It was reasonable for Shen's mother to leave herself a way out. Even the village chief felt that the old lady was being fair for once today.

"But the third brother said at the beginning that he would use five taels of silver to marry Shen Qingzhou, and this would be deducted from their family property.

Plus, the guy I married is a starving ghost. He ate all day and didn't do anything for four years. He even stole two of my eggs this morning. So, I'll deduct one acre from the two acres of land."

Lin Ting wanted to retort, but Aunt Jiang pulled her arm and gave her a reassuring look.

"Ms. Shen Liu, you are wrong, this is not how you divide the family.

It is natural for Qingzhou to get married. That was before you separated. The silver was deducted then. It has nothing to do with you now.

If you calculate it this way now, then Shen Dali should not be responsible for your debt of fifty taels. He can divide the two acres of land that you used to pay off the debt.

Besides, Shen Zhuang and Shen Cong are also of marriageable age. Should their money also be deducted from the two acres of land allocated to Shen Zuoxiong?

What family wouldn't eat after getting married? You treated Xiao Wanyi like that today. Even eating two of your eggs can't make up for it."

The village chief really couldn't stand what Shen's mother did. Although Lin Ting was not a good daughter-in-law, she gave birth to a daughter for the Shen family.

"The ancestors of the Shen family are watching. Two acres of land per person. This is the biggest concession made by Shen Dali."

The sudden appearance of the village chief disrupted Shen's mother's plan, otherwise she could have taken advantage of Shen Dali's family.

"Alright, alright, two acres is two acres, but if the third brother wants to move out, he can't live in this house anymore.

From now on, the west wing they live in will belong to me, an old woman, and they can move out on their own."

If they move out, they will have no place to live. The village chief feels sorry for Shen Qingzhou. If he can't do heavy work, isn't this tantamount to forcing them into a desperate situation?

The Shen Liu family is not splitting up the family, but cutting off Shen Dali's retreat.

"Shen Dali, what do you say?"

The village chief asked Shen Dali, with visible panic on his face.

If they move out, where will this family of five live?

He has enough energy to stack bricks and build a few small houses, but it also takes time.

Shen Dali said humbly: "I! I want to live here for a while, mother, is it okay with you?"

"Dogs always come back after leaving their kennels, but who knows if your family will be too lazy to leave after staying here."

Mother Shen wanted to tame her son and let him know that he would have nothing without her.

"Ms. Shen Liu, don't go too far. Shen Dali is also your biological son. If Jizu goes on a long journey to take the imperial examination in the future,

When you are old and weak, don’t you really need Dali to take care of you? I think you should just sign an agreement. Shen Dali and his family will live in this house for three months. After three months, he will be able to build a house.”

After thinking about herself, Shen's mother didn't do anything so cruel, but she still felt a little angry.

"It's only three months, but they can't use the kitchen over there. They have to build a stove themselves if they want to cook."

This was the biggest concession made by Shen's mother. They had two families eating together.

Shen Dali nodded, feeling disappointed inside. His mother was too partial and didn't love him at all.

Later, they divided a piece of dry land near Wushan Village from Shen's mother. The land was not fertile, but it was the village chief who asked Lin Ting to choose it.

They said that this piece of land was adjacent to the village and they could build a mud house here.

So, Lin listened to their advice and adopted it.

They were given some farm tools and ten pounds of broken rice, but no black flour.

There was nothing else except a wok with a chip on it, an old round cooking pot, a table with one leg missing, and an earthen bowl.

She didn't even give her a penny of the money Shen Dali and Shen Qingzhou had given her over the years.

The village chief wrote down these things about the division of the family property in a document, wrote his name as the witness, and took it to the county government to get it stamped. Then the family property was considered divided.

Lin Ting and his family temporarily lived in their original house and hardly had to move. However, Shen's mother was afraid that Lin Ting would go to their house and eat secretly.

He ordered Shen Zhuxiong, Liu and their two sons to build a fence immediately.

The kitchen was enclosed in their yard, and there was only a small space at the door of the west wing for them to build a stove for cooking.

Two steps further, there is a two-meter-high fence made of bamboo.

Lin Ting sneered in her heart. This family was on guard against them, so it was just right that they built this fence. She could still use this fence to guard against them.

It was afternoon and Shen Qingzhou had no time to go to the county. He designed a plan to build a stove for Shen Dali so that he could cook tonight.

Yang Xiuxiu helped them, while Lin Ting went to collect the clothes that had been dried in the sun at noon.

Under the strong summer sun, it only takes half an hour to dry these worn-out clothes.

"Xiaobao, grandma is going to dig some wild vegetables. Do you want to go with her?"

Yang Xiuxiu didn't expect Lin Ting to help with household matters, and she was afraid that three-year-old Shen Wanyi would play with the mud that Shen Dali and the others used to build the stove, so she simply asked Xiaobao to go with her to look for wild vegetables.

"Okay, Xiaobao is going to dig wild vegetables."

Hearing that they were going out, Lin Ting could no longer sit still and shouted at Yang Xiuxiu.

"Wait for me, I'll go too."

She went in and made the bed, and took off Shen Qingzhou's clothes. The clothes didn't fit her and it was difficult to work in them.

While she was still there, Yang Xiuxiu, Shen Qingzhou and Shen Dali looked at each other and felt that Lin Ting was like a different person today.

Not only did she wash herself clean, she also washed their clothes and sheets, and cleaned their room.

This made Shen Jizu and Shen's mother so angry that she was jumping up and down. She was not like this before.

However, the whole family came to her for Xiaobao, which stimulated this potential.

"Qingzhou, look at Lin Ting. Is she still my unambitious daughter-in-law?"

Shen Qingzhou remained silent. When she first met Lin Ting, she was also a neat and efficient person.

It was because of me and the Shen family that she was disappointed, that's why she didn't care about anything anymore.

"Mom, don't be too happy too soon."

Lin Ting seems like a normal person today, and maybe he will be back to his previous self tomorrow.

Yang Xiuxiu didn't dare to ask for too much. After all, they were the ones who were sorry to Lin Ting by letting such a good girl come to their home to suffer this.

As long as she can move, she will not complain even if Lin Ting does not work.

"Your father and I have committed a sin. As long as she doesn't abandon you for Xiaobao's sake, it doesn't matter what happens to you and me."

They spoke in a low voice, and when Lin heard it, Yang Xiuxiu had already picked up a small basket and a small sickle in her hands.

Lin Ting turned around, picked up a backpack, picked out a small hoe from the farm tools, and walked to Yang Xiuxiu with Shen Wanyi.

"Mother-in-law... let's go!"

It was the first time that Lin Ting was called Yang Xiuxiu like this, and he felt very awkward.

Although this family was poor and shabby, at least the parents-in-law were very nice and made her feel the warmth of home.

Isn’t this the feeling of home that I longed for in my previous life?

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