Lin Ru understood.
She smiled and cupped her hands in thanks: "Then thank you very much, young waiter!"
The waiter also cupped his hands in a gesture of respect: "We both come from poor backgrounds! You're too kind!"
After thanking the waiter repeatedly, Lin Ru and the others pulled the cart toward the place he had mentioned.
With the cooperation of Bai and Lin Ru, they successfully bought a donkey for four taels of silver, which came with a cart.
After coming out, Lin Qing exclaimed, "My God! We just ate almost half a donkey cart!!"
Lin Ru joked with a smile, "How about I give you a whole donkey cart to eat from now on?"
Lin Qing immediately said happily, "Great! Great!"
After a short while, she realized that her elder sister was talking about a real donkey cart, and immediately refused to do it.
This caused the group to burst into laughter.
After buying the donkey cart, the group, led by Lin Ru, went to buy some daily necessities, such as bowls, chopsticks, casseroles, and seasonings.
Lin Ru went to the blacksmith shop and bought a kitchen knife. She wanted to buy two more daggers to carry with her, but was told that she had to report to the government office before she could buy non-agricultural knives.
Left with no other choice, she bought two kitchen knives and a wood-chopping knife.
After the group finished buying their daily necessities, they also bought some meat and noodles.
Because the donkey cart was newly purchased, everyone was reluctant to part with the donkey and only put some items on the cart.
Lin Ru sighed and could only coax the weak Bai Shi into getting on the donkey cart, while the rest of them continued on foot, taking turns pulling the borrowed carts.
Upon arriving in the village, the newly purchased donkey cart immediately attracted a crowd of villagers to come and watch.
"Is this the donkey cart your family bought? Have you struck it rich?"
"This is squandering the hard-earned money of a dead man!"
"They bought a donkey cart, and you're all jealous! Haven't you seen that Boss Lin is dead, and the Bai family is about to die too!"
"Yes! Watch your words!"
Lin Ru sneered: "Aunties who want a donkey cart can have their husbands die! Maybe they can get a donkey cart too!"
A woman shrieked, "Oh! This little girl has quite the sharp tongue! Her own father is dead, yet she can still laugh so happily, buying so much stuff to squander! She has absolutely no conscience!"
Lin Ru looked at the woman in the mask and remembered that she was the widow Zhang.
She replied, "Oh! Isn't this my Grandma Zhang? Grandma Zhang, you're really something! I heard from my grandma that back then, it was Zhang Laoda who was conscripted! But my grandpa visited your house for one night and became my father! You're really amazing!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers nearby all pointed and whispered about Widow Zhang.
Widow Zhang roared, "You little slut! If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Lin Ru looked at the onlookers who were discussing and pointing.
"Grandma Zhang! I'm not making this up! It's what my grandma said yesterday, and my grandpa even wanted to give you my dad's pension! My grandma refused! That made my grandpa even draw his knife! Lots of people saw it yesterday!"
The crowd sneered, "No wonder he was being so sarcastic; he's treating Boss Lin's compensation money as his own!"
"Yeah! How shameless!"
"You adulterous couple!"
Widow Zhang stepped forward to teach Lin Ru a lesson, raising her hand to strike, but before she could even touch Lin Ru, Lin Ru fell to the ground.
To outsiders, it appeared as if Widow Zhang had pushed him to the ground.
Widow Zhang was about to explain that she hadn't pushed her.
Lin Ru used her sleeve to wipe away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, feeling wronged.
"Grandma Zhang got angry! What about my dead father? He not only served in the army for your son, but he also died in your son's place!"
"You still want to keep Dad's pension! If it weren't for my mother being so sick that I went to Grandma's house to ask for the money, I wouldn't even know about this!"
"And most of that money is in my grandfather's hands! I only got the money for medical treatment! When we went to see a doctor in town, they all said my mother's illness..."
Lin Ru seemed unable to bear to say anything more and cried for a long time.
"I just wanted to buy a donkey so I could take my mother to see other places! I never expected you would actually... and..."
Lin Ru didn't finish her sentence and burst into tears.
Seeing the condemning looks from everyone, Widow Zhang cursed, "Aren't you afraid that Boss Lin's ghost will haunt you for doing this!"
"May you die a horrible death!"
When Widow Zhang saw several women angrily rolling up their sleeves, ready to fight, she was so frightened that she quickly ran away.
This widow's reputation is completely ruined!
The kind-hearted women immediately helped Lin Ru up, repeatedly saying, "Poor thing."
He comforted Lin Ru and escorted the family home before returning home himself.
After seeing everyone off, Lin Ru turned to look at her stunned younger brothers and Bai Shi: "Come back to your senses!"
After regaining their senses, the first question they asked was, "Is it true?"
Lin Ru scoffed: "What's real? What do you think? You don't still have any illusions about the Lin family, do you? I stole the money, everything else is real! So! Face reality!"
The three Lin brothers immediately understood why their sister had changed so much after she went to ask for money yesterday.
Bai shook her head, crying, "No! I had no illusions! I thought Dayong was their biological son! How... how could this be..."
Lin Ru smiled sarcastically: "Because Widow Zhang not only slept with Old Man Lin for one night, but also gave him one tael of silver as a bribe to save his life!"
Bai covered her mouth and sobbed for a while.
Lin Ru didn't want to say anything more, so she went inside, because she could hear the system continuously broadcasting the increase in hatred value all day.
But the reward mechanism was just triggered.
"Ding! Widow Zhang's hatred value has increased by 3000 points. Congratulations, host, for triggering the reward mechanism. Would you like to redeem the reward?"
Lin Ru: "Exchange"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully exchanging for the Level 7 beginner reward, the Beginner Spirit Spring Water. Congratulations to the host for successfully exchanging for the Level 8 beginner reward, the Rebirth Pill, five pills."
Lin Ru's anger vanished instantly. She even wanted to thank the Lin family members who had been diligently hating her all day, and the widow Zhang who had taken the initiative to boost her performance!
Lin Ru looked excitedly at the small pool of spring water in the space, and the seemingly powerful Rebirth Pill.
Looking at the five Rebirth Pills, she wondered to herself, "There are five pills for the five of us now. Will there be more when we go to my maternal grandparents' house in the future?"
Lin Ru remembered her skill of making everything grow, and thought that once things stabilized, she would be able to free herself up to go for a walk in the mountains. For now, it was best to protect them from being sold.
She glanced at her purse again and saw that it contained a five-hundred-tael silver note!
My heart is pounding with excitement, and my hands are trembling!
Lin Ru examined the silver note repeatedly, feeling more confident about her future.
Once the crying outside subsided, Lin Ru went out to prepare to pack the things on the donkey cart.
When she went out, the little ones had already started tidying up.
Bai seemed to have adjusted her mood and was preparing to cook.
Seeing this, Lin Ru immediately stopped her: "Mom! Go back to your room and rest! Wait until we've finished cooking! Take your medicine and rest. Right now, your health is the most important thing. We'll set off once you're almost fully recovered."
Bai, who had been dejected, exclaimed, "The medicine you gave me is very effective! I'm almost fully recovered!"
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