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

"Who are these girls? Why are they talking so strangely? Are they relatives of ours?"

After asking his question, Lin Bao looked at the document a few more times and then shook his head. "No, no, our parents have no relatives left. When we fled the famine that year, all of our relatives died."

"So where did you come from?" This last question was, of course, directed at the families.

But after he finished asking his question, no one answered him, not because they didn't want to, but because they were afraid to.

They all lived in town, and Lin Bao used to hang around the town often, so they were very familiar with it.

They were wondering what this person was doing here, but when they heard Lin Bao call out "little sister," the families instantly trembled with fear.

Not getting a reply, Lin Bao turned to his younger sister and asked, "Little sister, what are they here for? They were talking a lot just now, why did they suddenly become mute as soon as I arrived?"

Lin Cai glanced at the faces of the families, then poked the glowing embers with a stick: "Third Brother, ask them, they all..."

"We're here to get some water." The woman, who had just been saying that Lin Cai was involved in this matter, immediately changed her tune.

As soon as she finished speaking, the others chimed in, "That's right, we came here because we were freezing and wanted some hot water."

"It just so happened that the young girl was home. She was so kind that she lit a charcoal fire for us and gave us hot water to drink. We'll leave after we warm up and finish our drink."

Upon hearing this, Lin Bao flipped his hands over, nodded, and then looked up at one of the men.

When the man saw Lin Bao looking at him, he turned his face away, but Lin Bao kept staring at him.

"Hey buddy, you look kind of familiar to me..."

Yes, he looked familiar, like he'd seen him somewhere before. His words startled the man.

Immediately afterward, those present saw the man raise his hand and wave it vigorously: "Don't look familiar, don't look familiar, we've never met before, I don't know you, I don't know you..."

He was waving his hands as he spoke, but he didn't turn his face. Anyone with eyes could see that he was avoiding Lin Bao.

Upon seeing this, the woman next to him immediately turned his face towards Lin Bao.

"Brother Leopard, do you recognize this face?"

Now that he could finally see clearly, Lin Bao suddenly remembered, slapped his thigh, and said excitedly, "Big Laizi, how did you find this place?"

"The people from Linglongfang have been looking for you several times. Are you planning to stay hidden until you die?"

Upon hearing this, the woman's face changed drastically. She grabbed the man by the ear and dragged him outside, but the matter was not over yet.

He had just recognized one man when Lin Bao stared at several others. Sure enough, after staring for a while, he saw another familiar face.

He happily pointed out the person's name, and then the entire Gu family was filled with the wails of the men.

Every man whose name was called was dragged by the ear to the yard by his wife, and then the yard was filled with a lot of noise.

Having done his good deed, Lin Bao glanced outside and quickly sat down by the charcoal fire.

"Why did you all go out for no reason? It's so warm and cozy inside, don't you think, little sister?"

Lin Bao looked at his little sister with a grin. Lin Cai's leisurely gaze made him a little scared, so he moved a little further away from the charcoal fire.

"Little sister, don't look at me like that, it makes me a little nervous."

Is Linglongfang fun?

"It's not... not fun at all. Every time I'm taken there, I want to get out immediately."

"It's noisy, crowded, and smelly inside. I dislike it the most. It's all their fault for dragging me there every time. Otherwise, I wouldn't know so many 'acquaintances'."

Lin Cai just watched him and listened to him talk. The noise outside was getting louder and louder, and people passing by the door were frightened.

Li Guixiang pulled the old lady over, intending to leave her at the door, but when she heard the sounds coming from inside, she was too frightened to approach.

In the end, they could only take the old lady to the place where firewood was stored at the back, and then they pushed her in forcefully.

"Go inside. This is your son's home too. Stay inside."

Li Guixiang pushed the person inside, wiped her hands on the nearby pile of firewood with disgust, turned around and swayed away.

The commotion in the Gu family courtyard was still going on. Lin Cai glanced at Lin Bao, who understood and came to the door: "I say to all the ladies, we're all your own men, so let's take it easy. If this gets out of hand, there won't be anyone to support the family."

Upon hearing this, the women stopped what they were doing, but they didn't drop the sticks in their hands. The anger on their faces was even more terrifying to behold.

Gu Dachui stood in the room, not daring to speak. He had seen women who hit people before, but he had never seen a woman who hit people so fiercely.

Fortunately, his wife isn't like that, otherwise, how would he live his life in the future!

The people were invited back into the house, but none of the men dared to speak; only the women could speak.

They all looked at Lin Cai and said, "Little girl, we were forced into this situation. We wouldn't have done this if we hadn't been desperate."

Half of what they said was true, and the other half was obviously nonsense. However, on the night they arrived in Gujia Village, someone did come looking for them.

That person told them that no matter what they did, they had to keep pestering Lin Cai from Gujia Village, and no matter how things got, they couldn't let Lin Cai stay out of this mess.

They were unwilling in the first place, but they brought their whole family along for a little bit of money. If something went wrong, it wouldn't be worth it for them.

However, the other party gave them 50 taels of silver, saying that as long as they did as they were told, the 50 taels of silver would be theirs.

The temptation was simply too great. For an ordinary family, 50 taels of silver could feed them for several years, and could even send their children to an academy.

They couldn't resist the temptation and did as the other party said.

"Who came to see you? Did he have any distinguishing features or give you anything?"

"No, nothing at all. They just gave us 50 taels of silver and told us to get everything done."

Lin Cai thought of a problem, and Gu Dachui, who was next to her, asked directly: "What if you don't handle it well?"

"What will happen if you can't do anything?"

After he said that, no one spoke again, not even the women, because everyone knew what was going on.