Upon hearing her words, the man opened and closed his mouth several times, but no words came out.
Lin Jiujiu suddenly realized that perhaps she was right; this person really didn't have a mirror in their house.
Thinking of this, Lin Jiujiu burst into laughter, bending over backwards.
"Haha, you've never had a photo taken? Does that mean no one has ever told you that you're ugly?"
If you don't have a mirror, you can actually take a piss and look at yourself. While it won't clearly show how ugly you are, at least it won't scare you, right?
Lin Jiujiu was so angry that she almost died, so she turned around and left with the little guy.
As for those who were just watching the spectacle, she didn't even give them a second glance.
These people are all bad. The original owner had such a hard time in the village, and they were probably involved in making things difficult for him.
Lin Jiujiu didn't want to have anything to do with these people. If they didn't bother her, she wouldn't mind just ignoring them.
But if you cross her, she won't be polite.
Lin Jiujiu carried the little one all the way to the village entrance. There was constant gossip along the way, but no one dared to stop her and say anything.
The original owner of this body was not in good health. Even though she knew some martial arts, she couldn't carry a four or five-year-old child this far.
However, when she went into the space to wash up in the morning, she made a point of taking a bath with the water from the spiritual spring.
The flow of time inside the space is different from that outside. Even if she stays inside for a year, it is only a fleeting moment outside.
Although the spiritual spring could not completely transform her body, each use had the effect of cleansing her bones and marrow. After just one soak, her body felt much lighter than before, and even her strength had increased considerably.
Now, carrying the little one for dozens of miles is a piece of cake.
Even so, she still didn't like walking.
Just as Lin Jiujiu was pondering whether to wait until a secluded place to take out a spirit deer from her spatial storage as a means of transportation, she saw two familiar figures under a large banyan tree not far away.
"Second Sister."
Just as Lin Jiujiu was wondering whether she should go over and say hello, a clear voice rang out from behind her.
Lin Jiujiu turned around upon hearing the sound and saw her younger brother, Lin Yu, carrying a load on a shoulder pole, already standing beside her.
Her younger brother was only a year younger than her, and he was already eighteen. In the countryside, many men his age were already married, but he hadn't even been engaged or engaged yet.
It wasn't that her parents weren't worried, nor was it that Lin Yu was a bad person.
However, the Lin family had not yet divided their property, and all matters, big and small, were decided by Old Man Lin and Old Woman Lin.
Lin's father was the fifth child in the family, belonging to the middle-aged and easily overlooked category.
Whenever they mentioned arranging a marriage for their son, Old Mrs. Lin would either say she had no money or start crying and making a scene, saying they were trying to force her to her death.
Even his elder brother Lin Ze's marriage was arranged because his sister-in-law Hu was washing clothes by the river when she accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by her elder brother. The two of them got wet and hugged each other, losing their reputation.
The eldest sister-in-law's family had no one but her widowed mother. In the end, she didn't ask for a dowry, and only then did Old Lady Lin allow her to enter the family. Even so, the old lady still refused to hold a wedding for them, arguing that Hu had lost her reputation.
They didn't even let her take off her red veil. The red veil that her sister-in-law wore when she got married was a gift from their eldest sister.
According to Old Lady Lin, her father had three sons, and it would cost a lot of money to marry them all off. Now that the eldest son was married, their branch of the family could be considered to have someone to carry on the family line.
It would be better for her other two sons to marry into other families. This would not only save on bride price, but the other families would also give them betrothal gifts, which would also help her find husbands for her other grandsons.
As for Lin Xiaomei, after she turned ten, Old Lady Lin mentioned many times that she wanted to sell her by the feet.
If it weren't for Lin Jiujiu's incident, and the fact that Lin's parents kept a close eye on her, taking her almost everywhere they went and not daring to let her have any contact with the Lin family alone, she would probably have been sold to a slave trader long ago.
Lin Jiujiu felt disgusted just thinking about those two old bastards in the Lin family who were so biased towards each other.
If they made her marry in place of Lin Miao'er because the original owner was switched at birth and they had no feelings for her, then so be it.
However, they exploited Lin's father because they didn't like his personality.
It was as if Lin's father was someone she had picked up instead of someone she had given birth to.
At that moment, Lin Jiujiu had the idea of getting her father to separate from that family.
After all, those two old folks were quite old, but still very healthy.
Lin's father and the others could wait, but his younger siblings couldn't. Besides, there's no such thing as being able to guard against thieves for a thousand days when you're a thief for a thousand days.
However, Lin Jiujiu found it difficult to bring this up with her father.
After all, back then, when Lin Jiujiu was drugged by the Lin family elders and sent to the Xiao family, Lin's father had already caused a scene.
But in the end, did it all just fizzle out again?
It wasn't that Mr. and Mrs. Lin didn't fight for it, but the matter was already settled, and the two old men in the Lin family played the roles of good cop and bad cop respectively.
Old Mrs. Lin even made a harsh statement: if Mr. Lin dared to divide the family property, she would hang herself in front of him with a rope, and even as a ghost, she would make him bear the reputation of being unfilial.
Lin's father wasn't afraid; at worst, he would die with him. But he couldn't abandon his children.
Old Man Lin, however, put on a deeply remorseful appearance, pretending to scold Old Man Lin, and even making a move to kneel down and beg for his forgiveness.
But that's his father. If he were really made to kneel, their family's reputation would be completely ruined.
This move may seem like a sign of guilt, but it's actually a strategic retreat, a way of putting pressure on Lin's father.
As Lin Jiujiu was thinking this, Lin Ze had already turned to look in her direction upon hearing the sound.
Upon seeing Lin Jiujiu holding Xiao Tianjue, he put down his load and ran towards her, taking the child from her arms.
"You're not fully recovered yet, why are you still holding the baby?"
She glanced at the little guy again and asked, "Is Xiaobao still not better? Are you taking him to the county town to see a doctor?"
Lin Jiujiu shook her head.
“I’ll take him to the government office to change his household registration. I raised this child, and his brother probably won’t be coming back. I want him to be registered under my name and take my surname, so that the villagers won’t gossip.”
Lin Ze's lips twitched when he heard her words. He thought to himself, even if he changed his surname to hers, it wouldn't change the fact that he was Xiao Tianyi's younger brother and had once been her uncle.
It's already strange enough that she's raising her brother-in-law like a son, but now she's even changed his name. I'm afraid there will be even more gossip.
Even if you just randomly pick up a little beggar from outside, you'll still be better than him.
But Lin Ze didn't say these words out loud, because he knew that the two of them had depended on each other for many years, and his Jiu Jiu would never abandon Xiao Bao.
Besides, changing his household registration is a good thing. Although he has the severance letter in hand, it can't prevent the Xiao family from using Xiao Tianjue to control his sister one day. In that case, he will break his promise and take her back.
After all, the little guy is still young and can't make these decisions on his own; the Xiao clan can make them for him.
Even though she had a letter of severance from kinship, she didn't go directly to the government office to register her household registration, which was a safer option.
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