A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

Grandma Sun asked two people, but didn't get a satisfactory answer, and her face darkened even more.

Grandma Sun then turned her attention to Liu Yan.

Logically speaking, since it was Liu Yan's family who built the house, the question of whether people should stay or leave should first be asked of Liu Yan, not Liu Xiong and Huang Zhenzhu. But Old Mrs. Sun's old-fashioned thinking was that a woman should obey her husband after marriage, and now that they were divorced, everything should be decided by her brother, Liu Xiong.

What good is it if she suddenly has some money to build a house? She's still just an orphan and a widow, kicked out by the Nie family. Deep down, she never really took Liu Yan seriously.

Liu Yan always listened to her daughter. Qianqian had just told the two of them to stop working, and she couldn't contradict her daughter now. "Auntie, Qianqian already made that decision, I..."

Grandma Sun snorted coldly, "I didn't know that a maid was in charge of your household."

She raised her chin and said, "When Pearl married into your Liu family, you were penniless. The Huang family has been subsidizing you a lot over the years, hasn't they? What, now that you have some money and can build a new house, you're turning your back on us? Don't you care about the feelings between relatives anymore? You took the subsidies so easily back then."

These words made both Liu Xiong and Huang Zhenzhu blush. Liu Xiong, in particular, felt indebted to his mother-in-law because he was incompetent and couldn't hold his head up in front of her.

Although the Huang family was not considered a large family in Huangjia Village, they lived a relatively comfortable life when Old Master Huang was alive. If he hadn't met Huang Zhenzhu by chance in the county and the two hadn't fallen for each other, he would never have been able to marry Huang Zhenzhu.

The bride price was pieced together from various sources. Old Master Huang had helped him over the years, so he naturally had no say in the Huang family. In addition, Huang Zhenzhu's older sister, Huang Xiuxiu, was married to a wealthy merchant in the county and worked there. Her conditions were naturally much better than those of the villagers. Compared to his brother-in-law, he felt even more inferior.

Liu Xiong clenched his fists, hating himself for being useless and causing his sister to suffer. At this moment, he longed to stand out from the crowd and not be inferior to the Huang family.

Huang Zhenzhu was both angry and ashamed, and she was almost crying. It is only natural for a married daughter's family to provide some financial support. How could a mother be so brazen as to say it out loud? Where would she and her husband put their faces?

Her mother was willing to trample on her daughter's dignity so that her younger brother could get a job!

Huang Zhenzhu felt more and more aggrieved. It was one thing to be a little biased in the past, but to embarrass Liu Xiong in front of so many people, did her mother never think about how she would live in her husband's family?

Huang Zhenzhu's voice was trembling with tears, "Mother, how could you say that..."

Seeing Pearl's aggrieved look, Old Mrs. Sun felt a little uncomfortable, but since Pearl was biased towards outsiders, she had already told her about the wages for Yi Jin and Yi Yin's work. With such good wages, she had to fight for it for her two sons.

She wasn't entirely unloving of her daughter, but for the sake of her two sons, she could only let Pearl suffer for the time being, and would make it up to her later.

Liu Xiong's expression changed several times, and he said in a muffled voice, "Mother, I remember all the help you have given me. I will repay you as soon as I save up enough money in the future."

But this is the Yan family building the house, not my family. I can't let my sister risk not being able to live in the house safely just to repay my kindness.

Grandma Sun choked, "You..."

She wasn't really asking Liu Xiong to pay her back; she just wanted the two children to stay. Why is Liu Xiong so stubborn and doesn't know how to back down?

Liu Xiong pulled a cloth bag from the inside of his clothes. It contained the money Nie Qianqian had given him a few days ago for supervising the construction. He walked up to Nie Qianqian and forced the money into her hand. "Qianqian, your uncle hasn't done a good job supervising. The workers were lazy, and the wall collapsed. I'm too ashamed to continue supervising, and I can't accept your money. Take it back. Your uncle will still help as usual, but you'll need to find someone else to supervise."

Nie Qianqian never expected her uncle to be so resolute, simply refusing to be the supervisor.

Grandma Sun wanted to keep her two sons because Liu Xiong was the supervisor of the construction. Without Liu Xiong's connection, how could she have directly approached Liu Yan? Her uncle's move was a decisive blow, completely extinguishing Grandma Sun's hopes.

Before Nie Qianqian could say anything, Huang Zhenzhu became anxious and grabbed Liu Xiong, saying, "Liu Xiong, you've been working so hard these past few days, sometimes even missing a meal, and you've lost weight. How can you just quit like this!"

She cried to Grandma Sun, "Mother, you're so biased towards my brother! You want him to earn money, but you don't care about me! Does that mean Liu Xiong and I can't live our lives anymore?! Waaah..."

"You can't even take care of me, and you don't even care about your grandson? Qianqian's husband teaches Tiedan to read every day. With you like this, how can he possibly teach him?"

Liu Xiong has been working hard these past few days, and Huang Zhenzhu feels sorry for her husband and also for the money! After the supervision is finished, there will be 2 taels of silver, which will be enough to cover the entire winter and allow them to have a good New Year.

Grandma Sun was caught off guard by Liu Xiong's move and Huang Zhenzhu's tearful complaints, muttering, "How did it end up like this?"

Normally, Liu Xiong and Huang Zhenzhu would listen to her every word, so what's wrong with them today?

Because Liu Yan was there? Or because...?

When Grandma Sun saw Nie Qianqian, who had been watching everything coldly, she immediately felt resentful. "Qianqian, you're so stubborn! You're so heartless to see the whole family so unhappy because of this!"

Grandma Sun was unaware of Nie Qianqian's fighting prowess. If she knew that Nie Qianqian could single-handedly refute the entire Nie family, she would definitely think twice before speaking. She figured that most young girls would panic if she were told to say something like that, given their thin skin.

But Nie Qianqian was no ordinary girl; a few words couldn't scare her at all.

Expecting her to compromise for the sake of so-called "family harmony" is a mistake.

In her previous life, she was born into a family of ancient martial arts and medicine practitioners. Verbal clashes and resource grabs among family members were a daily occurrence. She was able to stand out and become the family's key successor not by making concessions.

Nie Qianqian remained calm and composed, with a sweet smile on her face. "Grandma Sun, I believe that a family should help and support each other, not take advantage of each other. Don't you agree?"

These words were a slap in the face, implying that the Huang family was trying to take advantage of the situation. Old Mrs. Sun had no way to respond.

Nie Qianqian: "When Uncle Yijin and Uncle Yiyin came to work, I didn't object. Normally, if you're paid, you should work hard. You said they're relatives, so as relatives, you should be even more attentive. But what happened? Not only did they not take it seriously, they also cheated and bullied Da Ma and Xiao Ma. More than ten uncles present can testify to this."

“I thought that when you found out about this, Grandma Sun, you would think that Uncle Yijin and Uncle Yiyin had disgraced the Huang family and ruined the family’s reputation, and you would take them back to educate them properly. I didn’t expect you to protect the two of them. Although this is not Huangjia Village, the two villages are so close. If this gets back, it won’t sound good. If it gets around, who will want to hire Uncle Yijin and Uncle Yiyin when they go out to find work?”

Nie Qianqian didn't say anything harsh. The Huang family was different from the Nie family. She was mortal enemies with the Nie family, but she wouldn't go that far with the Huang family.

Although not harsh words, Nie Qianqian's words struck at every sore spot for Grandma Sun, hitting her right where it hurt.

If Grandma Sun continues to make a scene and escalate the matter to the point where it becomes public knowledge, she might lose face, but she shouldn't let her two precious sons' reputations be ruined. They still need to go to work and get married.