Chapter 91 - Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Chen Family Wants to Split Up 1 (1/2)

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Chen Family Wants to Split Up 1

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At night, Yingbao entered her underground hideout.

The soybeans and wheat she had planted previously were almost ripe, and the cabbages had grown quite large.

The shepherd’s purse and chives were blooming as well.

These crops are difficult to harvest during winter. It truly is frustrating.

Previously, she had planted golden and silver fungi, which were also ripe. Yingbao simply harvested them and left them to dry on a bamboo rack.

She sprinkled a little Ganoderma juice over the mycelium, waiting for them to fruit.

For the next few days, Yingbao resumed her usual life. She went to school in the morning, tutored her younger brothers in the afternoon, read medical books herself, and cleaned up crops in the hideout at night.

Early one morning, she got up, cleaned herself up and went to feed the deer.

Meanwhile, Chunniang was cooking in the kitchen.

The dough kneaded last night had already fermented. Chunniang added some alkali in the water, dipped her hand in the alkaline water and started kneading the dough to steam buns.

When Yingbao returned from feeding the deer and washed her hands, she also started kneading the dough.

“Today we’re making date buns.” Chunniang bought two catties of dried dates from the county and a bag of brown sugar and osmanthus. They were perfect for making bun fillings.

“Date buns are delicious.” Yingbao smacked her lips. In her previous life, she had tasted her mother’s date buns once. The dried dates were pitted and wrapped with brown sugar in the dough and then steamed. It was fragrant and sweet.

At that time, their family was poor. Her mother only made them once a year during the New Year. That was the only time she got to taste them.

As the mother and daughter were kneading the dough, the neighbour, Aunt Wang, came in with a mysterious look on her face, “Chunniang, I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?” Chunniang placed the kneaded buns on a bamboo tray.

Aunt Wang took a seat on a bench, patted Yingbao’s head and said, “Chen

Laoshuan’s second son and daughter-in-law from West Village were beaten up

Chunniang and Yingbao immediately turned their heads to look at Aunt Wang, their eyes gleaming, “Really? What happened? Did they lose any limbs?”

Aunt Wang gave a sly smile, “Chen Changping’s head was broken, and his wife’s face was swollen like a pig’s head.”

“Serves them right!” Chunniang laughed, “Bad people deserve to be punished.”

Yingbao asked, “Do you know if the one who beat them was caught?” She had a sense of unease in her heart.

Aunt Wang laughed and said, “From what I hear, it doesn’t seem like they’ve been caught. This morning, I went to West Village and saw quite a commotion.” “What was the commotion?” Chunniang leaned in and asked.

Aunt Wang slapped her thigh, “Oh, you wouldn’t know, Chen Laoshuan’s sons and daughters-in-law are arguing about dividing the family property. Chen Dalang, the eldest, even came back from the county and wanted to fight with his younger brother.”

Chunniang pulled up a stool and sat down, curiously asking, “Tell me more.”

Yingbao also brought a bowl of brown sugar porridge to Aunt Wang, “Aunt Wang, please continue.”

Aunt Wang took a sip of the porridge and said, “According to their neighbours, when Chen Changping and his wife returned, they demanded money from their parents, specifically two hundred taels. My goodness, two hundred taels! We wouldn’t make that much in a lifetime.”

Chunniang and her daughter looked at Aunt Wang without batting an eye, waiting for her to continue.

“Guess what, the eldest brother Chen immediately turned against them. He said that the money he had earned over the years was spent on his younger brother’s education and now he had to repay his sister-in-law’s debts. If this continued, life would be unbearable. They might as well split the family.”

Aunt Wang took another sip of porridge and then said, “Since the eldest brother suggested splitting the family, the third son’s wife also demanded a separate living. Chen Changhai, the son-in-law of the third family, had gone to serve in the military. All they had at home was his wife and a five-year-old child.

That daughter-in-law was quite something. She immediately went home and brought back her family. They demanded that her parents-in-law also give them two hundred taels for the division of property. If the second brother could get two hundred taels, so should the third. They wouldn’t settle for less.”

Aunt Wang emptied the bowl of porridge, put down the bowl and laughed, “Now, the Feng Family took a rope to hang herself but was stopped. Chen Laoshuan was so angry that he smashed all the pots and plates in the house and was jumping around, demanding that his second son divorce his wife.” Yingbao blinked, deep in thought.

In her previous life, the Chen Family had never asked the second son to divorce his wife, and they had never split up.

Until Chen Changping passed the scholar examination and moved to the county, the two brothers of the Chen Family still helped him buy a house and courtyard in the county.

This was strange.

But it’s good that their family is in such a mess. It makes her wonder if Mrs. Han will still covet her, the human tool, in the future.

“Oh Chunniang, I came back specifically to tell you this. I need to go back and see what’s going on.” said Aunt Wang.

Aunt Wang stood up and touched Yingbao’s little head, “Dare to steal our little Fairy Child, tsk! May his entire family be cursed!”