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

Chapter 164 This matter originated from the Chen family; it cannot be left unresolved.
Mother Liu waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, don't give it to me. You're the one who's been arranging the house construction, so you can keep it."

Chu Xue thought about it and didn't refuse. After all, it might not be safe to leave it in the old house if she gave it to her now: "Okay, I'll give you the money when we move to the new house."

After saying that, thinking that he probably wouldn't have any peace even after going back, he said, "Why don't I just cook dinner here and go back to wash up and go to bed later?"

Liu's mother looked at Liu's father and, seeing that he did not object, replied, "Alright, go back and get the grain. There's a clay pot here, so we can make dumpling soup."

She is now incredibly grateful that she listened to her daughter and separated from her family.

If we continue to get involved with the Liu family, I'm afraid we won't have a single good day.

Sure enough, just as Chu Xue brought over the things she needed, she heard the commotion start up again: "Stop saying nice things, I want the money now."

"Third brother, third brother's wife, are you dead inside? Get out of here now!"

They started arguing.

Liu's mother was still shaken. Luckily, she had listened to her daughter and cooked dinner here. Otherwise, with the noise so close by, she probably wouldn't have been able to eat the food even after it was ready.

The Ge family made a ruckus until very late before leaving. The second branch of the family ate their meal but didn't rush back to the old house.

While Mrs. Liu cleared away the dishes, Mr. Liu continued weaving the drying baskets, chatting with Uncle Wu, who had come to oversee the site, as he did so.

As Fu Yancheng instructed, Chunxiao was training Zhuifeng there. Despite being young, the little guy was incredibly quick-witted and very endearing. Chunxiao's frequent shouts of "Good!" drew everyone's attention to the two of them.

Seeing that there was nothing for her to do, Chu Xue found a secluded spot and entered her spatial dimension.

Today, while she was at the reservoir construction site, she happened to find a few grains of rice near the kitchen door next to the office. She guessed they hadn't been properly cleaned during the rice pounding process, and wondered if she could grow them. Although the space wasn't very abundant yet, it was quite different from when she first got it. The fields were all planted with crops, and they would be ready for harvest in a little over a month.

They found a corner, separated three grains of rice, planted them, and watered them with pond water.

She planned to use the remaining five grains of rice to cultivate seedlings, so that if they didn't grow, there would still be a chance to salvage the situation, since unhulled rice grains were hard to find.

What she didn't know was that as soon as she picked up those few grains of rice, the cooks came out to pick them up again, but they couldn't find them.

She finished her task and quickly left the space, since there were still people outside, and it would be troublesome if they couldn't find her.

On the other side, the three members of the eldest family arrived at the health center. After a thorough examination, the doctor said, "The leg is indeed fractured and needs to be put in a cast."

Upon hearing this, Ge Xiulan burst into tears: "You too, why couldn't you be more careful? We haven't even raised the money from your uncle yet, and now you're in the hospital. This is really making life unbearable!"

Liu Shangang's face darkened: "Alright, enough crying, all you do is cry, aren't you annoying?"

Seeing that Liu Shangang had lost his temper, Ge Xiulan dared not cry anymore, fearing that the man would beat her again in front of the health center staff: "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Liu Shangang took out a small cloth bag for storing tobacco from his pocket, then took out a small strip of paper from his shirt pocket, deftly rolled it into a small trumpet shape, filled it with tobacco, twisted the opening closed, and took out a match to light it.

After taking a few puffs, he started coughing, and it took him a while to finally calm down: "After settling Dongzi in, let's go to the county tonight. This matter started because of the Chen family, and we can't just let it go like this."

"Didn't you say before..."

(End of this chapter)