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

Chapter 201: Is he trying to get a share of the pie from his sister-in-law?

Just as Qiu Shaofeng was about to speak, he heard his aunt's voice from outside: "It's nothing serious, she just got up too fast and strained her back."

Some people who didn't get along with Zhang Shanmei said, "Why did she go and stretch her back outside Shaofeng and his wife's house?"

As soon as she started talking, someone chimed in, "You're not trying to get a share of the pie from your sister-in-law, are you?"

Everyone burst into laughter at these words.

Grandma Qiu couldn't sit still any longer: "It's getting late, and everyone has had a long day. Go back and get ready to rest."

Although these words were somewhat meant to shoo them away, they were genuinely trying to help them, so everyone dispersed.

After everyone left, Grandma Qiu said to her eldest daughter-in-law in a bad mood, "You're so short-sighted. Now look what's happened. You've ended up in the clinic. You're always causing me trouble."

After saying that, she turned and walked into her son's room.

The old lady's bound feet limited her speed.

She only had one son in her life, Qiu Laoshi, who was also known as Old Man Qiu. Her daughter-in-law died young; she passed away from illness a few years after giving birth to her second son, Qiu Laichang, who was Xia Qiu's father-in-law.

Three years after her daughter-in-law passed away, she arranged another marriage for her son. However, the woman was also unlucky. She did not have any children after three years of marriage, and was eventually killed by Japanese devils three to seven years later.

After that, the son devoted himself to taking care of his two sons and living together until now.

Qiu Laoshi saw his mother come in and asked, "Mom, what brings you here?"

He tapped his pipe on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and put it away. Grandma Qiu sat down on the edge of the kang and said, "Son, Laifeng already has grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and Laichang is about to become a grandfather. It's not appropriate to keep them all in the same pot. Why don't we divide the family property?"

Old Qiu wasn't too surprised to hear his mother's words: "Didn't you say before that you would separate the family after Shaohe from the eldest son's family and Shaocheng and Shaomei from the second son's family got married? Why are you saying you want to separate now?"

Grandma Qiu sighed, "You can't deny getting old. I used to think about taking care of them more, but now they're all grandfathers, and it's not appropriate for me to keep looking after them. Besides, you've seen how unreliable Shao Hu's family is. If they're still all living together, there will only be more and more conflicts. I think it's better to separate the family as soon as possible and let each of us live our own lives."

Old Qiu looked at his mother's full head of white hair and said, "I've been an unfilial son all these years, making you work so hard for this big family. Thank you for your hard work."

Grandma Qiu never expected her son to say such a thing. Her nose tingled and her eyes welled up with tears: "We'll start thinning the seedlings here today. Once we're done with this busy period, we'll find a day to divide the family property."

Old Qiu nodded and replied, "I'll do whatever Mom says."

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Kyoto City
"How's the investigation going?"

"Madam, are you mistaken? You sent all the Xiao family members away a few days ago, but we searched the whole house and couldn't find what you were looking for."

"Didn't the Xiao family have any hidden compartments or similar places?"

There can't be no smoke without fire. Where exactly did Xiao Yude hide the thing?
"You didn't give anything away, did you?"

"Don't worry, Madam. Xiao's nanny has taken leave to go back to her hometown for the funeral. There's no one at home. Besides, we've been very careful. As you said, we haven't touched anything."

Actually, the people wanted to take some valuables with them when they left, but thinking that if they ruined the lady's plans, they would be punished, so they held back.

(End of this chapter)