Qiao Lian'er's eyes turned cold.
Say it again.
Fusheng repeated it clearly and without a doubt.
"That's wicked, so wicked it's like pus is seeping out. They want to use this method to harm people and bring bad luck to your family."
Qiao Lian'er gave him a handful of candy: "See where they put the little people. Come find me after Zhou Shenpo leaves."
"Okay." Fusheng took the candy, turned around, and ran away.
Qiao Lian'er pursed her lips. She wasn't a superstitious person, but there were some things in the unseen world that no one could say for sure.
She had read a story, which had several versions that were widely circulated. A family had been experiencing a series of misfortunes after building a house. They consulted many fortune tellers and sorcerers, but none of them could figure out the reason. Until one day, they found a master who found a pair of rusty scissors on the roof beam. The master had been hiding there for who knows how long.
It turned out that this family had a conflict with the house builder, so the builder tampered with the house.
Although this family's misfortune may not necessarily be related to the scissors, just considering this kind of underhanded behavior targeting the Qiao family, how could she let the Shen family off the hook?
Qiao Lian'er returned to the room and spread out paper and pen.
"Grandma, what's Grandma Shen's name? And what about the four Shen brothers?" Qiao Lian'er knew the names of the younger generation, but she knew almost nothing about the older generation.
"That old hag from the Shen family, her name is Bai Shuixian, which sounds so kind and gentle, but she's a wicked wretch," Old Mrs. Qiao said disdainfully. "She's really disgracing that good name."
Old Man Qiao said, "The names of the four Shen brothers are easy to remember: Fu, Lu, Shou, and Xi, with the character Ming in the middle."
The elders didn't even know the names of the wives who married into the family, such as Liu and Tao. Qiao Lian'er thoughtfully wrote down "wife of so-and-so" and "Madam so-and-so," so that if anything unfortunate happened, they wouldn't be able to escape it.
"Lian'er, why are you asking about these names?" Old Mrs. Qiao asked curiously.
Qiao Lian'er didn't want to keep everything from her family, so she said, "Just now, Fusheng overheard that Old Madam Shen asked Zhou Shenpo to make a small effigy with the names of all the members of our Qiao family written on it, cursing our Qiao family to have great misfortune."
"That damned Shen family actually resorted to such underhanded tricks! What are we waiting for? Let's go settle accounts with them right now!" Upon hearing this, Old Lady Qiao looked around for something to use.
Old Man Qiao was so angry that his beard twitched. He hurriedly went out of the main room to tell the whole family that he was going to the Shen family to fight that night.
Qiao Lian'er quickly pulled the two elders back.
“Grandpa, Grandma, if we go and question them, they will definitely deny it. They might even turn around and accuse us of slandering them, or that they have hidden themselves away. Forcibly searching their home would be trespassing, which is illegal.”
Her words calmed the two elders down temporarily. Yes, without any evidence, if they made a scene, they would be in the wrong.
"Are we just going to let them get away with this? Cursing people with voodoo dolls—there's no more vicious and underhanded trick than this," Old Mrs. Qiao gritted her teeth.
"So I wrote down their names and then put them on the effigies. Who knows who I might curse?" Qiao Lian'er said, placing the paper covered with the names of the Shen family members next to the tung oil lamp to dry.
The two elders exchanged a glance. This was a good idea. They would use the same methods against the same people to deal with them in return. They would do it quietly and without making a sound. If anyone was going to suffer, it would be the Shen family.
It's secretly quite satisfying to think about.
"How do I change this?" Old Man Qiao asked.
“I’ve sent Fusheng to keep an eye on them, to see where they hide the dolls, and then secretly replace them.”
The two elders then realized that Fusheng and his lads had truly become errand boys for Lian'er.
No wonder I always see them coming to the door, whispering something to Lian'er.
Old Man Qiao grinned wickedly. "Good, that's satisfying. Insidious? Bah! Insidious? The Shen family was the one who acted inhumanely first. They were just retaliating in kind."
Grandma Qiao nodded: "But if the Shen family always thinks that it is our Qiao family that is cursed, they must be very proud. Wouldn't that be nice?"
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