I trade in both worlds

"Why? That unlucky person can also be a first-rank lady?" Li Laidie put her hands on her hips, her face full of anger and unwillingness.

Yang Laoshi was smoking a pipe with a frown on his face, but he didn't dare to refute his wife.

"My second brother is so blind to marry such an ungrateful person." Yang Dazhu said gloatingly, with a hint of jealousy and gloating in his eyes.

A trace of greed flashed in Deng's eyes: "Mother, we have to think about this matter carefully. We can't let her take the thousand taels of gold alone."

When Li Lai Di heard this, her eyes lit up, but then she looked embarrassed again: "That unlucky guy donated all his money, saying that he was going to build bridges and roads for the village, and also said that he was going to build a school so that all the children in the village can go to school."

"Why should we donate it? Our Yang family doesn't agree." Mrs. Deng screamed, "That's our Yang family's money. Why should Xu Xu decide?"

Yang Lao San finally couldn't help but speak up: "Stop making trouble, the money was given to her by the emperor, she can do whatever she wants with it."

"Dad, how can you say that?" Deng shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Our Yang family has suffered a great loss. When Xu Xu left, she left nothing behind, and we even paid her money. Now, she has become a phoenix, but we have nothing to gain."

Li Lai Di was even more furious when she heard this: "That's right, I'm going to go to Xuzhuang in person to argue with her."

"Why are you arguing with her? She has been divorced from Erzhu for more than a year, why is she still making a fuss?" Yang Laoshi's tone was filled with helplessness and persuasion.

When Li Lai Di heard this, she was furious: "What's wrong with divorce? She took away my Yang family's grandchildren, and the score has not been settled yet."

"Don't forget that we wrote a document to sever the relationship." Yang Laoshi said as he tapped his pipe, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness and persuasion: "Besides, she is now a royal consort, and you and I cannot insult her at will."

Yang Laoshi also wanted the thousand taels of gold, but he had to be able to get it.

Li Laidie and Deng looked at each other. Although they were unwilling, they did not dare to act rashly again.

They knew that insulting a lady of noble birth was no joke. At the very least, they would be beaten with a stick, and at the worst, they might be arrested by the government and sent to jail.

Thinking of this, the two of them couldn't help but shudder, and their plans were temporarily put on hold.

However, greed and jealousy are like weeds; once they take root, they are difficult to eradicate.

At night, Li Lai Di lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

The moonlight shone through the window lattice onto her wrinkled face, making her look particularly eerie.

Her heart was filled with resentment and jealousy towards Xu Xu, as well as desire for the thousand taels of gold.

"I must find a way to get the gold back." She thought to herself, "And those two children, they are the flesh and blood of our Yang family, I can't let that unlucky person get away with it."

There was a determined gleam in her eyes, as if she had made up her mind.

The next morning, Li Lai Di looked from afar at the stage at the entrance of Xu Zhuang village. The troupe was setting up the stage, and the stage was filled with villagers from all over the place.

"Bah, a jinx, a prodigal son..." The more Li Lai Di looked at him, the angrier and more distressed she became. The gold that should have originally belonged to her had now become Xu Xu's capital to show favor to the villagers.

"Why does she get to enjoy all this?" Li Lai Di was indignant. "I, Li Lai Di, have worked hard all my life, but I have nothing left."

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, so she simply turned around and left, heading towards the county town.

She wanted to find someone to write a letter to Yang Erzhu, asking him to find a way to get Xu Xu's gold back in the capital.

It would be even better if they could bring their grandson back to the Yang family. He is the root of their Yang family and cannot be left outside.

In her opinion, the gold originally belonged to the Yang family, and Xu Xu had no right to dispose of it at will.

After arriving in the county town, Li Lai Di went straight to the most famous ghostwriting shop in the county.

She is not very literate and needs help from others for things like writing letters.

"Sir, I want to write a letter and send it to my son who is a high-ranking official in the capital." Li Laidie took out a piece of silver, put it on the table, and said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, the ghostwriter quickly put down his pen and came forward with a smile: "Old lady, you want to write a letter? Then you have found the right person."

"Sir, please help me write this." Li Lai Di began to dictate the contents of the letter, "Er Zhu, my mother has been in a lot of trouble recently."

"Do you know that your shameless ex-wife Xu Xu actually stole our family's gold? It was a whole box. My heart aches."

"Hurry up and think of a way to get the gold back in the capital. Also, she took your eldest son away with her."

"He is the flesh and blood of our Yang family. He cannot be left outside. You must bring him back no matter what."

When she said this, Li Lai Di's eyes became red, as if she had really suffered a great injustice.

The ghostwriter listened and wrote down the words quickly. Soon, a letter with rich feelings was written.

Li Lai Di took the letter, nodded with satisfaction, turned around and went to the post station to mail the letter.

However, the letter did not reach Yang Erzhu as expected.

It traveled for half a month and finally arrived at Yang's house, where it was first handed over to the housekeeper by the doorman.

The housekeeper then sent it to Yang Erzhu's wife, Xiao Xiangxiang.

Xiao Xiangxiang had just given birth to a daughter a few months ago, and her figure had not yet fully recovered. She sat on the couch, took the letter brought by the servant, took a look at the handwriting on the envelope, and laughed coldly.

"This old woman is really a thief who has not given up!" Xiao Xiangxiang said, and threw the letter to the nanny beside her, "Look, what has she written?"

Mammy took the letter, opened it carefully, and read it quickly. After reading it, her face turned a little grim.

"Madam, this letter..." The nanny hesitated to speak, shocked by Li Lai Di's shamelessness.

"This old lady is going too far." Xiao Xiangxiang snorted coldly, with a hint of coldness in her eyes. "Everyone in the capital knows that the gold was a reward. How dare she say that someone stole it from her house? It's really ridiculous!"

Xiao Xiangxiang took the letter back, then brought the letter close to the brazier beside her and threw it in without hesitation.

The flames instantly engulfed the paper, turning into a wisp of green smoke and dissipating into the air.

The nanny sighed and said softly, "Yes, it's obvious that the old lady is greedy and wants to swallow an elephant. And the child, the master..."

"He dares!" Xiao Xiangxiang interrupted the nanny and said firmly, "If Yang Erzhu dares to acknowledge that son, I, Xiao Xiangxiang, will be the first to disagree."

"Everything in the Yang family now belongs to my Xiao family, and his official position was obtained thanks to my father. If he dares to admit it, he will suffer."