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

Su Qianqian put down the bamboo basket in her hand and called out towards the dining table in the courtyard, "Grandma, why didn't you invite my parents to eat with you when you ate egg noodles? You didn't even leave any for me and Xiaobao."

Grandma Su stared wide-eyed, hardly believing that her granddaughter would dare to ask her for food.

This has never happened before.

The third wife used to live worse than chickens and ducks, drinking only boiled water for every meal, and never dared to rebel.

Why has he become so aggressive since his granddaughter went missing?

But even if she was aggressive, it was no use. There was only one person in charge of this family, and that was the old lady.

Only she gets to eat well and dress well.

Anyone who dares to question her is committing a grave act of filial impiety.

The Great Qi Dynasty governed the world based on filial piety; those who were not filial would be imprisoned.

After finishing a large bowl of egg noodles, the old lady smacked her lips and instructed Gu Shi, "Third daughter-in-law, rinse the bottom of this bowl, add water, and boil a pot for your three families. Most families in the village have run out of food these days; you're lucky to have even a little soup with noodles, you're all benefiting from my presence."

The main point is that I'll make you drink the broth from the hot pot, and you'll still be grateful to me.

That's utterly shameless.

Mrs. Gu was used to obeying the old lady, "Yes, I'll go right now."

After saying that, he instinctively turned around to wash the pot and boil water, but his daughter tugged at his clothes and stopped him.

My daughter won't let me do it, so I won't. I'm going all out today.

Su Qianqian deliberately showed the old lady the wild vegetables she had dug up.

"Since Grandma and the first and second wives have already eaten their fill, let my family have these wild vegetables."

The old lady's eyes lit up when she saw that the brat from the third wife's family had brought back some fresh wild amaranth.

She thought to herself, "My eldest daughter-in-law is really clueless. She said she saw that brat bullying Yingxue earlier, but how come she didn't notice that the brat dug up wild vegetables?"

The old lady's eyes widened as she looked at the wild vegetables, and her mouth watered involuntarily: "Eldest daughter, hurry up and stir-fry these wild vegetables for me to try."

Originally, all the kitchen work was done by the Gu family.

But the old lady was afraid that Gu would steal some of the food while she was cooking, so she arranged for her eldest daughter-in-law to cook it, since such high-quality wild amaranth was extremely precious.

While the eldest son's wife was cooking, she secretly stuffed several wild amaranths into her mouth before the vegetables were even cooked. Oh my god, they smelled so good! Then the old lady found out.

The old lady snatched the wok and smashed it over her eldest son's head, giving her a big bump. "I'll teach you to steal food! I'll teach you to steal food! Let's see if you'll learn your lesson next time!"

The noise from the kitchen drew the whole family into the kitchen to see what was going on.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Qianqian quietly went to the old lady's room.

When the Fang family mother and daughter came to make trouble at home in the morning, she followed them and saw clearly where the old lady hid the money.

Without saying a word, he touched the elmwood box where the old lady hid her silver and put the money directly into his spatial storage.

They also took away the pastries that the old lady had hidden in the cupboard.

I'll take it to my family tonight.

The old lady is so unfairly biased. If you are unkind to the third branch of the family, then don't blame them for being unjust.

As I said before, we must find a way to separate the family as soon as possible in order to live a good life.

But now the whole family depends on the third branch of the family for work, so the old lady can't let the third branch of the family divide up the property.

In Lotus Village, there's a rule: as long as the parents are alive, the family doesn't separate.

Su Bing had mentioned dividing the family property once before, but the old lady threw a tantrum in front of the whole village, accusing Su Bing of being unfilial and saying she would go to the county government to sue him.

This made Su Bing blush deeply, and they still couldn't split the money.

In short, in Lotus Village, the division of property cannot be completed unless the elderly agree to it.

We must come up with a good way to completely separate the family.

Su Qianqian walked out of the old lady's house and heard the old lady's loud voice coming from the kitchen, "Fugui, eat as much as you like. I'll send that brat to the deep mountains first thing tomorrow morning. I don't care if it's dangerous or not, as long as she can dig up some wild amaranth for our Fugui to eat."

Fu Gui said gratefully, "Grandma, you're so kind. Give me a few taels of silver to spend. Yingxue is the younger sister of the scholar, so I have to buy her some nice things to please her. Otherwise, I won't be able to become the brother-in-law of the future top scholar."

"Several taels of silver is too much; I can only give you one tael."

Su Qianqian laughed. "Old lady, keep acting up. I hope you won't die of anger when you find out the money is gone."

Judging that they hadn't finished eating the wild vegetables yet, Su Qianqian rushed into the kitchen and spat directly onto the plate of wild vegetables.

Since the third wife can't have any, then no one else can either.

The old lady was so angry that she threw down her chopsticks and picked up her cane to hit Su Qianqian. But when she heard her beloved grandson say that he was going to her room to eat pastries, she quickly followed him, afraid that her beloved grandson would steal her money.

The dish was inedible because it had been soaked in saliva, and everyone left the kitchen angrily, except for Er Ya, the second wife's daughter, who squatted on the ground and ate with relish.

The old lady favored boys over girls, so the second daughter was often hungry and became as thin as a bamboo pole. Her hair was as dry and yellow as the third wife's. She was a pitiful person.

Considering that Er Ya usually took good care of the third branch of the family, Su Qianqian took out a pastry from her spatial storage and secretly slipped it into Er Ya's hand.

Er Ya was so moved that she cried.

Su Qianqian: "Stop crying, you'll choke if you eat while crying."

After everyone had left the kitchen, Madam Gu went there and made mud cakes and tree root soup. She usually didn't dare to add too much salt, since salt was expensive and she was afraid of being scolded by the old lady for using too much.

But I was a little annoyed today, so I put in an unusually large amount of salt.

After finishing her meal, Gu quickly called her family over for dinner.

Su Bing ate with great relish. "These tree roots are quite delicious. The salt is just right today. Usually, I add too little, and they have no flavor at all."

Even so, he couldn't bear to eat it himself, and kept putting tree roots into the bowls of the three children.

Su Qianqian felt a pang of sympathy and anger at her father's lack of ambition. His only redeeming quality was his face; he didn't look like a farmer at all.

After thinking about it, I realized I couldn't entirely blame my honest father.

The ancient concept of filial piety could be so overwhelming that it could kill a person.

"Father, Mother, I'm not full. You love me the most. Please save the cakes and tree roots for me."

The whole family dotes on Qianqian, so everyone stopped eating when Qianqian wanted to.

Xiao Bao, who also thought the saltiness of the tree root soup was just right and quite delicious, stopped eating when his older sister said she liked it, thinking he would leave it all for his sister.

Qianqian carried a large bowl of tree roots aside, pretending to enjoy them, and then dumped them all out when her family wasn't looking. She also quietly threw the mud cakes into the latrine.

The villagers couldn't get enough to eat from tree roots, so every household in the village made these mud cakes to eat.

These mud cakes may provide temporary sustenance, but eating them for a long time can be fatal and cause severe abdominal bloating.

Just as Su Qianqian threw away the mud cake, she heard the old lady making a sound like a pig being slaughtered inside the house.

"Damn it, who stole my pastries?"

The old lady thought to herself, "If someone is stealing things, they couldn't possibly only be stealing snacks, could they?"

She searched through all her belongings and found that the eggs, pastries, silver, and jewelry were all gone.

It's all over, all over. She has no retirement savings left.

The old woman's bloated body, drained of its soul by the money, slumped to the ground like a lump of mud, her voice weak and feeble. "Damn it, who stole my savings for my funeral? I'm going to kill him—"

Damn it, who did this? She finally managed to get the money from the third son's wife, how could it all be stolen?

The eldest son's wife had a habit: whenever something bad happened in the family, she would always point the finger at the third son's family, saying, "It must be the third son's family. They stole the money while we were eating wild vegetables in the kitchen."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Su Qianqian's sharp eyes and immediately regretted it, quickly shutting his mouth and not daring to say another word.

The second son's wife blinked her tiny, beady eyes and chimed in, "Yes, it must be the third son's family who were jealous that we were eating all the food, so they stole the money."

Su Bing and Gu Shi, the third wife, were both honest and upright people who would blush when they spoke. At this moment, they were also blushing and too angry to speak.

Su Xiaobao retorted with her small mouth, "You're shameless, you only know how to bully my honest parents."

Su Qianqian planned to make a scene and let the old lady and the first and second wives fight like dogs.

"Auntie, Auntie, you need to provide evidence. I could say you stole it, but Grandma usually doesn't let the third branch of the family into the house. Only the eldest and second branches of the family are allowed in, so it's easier for you to steal the money."