"Speak, who sent you?"

Chen Yunyun didn't recognize the man at all; he was a complete stranger. She immediately thought of Zhang the hunter, with whom she had a grudge.

A flicker of panic crossed the man's eyes, but he quickly masked it. "What nonsense are you spouting? Don't you want to pay me back? You've ruined me like this, I'm going to the commune to call the police!"

Chen Yunyun readily agreed, "Okay, I'll call the police too, and report you for trespassing and malicious intent. Are you trying to take advantage of us, a widow and her child, and murder us for money and property?!"

Knowing he was in the wrong, the man became agitated and struggled with his thin arms to try to untie himself, but the more he tried, the tighter the ropes became.

"Do you know who I am? Untie me now, or you'll regret it!" The man glared at Chen Yunyun with a menacing look that was very unpleasant to behold.

Chen Yunyun took a step back and calmly said, "It's not that I can't untie you, but you have to hand over the money."

"Do you want to die? You're trying to get money from me?" Zhao Liu couldn't break free, so he gave up and looked at Chen Yunyun as if he wanted to devour her.

Chen Yunyun snorted coldly. Do some people not understand their own situation?

She turned and took a sharp chicken-killing knife from the kitchen. She had carefully sharpened it on a whetstone, and it was at its finest point. The silvery blade, in the dim yellow light, seemed menacing.

When Zhao Liu saw the woman holding a knife, he squinted his eyes. He was certain that the woman was just bluffing and using the knife to scare people, so he ignored her and shouted even louder.

Chen Yunyun smiled slightly, her lips parted slightly, interrupting his insults, "Have you ever heard the story of a white knife going in and a red knife coming out?"

A white knife goes in, a red knife comes out?

Are we playing a riddle game here?

"I don't care about red knives or white knives, just let me go right now, or you and your kids will all die—ah!"

Zhao Liu cried out in pain, but before he could even utter a sound, his mouth was stuffed with something wet and pungent, reeking of urine.

He was in so much pain that his face contorted in agony, cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and he dared not move for a long time.

The sharp knife was stuck straight into his thigh, and blood stained his trouser leg.

Before he could recover, another pain shot through his leg—the woman had pulled out the knife!

grass!

Zhao Liu was drenched in cold sweat, his eyes were too painful to open, and he clenched his teeth to endure the agony.

Through his blurry vision, he saw the woman's figure chuckle, "See? This is what they mean by 'white knife in, red knife out.'"

Chen Yunyun removed the diaper from his mouth and asked leisurely, "Now can you tell me who sent you?"

Zhao Liu no longer dared to make a fuss and sheepishly confessed everything.

The mastermind behind it all was actually Chen Fengjiao?

Why was Zhao Liu summoned here to murder someone for money?

How ruthless must this woman be to hire someone to kill someone? What deep-seated hatred or grudge could she possibly have?

Chen Yunyun showed no anger on her face; instead, she smiled.

Dealing with Tiger's family is quite troublesome, but dealing with Chen Fengjiao is a piece of cake.

I really don't understand why Chen Fengjiao doesn't just live her life peacefully. Does she think there's nothing in this world worth staying for?

Zhao Liu limped away from the Xu family, barely daring to breathe. He was terrified of this family; the woman was incredibly strange.

He was so alert in the middle of the night, as if he knew he was coming. And he was ruthless; he stabbed him without hesitation.

Zhao Liu thought he should stay far away from her from now on.

But the thought of Chen Fengjiao, who had caused him such suffering, filled Zhao Liu with resentment.

That damn Chen Fengjiao dared to mess with me! I'll teach that bastard the methods taught by the Xu family woman and make her pay!

A few days later, a big scandal broke out in Xujia Village: Xu Liangping, who was disabled and bedridden, had been cheated on by his wife!

The two were making out in broad daylight in the field when Xu Liangping's mother caught them in the act.

That old woman was no saint; she immediately started yelling and charged over with her hoe, only to be pushed to the ground by her daughter-in-law, leaving her with a huge hole in her head.

"This daughter-in-law usually seems like an honest and simple person, how could she do something like cheating on her husband and beating her mother-in-law?!"

"You can know a person's face but not their heart. That woman is no good. She's always involved with Zhijun's wife. What kind of good person could she be?"

Chen Yunyun, who overheard the conversation, was speechless and scolded Chen Fengjiao for bringing her along.

The gossiping old women, oblivious to Chen Yunyun, continued, "Liangping's mother is no ordinary person. How could she be controlled by her daughter-in-law?"

"Of course not. Liangping's mother is one of the top three fighters in our village. She didn't even have time to react when her daughter-in-law pushed her."

"Later, I heard that Liangping's wife had all her hair pulled out by her mother-in-law and her face was covered in blood. If you ask me, she deserved it. In the past, if someone cheated on their husband, they would be beaten to death and thrown into the pond. The fact that her mother-in-law spared her life was because she was soft-hearted."

"Is the man who committed adultery with her from our village?"

"He's not from our village. He looks unfamiliar and has a sleazy appearance. He's probably a local thug."

"What about the man?"

"Don't even mention it. As soon as that man saw Liangping's mother arrive, he abandoned Liangping's wife and ran away. I heard he was limping and was a cripple."

Chen Fengjiao's in-laws are very concerned about their reputation, and her mother-in-law is a domineering woman. Chen Fengjiao will be severely injured this time, if not killed.

She deserved her fate; in order to get Zhao Liu to do things for her, she not only gave him money but also actively seduced him. This whole ordeal wasn't entirely unjust.

Hearing this, Chen Yunyun happily carried her basket home.

Yesterday, a heavy snow fell, the first snow she had ever seen since she came to this era. Snowflakes fell one by one and quickly covered the ground, accumulating overnight.

The snow was already knee-high. Wearing cloth shoes, each step left a shallow dent, and soon the shoes and socks were soaked.

Chen Yunyun went home, took off her shoes, washed and dried them, and washed her hands to prepare to collect the mountain produce she had dug up that day.

As the weeds in the basket were emptied, a few wild yams, still smelling of earth, rolled out. Their brown skins encased snow-white yam flesh.

The sap under the yam skin is slippery, but it stings when it gets on the skin. Chen Yunyun endured the itching on her hands, peeled the yam, and washed it with water.

On a wooden cutting board, cut the yam into long strips and boil them in water until cooked.

Chen Yunyun used her points to redeem blueberry jam and honey through the system. Niu Niu and Da Wa were already used to seeing the unfamiliar items on the stove.

Since the last "thief incident," the two children had overheard the whole thing and noticed the stark difference in her attitude towards the thief and towards their own family. As a result, the two children became less wary of Chen Yunyun.

They turned a blind eye to Chen Yunyun's occasional acts of taking things out of thin air; if she didn't say anything, they pretended not to see it.