After hoarding billions of goods and traveling through the book, he farmed in another world to suppo

Xiao Li recognized the person.

The original body's biological brother with the same father and mother, Xiao Er Xiao Manjin.

Unlike his original self who was separated from his family because of his unfavorable relationship with his relatives, Xiao Er has been his parents' treasure since birth. He was raised to be fat and plump in the village where there was a lack of food and clothing.

Before the original body was separated from the family and cut off from relatives, it was like Xiao Er's slave. It wore his old and tattered clothes and had to wait until Xiao Er finished eating before eating a few mouthfuls of leftovers. If there were no leftovers, it could only be filled with cold water. From the age of three or four, it had to go up the mountain to collect firewood, cut grass to feed the pigs, wash clothes and cook...

The original body lived like an animal for a full ten years.

Livestock can sometimes take a break, but the original body will be dragged to work even if it is sick and dying.

It was because of that near-death illness that the original body completely left the family that treated him like livestock.

Since the two families separated and the relationship was severed when he was ten years old, his original body was taken away by his grandparents and third uncle. Since then, he has cut off contact with the second branch of the Xiao family and usually tries to avoid it whenever possible.

Over the past eight years, the original body spent most of the time studying in the county. He didn't meet Xiao Er very often, but he had seen him before. However, he would inevitably be bullied every time they met.

The original body was not a scholar who was ignorant of grains and did not work. He would help with farm work during the busy farming season. Although he was not strong, he was not weak either.

Logically speaking, with his original body's physique of just over 1.8 meters, he should not be bullied by someone who never works and is short and fat, but he was bullied by Xiao Er.

To put it bluntly, it was nothing more than the second branch of the Xiao family that was full of bad habits. The parents insisted on labeling the original body as someone who brought bad luck to the family. As a son, Xiao Er followed suit and always used past events to humiliate the original body.

Unfortunately, the original person considered himself a scholar and could not argue with him like a shrew. Eight out of ten times, he could only endure it in frustration, and the remaining two times were when he met fellow villagers who could not bear it and helped him to argue.

Whether before or after crossing into the book, Xiao Li was not a coward who would allow himself to be bullied.

This alone made him feel extremely sick when he first read the novel.

It was precisely because of this generous gift from his good second brother that he did not regret selling all his shares to his eldest brother.

Facts have proved that he did nothing wrong. Big Brother is indeed a good person. Even in the end times where people eat each other, he deserves the name of a gentleman.

It’s a pity that I won’t be able to see him again.

Fortunately, he had left enough supplies for his eldest brother, so when his eldest brother received the news of his death, he would not be forced into an unstable position by those people.

On the side, Xiao Laosan saw that it was Xiao Er who rushed out, and instantly became furious.

"Xiao Er, what are you using to teach Li'er a lesson? Don't forget that you have nothing to do with him now!"

When Xiao Er heard in the village that Lu Youfu was encouraging Xiao Si to go up the mountain to hunt and wanted to break off the engagement with Xiao Si, he didn't believe it at all.

He has liked Lu Youfu since he was a child and knows how much she likes the coward Xiao Si, otherwise he would not target him so much.

Especially when he knew that these words came from Xiao Li's mouth, he became even more unconvinced and hurried to inform Youfu.

After Youfu found out, he didn't explain anything. He just told him with red eyes not to ask anymore, as if he had something to hide.

Youfu is so kind and loyal, it naturally can't be her problem, it must be the problem of that coward Xiao Si!

He asked Youfu if Xiao Si had changed his mind, but she didn't say anything and just kept shaking her head, asking him not to ask. What else could it be?

He didn't expect that Xiao Si would dare to be the first to complain, so he immediately asked the villagers where Xiao Si was, and took a shortcut all the way here. He didn't notice that the person carrying Xiao Si was actually Xiao Lao San.

Xiao Er's face turned pale, and he subconsciously took a few steps back, looking at Xiao Li on his back with a fierce look but a cowardly look.

"Even if they weren't related, were his slanders against Youfu false? Everyone in the village knows how much Youfu supports him, so why would Youfu want to cancel the engagement for no reason? It's obvious to me that he somehow managed to climb up the social ladder and thinks Youfu is a hindrance, so he's deliberately smearing Youfu's reputation so he can cancel the engagement and marry his beautiful bride without any problems!"

The more Xiao Er spoke, the more he felt that this was the case, and his tone became more certain.

Because of his loud questioning not long ago, many villagers around were attracted by his voice.

After all, who doesn't like to watch the excitement?

After hearing his words, some of the confused villagers actually believed him, and there were quite a few of them.

Xiao Lao San was so angry at these fence-sitters, but he didn't know how to refute because he was not good at speaking, so he could only glare at Xiao Er.

"You fart!"

Xiao Li patted the furious Xiao Lao San and signaled him to put him down.

"Uncle San, please put me down."

"Li'er, are you injured?"

"It's okay, I can still hold on, Uncle San, don't worry."

Seeing that he insisted, Xiao Laosan put him down. Lu Yuan looked anxious beside him, but he didn't dare to go forward to help him.

When they were on the mountain before, there was no one around Xiao Li, so it was easy for him to be supported by himself.

There are so many people around now, including his third uncle. If he goes over to support him, people will gossip about him and his reputation may be affected.

Xiao Er didn't even see how he treated others, but he said that he was climbing up the social ladder. If he went to help now, not only would he be unable to help, but he would also easily hinder him.

Whether it was because of their decision to be together or because of their respective reputations, Lu Yuan could only keep her distance from Xiao Li.

Xiao Li had a strong mental strength and quickly noticed his anxiety and worry. He gave him a soothing look, shook his head slightly at him, and then looked at Xiao Manjin who was glaring at him.

"You think I'm talking nonsense, but aren't you talking nonsense now too? What happens between me and Lu Youfu is a matter between me and Lu Youfu.

The second branch of the Xiao family is located to the east and west of here. Even you know these things. Don’t the Lu family and Lu Youfu know them?

But unfortunately, no one from the Lu family came, and neither did Lu Youfu..."

Xiao Li glanced at the big tree next to him, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he calmly withdrew his gaze and continued speaking.

"You are a man who has nothing to do with the Lu family and Lu Youfu. You are a young man who has not yet married. You actually came to stand up for her, Lu Youfu. If you don't know, you would think..."

Xiao Li didn't say the rest of the words, but precisely because he didn't finish, it was easier for people to imagine.

As expected, almost as soon as he finished speaking, the villagers looked at Xiao Manjin with scrutiny.

"That's right, Xiao Er. Even if Xiao Si is slandering Lu Youfu, what does it have to do with you? Your two families have long since separated and severed ties. Are you planning to bully Xiao Si again?"

Everyone in Yangliu Village knew about the troubles of the second branch of the Xiao family, and had seen how they exploited Xiao Si. Otherwise, they would not have helped Xiao Si to fight when they saw him being bullied by Xiao Er.

Quarreling in the village is nothing. Most of the time, everyone tries to stop the fight. Only when they encounter someone like the second branch of the Xiao family who doesn't treat others as human beings will they quarrel with them directly.

Rumors are something that can easily escalate as soon as they start to spread, as long as there are people.

"Xiao Er, is there something going on between you and Lu Youfu? Otherwise, why are you so worried about her?"

"Xiao Si is already a scholar. Once he passes the imperial examination, Lu Youfu will be his wife. If she really has something going on with Xiao Er and Xiao Si finds out, they will definitely be worried!"

"That's right! How glorious it is to be a juren's wife! When Xiao Si first passed the imperial examination, Lu Youfu walked with such a swagger. Xiao Si treated her so well. Two days ago, I saw Xiao Si giving her cakes that were only available in the city's cake shops, the kind that cost one tael of silver per pound!"

In the village, saving a little bit of silver would be enough for a family of three to use for half a year.

When people heard that Xiao Li had given Lu Youfu such expensive pastries two days ago, they were shocked.

"Oh! A cake worth one tael of silver! I only ate it once when I got married, and I still remember the taste. It was so sweet and delicious!"

The sound of swallowing saliva came one after another, but Xiao Er was so angry that his face turned red. He pointed at Xiao Li and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

"Xiao Si, you, you, you..."

Xiao Li had never been afraid of verbal battles and sneered sarcastically.

"What am I?"

Before the end of the world came, although he was known as the fourth young master of the Xiao family, everyone knew that he was an illegitimate child, and an illegitimate child who was not loved by his parents. It is easy to imagine how much malice was surrounding him.

At the beginning, he couldn't win the argument, and those kids would rely on their numbers to beat him up. After he fought back desperately several times, they gradually became afraid of him, and even called him "Fourth Young Master Xiao" respectfully when they met.

So from a very young age, he knew that silence and tolerance were useless. Only when your fists are hard enough to hurt those with bad intentions, will they not dare to bully you.

Normally, when Xiao Manjin just spoke casually, Xiao Si didn't dare to look at him or talk to him like that, and he was stunned for a moment.

In the eyes of the villagers, he seemed to be guilty, and they were a little bit unbelievable and suddenly excited.

"Is there really something going on between him and Lu Youfu? Lu Youfu must be blind to fall for him, right? Everyone in the surrounding villages knows that the second branch of the Xiao family is a hell of a pit, so why does Lu Youfu have to jump into it?"

"That's right! Who doesn't know the situation of the Xiao family's second branch? Who would be so stupid as to jump in? Even those who want to sell their daughters won't sell them to the Xiao family's second branch. I don't believe Lu Youfu would be so stupid."

"Then how do you explain this?"

"Maybe Xiao Er is just a toad wanting to eat swan meat? If Xiao Si and Lu Youfu broke off their engagement, wouldn't he be able to propose marriage?"

"Wow! How can it be like this? Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem unreasonable. Does that mean Xiao Er is doing this for himself? And it's not for Lu Youfu at all?"

"Oh, who knows!"

……

Xiao Li listened to everyone's discussions and looked at the big tree not far away with a smile.

He wanted to see if the heroine could still keep calm.