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

As soon as Qin said this, Granny Liu clapped her hands and cheered.

"Yes, yes, your sister-in-law speaks the truth!"

When Lin saw that the two of them were ganging up on her, she immediately became furious and started cursing at Qin.

"Who do you think you are, stirring up trouble here? Aren't you just like me, someone's daughter-in-law? I advise you to do more good deeds, lest you bring about your own downfall by doing many unrighteous things!"

Seeing that these people were about to start arguing again after just a short while of quiet, Old Man Su snorted coldly.

"Keep an eye on your wives, and don't let them embarrass me in public!"

Upon hearing this, the eldest and third brothers immediately stepped forward, grabbed their wives, and glared at the two of them.

"Stop arguing, let's talk about it when we get home!"

The quarreling group finally calmed down, and they glared at each other all the way until they finally arrived at Sujia Village.

As soon as they got off the oxcart, Lin and Qin started fighting. Liu Pozi, on the other hand, was so angry with Lin that she had a headache and felt dizzy. She didn't care about anything else, went straight into her room, lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and groaned while covering her head.

She remembered what Su Banxia had said last time: if she got angry again, she might not live long. So, although Granny Liu felt suffocated and annoyed, she didn't dare to argue with Lin Shi anymore. She was afraid that she would pass away before she could enjoy the blessings of her fourth son.

The two women, Lin and Qin, were rolling around in a tug-of-war, pulling each other's hair. Su Tao, standing nearby, was terrified, screaming and clutching her stomach.

"Oh, Mother, please stop fighting with my third aunt! Third aunt, please let go! You're really going to kill my mother!"

Seeing this, Old Man Su quickly shouted.

"Quickly pull your wives apart and go back to your own rooms. Don't make a scene in the yard! Do you really want to watch them fight to the death?"

Seeing this, the eldest and third brothers quickly stepped forward to pull the two apart.

Su Songchuan, who was standing to the side, spoke up:

"Su Tao, you should go back inside. You're pregnant now, so don't get involved with them. You should also talk to your mother and tell her not to argue all the time. We're all family, what good does arguing do? It just makes our Su family look bad and gives outsiders something to laugh at."

Upon hearing this, Su Tao looked up and glared at Su Songchuan, then said coldly:

"Fourth Uncle, stop making sarcastic remarks now. Don't you know why they started arguing? It's because you always like to put on airs and stir up trouble in front of my Third Aunt. Now that they've started fighting, you can't clean up the mess. You know that their constant arguing will make them a laughing stock in front of outsiders. Why didn't you do this earlier?"

After Su Tao finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at the two people wrestling on the ground. Seeing that Qin Shi had the upper hand and was unlikely to suffer any losses, she turned her head and went straight into the house.

Su Songchuan was suddenly lectured by his own niece, and he felt a tightness in his chest, unable to get up or down. He felt very aggrieved. When he saw the two of them fighting, he didn't bother with it and went back to his room to read.

Su Ye and Su Congxian struggled to separate the two and get them back into their rooms.

As soon as she entered the room, Lin Shi knelt down by the kang (a heated brick bed) and began to cry.

“You’re all good people, and I’m the only bad one. I’m the only one who disgraced his fourth son, the only one who’s an unfilial daughter-in-law, and the only one who has to bear all the blame! So you won’t even take a bite of the basket I brought back? You all gang up on me just because I’m an outsider! That Qin woman is a slut too. She’s a daughter-in-law just like me, but she doesn’t stand with me. Instead, she’s helping that old hag. What good will she get out of this? Is she the only one who stands out? She’s jumping around like a wild monkey!”

Seeing Lin Shi crying so pitifully, Su Congxian quickly went over and patted her back, gently comforting her:

"Wife, don't be angry. I know you've been wronged, but we are the younger generation after all, and we can't talk back to our parents like that. If you say those things, people will think we are the most wicked and unfilial children."

Lin turned around, flung Su Congxian's hand away, and glared at him fiercely.

"You're a coward too! You just watched your wife get bullied, you were practically clapping and cheering! I must have had the worst luck in my life to marry you!"

Lin became increasingly angry as she spoke, and immediately got up to pack her bags.

"Fine, so you think it's shameful for me to pick vegetables? Then I won't give you any of these vegetables either. I'll take them back to my parents' house. They're the parents who gave me life and raised me, after all. They won't kick me out of the house because of this! Listen to what your mother is saying. She'd rather I were dead so you could stay single and fawn over her your whole life. That's what makes her happy. I'm making room for you two, so don't say I'm in your way!"

Upon seeing this, Su Congxian immediately reached for the bundle in Lin's hand.

“Oh dear, wife, you’ve only said a few words, why are you going back to your parents’ home again? If you go back to your parents’ home, then I’ll be all alone at home again. Besides, what kind of talk is that? How could my mother want me to be a bachelor? She just said a few wrong things in the heat of the moment. I’ll talk to her alone after she calms down and tell her not to say things like that to upset you again.”

As he spoke, Su Congxian hugged Lin Shi tightly again.

“Good wife, I can’t live without you. Can you bear to see me all alone and helpless in the Su family? Who said you’re bad at threshing vegetables? I think this is excellent. So what if the Li family is rich? They always waste food. Their lives will be ruined in a few years. My wife knows how to manage money. Bringing these vegetables back means we can eat for several days. If they don’t eat them, I’ll eat with you. These are all good things. I have to say you’re smart, wife. When you’re out in the world, you need someone like me to steer the ship. Otherwise, how would I, a fool, have known to bring threshing vegetables back?”

Lin, who was still sulking, burst into laughter after hearing Su Congxian's words.

“Yes, you’re right. We’ll eat it ourselves and not give it to them. Let those blind fools starve! Let them go hungry if they want. We’ll eat this dish in our own room. I’ll heat up the food later, and I’ll have Qingsong get you some wine. Tonight, I’ll have a few drinks with you over this meal.”

Seeing that he had finally appeased his wife, Su Congxian breathed a sigh of relief and happily said:

"Okay, honey, I'll do as you say. I'll listen to you. You're in charge of our family!"

Lin was furious and only thought about going back to her parents' home for a few days. But then she thought about it. It had only been a few days since her nephew had become disabled in Sujia Village. She was already ashamed to face her family. If she went back to her parents' home to ask her brother and sister-in-law for help after being wronged, who knew what they would think of her? Rather than suffer indignities at her parents' home, she would rather be a shrew at her husband's home!