Xu Qinghe carried the stick and walked step by step to Old Shen's house. As soon as she entered, she looked around the yard.

Then she found a small cart in the yard, shoved the stick in her hand into Shen Zhi's hand, and Xu Qinghe started pushing the cart.

Xu Qinghe pushed the cart to the middle of the yard and stopped. Then she snatched the stick from Shen Zhi's hand and stormed into the main room.

The moment she entered, Shen's mother, who was counting grain, was startled. She hurriedly covered the grain jar and confronted Xu Qinghe, demanding, "What are you doing here! Didn't you marry into the Wang family?"

Xu Qinghe glanced at the main room of the Shen family and couldn't help but sneer. They were chasing after them every day for two taels of silver. She thought the Shen family was really that poor and destitute.

Looking at them today, they're definitely rich peasants! They have cabinets, tables, grain bins, everything they could want, and yet they still chase after them for money every day. They're utterly shameless.

You want both? Well, today I'll make sure you get neither.

"Thanks to you, I didn't get married into the Wang family, but I married into the Shen family. Let me formally introduce you, I am now your second daughter-in-law." After saying that, she walked towards Shen's mother.

Seeing her fierce appearance, Shen's mother instinctively spread her arms to protect the grain behind her.

Xu Qinghe pulled him aside and lifted the grain jar, revealing it to be filled with grain.

"Shen Zhi!"

As soon as Xu Qinghe shouted, Shen Zhi walked in from outside the door.

Xu Qinghe didn't stand on ceremony and said directly, "Find a bag, pack all this up, and take it to our house."

After hearing this, Shen Zhi turned around and went to find the cloth bag.

Upon seeing this, Shen's mother panicked immediately. "What are you trying to do? This is outright robbery! You can't do this!" she said, and went to pull Shen Zhi away.

Xu Qinghe pulled him back and sneered, "Blatant robbery? Taking my own things is blatant robbery."

With tears welling up in her eyes, Shen's mother said, "This isn't your property."

Xu Qinghe: "How can it not be? You have the nerve to take my things openly, so why can't I take yours?"

"Besides, we haven't separated yet, so your things are mine."

Shen's mother immediately became assertive, "Who said we didn't divide it? We did, we divided it a long time ago. There's nothing of yours in this house."

Xu Qinghe sneered, "Where are the documents? Where are the documents for dividing the family property?"

Looking at Xu Qinghe, who seemed completely different, Shen's mother stammered, "Wait, we'll have the village chief write it later."

Xu Qinghe readily agreed, "Okay." After saying that, she shook off her and continued searching.

Take away the grain, take away the useless cloth, take away the new cotton, take away all kinds of seasonings, take away all the eggs, and take away all the quilts and mattresses.

After taking everything that was out in the open, Xu Qinghe started looking for the money that Shen's mother had hidden. Based on her understanding of Shen's mother, she was sure that she had a lot of money saved up.

After searching high and low, they finally found six taels of silver in Shen's mother's tattered clothes.

Xu Qinghe tugged at Shen's mother and mocked, "Old lady, you're quite wealthy! Six taels of silver, why don't you give it to my sister-in-law?" As she spoke, she took three taels from her pocket and stuffed them into her bosom. "Six taels of silver, it's not unreasonable for me to take three taels, is it?"

At this moment, Shen's mother was being held back by Xu Qinghe, and Shen Zhi, who wanted to stop her from taking the things, was unable to do so.

Once inside the Shen family's gate, Shen Zhi didn't utter a single word from beginning to end. He simply focused on carrying the things Xu Qinghe had asked him to take away onto the cart.

Before long, the things in the main room were mostly divided up. Xu Qinghe glanced at the cart outside that was full of things and said calmly, "Brother Shen, send some back first."

Shen Zhi paused, then said in a hoarse voice, "I'll go with you."

Xu Qinghe knew he was worried about her, so she relaxed and said, "It's okay, Mom is with me, nothing will happen."

Shen Zhi glanced at Shen's mother in Xu Qinghe's hands before turning around and quickly leaving.

While waiting at home for Aunt Shen, they were still worried that they were no match for Aunt Shen and hesitated whether to go and help.

Before they even left the courtyard, Shen Zhi pushed a cart full of things in, which stunned Aunt Shen. "What's this, Second Brother?"

Shen Zhi said, "These are the things my mother gave me when we divided the family property." He then took them into the main room.

Grandma Shen was so astonished she could hardly speak. "Did the sun rise in the west?"

You know, back when they separated from Shen's mother, Shen's mother would have wanted to pluck even a single extra feather from a chicken. How could she be so generous?

Just as Aunt Shen was surprised, Shen Zhi had already taken everything from the cart as quickly as possible and left again.

Xu Qinghe, who was staying at Old Shen's house, was not idle either. She turned around and began to look at the things in the yard that could be divided.

Chickens and ducks definitely need to be divided, and farm tools also need to be divided. When Xu Qinghe thought of farm tools, he thought of the fields, and the fields definitely need to be divided as well.

Just as Xu Qinghe was looking around, Shen Zhi rushed back as fast as he could. As soon as he entered the door, Xu Qinghe began to direct Shen Zhi to catch chickens and ducks.

Shen Zhi didn't stand on ceremony. With a long stride, he entered the chicken coop and started catching chickens and tying their legs together.

With Xu Qinghe holding her back, Shen's mother could only cry out, "My chicken! My egg-laying hen! May you both die a horrible death!"

Xu Qinghe retorted expressionlessly, "If anyone dies a terrible death, it will be you and that Wang fellow."

Shen's mother's eyes widened instantly, and she said heartbrokenly, "You're cursing me!"

Just then, Shen's father and eldest brother, who had heard the commotion, rushed back. As soon as they arrived, Shen's father, with his fatherly authority, scolded Shen Zhi, "Second son! What are you doing! Don't you have any manners?"

Shen Zhi remained unmoved by his father's words.

As soon as Shen's mother saw Shen's father and eldest brother, she was as if she had seen a savior and immediately broke free from Xu Qinghe's grasp.

Xu Qinghe let go, allowing her to successfully return to Shen's father's side. As soon as she was back with him, Shen's mother couldn't help but complain, "Husband, look! The second son is causing trouble!"

"This little bitch is instigating us to split up the family property! You'd better do something about it! Otherwise, our family will be completely drained."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen's father looked at Xu Qinghe fiercely and questioned, "You're the maid that the second son bought."

Xu Qinghe replied without fear, "Yes, but I'm not a maid anymore, I'm your second daughter-in-law."

Mr. Shen glared at him and said, "Nonsense! You have no official status or title, so what kind of second daughter-in-law are you?"

Xu Qinghe chuckled and retorted, "Really? Your family has such strict rules? You need all the proper betrothal and marriage arrangements to get a daughter-in-law?"

"Then you calculate it! How much money will it cost Shen Zhi to marry me? Just give me the money."

Mr. Shen was surprised by Xu Qinghe's sharp tongue and his face immediately darkened. "You were bought, what do you need a formal betrothal ceremony for?"

Xu Qinghe nodded in sudden realization. "Oh, I forgot I was bought. Since I'm Shen Zhi's bought wife, why did you say I have no title or status?"

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