The Chen family.
When Chen Xiaomi returned, she saw Xiaomai eating steamed eggs.
The egg was topped with some chopped shiitake mushrooms, and it smelled delicious.
When Chen Xiaomi returned, she also heard about the trouble caused by the old lady of the Lu family. Chen Xiaomi did not expect that the old lady had just left when Lu Lin steamed eggs for Xiaomai.
Chen Xiaomi felt a little uneasy. Lu Lin had said a few days ago that he would eat eggs sparingly, but now he had broken his promise.
"Big brother." Chen Xiaomai smiled brightly at Chen Xiaomi and pushed the half-eaten bowl of steamed egg custard in front of Chen Xiaomi.
Chen Xiaomi gently patted Chen Xiaomai's head and said softly, "You eat."
Chen Xiaomai puffed out her cheeks and tilted her head in confusion. It was clearly delicious! But her second brother wouldn't eat it, her eldest brother wouldn't eat it, and nobody would eat it.
“Brother, Lu Lin said that old hag stole money, but although that old lady is annoying, she didn’t steal any money,” Chen Xiaocai said.
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Chen Xiaocai and said seriously, "Since Lu Lin said he stole money, then he definitely stole it."
Since Lu Lin has said this, it would be bad if the villagers found out that Lu Lin had wronged someone. Even the smallest things in the village can cause a huge uproar. Since Lu Lin said that the old woman stole money, even if some people believe that the old woman did not steal it, they will always have some doubts in their hearts.
Chen Xiaomi didn't expect Lu Lin to do this; Lu Lin's move was quite ruthless.
In this village, reputation is highly valued. Because he has no reputation, there are few people in the village who can help him. If his family's situation continues to be bad, it will be a big problem for Xiaocai to get married and Xiaomai to get married in the future.
Theft is a serious crime. The Lu family has a scholar in their family, and having a thieving elder in the family might affect Lu Chengyu's future. The Lu family must be in an uproar right now.
...
Chen Xiaomi walked into the kitchen and saw Lu Lin preparing food.
"It seems the village head doesn't like you after what happened today," Chen Xiaomi said.
Lu Lin smiled and said, "Why should we care?"
Lu Lin narrowed his eyes. He knew the village head of the Zhang family. He was different from his son Zhang Jin. This village head was always thinking about bringing glory to his ancestors and hoped that a top scholar or runner-up would emerge from the clan so that he could bring honor to the village. This guy valued Lu Chengyu of the Lu family very much.
Lu Lin said that if word got to Lu Chengyu's town that his grandmother had stolen something, it would be bad for his reputation. That's why the village head warned him.
Lu Lin would recklessly smear the old lady of the Lu family for two reasons. First, he didn't want to get entangled with the Lu family. Second, he was married into Chen Xiaomi's family, and in the eyes of the villagers, a man who married into the family was a typical example of incompetence. Given Chen Xiaomi's reputation, his reputation was doomed anyway, so he decided to just give up.
Chen Xiaomi looked at Lu Lin and thought to herself: Lu Lin is indeed from another place. He's quite different from the people here. The village head has a lot of prestige in the village. "The village head is in charge of a lot of things."
Lu Lin snorted and said, "What does it matter if I have money? If I can earn a few hundred taels and buy a shop in town, people will naturally say I'm capable."
Listening to Lu Lin's words, Chen Xiaomi felt a surge of admiration.
After leaving the Chen family, Chen Xiaomi was targeted by the entire village, and sometimes she felt lost.
With Lu Lin joining the family, Chen Xiaomi suddenly felt much more confident, having someone to discuss things with.
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The Lu family.
"That Lu Lin is a heartless bastard! He really is here to bring me bad luck." Old Mrs. Wang felt like she was being wronged to death.
When he returned home, his family complained about him, including his eldest grandson.
There are no secrets in the village. Besides Lu Chengyu, there are two other children studying at the county school, one of whom is Chen Jing from the Chen family.
Lu Chengyu was a good student and often praised by his teacher. In comparison, Chen Jing was much less capable, and his family frequently complained to him, urging him to learn from Lu Chengyu. The more they talked, the more Chen Jing disliked Lu Chengyu. Although Lu Chengyu and Chen Jing were from the same village, Lu Chengyu considered Chen Jing stupid and hopeless. Despite being from the same village, their relationship was not good.
Chen Jing was pleased after news of Wang's theft spread.
Chen Jing told people at the county school that in order to help Lu Chengyu get an education, the Lu family gave 10 taels of silver from their second son to his cousin Shuang'er, causing the second branch of the family to die out. Not only that, Lu Chengyu also instigated his grandmother to steal money from his cousin.
Lu Chengyu was quite highly regarded at the county school, so this bombshell revelation caused an immediate uproar.
In Chen Jing's view, although Chen Xiaomi had separated from the family, she was still a member of the Chen family, and her money should belong to the Chen family.
Chen Xiaomi spent 10 taels of silver to find Lu Lin to marry into the family, which broke the heart of Chen's matriarch, Madam Li. Madam Li frequently berated the Lu family for their heartlessness, saying that they were so wealthy yet still sold Lu Lin to Chen Xiaomi, swindling the Chen family out of their money. She also said that Lu Lin, that scoundrel, should just be drowned.
Having heard so much about the Lu family at home, Chen Jing also developed a bad impression of them. Lu Chengyu was good at her studies and looked down on Chen Jing. Chen Jing seized the opportunity and tricked Lu Chengyu.
Several classmates from well-off families, but who weren't doing well academically, took the opportunity to kick Lu Chengyu while he was down. Suddenly, even the college's instructors looked at Lu Chengyu with a different eye.
Lu Chengyu couldn't stand it and got into a fight with Chen Jingda, which turned out to be quite ugly.
The teacher had no choice but to let the two of them go home and rest for two days.
Lu Chengyu was wronged at the academy and complained when she got home. When Old Madam Lu learned that the Chen family had gone too far, she immediately flew into a rage and went to the Chen family's house to yell at them.
The old lady of the Chen family was not one to be trifled with either. She made a huge scene, saying that Wang was utterly heartless for selling people to the Chen family and then coming to their house to steal things. She was shameless. Neither of the old ladies were easy to deal with, and they revealed a lot of their secrets.
The two old ladies went too far, and it wasn't until someone invited the village headman that the matter was brought to a halt.
The two of them making a scene provided the villagers with plenty of entertainment.
Lu Lin never expected that his casual remark would cause such a big incident, and it seems that the Chen family and the Lu family have turned against each other because of it.
Lu Lin knew about this, but he didn't care much. In Lu Lin's opinion, neither of the two families were good people. They were fighting like dogs, and it was all messy.
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