"I'll go out and take a look," Lin Erwu said with a stern face. This person had to come at this particular time of year to cause trouble and disrupt their family reunion.
"Dad?" Lin Zhaoyue had barely finished speaking when Lin Xiaobao, looking like a little adult, exclaimed with a sullen face, "The bad guys are here!"
"Does she often come over to cause trouble for us?"
Lin Zhaoyue sensed something was wrong from her brother's words, frowned, and asked.
"Um"
Lin Xiaobao nodded emphatically, "He's a very bad person. Last time, he almost made my aunt faint from anger."
Lin Zhaoyue stepped out, and Jiang Jingzhou walked up to her at the same time, looking at her with a serious expression.
He only cares about his wife's safety.
"Oh~ Your family can have relatives visiting!" The woman peeked out and noticed Lin Zhaoyue and her group. Judging from their clothes, they didn't seem to be from the village.
"Your relatives can't just steal my fish, can they? Give me back my fish right now!"
"Who stole your fish? I clearly caught this fish myself from the river, so stop talking nonsense." Lin Xiaobao retorted loudly, "I don't know where your fish is."
"What makes you say you caught this fish? Show me the evidence."
"What evidence could a fish possibly have!"
"That's right, if you can't produce evidence, it can only mean that you stole it!"
"I didn't steal it."
"..." The two of them talked back and forth, and Lin Zhaoyue had already understood the general situation.
“My son didn’t steal your fish, so don’t make a scene here.” Lin Erwu pointed to the door. “Get out of here right now. I don’t want to argue with you today.”
"You think I'll just leave because you tell me to? And you think my son didn't steal anything just because he says he didn't? Bah!"
Luo Wenfang stood with her hands on her hips, clearly there to cause trouble, insisting that Lin Xiaobao had stolen the fish! It was as if they wouldn't leave until they brought the fish back.
"I understand. Your son went down to the river with me to catch fish, but he didn't catch a single one. So you're just making things up here, saying the fish I caught belong to your family!"
Lin Xiaobao said angrily, his words clear, logical and well-founded.
Lin Erwu took a deep breath. "Did you hear what my son said? My son didn't steal, that's all. If you really think my son stole, we can call the village chief right now and let him make the judgment."
“Do you think the village chief is your family’s son? You think he’ll come just because you tell him to? This isn’t a big deal, we can just discuss it privately!” Luo Wenfang waved her hand. “Otherwise, I’ll take the loss and we can each have half of that fish.”
"no!"
Lin Xiaobao clenched his fists. He wouldn't even give them half, let alone the fish head or tail.
He's the one who caught him.
"Get out of here right now!" Lin Erwu's patience had reached its limit. This person's shamelessness was too great, and he was unwilling to continue arguing with her.
Seeing that she was standing there with no intention of leaving, Lin Erwu couldn't help but step forward and shove her.
To everyone's surprise, Luo Wenfang, who was trying to stage an accident, lay down on the ground and shouted, "Ouch! Someone's been assaulted! This country bumpkin from the city is assaulting someone! Everyone come and see—"
As soon as Luo Wenfang made that noise, a lot of people gathered around to watch the spectacle.
People in the surrounding villages all knew that the Lin family had been sent to the countryside because they had made a mistake.
People don't have good intentions towards these kinds of people; they wish they could stay far away from them and have no close contact with them.
"Hey? How could you hit people like that! Are you bullying us locals?"
"Everyone, stop standing there and quickly find the village chief."
"That's right. Since they've come to the countryside to receive re-education, they should obediently accept the education instead of bullying people!"
"..." Seeing that public opinion was almost entirely on Luo Wenfang's side, Lin Zhaoyue coldly questioned her, "You said my brother stole your fish, what evidence do you have?"
"What evidence! Stealing is stealing!" Luo Wenfang was clearly trying to pin the blame on Xiaobao and falsely accuse him of being a thief.
If things go wrong, the whole village might find out tomorrow that Xiaobao stole something. How will he be able to stay in the village after that?
This matter may seem small, but it is actually quite significant.
"Then you have no evidence. Your behavior is called slander. I can report you to the police station. At that time, you will not only have to apologize to my brother, but also compensate us for our emotional distress."
Lin Zhaoyue said, word by word, "I'll ask you one last time, do you have any evidence?"
Luo Wenfang definitely had no evidence; her eyes were darting around, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.
He was speechless for a moment when asked the question.
This guy is really not easy to deal with; he's quite eloquent, though.
Who are you?
Luo Wenfang didn't follow up on Lin Zhaoyue's words, but instead asked about her identity.
"You just wronged my brother!"
Lin Zhaoyue said calmly, "Don't try to change the subject. Answer my question from earlier."
"I can say whatever I want, and I'll answer whatever you ask me to?"
Luo Wenfang refused to answer. She rolled her eyes and said, "No wonder you're so quick-witted. So you're all family. I'm really curious, why didn't you go to the countryside to teach with your family? Did you manage to escape using some method?!"
"Hmph! Your behavior is blatant disobedience. You should be arrested and thoroughly investigated! And the other two too!!"
Luo Wenfang refers to Jiang Jingzhou and Lin Mingyue.
All three of them are new here today.
It must be a member of the Lin family.
"What's all this commotion about!"
A very authoritative voice rang out, and the scene suddenly fell silent.
Village Chief Luo glanced at Luo Wenfang, and the woman, no longer daring to remain seated on the ground, quickly stood up to complain, "Village Chief, the Lin family doesn't take good care of their children and stole my fish. I came to ask them for it back, but they still deny it! You need to make them return my fish immediately. Also, three strangers came to their house. They look like a family. Could they have used some method to avoid being sent to the countryside for re-education?"
Lin Erwu took several deep breaths to calm down a bit. "Village chief, my child clearly caught this fish herself, but she insists that she stole it. There's no evidence for this kind of thing, and I believe my child would never lie about something like this."
Village Chief Luo nodded slightly, seemingly unconcerned about such a trivial matter, his gaze falling on Lin Zhaoyue.
"Lin Erwu, what's wrong with your daughter? When I received the notice from above, your whole family was supposed to come for 'education,' but then you told me your daughter got married. Now she's coming to see you again. Aren't you afraid of the consequences at all?"
Village Chief Luo saw that they hadn't been properly educated and still held onto their old, outdated ideas.
"You'd better get rid of those people in your family who shouldn't be back. I can let this matter go without reporting it to higher authorities. I'm just kindly reminding you that whatever your family does, you need to keep a low profile. What good will it do you to provoke all these people in the village?"
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