In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

"Do I need her to admit it?"

Old Mrs. Xu knocked on her son's forehead and said, "Don't worry about it. This matter doesn't need your help!"

Old Lady Xu chased her son away, hugged Xu Xiaoya and told her, "Don't ever listen to your father again. He has no heart at all!"

Xu Xiaoya smiled and nodded. She did know about Xu's father's situation.

If it weren't for Old Mrs. Xu, this family would have been ruined long ago.

The combined brains of the entire family are not as good as that of Old Lady Xu alone.

The next day, Old Mrs. Xu took Xu Xiaoya to have breakfast, and then took the donkey cart pulled by Qiangzi and went to Aunt Xu's house with her second uncle.

Compared to the day before when Xu's father came, this time the uncle did not say that he could not see Aunt Xu, but just gave various explanations to Old Mrs. Xu.

"Brother-in-law, don't say that. She dared to burn down the old house, which means she didn't take the Xu family seriously. This matter can't be brushed aside lightly. What's even more infuriating is that she also stole the Xu family's wild ginseng. As long as she kowtows and apologizes for the arson and pays for the repairs, I won't bother with her. But the wild ginseng must be returned!"

This is exactly what Old Lady Xu wants.

My uncle looked surprised, because he knew that what Aunt Xu brought back was a fake piece of wood.

"Your sister really didn't bring back any wild ginseng. I can guarantee that for her!"

He spoke sincerely, but unfortunately Old Lady Xu didn't accept it at all.

"Brother-in-law, you said that our Xu family only has this one treasure. That thing doesn't belong to our family, but to the Xu family. It was placed in the ancestral hall because it was too important. It was stolen by his eldest aunt, and she also burned down the house. Now I don't care about her burning the house. I just want the wild ginseng. Is that wrong?"

Old Mrs. Xu spoke word by word, and sweat appeared on the man's forehead.

He smiled and said, "His sister-in-law, look at what this incident has caused. I naturally know how precious that wild ginseng is. No one would be able to get away with it. But your sister really didn't take it, so you can't just say that!"

Old Mrs. Xu looked at him coldly: "Brother-in-law, I am a village woman, and I am not as respectable as you city people. If you are so unwilling to admit it, then I will let everyone judge it. At worst, our Xu family does not want the wild ginseng, we can offer it to the officials and ask for a favor!"

The man's expression changed drastically.

There really is no wild ginseng, and there is no way to get it out, but if they were to spread the word, their family would probably be in real trouble.

The man looked at his second uncle for help. His second uncle drooped his eyelids and said, "Don't look at me. Our Xu family has suffered a great loss. This matter can't be settled!"

Old Mrs. Xu was about to go out and yell, but the person in the inner room finally couldn't help but lift the curtain and came out.

"Li Cuixiang, if you want to go crazy, go back and do it. What do you think this place is? A place where you can run wild?"

Aunt Xu pointed at Old Lady Xu's nose and started to scold her. Old Lady Xu snorted coldly, "I thought you were really sick and dying. It seems you're not dying, you're just too embarrassed to come out. Why are you willing to come out now? Aren't you afraid that I'll expose your shamelessness?"

Aunt Xu's face flushed, but she knew she couldn't argue with Old Lady Xu about this. She stiffened her neck and said, "I'm mad at you. I said I didn't take the wild ginseng, and I didn't set the fire at home. It was clearly thieves who set the fire. Why are you blaming me?"

Old Mrs. Xu raised her hand and grabbed Aunt Xu's hair, then slapped her twice in the face, causing Aunt Xu to scream.

"I am going to kill you!"

Aunt Xu fought back fiercely, but she was already ill, so she was no match for Old Lady Xu and could only passively take the beating.

Aunt Xu's husband and his family came over to mediate, but Second Uncle said, "Why are you meddling in the affairs between these women?"

For a moment, the room was filled with the miserable sound of Aunt Xu being beaten unilaterally.

Xu Xiaoya gritted her teeth when she heard this, and her fighting spirit towards her grandmother was refreshed again. She finally understood why the plot required Old Lady Xu to die early. If she hadn't died early, she would never have allowed the heroine to act like a demon.

But Aunt Xu deserves it. Falling into the hands of Old Lady Xu, isn't that courting death?

By the time Old Lady Xu stopped, Aunt Xu's head was a mess, her face was red and swollen, and the corners of her mouth were bleeding. The madness in her eyes was about to burn away her rationality.

"Xu Dahua, I've been putting up with you for more than a day or two. You're relying on being the eldest sister-in-law and don't take the Xu family seriously. What's an adopted daughter? Is there anything wrong with being nice to you? I'm telling you today. As long as I'm alive, you'll never succeed in your schemes again!"

Old Lady Xu glanced at Aunt Xu's husband and said, "Brother-in-law, if you can't manage your wife, I don't mind sending her to see the ancestors and letting them deal with this bastard who has forgotten his roots!"

Aunt Xu's husband rubbed his nose in embarrassment. He made his fortune with the help of the Xu family. Although he seemed to be doing well in recent years, there were more than just the second uncle in the Xu family in the provincial capital. If they wanted to deal with him who had almost no foundation, it would be easy.

"Sister-in-law, judging by what you said, I definitely cannot condone those things. Your sister was just confused, but she really didn't take the wild ginseng. You can't wrongly accuse her of this!"

Aunt Xu covered her face and yelled, "I said I didn't take it. What I took wasn't wild ginseng, it was a fake piece of wood. You're trying to trick me!"

Old Mrs. Xu slapped him again.

"If you hadn't stolen it, would you have known it was a fake piece of wood?"

Aunt Xu stopped talking.

It was true that he stole something, but it was a fake.

There was no way that Old Mrs. Xu could expect Aunt Xu to come up with the real thing. If she had it, she wouldn't have gone back to her hometown to steal it.

"Now that we've made it clear, let's put this matter behind us?"

Aunt Xu's husband tried to mediate, but Old Lady Xu said, "She did steal it. If the wild ginseng hadn't been used up long ago, she would have stolen it!"

Aunt Xu grabbed her second uncle's arm and said, "Uncle, did you hear that? Li Cuixiang actually used up all the treasures of our Xu family!"

Second Uncle shook off Aunt Xu's hand and said, "The wild ginseng is long gone. You used it all up when you were a child. There was probably still some left, but you insisted on following Shugen and the others into the mountains. You were frightened out of your wits by a blind bear and later fell into a coma. That's when your grandfather and the others decided to give it to you. Have you forgotten?"

Aunt Xu: ...

Old Mrs. Xu: ...

Xu Xiaoya: ...

If the wild ginseng was not still in Xu Xiaoya's space, she would have believed it.

Aunt Xu seemed to have thought of this as well, and immediately collapsed to the ground, while her husband pushed Aunt Xu anxiously, "Really?"

Aunt Xu didn't say anything.

Old Lady Xu reminded him, "What sin has the Xu family committed? We have such an elder sister-in-law who destroyed both her own family and her husband's family just to please a little devil!"

The man couldn't stand this, so he raised his hand and slapped Aunt Xu in the face.

"How dare you?"

Just as the man was about to continue, there was a commotion at the door, and then a group of people rushed in and surrounded everyone in the yard.