After a dreamless night,

Chen Xuanxuan got up early in the morning.

As soon as she woke up, she heard her father-in-law's particularly noisy voice.

"I don't agree! I absolutely don't agree! Our family is now penniless!..."

Chen Xuanxuan frowned, and after getting up from the bed, she quickly put on her clothes, washed her face and brushed her teeth, and then she walked out of the room.

When she found that her father-in-law and her husband were arguing outside the door, she couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

Before anyone else could answer, her eldest daughter-in-law Jiang rushed out to answer her, "Mother-in-law, my father-in-law didn't know where he picked up a woman from! He didn't even have breakfast this early in the morning, but he was going to send this woman to the town's clinic. The grandfather-in-law thought that the woman had nothing to do with our family, so he wanted to send her away..."

"So, no one could get the better of the other, so they started arguing."

This sounded like there was nothing wrong, but when she thought about it carefully, she always felt that there was a big problem here.

Fortunately, Chen Xuanxuan didn't like to think about things this early in the morning. So, after she heard these words, it was as if she had listened to the wind on her ears.

"...I know about this. Last night, your father-in-law and I saved her."

"Since she is injured, our family can't just stand by and watch her die. Send her to the hospital as soon as possible so that she can get better sooner."

Although Jiang is not very old, only in her teens, she is still quite thoughtful.

Seeing her mother-in-law's obvious attitude, wanting to spend the family's money to treat an unknown outsider, she felt a little disgusted with her meddling in other people's business.

This person has no relatives, so it's fine to save her. But why should they spend money to treat her body...

When she thought of her grandfather-in-law, and her parents-in-law, and didn't know how to spend the money, Jiang felt particularly annoyed.

She wanted to be the master of the family.

She felt that only if she was the master of the family could she live a happy life.

The most uncomfortable thing about living under the same roof with her parents-in-law and other elders was that no matter what she did, for example, she had to obey their arrangements in terms of making money and spending money.

As the saying goes, when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. It is

not easy to live with your hands facing up and asking for money from others.

Jiang thought to herself that if she had the opportunity to be the master of the family in the future, she would definitely live alone with her husband.

Otherwise, such a life would be too hard to endure.

When she thought of the money in the family and the food that was "borrowed" by her grandfather, Jiang rolled her eyes and decided to tell Chen Xuanxuan about it.

"Mother-in-law, you didn't come back until the middle of the night last night. You probably don't know that something big happened yesterday that affected our whole family."

Seeing her serious face, Chen Xuanxuan asked curiously, "What big thing?"

Jiang subconsciously glanced at her husband. Seeing that he didn't nod or shake his head, she thought for a moment and told her everything that happened yesterday.

"Mother-in-law, all the relatives and friends who have some relationship with us in the village and outside came to visit us all day yesterday."

"When they came, they either brought bowls or sacks. Grandfather-in-law was reluctant to lend them out because he felt that they were having a hard time and that they were so poor that they didn't even have clothes to wear. He lent them all the food in the house. Now, we don't even have a pound of food. This morning, Grandfather-in-law had planned to cook by himself. However, after opening the granary and the rice jar, he found that everything in the house was gone..." When

Chen Xuanxuan heard the news suddenly, she felt like she had seen a bolt from the blue.

Is everything gone at home?

Is this true?

When she thought of the food she had saved with great effort, she hurried to her room and searched everywhere.

Some things were there, so it would be fine if she didn't look for them.

Once she looked for them, Chen Xuanxuan discovered something big.

She really didn't expect that some of the things she had hidden in there were all gone!

Including the quilt she was going to cover herself with in winter, which disappeared as if it had grown legs.

She was so angry that she suddenly ran out of the room and said to her husband, "Boss, it's bad! Our house has been robbed!"

"All the things I hid in the room, and the money, are gone!"

Hearing this, Gu Yanzhang was shocked.

He never thought that his family would encounter such a thing.

So, he said anxiously, "Let's not just stand there! I have to report to the authorities as soon as possible!"

Gu Yanzhang has always known that it is easier to be an official if you have someone in the court.

He is just a commoner, and he wants the people in the yamen to do something for him. Either he offers enough benefits. Or he can rely on strong relationships.

His wife's brother is the adopted son of Captain Huang. With this relationship, if he wants to report to the authorities now, the yamen runners in the yamen will definitely be able to help.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanzhang planned to drive his donkey cart directly to the county town.

And his biological father, Gu Yu'an, could hear his son say that he wanted to report to the authorities and catch the thief, and he was very angry.

While he was angry, he also felt particularly embarrassed.

"Don't go, don't go!"

"Son, yesterday during the day, all our relatives and friends came over. Most of the food in the house was borrowed by them."

Seeing his son's face turned ashen in a short time, Gu Yu'an said unhappily, "Son, we can't be so selfish."

"When we are living a good life, when we can eat well and wear warm clothes every day, how can we watch our relatives and friends suffer?"

Hearing this, Gu Yanzhang was very irritated.

"Dad, you are willing to be a good person, but it doesn't mean we are willing to do the same."

"…Several years ago, our family didn't have enough to eat every day. In that cold spring, when we were almost starving to death in the house, among our relatives, except for my mother-in-law, who has ever lent a hand to help us?"

"Dad, it's not like we haven't borrowed food before, but those people always chased us out?"

"Dad, you won't forget those things in our family, right?"

Gu Yu'an was slightly surprised when he heard it.