Falling into the mortal world

Lan Qingqing decided to go to Beishan, but her mother disagreed no matter what she said. In the end, Lan Qingqing only agreed to go to Beishan after her mother went with her.

Feng Caidie went to Beishan with them today, as did Lan Xiaotian and Lan Xiaoya. Only Lan's father stayed at home.

Before leaving, Lan's mother told Aunt Li to cook lunch. They might not be back for a while.

Lan Xiaotian went to Old Li's place and rented an oxcart. He paid Old Li 100 coins and rented it for the whole day.

The family's donkey cart was also used for hauling and delivering goods.

When you go to Beishan, you definitely have to visit your maternal grandparents' home.

Lan's mother brought two bolts of cloth, a basket of eggs, and two packets of white sugar. The cloth was leftover from making clothes before, and it was all good material.

Mother Lan was actually reluctant to go home. When they arrived at Linjia Village, the villagers on the road recognized the third son of the Lin family and greeted him, saying, "It's Ye'er back!"

"Yes, Auntie," Lan's mother greeted politely.

After saying goodbye, the oxcart continued on its way.

The conversation of the villagers behind them could also be heard.

Hey! Did you see that? Lin Ye has really made it big. Look at her, she's wearing all new clothes, not a single patch on them.

The sound gradually faded. Actually, the Lan family members were all wearing coarse cloth today, thinking that if they wore too fine material, they would ruin their clothes.

These clothes were worn for working at home, but for ordinary villagers, even coarse cloth was something to be envied. Everywhere in the village, you could see villagers wearing clothes patched upon patched. Even the village chief's family had several patched garments. If someone's clothes had a hole, they couldn't bear to throw them away. They'd patch them up and continue wearing them.

Upon arriving at the Lin family's courtyard, Lan Qingqing and the others disembarked from the oxcart.

Hearing a commotion outside, Old Mrs. Lin went out to see what was happening and was startled to see her second daughter. She then frowned and said, "Ye'er, why are you back!"

Old Mrs. Lin's unwelcoming tone was so obvious that anyone could hear it.

Mother Lan seemed to have expected this, showing no surprise whatsoever.

Hearing the voices outside, the rest of the Lin family came out to see what was happening. Seeing that Lin Ye had returned, they all came out, seemingly not intending to let them in.

Old Man Lin said: Ye'er, what are you doing back at this time?

"That's right!" Sister-in-law Lin chimed in.

Yezi, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but coming back now is just harming our family.

Because of your family's situation, we are being criticized in the village.

Everyone's saying your eldest daughter is back, and she came back from that kind of place.

"Now who would dare to associate with you? Because of your family's reputation, even Tian'er can't find a good husband," Lin's second sister-in-law complained.

None of the grandchildren in Grandma Lin's family dared to make a sound. Lin Tian saw Lan Qingqing behind Lan's mother, who was clearly heavily pregnant.

Then she stepped forward and said, "Auntie, it's one thing for you to come by yourself, but how could you bring Lan Daya along? What will the villagers think of me now?"

When Lan's mother heard Lin Tian talking about her daughter, she spoke up in defense: "Lan Daya, is that how you address her? She's your cousin."

Lin Tian retorted defiantly: It's because I have a cousin like that that I feel ashamed.

If she had any shame at all, she shouldn't have come to my house; she should have hanged herself. I wonder whose bastard she's pregnant with. And she shamelessly wanders around like that. A shameless woman like her should just die.

Mother Lan was so angry she wanted to hit someone, but someone beat her to it. It was the second son of the Lin family, Lin the eldest. The second son had just returned from the fields and overheard Lin Tian'er spouting nonsense. Enraged, the second son slapped her across the face.

Lin Tian was slapped, and tears streamed down her face. Covering her cheek with one hand, she sobbed, "Dad, did I say something wrong? Look at her belly, it's so big. She's definitely pregnant with some man's bastard child. Why should I call such a shameless woman my cousin?" The commotion at the Lin family's house attracted a crowd of onlookers.

In these people's eyes, Lan Qingqing was a promiscuous woman.

Some men even tried to take advantage of her, deliberately siding with Lan Qingqing. Several men even tried to take advantage of her, pushing and shoving each other, and a groping hand silently reached for Lan Qingqing's waist.

Lan Qingqing had noticed the gazes of this group of people long ago. They had all witnessed Lan Qingqing's martial prowess in Pear Blossom Village and were all very afraid of losing their lives and dared not act recklessly.

The villagers here have only heard about Lan Qingqing. They don't know much about the rumors about how powerful Lan Qingqing is.

It's just that everyone is exaggerating.

Just as the groper's hand was about to touch Lan Qingqing, Lan Qingqing turned to the side, her eyes cold and sharp, and then raised her foot, kicking the man to the ground.

Lin Erdan was terrified by Lan Qingqing's gaze, which seemed to be that of a demon from hell.

Seeing this, everyone else moved away from Lan Qingqing.

The Lan family was terrified at the sight, especially Lan's mother, who was so frightened that she lost her mind.

Lan's mother quickly stepped forward and looked Lan Qingqing up and down, only feeling relieved after confirming that Lan Qingqing was alright. After learning the reason, Lan's mother was furious. Lan Xiaotian went up to beat the person up, but was stopped by Lan's mother. Lin Erdan was in so much pain he couldn't get up from the ground; he hadn't expected this woman to be so fierce.

Lin Erdan was also afraid that the Lan family would beat him up, so he got up and ran home as fast as he could. He didn't dare to turn back to pick up his shoes when they fell off, and he disappeared in a flash.

The other onlookers also dared not step forward.

The murderous aura that Lan Qingqing released just now was felt by everyone around her, and no one dared to step forward.

Lan's mother forbade Lan Xiaotian from hurting anyone, fearing that the chaos might harm Lan Qingqing, who was pregnant.

After what had just happened, Feng Caidie and Lan Xiaoya stood on Lan Qingqing's left and right sides respectively, in perfect unison.

"Avoid such situations in the future, and never use violence. You are not alone now, but with two others," Mother Lan said reproachfully.

Actually, Lan Qingqing felt a little guilty after her mother's words. Sometimes when she got angry, she forgot she was pregnant. It was fortunate the baby was so resilient; otherwise, she would have miscarried eight hundred times over.

"Yeah! You can leave scum like that to your brother, I can handle him. Now I can protect my sisters too," Lan Xiaotian said, puffing out his chest.

The support and care her family showed her made Lan Qingqing feel important and cherished. Her unhappiness vanished.

The elderly couple from the Lin family didn't say anything about what had suddenly happened. In their eyes, this courtesan had no right to be innocent. They just felt ashamed, after all, she was their granddaughter. No matter how she denied it, the fact remained that she was their granddaughter.

Lin Tian spoke up at the right moment: "Dad, you hit me for such a piece of trash. You saw it today too. In broad daylight, she was seducing men in front of our house."

"Shut up, you unfilial daughter!" Lin Lao Er was so angry he was practically fuming.