Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Langya also laughed: "You are also very capable, Xiao Taozi. I heard from Tieren that you helped the Sixth Girl to solve a big matter recently."

Xiao Tao scratched her head. "Well, it's not a big deal. I just went out to eat and ask for some gossip. I didn't expect to hear about Miss Shulan's story. This eldest daughter of the first house is really too tolerant. If I met such a husband and in-laws, I would definitely choose to die with them. How could I swallow my anger like the eldest daughter? If the sixth daughter hadn't asked me to pass the news to the eldest old lady, I'm afraid the whole first house would still be kept in the dark."

Minglan: "Sister Shulan did this just to avoid worrying her family, and to prevent Sister Pinlan from being influenced by her in future marriages. As a wise person like my great grandmother, she must know that the Sun family is not easy to deal with. She just didn't expect that the Sun family would treat Sister Shulan so badly. What we are doing now is to help the eldest wife give up her fantasy as soon as possible and let Sister Shulan be free as soon as possible."

Xiao Tao: "But just making the Sun family poor again won't relieve Miss Shulan, right? The Sun family might even mistreat Miss Shulan even more and make her come back to her parents' home to beg for money."

Minglan: "I just want them to send Sister Shulan back home. Once Sister comes back, my aunt will definitely check her body. When she sees the injuries on her body, she will never let her go back to the tiger's den. Rescue her first, this is the first step."

Langya: "What about the second step?"

Minglan: "Of course, we should seize Mr. Sun's weakness and hit him hard. Not only should he come to the Sheng family to ask for a divorce, but he should also be prevented from causing harm to other girls from now on."

……

While Minglan was making secret plans, Pinlan and Changwu were working together to close the shop in a big way.

The mother and son of the Sun family had never done business before. When they received the shop from the Sheng family, they only knew to reach out to the counter to pay. They did not know that the shop had to be transferred to the government before it would become theirs. Therefore, Changwu and Pinlan had no resistance when taking over the shop, and quickly took back all the dozen shops that had been given to the mother and son of the Sun family over the years.

Without the cash flowing in, the Sun mother and son had no choice but to rummage through Shulan's dowry box and pawn whatever they found when they needed money.

Of the two pawnshops in the county, one was a local, and had heard about the Sun and Sheng families. When they saw Grandma Sun coming to pawn her things, they knew she was in a hurry to get cash, so they deliberately lowered the price. Grandma Sun pawned her things a few times, and found that the other family was much more respectful to her and offered a much higher price, so she only went to the pawnshop of the outsider named "Shi" to pawn her things.

When Shulan married into the Sun family, she brought with her a dowry worth about 2,600 taels of silver. In the past three years, Sun Zhigao had spent more than 1,000 taels of silver, and now the remaining things were pawned one by one by the mother and son of the Sun family, and soon the money was all gone.

The mother and son of the Sun family then set their sights on the servants, asking Shulan to sell them for money. However, these servants were sent by the Sheng family, and their deeds were all written in the name of the Sheng family. Shulan couldn't sell them even if she wanted to. Helplessly, the mother-in-law of the Sun family took Shulan back to the Sheng family, under the pretext of visiting the sick old lady, but in fact she came to ask for money.

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived, Minglan and her grandchildren were in the hall talking with the eldest lady's family, and the old lady of the He family was also there.

As soon as the Sun family's mother-in-law entered the room, she shouted, "Oh, didn't they say that the old lady was seriously ill? How come she looks so energetic!" She completely ignored the guests in the hall.

Minglan's grandparents and Old Lady He stood up to leave, but the eldest old lady motioned for them to sit still and said to Grandma Sun with a smile, "He was originally ill, and this old sister who is proficient in medicine happened to be here, so she helped me take care of him."

The mother-in-law of the Sun family glanced at Old Madam He and curled her lips and said, "If you ask me, what's the point of being proficient or not? The old lady is not sick at all. If she is really terminally ill, even ten cows can't pull her back."

The old lady sneered: "I'll take it as you're praising me."

As soon as the Sun family's wife entered the house, she noticed Minglan. Regardless of whether she knew her or not, she walked straight up to Minglan and tried to hold her hand, shouting as she walked, "Where did this little girl come from? She looks so pretty!"

Langya was standing next to Minglan. Seeing this, he immediately stepped forward and stood between the two of them. Minglan took the opportunity to step back and retreat behind her grandmother.

Seeing this, the mother-in-law of the Sun family brushed off the non-existent dust on her body, sat down on a chair next to her, and said, "You look unfamiliar. I'm afraid you have never been around here and don't know who I am."

Minglan and his grandparents and Old Lady He remained silent. The words of the Sun family's mother-in-law fell to the ground, her face gloomy, and she turned around and spat at Shulan: "Grandma has been talking for a long time and you don't even know how to serve tea. Where did you learn this rule?"

Shulan lowered her head and hurried to serve tea.

Grandma Sun then raised her head and looked at Minglan: "See? The eldest daughter of the Sheng family is my wife, and my son is Sun Zhigao."

She felt that saying "Sun Zhigao" should make Minglan look at her in admiration.

No.

Minglan had a silly and cute look on her face.

Not receiving the expected flattery, Grandma Sun said unhappily: "You haven't heard of Sun Zhigao? Hey, little girl, how can you be so ignorant?"

The eldest wife of the first house finally couldn't stand it anymore and said, "My dear, don't talk nonsense. This is not just anyone's child. This is the daughter of my second house, a fifth-rank imperial doctor in the capital. The one sitting in front of her is her grandmother, the old lady, my second house's mother."

Grandma Sun's eyes lit up immediately: "Oh! So it's the daughter of the Sheng family. No wonder I said she looked so familiar, she has the face of your Sheng family, haha. But compared to your Shulan, this girl looks much better, she looks like she is fertile!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room couldn't help but turn their heads away. Grandma Sun looked at the girl like a pig looking at its offspring.

Grandma Sun said to herself, "Little girl, you look like you should be old enough to wear a brocade ribbon. Do you have a husband?"

Minglan was so ashamed that she lowered her head and dared not speak. Old Madam Sheng said, "My girl is still young. I am not ready to show her to anyone."

Grandma Sun threw her handkerchief and said, "You are wrong. People only want girls of their age. If they are older, they will be picked up! Didn't Shulan marry into my family because she was too old? Look at her now. She has been married for three years and still can't produce an egg. Oh, she is really wasting my son's time."

The fact that Shulan has not given birth for three years has been a handle used by the Sun family to control the Sheng family, and it is also the reason why Granny Sun dares to be so unscrupulous.

Old Mrs. Sheng didn't know what to say about this matter, so she chose to remain silent.

Grandma Sun felt that she had the upper hand, so she started to shake it off and said, "I have a nephew at home, who is very handsome and I think he is a good match for this little girl. Isn't it said that close relatives can only marry close relatives? Since this little girl is still unmarried, why not marry her to my nephew and let me be the matchmaker. He will definitely agree."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shi Tou, who was standing guard at the door, couldn't help but stick his head in to see: Who is that fool who dares to touch his young master's people?

Langya was staring at Grandma Sun until his fists were itching to fight. When he saw Shitou sticking his head in, the two of them exchanged glances, and a hint of evil appeared at the corners of their mouths.

Old Madam Sheng was also annoyed by what she heard. She could no longer bear it and spoke again: "My child is still young. If you want to marry, I will arrange it for her. Don't worry about it, mother-in-law."

Grandma Sun's mother hit a snag, and she couldn't hold back her face. She cursed, "You still don't want such a good marriage? You are so ignorant! Let me tell you the truth, my son is a scholar, you know? Scholar! That means he has the root and seed of a prime minister! The fortune teller said that he has the fate of becoming the first prime minister! If your granddaughter marries my nephew, she will be my son's sister-in-law in the future. When my son enters the court and becomes a high official, can he not help his own cousins? Think about it carefully, if you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again."

Pinlan wanted to laugh when she heard this, so she interrupted, "Didn't you understand what she just said? Her own father is an official of the imperial court, and a fifth-rank official at that. Her own brother passed the imperial examination and became a first-class Jinshi, a high-ranking Hanlin official appointed by the imperial court. Your son has been a scholar for twelve or thirteen years, right? It will probably take another hundred or eighty years for him to reach the level of her family, and she won't be able to wait for his support."

Grandma Sun pointed at Pinlan and yelled, "What are you saying, little girl? I am your elder, I am your elder! How come the daughters raised by your Sheng family are so ignorant of etiquette?"

The eldest lady of the first house said: "My dear, just say what you want to say. Why are you being so sarcastic? There are guests sitting here. You are being rude to them by insulting them like this, right?"

"He is your guest, not mine!" The mother-in-law of the Sun family didn't care about the face of the Sheng family at all. She said, "I originally wanted to be a good relative of yours, but you really don't know how to appreciate it. You took away my shop for no reason. What do you want to do?"