1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 104 I think he deserved it.
Qu Aihua held back for a while, thinking to herself, "You think I don't want to say it directly? What a stupid old woman!" If it weren't for the sake of her unborn child, she wouldn't bother getting involved. So she stopped wasting words and went straight to the point: "That depends on what kind of price you can offer Chuxue."

Granny Liu frowned: "What do you mean by that?"

Qu Aihua rolled her eyes: "Of course we have to show sincerity. Do you think we can just talk a few nice words and get them to agree?"

Granny Liu stood up abruptly from the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed): "What?"

Before she could finish speaking, Old Man Liu, who had been silent all along, interrupted her: "What my granddaughter-in-law said makes sense. Chu Xue's temper is even more stubborn than before, and we are in the wrong regarding the injury and treatment of her leg on the mountain ridge. If we try to use our status as elders to pressure her as before, it will probably backfire."

Before Granny Liu could say anything more, Old Man Liu made the final decision: "Aihua, your grandmother and I are afraid that it won't end well if we get involved at this time. Jianqiang is also someone who doesn't know how to talk. I think you should go and do the trouble."

Qu Aihua was naturally unwilling, but since things had already come to this point, she had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I'll go over there, just to visit my second uncle. But it wouldn't be right to come empty-handed."

Granny Liu's face was very unpleasant, but she knew that now was not the time to be angry: "The house was robbed a few days ago, there's nothing of value here. Tell Jianqiang to dig up a couple of radishes from the pit in the corner of the backyard and take them with him."

Qu Aihua's expression changed immediately: "Those radishes are so mushy they could be used to feed pigs. You want me to take them to the second wife?"
Grandma, are you trying to make me go beg someone, or are you trying to get kicked out? If you want to ask for help, you have to do it properly. What kind of time is this? Can we stop messing around?

Old Man Liu also thought this old woman was brainless: "Alright, go and get ten eggs."

Granny Liu glared at Qu Aihua, then opened the cabinet with a pained expression: "This is a gift from my nephew. Let's see if they can eat it to death."

He cursed as he took the eggs out, but after taking only half of them, he suddenly burst into tears: "Why am I so unlucky? Most of my life savings have been stolen by some short-lived ghost. I couldn't even bear to eat the eggs my nephew gave me, but now I have to give them to that debt collector."

The people inside looked grim, their memories instantly returning to that morning.

Since there are no young children in the family now, the eggs at home are used to nourish the elderly couple and for their pregnant granddaughter-in-law to have one hard-boiled egg every day.

That morning, Granny Liu habitually opened the cupboard to take out eggs, only to think she was seeing things: "Old man, come here quickly, I can't see the things in the cupboard!"

At first, Old Man Liu didn't want to pay attention to her, but then he heard his wife muttering, "Is there something wrong with my eyes?"

With a casual movement, he positioned himself perfectly so that he could see the entire cabinet, which was completely empty.

He took a few steps forward, confirmed he wasn't seeing things, and shouted, "Where's the stuff?"

Hearing the commotion, everyone rushed in, and after finding out what had happened, they were all dumbfounded.

The Liu family was thrown into chaos. Before long, Ge Xiulan also shouted, "Which bastard dared to touch my things?"

Then the third child ran over: "Dad, Mom, you should go and see! The kitchen has been emptied out."

Just as that was finished, the voice of Liu Ruhua, the eldest daughter of the main wife, came from the other side: "Oh no, our chickens have been stolen too."

Old Man Liu called out anxiously, "Third brother, hurry up and go check the cellar."

But a moment later, Liu Laosan ran back: "Dad, it's empty, the cellar is empty too."

Granny Liu forgot about crying and stood up to start cursing. She used all sorts of nasty and offensive language, and soon a crowd of onlookers gathered outside the Liu family's house.

Liu Shanling quickly found the village officials, but they couldn't figure out what was going on either, so they had to report it to the police.

After some investigation and questioning, the police officers had no clue whatsoever, nor any trace of theft. For example, the locks on the cabinets in the elderly couple's house hadn't been pried open. What kind of thief could have done that?

Ultimately, the matter was never resolved.

Fortunately, Old Man Liu was shrewd enough to have stored some grain in the cellar of the dilapidated courtyard of his ancestral home, which solved his immediate problem.

When their close relatives or in-laws heard the news, they sent some things over, which prevented the Liu family from going hungry.

She hadn't even recovered from the shock when this happened again; how could Granny Liu bear it? The second wife, who lived in the same courtyard, naturally heard the commotion. Granny Liu looked at her youngest daughter, puzzled, "Xiao, what happened?"

Chunxiao glanced outside the courtyard before vividly recounting what had happened that morning.

Even Liu's mother was shocked: "You mean your grandmother's money was stolen?"

Chunxiao said with a gloating look, "It's not just my grandma's money, the eldest son's family's private savings were also stolen. You didn't see it, my aunt cried even more miserably than my grandma."

Chu Xue naturally understood why; Ge Xiulan had long regarded the money in the public treasury as the property of their eldest son's family, so she was naturally heartbroken.

Mr. Liu frowned and said, "How many people must have come to empty the cellar?"

Chunxiao, however, curled her lip and said, "I think she deserves it."

Mr. Liu disagreed, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Chunxiao retorted, "I'm not lying. We clearly stored grain elsewhere, but when the family was divided, we only received enough grain to last us for a few months. What do you mean by that?"

Chu Xue then spoke up and asked, "Chun Xiao, what do you mean by that?"

Chunxiao said angrily, "After the house was robbed, Grandpa secretly took my eldest uncle and third uncle to the old house at night. I saw them bring back a lot of grain in a handcart."

These words chilled Liu's father to the bone.

Suddenly, Liu's mother spoke up: "Chuxue, do you think your grandparents might be plotting against you?"

The group looked at the first snow at the same time.

Chu Xue smiled wickedly: "That's why I was thinking of building a house."

Chunxiao was unaware of what had happened before: "Second sister, what are you talking about? Where would our family get the money to build a house?"

She was a little confused. Before, she couldn't even afford to treat her father's leg, but now she had money to build a house?

Liu's mother pulled her little daughter aside and explained to her in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Chunxiao's eyes lit up: "Second Sister, really? Our family can pay off our debts? We'll even have money left over to build a house?"

Chu Xue smiled and nodded at her: "Yes."

The little girl jumped up excitedly: "That's great! Second sister, you're amazing!"

Suddenly, she stopped, seemingly lost in thought: "Second sister, what about the house we just separated from the family?"

Liu's parents also looked at Chu Xue.

Chu Xue pointed to the house next door: "My third uncle will definitely be scrambling to get this house. Don't worry, even if he doesn't want it, as long as the price is right, those in the village who are short of houses will be tempted."

Chunxiao said with a worried look, "But with Grandma's troublesome nature, who else would dare to take her?"

Chu Xue pinched her cheek: "There are plenty of fearless people in the village. Who would be afraid of her when it comes to relationships and interests? Don't worry."

Good night

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