Chapter 56: It works
Shang Wan ignored them and turned to leave. Suddenly, Zhou rushed over, kneeling and kowtowing to Shang Wan, "It's my fault for not teaching my son well. As a mother, please give my son back to me!"
This time there was no acting, it was all genuine emotion, but Shang Wan didn't even glance at her.
It’s too late to involve children in matters between adults and regret it now!
Lin Jianshan woke up after a while. When he met Lin Jianshui's eyes, he was still a little confused.
"Boss, you're finally awake." Without waiting for Lin Jianshan to sit up, Mrs. Liu told him everything that happened after he fainted. As Lin Jianshan listened, his face gradually darkened, and his unfriendly eyes swept over Erya who was nestled in Chen Guifang's arms.
Erya was shaking like a rabbit and hugged her mother tightly in fear.
"Brother, things have already come to this, what's the point of glaring at Erya?" Chen Guifang patted her daughter soothingly, her tone sour, "Erya is just a little old, what does she know? If mother hadn't given all the candy in the house to Tiedan and not Erya, our Erya wouldn't have been coaxed into going with those two pieces of candy from Shang."
"Candy is so expensive, why would a little girl like you eat it!" Madam Liu pulled a long face and stretched out her hand towards Erya, "Erya, give the candy to grandma."
Erya pursed her lips and refused to give it.
"You silly girl, you don't even listen to grandma?" Liu reached out and grabbed Erya's thin arm, forcefully pried open her clenched little hand, and took a candy out of her palm.
"Mom, why are you stealing the child's things?" Chen Guifang stretched out her hand to stop her.
Erya took the opportunity to stuff the remaining piece of candy in her hand into her mouth. Without savoring it carefully, she chewed it twice and swallowed it.
"Spit it out!" Liu pulled Erya's mouth and pinched her tongue twice, regardless of her screams of pain.
Erya was in so much pain that tears were streaming down her face. Her cries were choked in her throat, making her feel muffled and she was almost suffocating.
"I told you to be greedy! I told you to be greedy!" Seeing that Erya had really swallowed the candy, Liu twisted Erya's arms twice in frustration. "Will you dare to do it again in the future?"
Erya covered her mouth and cried, shaking her head.
Liu was about to pinch her again, but Lin Jianshui stepped forward to stop her. "Mother, it's just a piece of candy. Erya is your granddaughter after all. Just eat it. Why are you hitting her? She still has a wound on her head."
"Why can't I fight?" Liu raised her hand and slapped Lin Jianshui, "I'll beat you too!"
"That's enough!" Lin Jianshan shouted with a dark face, "It's already this late and you're still coaxing people into it?"
Apart from listening to Village Chief Lin, Mrs. Liu also listened to her eldest son. Seeing his gloomy face, she didn't dare to make trouble anymore.
Erya was most afraid of her grandfather and uncle. She looked at Lin Jianshan's dark face and covered her mouth tightly, not even daring to cry.
Lin Jianshan said: "Let's go back and discuss it with Dad first."
Xiaohuan fed Yuanyuan some water, and when she saw the Lin family was about to leave, she quickly told Shang Wan.
Shang Wan glanced at Shitou, who chased after him and called out to Lin Jianshan, "Wait a minute, my sister sent me a message. The three-day deadline has expired, and the Chen family's fifty taels of silver should be delivered."
After saying that, without waiting for the Lin family's reaction, he went back the same way.
Chen Guifang thought Shang was rushing to collect a debt that night and cursed, "You wish!"
However, Lin Jianshan understood Shang Wan's meaning. If he wanted Tiedan to come back, he would have to give not only his family's eighty taels, but also the Chen family's fifty taels.
He was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot, his teeth were chattering, and he wanted to tear Shang Wan apart.
Shitou watched the Lin family leave and quickly approached Shang Wan, "Sister, will the Lin family cause any more trouble?"
"No." Shang Wan asked as he modified the sketch according to what he and Lu Chengjing had agreed on, "Have you heard the story of the boy who cried wolf?"
Shitou shook his head and asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"
Shang Wan simply recounted the story and explained, "The Lin family is the shepherd boy. It will be difficult for them to regain the trust of the villagers in the short term. They can no longer use the villagers as pawns against us.
They have no evidence to prove that Tiedan is in our hands. We were all under the old elm tree at the time and have an alibi. Even if they report it to the authorities, it will be useless."
Shi Tou was still worried, "What if the Lin family wants the money but not the child?" We can't let Tiedan stay in the wolf's den for the rest of his life, right?
Shang Wan glanced at him and said, "It's possible, but it's extremely unlikely. The Lin family has some wealth. Just look at their attitude towards Erya and their daughter-in-law, and you'll know they're quite patriarchal. Liu even treats Tiedan like the apple of her eye, so she won't ignore him."
Xiaohuan added, "I heard from Madam Rong that Madam Zhou's health deteriorated when she gave birth to Tiedan, and it's difficult for her to conceive again. It's possible that Lin Jianshan will only have Tiedan as a son in this life. If he doesn't care about Tiedan, he won't have any descendants."
"Did you hear that? Learn more from Ren Xiaohuan." Shang Wan looked at Shitou. "When I asked you to find out about the village news, I didn't mean you could just listen and do nothing. You need to use your brain to analyze it so that you can get in touch when something happens."
Shitou scratched his head and muttered, "Everyone in my family is smart, I'm a little dumb..."
The rest of his words were swallowed back under Shang Wan's stare. He said awkwardly, "Sister, don't stare at me. I'll just learn."
"You have to learn how to make use of resources." Shang Wan pointed at Lu Chengjing and said, "Look, there's a ready-made teacher right there. Ask for advice if you have time."
Lu Chengjing who was suddenly called:?
Yuanyuan thought her mother was talking about her, so she blinked her big eyes and repeated in her baby voice, "Huzi."
"It's too early for you to become a teacher." Lu Chengjing poked his daughter's chubby face like Shang Wan did, and thought to himself that the touch was indeed good.
Yuanyuan raised her little hand to cover her left cheek and moved her right cheek closer.
The one on the left is for Xiangxiang’s mother, and the one on the right is for the beautiful father.
Lu Chengjing poked him lightly twice, secretly planning to arrange the schoolwork for his family members after sorting out the affairs at home.
Shang Wan and the other two shuddered at the same time. Why did they suddenly feel a chill on their backs?
After Shang Wan finished drawing the blueprint and showed it to his family, he told Shitou to start work, trying to build the wooden shed before nightfall.
Shitou helped Shang Wan straighten the log and looked at the saw she was holding. "Sister, we don't have an inkwell. What if it gets sawed crooked?"
"It's crooked, so it's fine as long as it can be used." Shang Wan didn't think it was a big problem. He stepped on the log, used his eye as a ruler, and picked up the saw to start sawing.
With her strength, sawing wood is as easy as cutting tofu. She can cut a piece of wood in a few strokes.
It's a little crooked, but it works.
After a few times, Shang Wan mastered the little trick of sawing wood. The boards he sawed out were as straight as if they had been sawed with an ink line.
Shitou felt it was a pity that his sister didn't become a carpenter. His speed in planing wood could not keep up with Shang Wan's speed in sawing wood.
As evening approached, villagers came to Lu Chengjing one after another to register. Seeing that Lu Chengjing was writing with his left hand, they couldn't help but ask curiously. Lu Chengjing replied that his right hand was injured and needed to recuperate, and didn't say anything else.
Seeing the neatly stacked wooden boards, many people praised Shang Wan and Shitou for their abilities and praised the scholar for being lucky enough to marry a good wife.
By the time the villagers finished lining up to register, it was completely dark.
As Shitou was looking around, Lin Jianshan came slowly with a lantern in his hand.
(End of this chapter)
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