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

Hearing the noise outside, Granny Liu impatiently turned over.

"Hmph, I didn't believe your nonsense. Now that you've separated from me, the money will definitely not be handed over to me anymore. I'd rather sleep with this one or two taels of silver in my pocket."

The second branch of the family knelt at Granny Liu's door all day, so she didn't leave the house at all. She even relieved herself inside. Old Man Su brought her food into the house, and she was extremely well taken care of.

Seeing that there had been no movement from inside the house all day, Su Mo remembered what Su Banxia had said earlier and turned to look at Su Hanzhang.

"Dad, why don't we just kick the door down and go in? I see Grandma like this..."

Su Hanzhang glared at Su Mo.

"No matter what, Father will never do anything unfilial!"

Upon hearing this, Su Mo clenched her fists, swallowed hard, and wanted to say something but ultimately remained silent. Just as she turned her head, she heard a "plop" sound...

Su Hanzhang and Su Mo turned their heads at the same time and saw that Wang Guihua had fainted from exhaustion after kneeling all day.

Seeing this, Su Hanzhang quickly got up to help Wang Guihua, and then called out to the second room:

"Banxia, ​​Banxia, ​​your mother has fainted!"

As he spoke, Su Hanzhang picked up Wang Guihua and carried her into the house. Su Mo, who was watching from the side, was also quite frightened and quickly got up and followed.

Su Banxia directed Su Hanzhang to place Wang Guihua on the kang (a heated brick bed), and then said to Su Hanzhang:

"Dad, go out and eat first. The food is ready. Don't let one of you fall ill and then another. If your health collapses, you won't be able to do anything in the future. Don't worry, I'll take care of Mom here."

Su Hanzhang listened to this and felt it made sense. If the second branch of the family fell ill just as they were preparing to establish their own household, wouldn't that be bad luck? So he nodded and said:

"Okay, Banxia, ​​thank you for your hard work."

As he spoke, he turned and glanced helplessly at Su Mo.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go out to eat."

Su Mo hadn't eaten properly yesterday, and had been kneeling all day today, so she was indeed hungry. So she didn't say anything and followed Su Hanzhang to eat.

Su Banxia first took Wang Guihua's pulse. Fortunately, she was not seriously ill; she had simply fainted from exhaustion. Su Banxia then took out silver needles and inserted them into Wang Guihua's knees several times. She then rolled up Wang Guihua's trousers to examine the bruises on her knees.

Su Banxia took out well water from her spatial storage and fed it to Wang Guihua. She then used the well water to rub away the bruises on Wang Guihua's knees. Seeing that Wang Guihua's face was no longer as pale as before, Su Banxia covered her with a blanket and let her go to sleep.

the next morning,

As soon as Su Banxia opened her eyes, she heard the noisy sounds of gongs and drums outside, followed by an annoying yet familiar voice.

"Su Mo, I've come to take you home for our wedding!"

Su Banxia frowned, surprised that Su Feng was in such a hurry. The engagement had just been arranged, and he was already coming to pick up the bride today. Su Banxia quickly got up and dressed.

I had just gotten up when I saw Su Mo sitting at the table, looking terrified, holding Wang Guihua's hand and murmuring:

"Mother, Mother, I beg you, I really can't marry Su Feng, he'll kill me."

Su Banxia found Su Mo's words rather strange. Although Su Feng was a bad person, he seemed to be genuinely caring towards Su Mo. So how did Su Mo come to the conclusion that Su Feng would kill her?

Logically speaking, Su Mo is a bold person. Judging from the methods she usually uses against Wei Kezhi, she seems to be someone who is eager to get married. Why is she so resistant now?

Su Banxia couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it and simply pushed open the door. She saw Su Feng standing at the second wife's door with a fawning expression, even wearing a bright red wedding robe.

"Oh, isn't this my eldest sister? Today, our two families are becoming in-laws, so let's put aside all past grievances. From now on, you'll be my dear eldest sister!"

Su Banxia quickly waved her hand and said disdainfully:

"No, I don't even acknowledge Su Mo as my sister anymore, so don't try to claim kinship with me here."

Upon hearing this, Su Feng's face stiffened, and then he forced back his anger and said:

"Where is Su Mo? Hurry up and bring her out, lest we miss the auspicious time."

Before Su Banxia could speak, Wang Guihua and Su Hanzhang came out of the house, staring intently at Su Feng and saying:

"Su Feng, stop bothering my daughter. We, as her parents, do not approve of your marriage. It's no use talking to anyone else."

Su Feng immediately became anxious upon hearing this.

"Does your Su family really have no shame? Just a few days ago, Granny Liu accepted a tael of silver as a betrothal gift from my family in front of Aunt Cai, and now you're turning your back on us?"

Su Hanzhang angrily said:

"Who cares about your betrothal gifts? Anyway, I'm not marrying my daughter, and I'll return your betrothal gifts to you!"

Upon hearing this, Su Feng's anger surged, and he immediately disregarded everything else, turning around and shouting to his underlings behind him:

"What are you still doing, kick the door down and take them away!"

Upon hearing this, the group of henchmen disregarded everything and rushed forward to shove and push Su Hanzhang and Wang Guihua, who were blocking the doorway. The two had been kneeling all day and were exhausted; they were no match for the shoving of these strong young men.

Wang Guihua and Su Hanzhang were both pushed to the ground. Su Shiyan, who had just come out of the outhouse, grabbed a carrying pole and charged towards the group.

Su Banxia quickly helped Wang Guihua out of the crowd to prevent her from getting hurt in a real fight. When Su Hanzhang saw his son come out, he struggled to get up, grabbed a broom from the corner, and started hitting the people.

Just as Su Banxia was about to call for help from the eldest and third wives, she saw Su Ye peering out of Li Ayu's window. As soon as Su Banxia met his eyes, Su Ye quickly closed the window.

Seeing this, Li Ayu, who was sitting to the side, frowned and said:

“Brother Su, now that this has come to our yard, shouldn’t you go out and mediate? We can’t let them laugh at us and say that you brothers don’t get along.”

Su Ye waved his hand and said:

“Oh dear, Ayu, you don’t understand. My mother has already accepted their money. If we don’t hand them over now, we’ll be in the wrong. We can’t do something in the wrong, or people will gossip about us.”

Li Ayu had thought that since Su Banxia had indeed helped her some time ago, she should speak up for the second branch of the family. However, after hearing Su Ye's words, Li Ayu decided to stop caring. After all, the Su family's affairs were none of her business.

Hearing the commotion, Madam Lin hurriedly urged Su Congxian to get up.

"Congxian, get up quickly and go out to see what's going on. I hear a commotion and it sounds like my older brother and sister-in-law have been beaten."

Su Congxian got up impatiently and put on his clothes, muttering to himself:

"When did you become so concerned about the affairs of the second wife?"