Du Juan's words made sense. No matter how thick-skinned Qin Jinlian was, she couldn't do anything to rob the house. She could only return to the east room with a gloomy face.

Shen Jianguo was sleeping soundly when suddenly something hit him on the head. He was so scared that he turned over and sat up.

After seeing that it was a bamboo dustpan that hit him, he got angry at Qin Jinlian who was standing in front of the kang and asked, "Why are you having a seizure so early in the morning?"

"You gave birth to a good son..."

Qin Jinlian kept on telling Shen Jianguo about how she went out to ask for egg cake but was refused. After that, she cursed Shen Chaobei and his wife for being heartless and ungrateful, and even said that Du Juan deserved it for not being able to give birth to a son.

Shen Jianguo couldn't stand it anymore, so he argued with her for a few words but found that he couldn't win the argument, so he put on his clothes and got up to leave.

Qin Jinlian sat alone on the kang, feeling aggrieved and sad.

Of her two sons, the eldest, Shen Chaobei, has always been honest and kind, and the one who is the most filial and obedient to her. But now he has changed and is reluctant to even give a few egg cakes to his biological mother.

"My life is so miserable, wuwuwu..."

Qin Jinlian was busy wiping away her tears, but she didn't reflect on how harshly she treated Shen Chaobei and his wife in her daily life.

Qin Jinlian did not stop crying at home, she also ran around the village crying, telling everyone she met about her grievances and accusing the eldest couple of being unfilial. She wanted to win the sympathy of the villagers and wanted everyone in the village to stand on her side and denounce the eldest couple.

Unless the eldest couple are not afraid of being drowned by the villagers' spit, they will not dare to refuse her anything she asks for in the future.

Qin Jinlian had a good plan, but the villagers had long been fed up with her partiality. Instead of standing on her side, they helped Shen Chaobei and his wife to scold her.

"Jinlian, just go ahead and do what you want. It's unfortunate for Chaobei and his wife to have a mother like you. In previous years, Chaobei and his wife did at least half of the farm work. How did you treat them? You didn't give them a penny when the family was divided. Did Chaobei say anything to you? No, and you're still not satisfied!"

"The Chaobei couple borrowed money from the entire village to set up a small stall to earn some living expenses. As a mother, you have money to buy a gold chain for the second son's wife, but you never thought of helping the eldest son. Don't you feel guilty? You are always thinking about good things."

"Don't you treat your second son's wife as a treasure and expect her to take care of you in your old age? If you want to eat egg cake, ask her to buy it for you!"

"That's right. You spent so much money to buy her a gold chain. She wouldn't refuse to buy you a 1.5 yuan egg cake, right?"

The villagers' comments were like loud slaps in the face, making Qin Jinlian blush and speechless.

She returned home dejectedly, locked herself in the room, sulked, and made noises on purpose.

She thought that the second son's wife would come over to care for her and comfort her after hearing what she said. After knowing the grievances she had suffered, she would spend money to buy her delicious food and shut up the villagers.

As a result, Yang Lizhen was blind and deaf, and remained silent.

Qin Jinlian had been working in vain for the whole morning, and now it was already noon and she had to cook for the whole family.

The moment she got off the kang, Qin Jinlian couldn't help but mutter in her heart, it would be great if the family hadn't split up.

Before the family split up, the eldest son's wife cooked all the meals. No matter whether it was busy during the farming season or free time, there would always be hot meals on the table when it was time for dinner. She would just sit down and eat, and after she was done, she would wipe her mouth. The eldest son and his wife would clean up the dishes, and she didn't have to worry about anything.

Now that the family has been divided, she has to do all the work by herself.

After Qin Jinlian prepared lunch with a heart full of dissatisfaction and resentment, the door of the west room was finally opened.

Seeing Yang Lizhen sitting directly at the table, Qin Jinlian was very unhappy. "What have you been doing in the room all morning?"

"Nothing, just feeling uncomfortable."

Upon hearing this, Qin Jinlian suddenly became nervous, "What's wrong?"

Yang Lizhen took a sip of soup from the bowl and said calmly, "I haven't slept well these past few days. I wanted to catch up on some sleep this morning, but the noise gave me a headache."

Qin Jinlian was so choked that she couldn't speak. She felt both aggrieved and wronged.

The second son's wife knew clearly that she was angry, but she didn't even come to look at her or comfort her. Instead, she complained about her noisy behavior.

Qin Jinlian was so angry that she couldn't eat.

Yang Lizhen enjoyed the food and drink. After finishing her meal, she wiped her mouth, said, "I'm going back to my parents' house for two days this afternoon," then patted her butt and went back to the house.

By the time Qin Jinlian had finished cleaning up the dishes, Yang Lizhen had already left with her bag and returned to her parents' home.

Qin Jinlian was so angry that she had no place to vent her anger, so she could only go back to her room and lie on the kang to sulk.

When Yang Lizhen walked to the village entrance, she ran into Shen Chaobei and his family of three who were returning from work.

"How's business?"

"It's OK."

After hearing Du Juan's answer, Yang Lizhen smiled and walked away from the family of three.

Shen Chaobei continued walking home with his load on his shoulder. Du Juan, who was holding Daya, turned around and looked at Yang Lizhen's back several times.

She had a keen nose and could vaguely smell a fishy odor on Yang Lizhen.

It smells like a woman's menstrual period.

But wasn't Yang Lizhen pregnant? Although she was puzzled, Du Juan didn't think too deeply about it, thinking that maybe she was too hungry and had smelled the wrong thing.

The couple was used to being frugal and they were reluctant to buy food outside. They were still hungry and only gave Daya a small piece of egg cake to fill her stomach.

After returning home, Shen Chaobei was cooking, Du Juan was doing the accounts in the house, and Daya was sitting on a mat and playing alone.

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"Her mother, what's wrong? Did she lose money?"

Seeing Du Juan coming into the kitchen with a dazed expression, Shen Chaobei's heart sank, but he comforted her, "It's okay if we lose money. This is our first time and we have no experience. It will definitely get better in the future."

"It's not a loss, Chaobei, we made money."

Shen Chaobei was half-believing and half-doubting, "Did you really make money? Did you calculate it correctly?"

Du Juan rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "Although I haven't studied as much as you, I've never missed out on settling accounts!"

That's true.

Although Du Juan had only received a few years of education, she was an expert at accounting and was responsible for calculating the family's grain tax every year.

Although he knew she made money, she didn't look very happy. Shen Chaobei guessed that she probably didn't make much, so he said with a smile: "It's good that you made money. It's okay if it's a little. A little bit will add up to a lot."

"It's not a small amount. I made about five dollars."

"What? What did you say?"

Shen Chaobei was so shocked that he dropped his spatula, his eyes widened, "Five dollars? We earned five dollars today?"

Du Juan nodded, and then a happy smile appeared on her face.

The reason she didn't smile before was not because she was unhappy, but because she hadn't come back to her senses for a while and felt like she was dreaming.

At this moment, the joy and happiness of making money surged into her heart, making her unable to close her smile.

Shen Chaobei couldn't laugh anymore.

He couldn't believe it. He only earned five yuan a day. What does five yuan mean in Shenjiagou?

They could buy 20 kilograms of rice, 30 kilograms of flour, and 50 kilograms of corn flour, which were enough for their family of three to eat in a month.

I earned five yuan a day, fifty yuan in ten days, five hundred yuan in a hundred days? I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it at all.

"Wife, I've made it! I actually earned five million in one day..."

Du Juan covered her husband's mouth with her hand and whispered in his ear: "Chaobei, don't tell anyone how much money we made. If mom knew, she would definitely ask us to use the money to support your brother."

In the past, Shen Chaobei would have thought that his wife was narrow-minded and thought too badly of Qin Jinlian.

But after experiencing the division of the family and borrowing money, he was truly disappointed by Qin Jinlian, and he knew that his wife's concerns were not alarmist, but were really possible.

Shen Chaobei nodded repeatedly. At this time, Shen Xiangnan's voice came from outside the door -

"elder brother?"

Second update~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)