The Su Family returned home, all of them looking as if their parents had died.
What was worse, they had heard quite a few villagers insulting the Su Family along the way, calling them shameless. They were so angry they nearly vomited blood.
"I'm furious! For the sake of a few stinking coins, Xiao Aimin actually refused to acknowledge even his own sister.
"And that ungrateful Erya! Our Su Family raised her for so many years, and she actually turned around and bit us."
"That shameless Tian Guihua—she should take a look at herself first. She hasn't given birth to a single egg all these years. I really don't know how she has the face to keep living until now..."
Su Guofu hurled a cup at him. "Shut up! Do you think I'm not annoyed enough already?"
They had failed to bring the person back, gained no advantage at the Xiao Family's home, and instead become the butt of a joke. Su Guofu was seething with pent-up rage and had nowhere to vent it.
Su Baozhu rolled her eyes and, unusually, poured her mother a cup of tea.
"Mom, red ore has appeared in Uncle's mine, and not just a little—it's a huge amount. He'll definitely attract people's envy.
"You have to remind Uncle to be careful and guard against them. Don't let anyone take over his mine."
Liu Hong now found Su Baozhu unpleasant to look at from every angle. She rolled her eyes at her irritably.
"They don't even acknowledge your mother anymore, so what's the point of reminding them? If you ask me, it would be better if someone took over that mine."
Since the Su Family could get nothing, they might as well make sure no one else got anything either.
Su Guofu had always studied