at night

The twins, Lin Ziqiu and Lin Zihan, had already forced themselves to sleep in Liu Junlan's room, clutching their own blankets.

Xuefu wasn't asleep. Looking at the faint moonlight filtering through the window, she said to her husband in disbelief, "Is what you said true? That rabbit really bumped into Wanwan's head."

She had heard the story of waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump before, but she had only heard of such a thing once in thousands of years.

It's unbelievable that Wanwan from their family has run into this!

"Hmm..." Lin Weiming was a little weak: "That's right, and that ginseng really didn't know where it came from, it was in our daughter's hand, it really startled me."

"Then tell me, isn't our Wanwan truly a fairy descended from heaven?" Xuefu's voice was filled with excitement.

"Huh?" Lin Weiming thought his wife was overthinking things.

A celestial maiden descending to earth should, by all accounts, be an unparalleled beauty.

Instead of thinking about his daughter's small arms and legs, and her not-so-round face, he should think about how to make her even fairer.

Xuefu was very excited and hugged Lin Weiming's arm, recounting: "Tell me yourself! Last time, that kid Wang Hu had such a dangerous fever. If it weren't for our Wanwan, he probably wouldn't have made it through the night! And the last time we went up the mountain, we could find eggs. How come out of so many people in our village, everyone else can only find wild vegetables, but our Wanwan can find so many eggs? And now she can even find ginseng and rabbits!"

"With all these things happening, if it weren't for the blessings of the gods, could it be that you've encountered so many good things?" Xuefu concluded with reason and evidence: "In my opinion, Mother made the right choice in picking up Wanwan! We must treat Wanwan well from now on and never let anyone bully her."

As she spoke, Xuefu leaned closer to Lin Weiming's ear and whispered, "If Wanwan is truly a celestial being descended to earth, then our family cannot afford to offend her."

We should be even more careful!

Lin Weiming, however, was nonchalant and didn't care at all. He felt that no matter what, Lin Wanyue was still his daughter, regardless of whether she was some kind of celestial being descended to earth.

"Honey, I think you should worry about me first! My mother is about to beat me to death." Lin Weiming grabbed his wife's hand and put it on his body.

But instead, it was pinched hard.

Lin Weiming's pain intensified, but he dared not cry out and could only swallow his words in humiliation.

Hmph, my wife is naughty!

...

Things can't be kept secret in a village.

The fact that the Lin family had roasted pork last night was already known to all the women in the village by the morning.

When Liu Junlan went to fetch water with her bucket, many women said with envy, "Oh my, Sister Liu, your son went hunting in the mountains again? The roasted pork he made last night smelled so good!"

"Yes, Sister Liu, your son is really capable! He can catch meat as soon as he goes up the mountain. We can't afford to eat meat all year round. Just smelling the meat from your house makes our mouths water with envy." As he spoke, he couldn't help but wipe his mouth, which made everyone else burst into laughter.

Liu Junlan laughed along, "We found a rabbit yesterday, which is perfect for nourishing the kids these days. But, it wasn't actually our Weiming who hunted it in the mountains. He's useless; he didn't find anything. It was thanks to our Wanwan that we found a rabbit after just one trip. I knew my child was destined for good fortune."

It's not some money-losing product!

Liu Junlan silently added in her mind.

But others didn't believe her.

Zhang Cuihong, in particular, took advantage of her good relationship with Liu Junlan and asked bluntly, "Sister Liu, I know you like that girl, but she's just a little girl. Let alone catching rabbits, she can't even climb mountains! So she couldn't have picked up the rabbit in our river, could she?"

Zhao Chunniang was also among the people fetching water.

However, she didn't say anything, but just listened quietly from the side.

The last time her son had a fever, it was really strange in every way, and she was quite afraid of that little girl.

"If you don't believe me, fine. Anyway, I treat Wanwan like my own granddaughter." Liu Junlan was too lazy to explain to these people and went to line up to get water.

The other women had a lot to say, but she shut them down with such a casual remark, leaving them feeling like they'd punched a cotton ball and were completely unsatisfied.

Liu Junlan fetched water and went back to boil warm water to wash Lin Wanyue's face.

The small bump on my forehead wasn't very noticeable yesterday, but after sleeping through the night, it's become much more swollen today, with a large purplish-blue mark that looks quite alarming.

Liu Junlan quickly called his daughter-in-law to bring herbal oil and apply it to Lin Wanyue.

Xuefu was also startled and quickly took some green herbal oil and gently rubbed it on her daughter.

This is homemade medicinal oil, with a hint of green herbal juice. When applied to the temples, it feels cool yet very soothing.

Lin Wanyue obediently nestled on Liu Junlan's arm.

This broke the hearts of both the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

While Lin Weiming was eating, he noticed the medicated oil on his daughter's forehead and quickly said, "Wife, do you still have any medicated oil? Give me some too. Mom whipped me so hard yesterday."

"You deserve to be in so much pain!" Xuefu glared at him and put the remaining rabbit meat from her bowl into Lin Wanyue's bowl.

Liu Junlan continued, "What medicine did you use? It's a waste of resources. I hit you to teach you a lesson!"

Lin Weiming: "..."

Having offended both women in the family at once, life is definitely not going to be easy.

Lin Wanyue felt somewhat guilty.

If she hadn't acted on her own yesterday, her father wouldn't have been implicated.

So after dinner, Lin Wanyue took a small tube of ointment from the villa, put it in a clam shell, and secretly slipped it to Lin Weiming.

His little darling is definitely the best!

"Father, when will the silver ginseng be sold?" Lin Wanyue asked Lin Weiming with wide, expectant eyes.

"Good daughter, whenever you say you're going to sell your father, I'll do it!" Lin Weiming was full of pride at this moment. He felt that even if his daughter wanted the stars in the sky, he would be the ladder to pick them for her. He would do anything for his daughter.

"Daddy is so good!" Lin Wanyue smiled, her eyes crinkling as she showered him with compliments.

Lin Weiming finally understood why his mother insisted on bringing home a daughter; this little darling was just too warm and comforting.

…

"Brother Lin, are you going out?" A thin young man stood outside the low wall of the Lin family's house.

Lin Weiming didn't even need to look up; he could tell just by the voice that it was Du Fan from the Du family at the east end of the village.

"Yes, there are a lot of weeds in the field. I took advantage of the better weather this morning to clear them... What's up? Did you come to see me for something?"