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

Even so, Lin Cai did not let him go. The two of them went back and forth in the woodshed for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

After coming out, Lin Cai's face was expressionless. Since that day, Lin Cai had been researching pastries and food, or teaching Huani new things.

Seeing that Lin Cai stayed at home all day and rarely went out, Scarface, who used to leisurely recuperate every day, seemed a little anxious.

He looked at Lin Cai, who was squatting outside the yard, fiddling with something, and asked, "Have your parents come back?"

"Why aren't you worried at all? Aren't you afraid something might happen to them?"

Lin Cai was trying to figure out how to collect saltpeter. Saltpeter was easy to find, but also difficult to find. The main problem was that there were no bricks in this area, so even if she wanted to look for it, she didn't know where to start!

She was still worrying when she suddenly heard Scarface's voice. She turned around and stared straight at Scarface.

Scarface, who had just finished asking the question, was startled by her, especially when he saw her staring at him. Scarface inexplicably wanted to run away.

"I was just asking you a few questions, that's all. Why are you looking at me like that?"

Do you know where there is saltpeter?

Saltpeter?

"What is that thing? What are you going to do with it?"

Upon hearing this answer, Lin Cai turned her head away in disappointment. It seemed that no one here knew what saltpeter was.

The weather is getting colder, and the mountains are becoming bare. As soon as I stepped outside, I felt a cold wind blowing in my face.

The Gu family's house was patched up by Gu Tieniu himself when he was still alive, but after he died, no one took care of it year after year.

It was autumn before, and it hadn't rained at all, so Lin Cai hadn't thought about the roof.

The temperature has suddenly dropped, and it's freezing cold at night. The cold air seeping in from the rooftop is something Lin Cai has to be careful about.

She went to the village chief to find someone to repair the roof, but before she even reached the door, she heard someone say, "Oh my, isn't this the Lin family's daughter?"

"Where are we going? To the village chief's house?"

"Hey you old hag, why do you care so much? Where people go is none of your business!"

"What old woman? Who's the old woman? I think you're the old woman. I was just showing concern, what's wrong with that? Is that not allowed?"

But no sooner had those words been spoken than the person who had just spoken snorted and then said sarcastically, "She has several older brothers, all of whom are very capable. Does she need your concern?"

Lin Cai didn't react at all to these words. She knew that the Lin family wasn't very popular in Gu Family Village.

Given what Lin Hu did upon his return, the people of Gu Family Village will probably be even less fond of people with the surname Lin.

Thinking of this, Lin Cai, who was originally planning to go find the village chief, stopped and then turned around and walked back.

Those two sarcastic people, seeing Lin Cai turn around and walk back, assumed she was going back to complain about what they had said.

The two people were so frightened that they immediately went over and stopped her.

"Lin Cai, I only exchanged a few words with your aunt, do you need to go back and complain?"

"That's right, and besides, what we said is true. Why are you being so petty and going back to complain?"

Looking at the two women in front of her, Lin Cai found them rather amusing. They knew they were people she shouldn't mess with, yet they still had to be so sarcastic.

But after being so sharp-tongued, they were afraid of reporting it to the police. If they were afraid, why didn't they do it earlier?

Seeing that Lin Cai remained silent, the two men became anxious: "How can you be like this, young lady? We've watched you grow up, how can you be so unreasonable?"

"We apologize to you. We were wrong. We shouldn't have said that. Can you please not tell your brother?"

Lin Hu's previous actions had already left a deep impression on the people of Gujia Village. Lin Cai looked at the two women.

“My second brother is in town right now, and it takes him two hours to get there and back. Do you think I’m so free that I would deliberately go and report you?”

"If you're not going back to complain, then what are you going back for? Weren't you going to see the village chief?"

She suddenly didn't want to go anymore and wanted to go back and figure out a way herself. Was that not allowed?

Lin Cai didn't want to explain further, so she left after saying what she had to say. Little did she know that because she hadn't gone to see the village chief, the once honest man had gradually changed.

The villagers made mistakes and were tied to trees by Lin Hu's men and kept under wraps for several days. When they were finally released, they were all too sick to get out of bed.

They all asked the village chief to make a decision, wanting to drive all the Lin family members out of Gujia Village, but the village chief hesitated.

Although the three Lin brothers were very fierce, it was precisely because of their fierceness that no one in the villages below them or the villages next to them dared to provoke them easily.

Because the Lin family is still here, and the three brothers' parents and sister are still here, they will not allow anything to happen here.

But this was a huge challenge for him as the village chief. While Gu Yinniu was still lying down, he had his wife bring the village chief over.

The two talked inside the house for several hours. When the village chief came out, his expression was strange, and Old Gu's family all saw it.

Gu Jinniu glanced at the second wife's room with a complicated expression. He knew that none of the Gu family members were good people, including himself.

If he had been more assertive back then, his third brother wouldn't have been kicked out. Now his father is gone, and all that's left is his blind mother.

Although my mother wants my third brother to come back, what good will it do? He'll still be a slave to this family and get nothing in return.

His wife is a complete opportunist, and none of the second son's wives are good either. They run away faster than anyone else if there's anything that's beneficial to them or they can get something out of it.

It was of no benefit to them, and they all avoided it like the plague.

People like that are troublemakers no matter where they are. Living with someone like that will eventually exhaust you.

So even though his father was dead, he didn't call his third brother back as his mother had told him to.

The village chief remembered what Gu Yinniu had told him that day. What he said made sense, but if the Lin family really left, would Gu Family Village still be safe and sound?

Lost in thought, Gu Wu didn't even notice when someone came in. Seeing his father sitting there in a daze, he tiptoed into the room.

When he came out, he wanted to leave in the same way, but he was called back just as he reached the door.

"Stop! What are you carrying in your arms?"

Gu Wu turned around and looked at the village chief with a grin: "Fried beans, my mom fried them yesterday, what's up, Dad? Want a couple?"