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

He didn't trust that person, didn't believe that person was really that obedient, so he had to come over and keep an eye on them every time.

Scarface's wounds finally healed, taking a total of half a month to recover. After recovering, he planned to leave, but before he could even step out the door, a familiar wood-chopping knife was placed in front of him.

"Hey, Lin, we're girls, can we please stop playing with knives and swords all the time? It's easy to accidentally hurt someone like that."

"Oh dear, you're right. It seems I shouldn't have been playing this game, but what can I do? I can't let it go!"

"Can't let go? How could that be? Come here, give it to me, and I'll let you let go."

Scarface reached out his hand as he spoke, but just when he thought he could get his hands on the knife, Lin Cai's feint startled him, and he pulled his hand back.

Then Lin Cai complained, "Didn't you say you'd help me take it down? Why did you pull your hand back?"

Scarface: "..." You almost cut me in half. Only an idiot wouldn't back down.

"Hehe, um... Miss Lin, why don't you ask your eldest son to come and help you take the knife down?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Cai frowned and said, "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Scarface was taken aback: "What did I do on purpose?"

"You know perfectly well it's impossible, yet you still told me to call Gu Dachui over. What if he doesn't help me after I call him over?"

"I think you're doing this on purpose. You don't want to help me, so you're making me call someone who doesn't want to help me over. In the end, no matter what happens, it won't be your problem. Even if my brother and the others find out, they won't cause you any trouble."

Scarface: "..." He hadn't really thought that much about it before.

Hearing this now, he thought about it and realized it made sense.

That way, whatever happens to Lin Cai will have nothing to do with him.

"Young lady Lin, you've misunderstood. I didn't mean that. How could I possibly have meant that?"

"I just felt that the knife was too heavy. I had just been injured not long ago and hadn't fully recovered, so my strength wasn't up to par. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hold it steady!"

To avoid contact with Lin Cai, and for the safety of his hands and feet, Scarface was really just making up a flimsy excuse.

He didn't realize at all that the excuse he came up with was one that even a child probably wouldn't believe.

Lin Cai looked at the knife in her hand with a questioning expression. It was something even a child could handle, yet this big guy in front of her said it was heavy?

Is he made of paper?

He's so strong, yet he can't even lift a knife. What else can he do?

Lin Cai found it boring, so she threw the knife in her hand aside with a loud bang, which startled Scarface.

“We’re all sensible people, so I won’t beat around the bush. All the food, clothes, and shelter you’ve had during this time are here.”

Even if it wasn't very good, it didn't treat you unfairly, did it?

“Our family doesn’t have much money to begin with, and our food, clothing, and housing aren’t very good to begin with. You should eat whatever we eat; this is already the best we can do.”

"Besides, we saved you, applied medicine for you, and prepared and decocted the medicine. We can't let our efforts go to waste and our money go to waste. Let's go buy medicine for you, shall we?"

"So my request to you is very simple: after you recover from your injuries, you must stay here to pay off your debts."

Scarface understood after hearing this, and then asked, "How many are there in total?"

"How much is it in total? We'll probably have to calculate that, otherwise it won't be good whether you or I lose money, don't you think?"

Scarface's lips twitched. No wonder they're siblings, no wonder they came from the same mother, their sitting styles are exactly the same.

Lin Cai wasn't joking; she really started calculating, from the first day Scarface had been here eating and drinking until now, totaling five taels of silver.

Upon hearing this amount, Scarface's lips twitched: "Hey, Lin family girl, what delicacies did I eat at your house?"

Five taels of silver in less than a month, who wouldn't say it's a rip-off?

Upon hearing this, Lin Cai glanced at him indifferently and began to calculate: "When you came to our house, you were on the verge of death."

"We'll apply medicine to you, change the dressing, and decoct the medicine, because you got a quilt that can't be washed clean and we can't keep it."

"The strips of cloth used for bandaging were clothes that Sanhu from my family had worn. Those clothes were bought with money and were still wearable."

"Just the first night, all the things you used or made unusable by you, add up to at least one or two taels of silver, right?"

"What about all the food, lodging, and other necessities you need? And the labor cost of changing your dressings and preparing your medicine every day? Aren't all of that money? Can't it be counted as wages?"

Even if you just find someone on the street to apply medicine and decoct medicine for you, you still have to give them a few coins as payment after they finish the job, right?

I'm looking for jobs that don't pay wages; there are some, but not in Gujia.

Lin Cai rattled off a whole bunch of things, basically saying that no matter where it was, everything had to be included in the price.

Five taels of silver was still too little for all those items, and Scarface quickly spoke up when he heard her say she was going to keep calculating.

"Alright, alright, I understand. Five taels of silver it is, but you have to give me some time."

He had nothing but his old clothes and not a single copper coin on him, so he had no money to spare.

Why should I give you time? Do you want to leave again?

Lin Cai felt a little confused; she thought this person definitely hadn't understood what she was saying.

She wanted him to stay in the Gu family and help her look after the house. As for the money he owed, she would settle it by having him work.

But the person in front of him didn't seem to understand at all. Scarface said he needed to think about it for a night. Lin Cai nodded, picked up the machete, and left.

Gu Zhan had said that Lin Cai should also go when Er Shi went, and since Lin Cai didn't have anything to do today, she went along with him.

Not long after they arrived, Lin Bao followed them over and sat in the courtyard watching them practice like an old man.

When he saw his sister struggling to practice archery, he turned and glared at the culprit next to him.

"I was just asking you to teach one person, and you insisted on bringing one along as well. What exactly are you thinking?"

"The more skills you have, the more chances you have to save your life."

“She lives in Gujia Village, surrounded by all those aunts and uncles, why would she need such an opportunity?”

Lin Bao thought his sister would definitely live in Gujia Village for the rest of her life. Even if she did some business, she would only go as far as Longxing County.

But Gu Zhan, who was standing next to her, knew that Lin Cai had no intention of staying here at all.

She will leave this place, she will go far away, even if not now, she will in the future.