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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nAn incident caused quite a stir in the Great Eastern Village that day, and that was that the Shao Family was going to split up their family assets.

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nWith Shao Qihai gone, Shao Dong, a child, represented the second branch to discuss the splitting process of the family assets.

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nAlthough Eldest Sister-In-Law Shao and her family had explained a lot, everyone knew what was going on. All the villagers berated them for being heartless and evil.

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nAfter living a good life with Shao Qihai’s money, the moment Shao Qihai had passed away, they had immediately kicked aside the few children he had left behind. How heartless of them.

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nThe five of them probably wouldn’t have it easy in the future.

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nPeople with prestige in the village came to persuade them and even sent someone to inform Shao Qiyang. The general consensus was that he shouldn’t act rashly.

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nWhen Shao Qiyang returned, everyone hoped that he would be able to stop them. They hadn’t expected him to actually nod in agreement.

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n“So be it. I’ll take care of them from now on.”

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nShao Qiyang looked at Eldest Brother Shao coldly. “I only hope that you won’t have nightmares over this in the future.”

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nZhao Lan scolded him sternly. “What are you saying? Have you forgotten that your older brother raised you? His legs are still in this state, so how can you be heartless enough to say that about your brother?”

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n“Enough!” Shao Qiyang couldn’t take it any longer. “I’ve heard this for many years and I’m sick of it. You people keep saying that Second Brother and I should thank Big Brother. We know that it was hard on him in the past, and we’ve always been grateful. We can bear it even if you’re biased. Second Brother even sent back all his allowance for several years in a row.

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n“But there’s a bottom line for everything. He only worked hard for three years. After his leg was injured, Second Brother took over for him. All these years, Second Brother was the one supporting the family. Regardless of how great a debt of gratitude he owed, he has already finished repaying it all.”

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nThe hardships and grievances that he had endured all these years erupted at that moment.

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nShao Qiyang wasn’t stupid. He had seen them for what they were in the past two years.

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nZhao Lan was biased. Even though their eldest brother looked simple and honest and had treated them well initially, things had changed after that, especially after he’d gotten married and formed his own family.

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nOther people hated being called a cripple, but he didn’t mind that at all. He hated that he couldn’t be as crippled as possible so that his two younger brothers would repay their debt for the rest of their lives.

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nShao Qiyang had endured it in the past, but he no longer intended to do so.

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nThe existing conflicts in the Shao Family were all being laid out today. Splitting up the family assets had been inevitable.

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nAccording to the eldest branch’s plan, they would be taking the majority of the housing land, farmland, and mountain land. But how could Mu Jingzhe allow them to do as they wished?

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nShe would settle every score one by one.

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nThe eldest branch even wanted to claim that the new house had been built by them, which was so ludicrous that it almost made everyone laugh their heads off.

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nDid the two of them even have the means to build a house?

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nEveryone knew that their children lived off of Shao Qihai’s money.

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nThe only thing Mu Jingzhe could do was fight for more benefits for the children, so she naturally wouldn’t give up.

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nIn the end, with her sharp words and fierce attitude, she helped the children obtain what they deserved.

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nIt was completely different from what they had imagined. Zhao Lan and the eldest branch were furious.

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nIn the past, Zhao Lan used to have the final say, and Shao Qiyang hadn’t been able to out-talk her. The children were smart, but they were still children after all. The villagers saw what happened to them, but they always felt that they couldn’t say much about other people’s family affairs.

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nThe main reason was that the mother of those children wasn’t from this village. Without the help of their maternal aunts and uncles, and with their father gone, it was inevitable that they would be at a disadvantage.

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nNow that they had Mu Jingzhe, things were different. She could yield when necessary or cry and shout, but she wouldn’t lose out.

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nIn addition, even Li Zhaodi had come to help. In the end, the situation changed.

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nEven though Zhao Lan and the eldest branch insisted that they had no money left, which resulted in Shao Dong and his siblings not getting any money, and they also refused to give up the big house, they had to relent as far as the farmland, mountain land, and housing land were concerned.

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nThe children were still too young to farm, but they could rent the land to villagers later on. The food they collected would ensure they wouldn’t starve to death. In addition, with Shao Qiyang taking care of them, they were now much better off than they had been previously.

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nShao Qiyang hadn’t suffered too big of a loss.

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nThe eldest branch couldn’t bear to fork out money or bring themselves to part with the big house. In the end, they didn’t even get a single plot of good farmland, only some mountain land.

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nHowever, they deserved it.

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nThis drama, which was indispensable in the literature of that era, ended just like that.

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nAfter this family separation drama, the villagers had a new understanding of Shao Dong. Even though the child was still young, he knew what he was doing.

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nThese children would amount to something in the future. When they became successful, the eldest branch would regret it.

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nEven their view of Mu Jingzhe changed quite a bit.

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nRegardless of whether Mu Jingzhe had fought for the benefits of the children because she felt guilty about getting married and leaving, she had still done a good job.

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nThis was the first time they’d learned that Mu Jingzhe had such a sharp tongue. She wouldn’t cry or throw a tantrum, but she was extremely gracious and not afraid of taking risks.

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nShe was much better than Li Zhaodi.

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nAfter the family assets were split up, Mu Jingzhe quickly cooked for the children, who stayed up late.

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n“From now on, the house we live in will be ours and we won’t be kicked out, right?”

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nWhile eating, Little Bei happily wanted to confirm this.

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n“Yes, how many times have we said it?” Shao Nan mocked Little Bei, but there was also joy on his face.

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nThe children were in a good mood. In the future, Shao Fu and his family would no longer threaten to kick them out, nor would they have to be bullied or beaten up by them anymore. Also, they would no longer have to worry about starving.

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nThe food would be given to them directly.

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nIt was rare for the atmosphere at the dining table to be harmonious and joyful. Although Shao Qiyang was sad about the separation and the fact that his family had reached this point, he quickly relaxed.

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nWasn’t this what he had dreamed of?

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nAt this point, he subconsciously thought of Mu Xue.

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nYesterday, he had seen Mu Xue and Tang Moling together.

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nIn the past, he would definitely have been in great pain. However, although he felt terrible now, it was just a dull pain, as he knew that it was impossible for things to work out between them.

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nBecause of his older brother, Mu Xue had already rejected him.

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nNow that she had found that Tang guy, they no longer belonged in the same world.

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nHis world was now… Shao Qiyang glanced at Mu Jingzhe out of the corner of his eye before quickly looking away.

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nHis heart slowly sank. Second Sister-In-Law… was getting married.

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nAs Shao Qiyang was in this unclear and uncomfortable mood and the villagers assumed that Mu Jingzhe was soon going to remarry, Mu Jingzhe and Li Zhaodi set off before dawn. Pushing a cart, they said that they were going into town to sell buns.

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nSell steamed buns?

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nAfter confirming that Mu Jingzhe was really about to start selling buns, the villagers finally believed that she wasn’t going to remarry.

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nMany people in the village went into town to sell things. They sold firewood, potatoes planted by their own families, and charcoal burned in the mountains. However, no one sold steamed buns.

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nWhen they heard that Mu Jingzhe was going to sell buns, everyone shook their heads. They didn’t think much of this.

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n“They won’t sell, right? They’re not easy to sell, are they?”

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nRegardless of what they said, Mu Jingzhe’s stall opened.

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nThe first time she went there, she didn’t have a good location. There was also a shop that had been selling buns for a long time. At first, there was indeed no interest in them. Li Zhaodi had a worried look on her face. However, upon seeing that there were more and more people around, Mu Jingzhe started to advertise verbally.

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n“I’m selling steamed buns. Delicious and cheap steamed buns. You can choose between mushroom buns, pickled vegetable buns, and white sugar buns.”

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nMu Jingzhe had tried the buns from the existing stall, which sold meat buns, white sugar buns, and steamed plain buns. They didn’t taste so good. Considering the fact that meat wasn’t cheap, she had decided to forgo selling meat buns and had instead chosen to sell vegetable buns.

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nThe results weren’t bad.

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