Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

"Mom, just leave. I won't give you a single penny. Just pretend you don't have a daughter like me."

From this day forward, our two families are no longer related.

After Shu Ruizhi finished speaking, the wrinkles on her face smoothed out.

And the little hands and footprints that were swelling up inside her belly stopped at this moment.

It was as if they were supporting their mother's decision.

"What? Severing ties with relatives?" The old lady was stunned when she heard this.

She had said these words before, and every time Shu Ruizhi had held back.

And today they actually dare to say they're severing ties!

She, as the mother, didn't say these words, but the daughter dared to say such hurtful things.

"You... Oh my god! You unfilial daughter! You dare mention severing ties with me! Ancestors, open your eyes and see! How could our Shu family have produced such a shameless wretch?!"

The old lady seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem.

She got up from the ground and wouldn't even hold her precious son anymore.

She was well aware of how important a free meal ticket was year after year.

He tried to pounce on Shu Ruizhi, but Lu Weiguo blocked him by stepping to the side.

The old lady made a couple of slurs, using all her strength, but Lu Weiguo didn't budge an inch.

Finally, he could only jump up and down in desperation: "Sever ties? I don't agree! As long as you still bear the surname Shu, as long as you're alive, you'll serve the Shu family like a slave!!"

The debt I owe you for giving birth to you and raising you is something you can never repay in your lifetime!

"Get out of my way! I want to look that shameless bastard in the eye and say it!! Shu Ruizhi, you're still hiding behind the Lu family,"

Look up! You've actually teamed up with the Lu family to bully your own mother.

"Mom, stop making a scene. I can give you the money."

Shu Ruizhi's calm words immediately quieted the old lady down.

"Here you go! Then hurry up and give it to me!!"

The old lady's face lit up with joy, her expression changing faster than the weather in June.

"Then let me finish." Shu Ruizhi stood up and tugged at Lu Weiguo's arm.

Lu Weiguo turned around and saw his sister-in-law's calm eyes and Lu Baojia's nod.

Then he turned around and sat in the spot where his father had just been sitting.

We had been on guard against this mother and son causing trouble for a long time.

Counting the days, Shu Ruizhi was already thirty-five or thirty-six weeks pregnant.

She's about to give birth, so we can't afford any more mishaps.

"Speak, hurry up and tell me, then give me the money."

"Mom, this is the last time I'll call you Mom." Shu Ruizhi's voice remained calm, but it was this calmness that made the mad old woman pause for a moment.

"You said you gave birth to me and raised me, but ever since I was old enough to understand, I've taken care of my younger brother during the day and gone out to dig for wild vegetables at night. When I got bitten by insects or snakes, you didn't even care."

Other children don't start working until they're eight or nine, but you dragged me to work in the fields when I was only five. From then on, every bite of food I ate was earned by myself.

As Shu Ruizhi said this, a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, but it was an extremely ugly smile.

"Later, when my younger brother grew up, you made me marry, using the dowry money to send him to school, and exchanging all the grain in the house for meat for him. In return, you tried to squeeze food out of me for both of your own meals."

I paid for my younger brother's clothes, and I took care of him when he was sick. My dad even fell while trying to queue for some meat for him last time.

I was the one who took care of her; I stayed home with her for a whole month.

You serve my father day and night, and what do you do in return? I didn't even see a scrap of meat in the meal you received. You secretly cooked and ate it while I was asleep from exhaustion.

At this moment, Shu Ruizhi had a smile on her face, but tears were streaming down her face like raindrops.

"I don't care about the food, but this time, you actually threatened me with the child in my belly. You're a mother yourself, you know how hard it is to be a mother."

You love your son so much, but why don't you love me too?!

With this final sentence, Shu Ruizhi finally expressed the grievances in her heart, letting out a powerful roar.

The sound made Lu Weiguo's ears ring.

I never imagined my sister-in-law had such a hard life when she was young.

Lu Weiguo was also learning about this for the first time. Of course, he felt that his sister-in-law was still soft-hearted and did not say many of her grievances.

She stopped several times wanting to speak, but after glancing at the man beside her, she still gave her mother some face.

"Finished talking? If you're done, hurry up and give me the money!! One thousand, just one thousand, no need for more!"

The old woman clearly didn't listen to a word she said, completely disregarding her daughter who was on the verge of collapse; all she cared about was the money.

"Yeah, sis, why are you saying all this nonsense? If you really care about me, give me more. If you don't have any, borrow some. You can't work on the day you give birth, but after you give birth, you can leave the baby to the Lu family. You'll be doing all the work."

Upon hearing the word "money," Shu Ruirui covered her cheek and slurred out in a hurried, slurred voice.

"Ha, consider my words as feeding the dogs. You want money, right? Well, let's settle this today."

Shu Ruizhi gritted her teeth and managed to squeeze out those few words.

Then, Shu Ruizhi remembered every single cent and every single penny from the beginning of the novel.

At first, Lu Weiguo was only surprised by Shu Ruizhi's amazing memory.

But later, I saw Shu Ruizhi's eyes gradually becoming bloodshot.

In a moment, he suddenly realized that this wasn't a good memory at all; it was clearly an extreme longing for his parents' approval.

It is clearly the deepest longing for love for family.

"I don't know how much money it would take to repay the kindness of giving me life, but you've been sucking my blood for half your life. You've already drained all the blood of the Shu family from my body."

The blood I have now is all given to me by Baojia, by the Lu family—my father-in-law, my mother-in-law, and this younger brother-in-law—through love.

Even if I still owe you guys something, I don't owe Shu Ruirui anything!

If you make him return the money I spent on him, I'll give you this thousand yuan.

Even the most heartless person would be moved by Shu Ruizhi's words.

"Sis, that was your own choice..."

Even Shu Ruirui, this time, lacked confidence in her words and could only stubbornly stammer out a sentence.

"But can I change my mind now?"

These words were spoken.

Lu Baozhang let out a long sigh of relief.

"Weiguo, go and call the village chief over. We're severing ties today. Let the village chief be our witness. My wife is right."

You don't treat her like family, but the Lu family does. From now on, the Lu family will protect her.

Our Lu family is his home!

That's what a real man does.

Lu Weiguo gave Lu Baojia a thumbs up, saying, "Why didn't you do this sooner?"

Why dawdle for so long?

"No, that's not right. You can't calculate it like that. You're the older sister; you have to be responsible for your brother. I won't call you heartless anymore; I'll never say that again."

Just this once. Just this once!! You help your brother get married, and then you won't owe me anything anymore.

"Auntie, it's too late... And you should also give me back that fifty yuan. I won't give you a single penny. I'm not going to take over your family's property; I want my dowry back."

This is the greatest debt I can repay to you!