the other hand, her mother-in-law was Liang Tiezhu's stepmother, who could not tolerate their family. She was separated from them and given nothing but some food rations. So she went back to the Tian family, and Wang Shuifeng taught her to occupy Meng Taohua's house.

The neighboring village where she married was only five or six miles away from Linshui Village. Everyone knew each other well. The farmland of the two villages was almost mixed together, so it was not difficult to go back and forth to work every day. The primary school was located in the middle of several villages, so it was easy for children to go to school.

Tian Xianglan was determined to take the Meng family courtyard for herself, and she succeeded in the novel. However, she could not live there for many years because her good third brother got her and Liang Tiezhu to work in the factory, and the whole family moved to the city.

This yard is still occupied by Meng Taohua and Shi Datou. Meng Taohua had no children, so Shi Datou adopted his younger brother's two children. After Meng Taohua died, this place became the Shi family's.

Now, Shi Datou had nothing to do, and Meng Tao also drove Tian Xianglan away.

At noon, the educated youth came back for lunch and saw that the landlord Meng Tao had moved back. They all understood.

Bao Shunfeng directed several male educated youth to pull down the bamboo fence in the middle of the yard and save it for firewood. He also told them not to go to work with the production team in the afternoon. Instead, they went to the brigade office to pick up a few loads of lime and cement, and prepare some stone and sand. They repainted the rooms where Tian Xianglan's family had lived, and laid the floor. After two days when it was completely dry, the male educated youth moved into the rooms. The female educated youth stayed where they lived, and Meng Tao lived in the large room in the main house.

The male educated youth were very happy to hear that the big room was a collective dormitory, and moving into the wing room would be more comfortable and convenient, and they could also paint it, just like a new house. Who wouldn't want to? Meng Tao said to Bao Shunfeng, "Uncle, I want to repaint my room, too."

Bao Shunfeng glared at her: The materials for painting the house are free, so you can paint it if you want? Giving it to the educated youths was for another purpose. You are such a spendthrift girl, you only know how to make trouble when you return home. You live in a damp and dark side room at the Tian family, so why don't you make trouble? But he still agreed and asked the educated youths to do it for him.

(End of this chapter)