Mrs. Zhu was quite self-aware. She knew perfectly well that if she and her husband were on their own, they could forget about living a good life. Eating dirt and dust was far more likely.
So, mentioning splitting the family was just a threat, meant to pressure her parents-in-law into agreeing to her first two demands.
But she never expected that Ji Qingshan, utterly despondent after this series of blows, would split the family so cleanly and decisively.
It was too late to say anything.
After Ji Huan and the first branch, the third branch had also split from the Ji Family.
It was a formal separation, but they wouldn't be moving out. They would all continue to live in the old family home.
Besides the fields and livestock, Mrs. Zhu also got one of the two east wing rooms she'd been coveting. Ji Mingmao was moved there from the west room of the main hall.
Du Caizhu didn't say anything about it.
