Chapter 68

Chapter 68

"You're everywhere!" Wang Shoucheng was furious at the sight of his eldest daughter-in-law. In the past two years, she had been like a dead person, not involving herself in family matters, and that was tolerable. But recently, she had started meddling in everything. Ever since she began interfering, there had been no peace in the family.

"Dad, Xiuxiu is right," Wang Qinghe frowned, then stopped standing by the door. He pulled his wife around the two people and returned to the entrance of their room in the courtyard, taking their children inside.

"Wang Qingqi, do you care about me or not? If you don't, I'll divorce you." Zhou Jiaojiao cried out of anger. Why should this be? Neither Wang Qinghe nor Wang Qingqi cared for her. One was her husband, and the other was the man she favored.

Both of them should take care of her.

"If you dare come over, I'll drag your wife to the wall right now." Chen Fang pulled Zhou Jiaojiao toward the wall.

"No, don't be impulsive. Fourth Sister-in-law, please don't. I apologize, I apologize, okay?" Zhou Jiaojiao's face turned pale with fear.

"Who needs your apology? Will my leg stop hurting if you apologize?" Chen Fang's leg hurt badly, but her anger was overpowering it now.

The door opened again, and Old Fourth, Wang Qingzheng, dragged Old Man Zhang into the house. He was exhausted from running all the way here.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw his wife still grabbing Old Fifth's wife's hair. He was startled. "Wife, doesn't your leg hurt anymore? Uncle Zhang is here. Why don't you let him take a look first?"

He wondered what was going on.

They started fighting without even saying anything. Even while fighting, she didn't forget to ask him to bring Old Man Zhang to check her leg. Seeing how she looked like she could strangle both of them, he didn't dare to ask.

Old Man Zhang was also startled when he saw the scene upon entering.

The Wang family had certainly been lively lately.

Seeing people arrive, Chen Fang didn't let go. She pulled Zhou Jiaojiao and limped into the room.

The whole family followed. Bai Xiuxiu, watching the commotion, pulled her husband along to join them.

Wang Qinghe held her back.

"What's wrong? Let's go watch the drama," Bai Xiuxiu didn't understand why he was holding her back.

"Be careful while watching. Don't get hurt. I'm going to set up the small stove in our room. It will be more convenient for you to use hot water." After giving instructions, Wang Qinghe went back inside.

Although they would probably separate households soon, they couldn't just make do until then.

They had brought the small pot, so it would be a shame not to use it.

Bai Xiuxiu followed into Old Fourth's room. Old Man Zhang was examining Chen Fang's leg injury.

She had fallen hard, and the wound looked terrifying.

"It's a broken leg. We need to set it and apply a splint. She won't be able to use this leg for at least half a month. I'll give her some anti-inflammatory medicine. I'll come every two days to change the medicine. Remember, don't let her do any work."

After prescribing the medicine, Old Man Zhang calculated, "The cost of the medicine plus the splint will be one yuan and seventy fen."

"One yuan and seventy fen? What kind of medicine is that expensive?" Zhao Guifen, who had limped out, was furious at the price.

Why did it cost so much to treat a daughter-in-law?

Wouldn't it be enough if she didn't die? The leg would heal eventually on its own.

"What's so expensive about it? This money, Old Fifth's wife, you'll pay for it." Chen Fang pulled Zhou Jiaojiao's hair again, causing her to cry out in pain.

"I'll pay..."

She was extremely aggrieved and harbored resentment towards Chen Fang.

However, her deepest resentment was for Bai Xiuxiu. It must have been because of Bai Xiuxiu that her brother-in-law hadn't intervened earlier. As for Chen Fang, she deserved to break her leg. In the future, she would have more ways to deal with her.

If she led her family to a better life, wouldn't Chen Fang have to come and flatter her?

Thinking this, Zhou Jiaojiao glanced deeply at Bai Xiuxiu, who was watching the commotion.

Bai Xiuxiu was speechless under her gaze. Indeed, no one knew what Zhou Jiaojiao was thinking.

Zhou Jiaojiao paid for Chen Fang's medicine, and the family escorted Old Man Zhang out. They returned to the room to convince Chen Fang to release Zhou Jiaojiao.

At this moment, Zhao Cuihua stood next to Bai Xiuxiu and whispered to her.

"Fourth Sister-in-law, the leg has been checked, and the money has been paid. Please let go of my wife. We are a family. Do you really want her to die? And why are you doing this?" Wang Qingqi urged impatiently.

Chen Fang sneered. "Why? Your wife has been acting like she has a mental problem whenever she goes up the mountain these days, preferring to take treacherous shortcuts. Today was the same. Instead of taking the main path, she insisted on taking a shortcut. She's stupid and slipped, losing her footing.

But to prevent herself from falling into a large ditch, she grabbed onto me to steady herself, dragging me down instead. It was a several-meter-deep ditch, and I slid down the side! If I had been unlucky and landed headfirst, we would be preparing a funeral right now.

Zhou Jiaojiao, tell me, is this what happened?"

Chen Fang pointed at Zhou Jiaojiao.

Zhou Jiaojiao wasn't fazed. With tears in her eyes, she said, "Fourth Sister-in-law, I know it's all my fault. At that moment, I panicked and instinctively grabbed onto you to pull myself up. It was my mistake, and I apologize.

Rest assured, during the time your leg is injured, I'll cover all the medical expenses.

I'll buy you whatever you want to eat.

Please forgive me, considering that we found two ginseng roots only because we took that shortcut, which caused you to fall into the ditch?

In the future, I'll definitely make it up to you."

"What? What did you find?" Wang Shoucheng, who had almost fallen asleep, didn't care about the trivial matters between his daughters-in-law. As long as his fourth daughter-in-law didn't die and his fifth daughter-in-law compensated her, the matter would fade over time.

They were a family, and apart from the eldest son's household, everyone else was close-knit.

But when he heard this, he suddenly became alert.

Her eyes shone as she looked at Zhou Jiaojiao.

Zhou Jiaojiao put on an innocent and pitiful expression. "We, we found ginseng. It's not small, it must be at least twenty or thirty years old. Both plants look similar. Take a look."

Zhou Jiaojiao had originally intended to keep it for herself when she was in the mountains, but with Zhao Cuihua and Chen Fang around, she couldn't do anything.

The thought of Bai Xiuxiu taking a share of her money made her even more upset.

Similarly distressed were Wang Shoucheng and Zhao Guifen, the elderly couple.

They stared at the ginseng like it was a treasure. They exchanged a glance and came up with an idea: "This is good stuff. Maybe our family should..."

"Maybe we should sell it quickly. If we sell this, everyone in the family can get a share," Bai Xiuxiu interrupted them.

If they continued, they would probably suggest keeping it for emergencies.

If they kept it, how could there be any share left for her and Qinghe?

Of course not.

When Bai Xiuxiu spoke, Zhao Cuihua and the angry Chen Fang suddenly felt relieved.

Especially Chen Fang, who had been angry, now remembered something more important. Right, we need to split the money.

"For the sake of the ginseng, I broke my leg. This time, we have to listen to me. I think Sister-in-law is right. Let's sell it and get the cash."