The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

Su Qianqian couldn't sleep for a while, and lay in bed marveling at the eccentricities of Old Mrs. Su.

Even during such a difficult time when the whole village was starving, the old lady still made herself the only new clothes for the whole family and bought herself a new style of silver bracelet.

Everyone in the family was pale and thin, but the old lady was plump and healthy, dressed in gold and silver, looking very glamorous.

The third branch of the Su family was the most miserable and the least favored by the old lady.

However, the eldest and second wives weren't much better off. The eldest and second wives fawned over the old lady every day, and they were still dressed in tattered clothes.

Getting money from the old lady is harder than climbing to heaven.

The Su family has not yet divided its assets.

The eldest and second wives ate the old lady's leftovers, while the third wife's family of five ate the leftover dishwater from the eldest and second wives' cooking. They lived worse than the chickens, ducks, and geese in the house—or rather, they didn't have any geese.

The three families, consisting of five people, were crammed into the most dilapidated woodshed in the Su family home. The paper windows had long been broken and were rattling loudly in the wind.

Su Qianqian thought to herself that she would buy some paper another day and paste it on the windows.

In addition, my father does a lot of heavy work during the day, so his snoring at night is also very loud.

My older brother is getting old and needs to sleep in a separate room.

There is an urgent need to improve the living environment.

Poverty is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that neither the eldest nor the second wife does any work, and all the work in the family falls on the third wife, but the old lady treats the third wife the worst.

There is only one way to change this predicament: split up the family.

Su Qianqian actually had some money. She still had the silver peanuts given by Meng Baozhu, the silver hairpins and gold earrings from Old Madam Su, and the silver ingots given by Wang Mama. Before the family division, these assets could not be taken out.

The matter of dividing the family property requires careful consideration, but the matter of retaliating against the Fang family can be done now.

After thinking it over and over, Su Qianqian felt indignant about the original owner's wrongful death. She quietly got up and went to the Fang family in the dark.

Gu's family used to be merchants in the county town. When she married into the family, her dowry was generous. Part of it was swindled away by Old Madam Su under various pretexts, and the other part was cheated away by the Fang family.

The Fang family made grand promises to the simple-minded Gu family, saying that Su Qianqian would become an official's wife in the future, thus swindling a large portion of Gu's dowry away.

The reasons given were varied. Sometimes it was to buy writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones for Fang Cheng; sometimes it was because Fang Cheng needed to attend social events; and sometimes it was because Fang Cheng needed to give gifts to his teacher.

The Fang family used some of the money they swindled to buy two large yellow oxen.

A large yellow ox costs more than ten taels of silver, which is something that ordinary villagers can't afford in their entire lives.

Therefore, during the farming season, the Fang family's two yellow oxen were rented out by the day, and the market was particularly good.

By the way, I wonder if Officer Lin can catch Zhu Laosan. If he does, he might be able to implicate the Fang siblings who sold the original owner to them.

I must go to the county government office to inquire in a couple of days.

I remember that Officer Lin also mentioned a reward; anything related to money must not be forgotten.

Su Qianqian sneaked into the Fang family's courtyard and directly put the two large yellow oxen into her spatial storage.

The Fang family treasured these two cows the most. When the Fang family wakes up and finds that the yellow cows are gone, they will probably cry their eyes out. They deserve it.

The rooster's loud crowing reminds people that a new day has begun.

Su Qianqian looked up at the east. The eastern sky was already showing a hint of dawn; it was almost daylight, and she needed to hurry.

The Fang family's kitchen was also taken care of; all the pots, pans, and utensils inside were stuffed into the space, leaving the Fang family without pots to cook with.

You've done something wicked, causing the death of an innocent little girl. I'll steal everything from you.

Actually, there's a treasure in the Fang family's kitchen.

According to the original owner's memories, the original owner frequently visited the Fang family and once accidentally discovered the secret of a hidden layer in the kitchen wall of the Fang family.

The original owner once secretly saw Fang Cheng's mother placing an inkstone in a hidden compartment, looking particularly cautious.

Moreover, Fang Yingxue even boasted to the original owner that her family had an ancestral inkstone that was extremely valuable, and that someone had offered several hundred taels of silver but she hadn't sold it.

Following the original owner's memories, Su Qianqian groped her way over and indeed found a hidden compartment above the stove. Inside was indeed an inkstone, jet black and shiny, with orchids carved on it—clearly a fine item.

If, as Fang Yingxue claims, the inkstone is worth several hundred taels of silver, then that's more than the amount the Fang family swindled from the Gu family.

Su Qianqian put the Fang family's heirloom inkstone into her spatial storage. Looking at the empty kitchen, she silently gave herself a thumbs up in her heart. Well done!

Your Fang family loves money the most, right? Then let's make sure you have no money left.

If you lose your family heirloom, you'll all be devastated.

When we go to the county town, we'll sell everything we can and exchange it for grain to feed the three families.

After the family splits up, we'll build a few bright, large tiled houses for the third branch of the family, raise chickens, ducks, and geese, and buy large yellow oxen for plowing.

When that time comes, life will be wonderful and prosperous!

After dealing with the Fang family, Su Qianqian felt much better and was finally able to fall asleep.

As a result, she was woken up by the old lady of the Su family not long after.

The old lady woke people up in a very rough way, by grabbing Su Qianqian's right ear directly.

It's clear that the original owner lived a very hard life.

"You brat, get up right now! In this year of famine, if you don't get up early to dig up tree roots, the whole family will starve to death."

The old lady was in a bad mood; she still hadn't found the gold earrings and silver hairpin she lost last night.

It's all that brat's fault! If I hadn't gone to see her make a fool of herself, I wouldn't have lost my gold earring!

He was angry, so he hit her quite hard, pinching Su Qianqian's ears until they were bright red.

In those ancient times, although the villagers couldn't get enough to eat, they still had as many children as possible. The eldest and second wives each had several children, but the old lady wouldn't let the eldest and second wives do any work, and only bullied the third wife.

Su Qianqian ignored the old lady, pretended to turn over and took the opportunity to kick the old lady several times, then continued to sleep.

Why are the eldest and second wives all idle while the third wife has to do all the work?

The old woman was kicked to the ground, letting out a pig-like scream, "You brat, how dare you kick an elder! I'll beat you to death!"

The eldest brother, Su Ping'an, was chopping firewood in the yard when he heard the commotion. He quickly dropped his axe and went inside to stop the old lady: "Grandma, if you want to hit someone, hit me instead. Qianqian suffered a lot yesterday, let her get some more sleep."

As a result, Su Ping'an's words successfully backfired.

Grandma Su raised her cane and smacked Su Ping'an repeatedly.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep! Girls are all worthless, why do they need so much sleep? And you useless cripple, hurry up and finish chopping this firewood, then gather two more bundles to sell in town. If you don't earn enough money today, you can get out of the Su family."

Qianqian's younger brother, Su Xiaobao, is quite clever and quick-witted. He tilts his head back and says, "Grandma, why do you say that women are all worthless? You are a woman yourself."

Grandma Su turned around, raised her cane and smashed it at Su Xiaobao, "You brat, how dare you insult your elders!"

Xiao Bao ran fast and successfully led the old lady into the yard, so the old lady could no longer harm her sister.

Chickens and dogs scattered in the yard, Grandma Su chased after them, and Xiao Bao ran away.

In a chase, the weak cannot escape their fate.

Su Qianqian felt that although her parents, elder brother, and younger brother all loved the original owner very much, this family was too soft-hearted, which is why they were completely controlled by the old lady Su.

This large family desperately needs a ruthless person to save them.

Given the noisy environment, I can't sleep soundly anyway, so I might as well get up.

Seeing Su Qianqian standing sleepily at the door of the woodshed, Su Xiaobao felt sorry for his sister. He stopped and tugged at Grandma Su's sleeve, saying, "Grandma, I was wrong. I'll go dig for wild vegetables and tree roots so my sister can sleep a little longer, okay?"

Then Su Xiaobao was pushed down by Grandma Su.

"You brat, don't even think about slacking off. You'll be going up the mountain with your sister to dig for wild vegetables later."

The small body fell down, its knee hitting a rock, from which bright red liquid flowed out.

Even so, she ignored the pain and kept pleading for her sister, "Grandma, I will definitely dig up lots of wild vegetables, please don't hit or scold my sister."

The little guy thought his sister was still the same weak and easily bullied sister he used to be.

Su Qianqian found a clean strip of cloth and tied it around Xiaobao's injured knee.

My anger had reached its peak.

That's infuriating.

Such a vicious grandmother is truly unprecedented.

The family must be divided as soon as possible.

They also wanted to get back all the money that the old lady had taken from Gu Shi.

"Xiao Bao, don't beg her, it's no use."

This old woman is selfish and has absolutely no conscience, so pleading with her is useless.

Unable to bear it any longer, Su Qianqian saw the old lady raising her cane to strike again, so she simply reached out and pushed the old lady face-first into the mud.

The old lady wore a different pair of silver earrings today, which Su Qianqian also put into her spatial storage.

Wear it, wear it, wear it as much as you want.

If you don't let the third wife have an easy time, you won't have an easy time either.