The Position Is Wrong

Feng Caigu looked at her with eyes full of hatred and said, "If it weren't for you, Cheng Xiao and I would have been together long ago. It's all your fault."

Feng Jiao looked at her and suddenly laughed, "Really? Then why didn't he choose you, but instead chose me?"

"Because of your family's wealth! Who made you so rich! Who made your mother a princess!"

Feng Jiao looked at her and said, "Feng Caigu, you know my mother is a princess, so what gives you the right to act so arrogantly in front of me? Throw her out."

Feng Caigu went home crying, and that evening, Cheng Xiao arrived at her door with a group of yamen runners.

"Feng Jiao, you shrew! How could you beat Caigu like this? Her face is all swollen! Did you do this on purpose?"

I'm telling you, you're not worthy to be a daughter-in-law of the Cheng Family, much less my wife, Cheng Xiao's wife. I'm divorcing you."

Feng Jiao stood up abruptly, looked at him and said:

"Cheng Xiao, are you sure you want to divorce your wife? Have you forgotten who has been supporting your Cheng Family all these years?"

That old house in your hometown was built with my own money, and I prepared your sister's dowry. Over the years, how many expenses in your Cheng Family have been made without my money?

When I married into your family, my dowry stretched for miles and included sixty rows of red bridal procession, with gold, silver, jewels, land, and shops—everything imaginable.

Over the years, no less than 300,000 taels of silver have been spent to help your Cheng Family with its finances and to pave the way for your future endeavors.

Now, either return all the silver, or we divorce, and Yueyao will be mine.

Otherwise, I can't guarantee your official position won't change.

Cheng Xiao, her face flushed with anger, said:

"You're really good at scheming. It's just a little money of yours, is it really necessary to be so calculating?"

Okay, let's make it clear in black and white, so you won't deny it later and say I used your dowry."

Soon, everything was clearly written down in black and white, and the two signed the agreement, immediately divorcing.

Feng Caigu stood next to Feng Jiao and said:

"Fool, you divorced him over some petty tricks."

I thought you were going to stay at the Cheng Family's place no matter what!

Feng Jiao sneered, "The Cheng Family isn't worth me doing this. You should stay in the Cheng Family!"

Feng Caigu said with a smile:

"Sister, I'm different from you. I gave birth to a son, Cheng Xiao's son!"

Now that the old lady knows about this, what about you? You can only have one daughter in your life, so you'll never beat me."

Feng Jiao smiled faintly and said:

"Trying to provoke me with these things is useless."

Tell Cheng Xiao that I've already told my family about our divorce, and that he should just wait and see.

Feng Caigu retorted angrily, "Feng Jiao, how dare you!"

Feng Jiao sneered, "What do I have to be afraid of? You've all treated me like this."

Feng Caigu ran straight back, and soon Cheng Xiao rushed over with a large group of people. He helped Feng Caigu up and said, "Feng Jiao, you shrew, how dare you lay a hand on me! Look, Caigu's face is all red from your slap."

This was the first time Zhou Wanwan had ever witnessed such a power struggle within the inner quarters of the household; as expected, Feng Caigu.

She was crying, her face streaked with tears. Feng Jiao raised an eyebrow and walked over, then looked at Feng Caigu and said, "I want to see where the redness is."

Feng Caigu shrank into Cheng Xiao. Cheng Xiao comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here with you. She won't dare to do anything to you. Take a good look at her, look how red her face is!"

Feng Caigu's lips curled up, and Feng Jiao looked closely for a few moments before saying, "This position is wrong..."

"What's wrong with that? You're just making excuses."

"Slap slap slap..." Feng Jiao slapped three times hard.

"Look, something's wrong. Nothing's right. If I were to hit it, it definitely wouldn't be in that spot. The palm lines are reversed."

"Next time, let someone else play; the position you hit was wrong."

Feng Caigu cried out, "Ah! You actually dared to hit me! Do you believe I'll kill you?"

Feng Jiao scoffed coldly:

"Hitting you was too lenient. My daughter has been cared for by you for so many years, and she's developed all sorts of illnesses. What kind of medicine have you been feeding her?"

And you bring me a bowl of bird's nest soup every day; you know very well what's in that bird's nest."

Feng Caigu retorted, "You... you're talking nonsense, that's not true."

Feng Jiao looked at them and said, "Don't think you can get away with this. You'll get your comeuppance. Get out of here now." The two of them were immediately kicked out.

Feng Jiao covered her face and wept:

"What kind of things are these? I must have been blind. It seems I have no face to go back to the Upper Capital."

If the people in the Upper Capital knew how miserable I was, they'd laugh at me to death!

Actually, it's a good thing for Feng Jiao to return to Upper Capital now, but if she really goes Upper Capital, she'll probably be laughed at to death by her relatives and friends.

And her younger sisters, they all married better than her.

Although their family motto is that women, whether married or not, should help each other and support their natal families, in reality, there is no warmth at all.

She married an ordinary man and lived a frugal life, while her half-sisters all married into wealthy and powerful families, and were always dressed in fine clothes and accompanied by carriages.

Every time I went back to my parents' home and bumped into them, they would smile kindly and call me "sister" repeatedly, but their words always carried a hint of showing off.

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said, "Godmother, I don't think it matters much to be here. We can do business! How about we team up?"

Zhou Wanwan truly believed that Feng Jiao was her greatest benefactor.

Feng Jiao looked at her and said, "Doing business? What kind of business? You're just making Songhua inkstones, aren't you?"

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said:

"I not only do business in Songhua inkstones, I also do business in charcoal."

I can make many kinds of charcoal: Silver Frost Charcoal, animal charcoal, horse tin firewood, auspicious charcoal, diamond charcoal, black silver charcoal, pine torch charcoal...

Feng Jiao's eyes lit up:

"Oh my god! Are you serious?"

You wouldn't believe it, but these kinds of charcoal are very rare here. Every time I want the steward to buy some good charcoal, it has to be transported all the way from the Upper Capital.

The prices in the Upper Capital are outrageously high. If you had any of this charcoal, I would buy it first.

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and nodded, saying, "Yes, there are some. I'll bring these charcoal over for you to take a look at, and you can set a price."

Feng Jiao looked at her and said:

"No need for that. I'm also quite curious about your village, and I'm planning to take Mingyao there for a look."

Mingyao, would you like to go with your sister to visit their village?

Cheng Yueyao nodded and said, "Okay!"

A group of people rode in a horse-drawn carriage directly to Liu Family Village. As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, they saw Liu Su'e and Zhou Fusheng looking around at the door.

Upon seeing Zhou Wanwan, the two of them rushed over. Liu Su'e looked at her and said, "You little rascal, you've been gone for two days without a word. What if something happened to you?"

Zhou Fusheng sighed and said, "Of course! Your mother and I were terrified. We were afraid you would poison or kill someone outside."