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"What the hell is this?! Possessed by a ghost!"

Don't talk nonsense!

Liu Sanniu waved his hand impatiently, "It would be strange if this girl didn't change after being out there for so many years."

She's clearly someone who's seen the world. Even though she's a young girl, look at the way she speaks—she doesn't seem like someone from our small town at all.

"Let me tell you, you'd better avoid messing with her in the future, or you'll suffer the consequences, and don't blame me for not warning you."

Although Liu Sanniu was greedy for life, cowardly, and lazy, he was not blind.

The girl stood there today, her eyes, tone of voice, and mannerisms were completely different from before.

His intuition told him that this girl was not to be trifled with.

"Honey, what do you mean by that?"

Zhao was displeased and shoved her husband in the back.

"Does this mean that we, as elders, have to give in to that little girl from now on?"

If we let her act so recklessly, how will we ever have a good life in the future?

"It's getting late, let's go to sleep. We can talk about tomorrow's problems tomorrow."

If you don't provoke her, what makes you think she'll come after you?

Liu Sanniu yawned and turned his back again.

"I was just reminding you not to provoke her."

Do you think your parents will be happy about suffering such a great loss in front of this little girl?

Especially our mother, she's never one to suffer a loss, would she really swallow her anger like this?

Stop worrying about those trivial things.

"Oh...I understand!"

Zhao's eyes lit up, and she immediately beamed with joy, giving her husband's arm a hard pat.

"You're so smart, sir!"

She lay down contentedly and closed her eyes.

She thought to herself: It's enough for my mother-in-law, Wang, to deal with that wretched girl. I can just watch the show and do nothing.

Once they're both severely weakened, we might be able to gain some advantage...

Four rooms

In the fourth room, Madam Wei lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Moonlight streamed through the window paper, illuminating her furrowed brow. Her mind was a jumbled mess.

She kept thinking about one thing: her husband had asked her to come back and raise money.

She had originally planned to bring this up during dinner tonight, when the whole family was there.

Before he could even speak, the house was thrown into chaos.

As soon as Tao'er came back, she overturned the table and hit her mother-in-law, causing chaos in the whole family. How could she possibly have a chance to speak?

In three months, her husband will be taking the provincial examination to become a scholar. In the next few months, her husband will need to spend money to build connections and befriend scholars with influential backgrounds, which may help him in the examination.

But now... what should we do?

The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became, and she let out a heavy sigh.

That wretched girl from the first wife, of all times she had to come back.

She always felt that once this girl came back, it would be even harder for her to get money from the family.

Today, the eldest son and his wife spent two hundred coins on medicine. I don't know what the old man was thinking.

Wouldn't it be better to keep this money for her husband?

What use are those two good-for-nothings from the first wife?

One is a good-for-nothing, the other is blind; taking medicine is a waste for them, and they have no future whatsoever.

Nowhere is more important than her husband.

Her husband will pass the imperial examination and become a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examinations), which will give him the opportunity to become an official.

Not only were they exempt from corvée labor, but they also received a monthly salary and were exempt from bowing to officials, among other benefits.

Moreover, the family's status will rise accordingly, and it is also very beneficial for siblings to marry.

The old man is getting more and more confused as he gets older.

Wei turned over and stared blankly at the roof beam above her head.

It seems we still need to find a way to persuade Wang to get rid of that money-losing daughter from the first wife's house.

Wang Shi loves her husband the most, and the old man also values ​​this son the most. He probably won't let that wretched girl cause trouble at home.

That girl must be seventeen this year...

That's it! I've got an idea!

Suddenly, Wei's eyes lit up and an idea took shape in her mind.

The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. The corners of her mouth slowly turned up, she turned over, and finally closed her eyes with peace of mind.

Inside Liu Jiaojiao's room.

Although Liu Jiaojiao had eaten two eggs that night and was no longer so hungry, she was still burning with anger inside.

She was burning up with fever and her heart and lungs were aching so badly that she couldn't sleep at all.

That wretched girl Tao'er used to be most afraid of her when she was little, and she would do whatever she was told. How come she's become so domineering and arrogant after coming back? She's even more powerful than her.

That brat, daring to act so arrogantly towards her, she's completely lawless.

She said she didn't know, but she was the apple of the Liu family's eye, and everyone had to give way to her.

Even though her fourth brother, who held the highest position in the family, was at home, her parents still doted on her.

Today, that vulgar and uncivilized girl next to that bitch actually hit her.

He hit her and received no punishment, something that had never happened before.

The second and third brothers are also useless good-for-nothings. Tonight, that girl overturned the dinner table, and none of them dared to go up and teach that brat a lesson.

And so they just watched helplessly as that wretched girl swaggered away with her two good-for-nothing brothers.

Several grown men couldn't handle a young girl.

If her fourth brother were home, he would definitely protect her and wouldn't have let her get beaten up for nothing today.

Thinking of that brat's contemptuous and smug look when she left, she gritted her teeth in anger.

My second brother's two daughters are also a waste of money; they never utter a word of nonsense, just like two quails.

I need to get my mother to marry them off someday; just looking at them makes me angry.

It would be best to marry them off to old men who have lost their wives; the dowry they would receive would be high.

Then the betrothal money can be kept as her dowry.

Today, Grandpa not only didn't punish that wretched girl from the eldest branch of the family, but he also didn't seek justice for her and Grandma.

Not only that, they also invited the village's old doctor to treat them, which cost them a full two hundred coins.

What is this if not robbery?

Grandpa is really generous.

What's even more hateful is that she'll still have to do the housework from now on, which was done by that woman Zhang before.

She was the youngest in her family and was raised by her mother from a young age as a well-bred young lady from a prominent family in the city, all so that she could marry into a wealthy family in the city and become the mistress of the house.

How can her hands do housework? They've become rough and calloused. What should she do?

No, she can't do those jobs.

It's all that wretched woman's fault, she's a money-loser.

No, we need to find a way to deal with her and make her leave the Liu family on her own.

Liu Jiaojiao was filled with hatred, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with a good solution.

Sleepiness slowly crept in. I'll go talk to my fourth sister-in-law tomorrow; maybe she has some good ideas.

As the moonlight gradually sank in the west, each of the four rooms in the Liu family's old house had their own thoughts and plans.

The room was filled with warmth, and the two children laughed happily from time to time.

Hearing the innocent and cheerful laughter of their two children, Liu Daniu and his wife were also very happy.

Tao watched quietly from the side. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, her two older brothers returned from outside.