My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 105 Fleeing Overnight

"I'll take you there tomorrow morning." Si Shaoheng looked at her amusedly. "When you came out of your mother's shack crying, you already knew you wanted to go back to your parents' home, didn't you?"

"Why not?"

Cheng Ruoan looked at him, then at the book in his hand, and sighed, "You'd better pass the county school exam, otherwise all this patience of mine will have been for nothing!"

She endured it all in front of others just for Si Shaoheng's reputation in the imperial examinations.

Otherwise, they would have used the same tough stance they had before the escape and after the earthquake to force the Zhao family to relinquish their management rights.

Cheng Ruoan doesn't mind paying for the house herself. As long as whoever builds the house owns it, and everyone living there listens to her arrangements and plans, that's fine.

For Cheng Ruoan now, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.

Who told her to have a "gold mine" in her online space?

But directly throwing money at your mother-in-law to exchange for control of the household would have a terrible reputation if even one person told anyone about it.

Furthermore, Daxi Village and Sijia Village are not that far apart.

Even though they were all in the same county, Cheng Ruoan was still worried that the news of their newfound wealth would reach Sijia Village.

Before Si Shaoheng achieves true academic success, even if she were to start a business, she could only do small-scale trading.

Don't worry about the actual profit; it just looks like a small business.

It wasn't until just before dinner that Si Erlang returned, looking dejected.

"Hey, Second Brother, you've been busy all afternoon. How much money did you make?" Si Silang teased with a sneer. "I couldn't finish the chores at home, so I hired a hanger-on for twelve coins. I wonder if you've made back the hanger-on's wages this afternoon."

Si Erlang's face darkened upon hearing this: "Who told you to hire hangers-on?!"

“Mother. I paid for it myself, otherwise the project would never have been completed. It would have dragged on and on until winter, and we would still be living in a shack.”

Sijiro:......

Why did he feel that everything was going wrong after arriving in Daxi Village?

But even worse things were yet to come.

When dinner was served, everyone lost their appetite when they saw it was lard mixed grain rice again.

Although such food was considered top-notch in the entire village, it was quite ordinary for the Si family, who had been eating and drinking well all the way during their escape.

Erzhu, rummaging through his rice bowl, couldn't help but mutter, "More lard rice, more lard rice, not even a single vegetable leaf. How can anyone eat this?"

Lin's face was not good, but she forced a smile and said, "Everyone does such heavy work every day. How can we have the strength if we don't eat some rice with lard?"

Li glared at Erzhu and said, "If you have something to eat, then hurry up and eat it. Stop talking so much nonsense. We didn't even have pork lard rice to eat back in Baihua Village!"

"I didn't say pork lard rice was bad! But wouldn't it be even better with some vegetables?" Erzhu said, feeling wronged.

Ershuan could only pat his head and say, "How about I add some milk-pickled radish for you?"

Erzhu shook his head like a rattle-drum, his face full of refusal: "No, I don't want my teeth to hurt tonight."

The pickled radish made by the Zhao family survived the earthquake in Qingshan County. During their escape, they had grown from ten jin to nine jin... Just hearing this tells you what level of quality it is.

It's so hard you could use it as a nine-section whip!

Zhao tapped Erzhu on the head with her chopsticks: "Stop talking nonsense! Eat up!"

Previously, Zhao was still recuperating and taking medicine, so her daily meals were all cooked separately by Lin based on what Doctor Hu had told her, either white rice porridge or wild vegetable porridge.

She had never eaten at the table with everyone, so naturally she didn't know how the family's meals had been lately.

Hearing her grandson's complaints, she asked Lin, who was cooking, "Have we been eating only lard rice every day these days? Why haven't we even had a cold wild vegetable salad or a stir-fried wild vegetable dish?"

"This stuff is free, why didn't you get some?"

Lin shrank back and said, "I...I don't have time to dig."

Zhao knew that all the adults in the family were busy, so she only asked, "What about the children?"

"The children don't have time to dig; they all have to work..."

She felt dizzy listening to this, and wanted to pinch her philtrum. She turned around and glared angrily at Si Erlang: "The family is so short of money, couldn't you have told your old mother?"

Si Erlang said, "I'm afraid of disturbing you while you're recovering."

In reality, she was afraid that Zhao would use her own fake money to support her family.

A woman's dowry is her personal property, and the government has no say in what she does with it.

But a hundred years later, the woman's dowry goes to her children.

If no specific instructions are left, the money will be divided equally among the children. However, it is also possible to leave specific instructions to give all the money to one of the children.

Si Erlang felt that his mother liked him the most now, so her dowry of one hundred taels... hehehe.

So how can we get her to use it to supplement the family income?

No.

Cheng Ruoan clearly has money, so he could have taken it out...

Si Erlang looked at the shack of the third branch, but spoke to Zhao Shi: "Mother, the family is indeed in difficulty, but I think we younger generations can handle it, so I won't trouble you."

I think my third sister-in-law is well-off. After all, everyone in the family is busy, but she still hires people to help her with her chores and goes to Laoshan to dig for medicinal herbs every day.

Look, she cooks each meal separately for Sanlang and the two children.

A family of four cooking their own meals in the shed: ...

Cheng Ruoan suppressed the urge to smash the bowl and frowned as she looked at Si Shaoheng.

Si Shaoheng: ...

“I’ll hitch up the car right now and take you and the three of you back to your mother-in-law’s place.”

He quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and slipped out of the shack.

Cheng Ruoan withdrew her murderous glare. "You're smart enough to know your place. Xin'er, Niannian, pack your things, we're going to stay at Grandma's mansion!"

"Okay, okay~"

Listening to Si Erlang's words, Zhao Shi also looked at the shed of the third house, her eyes filled with complicated thoughts.

Forcing a daughter-in-law to hand over her dowry...

Si Silang laughed. "So, after all these days, Second Brother, you're still thinking about Third Sister-in-law's dowry, aren't you? That's ridiculous. If you want her to help build a house, why don't you just have Mother invite Third Sister-in-law to manage the household?"

Why are you trying to control Zhonggong's money while also wanting other people's money?

Si Niu, who speaks fluently, was eating her meal when she shook her head and said, "This is what Third Uncle taught us: 'We can't have everything.' Second Uncle wants everything, how shameful."

Da Hua was feeding Daya when she stopped to look at Si Niu and praised her, "Si Niu is so smart, she can already read."

Ershuan and Erzhu felt ashamed and tried to persuade him, saying, "That's right, Dad, if you don't want to, then let Auntie San be in charge. When she was in charge on the way, we had such a good life."

Even Li stammered, "My husband..."

Si Erlang's face turned red with anger, he looked so angry he was about to erupt like a volcano.

To everyone's surprise, Si Shaoheng lifted the curtain of the shed, went out, and headed straight to the big tree by the door to hitch up the carriage.

Afterwards, he returned to the shack and moved his wife, two children, and several large packages onto the cart.

Zhao was stunned: "San'er, what are you doing?!"

“I’m worried that you’ll eat my wife here, so I’ll send her back to her parents’ home tonight.”

Everyone:? ? ?