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

Su Banxia and Wei Kezhi talked for a while at the door, then said goodbye and left.

Granny Liu was wide awake by now. When she returned to the courtyard tonight, she saw that guests had come to the second room.

Seeing that there was still some lard in the large pot in the kitchen, he wondered what the second wife had cooked that day, since it was so oily.

He wanted to rush to the second branch of the family to find out what was going on, but Old Man Su stopped him, saying that he should save face for the second branch in front of outsiders.

So, Granny Liu had been peering out the window into the courtyard. Now that she saw Su Banxia seeing Wei Kezhi off, she was itching to go and confront the second wife.

As soon as Su Banxia entered the courtyard, Granny Liu jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), grabbed a broom, and rushed out.

"Su Banxia, ​​your second branch of the family is truly heartless! Go and call your parents out here. I want to ask them if they can live with themselves while secretly enjoying good food behind their parents' backs!"

Su Banxia had long anticipated this, but she didn't expect that Granny Liu would be so patient, only reacting after Wei Kezhi left. It seems she still understands that family scandals should not be aired in public.

Su Banxia stepped forward and stood firmly in front of Granny Liu, looking at her and saying:

"What, you Su family members haven't been eating good food behind our second branch's back? Why don't you first ask yourselves how you can bear to watch the second branch's family eat chaff and wild vegetables? Can you live with yourself?"

Granny Liu was speechless after being cornered by Su Banxia. She had indeed forbidden the second family from eating at the table and always fed them leftovers that she didn't like. This gave Su Banxia something to talk about.

But Granny Liu wasn't one to be trifled with. Seeing that she couldn't win an argument with Su Banxia, ​​she simply raised the broom handle in her hand and started hitting Su Banxia.

"I'll teach you to gossip and talk back to your elders. A sapling won't grow straight if it's not pruned. I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents today!"

As she spoke, she threw the object at Su Banxia. At that moment, Su Hanzhang rushed out of the house, grabbed Liu Pozi's wrist, and said in a deep voice:

“Mother, Banxia is my daughter. You don’t need to discipline her. Guihua and I will naturally teach her well.”

When Granny Liu saw that Su Hanzhang was openly defying her for the sake of a mere maid, she became even more furious and shouted at Su Hanzhang:

"Hanzhang, are you trying to drive me crazy? It's bad enough that your whole second branch of the family is eating behind my back, but you actually dare to disobey me like this!"

Wang Guihua, who came out from behind, was displeased upon hearing this.

“How can you say that our second branch of the family eats behind your back? Now that we have separated our households, we don’t need to report to you what we eat, do we?”

When Granny Liu saw that Wang Guihua dared to talk back to her now, she was so angry that her chest ached. She glared at Wang Guihua fiercely, then clutched her chest and said:

"Who do you think you are, daring to lecture me now? I'm not dead yet! Your whole second wife's family, old and young, are trying to drive me to my death!"

Su Banxia clicked her tongue in astonishment at the unreasonable Granny Liu before her. The second branch of the family had only failed to bring her pork, and now she was throwing around words of life and death.

Passersby who didn't know the situation might have assumed that the second wife's family had been tormenting Granny Liu.

While everyone in the courtyard was at an impasse, Su Congxian, completely drunk, staggered in from outside, carrying a wine jug.

I groggily opened my eyes to find the courtyard in chaos. Granny Liu was standing in the center, waving a broom around wildly, arguing about something. I was instantly furious.

His own wife had been driven away by his unreasonable mother, and now she was causing trouble for the Su family again. Su Congxian felt very uncomfortable.

So, emboldened by the alcohol, Su Congxian stepped forward, grabbed the wine jug, stood in front of Granny Liu, and smashed the wine jug hard on the ground.

With a loud crash, Su Congxian pointed at Granny Liu's nose and began to curse.

"Mother, do you really not care about us children? Now my wife has been sent back to her parents' home by you and wants a divorce. I will have no wife in the future. Are you really that heartless?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu, who was still arguing with the second wife's family, trembled with fright and looked at Su Congxian, saying:

"You, your wife has gotten so bold! She actually dared to mention divorce to you! So much time has passed, and she's gone to her parents' house to enjoy her leisure time. Doesn't she plan to do any of the housework? She doesn't even say she'll come back to serve you soon!"

Upon hearing this, Su Congxian sneered.

"Mother, what are you dreaming about? Lin is already looking for a new husband. She's determined to divorce me. Why would she come back to serve me?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu felt a tightness in her chest and couldn't breathe.

"Has that Lin family really gone too far? She actually dares to look for a new husband! I want to see which family would dare to take in a woman that our Su family doesn't want! Third brother, don't be sad, tomorrow your mother will go with you to Lingge Village to bring her back!"

As she spoke, Granny Liu clutched her chest and said fiercely:

"She accepted our betrothal gifts, how can she just leave like that? If she doesn't come back tomorrow, I'll tie her up and bring her back!"

As soon as Granny Liu finished speaking, Su Congxian, who was drunk, suddenly went limp and lay down on the ground, muttering:

"Wife, wife, come back, I was wrong, it was all my fault..."

At this moment, Qin, who was peeking out through the window crack, saw this and rushed out of the house to help Su Congxian. Seeing this, Granny Liu quickly said to Qin:

"Qin, you've come at the right time. Quickly help the third son back to his room to lie down. It's such a disaster, such a disaster. Neither of them can give me any peace of mind."

Granny Liu also gave up her desire to eat pork at this point. She just glared fiercely at the second branch of the family, then clutched her chest, leaned against the wall, and went back into the house.

Seeing that Granny Liu had stopped making a fuss, Su Hanzhang called his wife and daughters back to their room. He didn't want to get involved in the Su family's affairs right now.

Now, the house at the foot of Dwarf Mountain is taking shape. Su Hanzhang and Wang Guihua are eager to finish the house as soon as possible so they can move out of the old Su family home and avoid living such a chaotic life every day.

Qin helped Su Congxian back into the house, then fetched a basin of cold water and carefully wiped the dirt off his face.

Ever since that night when Qin Shi and Su Congxian tasted the forbidden fruit, she had been constantly preoccupied with it. Since Su Congxian usually treated her no differently, she assumed that he was too drunk to know about what happened that night.

Therefore, Qin stayed up by the window every night, hoping that Su Congxian would get drunk again so that she could experience the pleasures of being a woman once more.