Reincarnation and Rebirth

Soon, the sounds of rummaging through drawers and cabinets came from the east and west wing rooms. Madam Chen was anxious and wanted to stop Old Madam Su, but the old lady was too strong, and she really didn't dare to lay a hand on her. If something happened, she couldn't bear the charge of disrespecting her parents-in-law.

As for the Xiang family, Su Hehua rushed onto their kang (heated brick bed) as soon as she entered, completely disregarding the fact that it was inappropriate for an unmarried aunt to sit on her brother and sister-in-law's kang.

Seeing her aunt's aggressive demeanor, Su Yue'er blocked her way in front of the kang cabinet, saying, "Aunt, what are you doing? This is my parents' room. You can't come in."

"Get out of my way." Su Hehua, having received the order from Old Madam Su, was naturally arrogant and completely disregarded the little girl. She shoved her aside, and Su Yue'er lost her balance and fell to the end of the kang (a heated brick bed), her forehead hitting the edge, causing blood to gush out immediately.

When Xiang entered the room, she saw Su Yue'er lying on the ground and cried out in fright, "Yue'er!" She immediately rushed over, picked up her daughter, and cried out, "Youcai, Youcai, come and see! Yue'er is bleeding!"

Su Hehua had already taken a purse out of the kang cabinet. After weighing it in her hand and finding that it was not light, she turned around and saw Su Yue'er bleeding and unconscious. She was shocked. "No, it has nothing to do with me. She rushed over by herself."

"Su Hehua, if anything happens to Yue'er, I'll never forgive you!" Xiang Shi said, her eyes bloodshot.

"I already said it's none of my business. Who told her to rush over there?" After saying that, she grabbed her purse and went to Grandma Su for help.

On the eldest son's side, Old Madam Su also made a great haul, not only finding the one tael of silver they had coveted yesterday, but also discovering three other places where the Chen family had hidden their private savings.

Su Youfu stared at the purse that Old Madam Su had found, his eyes sinister. The last purse he found was one he hadn't even known about. This Chen Shi had actually been secretly hiding money behind his back. What was she planning to do? He recalled that before the marriage, there had been rumors that she had originally taken a liking to a young man working at Chen Shi's general store, but her father disapproved because he thought the man was poor and dismissed him, thus ending the matter.

But Chen kept the money hidden from him. Could it be that she still harbored feelings for that person and was secretly helping him out?

Once the idea of ​​doubt takes hold, it becomes unstoppable.

"Husband, please say something!" Chen Shi anxiously tugged at Su Youfu's sleeve, but Su Youfu only glanced at her indifferently and didn't say a word. He then followed Old Madam Su back to the main room. Chen Shi was dumbfounded. That was the money she had painstakingly saved up over the years.

That old lady Su is really good at finding things; she managed to find them all.

Inside the house, the old man was still smoking his pipe, completely oblivious to the wailing and lamenting outside.

"Mother, look, this is what I found in Fourth Sister-in-law's room. Yue'er fell down, but it has nothing to do with me. She tried to stop me, so I just gave her a light push. Who knew she was so useless? I think it's because she doesn't do any work and is pampered. She doesn't have the life of a young lady, but she has the attitude of one."

Old Mrs. Su glared angrily at the bag of silver, which was no less than the eldest son's. "Hmph, they've all gone too far! They actually tried to hide their secret stash of money right under my nose! Damn good-for-nothings! So what if it's broken? Even God can't stand these heartless ingrates."

"Mother, Yue'er has fainted. How can you say such things? Quickly give me the money, and I'll go invite Uncle Lin."

"Pah! What's so precious about a good-for-nothing? A little wood ash will do. We only have this little bit of silver left in the house. Are we going to give up on this?"

"Mother, are you going to give me the money or not?" Su Youcai was furious.

Old Master Su raised his eyelids, his gaze sinister: "You have wealth, your mother was right."

Faced with the unpredictable old man, Su Youcai was also afraid, but thinking of his dying little daughter, he mustered his courage again, "Father, those silver coins were all embroidered by the mother and daughter stitch by stitch, and there is also Xiang's dowry money in them. Mother can't just take it away like that. It was you who promised that Yue'er could keep some of the money she earned from embroidery to buy herself sweets."

"Pah! How could a lowly girl like her possibly save up tens of taels of silver? Do you think your mother is stupid?"

“Father and Mother, every year I work hard to earn money outside and give it all to Mother.”

"Pah, then why don't you say how much silver Su Lin receives in tuition fees each year?"

Over there, Su Yue'er's wound was still bleeding profusely. Seeing her daughter's face growing paler and paler, Xiang Shi cried out in alarm, "Father, hurry and go get Uncle Lin! Yue'er is bleeding more and more!"

One-and-a-half-year-old Su Jie cried until his voice was hoarse because of this unexpected turn of events. Su Lin, holding his little brother, knelt in front of the two grandparents and pleaded, "Grandpa and Grandma, please, save my sister first, I beg you."

Faced with her grandson kneeling, Grandma Su felt a little sorry for him. In her eyes, her grandson was much more precious than those worthless children, especially since he was a good student.

"Brother Lin, get up quickly."

"Grandma, I know it's wrong for Mom and the others to hide money, but there are two taels of silver that Mom brought as part of her dowry in there. Grandma, please, let my sister see a doctor first."

Grandma Su couldn't bear to see her grandson kneeling and begging for mercy any longer, so she angrily pulled out a hundred coins from her purse and said, "That's all I have. I don't have any more."

Su Youcai picked up the silver, carried Su Yue'er, and went to find Lin Nanxing, with Xiang Shi stumbling behind him.

Seeing that the fourth branch of the family could get the money back, Chen gave Su Ping a wink.

Su Ping walked up to Old Lady Su, but before he could speak, Old Lady Su glared at Chen Shi fiercely and said, "What, trying to instigate my grandson again? Fine, you, or that good-for-nothing of yours, will break your brains, and I'll give you a hundred coins."

"Mother, how could you do this? Husband, say something..."

Su Youfu slapped her across the face, turning Chen's face to the side. She looked at him in disbelief, "You, you, you hit me?"

"How dare you hit me?"

Seeing this, Su Ping hurriedly stepped forward to stop Su Youfu, saying, "Father, why are you hitting Mother for no reason?"

Su Youfu spoke in a voice only Chen Shi and Su Ping could hear, his voice fierce, "What's the story behind the purse that Mother took out from the brick hole under the kang? I've never heard you mention it before."

Chen was taken aback, then realized why Su Youfu was so angry. She explained, "I just wanted to save some money for myself."

"Hmph, you know perfectly well whether it's your own money or money used to subsidize others."

Su Wan'er, who was in the distance, heard their conversation clearly and couldn't help but laugh. This old lady was looking for her secret stash of money and even found Chen's romantic affairs.

"Husband, how could you say such a thing to me..." Madam Chen hurriedly tried to explain, but Old Madam Su started to rage again.

“How could I not know the good from the bad of my own son? You poisonous woman, you were the one who instigated my son to hide money from his family, weren’t you? Look, now my son has turned against his own family for the greater good.”

Su Wan'er almost burst out laughing. This old lady even knows how to use idioms.