Chapter 90 Family
"However, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run. We can't force it. That little bitch is no longer the little girl who allowed herself to be bullied. She has the support of the county magistrate's wife behind her. We can't openly oppose her."
"Dad, don't worry, I have a good idea." Wang Baocai smiled sinisterly, leaned close to Chef Wang's ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Chef Wang's eyes lit up and a satisfied smile appeared on his face: "Okay! Let's do it! I don't believe that little bitch can escape from my grasp!"
In the next few days, Chen Ling's life was in chaos.
Chef Wang found a group of thugs from somewhere and they would go to Chen Ling's stall to make trouble every day. They would either deliberately pick a fight, saying that her cold drinks were not clean, or overturn her stall, making it impossible for her to do business.
Not only that, even Feng Lan's embroidery workshop was implicated.
Those hooligans would often come to the embroidery workshop, making loud noises and causing trouble, disrupting the business. Feng Lan would chase them away once, but they would come again, and again, making it impossible to guard against them.
Chen Ling looked at her mother, who was frowning all day long because of her, and her heart was filled with guilt.
"Mom, it's all my fault. If I hadn't made an enemy of Chef Wang, you wouldn't have been implicated." Chen Ling said with red eyes.
"Silly child, how can you be blamed for this?" Feng Lan touched her head distressedly. "It's that old bastard Chef Wang. He's such a jerk! He's jealous of how well our family is doing, so he's deliberately trying to pick a fight with us!"
"How about we go find the county magistrate and ask him to help us?" Chen Kangbo suggested.
"No!" Feng Lan shook her head. "The county magistrate has helped our family enough. We can't always trouble him. Besides, if we go to the county magistrate for such a small matter, we will be useless. We should find a way to solve it ourselves."
That day, Chen Kangbo was going to deliver some newly harvested grain to the county magistrate's house. Feng Lan told him about this and asked him to be careful on the road.
Chen Ling looked at her mother's tired face and secretly vowed in her heart that she must find a way to solve this problem as soon as possible and not let her mother worry about her anymore.
That night, Chen Ling sat alone in the yard, staring at the moon in a daze. Her stall had been closed for several days, and her family's income had dropped significantly, leaving her feeling very distressed.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" A childish voice rang in her ears. It was Shitou.
Shitou came to Chen Ling and asked cautiously, "Sister, are you unhappy about something? You can tell me and I will help you."
Chen Ling looked at Shitou's childish little face and felt a warm feeling in her heart.
She sighed and told Shi Tou everything that had happened recently.
After listening to this, Shitou thought about it seriously and suddenly said:
"Sister, I once heard a story from the villagers. It was about a wealthy man who, in order to avoid being forced into marriage by a landlord, pretended to be engaged to a poor scholar. However, the landlord saw that the poor scholar had nothing and was not worthy of the wealthy man, so he gave up on forcing the marriage."
Chen Ling's eyes lit up after hearing this: "You mean, I can also find someone to pretend to be engaged so that Wang Baocai will give up?"
Shitou nodded and said seriously, "I think this method is feasible. Wang Baocai is attracted by your beauty. If you are already engaged, he will definitely find it boring and might give up."
The more Chen Ling thought about it, the better she felt about this idea. She excitedly hugged Shi Tou and kissed him on the cheek: "Shi Tou, you're such a clever little guy! This is a great idea! It's settled!"
A few days later, a piece of news was circulating in the streets and alleys of Pingjiang County: Chen Ling is getting engaged!
It is said that Chen Ling's fiancé is none other than the little beggar, Shi Tou, who was rescued from human traffickers by Chen Ling a few days ago!
As soon as this news came out, the entire Pingjiang County was in an uproar.
No one expected that Chen Ling would marry a beggar several years younger than herself. This was simply unbelievable!
Of course, the most shocked people were Chef Wang and his son Wang Baocai.
They never expected that Chen Ling would do such a thing.
"Dad, what...what should we do? That little bitch is actually going to marry that little beggar?" Wang Baocai was so angry that he jumped up and down.
"Humph! No matter who she marries, it's not her turn to marry a stinky beggar!" Chef Wang sneered, "Baocai, don't worry, Dad has a way to make her marry you obediently!"
Just when the news of Chen Ling and Shitou's "engagement" was spreading like wildfire, Old Man Chen and Old Lady Chen suddenly fainted at the door of Chen Kangbo's house.
It turned out that since the family split up, Old Man and Old Lady Chen had been relying on the few acres of thin land they cultivated to make a living. However, they were old and in poor health, unable to do heavy work. Coupled with the scorching heat of the past few days, they finally couldn't bear it and fainted in the field.
When Chen Kangbo and Feng Lan found them, both of them were dying.
Feng Lan quickly carried them into the house, gave them water, and called a doctor, and finally saved them.
When Old Man Chen and Old Lady Chen woke up, they saw that it was Chen Kangbo and Feng Lan who saved them, and they were immediately filled with ashamed.
"Kang Bo, Lan Zi, I'm so sorry!" Old Man Chen said with tears streaming down his face, choking with sobs, "It was all my fault before. I shouldn't have listened to slander and been so cruel to you..."
"Dad, it's all in the past, so don't talk about it anymore." Chen Kangbo sighed and said, "You and Mom should take good care of your health, and don't think about anything else."
Feng Lan also stepped forward and said softly, "Yes, Dad, Mom, your health is the most important thing. Nothing else matters."
Chen Ling looked at her frail grandparents lying on the bed, and her heart was filled with sympathy.
She walked to the bedside, held Mrs. Chen's hand, and said softly, "Grandma, take good care of yourself. When you get better, I will make you the most delicious cold drink."
Old Mrs. Chen looked at Chen Ling, and a trace of guilt and kindness flashed in her cloudy eyes: "Ling'er, grandma was not good to you in the past, please don't hate grandma."
"Grandma, I forgot everything." Chen Ling said with a smile.
Chen Ling looked at the harmonious scene of this family and felt deeply moved.
Perhaps, this is family love.
Even if there have been misunderstandings and estrangements, the blood ties are thicker than water and cannot be severed after all.
She decided that she must be filial to her family in the future and let them live a happy life.
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