The wicked sister-in-law is in charge; meals include fish and shrimp.

Chapter 3 You noob!

Zhang Chunhua's heart tightened. That wouldn't do! She was still waiting for her precious son to help her pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, so that she, the scholar's mother, could live a life of luxury!

With a quick glance around her eyes, she plopped down on the ground and started slapping her thighs, wailing, "It hurts so much! This is outrageous! The Wen family is bullying me, a widow and her child!"

Zhang Chunhua cried with snot and tears streaming down her face. Her swollen cheeks were red and shiny, which made her look rather pitiful.

She winked at Lin Huaizhi, who was standing next to her, signaling him to sit down and howl with her.

Lin Huaizhi, who prided himself on being a scholar, couldn't possibly act like a villager. He straightened up, his face flushed, and said to the village chief, "Village chief, the Wen family was really rude and hurt my mother and me!" "Huaizhi is a scholar, so he will naturally be reasonable. We won't ask the Wen family for the money for the medical treatment. Consider it repayment for the kindness Miss Wen showed me!" He finished speaking with a pained expression, standing there secretly pleased with himself.

In this way, he neither had to go to the government nor did he gain a good reputation for not arguing with others. It seems that he got the better deal!

He had expected others to praise him highly, but instead, he was met with a series of disdainful murmurs, with the village chief being the first to respond.

"Young man from Huai, I think you've wasted your time studying the Four Books and Five Classics! How could you say such shameless things!"

As soon as he said that, the villagers who were watching the commotion chimed in, "That's right! This little injury doesn't cost money, does it? He can just go home and rest for a couple of days and he'll be fine!"

"Yes, yes! That girl almost lost her life!"

Aunt Wang stepped forward, pointed at Lin Huaizhi's nose, and said disdainfully, "Don't you know how much that girl Luo Luo has subsidized your family over the years, or doesn't your mother know?"

"Ugh! Shameless!" She spat at Lin Huaizhi and rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Although the Wen family girl is notorious, what incident is unrelated to her and her son?

He wanted vegetables, so he encouraged the girl to go to the Zhang family's field and pluck some; he wanted meat, so he tricked her into catching a chicken from their house! In the end, he almost killed her! People should have some conscience! Nobody can stand for that!

Lin Huaizhi was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged. He raised his finger and pointed at her, saying in a trembling voice, "Women and petty men are the most difficult to deal with!"

"Tch! Your mother isn't a woman? I think she's easy to feed! She's plump and healthy!"

"If it weren't for that girl from the Wen family helping you, you two lazy good-for-nothings would have starved to death many times over! Look at that family, they're so thin and pale from hunger!" Someone in the crowd said a few words, and the others nodded in agreement, pointing and whispering about Lin Huaizhi and his mother.

"You're even looking down on someone else's daughter! Bah!"

"Even if you don't care about the monk, you should at least be grateful to the Buddha. Even if the two children can't get better, you should still be grateful for the subsidies they've given you over the years! How could you drive that girl to her death!"

"That's right! Even we roughnecks understand this, so why can't you scholars understand it!"

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Amidst the rising and falling cries of condemnation, Lin Huaizhi shrank back towards Zhang Chunhua in fear.

Unable to bear seeing her son suffer, she jumped up from the ground and yelled, "What business is it of yours, you bunch of peasants?!"

"That girl's feelings were all one-sided! Why should I pay her back?"

"If you're so capable, why don't you try to produce a scholar yourself? I think you're just jealous!"

"Hmph! Even if we go to the government, the most upright official will protect my Huaizhi! He's a future scholar!"

She raised her chin, looking superior as if she were already a scholar's wife, and spoke with an arrogant tone.

Lin Huaizhi straightened his chest involuntarily. Yes! They were just jealous of his talent!

Wen Zixun's fists clenched so tightly they cracked. If his mother hadn't been holding him back, he would have smashed that bastard's head in! That damned thing! He almost killed his sister!

The Wen family members didn't move, and Lin Huaizhi assumed they were afraid. Hiding his smugness, he said to them with a pained expression, "As long as you apologize to me and my mother, I will forgive you for your past transgressions..."

"Where did this dog come from, barking at my doorstep!" Before he could finish speaking, a shoe flew out of the yard and hit him squarely in the mouth, interrupting him abruptly.

"Oh, my darling! Why did you come out here instead of lying down properly inside!" Xie He saw her daughter come out of the yard, her little face still pale and looking bloodless, and went over to hug her tightly with heartache.

Li Chunxing also stepped forward, looking at her younger sister with some concern.

Wen Zixun noticed that she was missing a shoe, and then remembered that Lin Huaizhi had just been hit by a shoe.

He stepped forward and raised his fist, and Lin Huaizhi was so frightened that he covered his face and quickly hid behind Zhang Chunhua.

Seeing that he was just picking up the shoe, both mother and son breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Huaizhi, who had been hit by the shoe, didn't dare to say a word.

Wen Zixun took the shoes, knelt down in front of Wen Luozhi, and grinned, saying, "Little sister, put these on quickly, or your sixth brother will be worried if you catch a cold."

Wen Luozhi blinked at him, revealing a smile so sweet it could kill. "Thank you, Sixth Brother. Sixth Brother is so kind."

Wen Zixun was overjoyed by her calling him "Sixth Brother" repeatedly; he felt incredibly happy!

My little sister has such a beautiful smile, and she looks even more beautiful when she smiles at him! It's just that her face is too thin! He'll have to go up the mountain later to catch a pheasant or rabbit or something to nourish her properly!

Yang Guilan curled her lip, thinking, "A daughter who's lazy, gluttonous, and fierce—I don't know what good treasures she has."

Lin Huaizhi felt emboldened the moment he saw her come out.

Wen Luozhi is usually so good to him, she listens to everything he says! Now he's using her to manipulate their family to vent his anger! Humph!

He was smugly thinking to himself, completely forgetting whose shoe had hit him earlier.

He stepped out from behind Zhang Chunhua and said, "Sister Luo'er, why were you so rude to Brother Huaizhi today!"

"Brother knows you're upset, but a woman shouldn't act like a demon. As the saying goes, a woman should..."

"I should be your father! Don't think you can lecture me, Wen Luozhi, just because you know a few words! Who do you think you are?"

"If there's no mirror in the house, there'll always be someone who needs to pee, right?!"

"Brothers again! How disgusting!" Wen Luozhi pouted in disgust, her lips almost sticking out of her mouth. "My brothers are all handsome and dashing. How come I don't know when my mother gave birth to such a loser like you!"

That's not untrue. The sons of the second branch of the Wen family were all exceptionally handsome, but they were not raised because of their difficult circumstances.

Even Wen Zijin, who was studying in town, was not as thin as Lin Huaizhi, who looked like he would fall over with a gust of wind!

Wen Luozhi was speechless, wondering what kind of taste the original owner had to be able to fall for such a withered man and insist on marrying him! In the past, she wouldn't have even given this kind of guy a second glance.

Lin Huaizhi's face stiffened for a moment, then returned to normal. This Wen Luozhi must have hated him because of love! So, if he just coaxed her with kind words, wouldn't she be eager to give him money in the future?

Thinking this, he walked up to her, flashing what he thought was a captivating smile. "Little sister Luo'er, what happened today was indeed my mother's fault."

"Why don't we go over there and have a proper talk?" He looked at Wen Luozhi with deep affection and reached out to pull her along.

"boom!"