Back then, she was considered the most beautiful girl in the village, and there were many suitors whose families were better off than the Xiao family.
But she had her eye on her cousin Xiao Tianshui because he was good at studying, and she aspired to become a scholar's wife or an official's wife in the future.
Who would have thought that Xiao Tianshui had failed the exam even once in all these years?
Even so, the Xiao family did not give up, nor did Xiao Zhao. Now that Tian Sun dares to say that her man has no chance in this lifetime, how can she accept it?
Sun was not flustered when she saw Xiao Zhao rushing towards her.
She had long disliked the eldest son and his wife, and if it weren't for the old woman keeping her in check, she would have taught them a lesson long ago.
Now that her man has taken the lead, she naturally won't let this opportunity slip by.
Since she was already stronger than Xiao Zhao, she wasn't afraid of her, and the two fought even more fiercely than before.
Lin Jiujiu helped Hu Shi stand up, then turned to look at the Xiao family members who were fighting.
“Go fight back at your own home. Anyone who dares to lay a hand on me at my doorstep, I’ll kill him.”
Even if the Xiao family members killed a few of them, Lin Jiujiu wouldn't care. But they blocked her way and even blocked the delivery trucks outside.
This is something she cannot tolerate.
Otherwise, she would have been being very polite by not grabbing a handful of melon seeds and watching the fight from the sidelines.
As for Xiao Tianshui, if it had been someone else who had just drawn the knife, even if Xiao Tianshui could have stopped in his tracks, she would have tripped him.
She had just led Hu away only because she was afraid that if he really died on the spot, it would frighten her sister-in-law.
When the Xiao family saw Lin Jiujiu return, they immediately fell silent.
Even Zhao, who had initially called everyone a "bitch," fell silent. She didn't want Lin Jiujiu to gag her with a stick covered in excrement again.
However, these people's attention did not reach that point, nor did they want to leave.
Just then, Xiao Zhao spotted Baili Chenyuan and Tantai Yueming, who had arrived late.
"Mother, they're back. Which one is my uncle?"
When Zhao heard what Xiao Zhao said, it was like a drop of cold water falling into a pot of oil, and she immediately exploded.
The Xiao family members also turned around abruptly to look at the two of them.
Zhao also looked at the newcomers. She had heard from the villagers that one of the two people who frequently visited the Lin family was Xiao Tianyi, but she wasn't sure which one it was.
Besides, neither of them looks alike.
After all, in their memory, Xiao Tianyi was a mild-mannered and easy-going person.
There was no way to match the imposing aura emanating from these two. He had come with a belly full of plans, but when he actually saw them, he couldn't utter a single word.
When they heard that Xiao Tianyi had returned, they made all sorts of calculations. Then, when they thought about how Lin Jiujiu had suddenly built a mansion and bought land, they assumed that the money must have come from Xiao Tianyi.
After all, how much ability could a woman have?
If she were truly capable of making money, she wouldn't have spent those years being kicked out of the Xiao family, hiding in a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain with that bastard Xiao Tianjue, almost starving to death.
But if it's Xiao Tianyi's money, then it's their family's money. Xiao Tianyi is still on the same household registration book as them.
As long as the family hasn't separated, no matter how much Xiao Tianyi earns, it should all be handed over to the public treasury and distributed among them. How can it be given to Lin Jiujiu, this abandoned woman, to benefit the Lin family?
They've seen how successful the Lin family has been in the village lately.
They hadn't originally planned to come so soon, after all, some of them were still recovering from injuries.
Another reason is that they were afraid Lin Jiujiu wouldn't easily hand over the money, or would only give them a small portion.
After all, they didn't know exactly how much money Xiao Tianyi had given her.
The Xiao family felt they couldn't let Lin Jiujiu get away with it so easily. After discussing it among themselves, they decided to wait until the Lin family had built the house before making any decisions.
Then they can move in directly as Xiao Tianyi's relatives, and they won't have to worry about building a house. Wouldn't that be better?
However, when they heard that the Lin family was moving into their new house the next day, they couldn't wait any longer.
In their eyes, that was their house, their home. They hadn't even moved in yet, so how could they let others move in first?
In fact, the Xiao family believed that Xiao Tianyi was dead rather than that one of the two was Xiao Tianyi.
They came to deliver the pension, although Xiao Tianyi was there to perform corvée labor, not to join the army, so he wouldn't have received such a pension.
But he's a scholar, what if? What if he makes a name for himself outside?
Even so, they still hoped that it would be Xiao Tianyi's money that returned, not him himself.
After all, money doesn't discriminate based on person. As long as Xiao Tianyi is still on the same household register as them, his money should belong to them.
It's not Lin Jiujiu, nor the Lin family.
But it's hard to say about Xiao Tianyi. That kid has never been close to them since he was a child. Even when they saw that his parents had passed away and felt sorry for him as a half-grown child, and wanted to take them to live with them, he was extremely unwilling.
In the end, it was the old man who pulled out his trump card: forbidding his parents from entering the ancestral graveyard, before he reluctantly handed over the family business.
But now he is an adult, has achieved official rank, and his only beloved child is no longer in their hands.
If it really is Xiao Tianyi who returns, they have absolutely no chance of getting the silver.
Fortunately, they still had his household registration, and the old man was still alive. If the old man spoke, they didn't believe Xiao Tianyi would dare to be disobedient and unfilial, unless he didn't want fame and fortune anymore.
Just as Zhao was thinking this, she pounced on Tantai Yueming and Baili Chenyuan.
However, after hesitating for a moment, Zhao grabbed Tantai Yueming's arm and cried out.
“Tianyi, you’re finally back. Do you know how much your aunt has cried day and night while you were gone? She’s been longing for you to come home every day.”
As if afraid he wouldn't believe her, she rubbed her eyes hard again, until the rough fabric made her eyes red before she put it down.
She continued, "Tianyi, you can't listen to Lin's nonsense. You left home right after you got married, how could you possibly have any feelings for each other?"
"You've only been gone a short while, and that Lin woman is already causing trouble, seducing men everywhere. If you don't believe me, ask around the village; everyone knows her reputation is already utterly ruined."
Tantai Yueming, who was originally being held back by a village woman, wished he could just cut off his robe sleeve and wave her away.
However, Baili Chenyuan wanted to hear what this Zhao woman was up to, so he secretly gave her a look to stop her actions.
However, Zhao Shi clearly did not see his restraint and kept spewing vulgarities. If Tantai Yueming hadn't been so tall, his spittle would have hit his face.
Upon hearing Zhao's words, Baili Chenyuan's expression grew increasingly grim. Finally, without Tantai Yueming having to lift a finger, Baili Chenyuan waved his hand, and suddenly, a black object fell from Zhao's incessantly chattering mouth. Immediately afterward, as her mouth opened and closed, blood gushed out like a waterfall.
If Tantai Yueming hadn't reacted quickly and retreated three zhang in an instant, he would probably have been covered in blood.
"Baili, you've gone too far."
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