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The woman's footsteps became lighter, and the weight of the silver coins made her inexplicably happy.
After the house of Liu Goudan was repaired, Wang's reputation in Sanhe Village skyrocketed, and business from outside villages came rushing in one after another.
It was truly a case of counting money until her hands grew tired, and with the work not being too heavy, Liu Eldest and Liu Er, along with a few older family members, could easily handle it.
As for the final distribution of the money? At this thought, Wang felt a bit unhappy.
"Why should I work so hard only to split it with the Second House? No way, I need to keep more!" Thinking back to the previous fifty-fifty split with the First Branch and Second House made Wang feel pained.
No, this time it couldn't be divided like that! Wang made up her mind!
In the newly built courtyard of the Liu Family lived the First Branch, the Second House, and Yan's good Qin Family. As for the Fourth House and Fifth Branch, Wang had left them in the cave under the pretext that there wasn't enough room in the new house.
Because of this, Liu Laosi and Liu Laowu had no other thoughts; on the contrary, both families felt freer now since Wang didn't have as much time to take care of them.
Sometimes when Liu Laosi went up the mountain and found something delicious, he could secretly bring it back for the children to taste. Compared to living together in a cramped space, things were much better now.
He even secretly hoped that he would never have to live with the First Branch or Second House again in this lifetime.
In the room of the First Branch, four people sat facing each other, each occupying one side of a wooden table, with a pile of copper coins in the middle.
"Siblings, this is what you and Erdi get; the rest is ours!" Wang smiled as she divided the silver coins into two piles, pushing some toward Jiang Clan.
"Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this?" Jiang Clan wasn't foolish; this business was completed jointly by the First Branch and Second House. Why should they receive less money?
"Siblings, you must understand that I was busy running around for this business; my feet are almost broken from all the work. What did you do? Wasn't it just some labor? This is already quite generous for you!"
"No way, we also sent three people to clean, it should be evenly divided. Why is it changing now?"
The Jiang Clan looked at the meager amount in front of them, barely half of what the Wang family had, and their anger grew.
"No way, I don't agree!" The voice was firm and left no room for refusal.
Wang stood up abruptly: "Why not? This is all there is. If you want it, take it; if not, then fine by me!"
Her mind was racing. The Jiang Clan didn’t want it anyway; since business was slow, her husband and son could handle the remaining work just fine. So she felt much more confident than the Jiang Clan.
"Hey! Are you trying to burn bridges after crossing them? Don't you want to do business anymore?" The Jiang Clan, dressed in a lake green coarse cloth long skirt and wearing a silver hairpin, stood up with an imposing presence.
"Are you threatening me?" Wang's voice was low as she felt the pressure from the Jiang Clan's threat.
She couldn't help but soften her tone: "Siblings, even so, we can't split it evenly. Absolutely not!" As for the core technology of construction, that definitely couldn't be stolen.
"Sister-in-law, you should know that the second son has been working with us for a while; he knows what he needs to know."
The rest of the conversation went unspoken, but everyone understood the implication.
Wang suddenly sat down again, gritting her teeth to calm the turmoil inside her. However, seeing the pile of shiny copper coins on the table being handed over so easily was indeed painful. It wasn't her style to just give up money she had worked hard to earn.
"Wait a minute, we can't settle this like this. I'm the one bringing in business; all the favors and connections cost money. If you’re unwilling, then forget it; we’ll find someone else!"
Wang was just trying to intimidate the Jiang Clan. This sister-in-law seemed tough, but in reality, she had no big ideas. Otherwise, how could she have been so obedient all these years under her control?
However, the Jiang Clan, greedy and envious, was determined not to back down. A sharp voice suddenly rang out.
Wang was equally furious, and the two sisters-in-law began to argue fiercely.
At that moment, the Qin Family and Yan were at home. They had no objections to the First Branch and Second House working hard from dawn till dusk; they were naturally pleased that the children could manage on their own.
But today, the sudden argument caught their attention. After listening for a moment in the courtyard, even the most naive couple understood what was happening.
Yan didn't know how to feel at this moment. Logically, it should be a good thing that his eldest son was making money, but he couldn't feel happy at all.
Because the craftsmanship for building the house belonged to that granddaughter who had been driven out.
The two children already had a hard life; why did they have to fight for their livelihood?
Thinking this way, Yan blurted it out, interrupting the two women who were arguing like mad.
The two women, who had just been at each other's throats, immediately united against him: "Dad, you can't say that. We do our own work; that worthless girl can do hers. What's wrong with that?"
Wang scoffed and dismissed Yan's reasoning with a huff! It was only because Liu Qingxi was involved that she bothered to engage at all; otherwise, she wouldn't care about so much.
In short, she simply didn't want to see those two brats living well.
Yan was already the slowest thinker; after just a couple of exchanges, he was left speechless by Wang's retorts.
"Father, please don't blame me for speaking harshly. Are those two brats your grandchildren? What about the rest of the family? Can you bear to let them go hungry and cold? Can you bear to see them unable to find a spouse?
Moreover, with so many houses, we can't finish all the work. Even if we give everything to the dead girl, can she really earn that much on her own?"
"That's right, that's right! Sister-in-law is correct!" The Jiang Clan nodded eagerly like chickens pecking at grains.
"Forget what you did before, but don't make things difficult for Qingxi in the future!" Yan felt deeply sorry for her two grandchildren while lamenting her own insignificant position in the family.
"That won't do, Father. You don't understand how it is when you're not in charge. With so many people in our family, everything costs money. If we don't earn money, who will support them? The eldest, Azure Tree, is about to get married. Are we just going to watch him remain single for life?"
"This..." Yan found it hard to choose between his grandchildren.
In just a moment, Wang and the Jiang Clan slammed the door shut, cutting off the old couple's view and reducing the chances of their voices being heard outside.
The First Branch and Second House continued to discuss how to divide the money behind closed doors.
Liu Qingxi was completely unaware of their impersonation and all the commotion they were causing in the neighboring village because she was simply too busy!
The Liu Family members had no real connection with her, and she didn't have time to pay attention to these shameless people; they were an eyesore and lowered her spirits.
But Wang and others just wouldn't let her have peace.
The Qin Family's complete retelling was nothing more than a big joke to Liu Qingxi.
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