Transmigrated into a Farmhouse: The Stepmother Spoils Her Child to the Heavens

Lin Cai's voice was very calm, without any emotional fluctuations. The three brothers' hearts skipped a beat when they heard it.

The two younger ones hid behind the older one, and Lin Cai's gaze fell on the eldest, Gu Dachui.

"I went down, I went down." Gu Dachui was a little frightened, and he stammered, "I went down alone, they didn't."

Hearing what he said, Lin Cai looked him up and down, and frowned when she didn't see anything wet.

"My brother went downstairs naked; he didn't get his clothes wet or dirty..."

The speaker was Sanhu. Lin Cai didn't expect that Sanhu would be the one to answer. She really wanted to know this, but how did this kid know?

Knowing the reason, Lin Cai still had no expression on her face, and carried Xiao Chunhua into the house.

When they went in, they said, "Your younger siblings are all yours, and you have the right to arrange things however you like, but I hope there won't be a next time."

There is a river near Gujia Village. It is very large and wide, and the river will always have water as long as there is no drought.

Children from nearby villages are forbidden from going near the area because too many children have fallen there.

Although Gu Dachui was the one who brought them this time, Lin Cai felt that he shouldn't have done so, because he hadn't considered what would happen if something went wrong with his younger siblings.

Upon hearing this, Gu Dachui looked down at the bucket in his hand.

In the evening, Lin Cai asked Gu Dachui to clean up the meat that Xiao Chunhua had mentioned and cook it, but before the fish could be put into the pot, someone came over with a torch.

"Is it them? Are you sure you're not mistaken? Is it really them?"

"It's these Gu family members. I saw them with my own eyes, there's absolutely no mistake, it's Gu Dachui and his siblings."

Hearing the noise, Lin Cai came to the yard, still holding a shovel in her hand. She saw people outside gathering in front of her house with torches, so she went straight out.

The leader was the village chief, Gu Dafu, who had also been forcibly dragged out. He was having dinner when he was brought here before he had even finished eating.

The reason is that someone reported Gu Dachui for violating the rules.

Having understood the reason, Lin Cai calmly looked at them and said, "My child just had a craving and went to get something to eat. What rule did he break?"

"What rule did you violate? Of course, you violated the fishing ban."

Hearing this, Lin Cai didn't understand what it meant. An old woman next to her walked over and said, "The child is just being naive. There's no need to be so serious. It's just two fish."

“Aunt Zhang, you’re living a good life, so of course you don’t care about those two fish. But it’s different for us!”

“Our family is poor, and we rarely even see a speck of meat. When we pass by and see it, we have to hold back. How could he, who cares about his family, just lay a hand on us?”

"That's right. It was already agreed that everyone would participate collectively, but now one person from the Gu family has broken the rules. Are we just going to let it go like this?"

"Even if we can let it go, what about the people from Li Family Village and Zhang Family Village? Do you think they can just ignore it?"

Listening to their words, Lin Cai finally understood that the fish in that river couldn't be caught just anywhere.

Because the river is shared by several nearby villages, the village chiefs reached an agreement a few years ago.

That means that people from any village are not allowed to go fishing in the river at ordinary times, because they will work together at specific times.

People from several villages worked together to retrieve the fish and then split the profits equally. Because of this agreement, no one dared to fish anymore.

Lin Cai frowned as she looked at the woman who was shouting the loudest: "Sister-in-law, Da Chui is also your nephew. Don't you know what kind of person he is?"

That's right, the person who shouted the loudest at the scene was Gu's eldest sister-in-law, who insisted that Gu Dachui was the one who caught the fish.

"Big Hammer is my nephew, that's true, and I believe him, but I don't believe you."

"Everyone in Gujia Village knows what kind of person you are, and what kind of person your Lin family is. You've lived here for four years, and Da Chui and the others have followed you for four years. They might just follow you too..."

"Li Guixiang, what the hell did you say? Say it again if you dare!"

"Who is my sister? She's an exceptionally good person. If it weren't for my sister, would Gu Tieniu's kids still be here?"

“My sister is willing to stay here because she is kind-hearted and can’t bear to leave those kids behind, but that doesn’t mean you can bully her as you please.”

Lin Bao suddenly jumped out, startling the people holding torches.

Just as Li Guixiang said, none of the Lin family members are easy to mess with, and they simply can't afford to mess with them.

After Lin Bao finished speaking, he still felt it wasn't enough, so he stared intently at Li Guixiang: "You damned woman, don't think I don't know what you're up to."

"You've only set your sights on those kids, haven't you? Let me warn you, those kids are protected by my sister, and my sister is protected by the entire Lin family."

"If you dare lay a hand on my sister, that's the same as laying a hand on me. And then it won't be as simple as losing your hair."

Everyone around him heard what he said, but apart from the person involved, no one else knew what was going on.

Li Guixiang dared not speak again, but the others did!

This concerns their interests, so how could they possibly let them go now that they've been caught?

Hearing what they said, Lin Cai stood in front of her own door: "Da Chui and the others did bring something back, but it wasn't fish."

She told them what she wanted to say, but no one believed her.

"You say it's not fish, so it's not fish? It's such a big bucket, and it came from the river. How can it not be filled with fish?"

"Are you out of your mind? Just because you're carrying a bucket back from the river doesn't mean it has to be full of fish. Couldn't that kid have put something else in it?"

Without a second thought, Lin Bao retorted, still unconvinced, and continued, "If it's not a fish, why not take it out and let us see?"

"Yes, why don't you take it out and let us see? If we can see it, we'll know what it is."

Once one person finished speaking, many others chimed in, all wanting to see it.

Lin Cai was very unwilling. She hadn't done anything wrong, yet she was being wronged and had no choice but to compromise in the end.

She couldn't stand this humiliation, and she wouldn't let those children experience it, including Gu Dachui.

“I’m not talking about fish, so it’s not fish. Believe it or not, this is my home. If you try to force your way in, I believe you can’t beat my third brother.”

A reputation as a local bully can sometimes be quite effective.