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Upon hearing her mother's words, Yang Xiaoman gently traced the smooth surface of the knife with her fair and delicate fingers.

After a long silence, she slowly said:

"The family is separating tomorrow, and the village head should be there, right?"

Li Xiuyun nodded slightly, "This matter concerns severing ties with relatives, and requires the village head to witness it in person."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaoman was not surprised at all.

Judging from everyone's previous reactions, severing ties with a family member is clearly an extremely unorthodox and heretical act.

I'm afraid the matter of severing ties tomorrow won't go so smoothly.

"In that case, what about the matter of supporting our parents..."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Yang Xiaoman took a deep breath and rubbed her stiff face.

He picked up the teapot on the stone table, poured himself a cup, and drank it all in one gulp.

boom!

Just then, Li Xiuyun raised the axe again and laboriously chopped down at the firewood.

The firewood was successfully split in two, but she had also exhausted most of her strength.

"Mother, let me try."

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiaoman quickly put down her teacup.

When my father was alive, he did almost all the manual labor, while my mother took on all the housework and kept the house in perfect order.

When it comes to splitting wood, it's easy to feel overwhelmed if you're not prepared for it.

"How can that be? You just got back..."

Li Xiuyun quickly refused, but then felt a delicate warmth on the back of her hand.

The axe in his hand was immediately handed to his daughter.

Li Xiufen stared blankly at Yang Xiaoman in front of her, seeing her raise her eyebrows smugly and grin at her:

"Mother, this kind of work is as easy as sprinkling water for your daughter. Just watch and see."

After saying that, Yang Xiaoman picked up the axe and casually grabbed a piece of wood thicker than his arm and placed it upright in front of him.

Then, aiming at the very center, gently cleaved downwards!

Click!

With a crisp crack, the wood split in two.

"Xiaoman, how did you become so strong..."

Seeing her daughter so relaxed, Li Xiuyun couldn't help but open her mouth wide.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaoman subconsciously touched her arm and chuckled:

"Maybe it's because I've been working a lot lately and eating a lot that I've gained strength."

Even she herself was somewhat surprised by this.

Ultimately, the credit can only be attributed to the system.

The system has not appeared since the day she nearly killed her uncle and his wife with a knife.

She will probably only reappear after she completes her mission of severing ties with her family.

That mysterious quest reward might just be related to strength...

Besides, Yang Xiaoman couldn't find any other reason to explain the changes in her body over the past few days.

"These past few days have truly taken a toll on you." Li Xiuyun remained silent for a moment, then sighed.

"After we redeem Xiao Ning from the Qi family, you don't have to be a butcher anymore. As for the household expenses... I'll try my best to find a way."

"A girl should eventually get married; how can she be a butcher for life?"

"Mother, why are you suddenly bringing this up?" Yang Xiaoman couldn't help but feel a little nervous when she heard about getting married.

She knew that in ancient times, there were many examples of girls getting married at the age of eleven or twelve.

Having received compulsory education, she naturally could not accept such behavior.

"As long as I can live peacefully with my mother and sister, I'd be willing to be a butcher for the rest of my life!"

At this point, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, saying smugly:

"Mother, you weren't there just now, so you probably don't know, but even Master Han from town praised my swordsmanship highly and gave me a large sum of money."

"Nonsense." Li Xiuyun couldn't help but smile, not believing her daughter's words at all, and gently poked her forehead.

"It's just a pig slaughtering service; at most, it'll cost a couple hundred coins. Do you think Master Han has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it, and just casually gives you a tael of silver?"

She was just joking, but to her surprise, Yang Xiaoman's face immediately filled with astonishment, and she asked incredulously:

"Mother, how did you know that Master Han had given a reward of one tael of silver?"

"Could it be just a random guess?"

A tael of silver?

Li Xiuyun's smile froze for a moment. Just as she was about to speak, she saw her daughter take out a money pouch from her bosom and hand it to her.

She took it instinctively and immediately felt its unusual lightness.

Logically speaking, even a hundred copper coins shouldn't weigh this much.

Could it really be...?

Li Xiuyun's eyes widened suddenly, as if she realized something. She quickly opened the money bag and saw a small piece of silver, about the size of a thumb, lying quietly inside the exquisite bag.

"Xiaoman, you didn't lie to your mother?!"

She gasped sharply, almost losing her balance.

"Did Master Han really give a reward of one tael of silver?"

Even when her husband was alive, it must have taken killing ten pigs to get it, right?

This number is nothing short of astronomical for her.

Just then, Yang Xiaoman gently shook his head, which felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over Li Xiuyun's heart.

"The one tael of silver is just an extra reward."

"Before I went to town, Master Han gave me two hundred coins as payment for my work."

"In total, it's naturally more than just one or two taels of silver."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuyun opened her mouth, then swallowed hard in disbelief.

One tael of silver plus two hundred coins...

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that she could charge so much money just for going to someone's house to slaughter a pig.

It was beyond her imagination.

"It seems that Patriarch Han is a kind-hearted person..."

Li Xiuyun murmured, her expression somewhat blank.

Seeing her mother's reaction, Yang Xiaoman couldn't help but smile, and then told her about how she had saved the day at the Han family's house.

Of course, she only mentioned the competition between the Han and Wang families, and did not mention the secret competition for the Sword King.

Since it concerned her father's death, she naturally couldn't let her mother know before she had a complete understanding of the situation, lest it cause unnecessary worry and trouble.

"With this money, it probably won't be long before we can go to the Qi family and bring Aning back."

Li Xiuyun gripped the money bag tightly in her hand, her face flushing slightly.

"After tomorrow, Mother will go to town to sell the bamboo baskets she has woven these past two days to make money."

"If we can gather three taels of silver as soon as possible, we can bring Aning back sooner!"

Seeing that her mother was no longer as downcast as before, Yang Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief and gripped the axe in her hand again.

"Mom, go and rest. I'll take care of the work here."

At this moment, Li Xiuyun no longer refused and quickly said:

"Alright, Mom will go cook for you. Let's eat our fill today, and then we can let your uncles cause as much trouble as they want tomorrow..."

"We can't let them succeed!"