Old Mrs. Song is reborn; get out of here, you scumbag husband and illegitimate child!

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up. "Third Aunt, I'll do whatever you say."

That afternoon.

Xiao Yan took the key to the old house by the sea, and she and Yan Fangfang went to open the door.

Zhang Haiyan, who lives next door, heard the sound of the courtyard gate.

They also came over with buckets of water to lend a hand.

Zhang Haiyan and Zhuzi had always lived separately. A few years ago, Zhuzi left home to work in another city.

Zhang Haiyan is still working at the factory.

She lived a carefree and comfortable life, saying that all marriages were the same. She and Zhu Zi would just remain husband and wife in name only.

No one had entered the house for quite some time.

It was damp inside and out.

The three women washed it thoroughly, inside and out.

Zhang Haiyan lit several bundles of dried mugwort leaves to remove the dampness.

Song Xianglan walked around with her hands behind her back, then shook her head.

"No, the walls need to be repainted, and the window frames need to be replaced." Song Xianglan felt uncomfortable living there. "I'll call the village's renovation workers to come and do it for a few days. I'll also buy a new bed, and I might as well replace the sofa in the room."

Xiao Yan quickly said, "The old wooden sofa is quite nice."

"It's inconvenient for young people with children. The wooden sofa keeps bumping into each other. The wardrobe is no good either; we should replace them all."

"Third Aunt, let me pay for the furniture."

Song Xianglan glared at her.

"Get out of here. Save your money. I'm too old to spend it all. Keep the house clean and tidy. Yue Na will be more comfortable living here. Buy a gas stove for the kitchen later."

Xiao Yan smiled.

"Thank you, Third Aunt."

"You're much fiercer than your grandma and your second aunt. I hate your grandma's stubborn, clay-like personality the most."

Song Xianglan complained that her eldest sister was too weak-willed.

Deep down, she was protective of her own.

The work stop in the evening.

Song Xianglan found a renovation contractor and finalized the renovation plan.

She slipped away to Xiao Yan's clothing store when the streets were busiest.

A few elderly women who were sewing shoe soles were chatting nearby.

Song Xianglan shouted at the top of her lungs into the room:

"Xiao Yan. Yue Na will have to make do with this cramped second-floor apartment for a few days. Once my seaside house is renovated, she'll move in right away. I'll stab any ungrateful person who dares to gossip with an awl in their mouth."

Xiao Yan answered crisply from inside:

"Okay! Thank you, Third Aunt!"

Several elderly women on the street exchanged glances, and even stopped threading their needles.

These words seem to have grown legs.

In less than half a day.

It will definitely reach Grandma Xiaoyan's ears without missing a single word.

The next morning.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

The gate to Song Xianglan's house was smashed loudly.

The ugly woman stood at the bottom of the steps, her face pale.

"Lanlan. The old captain passed away in the middle of the night."

"What? How's Chunhua?"

"Oh dear, I didn't know either. I heard the old man mutter something when he came back this morning, and I thought he was joking. I even scolded him a bit, and only after asking him did I find out that Wang Jianguo really was gone."

"You know, life is so unpredictable, you can just walk away anytime. Sigh..."

Song Xianglan didn't even eat breakfast.

"Let's go, let's go to the Wang family first."

The two arrived at the Wang family compound.

Ju Hong and Liu Da Hua also arrived.

The main door was open, and a wooden board for the body to rest on had been set up in the main room, covered with a white cloth.

Wang Jianguo's sons and daughters-in-law all wore hemp clothing.

The eldest brother knelt beside the wooden plank, wailing with snot and tears streaming down his face:

"My dear father, how could you leave us so suddenly? Your son hasn't had a chance to show you enough filial piety."

The eldest daughter-in-law, Cai Xiaomei, was also crying nearby.

"Dad, what will we do now that you're gone? You've had such a hard life, you haven't even had the chance to enjoy the blessings of your grandchildren."

The others cried even louder than the last.

Song Xianglan stood under the eaves, watching coldly.

They all complained that the old man was a burden.

Pointing his finger at someone and cursing them for being an old geezer.

At this point, they all became extremely filial sons.

Everyone in the village knew how strange it was that Wang Jianguo fell in the yard that day and no one paid any attention to him for most of the day.

Liu Chunhua fainted twice.

A couple will argue and bicker their whole lives.

When arguing fiercely, they wish the other person would die sooner.

But it really came to this.

Liu Chunhua felt as if a tendon had been pulled out of her bones.

Song Xianglan brought a large bowl of thick brown sugar water and forced Liu Chunhua to drink it.

They managed to keep her hanging on by a thread.

The day of the burial.

The weather was gloomy.

Liu Chunhua's legs went limp.

Liu Chounu and Liu Dahua supported her on either side to prevent her from falling to the ground.

On the way back.

Wang Mei grabbed her younger brother's mourning clothes by the collar, her eyes blazing with anger.

"What are you pretending to be, this devoted son at his grave? You were the only one in the house the day Dad fell. If you hadn't gone to find his secret stash of money and we hadn't argued, would he have lost his life?"

Old Wang's face turned bright red.

He flung Wang Mei's hand away.

"Don't come back to your parents' house spewing nonsense, you married woman. Dad slipped and fell on the threshold."

Wang Mei spat, "Where did the money under Dad's mattress go? Don't think I don't know it all went into your pocket."

She went back to her parents' home that day to trick her father out of money while her mother was away.

Who knew where I had just told you where I hid the money?

Several brothers entered the house.

Wang Mei had no choice but to wait until later to receive the money.

The money then disappeared.

Upon hearing this, the second and third brothers' expressions immediately changed.

"Big brother, is what Big Sister said true?" The second brother's eyes widened. "Dad really left money? You can't keep it all to yourself."

Old Wang got anxious.

"Are you two brainless? How does Wang Mei know where Dad's money is? Wang Mei, if you dare to utter another word, I'll beat you up too."

"Go ahead and hit me!"

Wang Mei was also a tough character. "You've already killed Dad, so you might as well kill me too."

Cai Xiaomei grabbed Wang Mei's hair and dragged her to the ground.

Seeing this, the second and third sister-in-laws took advantage of the chaos to kick Wang Laoda's shin several times.

Through her blurry, tear-filled eyes, Liu Chunhua looked at the pack of wolves that had crawled out of her belly.

Lao Tzu is dead.

They started fighting before they even got home.

Her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed completely.

Song Xianglan grabbed Liu Chunhua's back from behind.

Watching the filial sons and grandsons rolling around in the mud, fighting like dogs, shout, "Big Flower! Ugly Girl! Untie these beasts!"

"Let go." The ugly woman slammed the back of her shovel onto Boss Wang's back.

"Ouch!" Old Wang cried out in pain.

Liu Dahua pulled their hair.

The second and third brothers were about to step forward when Liu Yidao scared them into taking a step back.

Wang Laoda roared:

"Aunt Liu, what right do you, an outsider, have to interfere in the affairs of the Wang family?"

"I'll take care of it."

"Your father's bones aren't even cold yet, and you siblings are fighting over a thousand yuan. Aren't you ashamed? The whole village thinks you're dirtying the land."

Wang Mei still had scratches on her cheeks. "It's none of your business, outsiders."

Song Xianglan: "When your mother fainted from anger just now, which of your children even glanced at her?"

Your conscience has been eaten by dogs; even dogs would find shit more delicious.

Your throat connects to your anus; you poop right after eating. If I asked you to go and earn money, you'd either have broken fingernails or snapped nose hairs. You sleep until the sun shines on your anus every day.

Don't you ever look in the mirror?

Don't they know their own worth? All they do is sponge off their parents, and when they hear someone has made money, they're like a greenbottle fly to a cesspool.

"Your mother's bland and uneventful life has been turned into something extraordinary by you all. I think your mother could live for another two years if you cut ties with her."

Wang Laoda was taken aback, his eyes flickering:

"She's my mom, so it doesn't matter?"

"A relationship? Then you three brothers and Wang Mei and Wang Xiang will split the cost of her food, drink, and toileting in the future?" Song Xianglan sneered. "Whoever takes the old lady back to their house to take care of her today, I'll admit you have a relationship."

These words were spoken.

The audience was silent.

Wang Mei fell silent.

She is a married woman who doesn't participate in her parents' family affairs.

The second and third brothers pushed each other and shrank back, afraid of being called out by Song Xianglan.

Wang Laoda remained silent.

Wang Xiang still acted as if I hadn't heard her.

Song Xianglan looked at this group of people with contempt in her eyes.

"Dahua, carry Chunhua home." Song Xianglan didn't bother to look at them anymore.

He turned around and walked back.

Several of Wang's uncles from the same clan gave Wang's eldest brother and his brothers a good scolding.

Several aunties carried Liu Chunhua back home.

More than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The stone house by the sea has been renovated.

The old window frames were all replaced with bright glass windows, and a layer of moisture-proof white lime was applied to the base of the walls.

The courtyard wall has also been renovated.

All the furniture in the house has been replaced.

It's almost like a new house.

Xiao Yan borrowed a tricycle and brought Tang Yuena's things here.

Just unloaded from the truck.

Zhang Haiyan walked over.

"You're Yue Na, right?" Zhang Haiyan greeted her casually. "Xiao Yan told me a long time ago that you'd be my neighbor from now on. We'll live next to each other from now on. If you need any scallions or garlic, or if you have any heavy or tiring work to do, just shout for me."

"Our place is a bit far from the villagers, but it's quiet."

Tang Yuena held her child and nodded at her kind-faced sister-in-law.

"Thank you, Sister-in-law Haiyan."

"Sister Yuena, you should get well first. You can come with me to sell clothes from now on." Xiaoyan pulled her into the house. "Look how nicely the house is tidied up."