"…I'm leaving now. It's rare for me to come back, so I won't stay for two more days."

Shen Mingzhu retorted, "I dare not stay any longer. Who knows what other plans are waiting for me."

Qin Jinlian was so angry that she slapped her and said, "What are you talking about? Am I that bad?"

"He's not a good person anyway."

Qin Jinlian choked, glanced at her son-in-law beside her, and her face became a little uncomfortable, "So, you're just leaving like that?"

Seeing that Shen Mingzhu had a cold face and did not react, Qin Jinlian stretched out her hand and made a gesture of twisting money.

Pei Yang reacted and was about to put down what he was holding and take out money, but was stopped by Shen Mingzhu's glare.

Shen Mingzhu took out the thirty yuan she had prepared from her pocket and handed it over.

Qin Jinlian stared at her, "Just this much?"

"If you think it's too little, you don't have to."

Qin Jinlian then took the money with a pout.

Shen Mingzhu was annoyed, "Mom, if you dare to use the money I gave you to buy a gold chain for another woman, don't even think of asking me for a dime in the future."

Qin Jinlian was also annoyed, "What other woman? She is your second sister-in-law!"

"I don't care who she is. I'm saying this now. Don't think I'm joking with you. I give you money to honor you and dad, to help you improve your life and buy food and clothes, not to buy jewelry for others!"

Qin Jinlian waved her hand impatiently, "Alright, alright, I get it, Pei Yang, drive slower on the road."

Pei Yang nodded in agreement.

——

Seeing Qin Jinlian coming in, Yang Xuezhen in the west room quickly kicked Shen Xiangnan.

"Go ask how much money your sister brought back this time."

Shen Xiangnan was unwilling to go. He felt very upset because his younger sister and brother-in-law were both mad and left because of his affairs.

"Are you going or not?!"

Only after being kicked several times by Yang Xuezhen did Shen Xiangnan reluctantly get up from the kang.

Soon, Shen Xiangnan returned to the house.

"How many?"

"thirty."

Yang Xuezhen was very disappointed. With this little money, she couldn't even buy a pair of earrings, let alone a gold necklace!

Shen Xiangnan knew what she was thinking and advised, "Xuezhen, don't make things difficult for mom. This time, because of your brother's matter, my sister was mad and left."

Yang Xuezhen got angry when she heard this, "Shen Xiangnan, please explain clearly. If your family had not agreed to my brother's job, do you think you could marry me with that little gift money? You are dreaming! It was your mother who said that as long as I could give birth to a big fat boy, she would buy me a gold necklace! So now it's all my fault? I tell you, Shen Xiangnan, don't think that I can let your Shen family bully me just because I married you.

And your younger sister, who does she think she is? What right does she have to interfere in her mother's family affairs? Does she really think she is so capable? Isn't she just lucky enough to marry a city man, and become his stepmother? Why is she showing off?

Shen Xiangnan, I was blind to fall in love with you, otherwise, with my conditions, I might not marry someone worse than your younger sister!"

"Yes, yes, Xuezhen, please keep your voice down..."

Shen Xiangnan begged and pleaded with everyone for a long time before he finally managed to coax Yang Xuezhen into quieting down.

The person has calmed down, but the mind has not.

"It's fine to split up the family. The house belongs to us, and half of the family's savings and food should be given to us..."

Shen Xiangnan was overwhelmed after hearing this. "How can this be possible? Big brother is the eldest, and I am the second. If we need to divide the family, we should be the ones to do it."

"I don't care! Shen Xiangnan, if my parents want to separate us, then I will go back to my parents' home and you can live on your own!"

East room.

Although the door of the west room was closed, the two rooms were close to each other, so Qin Jinlian and Shen Jianguo could hear clearly what the second son and his wife said.

Qin Jinlian counted the money in her hand while complaining to Shen Mingzhu.

"It's all this damn girl's fault. She insisted on splitting up the family. She tore apart a good family. What sin did I commit in my previous life that I gave birth to such a debt collector in this life. I've been married for so long, and she only brought home 60 yuan in total. What can I do with such little money..."

Shen Jianguo became impatient and shouted in a low voice, "Can't you take a break? Everyone has left, what's the point of saying this?"

In the north kitchen, Du Juan, wearing an apron, was busy preparing lunch for the family in front of the stove, while Shen Chaobei helped to light the fire.

Daya sat on a small stool and diligently handed bean stalks, branches and other things to Shen Chaobei so that he could put them in the stove to burn.

Although the couple couldn't hear clearly what was happening in the west room, they could guess that it was definitely related to the separation of the family.

Du Juan glanced at her husband and said, "Chaobei, what do you think about dividing the family?"

Shen Chaobei didn't even raise his head, "I didn't think about it at all."

Du Juan was silent for two seconds, then said, "It's better to break up."

Shen Chaobei raised his head, "Mom, do you want to split up the family?"

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"Yes, I do. After we split up, we can live our own lives behind closed doors. I am happy with that even if it means we are poor and miserable."

Although Shen Chaobei is honest, taciturn and not good at expressing himself, he is not a heartless person. Even his sister Shen Mingzhu feels sorry for him and his wife and speaks up for them. If he does not seize the opportunity and lets his wife suffer in this family, he would be a coward.

"Okay, then I'll go tell my parents after dinner."

Du Juan finally smiled, but when she glanced at her daughter playing by the stove, a look of regret appeared on her face.

"It would be great if our Daya was a boy."

Daya raised her little head in confusion, as if she didn't understand what her parents were talking about.

Shen Chaobei picked her up and caressed her soft hair with his rough hands, his simple face full of smiles.

"Girls are also good. When she grows up, she will definitely be as beautiful as my little sister. We will also let her go to school and do big things in the city in the future."

Du Juan smiled bitterly.

It’s not that she doesn’t like daughters, but the world is so harsh on women. Girls are looked down upon, and daughters-in-law who don’t give birth to sons are looked down upon even more.

Just like her.

Now that family planning has been implemented, each family can only have one child. She failed to give birth to a son, and the Shen family had no one to carry on the family line. That's why her mother-in-law Qin Jinlian placed all her hopes on Yang Xuezhen's belly and treated her coldly and ignored her.

——

It was almost dark when Shen Mingzhu returned home.

There was no car going back to Fengcheng from Shenjiagou today, so the family of three went to the village first and had a simple lunch. Pei Yang called Pei Wenping, and Chen Yi borrowed a car from someone to take them back to the city.

After a busy day, Shen Mingzhu was exhausted and didn't want to cook dinner, so Pei Yang used the fried meatballs Qin Jinlian gave him to cook a pot of meatball noodle soup, and the three of them had a simple meal.

The next day, Shen Mingzhu cooked a whole roasted rabbit using the wild rabbit Qin Jinlian gave her.

After it was baked, she kept half for herself and prepared to send the other half to Pei Wenping as a thank you to Chen Yi for driving them back yesterday.

In order to avoid any more "cheating" incidents, Shen Mingzhu delivered the food to Pei Wenping personally this time.

When she was delivering the roasted rabbit home, she suddenly remembered that the self-study exam results would be out today, so she decided to go to the self-study exam center.

Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the first working day after the Chinese New Year. Quite a few candidates went to the self-study examination center to check their scores.

When Shen Mingzhu arrived, there was a long queue outside the inquiry office.

To pass the time, the candidates in the queue chatted with each other, talking about their jobs, education, background and so on.

Shen Mingzhu had no intention of chatting with anyone, but the young woman in front of her turned around and asked her, "Classmate, what is your education level? You look quite young, so you must have just graduated from high school, right?"

"No, I stopped studying after graduating from junior high school."

After he finished speaking, the candidates around him suddenly fell silent.