Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

That's why Huang Hongxiang dared to argue with Lin Jingyao.

Lin Jingyao now envies the life Wang Xiaohui lives.

Wang Xiaohui worked for the Gu family, who made soap. They used a lot of lard every day, which resulted in a lot of lard residue.

There's far more oil residue than the Gu family could possibly finish eating.

So often, some of it would be shared with Wang Xiaohui, Gu Jin, and Wu Guifang.

Any dish will taste delicious if you have oil.

The aroma of the oil is so strong you can smell it even if you're standing in the yard.

Wang Xiaohui worked these past few days and received a considerable share.

Now, when she comes back from work, she no longer just eats pickled vegetables for lunch.

Whether it's cabbage or pickled vegetables, stir-frying them with some pork cracklings makes them very fragrant!

Not to mention Qiuqiu getting fat, she herself has visibly gained weight.

And they even started using soap to wash clothes...

Lin Jingyao's lips moved a few times, but he remained silent.

When everyone sat down for dinner that evening, aside from Lin Jinghui, the remaining three brothers of the Lin family looked at each other. In the end, Lin Jingyao took the lead and said, "Father, Mother, how about we divide the family property?"

Qiu Yuefang gripped her chopsticks tightly, her expression gloomy.

She knew, of course, that separating the family was the best option given the current situation.

But she was unhappy when her son brought it up himself.

In Qiu Yuefang's view, her son's initiative to propose separating the family property meant that he was biased towards his daughter-in-law and did not put her, his mother, first. It was also a challenge to her authority by his daughter-in-law.

So Qiu Yuefang held her chopsticks, her face gloomy, and remained silent.

She didn't speak, but Lin Guangqian had thought about it carefully. "Let's see how other families are doing it tomorrow. If they've all split up, we'll split up too."

"Later... I'll also try to sound out Jing Shen's father and see how the Gu family views what happened before."

"Don't let us stop working when the family splits up."

With the prospect of dividing the family property in sight, both the daughters-in-law, like Huang Hongmei, and the sons, like Lin Jingyao, showed joy on their faces.

Lin Jingyao nodded, "Okay, then go ask tomorrow."

Qiu Yuefang was uncomfortable, so she said, "It's fine to separate the family, but you can each go back to your own rooms. You can still eat together."

Huang Hongmei exploded upon hearing this: "What kind of family division is this?"

“That’s how our family divided the property. If you’re not happy about it, go back to your parents’ home,” Qiu Yuefang said fiercely to Huang Hongmei.

Seeing Huang Hongmei's stunned expression, Qiu Yuefang sneered, "Hmph, I know you want to make money like that little woman."

“But this spot is for the villagers of Xiangxing Brigade. If you are divorced, you won’t be eligible.”

Upon hearing this, Huang Hongxiang seemed to have all her strength drained away, and she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

The wives of the second and third sons sat at the same table, but dared not utter a sound.

Qiu Yuefang looked around at her three daughters-in-law and saw that they were being manipulated again, which made her extremely happy.

Qiu Yuefang has not yet separated from the family.

Other families in the brigade who had married daughters-in-law went back and discussed it, and then they all divided the property.

Because everyone would soon have a job to earn money after the family split up, no one would fuss over the little things related to the family division.

So the division was done very efficiently.

That night, the young wives of every household in Xiangxing Brigade were overjoyed.

Now that we've separated from the family, I don't have to live at my mother-in-law's mercy anymore. Soon I'll even have a job to earn money, and my family will definitely treat me well then.

While they were happy, they also remembered to thank Wen Tang in their hearts.

After all, if it weren't for Wen Tang setting up this soap factory, they wouldn't have had the opportunity to make money and hold their heads high.

Wen Tang had no idea about the situation of each family.

At the dinner table, the Gu family was more interested in the topic of building a new house.

Lin Liansheng told them, "The brick factory will come to deliver the bricks tomorrow."

Zhong Meixian said, "Then let Ancheng and his two brothers come and help. That way, with more people, we can build faster."

The next day, before Gu Juyuan could even go looking for anyone, Xu Ancheng and his two brothers arrived at Gu's house carrying shovels and buckets.

Although the recruitment was conducted by lottery, Xu Ancheng was selected, while Xu Anming and Xu Ansheng were not. The two brothers thought about it and realized that it was not a coincidence. It was because of their mother's influence and their uncle's family was putting pressure on them!

So Xu Anming and Xu Ansheng were both very proactive in coming to work today.

I came over right after dropping my rice bowl this morning.

Gu Juyuan was pleased to see his three nephews come over to help with the work.

He invited the people into the house and offered them tea.

Xu Anming and the others refused, saying, "We just came from home and aren't thirsty."

“That’s right, we haven’t even started this work yet!” Xu Ancheng said, and then picked up a shovel to shovel away clods of earth.

Before the red bricks were delivered, the clods of earth on the ground were cleared away.

The three brothers started digging the foundation again.

Just as they were digging, the bricks arrived.

The three of them then removed all the bricks.

The truckload of bricks was unloaded quickly.

Zhong Meixian poured water for everyone, saying, "Quick, have some water, or you'll get exhausted."

Xu Ancheng waved his hand, "I'm not tired. It's just like working in the fields. I'm used to it. What's tiring about it!"

"Aunt, if the kitchen is demolished, will the main room be demolished too?" Xu Ancheng asked, taking a sip of water.

Zhong Meixian smiled and nodded, "Yes, Xiaotang said that they should all be built into big houses."

Xu Ancheng gave a thumbs up, "Yan Li is lucky, he married a really good wife."

His wife, Zhang Fen, had already come to work at the Gu family's house today, and she just happened to come out to empty the wastewater.

Xu Ancheng quickly changed his tune, saying, "I'm also lucky to have found such a wonderful wife as Fen."

"Look at how I'm now living off a woman."

Zhang Fen rolled her eyes at him upon hearing this, "Divine Metal!"

Xu Ancheng wasn't angry; he just kept chuckling.

They helped with the work, and it wouldn't be appropriate to let them go back for lunch.

Gu Jinfeng simply made a little extra, and the people who came to make soap all ate lunch at Gu's house.

There were two tables full of people just for eating.

On the third day of construction on the Gu family's house, someone Wen Tang disliked walked past the Gu family's gate.

Luo Qiao's older brother, Luo Hanqing, came from the city.

He came to help Luo Qiao and Luo Tian pack their things.

Passing by the Gu family's house, Luo Hanqing glanced at the crowd busy building the house, then lowered his eyes and continued walking.

He knew this was the Gu family; he knew it from when he visited Luo Qiao and Luo Tian in the countryside.

I know this is the Gu family's house, and I also know that the house the Gu family used to live in was a mud-brick house with a passageway with a courtyard gate.

Now that it's been demolished, it looks like a new one is going to be built.

There were bricks next to it, which looked like they were for laying bricks.

It looks like it costs money.

It seems his sister was right.

Gu's wife came up with the idea of ​​making money.

She ate the meat herself, but wouldn't let anyone else have a drop of soup.

I just don't know if what she did is completely legal.

Luo Hanqing walked by quickly. Everyone only glanced at him, said a few words, and then no one looked at him any longer.

He went to the educated youth settlement alone, asked someone for a key, and opened the door.

The room already smelled musty.

Luo Hanqing raised his hand to fan the air, held his breath, and began rummaging through the things.