I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Seeing this, Su Feng quickly grabbed Aunt Sun's arm.

"Mother, don't make things worse. Do you know that your son almost lost his life today!"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Sun stiffened.

"He, is he really that capable? You are a living person, and he can just kill you like that?"

Su Feng sighed, sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and murmured with lingering fear:

"It's not like he hasn't killed before..."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Sun hurriedly glanced out the window, then ran out to close the courtyard gate before returning to the house. She nervously grabbed Su Feng's arm and whispered:

“Son, you must never provoke people like that again. You are my only son. If you are gone, I will not live anymore.”

As she spoke, Aunt Sun began to wipe away her tears.

Seeing this, Su Feng patted Aunt Sun on the shoulder.

"Mother, why are you crying? I'm not dead yet, am I? We still have a lot of money left. I want to hurry up and marry Su Mo so I can give you a big, fat grandson soon."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Sun wiped away her tears with her sleeve, looked up, and glared at Su Feng.

"All the trouble you've caused these past few times is because of that girl Su Mo. Haven't you learned your lesson yet!"

Su Feng pleaded, grabbing Aunt Sun's hand.

"Mother, I only love Su Mo, and I will marry no one but her. Please say yes!"

Seeing her son's disappointing state, Aunt Sun ultimately couldn't bring herself to refuse.

"You silly child, I really can't do anything with you. Tomorrow I'll go ask Matchmaker Cai to sound out their opinion."

When Su Feng saw that his mother had agreed, his previous gloomy mood vanished, and he no longer felt his headache. He happily went down to help Aunt Sun cook.

After finishing her business at Dwarf Mountain, Su Banxia followed Su Hanzhang and the others towards the Su family home.

Su Banxia, ​​linking arms with Wang Guihua, said:

“Mother, in a few days our house will be ready for the roof beam raising ceremony. Shouldn’t we invite the workers who helped with the construction and their wives and children to come and celebrate with us?”

Wang Guihua frowned and pondered for a moment before speaking:

"The house-raising ceremony should be a lively affair, but with so many people, we need to prepare a lot of food, which is quite an expense."

Su Banxia smiled slightly.

"Mother, you don't need to worry about these things. I can prepare them myself. It's just a meal for everyone, it won't cost much. Besides, since we separated our family, everyone has helped us a lot, so we should repay them."

Hearing Su Banxia's words, Su Hanzhang, who was walking ahead, turned around and said:

“Guihua, our daughter is right. We should repay kindness with gratitude. Let’s do as Banxia says. After all, Banxia is in charge of our family now.”

Su Shiyan, who was carrying a shovel to the side, laughed:

"Father is right, Banxia is in charge and there's meat to eat!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Guihua and Su Banxia exchanged a smile. The family, chatting and laughing, had just reached the Su family's door when they heard Granny Liu's voice calling from inside the courtyard.

"Let me tell you, Lin, don't think you're all that after just a few days at your parents' home. You dare to try and get my son to separate from us? You want to drive a wedge between us? No way!"

Lin, naturally, was not one to back down either, and immediately stood up and angrily said:

"Stop spouting nonsense! When did I instigate your son? It's clearly you who are disrespectful to your elders. Even your son can't stand it anymore and wants to separate from you as soon as possible so he can live a better life!"

Granny Liu was so angry with Lin that her heart tightened, and she pointed at Lin's nose and cursed:

"Pah! Without me, you can't even get a hot meal, and now you're telling me you want to split up?"

As she spoke, Granny Liu glared at Su Congxian.

"What, you're jealous because the second wife's family is doing well after they separated? Let me tell you, third brother, you're only doing this because I spoil you. Otherwise, with your laziness, you'd have trouble even getting married. And now you want to separate from me!"

As she spoke, Granny Liu kicked her stool aside and waved her hand, saying:

"You'll only separate from the family if I'm dead!"

Having said that, she left the house without looking back. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw the second family, and Granny Liu immediately felt extremely unlucky.

"You've been gloating all along. Now that you've turned our Su family upside down, are you satisfied?"

After saying that, Granny Liu spat on the ground and went straight into her house.

Su Hanzhang watched his mother's retreating figure and shook his head helplessly. If he hadn't been forced into this situation, he wouldn't have considered separating from the family. Unfortunately, his parents simply didn't treat the second branch of the family like human beings.

Looking back now, it seems that separating from my parents early on was the right thing to do; otherwise, I would still be working like a slave for this family.

Su Hanzhang sighed heavily again and waved to Wang Guihua:

"Let's not concern ourselves with that and go back inside."

Upon hearing this, Su Banxia and Wang Guihua exchanged a smile. Their blockhead had finally figured things out and come to their senses. It would be best for the second branch of the family to close their doors and live their own lives for now.

The next day,

Granny Liu got up early and, seeing that Su Ye hadn't gone to help with the second family today, went up to her and asked:

"Boss, you don't need to go to that courtyard today?"

Su Ye nodded.

“Now that the house is almost finished, we don’t need so many people anymore. Besides, I only agreed to help them for seven days, and that time has long passed.”

After hearing this, Granny Liu leaned closer to Su Ye and whispered:

"I haven't had time to go and see how the courtyard is being built yet."

Su Ye smiled.

"The second son has really made something of himself, Mother. I think that courtyard is very impressive. You can't find another one like it in the surrounding villages."

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu's eyes widened immediately, and she said anxiously:

"Did the second brother tell you when they plan to raise the roof beam?"

Su Ye pondered for a moment before speaking:

"I think I heard him say something like that to someone yesterday, maybe it was about setting the roof beam for three days later."

As Su Ye spoke, she emptied the chamber pot into the vegetable garden and laughed:

"Mother, don't worry about it. How could we not invite you to such a big event as the second branch's roof-raising ceremony? Just come along for the feast."

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu pouted.

"Hmph, I think the second branch of the family has been struck by lightning. They're becoming more and more distant from me. Your second brother isn't as protective of me as he used to be. Who knows, they might not even invite me to the roof beam ceremony!"

As she spoke, Granny Liu spat on the ground.

Even if they don't let me go, as a mother, I definitely have to go and see.

Having said that, Granny Liu pinched her nose and cursed:

"What kind of man are you, spending all day at home emptying his wife's chamber pot? It's bad luck! Don't do it anymore! She's pregnant, she's not missing a hand or a foot. From now on, let her empty it herself!"