Su Lijuan clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turning white.
Not only did she not loosen her grip, but she squeezed even tighter.
She wished she could strangle all the people in front of her who were making snide remarks!
Yang Shufen beside her stayed silent the whole time.
After hearing what Aunt Wang said earlier, she finally realized that kicking Xia Wan out had been a terribly unwise decision.
If the family ties hadn’t been severed, even the repair fees and translation fees paid by the factory would have belonged to the Lu family!
As regret flashed across her eyes, Su Lijuan’s sharp gaze shot toward her.
In an unfriendly tone, Su Lijuan said, “Aunt Yang, what are you regretting?”
Yang Shufen was startled by her gaze and hurriedly replied, “I just think we shouldn’t have severed the ties so early. We should have squeezed every last bit out of that brat before kicking her out. Now she’s taken all her dowry, and our family is left with nothing!”
As soon as she said this, both women looked around and realized that the Lu household had indeed been emptied!
Even the sound of their own voices echoed back to them.
Yang Shufen finally couldn’t hold back her tears. She plopped onto the ground, crying and shouting, “Damn it! Life is unbearable now!”
Meanwhile, Xia Wan had returned to her own residence with her group.
She had already prepared an empty room yesterday and had them move all the items in and neatly store them there.
The room was packed full.
Chen Zhiqiang looked at the overflowing room, realizing no one could even walk in, and said, “Should we find someone to sell some of the unnecessary things for you? It might not fetch the original price, but at least we can recover some money.”
“No need. Some of the old stuff at home is no longer usable anyway. I’ll sort it out later.”
“Alright, if you need anything sold, just tell me. Both Jianjun and I have contacts who can help.”
“Good. I won’t hold back then. Let’s go, everything’s packed, and we should head back. Aunt will be worried.”
With that, she made a gesture to close the room door.
As she waved her hand inside, all the items inside the room vanished, entering her system storage.
When they returned to the village, Aunt had prepared a large table full of delicious food for them.
Those who had helped earlier also sat down to eat and drink together.
Before heading back, Xia Wan handed the study materials she had organized for the college entrance exam to Chen Zhiqiang.
“These are what I sorted out yesterday. If you master these, you’ll definitely get into a good university.”
Chen Zhiqiang looked at the small booklet in his hands with excitement. “Great! Then we’ll go to school together!”
Xia Wan was escorted home by the three siblings.
After sending them off, she took a hot shower and lay down on her bed, sorting through the things she had recovered today.
Most of the recovered items were daily necessities.
She replaced all the old items at home, and the rest that she didn’t need went into storage.
Since it didn’t take up space, she could retrieve them anytime.
As for selling things, she didn’t need the money anyway.
She already had 3,500 yuan in compensation, plus her father’s savings and compensation from the factory, totaling several thousand yuan.
Soon, the factory would also pay her for translation work and machine repairs, likely no less than a hundred or two.
Altogether, she already had over ten thousand yuan in hand.
In these days, being a ten-thousand-yuan household was rare she was comfortably a little rich.
Recalling the book, Su Lijuan’s ex-husband, Ji Yuanchuan, had started his fortune with a few thousand yuan, investing in radios and earning his first pot of gold.
Later, Su Lijuan tried to do the same, investing all of Ji Yuanchuan’s assets into radios, as televisions had started dropping in price and entering households.
As a result, Su Lijuan lost everything.
If Su Lijuan had now been reborn, she would certainly know this turning point.
And the original book didn’t describe in detail how the two had met.
Since Su Lijuan chose Lu Jingxing in this life, she would naturally abandon the Ji Yuanchuan storyline.
This piqued Xia Wan’s interest.
Perhaps she could cooperate with Su Lijuan and double the money in her hands.
With this plan in mind, she decided to go out and take a look around tomorrow.
Thinking this, she happily closed her eyes to rest.
Thinking of Yang Shufen’s humiliated expression today, she drifted to sleep with a smile.
Meanwhile, the Lu household still couldn’t calm down.
Lu Hongmei returned home from work to find the house empty and was dumbfounded.
“What’s going on?!”
Yang Shufen cried as she explained what had happened today.
Lu Hongmei exclaimed, “Mother! Are you out of your mind? You just let her take everything? Don’t you usually like to act all proper? And didn’t we plan yesterday that when they came to move things, you’d cry and claim they were bullying you as a widow?”
Yang Shufen looked wronged. “I don’t know what came over the Zhang family next door. They brought a group of people to help watch over things, and I couldn’t do anything. I even wanted to hit someone, but they held me back.”
Lu Hongmei frowned. “Zhang Wei’s mom? What did she cause? She didn’t target sister-in-law, did she?”
The thought of Zhang Wei’s family targeting Xia Wan made Lu Hongmei inexplicably irritated.
At that moment, her stomach grumbled.
Rubbing her belly, she said, “I’m hungry. Is there any food at home?”
Upon hearing this, Yang Shufen burst into tears again.
“The stove was smashed, the pots and pans were taken, even our bed is gone! I don’t know how we’ll manage tonight!”
Lu Hongmei, already hungry, saw the wrecked house and immediately got angry. “Honestly, this is all your fault! Why kick her out? She was washing and cooking for you just fine. She even went to work at the office and brought income to the family.”
“You ruined it! You chased away such a money tree just to give some outsider a job. And your own daughter is still suffering in the workshop!”
“Sometimes I really wonder if I’m even your biological daughter!”
Yang Shufen, red-eyed, grabbed her hand: “Why wouldn’t you be my daughter? Didn’t you hate that bad luck star back then? Besides, now your brother’s dead and we’re alone. With Lijuan taking care of us, isn’t that good?”
Lu Hongmei’s face fell. “What can she take care of? Every time she comes to you, it’s for money. Aren’t we taking care of her? Hasn’t she almost spent all of Dad’s death compensation?”
Yang Shufen stammered, eyes darting. “No! Don’t say that! Lijuan is smart.”
Seeing her mother’s reaction, Lu Hongmei shouted sharply, “You didn’t really spend it all on her, did you? That was 750 yuan!”
Yang Shufen pouted: “Your brother’s compensation was all taken by that bitch. I could only use this for Lijuan’s business.”