She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

She originally thought five hundred was a bit too little, and five thousand was way too much, so when Jiang Fangru's face darkened, Old Lady Xia understood her.

Only Old Zhu and Zhu Wenfei in the Zhu family are workers, and their wages are nowhere near what they earn. Five thousand is an astronomical figure, no wonder they couldn't reach an agreement.

Grandma Xia continued to whisper to Chen Xiangdong, "Even if the entire Zhu family sold everything, they couldn't come up with five thousand yuan, right?"

Chen Xiangdong: "Mom, you don't know, before, their family prepared 500 yuan as a bride price to marry the deputy factory director's daughter, Yu Xue, whom you met before. The rest of it was all used to buy big and nice things. It was all their family's savings over the years, and some of it was contributed by Wenying and me. Wenying wanted them to take out this money and also to talk about how the family would live in the future."

He glanced at Jiang Fangru, who was spitting and getting agitated, and said in an even quieter voice, "Mom, Wenying and I want to separate the family and let us have one of the rooms in the Zhu family's house to live in separately."

Grandma Xia's eyes widened. These two idiots actually had such big ambitions!

The compound where Old Zhu's family lived was different from theirs. It was much smaller and had poor lighting. At least their family had several rooms, but Old Zhu's family only had three bedrooms besides the living room and kitchen.

Now the elderly couple has one room, Zhu Wenfei has one room, and there's another room that's the same size as the small house where Chen Jiaxianghong lives, which is connected to the living room.

If the family were to separate, the smaller rooms wouldn't be able to be separated; the only room that could be separated would be Zhu Wenfei's.

"Won't Jiang Fangru fight you to the death?"

Chen Xiangdong was embarrassed at this point, "This will depend on Mom. Wenying and I haven't told her about this plan yet. We just wanted to scare them with five thousand yuan first."

At this point, Old Mrs. Xia really had to treat the two of them differently. Her eyes darted around, and she suddenly said loudly, "Xiang Dong, why don't you go to the factory and call Lao Zhu and Wen Fei? Family matters should be discussed. If you really can't reach an agreement, you should go to the police."

After all, this was a major decision about dividing the family property, and it was not something that Jiang Fangru could make on her own.

Chen Xiangdong quickly ran out again and brought over the Zhu family, making the ward lively all of a sudden.

Zhu Wenying is lucky; the patient who shared her room this morning was discharged, so she is now the only one in the three-person ward, and no other patients have come in.

Even though they all came, there was still room in the ward.

"Old Zhu, although our two families have some conflicts, this is the first time such a serious matter has resulted in a death. As Xiang Dong's mother, I should still have the right to stand here, right?"

Old Zhu wouldn't dare to be ruthless with Old Lady Xia now. That old hag is ruthless in beating people and even more ruthless in doing things. What if they can't reach an agreement and end up beating them half to death?

"Of course. I wonder what Xiangdong's parents would like to discuss?"

“Actually, I wanted to talk to my son-in-law last night, but he was too emotional, so I impulsively said a few harsh words. If Xiang Dong still holds a grudge against me, then I will apologize to him first.”

As Old Zhu spoke, he prepared to apologize, making sure to put on a good show. One reason was to show Old Lady Xia their sincerity, and the other was to calm Chen Xiangdong down, lest the man try to stab Zhu Wenfei with a knife again.

Old Chen immediately stopped them. If elders bowed and apologized to juniors, how could they face others? Not only would Chen Xiangdong be affected, but the entire Chen family would be gossiped about behind their backs.

"Old Zhu, aren't you making their children's lifespans shortened?"

Chen Xiangdong: ...His wife is right, his father-in-law is a heartless and vicious person, he actually used this kind of method to curse them!