As everyone pointed fingers at Zhao and Ye Dasheng, Ye Sangwan noticed Zhu Chaozhang entering, breathlessly. She pushed past the gathered onlookers, tears glistening in her eyes, and approached him.

“Grandpa Zhu, please seek justice for our first wife!” she pleaded.

She recounted the entire ordeal, publicly exposing Zhao’s so-called glorious deeds.

Zhu Chaozhang’s face darkened with fury, his teeth clenched. “Don’t cry, Wan girl. Grandpa Zhu will see to it that justice is served!”

Ye Sangwan, however, shook her head firmly. “No! Zhao Juhua claims my father was her son in life and death. She took ten taels from my father’s funeral silver, along with the new house he built for the Ye family before he passed. He has more than repaid my grandmother’s kindness in raising him.

“As for the remaining freeloaders in our first house, we can let go of everything else—but we must sever ties!”

“Sever ties? Who wants to sever ties with your eldest house?” Zhao’s voice shrilled, her panic barely concealed. She knew the eldest house was at its most vulnerable they are easy to bully and can be easily worked in the name of filial pity. If the relationship was broken off, who would do the hard labor at home and in the fields?

“Then I’ll kill you today! And then take my own life!” Ye Sangwan’s eyes burned red as she raised the knife again, charging toward Zhao.

Zhu Chaozhang quickly called for people to stop her. Seeing Ye Sangwan’s resolute nature, his heart pounded with urgency. “Don’t act rashly! Grandpa Zhu will see justice done!”

The villagers of Banyuepo were simple folk—descendants of refugees who had migrated from the border. Among the original residents, they were still considered outsiders, even barbarians. A murder within the village would only fuel more malicious gossip.

As the commotion intensified, an old man with a hunched back and graying hair walked out from Ye family’s big house. With his hands clasped behind him, he approached at a slow, staggering pace.

Ye Sangwan recognized him instantly—her grandfather, Ye Wenzhu.

In her memories, he had always been an indifferent man, preferring to stay out of conflicts, would stand aside and watch them getting exploited. So why was he stepping forward now?

When he reached her, he pressed a yellowed piece of paper into her hands. His voice, hoarse and weary, carried an air of finality. “From today onward, our Ye family has nothing to do with you. Go, and live your life well.”

Ye Sangwan blinked in surprise. Severing family ties in ancient times was a severe and rebellious act. She never expected Ye Wenzhu to be so straightforward.

Even more shocking, she could see from his pallid face—his time was running out.

“I don’t agree!” Zhao screeched, lunging forward to snatch the severance document. But Ye Sangwan was faster, securing it before she could reach it.

Ye Wenzhu shot Zhao a deadly glare. “If you cause trouble again, I’ll divorce you and send you back to your parents’ home!”

Zhao’s face contorted in rage, and she threw herself onto the ground, wailing. “Ye Wenzhu, I bore your children! I worked my fingers to the bone for this family! And now, in your old age, you want to cast me aside? Oh, heaven, see this heartless man! Still thinking about that vixen—”

“Say another word, and I’ll shut you up myself!” Ye Wenzhu’s roar carried such force that it stunned the crowd.

Then, without warning, he raised his palm and struck Zhao across the face leaving her stupid enough that she couldn’t sepak for a while . The sharp “Pa!” echoed in the air, silencing the villagers who were eating melons with relish*.

For years, Ye Wenzhu had been seen as weak, a man who couldn’t control his wife. It was Zhao who made all the decisions, big or small. But today—today was different.

The villagers exchanged glances, unease settling over them. Could it be that Old Ye had finally snapped?

Ye Wenzhu’s gaze darkened. “If you don’t want the third child to pass the imperial examination, then keep running your mouth!” With that, he turned on his heel and stalked back into the house.

Ye Sangwan carefully read the document, then stored it away securely. She didn’t care why Ye Wenzhu had changed his mind so suddenly—perhaps it was his last attempt at redemption.

Though he had never directly tormented the eldest house, he had been complicit in their suffering. The original owner held no affection for this grandfather, and neither did she who was an outsider.

She had achieved her goal. The rest? It didn’t matter.

Thinking of Xu Dani, Ye Sangwan strode to Zhao’s chicken coop, picked out two of the fattest hens, and left with her kitchen knife.

Zhao and Ye Dasheng moved to stop her, but Zhu Chaozhang’s cold warning froze them in place. “If you dare stir up trouble again, I will expel your Ye family from Banyuepo Village!”

They could only watch her go, bitter and helpless.

A single scrawny chicken for two fat ones—what a loss! And the twenty taels of silver had slipped through their fingers, too…

Zhao’s face twisted with hatred as she glared at Ye Sangwan’s retreating figure. She secretly vowed in her heart to make the eldest house suffer.

”Mom, let’s go eat chicken! It just so happens that my wife and children are not here, so we can eat two more pieces. Besides, the child was smart enough to leave ten taels of silver just now…” Seeing that everyone had dispersed, Ye Dasheng hurriedly coaxed Zhao in a low voice.

Ye Dasheng didn’t understand. They got ten taels of silver for nothing. Although they lost a chicken, the chicken was only two hundred coins. They got the advantage after all. But why did his mother act like she suffered a great loss?

“Eat, eat, eat, eat, you only know how to eat! Is your stomach a bottomless pit? You can’t even beat a stinky girl who starves . If I had known you were so useless, I should have drowned you in a urine bucket when you were born! So that you wouldn’t have to make trouble for me…”

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Zhu Chaozhang walked Ye Sangwan to her rundown home at the foot of the mountain, his weathered face full of vicissitudes of life full of concern. “Wan girl, Grandpa Zhu knows how unbearable your life was in Ye family, but your actions today will surely spark rumors that are not good for you so be careful. Fortunately your grandfather is reasonable, otherwise there would be no way to get out of that sticky situation. Also that boy Yunheng should not care about these either….”

While speaking his gaze drifted to the dilapidated house behind her. “The rains have been heavy especially in the past half-month. Your old home won’t last much longer. If you ever need help, come to Grandpa Zhu.”

Ye Sangwan nodded, sincerely thanking him. After sending him off while refusing his offer to lend her his straw to build a house, she turned to check on Xu Dani.

Although still unconscious, Xu Dani had been saved in time, and her unborn baby was strong. With proper care, she would have no problems to deliver the baby safely.

Ye Sangwan adjusted the blanket over her before her eyes landed on a silver needle on the ground that she had’nt had time to pick up…..

Her breath caught.

Wasn’t this the same type of silver needle from her infirmary in the modern world?

The urgency of the situation had left no time for reflection earlier, but now, she was certain—the original owner never possessed such a thing!

She recalled how she had taken the needle, then tried again. The moment she reached out, another needle materialized in her hand!

Her heart pounded. She tested it again with the infirmary’s medicines—one by one, they appeared in her grasp!

“Collect!” she whispered.

The items vanished into thin air.

Ye Sangwan’s mind reeled. Could this be— she felt unbelievable ? She thought longingly how wonderful it would be if she could enter and assess the inside situation.

She barely finished the thought before she found herself standing in her infirmary.

The familiar scent of disinfectant lingered in the air. Everything was as she had left it, even the things that she put back inside after taking them out were neatly placed in their original spaces, and even the two silver neddles that touched the body of fake officials were placed in disinfectinon box. The medicines, the beds, even the equipment—all neatly in place.

Could it be that anything she took from here would replenish itself?

Was this… a portable space? Like those legendary ones from time-travel novels? She didn’t dare to close her eye for the fear of it all be a dream.

She decided to look around and found it similar. Her infirmary has two halls and two rooms. The front hall is where the infirmary places various medicines and equipment, and the next room has two beds, which are usually used by patients.

Behind the door is her living area and staff dormitory.

One bedroom, one hall, one kitchen, and one bathroom, all the daily necessities are available.

As an orphan, she has good independent living ability since childhood. She learned cooking skills from a restaurant owner, so there are a lot of fresh ingredients in the refrigerator.

Excitement surged through her veins. She turned toward the window, eyes widening at the sight of the lush vegetable fields cultivated by her employees.

She sprinted downstairs, heart hammering. Everything was here. Everything in the empty factory area was unchanged, the silk factory well technically now it should be ‘her’ silk factory-The sprawling, billion-dollar factory building was same except for hundreds of thousands of people! She wanted to run around the factory area immediately. This factory covering an area of 1000 acres actually travelled with her !!!

She drooled with emotion ! A factory building that too worth hundreds of billions was hers simply like this. She made it! She had truly made it! She really became the youngest richest person in Fuchuan City!

Just then, a voice called out. “Sister Wan Ya, my brother and I are here!” It felt very close by making her anxious thinking how to exit the space and lo and behold…

The next instant, she was back in the room. It’s so amazing, she loved this ability already! She wiped the cold sweat from her head and ran out of the room, and saw Yunxiang holding a big earthen ware jar carefully with both hands. Next to her stood a cold young man, her fiancé Yun Heng.

The original owner and Yun Heng’s marriage was arranged since childhood. As for why it was arranged, the original owner was also a little confused. According to the adults of the two families at that time, it was because the original owner saved Yun Heng and the Yun family wanted to repay the favor, so the marriage was arranged. However, Ye Sangwan searched all the memories of the original owner and found no relevant information at all, and didn’t know whether it was true or false?

Anyway, Yun Heng in the memory was always indifferent and taciturn, even in the face of the original owner’s enthusiasm, he always looked calm showing no good or bad emotion .

Although I don’t know what happened at the beginning, I am sure that Yun Heng was just repaying the favor and didn’t have any romantic thoughts about the original owner.

After sorting out the relationship between the two, Ye Sangwan was not so restrained as first when facing Yun Heng.

Yunxiang is Ye Sangyan’s good friend. She smiled and welcomed Yunxiang in. “Why are you here?Have you made new dishes?”

Yunheng saw that Ye Sangwan just gave him a complicated look and ignored him. He touched his nose awkwardly and followed her in.

Ye Sangwan then discovered that Yunheng’s foot was lame.

She felt a little sorry that such a good-looking boy had become a lame man. She didn’t know if it was possible to cure him.

Yunheng noticed Ye Sangwan’s gaze and froze in place for a moment. He suddenly understood that she was concerned about her leg.

“Sister Wan Ya, my mother heard about your sister-in-law, and specially stewed chicken soup for me to bring.” Yun Xiang put the clay pot on the table, and saw that the kitchen was cold, and couldn’t help frowning and said: “Sister Wan Ya, it’s time for dinner, why haven’t you cooked yet?” Then she started to work very casually, “Sister Wan Ya, shall I help you?”

But when she opened the rice jar, she was embarrassed and didn’t know what to do. She looked embarrassed: “Sister Wan Ya, I’m sorry, I didn’t know…”

Ye Sang Wan was a little confused, and looked over to see that the rice jar was empty. She scratched her head a little embarrassedly: “Yun Xiang made you laugh, the rice in the house was robbed by Zhao, but I went to the old house at noon…”

“Go to the old house?” Yun Xiang stood up suddenly, “Is that old hag bothering you again? Is she here to rob things again? Is it… that silver?”. Then she pulled Ye Sang Wan out, “Let’s go and find Grandpa Zhu to judge!”

Yun Xiang trembled with fury, her protective instincts flaring like a mother hen defending her fragile chick. Her heart pounded, distress twisting in her chest. But this wasn’t over—not yet. With fire in her eyes and a storm brewing in her soul, she took a step forward.

*In Chinese internet slang, “eating melons” (吃瓜, chī guā) refers to being a spectator to gossip, drama, or controversy, especially online or in public situations. It’s like watching a spectacle unfold without directly participating—just sitting back and enjoying the show.

When someone “eats melons with relish”, it means they’re watching others embarrass themselves, argue, or get into trouble with great interest and excitement. It’s similar to the English phrase “watching the drama unfold” or “grabbing popcorn” to enjoy the chaos.