"Sister! Sister! This is wonderful news, a joyous occasion!"
Lin Xiaotong stumbled into the yard, her face extremely excited, waving her arms and legs wildly.
Under the peach tree, Lin Xiaoru and Jia Shi sat on a bench, unraveling a ball of yarn.
Jia poked Lin Xiaotong's head and asked in a sharp voice, "What are you shouting for? Aren't you afraid of bursting your lungs? Tell me the good news slowly."
Lin Xiaotong gulped down a mouthful of cold water, grinning with her big white teeth: "That good-for-nothing brother-in-law is going to be executed!"
With a loud clang.
Lin Xiaoru looked flustered and slumped to the ground, her eyes wide as she demanded, "What did you say? What happened to Wu Changfeng?"
Lin Xiaotong said smugly again, "He was arrested in the window city. The village chief just received a call asking the village to issue identity certificates. That place is very strict; even petty theft gets you shot!"
"Great!" Madam Jia slapped her thigh, a smile spreading across her face. "It's truly heaven's help! It's just as well that this useless son-in-law is dead, making our remarriages perfectly legitimate."
Lin Xiaoru's tears welled up instantly, like a flood bursting its banks, and she couldn't stop sobbing.
"Mom, what are you saying! Wu Changfeng is my manager, how can you complain about him so harshly!"
"Then I'll become a widow, waaaaah..."
Lin Xiaotong scoffed and advised, "Sister, you're only hanging yourself on one tree. The Xu family in that town is a family with ten thousand yuan! They're a family with three working-class families. If you marry into that family, I'll also be living a life of luxury!"
Lin Xiaoru cried even louder, pleading, "Mom, you have to find someone to save Wu Changfeng!"
Madam Jia waved her hand dismissively: "Let me save that good-for-nothing? Bah! Tell me, why didn't I let you marry him in the first place?"
"No job, no money. I thought he was a good-for-nothing from the first glance. Now he's been arrested in a big city. He deserves to be executed!"
Lin Xiaotong fanned the flames from the side: "Save him my ass! If we go, we'll have to pay for the peanuts. No way, no way. Let him die out there."
"Sister, listen to me." Lin Xiaotong rubbed her hands together. "I'll call that Xu family boy over in a bit, so you two can get to know each other better."
Lin Xiaoru immediately slapped him: "You ungrateful bastard! Didn't your brother-in-law stand up for you in a fight? You heartless wretch!"
"Damn it!" Lin Xiaotong said unhappily, "I told him to go fight? He's nothing but a piece of trash. In this day and age, if you don't have money, you're a nobody. Wu Changfeng is a nobody eight generations behind!"
Madam Jia added fuel to the fire, saying, "What Xiao Tong said makes a lot of sense. If you don't have money, even a dog won't wag its tail at you. Wu Changfeng has nothing and is drowning in debt. Do you really want to drag yourself down with him?"
"Exactly." Lin Xiaotong counted on her fingers: "Sis, do you know that it's nothing for you to lose, but what about me and Mom?"
"Who's going to give me money? I'm not even married yet. As my older sister, you should pay for it, right? If you can't sell yourself for a good price, where will you get the money?"
"Who's going to pay for Mom's support? Expect that good-for-nothing Wu Changfeng? Damn, he can't even afford a decent meal!"
A flash of hatred appeared in Lin Xiaoru's eyes, and she raised her hand and slapped Lin Xiaotong hard across the face!
With a snap.
Crisp and clear!
Lin Xiaotong let out a howl, pretended to roll on the ground, and started throwing a tantrum: "Mom! Mom! My sister is rebelling!"
"Xiaoru!" Madam Jia grabbed Lin Xiaotong's hair. "How could you hit your brother! Are you crazy!"
Lin Xiaotong's face was covered in tears. "You've gone too far! Wu Changfeng is my manager. We've been married for a day, and you've trampled on my dignity!"
Jia snorted: "Dignity? Can that stuff feed you? You're out of your mind! Just leave this to your own devices. Go on a blind date in a few days and get the bride price back for your brother's wedding."
"The Lin family still needs the young boy to carry on the family line. What can they expect from you?"
Jia's cold words chilled Lin Xiaoru to the bone.
Lin Xiaoru pretended to run away, feeling satisfied as she ran outside.
But Lin Xiaotong pretended to grab her and dragged her into the house: "Sister, I'm magnanimous and won't hold it against you. Just stay inside. Don't worry about this."
After recovering, Madam Jia said from outside, "Yes, people are saying they want to execute Wu Changfeng. Are you going to try to stop them? You can't change that. The only thing you can change is to marry a rich man."
Lin Xiaoru pounded on the door frantically, but the woman was weak and the door was cold and unmoving.
Jia and Lin Xiaotong came to the village committee again.
The village chief was writing a document and took out his seal to yawn.
"He's here?" The village chief sighed slightly. "Don't worry, Wu Changfeng is fine. He didn't commit a crime. He just needs to provide some proof. I'll finish the fax right away and they'll release him."
Jia screamed, "What? Release him? Wasn't it a death sentence? Are they kidding me? They should investigate this properly!"
Lin Xiaotong asked, "Village chief, do you know the law? If Wu Changfeng is arrested, he'll be executed in the south!"
The village chief was taken aback, then slammed his hand on the table and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about! It's just verifying identities, what do you mean by shooting? Why are you so disappointed?"
"Wu Changfeng is your son-in-law!"
Madam Jia immediately started making a scene: "What do you mean, my son-in-law? Don't you dare make false accusations! You're slandering my Xiaoru's innocence!"
The village chief was dumbfounded.
Why does her speech imply... that she really wants Wu Changfeng to die?
Lin Xiaotong stepped forward and instantly tore the document to shreds: "What identity are you trying to prove? What's there to prove?"
"He's a piece of trash who wastes air when he's alive and wastes land when he's dead. He can't make money, so he might as well die sooner!"
"Look at other people's older sisters, they married well, and their younger brothers give them money whenever they need it. Why am I so unlucky!"
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