The buzz surrounding the opening of Fu's Hot Springs Resort was hard to miss, how could the Zhou family not know about it.

That day, the Song family arrived.

Zhou got into a fight with her family, but she didn't have much of a disagreement with Song. Song tried to appease both sides, and Zhou didn't really have any major issues with her younger sister-in-law. However, because of the unpleasantness with her natal family, she wasn't very friendly at first.

But she couldn't resist Song Shi's coaxing and soon had a smile on her face.

Song saw the situation and quickly said that they were going to come to the mountain villa.

"Are you coming to the mountain lodge?"

Song shi didn't want to go back and forth, "It's not me, it's Baoshan. Building a house caused a famine. He's young and strong, with hands and feet, he can't rely on his sisters."

Zhou nodded, thinking that as long as she didn't have to ask for money, it wouldn't be a problem. She could find someone else to do it if necessary, and her own brother wasn't a bad option either.

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Tell your sister-in-law and brother-in-law!

"What I tell your brother-in-law won't help. We can't control this."

Song thought she wasn't willing to help, and said in her heart that it was all the old woman's fault for offending this wealthy man.

"Third Sister, are you still angry?"

Zhou knew she had misunderstood and explained: "Although the manor is ours, we only take care of building it. Finding people is up to our fourth brother."

Song opened her eyes wide. "Did I hear that right? Third Sister, how could this happen?"

Song shifted her eyes around, seeing no one else was present. She lowered her voice and said, "Third Sister, it's not that I'm trying to stir up trouble, but what's going on in your family? It's too biased. The money is coming from you and your brother-in-law, yet you don't get to make the decisions."

Zhou shi was also a little unhappy about this, but she was not the silly woman who would make a fuss with her in-laws over every little thing like before.

"The Si Jin has opened a lot of stores, and he has experience. We feel more at ease with the people he hires."

"Third Sister, rest assured, you can trust your own younger brother. Your brother-in-law isn't a real brother."

After going through so much, Zhou wouldn't think her younger brother wasn't kind.

Which nephew at home wouldn't treat her better than his own brother?

"Oh, hey little brother/sister, you say it's not stirring up trouble, but listen to yourself, what are you saying?"

Zhou readily pointed it out.

Song Shi was a little embarrassed, "Third Sister...I... I'm not doing this for your own good? I'm afraid you'll be taken advantage of."

Zhou smiled coldly and said, "If you really want what's best for me, just stop saying these things. I'm living a good life now, my family gets along well."

"Yes... Yes... So, what about the matter of Baoshan coming to the villa?"

Zhou Shi still softened her heart, "I heard Sijin say that in two days he will check everyone who wants to work at the mountain villa. If Baoshan wants to make money, he should come the day after tomorrow."

"Alright, third sister, with your words I feel at ease."

While Song expressed his immense gratitude, secretly he thought, "How is it that this third sister of mine isn't as naive as she used to be?"

Before, whatever she said, she listened to.

Zhou Pozi, however, was unhappy because her daughter-in-law had taken the initiative without permission. She puffed on her pipe and said in a cold voice: "She really gave herself face! Baoshan's wife, you are also, aren't you afraid your husband is bored?"

Zhou Baoshan lay on the kang, propped up by the pile of quilts, and lazily said: "I tell you, I'm not going. Whoever wants to go can go."

The Song family is truly disappointed in these two daughters-in-law. Compared to others, they aren't lacking in anything. How did they end up marrying into such a family?

At first, she agreed to this marriage because she thought the Zhou family had three daughters and that they would all have to raise their younger brother in the future. Besides, both sisters were doing well at the time.

Now I regret it a little, if only men had some backbone, things wouldn't have gotten to this point.

“Mother, why don't you just let your son stay on the kang and rest? I worry about what will happen when those creditors arrive. My eldest sister-in-law is tough, she won't give them any money. Your second daughter's life is even worse than ours now. And your third daughter… I had to pay a lot of money just to get her to agree to let Baoshan go and earn money. If he doesn't want to go, then don't make him. It's his choice.”

"Son, let's go back with mother."

"Mother, where are we going?"

"Where to?" the little boy asked, confused.

"Go back to your mother's house."

Zhou Baoshan was really angry seeing his daughter-in-law and wanted to leave. He quickly took off his shoes and went downstairs to chase after her.

Zhou Pozi angrily slammed the pipe stem onto the kang, "Why chase after her? Look at her, what a nerve she has, slapping someone's face?

Song did not speak, and went back to her room to pack her belongings.

Zhou Baoshan was disrespectful to his sisters but extremely obedient to his daughter-in-law. "Daughter-in-law, don't leave, I'll go, I'll go right away, won't I?"

Although Song was delighted inside, she kept a straight face and said, "No, I shouldn't interfere in other people's business. This is the Zhou family's affair, and it has nothing to do with me. I should return home."

The Song family wants to teach their mother-in-law a lesson. Now that the sisters-in-law all have opinions about the old woman, it's time for her to take control.

She absolutely cannot back down.

Song took her son and left, Zhou Baoshan following behind.

When Zhou Po saw this, she was furious. “Son, Baoshan, where are you going?”

Zhou Baoshan didn't even turn his head, coldly saying: "Wherever my wife goes, I go there!"

Zhou Pozi sat on the kang, angrily crying, "You good-for-nothing son of a bitch, you white-eyed wolf! I really raised you for nothing..."

After crying for a while, she heard movement outside. She thought to herself, "My son wasn't raised in vain. He did come back after all, didn't he?"

However, it wasn't Zhou Baoshan who entered the house.

"Zhou Pozi, what are you hiding for? You can't even fit into that cabinet! What about your son?"

Zhou Pozi glanced at the creditor, "Baoshan... I don't know, what's the matter?"

"Don't play dumb, you owe me thirty taels of silver. It's time to pay up." The man was tall and broad, with a menacing look on his face.

Zhou Pozi, also known as a bully at home, becomes submissive and timid around outsiders, especially those stronger than her.

"Money...is it due yet?" Zhou Pozi thought to herself, how come it's so soon? "I... need two more days of leniency."

"The last time I came, you said the same thing. We can't tolerate this any longer. Pay up quickly, or else…" The man scanned the room, his gaze finally landing on the bracelet on Zhou Pozi's wrist.

Zhou Pozi quickly covered it up, "This... this can't be given to you. That... I don't have money. My third daughter has money. The third daughter-in-law of Fu's family in Yangshucun, you go ask her for it."

Men only want money and don't want to do anything else. He pointed at Zhou Pozi, "I just want the money, and if I don't get it, you wait."

The man said and left.

Zhou pozi patted her own chest to regulate her breath, she was really scared to death.

The two villages were not too far apart. The men walked quickly and arrived at the Fu family's home in less than half an hour.

Fujujiao is playing with Si Pang, Meng Yan isn't feeling well today and is lying in the house.

Tian Guihua and Zhou's mother-in-law continued to send meals to the workers on the mountain. They had just left for a short while.

The story of the young girl from the Fu family had already spread, and even the men in town had heard about it.

"Little girl, where's your sister-in-law?"

Fufu initially thought the man came to the hot spring resort for work. Since he said that, it certainly wasn't the case.

"Which sister-in-law are you looking for?"

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