Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

"If you want to blame someone, blame me. My son did nothing wrong. This has nothing to do with him."

"Besides, you don't know that this woman has no self-discipline. She flirts with other men in the village all the time and often goes to her parents' house to look for him. Do you think such a daughter-in-law should be killed? Should she be killed...ah."

With a scream, Chen's mother was slapped in the face, and then turned around and glared at the woman who did it. However, the moment she met the other person's cold eyes, her whole body felt like she was falling into an ice cellar, and her arrogance was instantly extinguished.

"Try to slander my elder sister again. Don't think that just because Hexi Village is gone and there are no witnesses, you can slander my elder sister's innocence at will. You know how much injustice my elder sister has suffered and how many tears she has shed over the years in your family."

"Old pious woman, God is watching what you do. It's not that there is no retribution, it's just that the time has not come yet."

Lin Zhaodi was a step slower than Lin Xiaoyue and was unable to tear Chen's mother apart with her bare hands, but she would not tolerate Chen's mother throwing dirty water on her elder sister.

Others may not know how much suffering the eldest sister has endured at the hands of this old hag over the years, but she often secretly ran to Hexi Village to see her eldest sister, and saw with her own eyes countless times how the old hag tortured and humiliated her eldest sister in various ways.

At first, she stood up for her elder sister, and the old woman laughed at her family for having no men, and asked a girl less than ten years old to stand up for her married sister, ridiculing her for being nothing, and even hitting her. It was her elder sister who took the slap for her despite being seven months pregnant...

She could not forget the old woman's hideous and distorted face, nor her sharp and harsh words.

At that time, she told herself that she must grow up quickly and become strong enough to protect her elder sister and her younger sister...

"Second sister, let's go." Lin Xiaoyue stepped forward and grabbed Lin Zhaodi's arm, pulling her back. It was pointless to talk any more with such a person. She still wanted to go back to her eldest sister to find out the situation.

Besides, there are too many people around now. Even if I want to fight, I have to find a time when there is no one around and hit the person hard where it hurts.

"No, you can't leave." When the old woman saw that people were about to leave, she was so anxious that she forgot the pain of being slapped in the face. She struggled to break free from her son's hand and went forward to pull them away.

"You beat my old woman, you can't just walk away like this, you have to compensate, yes, compensate with silver and food, otherwise I will go to the government to sue you. Also, your eldest sister has been eating and drinking at our house for many years, now that she is gone, you have to pay us back on her behalf."

The old woman suddenly started to throw a tantrum and howl like a madman, confusing everyone around her.

The real purpose was revealed, it turned out to be food.

This natural disaster occurred not only in the other two countries, but also in the territory of Dayuan.

Countless property, lives, and cash crops have been damaged, and grain prices are rising day by day. Even with the strong government crackdown to prevent unscrupulous merchants from hoarding and raising grain prices, the price of even the worst brown rice is now more than five times higher than in previous years.

Is this old woman crazy? She actually came up with this method to extort food.

Lin Xiaoyue sneered disdainfully and said contemptuously, "Now is the time for you to settle accounts with us. Find out clearly that your family murdered the wife in order to promote the concubine to the top. The crime of favoring the concubine over the wife is enough to sentence your son to hanging, death penalty, long-term imprisonment and other severe punishments."

"No, shut up, you're talking nonsense." The old woman roared at the top of her lungs like a madman, trying to cover up Lin Xiaoyue's voice.

"No? But it was your son who clearly said earlier that you and my eldest sister were separated on the road after escaping from the natural disaster of the earthquake in Hexi Village.

Then, you, an old woman, slandered my elder sister in various ways, ignoring that after she married into your family, she worked hard to manage the household affairs for your Chen family and to continue the family line. In return, you slandered her for having affairs and being unruly, and you kept throwing dirty water on my elder sister.

What you are doing is nothing more than trying to cover up the fact that you favor your concubine over your wife, help your concubine to the top, and murder your wife.

Am I wrong, Brother-in-law Tongsheng? "

It was also thanks to Lin Xiaoyue that she dug out from the original owner's memory how arrogant this elder brother-in-law was when he married his sister. They only met once or twice, and every time he mentioned his status as a student, as if being a student was a golden ticket to immunity from death.

In the history of her original dimension, the ancient Tongsheng was equivalent to a high school diploma and was the lowest level in the imperial examination. Those who obtained the Tongsheng qualification enjoyed certain privileges of the scholar class (scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans), such as exemption from corvée and taxes.

This is not only an individual honor, but also represents the honor of a family. Therefore, when the Chen family proposed marriage to the Lin family, everyone can imagine how arrogant they were and how much Cheng's mother looked down on Lin Dahua.

And what kind of life can Lin Dahua live in the Chen family?

Was she really as reckless as Chen's mother said, flirting with men in the village, making eyes at strangers, and stealing things from her mother's house? Even a three-year-old child would not believe this.

Passersby around also pointed fingers and whispered about the Chen family who were distorting the truth.

Chen Youtian, who always cared about his reputation, felt humiliated when being criticized by everyone, and his face was so dark that ink could drip out.

I didn’t expect that the two sisters of the Lin family were much smarter than Lin Dahua.

It was also because of his carelessness that they caught him and Chen's mother's inconsistency in their words. At this time, if he tried to argue again, it would only make things worse in the eyes of others.

Seeing her son gritting his teeth in hatred and enduring humiliation, Chen's mother knew that at this point it would be difficult for them to extort food from the other party. She could only follow her son's support, and the family of four covered their faces in disappointment and squeezed out of the crowd.

Lin Xiaoyue winked at Lin the Hunter, asking him to follow the Chen family and find out what the current situation of the Chen family is.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

Regardless of whether there will be another opportunity to fight with the Chen family, Lin Xiaoyue will never fight a battle without preparation.

What's more, if the Chen family was really the kind of people who abide by the law, Chen's mother would not have suddenly rushed out with such a fierce momentum and wanted to attack her when she was not prepared.

Moreover, even if we take a step back and say that the Chen family wants to temporarily avoid their attack after the previous confrontation, it depends on whether she allows it.

If she wants to provoke, she provokes. If she wants to retreat, she retreats. Doesn't she have any face?

Moreover, based on the content of the conversation between the mother and son of the Chen family and their attitudes, it is obvious that there are many problems.

Besides, Lin Dahua and Xiaomaizi did not travel with the Chen family. Instead, they chose to flee the famine on their own, carrying the one-year-old Xiaomaizi in their arms.

Among them, if you say there is no hidden secret, no one will believe it.

……

Everyone was unhappy because of what happened in the town, so after finishing their shopping, Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Zhaodi left Wanbao Town before others and returned to the farm.