In just a blink of an eye, she turned to Fang Miaojun and said:

“Sister-in-law, the things inside the third house haven’t been packed up yet, right? Now that it’s been divided, we can’t let Wang Xiuying come in and take things. What if she takes some of ours as well? That would be unacceptable!”

Without waiting for Fang Miaojun’s reply, Chen Sixi immediately strode toward the third house.

She had no patience for Fang Miaojun’s nonsense.

Besides, in her eyes, this was a matter of great importance.

Even if Fang Miaojun tried to stop her, she would still clean up the third house today.

This was something she would never entrust to anyone else.

More importantly, Wang Xiuying was not as naive as Jianxiu.

Chen Sixi was certain that Wang Xiuying must have secretly hidden some silver.

With this thought, there was no way she would let Fang Miaojun interfere.

However, Fang Miaojun was not one to be trifled with either.

She knew exactly what was going on in Chen Sixi’s mind.

So she called out to Zhang Zirong: “Husband, come and help me. I’ll go with my younger sister-in-law to clean up. That house is too messy.”

Zhang Zirong was no fool. Hearing his wife’s words, he immediately understood her intentions.

He hurriedly went to the back kitchen, making sure his wife could accompany them into the third house’s bedroom to help “clean up.”

“Oh, sister-in-law, I never knew you were this diligent before,” Chen Sixi mocked.

“Sister-in-law, look at you! Let’s just get this done quickly!”

But the outcome surprised both of them.

Besides some ordinary clothing, there really wasn’t anything valuable in the third house.

“Sister-in-law, do you think Wang Xiuying is stupid? I can’t believe it—how could the third household not have a single valuable thing?”

As she spoke, Chen Sixi didn’t realize that she had accidentally revealed too much.

Only Fang Miaojun, standing beside her, silently took note of the slip.

She knew Zhang Zihua had often gone to the town to work when there was no field labor.

If someone told her he hadn’t secretly stashed away some money, she wouldn’t believe it even if she were beaten to death.

“Alright, alright, it looks like there’s nothing valuable. But this piece of fabric seems new?” Fang Miaojun pointed at the blue coarse cloth that Wang Xiuying had hidden.

“Looks like it’s been around for a while. It must be part of Wang Xiuying’s dowry,” Chen Sixi sneered.

The two women exchanged glances, then, as if they had an unspoken agreement, found a pair of scissors and cut the fabric into two pieces.

One for the first household, one for the second.

As for the rest, they casually tossed it to the door.

By the time Wang Xiuying arrived, she saw Fang Miaojun and Chen Sixi throwing out things from the third house.

“Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, what are you doing?” Wang Xiuying asked, holding back her anger.

She didn’t understand—couldn’t they even wait for a little while?

Her things were still in her room. One night—could that really be such a problem for them?

Seeing Wang Xiuying arrive, the two women felt a little guilty, thinking about the fabric they had just split.

If that really was part of her dowry, then they had no rightful claim to it.

Of course, their guilt lasted only a moment.

Soon, Chen Sixi straightened her back and said to Wang Xiuying:

“Third sister-in-law… oh wait, no, you’re no longer our third sister-in-law. We have nothing to do with each other anymore. Since there’s no relation, it wouldn’t be right for your things to stay in our house. Throwing them out is only natural!”

Hearing this, Wang Xiuying couldn’t be bothered to argue.

She knew all too well that Chen Sixi loved to twist words and make trouble.

Besides, she had no intention of taking anything from the old house. As long as she packed up her clothes, she was fine.

At that moment, Old Man Zhang stepped out.

He looked at the group and said, “What are you all yelling about? Do you never get tired?”

Seeing Old Man Zhang, Wang Xiuying bent down and continued gathering her belongings.

At the same time, she said to him,

“We are staying at the edge of the village for the night. Jianxiu told me to tell you to bring two sets of clothes for Mother and Second Brother. She plans to take them to the county town tomorrow.”

Her tone was calm, as if she were simply stating facts.

If it weren’t for Jianxiu’s instructions, she wouldn’t have bothered to say a word to them.

As Jianxiu expected, upon hearing Wang Xiuying’s words, the others immediately became excited.

Especially Chen Sixi.

When she first learned that Zhang Zihua had been detained, She had been terribly worried that something might happen to him.

Because she knew that wretched Jianxiu was never up to any good.

But now that she heard they were taking him to the county town, her first thought was that it must be to see a doctor.

With this realization, she became even more smug.

This time, she was definitely going to demand compensation.

Last time, it was just a broken wheelchair, yet somehow, they were forced to pay several taels of silver.

How could they just let that go?

Thinking about it, Chen Sixi put on a concerned act and asked, “How is Zihua? Is he badly injured?”

Wang Xiuying: “……”

“You just wait! I’ll make that wretched Jianxiu pay for this!”

Saying this, Chen Sixi even rolled up her sleeves as if she were about to start a fight.

“Second sister-in-law, if you go, you’ll only end up getting hurt,” Wang Xiuying said lightly.

Her words worked.

As soon as she spoke, Chen Sixi stopped in her tracks.

“Fine, I won’t go. But, third sister-in-law, go tell that wretched Jianxiu that if Zihua so much as loses a single hair, I won’t let her get away with it! She’d better have the silver ready for compensation! Otherwise, I’ll take this to the county magistrate—I am the one in the right here!”

Old Man Zhang also realized what was going on and became just as excited.

But as the head of the family, he maintained a composed expression.

Putting on the stance of a patriarch, he asked Wang Xiuying, “And your mother… that old woman, how is she? She didn’t get hurt, did she?”

“Father, if Mother weren’t hurt, she would have come back by now,” Zhang Zirong said with a smirk.

Thinking about the silver that might soon be coming their way, the eldest son looked pleased.

“Exactly, exactly. Do you think Mother actually wants to stay at the village edge?” Chen Sixi added with a grin.

Seeing this, Fang Miaojun couldn’t help but remark,

“Back then, we shouldn’t have given those things back. By now, we might have been able to afford a proper meal with meat.”