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

Chapter 100 Who Gave You the Right?

Cheng Ruoan turned around and tried to leave.

Although Si Shaoheng had calculated that the second son would return the housekeeping power today, Cheng Ruoan felt that it definitely wouldn't be now.

It's now clear that whoever takes over that money bag is a victim of injustice!

But when Si Xin and Si Nian, who were following behind, saw her suddenly turn around, Si Nian even called out casually, "Mommy, we're home~ Where are you going?"

Cheng Ruoan: ...

Sure enough, the next moment, Li rushed up to Cheng Ruoan, pleading, "Third sister-in-law, please save the reputation of our Si family!"

"Second sister-in-law, what are you saying? I'm just a woman, what do I have to do with saving the family's reputation?" Cheng Ruoan said through gritted teeth, smiling as she pried open Li Shi's hands that were tightly gripping her arm.

“If your second sister-in-law says you’re capable, then you’re capable. Third sister-in-law, you have a sweet tongue, come and help your second brother and sister-in-law persuade Master Niu.” Si Erlang shamelessly ordered Cheng Ruoan, “We’re not good with words, and we’ve made Master Niu very angry.”

Cheng Ruoan was truly impressed.

At that moment, Si Shaoheng was driving a carriage to take Zhao Shi to the town clinic to get medicine, while Si Silang and Lin Shi were cutting down trees on the mountain. Right now, the only elder in the family who could be considered an elder was Doctor Hu, but he was not a member of the Si family.

If Si Erlang were to spew nonsense, Cheng Ruoan, without anyone to back her up, would find it difficult to retort.

Otherwise, all the pretense and effort put in beforehand would be for nothing.

Cheng Ruoan maintained her "customer service-style fake smile" and asked Master Niu about the whole story. She thought to herself: Even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't persuade Master Niu's family to suffer the loss at Si Lao Er's hands.

What a load of rubbish.

Cheng Ruoan scoffed, continuing to live up to her reputation as a shrew: "The other day, my mother-in-law told you to go see a doctor for some acupuncture, but it seems you didn't go at all."

"If you were even slightly sensible, you wouldn't have said those things to Master Niu."

In short: Ignore him, he's mentally ill.

Cheng Ruoan didn't care how angry Si Erlang was, rolling up his sleeves to settle accounts with her. She just smiled and said to Master Niu's family, "Our family is indeed poor, but that's no reason for you to suffer losses."

Just remember these items that our family has decided on, but don't actually do them.

The main thing to rush is to finish the doors and windows. No matter how much it costs, my family will pay even if we have to write an IOU.

"I just need to trouble Master Niu and the Niu brothers to bear with us. You know, this house can't be without doors and windows."

Master Niu and Niu Er exchanged a glance, and their anger subsided considerably.

Of the Niu family, Niu Er was the most quick-witted. With his father's permission, he asked, "What about the other things I wrote down? Should we do them later?"

“Of course we want it, but I’ll have to ask my husband and mother-in-law when they get back later. We need to at least get the thirty taels together before we feel comfortable troubling the craftsmen.”

Cheng Ruoan spoke softly and gently, with a polite smile on her face. Every word she uttered was appropriate. How could the Niu family not feel comfortable listening to her?

Ultimately, we're all from the same village, and we'll see each other all the time. There's really no need to ruin our relationship so soon after settling down.

Thinking this to himself, Master Niu said, "Alright, we'll do it your way. Although your second brother-in-law is the head of your family, your mother-in-law is still alive, so she can definitely keep him in check."

After saying that, he glared at Si Erlang.

Sijiro:? ? ?

You old man with bulging eyes who's always rubbing wood, why are you glaring at me like that?!

But Li held onto Si Erlang tightly around the waist, dragging him away so that he couldn't get close to Cheng Ruoan and the Niu family.

Niu Er glanced at the repulsive-looking Si Erlang in the distance, and said coldly to Cheng Ruoan, "It's not like your family has no one left, so how come it's your second brother-in-law, who's 'sick,' who's in charge of the family?"

What business is a man of managing the household? He should only be taking care of the work in the fields and the jobs outside!

Cheng Ruoan raised her eyebrows slightly.

Ok?

An unexpected surprise?

She didn't expect the Niu family to be so reasonable, not directly pestering her for money before they would rush the work.

Furthermore, they directly echoed her statement and denied Si Erlang's position as the head of the family.

Shouldn't we make good use of this?

Cheng Ruoan nodded, smiling somewhat embarrassedly, "What the Niu brothers said makes sense, but... well, never mind, I have some moxa sticks here that I made myself. They're not worth much. If you don't mind, you can take them back and use them to fumigate your joints like your arms and legs."

I heard from you that the village is very damp around winter. You all work a lot, so you must take good care of your joints.

As he spoke, Cheng Ruoan picked out seven or eight moxa sticks from the shed where Doctor Hu was drying medicinal herbs.

Generally speaking, when neighbors greet each other, there will definitely be a bit of a tearing.

Even if it's just a polite refusal, you still have to push it away a little.

But the Niu family had never seen herbal sticks wrapped in cardboard like this before, so they took them and examined them curiously.

Cheng Ruoan then explained the usage of the moxa sticks to them in detail. Upon hearing that there were medicinal herbs inside, the group exclaimed that they were too precious to accept.

But how could Cheng Ruoan let go of this opportunity to boost her neighbor's favorability? She repeatedly said, "This is just a little thing that I casually made with my master. The herbs were also found all over the mountains. It's really not worth much money."

Master Niu, if you don't take care of me, my husband and mother-in-law will definitely scold me when they find out.

After all, my second brother-in-law asked me to come and try to persuade you…

Master Niu saw that Cheng Ruoan was about the same age as his own daughter, and thought that she was not as lucky as his daughter to be able to marry into the family. She also had to make a living under the care of her mother-in-law and her second brother-in-law, which was not easy for her.

In addition, she said that the moxa sticks were simple and easy to use, which sounded useful.

So they decided not to tear it apart and just let Niu Da accept the things.

"Alright, Madam Si, we'll arrange the carpentry work at your house as you suggested."

But the doors and windows can only be made after the basic structure of the house is built. Even if we only make the doors and windows, you'll need quite a bit of wood. So we'll go back and help you dry the wood first!

"Okay. Thank you, Master Niu."

As soon as the Niu family left, Li loosened her grip, and Si Erlang stormed over angrily.

"Cheng! What did you just say to them?! What did you give them?! Do you know what kind of situation your family is in right now? You're just giving things away to curry favor, aren't you?"

What family could afford to support a wife with hands as big as yours? We'll wait until the third son comes back…”

Snapped!

Before Si Erlang could finish speaking, a written agreement was slapped onto his face.

Cheng Ruoan placed her hand on the document.

From a distance, it looked as if Cheng Ruoan had grabbed her second brother-in-law's face.

However, the workers rushing to build the houses over there couldn't see what was happening around the shacks here.

Cheng Ruoan said to Si Erlang expressionlessly, "How about we wait for Lao San to come back?"

Should I make him divorce me?

You can go and talk to him, and see if he dares to mention the word "divorce" to me!

I asked you to manage the household for a couple of days, and you really think you're something special?

I only call you "Second Uncle" because of Xin Ge'er and Niannian. If it weren't for the children, you, Si Erlang, would be waiting for the yamen officials to come and arrest you and send you to jail!

They still owe me over a hundred taels of silver. Who gave them the audacity to boss me around like that?

With the whole family out of the house, why should Cheng Ruoan be polite to Si Erlang, this "troublemaker of the family"?

It is said that one force can overcome ten techniques.

As long as elders, juniors, and outsiders are not present.

With just this IOU, Cheng Ruoan could pin Si Erlang down so he couldn't get up!