After saying that, Sang Qing didn’t spare the three of them another glance before addressing everyone else.
“Everyone, get moving. Empty everything inside and outside the house.”
“No!”
The moment Chu Lanhua heard that Sang Qing intended to clear out the entire house, she immediately objected.
Taking back her dowry was one thing.
But emptying the whole house?
What was that supposed to mean?
She jumped to her feet and tried to stop everyone from moving the belongings, only to hear Sang Qing’s cool voice again.
“Don’t be in such a hurry.”
“There’s plenty more for you to worry about.”
“After everything’s been moved out, I’m putting this house up for sale.”
“You’d better start looking for somewhere else to live.”
“Oh, heavens! What a sin! What a sin!”
Seeing that Sang Qing was completely beyond control, Chu Lanhua could only slap her thighs and throw herself onto the ground, wailing in hopes of winning everyone’s sympathy.
Unfortunately for her…
The people she’d invited had all been intimidated by Sang Qing.
The rest were either curious onlookers or people Sang Qing herself had brought.
She cried and made a scene for nothing.
Not a single person spoke up for her.
After kicking her legs on the ground a few times, she crawled over to Sang Qingshan.
“Qingshan… what do we do?”
That wretched girl, Sang Qing, was clearly determined to make life miserable for them.
Staying any longer wouldn’t do them any good.
Sang Qingshan naturally understood that as well.
His calculating eyes shifted for a moment before he lowered his voice.
“Don’t act rashly for now.”
“Go ask that person.”
“There may still be room to turn things around.”
Hearing this, Chu Lanhua immediately stopped crying.
She wiped her face, helped Sang Qingshan to his feet, and prepared to leave with Sang Yanyan.
“Hold it.”
Before the three of them could step out of the courtyard, Sang Qing called out again.
“The agreement drafted by the clan elders hasn’t been signed or thumb-printed yet.”
“Where exactly do you think you’re going?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xiaohe stepped forward and handed the freshly written severance agreement to Sang Qingshan.
His expression changed repeatedly.
In the end, he could only grit his teeth and sign his name.
He angrily tossed the document back.
“Sang Qing, you’ll regret this!”
“Don’t think marrying someone means you’ve found a backer.”
“Once you’ve lost your natal family, people will chew you up until there’s nothing left but bones!”
“Bullshit!”
Li Xiaohe immediately shot back.
“Our Regiment Commander isn’t an ungrateful bastard like you!”
“You’re deliberately slandering a soldier!”
Sang Qingshan: “…”
He nearly cursed out loud.
How was it that every time he opened his mouth, someone slapped another label on him?
Clearly today was not his lucky day.
He’d better discuss things with that person first before making any further plans.
“Hmph! I’m not going to waste my time arguing with you!”
“You’ll regret this sooner or later!”
With that, Sang Qingshan turned to leave.
He had barely taken two steps when Sang Qing stopped him once more.
“Did I say you could leave?”
“What else do you want?!”
Sang Yanyan finally exploded.
They’d already been beaten up because of Sang Qing.
Yet she still refused to let them go.
She was absolutely infuriating!
Sang Qing pointed at the severance agreement.
“It clearly states that you’re responsible for all the moving expenses.”
“One hundred yuan per helper.”
The three of them—Sang Qingshan, Chu Lanhua, and Sang Yanyan—shrieked almost simultaneously.
“Why don’t you just rob us?!”
Sang Yanyan wanted nothing more than to poke a hole through Sang Qing’s head with her finger.
What was she thinking?
One hundred yuan per person?
An ordinary worker only earned a little over ninety yuan a month!
And she actually dared demand one hundred from each of them?
Sang Qing shrugged indifferently.
“Isn’t that exactly what I’m doing?”
Over the years, Sang Qingshan had benefited greatly from the Sang family’s connections.
He’d also taken advantage of the Sang family’s wealth more than once.
The money in the bank could be accounted for.
But whatever he’d secretly hidden away over the years couldn’t.
There was no practical way to recover all of those hidden assets.
Still…
Making him suffer financially?
That brought her great satisfaction.
Sang Qingshan glared at Sang Qing, hatred practically overflowing from his eyes.
Yet with so many people watching, he couldn’t lay a hand on her.
“Fine!”
“I’ll pay!”
He ground his teeth before adding,
“But I don’t have that much money on hand…”
“That’s fine.”
Sang Qing smiled faintly.
“With the clan elders here as witnesses, the money can simply be deducted from your salary.”
“After all, throughout all these years, you never contributed a single cent to this household.”
“You’ve been living entirely off my mother’s dowry.”
She showed him absolutely no mercy, exposing him in front of everyone.
The crowd immediately erupted again.
“My goodness! So Old Sang’s been living this comfortably? Keeping his entire monthly salary for himself?”
“Not just for himself. Didn’t he have another woman outside to support?”
“Well, he married into the wife’s family. He’s basically the husband who remarried into another household. Makes sense for the head of the family to give him spending money!”
“Hahaha!”
“Hahahaha!”
…
Sang Qingshan’s old face burned with humiliation.
Throwing out one final,
“Just you wait!”
he fled in disgrace.
With the clan elders acting as witnesses, Sang Qing wasn’t worried that he’d try to renege on the agreement.
She directed everyone to empty the Sang family home from top to bottom.
She didn’t even leave behind a single pair of chopsticks.
She might not need them herself.
But letting the three of them have anything for free?
Not a chance.
After returning home, Sang Qing looked over the piles of belongings filling the courtyard.
Her gaze settled on Sun Dajiang and Li Xiaohe.
“The grain, kitchenware, and the belongings of the Sang family…”
“Take whatever the two of you need first.”
“As for the rest, divide them among everyone.”
“Thank you, Sister-in-law!”
“Thank you, Sister-in-law!”
The family of three had accumulated quite a lot over the years.
Pots, bowls, clothing, shoes…
Many of them were items that were difficult to obtain.
Life was better now than it had been before, but many families still patched old clothes for the younger children to wear.
Three years in new clothes.
Three years in old ones.
Then another three years after patching them.
So naturally, many people were eager to have the Sang family’s belongings.
Sang Qing waved a hand dismissively before heading back to her room.
Sitting on the bed, she looked at the boxes stacked throughout the room, her brows slowly knitting together.
Although she despised that old bastard Sang Qingshan…
One thing he’d said wasn’t entirely wrong.
As a woman, protecting all of these belongings by herself would indeed be difficult.
In the past, she would have scoffed at the idea.
But now she had awakened.
She also knew that she was nothing more than a cannon-fodder character in a novel.
That made protecting these things even harder.
In the original story, everything her mother intended to leave her had been taken over by the Sang family.
Not a single item ever reached her hands before she died.
But now…
She had reclaimed every last one of them.
Did that mean…
Her choices really could change her fate?
Resting her chin in one hand, Sang Qing carefully thought through the original plot.
After Lu Qiance began interacting with the heroine, Jiang Mengmeng, he would treat the two women differently.
Jealous and resentful, she would repeatedly cause trouble for Jiang Mengmeng and constantly make scenes in front of Lu Qiance.
If she wanted to prevent that future from happening…
There were only two options.
Either stay away from Lu Qiance.
Or stay away from Jiang Mengmeng.