Chapter 4 My Husband Can't Live Without Me

But he is definitely not so kind to other people.

Wang's sympathetic eyes said, "It's really heartbreaking to see you like this, at your prime age, staying with a fool husband. It's really unfair to you. I just went back to my parents' home today, and I heard that Mr. Zhao's family in the town is hiring a capable maid. Mr. Zhao is a wealthy family in our Shili Town. Anyone who works for them will be extremely rich..."

Lin Shiqi...

Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world.

Are they trying to trick her into working as a maid in Mr. Zhao's house?

What's in it for her?

Does the male protagonist Zhou Qinan dislike the couple now?

Or is there something else going on?

She would definitely not go. She now had only one idea, to work with the stupid Zhou Lang to find a way to leave this poor place where they had no food to eat.

Lin Shiqi smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law."

Wang frowned.

She was afraid that Lin Shiqi wouldn't understand, so she patiently said, "Fourth sister-in-law, I feel sorry for you and am thinking about you. You are staying with a fool husband, and you don't have enough food or clothes in our Zhou family. You might as well ask your parents to go to the Zhao family to be a maid and live a good life. If it were someone else, I wouldn't bother to care about such trivial matters. You are also a maid in our Zhou family. If you go to the Zhao family to be a maid, not only will you eat and drink well, but you will also get a salary every month..."

Lin Shiqi blinked, "Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law. My husband can't live without me."

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Zhou Lang, who was sitting in the room, sneezed for no apparent reason.

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Wang's smile faded.

I felt a little annoyed inside. I didn't realize that this girl had such feelings for that idiot!

"Then just pretend I didn't say anything, Fourth Sister-in-law. Go ahead and do your work."

With a glance, he saw that Lin Shiqi had already put the rice ball into his arms. It was not easy to take it back, which made him even more annoyed.

Something that doesn't know how to appreciate something.

She gritted her teeth and went to the upper room.

There was no way this girl would make sense, so she could only go find Mrs. Zhou and risk being scolded by her.

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Neither of them knew that there was a girl standing at the window outside the kitchen.

I pricked up my ears and listened to their conversation.

Showing a fascinated look.

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Lin Shiqi didn’t know what Wang was trying to do.

Anyway, it gave her a bad feeling.

She didn't even bother washing the dishes. She carefully picked up several straw ropes and quickly took them back into the house.

As a result, halfway through the journey, I happened to pass by the main house.

There were voices coming from the window.

It was the voice of my eldest sister-in-law Wang.

"Mom, you see, my fourth brother's wife has not been as diligent as before in the past two days. She has been sneaky and cunning. Is it because she is old and has some small thoughts in her heart, and she dislikes our fourth brother?"

Then came the scolding of Mrs. Zhou, "That bitch, how dare she be lazy? I will beat her to death with a broom. She even dares to look down on my fourth son. She doesn't even think about the fact that she has been eating and drinking at our house for so many years. Without the fourth son, there would be no her..."

Wang said softly, "Mother, don't be angry. The girl has grown up and has big thoughts. By the way, I heard that Mr. Zhao's family in the town hired a maid. As long as she is good-looking, they will pay a lot of money. One tael of silver for a maid with a living contract, and five taels of silver for a maid with a fixed contract. Why not send Fourth Brother's wife over there to try her luck? She is good-looking..."

Mrs. Zhou said in a vigilant voice, "Isn't this bad? If we sell her, who will take care of our fourth son in the future?"

Wang said, "Let my second sister-in-law take care of them. She has only given birth to two girls, and she is the most free person in our Zhou family..."

Mrs. Zhou replied, "That won't work. She is the sister-in-law. How can she take care of her brother-in-law day and night? If it gets out, people will say that our family has no family traditions and is immoral. Even if I agree, your father won't agree. This won't work."

However, Wang seemed to have prepared her excuse long ago.

"Then we can sell her as a death indenture for five taels of silver. We can use two taels to find a younger girl for our fourth brother to be his wife. There will be three taels of silver left, which can be used to pay for our Dalang's tuition. Our Dalang has the style of his great-grandfather in studying, so he will definitely have more than enough money to pass the exam to become a scholar in the future. What do you think, mother?"

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When Lin Shiqi heard this, he finally understood what Wang was really planning.

He wanted to sell her and give her to his son Zhou Qinan to study.

Mrs. Zhou had never been very nice to her and had never given her a good look.

After two days of observation by Lin Shiqi, he found that among the four daughters-in-law in the Zhou family, the most favored one was the third daughter-in-law Liu.

Always praise Liu for everything.

As for Wang, Mrs. Zhou was actually quite nice to her. Although not as nice to Liu, she respected her in everything and did not deliberately oppress and attack her as described in the book.

The daughters-in-law with the lowest status in the Zhou family are Ruan, the second wife, and the child bride of the fourth wife.

Because Ruan gave birth to two daughters but no son, she could not hold her head up in the Zhou family and was often scolded by Mrs. Zhou for cutting off the incense of the second branch.

This child bride didn't even give birth to a single hair. Zhou Laosi was a fool and couldn't give birth either. It was not the original owner's fault.

But Mrs. Zhou continued to scold her.

The eldest wife, Wang, gave birth to three sons. She often said that she was a hero of the Zhou family. She also said that she was injured during childbirth and never did any heavy work.

Even when it was usually the first and second wives' turn to cook and do housework, she would pretend to be sick or say she had to take care of her sons, leaving the second wife, Ruan, to do it all alone.

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Lin Shiqi was afraid that Mrs. Zhou would be instigated by Wang and would really sell her away.

She wanted to prick up her ears and listen a little longer, but she saw someone coming in from outside.

Lin Shiqi had no choice but to go back into the house.

"Zhou Lang, hurry up, let's try Pinduoduo again. If we don't try again, it might be too late."

She told Zhou Lang what she had just said.

Zhou Lang was calm and composed. "They want to sell you, but not me. Your love lock was given to you by my grandfather. You just need to return it to me."

Listen, is this human language?

"Bah, anything grandpa gave me is mine. Unless grandpa asks me to take it back, you, Zhou Lang, should get as far away from me as possible." Lin Shiqi wanted to slap him twice.

At the same time, it also gave her an idea.

If the Zhou family really wanted to sell her, then she would just steal the half of the love lock from Tong Lang.

I would rather die than let my friend die.

Let Zhou Lang be left alone in the book to collect dust.

He was killed by a fake miracle doctor hired by the male protagonist Zhou Qinan!

As the two of them were arguing with each other, they both took out their love locks and started fighting.

Lin Shiqi began to tie it up with straw ropes.

She tied it up so carefully that she didn't notice that the little rice ball that Wang gave her was sticking out from her sleeve.

It was quietly taken away by Zhou Lang.

By the time she reacted, the shameless thief had already finished the rice ball in just a few bites.

"You are a tyrant, but you steal other people's rice balls to eat. How shameless."