Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 905 - 894: The Reincarnated Heroine’s Biased Grandmother

Although the family has been divided, it still takes time for the second son, Yang Yuqin, to either build a new house or buy an old one to renovate, so the whole family is still living together. However, the atmosphere at home is even more awkward than before.

"Elder sister-in-law, you go rest, I’ll make dinner," Yao Xue Mei cautiously suggested.

Ji Qiuyan didn’t even lift her head, her tone indifferent, "No need. Now that the family is divided, I can’t afford you. I don’t want to be schemed against again at any time."

At this moment, Zhou Qing walked in, her voice sharp, "Elder sister-in-law, let me help you. Today both our families are eating together, let’s call mother and Yu Zhen over as well."

"Alright," Ji Qiuyan nodded, treating Yao Xue Mei as if she were invisible.

Yao Xue Mei found herself unable to leave, nor stay. Her face was flushed with embarrassment, unsure of what to say; was it because their family received the most from the division, so her sister-in-law and third sister-in-law were unhappy? But it was divided by mother!

She hesitated for a moment and said, "Elder sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I don’t need the silver for the moment. How about I share it with you?"

"I wouldn’t dare take it, else I’d be accused of bullying the honest folks again."

"Exactly, don’t want the maternal family stirring trouble at our home."

"Third sister-in-law, elder sister-in-law, go kill a chicken. We’ll treat you to a good meal today, finally peace at last."

"My maternal family sent us some pastries last time, Shuhong is too young to eat much. Later I’ll give some to Shuchen and Xiu Fen to taste."

The two sisters-in-law kept talking, leaving Yao Xue Mei feeling so ashamed that she couldn’t stand in the kitchen anymore. However, upon returning to the room, she faced her husband’s dark face and her daughter Xiudan’s stubborn expression.

"What’s happened?" Her heart skipped, sensing something was off.

"Ask your good daughter what she’s done," Yang Yuqin, for the first time, lost his temper, glaring at his daughter, speaking in a low voice, "Did you cause the trouble between your eldest aunt and third aunt?"

"No." Yang Xiudan pursed her lips.

"No? If not, then why did your grandmother and eldest aunt say so? Is everyone falsely accusing you? What exactly are you planning?" He couldn’t understand why his usually well-behaved daughter would turn out like this.

"I said I didn’t do it." Yang Xiudan knew she must not admit it, or her father would force her to apologize, and then the entire village would know. What about her reputation then?

"Dad, I’m just a kid, how could I cause trouble between eldest aunt and third aunt? Maybe today’s events were planned by them long ago just to divide the family?" Yang Xiudan shifted the blame, providing the most convincing answer.

"What are you talking about? The daughter isn’t even seven, what would she understand?" Yao Xue Mei protected her daughter, holding her in her arms tenderly.

"For your sake, I hope it’s as you say, or else you’re no daughter of mine." Yang Yuqin was too agitated today, so his words were harsh. After speaking, he went into the yard alone to chop wood.

Yang Xiudan felt wronged beyond measure. Everything she did was for whom if not for alleviating her parents’ hard work? If not to ensure their small family lives better?

She just hadn’t expected her biased grandmother to allocate the family property like this. She felt uneasy, preferring that her family got less, earning a good reputation instead.

What’s two more acres of land and some silver anyway? She had a hundred ways to earn it back. Now it’s awkward, seeing her dad’s guilty expression, will she have to support her grandmother if she earns money in the future? Will she also need to help make the elder and third uncle’s families wealthy? She didn’t want that.

What she hadn’t expected was that after the family division, the Yao Family would cause a stir. What did it have to do with them? If they received less, it would have been fine, but the fact they didn’t, only made her parents look bad.

Yang Xiudan couldn’t help but wonder if her grandmother did this intentionally, to deliberately embarrass her parents? Besides, the silver issue was merely her grandmother’s word. Who knew how much she had hidden? Who’s to say she wouldn’t secretly give more to the elder and third uncle?

Had she known it would come to this, she should have been more cautious. But she couldn’t bear living like this anymore, not even affording an egg without pinching pennies. She wanted to earn money, to live a life with servants waiting on her.

But how could she know? What Ye Qiu brought out was really all her silver. She didn’t think, despite the second son’s family doing more, how much farmland did the family have? How many people waiting to be fed? Especially as Yang Shuchen is still studying, and Yang Yu Zhen is about to get engaged; if not saved, how could they have saved this much?

"Mom, little sister, dinner’s ready." The night had fallen, Ji Qiuyan and Zhou Qing made a table full of dishes, the smell of meat wafted around.

"Mom, eat this. The chicken leg is tenderly stewed, just right."

"Little sister, have a chicken wing, thank you for giving Xiu Fen those embroidery threads and hair ribbons." Ji Qiuyan smiled warmly at Yang Yu Zhen.

Zhou Qing quickly added, "Yu Zhen also said she wanted to learn needlework with Xiu Fen to make two outfits for the little one. Third sister-in-law, thank you so much. Eat more."

"You all eat up too, no need to be so polite." Ye Qiu smiled, showing none of the day’s heaviness from the division.

At their table, they were happily together, while in the kitchen, the second son’s family struggled with wild greens and coarse rice porridge, finding it hard to swallow.

Yang Xiudan didn’t expect that after the family division she would be eating even worse. She complained discontentedly, "Mom, why don’t we kill a chicken to eat?"

Yao Xue Mei, eyes brimming with guilt, said, "Dandan, our family still needs to buy a house and renovate it. We, your father and I, are also preparing to send you and Shuchen to school, so we need to save wherever we can. We’ve only got one rooster, the rest are hens, needed for laying eggs. Be good, once we have eggs, I’ll make you some steamed eggs."

Yang Xiudan poked her coarse rice porridge uncomfortably and muttered "Oh," not noticing her father’s slight frown.

In contrast, Yang Shuliang found the family atmosphere particularly oppressive, worse than working before. He quickly finished his porridge in silence and left the room, only returning when everyone else was about to rest.

He didn’t understand why things turned out this way. Dividing the family wasn’t bad, just not as he imagined. His father and sister were acting strange, he sighed heavily, not knowing what to do.

Due to the unpleasant family atmosphere, Yang Shuqin and Yao Xue Mei also found it unbearable to continue living there. Although the eldest brother hadn’t driven them out, they quickly bought an abandoned house in the village, and after patching the roof, moved in with their son and daughter.