After returning home, Xiaoxiao washed the fungus and planned to make a dish of fried fungus and meat in the evening. When Bai saw the fungus, she asked about its origins and learned that she had picked it up in the mountains. She praised Xiaoxiao for her good luck.

At this time, in the old house of the Li family, when they heard that Li Xiaoxiao had made a lot of money selling chopped peppers, Su and Li Fang were all jealous. "Bah, Bai, that bitch, she made money but didn't know how to show filial piety to me, an old woman. Li Xiaoxiao, that fool, is also an ungrateful person."

The more Su thought about it, the angrier she became. She turned to look at her eldest daughter-in-law, Li Fangshi, and said, "Eldest daughter-in-law, please go to the second son's house someday and tell him that I'm sick and asked Baishi to take care of me."

Li Fang looked embarrassed, "Mom, this is not good. After all, we have separated now. When we divided the family, it was clearly written that the third family only needs to provide pension money." She was also afraid of Li Xiaoxiao's brute force. If she went there like this, she would probably be beaten.

Su glared, "Why, I can't order you around anymore, right? I'm your mother-in-law, how dare she not come?"

Li Lin, who was standing by, said, "Mom, why don't we sneak into their house at night and steal the recipe for making chopped peppers? That way, we can also make chopped peppers and sell them for money. Wouldn't that be even better?"

Su thought this was a good idea and said, "The second son's wife is smart. I'll leave this matter to you." Li Lin agreed, but she was thinking about how to avoid being discovered.

After returning to the room, Li Lin told Li Ren about her plan to go to Li Xiaoxiao's house to steal the recipe at night. Li Ren refused without thinking and told Li Fang not to go either, so as not to end up losing more than gaining the recipe.

Li Dachun, who had just walked outside the room, happened to hear Li Lin's plan. He waited outside without saying anything. After Li Lin came out of the room angrily, he pulled his mother aside and asked about the theft of the recipe.

After hearing this, Li Dachun immediately had an idea in his mind.

After comforting Li Linshi, he quietly slipped out of the house and found Li Shen chatting with some friends in the village.

He told him about going to Li Xiaoxiao's house to steal the recipe at night. Ever since he suffered a loss at Li Xiaoxiao's hands last time, Li Shen had been holding a grudge against her and wanted to kill Li Xiaoxiao.

Now when he heard that he had to go to Li Xiaoxiao's house to steal the recipe for chopped peppers, he agreed without thinking.

That night, while Li Ren was asleep, Li Linshi quietly brought Li Shenhe and Li Dachun to the courtyard of Xiaoxiao's home. They carefully climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard. Just as she was about to enter the kitchen, she heard a cough. Startled, they quickly hid by the firewood pile under the wall. It turned out to be Baishi, who had gotten up in the middle of the night and had come out to investigate. Baishi looked around, found nothing unusual, and returned to the house.

Li Lin and the others breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking towards the kitchen. Li Shen gently pushed open the door and found the jar of chopped peppers in the corner of the kitchen by the moonlight.

Li Dachun and Li Shen each picked up a small jar of chopped peppers. Li Lin took the opportunity to search in the kitchen.

Just as Li Lin was searching around, she accidentally bumped into the bowl on the table, making a crisp sound.

Hearing the sound, Bai came out again. When she saw the figure in the kitchen, she immediately shouted, "There's a thief! Catch the thief!" Li Lin and others were frightened and ran out holding the jar.

However, they encountered Li Xiaoxiao, who had been waiting at the door. It turned out that Li Xiaoxiao had been prepared, anticipating that the Su family would not give up, so she had deliberately kept watch at night. Li Xiaoxiao picked up a wooden stick and blocked the path of Li Lin and the others. A fierce fight ensued...

Li Xiaoxiao hit several people on their sore spots. The Li Lin family members who were beaten screamed in pain and asked Li Xiaoxiao to stop immediately.

Li Xiaoxiao pretended not to hear and continued to yell while hitting him, "I'll beat you thieves to death."

Bai's shouting quickly attracted the nearby villagers. Hearing that there was a thief, the villagers gathered outside Li Xiaoxiao's gate with torches in hand.

The villagers saw the scene and criticized the behavior of Li Lin and others. Li Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to tell everyone about the evil deeds of Su mother and son, and the villagers were very angry after hearing it.

After a while, the village chief and the Su family, who had rushed over after hearing the news, also walked into the yard and came to Li Xiaoxiao.

After learning about the situation, the village chief severely criticized the three Li Lins. "You really haven't changed your bad habits. Wasn't the last lesson enough? You still dare to do such sneaky things." Farmers are simple and honest, and what they hate most is thieves.

"Bai, how are you going to deal with this matter?" After scolding Li Lin and the other two, the village chief turned around and asked.

When Mrs. Bai saw that the thieves were from the first and second wives, her face was full of confusion and she didn't know what to do for a moment.

Li Xiaoxiao, who was standing by, couldn't figure out what was going on either, seeing his mother's expression. Li Xiaoxiao spoke directly, "Uncle Village Chief, why don't you just hand them over to the authorities? It would be best for them to handle it."

The village chief nodded, agreeing with Li Xiaoxiao's proposal. Su panicked when she heard they were going to report him to the authorities. She couldn't bear to see her grandson go to jail, so she quickly said, "We're all family. Reporting him to the authorities wouldn't be such a big deal. My grandson's reputation would be ruined if we did."

Li Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, "Why didn't you think that we were a family when you came to my house to steal things in the middle of the night? Now you know that we are a family, but it's too late!"

"Li Xiaoxiao, you bitch, I just took two jars of chili peppers from you. How can you say it's stealing? They are not very valuable things, why do you have to report to the police?" Li Fang on the side also cursed loudly.

"Aunt, since you said it wasn't that valuable, why did you steal it? You said it wasn't valuable, but our family depends on it to make a living. Besides, even if it wasn't valuable, coming to my house in the middle of the night and taking it without asking, what else is that but stealing?"

"Yes, this house has been divided. Coming in in the middle of the night and taking other people's things is stealing!" said one of the villagers.

"That's right. If other people knew that people in our village like to steal things, who would dare to marry into our village?"

Seeing everyone talking, the village chief pondered for a moment and said, "I think reporting this to the authorities would cause too much noise, ruining the village's reputation and definitely affecting the villagers' marriage prospects." "Alright, let's stop talking. It's true that the Su family was wrong in this matter, but since we're all family, I think we shouldn't report this to the authorities."

Upon hearing this, Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xiaoxiao was unhappy, "Village Chief, this is stealing, we can't just let it go!"

The village chief patted Li Xiaoxiao on the shoulder and said, "Xiaoxiao, forgive others when you can. We are all family, there is no need to make a big deal out of this. How about this, why don't you propose an offer, and the village chief will decide for you."

After this incident, Li Xiaoxiao realized that even if the family was divided, the first and second wives would not let them go easily. It would be better to take this opportunity to sever ties with them and have nothing to do with each other in the future.

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