Ning Yao felt inexplicably creepy. She felt that Jiang Yuwen could do it, and her original toughness disappeared. Ning Zhengqing was her hope, and she couldn't let anything happen to Ning Zhengqing.

All his previous arrogance was gone, and he didn't care about anything else. He slapped Jiang Yutong in the face, "I'm sorry for Jiang Yutong. I shouldn't have beaten and scolded her, shouldn't have denied her food, shouldn't have locked her up in the woodshed, shouldn't have kept her informed of you, shouldn't have made her kneel outside in the snow, shouldn't have denied her clothes."

With every word Ning Yao said, Jiang Yuwen's anger level rose a little. Xiao Yifeng's anger level also kept rising. He didn't expect that Jiang Yutong had suffered so much over the years. He didn't know how she had survived.

The more she listened, the more uncomfortable she felt. She glanced at Jiang Yutong, who was standing in the corner with a calm expression, and suddenly felt a little distressed. Such a good girl was treated like a bad person by the Ning family.

He quickly pulled out a soft knife from his waist and chopped it towards Ning Yao, directly cutting off Ning Yao's hair.

Ning Yao, who was originally slapping herself, was so frightened that she sat down on the ground, "Ah, help me, I won't dare to do it again."

Xiao Yifeng held back, otherwise what would have fallen to the ground would not be his hair, but his head.

Ning Yao touched the bald top of her head and screamed in ecstasy.

"Ah, my hair."

Xiao Yifeng put away the knife and said, "Shut up, you're too noisy. If you scream again, I won't be chopping off your hair."

After saying that, he glanced at Ning Yao with a sinister look, "Old witch."

Ning Yao thought Jiang Yuwen was scary, but she didn't expect Xiao Yifeng to be even scarier. She didn't dare to say a word.

When Jiang Yuwen came to make trouble, Sun Taohua had already taken a group of daughters and hid in the room, covering their ears. She didn't care what was going on outside. She just wanted to kill Ning Yaoshi. That was the best.

When the granddaughters heard Ning Yao's cry, they looked indifferent. Only Ning Zhengsong looked anxious and wanted to step forward but didn't dare.

Seeing that Ning Yao was now lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, Jiang Yuwen finally said, "Ten taels of silver per year, fifty taels in five years. You have three days to collect the money. Then I will go to the academy to find Ning Zhengqing. If you don't have it, I will keep my word."

Jiang Yuwen uttered the last few words one by one.

After saying that, he walked out, took Jiang Yutong's hand and prepared to leave.

This was the first time Jiang Yutong felt protected by someone, and it was a pretty good feeling.

Everyone made way for Jiang Yutong and the other two, and they left without looking back.

After the three disappeared, Ning Zhengsong stepped forward to help Ning Yao up, "Mom, how are you?"

Ning Yao's legs were still weak, and she was able to stand up with the help of Ning Zhengsong.

Ning Zhengsong helped Ning Yaoshi sit down and looked at the mess on the ground. Seeing that others were still standing in the yard watching the excitement, he immediately became furious and said, "What are you looking at? Disperse."

The others snorted and walked home while chatting. The villagers had long been fed up with the Ning family, but since their son was a scholar, they could only endure it. Today, seeing the others dealing with Ning Yao, they felt very happy.

Ning Zhengsong closed the gate and came back to see Ning Yaoshi still in a daze. He also didn't see Sun Taohua. He shouted into the house, "Taohua, where the hell have you been?"

Sun Taohua put the children down and walked out of the inner room.

"Hurry up and clean up, and help mother go to bed and rest."

Sun Taohua then took a look at Ning Yaoshi, only to see that she had a dazed expression, her hair was disheveled, and there was an obvious bald spot on her head. Seeing Ning Yaoshi like this, Sun Taohua felt inexplicably refreshed, thinking she deserved it.

Ning Zhengsong saw Sun Taohua staring at his mother without taking any action, and he couldn't help but glare at her, "What are you looking at? Hurry up, are you itching for trouble?"

Sun Taohua didn't dare to disobey Ning Zhengsong's words. She picked up the broom next to her and started sweeping the floor.

After everything was cleaned up and he was about to help Ning Yao back to her room, Ning Yao seemed to come to her senses and slapped Sun Taohua in the face.

Sun Taohua couldn't believe it. This old witch really deserved it. She didn't want to serve her anymore. She could do whatever she wanted. She immediately threw the broom she had just put down at Ning Yaoshi, "Why are you taking your anger out on me? Do you think I, Sun Taohua, am easy to bully? Believe it or not, I'll ask my brother from my mother's family to come over tomorrow?"

Ning Yao was just used to it, and she didn't mean to hit Sun Taohua. But she didn't expect that after just a light pat on Sun Taohua, this woman would dare to throw a broom at her. It was really outrageous. But now was a troubled time, and she didn't want to cause trouble. She just said viciously, "I won't bother with you for now. I'll deal with you after I finish what I'm doing. Get out of here."

Sun Taohua was still unwilling to do it, so she turned around and walked into the house, closing the door with a bang.

Ning Zhengsong's face turned pale. What a troublesome bunch of people.

Ning Yao said to Ning Zhengsong, "Go find your brother early tomorrow morning and explain everything to him. It seems that the money will be necessary."

Ning Zhengsong knew that the bandits had robbed his family of their silver last time. His younger brother had been studying all these years, and he was the only strong laborer. Jiang Yutong could originally embroider to supplement the family income, but the family had almost no savings. His younger brother had to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination next year, and now he still owed such a large sum of money. They couldn't make ends meet.

But thinking that as long as Ning Zhengqing passed the imperial examination, the family would undergo earth-shaking changes, and Ning Zhengqing would also make many friends, he had no way to solve this problem and could only find Ning Zhengqing. He readily responded, "Okay, I'll go to the county town early tomorrow morning."

"Mom, go in and rest first. Your health is important."

Ning Yao stood up tremblingly. Ning Zhengsong helped her and sent her back to her room before returning to her room.

Sun Taohua was helping the children go to bed with a gloomy face. She didn't even raise her head when she saw Ning Zhengsong come in.

Ning Zhengsong sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "Go get me a basin of water to wash my feet."

Sun Taohua ignored him.

Seeing that Sun Taohua didn't react for a long time, Ning Zhengsong picked up the shoe and threw it at her, "Are you deaf? How dare you show your displeasure to me?"

Sun Taohua went to fetch water reluctantly. Thinking about the fifty taels of silver, she felt uncomfortable. Because of the bandits some time ago, the family was already struggling to make ends meet, and now they had another fifty taels of foreign debt. According to Ning Yao's character, it would only make her and the children suffer.

She squatted down and helped Ning Zhengsong wash his feet. "Boss, why don't we separate and live separately? With you and I working together, our lives will definitely get better and better."

Sun Taohua had this idea a long time ago, but if she didn't divide the family while her parents were still alive, it would be unfilial. Originally, Sun Taohua was hoping that her brother-in-law would pass the imperial examination, and then life would be better. But now it seems that this good day has not come, and the children in the family will starve to death.

The autumn harvest is coming soon. According to the current situation, most of the harvested grain will be exchanged for silver, and in the end the silver will be taken away by their brother-in-law, and it will not be their turn at all.

When Ning Zhengsong heard that Sun Taohua wanted to split the family business, he felt his foot slam and the water in the basin splashed all over Sun Taohua's face. "What nonsense are you talking about? Why are you splitting up the family business?"

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