Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 167 Chen Family Village Cannot Tolerate You!
"Although she didn't fall, she still has to wash all the family's clothes. The second son's wife is pregnant and says she can't bend over, so it's even less likely that she'll be able to wash the third son's clothes."

"Won't Wang Shuixia wash?"

"She hasn't even washed her own excrement and urine off, so why would she wash clothes?"

Pan Dayan was laughing so hard she couldn't stop. She grinned and said, "Old Chen wouldn't let them in. The whole family stood in the rain and washed themselves in the rainwater."

In this weather, even clean clothes won't dry, and the stinky smell lingers in the Chen family's home.

"Is everything alright at your house?" Li Ruru asked.

"Ugh, don't even mention it, it stinks horribly, even the neighboring houses are suffering from the stench."

Finally, the families went to the village head, and Lü Da gave the Chen family a thorough dressing-down.

Under the supervision of the village head, the Chen family had no choice but to clean the latrine in the rain.

The rain was heavy and the roads were slippery. The Chen family members slipped and fell while cleaning the latrine, getting their freshly changed clothes dirty again.

Pan Dayan burst out laughing: "You have no idea, I almost died laughing back then."

Fang Xingzhi had no interest in this gossip whatsoever; he frowned as he looked at Pan Dayan.

This woman is even more talkative and louder than Li Ruru; she's terrifying.

He quietly left the main room and quickly ran back to his own room.

The others in the main room listened with great pleasure. Although the gossip had a slightly sour taste, the fact that the Chen family was fighting amongst themselves was still very satisfying for them.

Peipei said, "That Zhang guy is actually quite capable."

Zhang Junniang, a woman, was able to defeat the entire Chen family; she was truly remarkable.

Chaochao pouted and said, "What's so great about her? I think Mother is the most powerful."

My mother escaped the hellish Chen family all by herself, and then led the rest of them to make a fortune selling konjac, buying new clothes and building a new house. My mother is truly a great person.

What's so great about Zhang Junniang? She's just a fool.

They foolishly regarded Chen Sanbao as a treasure, unaware that they had jumped into a huge fire pit.

The Chen family has been suppressed this time, and they will definitely retaliate next time.

With bright, sparkling eyes, Chaochao said to Pan Dayan, "Grandma Pan, you must come to my house more often in the future."

She wanted to hear more about Zhang Junniang's stories of chaos and turmoil in the Chen family.

She only feels happy when she hears that they are unhappy.

Pan Dayan said with a smile, "Oh dear, I was worried you'd say I'm coming too often."

"How could that be?" Li Ruru took out another box of pastries and handed it to her, saying, "Aunt Pan, have some more."

Pan Dayan was tired from talking, so she unceremoniously picked up a piece of yellow pastry and took a bite.

"Wow, this is delicious! It's crunchy and tastes like rice. What is it? What's it made of?"

The food Li Ruru gave her was a certain brand of rice cake that she had taken out of her spatial storage.

Without batting an eye, she said, "These are rice cakes, made from rice. I bought them at the market before, and they'll get soggy if we don't eat them now."

Hearing her say that, Pan Dayan took two more pieces.

You can hear a crisp sound when you bite into it; the texture is crunchy, and every bite is full of "crunch, crunch" fun.

Pan Dayan ate with gusto, and Li Ruru packed some of the food for her to take home.

Pan Dayan walked past Li Ruru's yard with an umbrella, down the long slope, and looked at the incessant rain, saying, "Ruru, I see that the ditch in your yard looks almost full. Where is all this water coming from?"

Li Ruru also noticed this, and she said, "It might have flowed in from the backyard."

The ditch between the front and back yards was dug. The back yard is not far from the mountain, so some water must have flowed down from the mountain.

Thinking that a canal had also been dug on the mountain, Li Ruru didn't pay much attention to it.

"Aru, why don't you come stay at our house for a few days?" Pan Dayan suggested.

"No, it's all fine, don't worry about it."

Li Ruru's family has no worries about food and drink, so she naturally enjoys staying at home comfortably.

Just after Pan Dayan left, a faint bell rang out from the village entrance.

A large bell hangs on the locust tree at the village entrance, and people ring it when there's an emergency. Ringing the bell at this time definitely means something important is being announced.

As a resident of Chenjia Village, Li Ruru felt she should go and see for herself.

She held an umbrella and took Chaochao's hand as they went out. As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, they saw a large crowd gathered there, arguing incessantly.

Standing on the perimeter, Li Ruru quickly figured out what was going on.

The rising river washed away the bridge, and the village's irrigation ditches were also blocked. Now the village is flooded everywhere.

The irrigation canal in Chenjia Village is an open canal. This year there has been a lot of rain, so the canal, which was originally used for irrigation, has not been used and therefore no one has cleaned it.

Now, with continuous heavy rain, the rainwater cannot flow smoothly through the irrigation ditches and can only spread throughout the village.

The water was already above my ankles, so I had to carefully lift up my trouser legs to walk, afraid of getting them wet from the muddy rain.

The low-lying areas turned into small ponds, and the entire village seemed to have become a water city, with water everywhere, a vast expanse of water.

The village head organized people to clear the irrigation ditch first, and then consider building a bridge.

This kind of matter involves the interests of every household, so naturally every household has to contribute.

But now some people are standing up to oppose it.

Chen Dajiao jumped up and down and said, "Why should my family contribute? My house is made of bricks and tiles, we are not afraid of floods. Whoever wants to repair it can do so, but I am not repairing this canal."

Old Wang chimed in, "I don't need to repair my house either. My house is perfectly fine, I'm not afraid of anything."

Hearing him say that, Pan Dayan angrily grabbed his ear and said, "You old fool, you have so many ideas. Let me tell you, I'm in charge now, and if I say it's going to be repaired, it's going to be repaired."

You have no right to speak here, go back home.

Wang Laotu was so angry that his wife scolded him in front of so many people that he lost interest in his pipe and walked away cursing.

Pan Dayan was confident because she had made money, and Old Man Wang didn't dare to confront her directly.

Wang Tieniu and Wang Tiezhu naturally listened to Pan Dayan, and they said, "Uncle Village Head, we will follow your arrangements."

Although their house was a large brick house, the torrential rain kept pouring down, and if it continued like this, anything could happen.

Even if the house is saved, the yard will flood and the crops will be submerged.

Restoring the canal would be entirely beneficial, so naturally they wouldn't object.

Everyone echoed this sentiment, expressing their willingness to contribute manpower and effort to complete the canal repair as soon as possible.

Zhao, standing in the crowd, said irritably, "Since we're going to divorce, then every family must have a male member contributing; there can be no exceptions."

After saying that, he stared at Li Ruru, waiting to see her make a fool of herself.

There were no men in Li Ruru's family, and she wanted to see Li Ruru make a fool of herself.

Seeing her at a loss, seeing her once again being looked down upon by everyone because she doesn't have a son.

The Zhao family's house was also a brick and tile house. It was built by Li Ruru, the original owner of the body, who was obsessed with love, along with her father and brothers, who contributed money and labor.

Zhao showed no gratitude to Li Ruru and instead made things difficult for her at every turn.

She didn't want to do any manual labor today, but seeing that He Dajiao and Old Man Wang had been scolded by the village head, she couldn't bring herself to reveal her little scheme.

They could only resort to underhanded tactics against Li Ruru.

Just as Li Ruru was about to say something, Zhao interrupted, "A half-grown boy cannot act as a male member of the family, and he cannot lie about doing his part."

Li Ruru was somewhat surprised; she actually knew what she was going to say.

Lu Da looked at Li Ruru and said, "Families that can contribute should provide at least one male member. Those without male members can contribute some grain or give everyone some food."

Both strength and food are equally important.

No one else had any objection to this, but He Dajiao jumped up again and said, "That won't do, it's not fair for the village head to do it this way."

The village head was already irritable, and having to do all this on a rainy day, with the wheat in the fields ripe but unable to be harvested, was driving him crazy.

At this moment, she couldn't stand anyone, and He Dajiao kept causing trouble.

He angrily shouted, "He Dajiao, what do you think you're doing? I'm warning you, if your family doesn't participate in the canal construction, get out of here today! Chenjia Village won't tolerate you!"

(End of this chapter)