Chapter 201: Could It Be That She Wants to Get a Share from Her Sister-in-Law?

Qiu Shaofeng was just about to speak when he heard the voice of the eldest aunt of the Qiu family coming from outside: "Nothing serious, just got up too fast and pulled a muscle in my back."

Someone who had a grudge against Zhang Shanmei said, "Why on earth did she go to the back of Shaofeng and his wife's room to stretch her back?"

Once this topic was raised, someone else followed up with her words: "Could it be that she wants to get a share from her sister-in-law?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst out laughing.

The Qiu matriarch could no longer sit still in the room: "It's getting late, everyone has been tired all day, go back and tidy up and rest."

Although these words sounded a bit like kicking people out, they were indeed for their own good, so everyone finally dispersed.

Seeing that everyone had left, the Qiu matriarch turned to the eldest daughter-in-law and said in a bad mood: "Really so short-sighted, now look, you've twisted yourself into the clinic, not letting anyone have peace of mind day after day."

After speaking, she turned and walked towards her son's room.

It was just that the old lady's bound feet limited her speed.

She gave birth to only one son in her life, Qiu Laoshi, also known as Qiu Laotou; his wife was short-lived and passed away from illness a few years after giving birth to the second son, Qiu Laichang, who is Xia Qiu's father.

After her daughter-in-law had been dead for three years, she arranged another marriage for her son, but that one was also unlucky; she entered the household for three years without bearing a single child, and was killed by the Japanese devils in 1937.

After that, her son devoted himself to raising his two sons until now.

Qiu Laoshi saw his mother come in: "Mom, why did you come over?"

He tapped the tobacco pipe in his hand against the edge of the kang bed and put it away.

The Qiu matriarch sat directly on the edge of the kang bed: "Son, Laifeng already has grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and Laichang is about to become a grandfather; it seems inappropriate for us to stay in the same pot any longer, so it would be better to divide the family."

Hearing his mother's words, Qiu Laotou was not too surprised: "Didn't you say before that we would divide the family once the eldest branch's Qiu Shaohe, and the second branch's Qiu Shaocheng and Qiu Shaomei were married? Why divide now?"

The Qiu matriarch sighed: "One cannot deny old age; I used to think I should look after them more, but now they are all grandfathers, and it is inappropriate for me to manage them anymore. Besides, as you have seen, the one in Qiu Shaohu's family is becoming more and more unreliable. If we continue to eat from the same pot, there will be more and more conflicts. I think it is better to divide the family early and let each rely on their own abilities to live."

Qiu Laotou looked at his mother's head full of white hair: "These years, I have been unfilial, making you work so hard for this big family. You have suffered."

The Qiu matriarch did not expect her son to say such words; her nose tingled and tears welled up in her eyes: "Thinning seedlings will start here soon. Once we finish this busy period, we will find a date to divide the family."

Qiu Laotou nodded and replied: "I will listen to whatever Mom says."

Capital City

"How is the investigation into what I asked you to find going?"

"Lady, could there be a mistake? A few days ago you sent all the Xiao family members away, but we searched the entire house and could not find what you wanted."

"Does the Xiao family have no secret compartments or the like?"

It could not be groundless on that side; where exactly did Xiao Yude hide the item?

"Did you not reveal any flaws?"

"Lady, rest assured. The Xiao family's nanny took leave to return to her hometown to attend a funeral, so there was no one at home at all. Moreover, we were very careful and, as you instructed, did not touch anything."

Actually, they originally wanted to take some valuable items away, but thinking that if they ruined the Lady's affairs, they would surely be punished, they forcibly held back.

(End of this chapter)