Zhou Chuan solemnly accepted the note and the two hundred yuan he had counted several times. Then he said to the young woman standing in the corner, "I'll sleep in Da Ni's room tonight. Da Ni's mother had better pack up your two daughters' things. I'll go to sleep in a little while."

Sun Mancang had just helped his wife up when he turned around in astonishment: "What, you still want to stay in our house?" They were about to get the money, why did they want to ruin their house?

Zhou Chuan glanced at the old man indifferently: "What, you don't want to? I've worked for your family for so many years for nothing, can't I stay for free for a couple of days? How about you give me back the wages for the long-term laborers aged 13 to 15? With the money, I guarantee there will be plenty of people welcoming me to stay."

She'll stay a few more days, then she'll leave. She's too lazy to make a fuss, and besides, it would be too easy for them to just leave like that.

The village chief felt it wasn't good for Zhou Chuan to stay at the Sun family's house, since they had fallen out. But considering her actual situation, it was indeed difficult to arrange for her to stay. Her outburst today had really frightened many people, and now probably no villager would dare to take her home.

Having figured this out, the village chief chimed in, deciding to make do with the night anyway: "Where are you going to send a young woman in the dead of night?" A thirty-year-old unmarried woman is still considered a young woman.

Sun Mancang was somewhat unwilling: "Village chief, we've already broken things off, it's not appropriate for her to stay in our house any longer." She burned his woodshed to ashes and then extorted two hundred yuan from them. Are they crazy to keep this menace in their home?

The village chief's face fell: "Fine, then you'll have to pay the difference. It's three years from 2013 to 2015, so let's say it's 10 yuan a year, that's 30 yuan in total. Pay up!"

"Forget it, Dad, sister-in-law, no, Comrade Zhou Chuan will only stay one night at most. We mother and daughter can just bear with it."

When Da Ni's mother heard that she had to pay again, she couldn't hold back any longer. She had almost lost her life by paying the two hundred yuan she had just paid. Now she had to pay more... It's just squeezing in with the child, she could squeeze in, as long as it didn't cost her any money.

"Who said I'm only staying for one day? I've slept in the woodshed for fifteen years, and I haven't settled that score yet. I just broke things up with you all, and I don't have a place to stay for the time being. Is it too much to ask me to stay here for a couple more days to recover? Let everyone be the judge. Is my request too much?"

Zhou Chuan dislikes people who try to outsmart her. They all think they're the smartest and treat others like fools. She says she'll stay a couple more days, but she never says she'll only stay one day.

What could the crowd say? They could only nod in agreement. Otherwise, would they take her back? They wouldn't dare! They also felt that it was no big deal for Chen Mancang to agree. After all, he had already paid the bulk of the 200 yuan, so what was a big deal about letting his former daughter-in-law stay for a couple more days?

Uncle Sun thought so too, and he said the same thing: "Mancang, just leave it like this. Quickly have your niece-in-law put the children's things away. Gousheng's family will only be staying for a couple of days. They'll definitely leave once they find a place to stay. Instead of arguing with her, why don't you carry your third sister-in-law into the house and ask Ma Zi from the village entrance to take a look!"

My third brother is confused today. His wife is clearly dizzy, yet he's still haggling with Gou Sheng's family.

The village chief nodded in agreement: "Listen to your older brother, at a time like this, don't be confused!"

Sun Mancang saw that the old woman was indeed not doing well, so he could only reluctantly agree. Now was not the time to make trouble with her; if he did, the old woman might really do something terrible.

As Zhou Chuan watched the Sun family father and son carry Wang Shi into the inner room, he turned to the surrounding villagers and expressed his gratitude: "Thank you all for being my witnesses today. Everyone in our Zuobian Yazi Village is a good person. I don't need to trouble anyone else with this matter. Please be my witnesses."

“Now that I’ve fallen out with the Sun family and have nowhere else to go, I have to stay at their house. I’m thinking, if something happens to me, it’s definitely the Sun family’s doing. I’d appreciate it if you villagers could help me go to the police station!”

Zhou Chuan slept soundly until dawn. No one from the Sun family dared to yell at her anymore. That was the right thing to do. People should know when to yield. If they still dared to talk back to her, she would deal with them just the same way.

The methods she used last night were far less than one-thousandth or one-ten-thousandth of the abuse the original owner had suffered over twenty years. Her small punishment was already a show of leniency.

Zhou Chuan stretched and got up. She was hungry and needed to eat breakfast. When she went out of her room, she saw Da Ni's mother washing clothes at the door.

"Sister-in-law, no, Comrade Zhou, Zhou Chuan is up!" Da Ni's mother had been staring at the door, and as soon as she saw Zhou Chuan's door open, her heart immediately tightened.

Zhou Chuan ignored her and walked straight to the kitchen. He saw that the Sun family hadn't left her any food, and even the cupboards were empty. Looking at the hole she had smashed in the cupboard yesterday, Zhou Chuan realized that they were deliberately trying to antagonize her.

She turned to walk outside, just as Da Ni's mother came in: "Your house is something else!" Zhou Chuan said, then shoved her aside, "You've been hiding food from me, but I'm going to eat at your house today anyway."

Da Ni's mother looked rather displeased: "Comrade Zhou...Chuan, please be reasonable! We, we have nothing to do with you anymore, how can you do this!" It's shameless of them. They clearly have nothing to do with her family, yet they're still clinging to her house, eating and living there for free.

Zhou Chuan turned to look at her: "What, can't hold back anymore? Humph, if you can't hold back, then you'd better hold back!" Then he went into the old couple's main room without looking back.

After Zhou Chuan's scare tactics last night, Da Ni Niang was somewhat intimidated by him. However, seeing that Zhou Chuan was about to go to the main room to get the grain, she hurriedly followed him.

Zhou Chuan kicked the door open. Almost all of the Sun family's fine grains were in the main room of the elderly couple, Wang Shi and her husband. The old woman usually kept a close watch on the room, and the door was always locked when she wasn't there. The old woman had been injured yesterday and was now lying in bed, which made things easier for Zhou Chuan. She quickly found millet and some fine grains such as wheat flour and noodles in the rice jar, and there were also eggs next to the rice jar.

Zhou Chuan didn't immediately take out the grain. Instead, she rummaged through the boxes and cabinets inside. Today was a rare opportunity, and she had to find the letter written by Sun Gousheng. Otherwise, she would have to spend a lot of time asking around to find him.

Da Ni's mother didn't know that Zhou Chuan wanted to find the letter; she mistakenly thought that Zhou Chuan was after the Sun family's wealth, so she stepped forward to stop him.

“Comrade Zhou Chuan, you’ve gone too far. Your father-in-law already gave you all the money he was owed yesterday. How can you not even spare the last bit of money in the family? You can’t be so heartless! Our whole family, more than a dozen people, still needs to make a living…”

Zhou Chuan was held back by Da Ni's mother, and after hearing the implication in her words, he was furious: "What nonsense are you spouting! Who do you think you are, shamelessly going back on your word? If I really wanted more money, I would have ignored yesterday's fair and square opportunity and instead come to steal it right in front of you today!"

Although Da Ni's mother felt that what she said made some sense, she still held Zhou Chuan back tightly: "Since that's the case, then you shouldn't stay in your in-laws' room. Come out. This is our home. You should at least be more careful!" If you didn't want to steal money, why were you rummaging through the boxes and cabinets? You must have some purpose.

Zhou Chuan got a little angry now and shoved her hard: "Don't treat me like a thief. I'm just here to find my father's belongings." Zhou Chuan wasn't telling the truth.

She felt that if she told them that she was looking for a letter from Sun Gousheng, the family would probably fight to the death to stop her. Sun Gousheng was their family's hope, and the future of the younger generation depended entirely on her brother-in-law, who was an officer outside. They wouldn't give him up in the slightest.

Da Ni's mother had been married into the Sun family for over ten years and had never heard of this before. Instinctively, she felt it was unlikely: "You're talking nonsense. I've never heard of this. If you don't want to steal things from the house, you'd better get out of here."

Zhou Chuan was definitely unwilling to give up so easily, while Da Ni's mother was also unwilling to budge an inch for the sake of the family's remaining assets, and the two sides became at odds.

Old Mrs. Wang had finished breakfast and was sleeping. She had suffered terribly yesterday, more than she had ever suffered in her life. After being examined by the village quack last night, her body was in great pain and she didn't fall asleep until late at night.

She was woken up by her husband in the morning, drank some porridge, and then fell back asleep. She was sound asleep when she heard her second daughter-in-law's voice, listened to what she was saying, and then opened her eyes to see her and Zhou Chuan struggling...

"You wretched bastard, I'll fight you to the death!"

Wang sat up abruptly. Because she sat up so quickly, she was still dizzy. But when she thought that Zhou Chuan had come to steal her family's wealth, she couldn't just lie there. She would crawl over and bite off a piece of that little bitch's flesh, even if she had to.

When Zhou Chuan saw the old lady coming over, she became a little anxious. The old lady had been taught a lesson by her yesterday, so she wasn't very strong. But if she really wanted to keep her occupied, she couldn't beat the two of them by herself.

Well, you really can't be polite when dealing with people like them. So, Zhou Chuan looked around the room to see if there was anything handy she could use. At this moment, she regretted not bringing the sickle she had used yesterday.

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