After finishing her business with the village chief, Lin Li changed the subject, "By the way, I have a few things I'd like to ask you. Is it a convenient time for you?"
"Aunt Lin, please speak!"
"Can we talk as we walk?"
Although the village chief was puzzled, he still followed Lin Xia outside.
They hadn't gone far when they saw Lin Lao Da's wife and Lin Lao Er's wife sneaking around in front of them.
What are you two doing blocking our way?
Lin Li took the initiative and rebuked him sternly.
"No...nothing!"
"This is a public road, how can you say we're blocking your way?"
Seeing their unreasonable behavior, the village chief angrily shouted, "If you want to take a walk, go somewhere else, don't block our way."
After hearing the village chief lose his temper, the two left cursing.
"Go and inform them quickly, or it will be too late!"
When Lin Laoda's wife saw Lin Li and the village chief approaching the courtyard, she was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat!
"It's too late..."
When Lin Lao Er's wife saw Lin Li and the village chief push open the courtyard gate, she sighed in frustration!
Actually, when Lin Li saw them, she had a pretty good idea of what they were planning to do.
She's kind-hearted, so she'll definitely give them time, opportunities, and even create opportunities for them!
The Lin family's ungrateful wretches: There's really no need for that...
So when she saw the lock on the courtyard gate lying on the ground and the gate slightly ajar, she couldn't help but smile. You really don't want to disappoint me!
"Oh dear! Why is it locked on the floor? The door is open, could a thief have broken in?"
Lin Li gasped softly, then quickly ran to her neighbor's house, knocked on the door, and asked to borrow a wooden stick.
"Aunt Lin, what do you need a stick for?"
The neighbor handed her the wooden stick and asked in surprise.
"It looks like a thief broke into my house. I'm grabbing a stick to go inside and check!"
"Really? I've been hearing noises coming from your house, I thought you were home!"
"No, I just came back from the village committee. The village chief was with me all the way!"
“Then I’ll call my sons to go with you; catching thieves is a big deal.”
Before long, many villagers gathered around with sticks, carrying poles, and brooms.
village head:……
"Everyone be careful, the thieves might be carrying weapons."
Everyone nodded with serious expressions.
village head:……
Lin Li rushed in first, and as soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Lin Lao Er standing in the middle of the courtyard holding a quilt, staring blankly at her.
"Thief! Thief!"
As she shouted, she grabbed a stick and started hitting Lin Lao Er.
'Bang bang bang,' the blows landed squarely on flesh, the sounds muffled!
"Ouch! Someone's been killed! Come quick, help!"
As Lin Lao Er dodged, he called out to his other siblings, still reluctant to put down the quilt he was holding.
"Second Brother, we're here!"
Lin Xiaodi, Lin Laoda, and Lin Xiaomei ran out, some with things stuffed in their bodies and others carrying ceramic basins.
Upon seeing Lin Lao Er being beaten, he put down what he was holding, pulled out a stick from his body, and charged towards Lin Li with a howling voice.
The villagers at the door saw this and immediately rushed in. When the villagers' wooden sticks, carrying poles, and brooms struck them mercilessly, they were immediately bewildered.
Why did things turn out so differently from their plans?
"Ouch~~"
"What are you doing? Why are you hitting us?"
"We're here to fight thieves!"
The villagers fought with righteous indignation!
"How is it stealing if we take things from our own home?"
"Yes, these are all our own things."
The Lin family's ungrateful bastards stubbornly insist that the things they took were their own, refusing to admit they were thieves.
Lin Li continued hitting him forcefully, panting as she cursed, "I've already severed ties with you! Your things? What's yours? You came uninvited and took my things—that's stealing, that's being a thief!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers attacked even more fiercely!
"Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him! You'll kill him if you keep hitting him!"
Lin Dalang's wife and Lin Erlang's wife rushed in like madmen, trying to stop the crowd's sticks, and were hit by several sticks themselves.
After a long while, when the Lin family's 'ungrateful wretches' lay on the ground bruised and swollen, groaning incessantly, the village chief finally stepped forward and stopped the beatings.
"Why did you all come to Aunt Lin's house to steal things?"
The village chief stood in the center, his eyes filled with extreme disgust. What a bunch of 'beasts'! Not only did they dare to beat their mother who had raised them with such hardship, but they also stole her things.
When the village chief first came to Lin Li's house to mediate, he was furious when he saw Lin Dalang trying to beat Lin Li. If he hadn't arrived in time, the son would have slapped his mother.
Public order and good morals, respect for the elderly and care for the young—the basic principles of being a decent human being have vanished!
Later, when he heard that Lin Xiaodi and Lin Xiaomei had gone to rob Lin Da Niang of her money again, he was so angry that he trembled all over. How could such beasts have come from their village?
Only one day has passed, and these beasts have come to steal things from Aunt Lin's house again?
The young men were only interested in the things in their elderly mother's house.
They didn't even consider that their mother was getting old. How would she live the rest of her life after they stole everything?
"Village...Village chief, you have to do justice for us! We didn't steal anything, we just went home to get our own things."
"Your own things? I just bought these two days ago. When did they become yours?"
"What money do you have? Isn't all your money my dad's? What's my dad's is ours!"
Lin Xiaodi gritted his teeth and roared at Lin Li.
"Come on, everyone, let's be the judge. Whose elderly parents are still alive and their belongings suddenly become their son's? Raising children is for old age security, not to make them ancestors."
"That's right, there's no such saying. The things of an elderly couple are only divided among their children after they die. How can a son try to take things away from someone while they're still alive?"
"That's right, there's never been such a saying in our ancestors' generation."
Listening to the villagers' discussion, Lin Li suppressed the corners of her mouth that were turning up. "Now that we've severed ties, even if we hadn't, I'll give myself to whoever treats me well."
That makes sense!
The villagers felt the same way when they heard Lin Li's words.
Today, this happened in Aunt Lin's family, so everyone let them off the hook. If other unfilial children follow suit and do the same, then who would dare to have children?
Seeing that Lin Xiaodi's face was flushed and he was still trying to argue, the village chief tapped the ground with a wooden stick.
"Alright, you're thieves for going to Aunt Lin's house and taking things without permission. Don't try to deny it."
Seeing the village chief's angry expression, Lin Xiaodi swallowed the rest of his words.
"Aunt Lin, could you go check if anything is missing?"
"good!"
Lin Li stood up, returned to the bedroom, pretended to look around, and then adjusted her expression!
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