Lin Ru: "Mother! Be good! Go and rest!"
The three Lin brothers also urged, "Mother! Go and rest! We're here outside!"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade her children and was also exhausted, Bai went inside to rest alone.
Outside, a few people were excitedly discussing what to eat for dinner and what to feed the little donkey, as if the sadness they had just experienced was a dream.
Now that she had all the tools and seasonings, Lin Ru decided to make braised noodles.
Lin Ru cut a large piece of meat into small pieces, then stir-fried it in a pot until the lard was rendered. She added seasonings and started stewing. While waiting for the meat to stew, Lin Ru began rolling out noodles.
After the noodles were rolled out and the meat was cooked, she added some greens and then took it out of the pot.
With a little broth left in the pot, Lin Ru took advantage of their inattention to add some spiritual spring water and then started cooking the noodles.
Before it was even ready, the three little ones were drawn over by the aroma and their mouths watered as they looked at the noodles in the pot.
After the noodles were ready, the group, suppressing their drool, helped Bai Shi out.
After Bai started eating, the group wolfed down their food.
While eating, Lin Qing said, "Sis! This smells so good! It smells so good I almost ate my tongue! These past two days have been the happiest two days of my life!"
Lin Mo chimed in, "Sis! Your cooking is getting better and better! Even this noodle soup is incredibly delicious!"
Bai also laughed and said, "It really is delicious!"
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Lin Ru said generously, "If it's delicious, eat more! I'll cook more if you're not full!"
Lin Ru's previous skills were just so-so, not that good.
The noodles tasted so good this time, thanks in no small part to the spiritual spring water!
She also drank a few sips of noodle soup and felt a warm current enter her dantian and then flow into her entire body's meridians!
I feel completely refreshed and invigorated!
He secretly rejoiced, thinking, "It must be because I accumulated good karma in my past life that I have so many cheat codes here!"
"I deserve all of this! Hahahaha..."
Amidst laughter and conversation, the group finished off the entire pot of noodles.
After finishing his meal, Lin Qing patted his round belly and exclaimed, "I'd eat braised noodles for the rest of my life!"
Lin Ru laughed and said, "Look at you, so pathetic!"
Soon it was time to sleep. After Bai finished her medicine and lay down, they also went to sleep.
midnight
Lin Ru suddenly opened her eyes, got dressed, and went out.
The next day, Lin Ru's family was awakened by a knock on the door!
"Open the door! Open the door! You bunch of sluts, open the door!"
Lin Bai rubbed his sleepy eyes and opened the door, only to be pushed aside.
Old Lady Lin brought a group of people and started cursing at Lin Ru, who had just come out.
"You little slut! Give the money back! Don't think I don't know you stole money from my house!"
"Your grandfather told me this morning! They were beaten up like that by you guys and then left at Widow Zhang's house! Last night you even went to my house and stole all the money we had saved!!"
Seeing that there were outsiders present, Lin Ru feigned innocence and said, "Grandma! What are you saying! How could I possibly hit Grandpa!"
"Not only do I not have the strength to fight Grandpa and the other two by myself, but I also don't have the strength to carry them all to Widow Zhang's house. Besides, I'd be stealing money from a house in the middle of the night! I don't even know where the money is!"
Old Mrs. Lin ignored them and started directing the women who followed her: the wives of Lin Lao Er and Lin Lao San, her youngest daughter, and her close female relatives.
"Search her! I don't know where she could hide the money in this small area."
Old Mrs. Lin had already decided that any money found would belong to her family.
Lin Ru spoke up to stop it
"Wait a minute! Grandma! Listen to me!"
Old Mrs. Lin chuckled.
"Are you scared? Too late!"
Lin Ru said casually, "No, Grandma! It's just that I feel there aren't enough people! So I wanted to invite the clan chief and the village chief to come and witness this."
Old Mrs. Lin remembered what Old Man Lin had said that morning: Lin Ru had tried to steal money while everyone was asleep, but he had discovered her and knocked him unconscious.
When Old Lady Lin went to search the place where they had hidden the money, she found that all twenty-two taels of silver they had painstakingly saved were gone.
So she brought her men over early in the morning, determined not to fail to find a single ounce of silver!
"Please go ahead! Let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve!"
A moment later, the village chief and the clan chief were invited over.
The village chief was very troubled by this. What was wrong with the Lin family every day?
Old Lady Lin then recounted the whole story.
So, with the village chief and clan chief nodding in agreement, the search of their homes began.
Lin Ru entered the house and helped Bai Shi outside, then instructed her younger brothers to prepare medicine for Bai Shi.
When Lin Meili, the youngest daughter of Old Mrs. Lin, saw the pork, eggs, rice, noodles, and seasonings in the kitchen, she became angry.
During the search, they knocked over bowls and chopsticks, and scattered rice, noodles, and eggs on the ground, mixing them with the dirt.
Lin Bai was furious: "Auntie! Why are you wasting food!"
Lin Meili smiled nonchalantly.
"How can I see if the money is hidden inside if I don't pour it out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he swept all the seasonings onto the ground.
I kicked it twice more until it mixed with the soil on the ground!
Lin Meili feigned surprise and regret.
"Oh dear! It seems there aren't any here either! What a pity!"
Lin Bai was furious and about to make a move when Lin Ru stopped him.
"Xiaobai! Come here! Since Auntie wants to inspect, let her inspect properly! If we get blamed for theft, our whole family might as well be dead."
After saying that, she silently wiped away her tears, feeling wronged.
It's so pitiful to be seen like this.
Bai was trembling with anger, while Lin Ru gently patted her arm to comfort her.
The villagers and the clan chief outside looked at Lin Ru's family, all of them sick and emaciated.
I heard that Bai's health is probably failing, and she has to suffer such torment. It's truly a tragedy.
Moreover, everyone here is a farmer and cherishes their food the most, so they are very angry about Lin Meili's behavior!
Some people just couldn't stand it anymore.
"Lin Meili! That's enough! Everyone knows you're deliberately trying to humiliate your sister-in-law's family! When your eldest brother was alive, he doted on you, his little sister!"
Lin Meili sneered
"Who is she to me as my sister-in-law! I don't even know where this shameless woman who had an affair without a matchmaker came from, yet she dares to call me sister-in-law! She probably doesn't know! My brother hasn't even registered her household!"
Bai immediately retorted upon hearing this.
"How could that be! Da Yong said..."
Lin Meili interrupted her before she could finish speaking.
"Impossible! That was all a lie my brother told you! Otherwise, would you be so devoted to working like a slave in the Lin family?"
She looked at Bai Shi, who seemed utterly devastated.
He continued with ill intent, "You don't know, do you? Back then, my brother went out to try his luck, hoping to find a wife who didn't need money!"
"He searched for several people before finally finding a fool like you! Not only did you elope with my brother, but you also broke ties with your family! It's laughable. I heard your father was a scholar! And he raised such a shameless daughter!"
Bai collapsed to the ground, muttering in disbelief, "Impossible! Impossible! My husband clearly said..."
"Mingming said he saw you once in the county town! And fell in love at first sight! He was deeply attracted by your beauty, kindness, and scholarly air, and could not forget you ever since! So he searched for many days and finally found you?"
Lin Meili mocked
Bai looked on in disbelief, her eyes wide open.
How did you know!?
Lin Meili shrugged and smiled lightly.
"I always heard my older brother recite this story! And it wasn't specifically told to you! But only you believed it!"
Lin Ru understood why Lin Dayong didn't speak up for Bai Shi when he later learned what his family had done.
As expected, bad bamboo shoots never come from good bamboo! They are actually the same kind of people.
Bai was so overwhelmed by the news that she fainted.
Lin Ru quickly laid Bai Shi down, checked her pulse, and then pinched her philtrum.
The three Lin brothers also gathered around.
Lin Ru: "Don't crowd around! The air won't circulate properly, and it won't be easy for Mother to wake up!"
The three Lin brothers obediently stood still, anxiously watching Bai Shi and Lin Ru.
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