Jiang Yuwei was lost in deep self-reproach when she saw Ning Zhao in her arms twitch his eyelids. He seemed to be forcing his eyes open and weakly managed a smile as he said to her:
"Mom, don't cry, it's alright. Grandma hit me, so she won't hit you."
Ning Zhao managed to finish speaking before fainting again. Jiang Yuwei burst into tears upon seeing this. She was always the one who stood up to protect others; she never imagined that she would be protected by a child today.
"Get out of the way! Uncle Ning is here! Everyone get out of the way!"
When Jiang Yuwei heard that Uncle Ning had arrived, she quickly stepped aside to let him come forward and check on her.
Uncle Ning was also startled upon seeing this. He quickly put down his medicine box to examine Ning Zhao's wounds, muttering to himself:
"What a good child! It's such a tragedy that he has to suffer like this at such a young age."
At this moment, Chen Guixiang was also terrified and stood there dumbfounded. She had only wanted to raise the hoe to scare Jiang Yuwei and teach her a lesson so that she would be afraid of her mother-in-law. Who knew that in her panic she would actually hurt someone? Now that the villagers had all seen her hurt someone, she couldn't deny it even if she wanted to.
Uncle Ning removed the hoe from Ning Zhao's head, stopped the bleeding, and bandaged him up. He then wiped the cold sweat from his brow and instructed Jiang Yuwei:
"Zhao'er is only temporarily stable now, and we don't know when he will wake up. We must pay close attention to his condition when he sleeps at night. If he gets a fever, we must bring it down immediately to prevent his wound from getting infected and he from surviving."
Jiang Yuwei nodded her thanks quickly, and Old Man Ning also stepped forward to pay the consultation fee and send Uncle Ning home.
Jiang Yuwei carried Ning Zhao back to the house, fed him some spiritual spring water, and then stared coldly at Ning Huaizhi, who was anxiously crawling from the kang to the ground, and said:
“I told you, don’t let the children out. I’ll handle things outside. You just stay on the kang and don’t cause me any trouble.”
He then forcefully helped Ning Huaizhi onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and left without looking back.
There were still many people standing in the courtyard. Jiang Yuwei walked into the courtyard and called out:
"Excuse me, which one of you is the village head?"
At this moment, a middle-aged man with an upright appearance stepped forward and said in a deep voice:
"You must be the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ning family. I am Ning Hai, the village head of Ningjia Village. What's the matter?"
Jiang Yuwei stepped forward and bowed to Ning Hai, saying:
"You must have seen what happened just now. My eldest son is now disabled, and the Ning family can't accept the four of us. We don't want to stay in the Ning family and freeload anymore. So, with everyone here as witnesses, let's ask the village head to decide on a division of the family."
On the way here, Ning Hai had already heard his fifth uncle explain everything about the Ning family. He had just entered the courtyard when he witnessed Chen Guixiang hitting Ning Zhao with a hoe. Now that Jiang Yuwei was willing to take the initiative to separate the family, as the village head, he naturally had no reason to stop her. He simply glanced at Chen Guixiang, who was still standing there, and then at Jiang Yuwei, and said:
"Do you realize that if you separate from the family and move out, your family of four will have to rely on you alone to support them? Have you really thought this through?"
Jiang Yuwei hadn't wanted to separate from the family so soon; she was hoping to save some more money and leave the Ning family with dignity. Now that things had escalated to this point, she really didn't want to live in this cannibalistic den of monsters for another second. She simply nodded solemnly and said:
“I know, village head. You’ve seen what happened today. The Ning family can no longer tolerate us.”
When Madam Sun heard that Jiang Yuwei wanted to divide the family property, her eyes lit up. She quickly stood next to Chen Guixiang, nudged her a few times, and then nodded and smiled at the village head, saying:
“Mother, my sister-in-law is making a fuss about separating the family property. I think you shouldn’t stop her from going out and living a better life.”
Ning Yunyun, who had just finished showering in the kitchen and was walking out, heard Sun's words and hurriedly ran over to Jiang Yuwei, sneering:
"You're lucky you have any self-respect. If you hadn't forced your way into the Ning family and become a burden to my parents, you should have gotten out long ago."
Chen Guixiang seemed to realize what was happening at this moment, and stepped forward to grab the village head's hand, hurriedly saying:
"Yes, we must separate the family. We must separate the family today and quickly drive away this jinx from their family."
The village head frowned at Chen Guixiang's face, forcefully shaking off her hand, and stared at the crowd, saying in a deep voice:
"Since that's the case, then I'll help you draft the documents today. Old Man Ning, Granny Chen, come over and take stock of your assets."
Chen Guixiang said with a smile:
“Our family is large, and we spend what we earn, so we can’t save any money. We don’t have any assets, just this dilapidated house and ten acres of barren land.”
Jiang Yuwei coldly watched Chen Guixiang's performance and said in a deep voice:
"I don't want anything else, I just want two acres of land and the things in my house."
Chen Guixiang nodded hurriedly and said:
"Okay, okay, okay, those two acres at the east end of the village are all yours. Move all your things out of your house; I feel it's bad luck to leave them there."
Jiang Yuwei rolled her eyes at Chen Guixiang and said to the village head:
"Now that we've separated our family, the three of us will definitely have to move out. We need to ask the village head to help us find a vacant house in the village so we can move out as soon as possible."
The village head pondered for a moment and then said:
“There is a small house in front of your two acres of land at the east end of the village. It has no yard or wall. It was built by a hunter who came to the village to hunt many years ago to make it easier to go up the mountain. Now the hunter is long dead and the house is ownerless. If you don’t mind, you can move in.”
Jiang Yuwei pondered for a moment, then nodded and smiled:
"We have no right to complain. Since the village head has agreed, we'll pack up and move in these next few days."
The village head nodded and said:
"That house is old and in need of repair before it can be lived in. You can stay at the Ning family's house for a few more days. You can move over after the house is repaired."
Jiang Yuwei knew the village head was speaking to Chen Guixiang, so she nodded and said:
"Thank you, village head. Please write the family division agreement so we can put our fingerprints on it."
Seeing that she had so easily driven the four members of the eldest son's family out, Chen Guixiang didn't dare to say anything more and quickly nodded in agreement.
"Yes, village head, we'll sign the family division agreement tonight."
Seeing Chen Guixiang's anxious look, the village head shook his head helplessly. He quickly wrote out two copies of the family division agreement, had them sign them and put their fingerprints on them, and then handed them over to them respectively.
Old Man Ning saw everyone off before returning, muttering to himself:
"Why did you split up the family? The eldest son has had a tough time too, working so hard for our family..."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Guixiang interrupted him with a string of curses:
"Where the hell were you just now? You always hide like a coward when something's wrong. When have you ever cared about anything important or trivial at home? Shut up and go back to your room to sleep!"
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