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

The village chief told them that he could show it to them, but if it was proven that they had wronged someone, they would all have to apologize to Lin Cai.

Some people had no objections, but others refused to comply.

"We were just looking, if they don't have it, they don't have it, why should we apologize to them?"

"Exactly, it's just a look, it won't cost them anything, why should we apologize to them?"

Upon hearing this, the village chief looked at the group with a stern face: "Whatever food someone brings back belongs to them. Why should they show it to outsiders like you?"

"You dragged me to someone's house in the middle of the night, made them hand over their things, and then wrongly accused them. Shouldn't you apologize?"

Those who heard this remained silent. Although they were not well-educated, they were no longer deaf to human speech.

Several of them agreed on the spot, saying that if they had really wronged Gu Dachui, they would apologize.

Upon hearing this, Gu Dachui took out what he had brought out the night before, including the bucket.

When he put the bucket on the ground, everyone craned their necks to look, but what they saw were tiny snails.

These things are small and plentiful in rivers and ditches. Because there's not much meat inside, and they have a lot of shells and mud and sand, people in the surrounding villages, including Gujia Village, don't bother to eat them.

They all felt that there was too little meat inside and that it contained sand, so even if it was cooked, it wouldn't taste good at all.

After seeing what was inside the bucket and realizing they had wronged someone, the loudly shouting men immediately fell silent.

Seeing their expressions, Lin Bao crossed his arms and leaned against the doorframe: "Oh dear, what's wrong? You've already seen it, but did you even see what was inside?"

"You call that little bit of stuff fish? I think you guys are the ones with fish in your heads."

"You didn't even see it clearly before you started making up stories and accusing people. Are you so desperate for meat that you've gone crazy?"

Lin Bao's words perfectly revealed the thoughts of those people, who were quite different from him.

Lin Bao can eat meat every few days while he's out there, while they might not get to eat it for a month or two. Now that they've finally caught him, how can they let him go!

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a misunderstanding. The village chief saw it too, and he frowned as he looked at those people.

"Your eyesight is usually quite good, but why is it so bad now? You didn't even see clearly before making baseless accusations. Apologize to them right now."

No sooner had she said that than Li Guixiang exclaimed, "Impossible! How could this be? There were clearly two fish, last night..."

Before Li Guixiang could finish speaking, her throat seemed to be choked, and everyone turned to look at her.

"Sister-in-law, what are you trying to say? What happened last night?"

Lin Cai had already guessed what was going on when she saw Li Guixiang's expression. Sure enough, when she asked the question, Li Guixiang was speechless.

Lin Cai was unwilling to let her off so easily. Seeing that Li Guixiang was unwilling to answer, she continued, "Sister-in-law said that last night, I remembered something."

"I don't know what happened, but last night in the middle of the night I suddenly heard a noise, and after I got up, the noise was gone!"

"Everything is great in the countryside, except there are a lot of rats. They keep making noise even late at night, making it impossible for anyone to get a good night's sleep!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guixiang's face turned pale. She hurriedly apologized and left in a hurry.

When the others saw how easily she apologized and how hastily she left, they all knew what was going on.

Those who had deliberately stirred up trouble left, and the others didn't continue causing trouble either; they had only been instigated to come along in the first place.

Now that I know I've wronged someone, how can I have the confidence to stay here?

Everyone dispersed, and Gu Dachui carried the bucket back. The village chief looked at them and said, "Make sure to lock the doors and windows when you go to sleep tonight. You're just a widow and her child; you really can't afford to have anything happen to you."

“Village chief, I know what you’re saying, but some people just keep deliberately causing trouble. I’m not afraid to tell you, I’m not afraid of trouble, but I never provoke anyone.”

“But if someone goes out of their way to cause me trouble, I won’t let them get away with it. That’s how it was before, and that’s how it will be from now on.”

Upon hearing this, the village chief shook his head slightly. Although the Lin Cai of the past was unreasonable and argumentative, just as she had said, she had never provoked anyone.

Upon hearing this idea, the village chief suddenly thought of something and then looked at Lin Cai: "Then why did you go and steal Gu Zhan's prey for no reason?"

Lin Cai, who had just said that she was very honest, completely forgot about this matter. However, it was the original owner of the body who did it, and it was already over when she arrived!

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the others looked at Lin Cai. Seeing that they were all staring at her, Lin Cai wanted to find a place to disappear into.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Isn't this normal? I have several children, and there's nothing to eat in my family. My children, including myself, all want to eat meat. Isn't this normal?"

She said those words, and it's unclear whether they believed them or not, but Lin Cai didn't care.

After saying a few more words and giving some instructions, the village chief left. Gu Dachui had already taken the bucket inside, and now only Lin Cai and her brother were outside.

Lin Bao kept his arms crossed, looking at his sister and asking, "What happened last night?"

Lin Cai didn't hide anything and told Lin Bao everything she had discovered the night before. After hearing it, Lin Bao immediately became furious.

"Damn it, what are they trying to do? Do they all really think you're so easy to bully?"

Hearing the cursing, Lin Cai remembered something: "Third Brother, what did you mean when you said they were after Chunhua and the others?"

"What else could it mean? Isn't it just Gu Tieniu's family?"

That family is truly inhuman. After seeing Gu Tieniu die, they finally couldn't hold back any longer and all wanted to harm those four brats.

It's only because of his silly sister that he's been able to protect those four kids so well. If it weren't for his silly sister, those four brats would probably have been sold off long ago.

Lin Cai hadn't expected that the people at the Gu family's old house would have such an idea. After all, Gu Dachui and the others were descendants of Gu Tieniu.

How could they... how could they do such a thing?

This reminded Lin Cai of what Li Guixiang had mentioned before, that Gu Dachui should marry into the Wang family.

But once you hand people over to them, who knows whether it's truly a marriage into the family or going somewhere else?