Chapter 99 Doesn’t the Lin family have a nanny?

"Haonan, what's in your basket?"

“A basket full!”

On the way home, the basket Lin Yunchu was carrying was still discovered.

"Straw." Pei Haonan replied.

"It's so heavy, it doesn't look like straw."

"What does straw have to do with you?" Pei Haonan asked back unhappily.

The man looked at Pei Haonan with a smile, then looked at Lin Yunchu, his eyes cold and somewhat angry.

Pei Haonan pulled Lin Yunchu forward and said, "That guy is really bad. He always likes to steal food from the children in the commune."

If the person carrying the basket today had not been Lin Yunchu, they would have probably been robbed.

"Have you ever been beaten by him before?"

"Yeah." Pei Haonan nodded. "At the beginning of spring, we picked a lot of raspberries on the mountain. He saw them and wanted to trick us into eating them. We didn't agree, so he wanted to snatch them away. When I saw that he was about to snatch them away, I dumped all the raspberries on the ground and crushed them!"

"If you want to steal my things, then don't eat them!"

Pei Haonan said angrily and stubbornly.

"..." Lin Yunchu wanted to laugh, but felt more sad, and said, "But you picked all those raspberries. Because others wanted to grab them, you didn't get to eat any in the end."

"That's better than having him take it away from you."

It is better to die with honor than to live in disgrace.

"Next time, if someone wants to steal your things..."

Lin Yunchu originally wanted to say, then ask an adult for help.

But think about it, in this age when food and clothing are issues, which adult would care about such a thing as a child?

If asking an adult for help was really helpful, they wouldn't have to destroy the small fruits that they had worked so hard to obtain.

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"If someone steals your things, come find me. If they eat anything, I will make them spit it out! We don't mess with others, but if someone messes with us, we will return it a hundredfold!"

Lin Yunchu frowned and said seriously.

Pei Haonan nodded heavily. Their mother was very vigorous in her speech and work, and he liked it.

He didn't agree with what his grandmother said at all. She should just endure it and speak calmly. Why should they endure it? They are being bullied by others, so should they endure it?

"In the future, don't punish others' mistakes by destroying your own things."

She vaguely remembered that Pei Haonan had a relationship later and because the woman betrayed him, he cut himself severely. What he probably meant was, if you really don’t love me, then I will hurt you to see. In the end, there was no end, only he was hurt both physically and mentally.

It seems that he had this idea since he was a child.

"Also, you need to practice some Kung Fu. Your father was a soldier, so he must be very good at it. It's better to rely on yourself than on anyone else. If you have the ability, no one will dare to bully you!"

"Okay!" Pei Haonan nodded. "Mom, do you really have kung fu skills? People in the commune say you are amazing."

“……”Lin Yunchu pursed his lips and smiled.

The people in the commune didn’t actually say she was powerful, they said she was super fierce.

After she tied up four people from the commune and hung them on a tree for a night, her notoriety spread.

When I first returned to the commune, many men looked at her with googly eyes. Now they are very cautious when looking at her, fearing that they might be tied up by her by accident.

"Mom knows some basic skills and can teach you first. Once you have a solid foundation, next time your third uncle comes back from vacation, I can ask him to teach you some self-defense skills."

"Very good."

Just like yesterday, the three little ones did not choose to return to the Pei family, but followed Lin Yunchu back to the Gu family.

Wu Weiyin went out to work.

Luo Feifei is not at home.

Gu Qiuhong was making clothes at home, and the sewing machine made a lot of noise.

"Sister-in-law, the clothes I made for our mother are almost done. Take a look."

Seeing them come back, Gu Qiuhong took the clothes she had made and showed them to Lin Yunchu.

The pattern of the dress was good, the stitching was solid, and the size seemed right. Lin Yunchu nodded and said, "Let her try it on when mom comes back. I'll give you the labor fee first."

"No need!" Gu Qiuhong refused firmly, "This is your mother, and also my mother-in-law. You provide the fabric, and I pay for the labor. If I accept money, I would be shameless."

"Okay then. Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Lin Yunchu didn't insist.

After interacting with Gu Qiuhong for some days, she found that she was much easier to deal with than Luo Feifei.

Also much more sober.

I don’t know how Lin Keke washed Luo Feifei’s head. She was a stingy person to begin with, and now she’s even more stingy, mean, and unreasonable.

“Plop!”

“Plop!”

Suddenly, two loud and quiet voices were heard outside the yard.

Lin Yunchu took a look and saw two ducks fell down outside the yard. One of them was lying on the ground dying. The duck stood up straight, jumped and flapped its wings hard, but its feet and wings were tied with straw, so it could not run at all.

"Brother! It's the wild duck that brother brought back!"

Pei Haonan saw Pei Ankang at a glance.

Pei Ankang saw them come out and then turned and left.

"..."Lin Yunchu, what do you mean by little brat?

"Then, let's cook and eat this duck!" Pei Haonan looked at the duck and said decisively.

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"Yes. This is what big brother meant! Big brother, right?" Pei Haonan walked outside the yard and asked Pei Ankang loudly.

Pei Ankang turned around quite quickly, but he didn't actually walk far.

At this moment, he was climbing on a tree outside the Gu family's yard, sitting cross-legged to enjoy the cool air. Pei Haonan called him, but he didn't respond. He looked at Pei Haonan as if he was a "fool".

Pei Haonan understood it at a glance, turned around and said to Lin Yunchu, "Yes. Big brother is scolding me, scolding me, do you need to ask this?"

“…”

Lin Yunchu, these brothers have quite a tacit understanding with each other.

In that case, let’s get started.

Boil water.

Kill the duck.

Scald the duck and pluck its feathers.

Everyone got involved, including Gu Qiuhong.

She worked efficiently and very quickly, and with her help, the two ducks were quickly dealt with.

"Third sister-in-law, how do we usually cook this duck?"

"It's all fine. You can cook it in soup or stir-fry it. I just don't know how you do it in Yue City."

Gu Qiuhong asked.

"We like to cook young ginger duck. I see there is a lot of young ginger at home. How about trying young ginger duck today?"

Lin Yunchu asked everyone for their opinions.

"Great, great!" Pei Yinyao clapped her hands.

"I agree!" Pei Haonan nodded.

"Then I agree too!" Pei Yucheng agreed immediately.

The duck cooked by my mother must be delicious.

Gu Qiuhong looked at Lin Yunchu's white and tender fingers, which were as slender as chives, and felt a little confused. Could her sister-in-law, who was so delicate, really do that?

"I think so."

Although she was doubtful, she nodded.

After all, the child is not hers and she did not catch the duck.

It's their freedom to do what they want.

She just needs to help out.

"Okay! Today I'll let you guys taste my cooking skills."

Lin Yunchu rolled up his sleeves again, ready to get to work.

Gu Qiuhong was very cooperative and helped her prepare all the side dishes with quick movements.

Peel the ginger and cut into thin slices.

Wash and cut the peppers and set aside.

Lin Yunchu originally wanted to add shiitake mushrooms, but the commune ran out of them, so they ended up using eggplants instead.

After the ingredients were prepared, Lin Yunchu used a spatula to scoop a spoonful of lard from the oil tank, heated the oil in the pan, and then stir-fried the duck meat that had been chopped earlier.

Wild duck meat is firmer than domestic duck meat. After frying the meat until golden brown, Lin Yunchu scooped a spoonful of water and prepared to simmer it for half an hour.

Gu Qiuhong was lighting the fire while watching Lin Yunchu cooking, she was stunned.

She knew that Lin Yunchu had made fried rice in the morning, but she didn't expect that Lin Yunchu was so skilled at cooking.

In their family, Lin Keke never goes into the kitchen.

The whole family went out to work, and Lin Keke stayed at home and had no food to eat.

Lin Keke had been in poor health since childhood and had been on the verge of death for many years. Seeing that she was frail and sickly, Wu Weiyin indulged her and never let her do housework.

She doesn't do any housework like feeding chickens and ducks, cooking, frying, or sweeping the floor.

What she is keen on every day is to hide in the house and avoid the sun. She says that if she doesn't stay in the sun, she will become white.

When she has nothing to do, she will cut the cucumber into pieces and stick them on her face, saying that this will whiten her skin.

Except for washing my face and clothes, I put my hands in my pockets at other times, saying that it would be ugly if the hands were rough.

Although Lin Keke never works, she didn't realize how beautiful her skin was. Her face was still dark and rough. Compared with Lin Yunchu, the difference was like mud and cloud.

Her hands were also dark, not as thin, long, white, tender and smooth as Lin Yunchu's.

That's why she was surprised. Lin Yunchu's skin and soft, white fingers. She thought Lin Yunchu had never done any work before.

"Sister-in-law, do you really work often in the city?"

"Yes." Lin Yunchu nodded. "The Lin family is very busy. If I come home early from school, I will do all the housework."

"Young Miss is doing housework? Didn't the Lin family hire a nanny?"

Gu Qiuhong was even more curious.

Lin Yunchu laughed and said, "The Lin family used to be pretty good, and could be considered a wealthy family, but later on, they were just average."

When Lin’s grandfather was alive, he had a very high title and enjoyed a glorious few years, but he died within a few years.

As soon as the Lin family's grandfather passed away, the Lin family fell into decline, to the point that when Lin Zhifeng returned from the army, he couldn't even get a good job.

Over the years, the Lin family has boasted about their wealth and power, but they rely only on their relationship with the Si family.

"Of course, it may not generally be considered as such now."

Lin Yunchu said indifferently.

Logically speaking, after Lin Keke and Si Zheyan's marriage was settled, the Si family would have helped Wang Xiujun no matter what for the sake of Lin Keke's granddaughter-in-law's face. But several days had passed and she hadn't heard any news about Wang Xiujun's release.

Did she make a wrong judgment?

Gu Qiuhong immediately laughed, "Then the life of sister-in-law Keke, who grew up in our family and never had to deal with housework, might not be easy."

"..." Lin Yunchu raised his eyes and smiled meaningfully.

Lin Keke's life at this moment is really crazy.