Everyone was stunned by Sun's actions.
Old Mrs. Chen flew into a rage and slammed her chopsticks on the table. "Second son, what's wrong with you? I haven't even had a bite, and you've already divided up the eggs. Don't you have any manners? Do you even respect me?"
Sun retorted with a pout, "Mother, it's just a plate of eggs, why are you making such a fuss? Ruolan and Jiye eat it every day, they're tired of it. I'm just giving it to Dabao and Erbao to satisfy their cravings, is that not allowed?"
"Satisfying your cravings? That's not satisfying your cravings, that's destroying the whole nest."
"So what if they take the whole nest? You can't be this biased. The third branch of the family ate all the eggs before, so why should the first and second branches have to give way to them?"
Mrs. Sun was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent it, so now she didn't care about anything else.
"I've given my all to this family, working tirelessly without complaint. If I make a fuss over a broken egg, do I still have any standing in this family? Am I even a human being?"
This life is too stifling. Even after the family split up, the eldest son's family isn't afraid of going hungry, so is our second son's family.
Chen Zhanliang also complained, "Mother, Ruolan and Jiye are your own grandsons, but aren't Dabao and Erbao? Why are you favoring one over the other?"
The third son is studying, and he hasn't even passed the lowest level of the imperial examination yet. You're already so biased. If he had passed, you would look down on us even more.
My wife is right. Since you don't like our second wife's family anyway, why don't you move out and live separately from us?"
Sun snorted coldly, looking at Old Madam Chen with disdain, "They are all your sons and grandsons. If you can't treat them all equally, how can the brothers live in harmony? The family will definitely be in turmoil."
"They've all rebelled! They're all going to defy the heavens!" Old Mrs. Chen was so angry that her face turned ashen and her whole body trembled.
Chen Ruolan glared at Sun Shi resentfully, "Second Aunt, even if I don't like this scrambled egg, you can't give it all to Da Bao and Er Bao. My grandparents haven't even had a bite yet, why are you sharing it?"
After she finished speaking, she patted Grandma Chen's back insincerely, "Grandma, don't be angry, your health is the most important thing."
"Our Ruolan is so filial and knows how to care for others." Old Mrs. Chen gave her a doting look, then gritted her teeth and glared at Chen Zhanliang and his wife.
“You unfilial wretches, you’re all a bunch of ingrates. You’ve all grown up and now you want to separate from the family. Go, bring the village head here. You’re all going to get out and live on your own.”
Old Chen suppressed his anger and said irritably, "Second son, have you thought this through? The eldest son's family only got half a sack of rice bran; we don't even know if they can survive that."
If you insist on separating the family, your mother and I won't stop you. We'll give you half a sack of rice bran and two acres of sandy land, and from then on, we'll be two separate families.
"If your third son becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination, your two sons shouldn't even think about benefiting from it."
Chen Zhanliang felt nauseous at the thought of rice bran; that stuff had to be cooked with vegetable leaves and salt to be barely edible.
If you split up the family, you'll only be able to eat coarse food and wild vegetables. If you don't split up, at least you can eat coarse rice. Why not enjoy your blessings and suffer instead? Isn't that just being foolish?
He quickly chuckled and hurriedly put the egg from his bowl into Old Mrs. Chen's bowl. "Mom, what are you doing? I was just joking with you. You took it seriously. I'm too busy being filial to you to leave you."
Old Mrs. Chen didn't want to separate her second son and live on his own, because if she did, there would be no one left to do the work. She took the opportunity to back down, saying, "At least you still have some conscience. I'm not fighting for this food; I'm just annoyed by those ungrateful wretches from the eldest son's family."
Chen Zhancai was furious when he saw his second brother and sister-in-law doing this. They really didn't know what was good for them. It was already giving them face by calling him "second brother" when he was just a peasant. They even wanted to compete with him.
You think doing a little work is beneath you? If I become famous someday, you won't even be worthy to carry my shoes.
He said with a look of disdain, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, Mother only cooks two eggs for me a day because she sees how hard I study. If you want to divide the family property because of this, then I will never eat these eggs again."
Liu Fengjiao rolled her eyes and reluctantly said, "Second sister-in-law, we're family, so let's not be so formal. Zhancai is right, we won't eat these eggs tomorrow."
Chen Zhanliang was so angry he wanted to flip the table, but he still forced a smile and said, "Third brother, it was all just a slip of the tongue. Second brother didn't mean it that way. You still have to eat the eggs. After all, the whole family is counting on you to bring honor to the family!"
Sun stopped talking. In this day and age, she didn't really want to separate the family; it was just something she said casually.
Although I envy the eldest son's family, how long can they keep up their act? Sooner or later they'll have to come back begging for mercy. No matter how capable that girl is, she can't escape the old lady's grasp. In the end, she'll still have to obediently marry Butcher Li.
It got dark.
Chen Qingqing lay on the simple wooden bed, her mind a jumble of thoughts. Where was the promised reward for practicing medicine and saving lives?
She transmigrated to this desolate, barren land and immediately encountered a bizarre character who broke off her family and ties with her, pushing her to the brink of death.
Where are the families of kings, nobles, and generals?
No, no, the two ghosts, black and white, must have made a mistake.
Why not die again and go find them and get to the bottom of this?
No, no, death is unpleasant. I might as well make the best of a bad situation and, with my own intelligence, I should be able to make a name for myself.
She raised her hand, carefully examining the ring on her ring finger, and tried to silently recite it in her mind.
"system?"
"space?"
"Golden Finger?"
There's not a sound at all. Damn it, have we been tricked by the Black and White Impermanence again?
"No, no."
She shook her head, remembering hearing the words, "Figure it out yourself!" when she arrived. If that's the case, it must be a treasure.
Looks like I need to think this through carefully. What if it's some kind of system space? Then I could just relax and do nothing.
Enjoy a life of luxury with your family, reach the pinnacle of life, and live like an empress. This is life!
Chen Qingqing sat up excitedly, wanting to take the ring off to take a closer look, but no matter how hard she tried, the ring seemed to be ingrained in her flesh and she couldn't get it off.
What's going on?
I can't get it off!
She suddenly remembered reading in cultivation novels that to activate an awakened treasure, one had to absorb the host's vital energy—but that was incredibly painful.
As the saying goes, "No pain, no gain." What is a little pain compared to future happiness?
Thinking of this, she put her index finger to her lips, but she didn't dare to bite it open right away. After struggling internally for a while, she finally gritted her teeth and bit her finger, letting the blood drip onto the ring.
He muttered to himself, "A miracle is about to happen—space, system, cheat code, superpowers..."
My fingers are all scabbed over, but the ring isn't reacting at all.
"What the hell? Are you kidding me? Did I become a stupid monkey being played by a ghost?"
Chen Qingqing was furious. Seeing a stone under the bed, she didn't think twice and swung it to smash it. "You piece of junk, I'll smash you to pieces!"
Hearing her muttering and making a fuss in the room, Lin hurried over to check on her.
Seeing Chen Qingqing repeatedly smashing stones into her hands, he was so frightened that his voice changed.
"Qing girl, are you alright?"
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