Aunt Zhang put her hands on her hips and said, "Let me tell you, Old Lady Shen, with me here, you can forget about bullying my sister Zhou again."
Chen's and Zhang's husband's family lived next door to each other, separated by only one wall. Before Zhang entered the family, Chen often bullied her neighbor. But after Zhang entered the family, Chen lost to Zhang many times and from then on, she would avoid Zhang whenever she saw her.
If she can't afford to offend her, she can at least avoid her.
Ever since she found out that her second daughter-in-law was close to Zhang, she vented all her resentment on Zhou.
At this moment, Chen was still somewhat intimidated by Zhang and dared not look her in the eye.
Seeing her like this, Zhang felt angry. Zhou Meizi had suffered a lot of mistreatment from this old woman back then.
She sneered, "Oh! What's wrong, are you mute?"
Chen was somewhat intimidated at this moment, but Niu reminded her from behind of the purpose of her visit today. Thinking of the silver and the meat in the yard, she puffed out her chest and said, "Move aside, this is none of your business. I won't bother with you, a junior. Let Zhou come and talk to me."
Upon hearing this, Zhang burst out laughing.
“Even Brother Shencheng has nothing to do with you anymore, so what right do you have to talk to his wife? If you have something to say, talk to me. Zhou is my sister.”
Chen immediately cowered. When did this woman become so close to Zhou? She had never seen her protect Zhou much before. She must have gotten something in return to protect Zhou like this.
"I have something to discuss with them, please move aside."
"Ha, I'm not letting you pass, what can you do about it?"
Niu and Lü were also secretly anxious. What was wrong with Zhang today? She was going against her mother-in-law at every turn.
"What business is it of yours? Get out of the way. My mother-in-law just wants to talk to my second brother's wife. What are you doing interfering?"
“I’m not an outsider, tell me.”
Just then, Shen Cheng returned.
When Chen saw that Shen Cheng had returned, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Your mother just came to see if you're doing well, if you're well-fed and clothed."
Shen Cheng didn't even glance at her, and said, "If there's nothing else, go back. You're not welcome here."
Originally, Chen Shi was hoping to appeal to her emotions, but a thunderbolt jolted her awake. She sat on the ground and burst into tears, crying, "You heartless bastard! I was just concerned about you. You treat me like this! May you be struck by lightning!"
She thought she was crying very hard, but seeing that Shen Cheng was still unmoved, she acted spoiled and said:
"I'm not leaving today. My money is gone, and you must have taken it. Otherwise, where would you get the money to build a house?"
Chen's loud cry attracted many villagers.
"I told you, their money came from illegitimate sources. How could they have earned so much so quickly?"
"I heard they were planning to build brick houses, just based on how much money those devil's tongues can make."
"Didn't Chen say that she stole the money before the family was divided?"
Some villagers, jealous that Shen Cheng was able to build a house so quickly, started pointing and gossiping about him.
That's how people in the village are; if you're doing poorly, everyone looks down on you.
You can live well, but you can't live better than them. If you live better than them, then your money is ill-gotten.
Hearing the noise, Shen Danru and Shen Yuyan came out of the house and saw Chen sitting on the ground wailing.
Shen Yuyan glanced at it and immediately had an idea.
Since Chen came to cause trouble last time, Shen Yuyan has collected some centipedes, just waiting to scare her when she comes to cause trouble again.
Shen Yuyan took a jar, poured more than a dozen centipedes on the ground, and they slowly crawled towards Chen Shi.
Chen patted the ground, as if she had touched something, looked down, and jumped up in fright.
"Oh my god, that scared me to death."
Niu said, "Mother, I saw that Yu Yan placed it behind you."
Madam Lü chimed in, "Yes, I saw it too. Could it be that they're feeling guilty and are using insects to scare you, Mother?"
"Well, you little beast, I've spoiled you for nothing. You actually tried to harm your grandma. I'll beat you to death."
Chen tried to grab a firewood stick as before and hit Shen Yuyan, but Shen Yu'an stopped her halfway.
Feeling nauseous, Shen Cheng said, "Yu'an, please ask them to leave."
Upon receiving the order, Shen Yu'an showed them no mercy, grabbing Chen Shi with one hand and Niu Shi with the other and throwing them out the door.
Lu was about to curse again, but Shen Yu'an's look stopped her in her tracks, and she quickly closed her mouth, looking rather comical.
He thought to himself, "When did Shen Yu'an become so scary?"
Chen, now in the right, made an even bigger fuss, repeatedly claiming that Shen Cheng had thrown her, his mother, out because he felt guilty.
The Shen family's courtyard became even more lively.
Shen Danru was also having a terrible headache.
After all, Chen had raised her father. If she really went too far, the villagers would definitely not stand by and watch.
"Excuse me, what happened at this house?"
Liu Nian had been traveling for several days and finally managed to find out where Shen Danru lived. Seeing the lively scene, he was a little worried and quickly stopped a villager to ask him questions.
When Chen saw a wealthy and noble man in silk clothes carrying gifts, she immediately stopped wailing.
Seeing that the villagers were looking him up and down and no one answered, Liu Nian was about to enter the door when Niu Shi called him back.
“Sir, how do you know this family? They are all thieves; they stole our money.”
Niu thought this man was a business owner in town who had come to order braised meat or some kind of devil's taro from Shen Cheng. She was very jealous and wanted nothing more than to ruin Shen Cheng's business.
"Besides, this family isn't good people. The delicacy you ate was made with devil's tongue from the mountains. That devil's tongue is poisonous. Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death?"
She then mentioned something called "ghost taro," which Liu Nian didn't know what it was. When he heard her say that this family were thieves, Liu Nian's face darkened, and he frowned and said, "They stole your money?"
"Yes."
Niu was secretly pleased. Now she knew Shen Cheng's character. Once this news spread throughout the town, she wondered who would still want to cooperate with him.
"How many?"
Niu glanced at Chen; she didn't know how much either.
Chen: "Thirty taels."
"Nonsense! Do you think our young lady would even look at a mere thirty taels?"
Liu Nian strode into the door.
The villagers were left looking at each other in bewilderment: What's going on?
Miss?
Could it be referring to Shen Cheng's second daughter? Wasn't she kicked out?
Seeing that Shen Danru was standing safely in the courtyard, Liu Nian finally felt relieved.
"Miss, I'm so glad you're alright, I'm so glad you're alright."
Shen Danru asked excitedly, "Uncle Liu, what brings you here? How are Aunt Liu and Sister Xiangzhu?"
"They are all well, thank you for your concern, Miss. I came here today to give you some money."
Upon seeing the distinguished guest arrive, Shen Cheng hurriedly invited him into the house.
Upon hearing that this gentleman had come to deliver money, Aunt Zhang immediately perked up. She walked to the front door, put her hands on her hips, spat at Chen, and said:
"Did you hear that? That gentleman came to give money to his young lady. With your paltry sum, do you think he'd even look at you? Besides, do you really have thirty taels? I just don't believe it."
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