Phoenix Descends: Queen of a Thousand Pets

Inside Ling Qingyu's previous home, Lin Jiacheng was in high spirits right now. He touched the rosewood armchair he was sitting on and looked at the antiques and gold artifacts inside the room. He felt very happy when he thought of the deeds to the thousands of acres of fertile land and the magnificent garden that his brother's family previously owned. Now they all belonged to him.

It was regrettable that the silver bills, shipping companies, shops, the four remaining intact ships and the sea charts drawn by Lin Jiashen were all given to the Xie family and the Wu family. He wanted to get all those things as well but when he thought of the dangers of sea transportation and the background of the Wu family, he suppressed his thoughts.

The only thing that he wanted now was the farm in his sister-in-law's dowry. If he could get it, then all the best fertile land by the lake in Wu County would all belong to him. He thought, "Lin Jiashen, Oh Lin Jiashen... No matter how capable you are, what can you do? Now all the property you worked so hard to earn is mine, right?"

"You mean, if I let Ling Qingyu set up an independent household under her name, she will give me the farm?" Lin Jiacheng coughed and said slowly to Zhou Tao opposite him.

Zhou Tao added while lowering his head, "She also wants to keep the ship where her father and brother died in. She wants to keep it as a memory of her dead family members."

According to his wife's idea, if that mother and daughter both died, they would get a good opportunity to take back the farm and the shop. He was reluctant to agree this idea because after all, she was his own sister-in-law and niece.

When my Lin Jiashen was alive, he gave him more than just this little piece of good land to his family. How could he cut off his niece's livelihood?

Lin Jiacheng will never give up until he gets the farm. If he could get his niece an independent household in exchange for it, plus the future of the shop, it would also be a way for all of them to survive.

Lin Jiacheng gave his decision to Zhou Tao with a smile on his face, "Hahaha! If those are her conditions then I will give them to her. I will give her that ship and an a shipyard too."

Looking at Zhou Tao's receding back, Lin Guoqiang, his son, asked in confusion, "Father, why did you agree to her conditions?"

Lin Jiacheng answered his son, "If Ling Hui Niang establishes a female household, she and her mother will have no more relationship with our Lin family at all, and no one will gossip about us afterwards. That broken ship will cost thousands of money to repair, and the Wu family doesn't want it as well. Do you want to have that ship, my son?"

"Of course, I don't want it." Lin Guoqiang answered with a smile. He ran a shipping business too just like his second uncle and is now bringing a million-dollar fortune.

If he continues to meddle in these affairs, he wouldn't even know how he died. Now that the Lin family has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, it has made them the richest family in Wu County. With endless wealth, who would take unnecessary risk?

Lin Guoqiang asked his father again, "But why did father give her the shipyard?" Lin Jiacheng answered, "Didn't you say that the shipyard was completely abandoned? It's not so bad if I can make a positive image of myself by just giving her that useless thing."

After getting the confirmation from her uncle, Lin Qingyu immediately went to the government office to complete the procedures to set up a female household, change her name from Lin Hui Niang to "Ling Qingyu" and also change her mother's name back to her maden name. She was already thinking about living a good life with her mother so she returned home with so much excitement, only to be faced with her mother's cold body.

Ling Qingyu looked around and sae Mother Zheng pounding on the ground and crying. The elderly woman explained what happened, "It was those two bitches, Tang Li and Lin Zixu, from the first wife's household! They suddenly rushed in and told the Madam these words: 'Now that you've established your own female household, you'll become a prostitute sooner or later.' The Madam argued with them. They beat her and continued to insult her! They angered her to death!"

Ling Qingyu's eyes were red with gried and anger. Her mother was very kind to everyone back then. Her second aunt was jealous of the wealth so she took away all her family's property. Wasn't it enough that she killed my father and brother? She even wanted to take away my only relative in this world?! This has become a blood feud!