Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

"Tell me, what is the grudge between you and the Xu family? Your seventh cousin was guarding there, and you broke his hand and almost burned him down. Do you know whose property you burned down?" Xu Maoxin asked on behalf of his family. He was very angry. His youngest son almost died.

"I... I..." From the moment he was arrested, to the moment he saw in the yamen that the victim was his younger sister, and then being redeemed by his younger sister, Xu Huaichuan's head was buzzing and he was scared silly.

He couldn't remember...why did he set the fire?

"Chengyuan, the rumor in the village is that you found a way out and took my second brother and his wife away. Tell me, what have you done in the past three years?" Xu Huaishan grabbed his eldest nephew's collar. He couldn't believe that his younger brother, the one who mumbled all the time and put on airs but was incompetent at anything, had the guts to kill and set fire. In the family, the only one who had the courage to do this was his eldest nephew.

"Cough cough." Xu Chengyuan was held too tightly and had difficulty breathing.

Su Li and the young woman holding the child beside her rushed over and pushed Xu Huaishan away. The young woman was concerned about Xu Chengyuan, while Su Li loudly accused the Xu family of abusing lynching.

"Abuse of lynching?" Xu Siyu kicked away the woman who was tied up and wanted to pester her, regardless of whether she was her second sister-in-law.

"The Great Li Code states: 'Anyone who deliberately sets fire to the houses of officials or civilians, or to public shops or warehouses containing official property, shall be beheaded.' Sister-in-law, Chengyuan set fire to my house and is therefore liable to be beheaded."

Compared to Xu Wangshi who would scare her, Lidya Su was not afraid of Xu Siyu.

"Why are you beheading me? You belong to the Xu family. Huaichuan and Chengyuan are both Xu family members. Burning down their own house, what's the big deal? Besides, don't you have filial piety? How dare you behead your own brother?"

"It won't be that soon, Mao Xin. Take out the family tree and get rid of Xu Huaichuan's family today." The third uncle sat in a high seat, his breath was weak, but everyone heard his decision.

In fact, this is also their decision.

The Jiangyu Pavilion that was almost completed, as well as the various flowers and saplings they had planted over the mountain, Xu Siyu's money and their hard work were all destroyed in the fire.

The fire was started by their own brothers, and they could not accept it at all.

"You are trying to force us to death!" Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, Su Li was still struggling.

The young woman with her squeezed her child next to Xu Chengyuan and asked him to find a solution.

Xu Chengyuan understood that his actions had forced the Xu family to no longer tolerate them.

He looked up at Xu Huaishan and said, "Eliminate the clan, execute the head. It's all fine. Release Yu Niang. She and I are not married. Uncle, register this child under Cheng Qi's name. He's still young and knows nothing."

Ever since the Xu family showed partiality towards Xu Siyu, Xu Chengyuan looked down on everyone in the family, especially his uncle.

But today, he can only entrust it to Xu Huaishan.

Xu Huaishan did not dare to respond to this request.

He Xiangmei, who had been eavesdropping outside the door, rushed in. "Pt. Pt. Pt. Pt. Who would dare to raise such a wicked creature? Don't even think of harming my Chengqi family. I already have a daughter-in-law and a grandchild. It's only a matter of time. I don't want to raise such a heartless person."

He Xiangmei was about to hit the little woman named Yu Niang, but was stopped by Xu Huaishan.

"Who let you in?"

"If I don't come in, do you want to agree to raise your brother when he was young, and help him raise his grandchildren when he's old? Are you sick, Xu Huaishan..."

"No. I won't agree, sister-in-law." Xu Siyu said lightly and dealt with He Xiangmei first.

She looked at Xu Chengyuan. When the family was divided, Xu Wangshi had told her about her favoritism towards Xu Siyu. She didn't understand why this eldest nephew had such an irreconcilable hostility towards her.

"Until you explain why you set the fire, you are not qualified to confess anything."

It has been three years since Xu Chengyuan took Xu Huaichuan and his wife away. It must not be because they were at the end of their rope, otherwise they would have returned long ago.

They had lived in peace for three years, so why did they burn Xu Siyu's house for no reason?

If one knows that one's relatives have become wealthy, shouldn't one go to their homes to ask for favors and extort money?

How could you not want money and go for a path that would lead to mutual destruction?

Xu Chengyuan has a smart brain, but unfortunately he has incompetent parents.

But he did not hate his lazy and cowardly father, nor did he blame his mother who was cunning and could be tempted by small profits.

He only blamed his little aunt who shouldn't have been born but was unconditionally favored by his grandmother.

It was the little aunt who prevented their family from eating white rice and white flour, and it was the little aunt who wanted them to obey like slaves.

Xu Chengyuan looked down on other people in the family. Why were they so useless? They clearly couldn't stand it and wanted to resist, but they took the initiative to let Xu Siyu exploit them.

Xu Chengyuan had the idea of taking his parents away from the Xu family very early on.

He doesn't hang around the village all day for nothing.

He looked for ways to make money and tried them all. It was around the time when the Xu family split up that he finally found a job that was lucrative and not too hard - collecting debts for money houses.

If you work with Boss Qian, you will get a commission for every success.

In the first month, he earned three taels of silver.

Boss Qian said that the business would spread to neighboring counties in the future, and asked him to find more brothers to help. So he went home and brought Xu Huaichuan to work together.

When they go to collect debts, they always go together as a group. Although his father is timid, he is very strong. Besides, as long as you follow him closely, you will be safe and you can also earn extra money.

Then, he earned five or ten taels.

In the third month, he brought his mother to the county as well, because Boss Qian said that some creditors would hide silver and valuables on their female relatives, and in order to avoid trouble, his mother could follow suit.

When they earned the first fifty taels, his father wanted to go back to the village to see the old lady.

His mother didn't want to, and he didn't want to either.

They rented two tiled houses in the county and asked their neighbors to take care of their lives. With only one or two taels of money, the family of three could have everything they wanted.

How nice, why go back?

When they go back, they have to hand over the money and be ordered to work hard for the young lady who doesn't treat them as human beings.

……

Xu Chengyuan looked at her younger sister-in-law, who was younger than her but acted like an elder, with contempt in his eyes.

That house is hers, how could it be hers?

The old lady must have given all her money for her coffin to this prodigal daughter, and this prodigal elder was eyeing the mansion near the county town so that he could find a son-in-law who was as tall as that dwarf.

It was such a nice house, he couldn't live in it anyway, so if it burned down, so be it. Why should he feel sorry for others?

He deliberately ignored the fact that the lobby of the Xu family's house was brighter than before this year, and that the uncles and aunts who were interrogating him were all wearing new cotton-padded clothes.

……

"You won't tell me? You hurt your uncle, and you won't even explain to your uncle?"

Hearing that his uncle had been hurt, Xu Chengyuan's eyes flickered. He felt a little sorry and choked up as he spoke, "We had no intention of hurting anyone. I didn't even know it was Uncle Huaiyi."