Reborn in the 1990s, I want my husband to live to be a hundred.

Deng Xiuzhen's statement about transferring the shop was true, and her statement about disposing of the goods was also true. It wasn't that they didn't want to stand up for themselves, nor did they think they were bad at business; they were just worried about having a relative like Deng Chunlin, which made life uncomfortable. Especially after living in the city for so many years, Deng Xiuzhen knew that her family could live well there.

Knowing that it was Song Yuanxiang and her group who had set this up, Deng Xiuzhen was no longer in a hurry. She had already told Song Yuanxiang what was going on today, and if they continued like this, she wouldn't tolerate it. She was currently raising a child and hadn't settled down in the city yet, nor did she have a house of her own here, so she didn't have the power to go against them.

But she absolutely couldn't let them have their way. She refused to believe that if she went to take care of her, Qin Yanxiang would stay in the hospital indefinitely.

As for Song Yuanxiang, she walked a short distance ahead, then turned back and saw Deng Xiuzhen returning home. She quickly turned a corner and went to the hospital.

"Yuanxiang, how much longer do you think I have to lie here? I'm going to get moldy from lying here." Qin Yanxiang said, turning her neck as she saw Song Yuanxiang.

"What does that woman mean?" Liu Shengjie also came over to ask.

"She refused to take the money, saying she would come and stay with you starting tomorrow..."

"How can that be? If she stays with me, I can't even get out of bed or sneak out. Wouldn't that be like being in jail? No way!" Before Song Yuanxiang could finish speaking, Qin Yanxiang objected repeatedly.

Liu Shengjie didn't say much. He was a simpleton, doing whatever his wife told him to do. A few days ago, he caused a scene in front of Qin Yanlin's shop, and the police spoke to him. They said that although his wife was injured, it wasn't intentional, and the other party was treating her. If he continued like this and made life difficult for Qin Yanlin's family, and Qin Yanlin hit him, they couldn't do anything about it, since he was the one who provoked them.

After that, he dared not go there anymore, and just stayed quietly in the hospital, waiting for Deng Xiuzhen to pay compensation so that they could split the money.

"Then what can we do? If I don't get the money, how can I give you any?" Song Yuanxiang said in a low voice.

"I don't care, you made me do it. You said you'd give me a thousand yuan afterward, but you didn't say how much you'd ask her for. Now I've done it all, and I've been bedridden for days, and Shengjie has been with me all this time. I don't care how much you get, we can't have less than a thousand yuan, or I'll tell everyone!" Qin Yanxiang panicked when she heard there was no money. She only agreed to harm Deng Xiuzhen because she was after that thousand yuan; otherwise, Deng Xiuzhen had no grudge against her, and she wouldn't have helped Song Yuanxiang do such a thing.

"Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you," Song Yuanxiang reminded her.

"You've already done all this, so what if someone hears us? I'm not afraid!" Qin Yanxiang said stubbornly, but her voice was low.

“If you tell anyone, your reputations will be ruined. Besides, you were the ones who lay there for so many days, and you were the ones who proposed the compensation. I can say that you wanted it this way, that you were trying to extort her, and it has nothing to do with me.” Song Yuanxiang wasn’t afraid of them telling anyone; she was just a witness throughout the whole thing.

"You, you, you, get out of here!" Qin Yanxiang was furious that Song Yuanxiang would say such a thing.

Song Yuanxiang didn't roll away, but sat down and thought for a moment before saying, "Judging from Xiuzhen's attitude, she doesn't plan to give us much money. I'll talk to her again tomorrow and see if I can get her to come up with a thousand or two. I'll give you five hundred then, don't think it's too little. If it weren't for my idea, you wouldn't be able to lie around eating and drinking so well these days. Besides, if Dongmei and I don't testify, the police station won't believe us, so I also need to give Dongmei two hundred..."

Qin Yanxiang didn't speak, but nodded. Liu Shengjie looked at Qin Yanxiang and then nodded as well.

Song Yuanxiang returned home relieved. Last time, Deng Chunsheng went to borrow money but failed, leaving him furious. He took his anger out on her and beat her. She was still angry; Deng Xiuzhen always borrowed money, so why didn't she lend it this time? Why did she have to be beaten for not lending money?

Just then, Qin Yanxiang and Dongmei came to see her. Qin Yanxiu mentioned the land foundation, saying that Qin Wei was now afraid to sell it to Qin Yanlin because Qin Xiubing wanted it. Qin Xiubing was Qin Yanxiang's cousin, and she knew what kind of person her cousin was. Qin Yanlin definitely wouldn't be able to buy the land and would definitely go back to Qin Yingcai to seek justice. Qin Yingcai had been keeping a close eye on that project recently.

They gathered Deng Chunsheng and Liu Shengjie, and after a brief discussion, they devised a plan: on the day Qin Yanlin bought the land, Deng Chunsheng would confront Qin Yanlin, and the three of them would stage a play to extort money from Deng Xiuzhen's family.

"You won't lend it to me? If you don't lend it to me, I'll extort you until you're dead!" Song Yuanxiang muttered resentfully to herself.

As soon as Song Yuanxiang left, Qin Yanxiang immediately asked Liu Shengjie to go find Deng Xiuzhen so she could have a talk with her.

Deng Xiuzhen followed immediately without hesitation. She didn't call Qin Yanlin because she could guess why Qin Yanxiang wanted to call her.

Furthermore, if Liu Shengjie dares to lay a finger on her, she will suffer a concussion. We'll see who ends up lying down then.

Upon seeing Qin Yanxiang, Deng Xiuzhen said nothing, only smiled faintly, and then sat down.

"Xiuzhen, I feel much better today. Since we're acquaintances, I don't want to cause you too much expense. If I can be discharged, I will." Qin Yanxiang had been faking her illness for days, and after telling so many lies, she could lie without blushing or hesitating.

Deng Xiuzhen remained silent, simply watching her quietly.

Qin Yanxiang, who had mentally prepared herself, felt a chill run down her spine when she saw Deng Xiuzhen's calm demeanor and her deep gaze. She stammered as she spoke from her prepared script, "Xiu, Xiuzhen, I, I think, I should just, I should just leave the hospital. As for Shengjie, he's been keeping me company these past few days, without doing any work, so please give him some, some wages, and forget about the rest."

Deng Xiuzhen curled her lips and said coldly, "How many do you want?"

"Five hundred, five hundred, is that alright?" Liu Shengjie said, opening his right hand.

“Five hundred is a bit much for you, but…” Deng Xiuzhen paused and continued, “I’ll give it to you since we’re acquainted, but you have to give me a written agreement to settle the matter, and a village official has to be a witness.”

The two immediately agreed. Liu Shengjie ran to call Qin Guojun and Dr. Song. The group wrote a written agreement, signed it, and put their fingerprints on it. Then Deng Xiuzhen gave Qin Yanxiang 500 yuan.

With the matter settled, everyone went home, and Qin Yanxiang and Liu Shengjie immediately completed the discharge procedures.

On the way home, Liu Shengjie asked Qin Yanxiang, "Song Yuanxiang promised to give us five hundred, so why did we go to find Deng Xiuzhen separately?"

Qin Yanxiang smiled and said: "Song Yuanxiang's five hundred is unreliable. Besides, why should she get most of the money when we did all the work? She asked for ten thousand without even asking us for a penny more."

I never intended to argue with her. But now that Deng Xiuzhen refuses to give us any, she's cutting back on ours. I can't trust that kind of person, so I might as well just take what's already given to me.

Just as she said, we dared not go out and say that she had colluded with us to extort money from Deng Xiuzhen, and she dared not say it either.

Since that's the case, why should I let her have an easy time?

Liu Shengjie thought for a moment and said worriedly: What if she gets desperate and tells us something? Will we get arrested?

Qin Yanxiang kicked Liu Shengjie and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? There won't be any unforeseen circumstances. First, we've already signed a settlement agreement; second, Song Yuanxiang won't say anything, because even if she did, she wouldn't get the money."

Besides, even if she accidentally let it slip, I can say that she conspired with Deng Xiuzhen to bully me. They are my sister-in-law and sister-in-law.

She said that Deng Xiuzhen's actions were convincing. She also said that her collusion with her sister-in-law to bully me was equally undeniable.