Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

As they approached the He family's house, Zhaolian saw her stepmother, Li, and Liang and Gao carrying hoes as they walked up from the edge of the field.

As soon as these people came up and saw Zhao Lian, their eyes flashed with anger.

Liang said sarcastically, "I was wondering why I almost twisted my ankle just now. No wonder I had such a bad day. Turns out I ran into a jinx."

It really is a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road; I never expected to run into them here again. Zhao Lian didn't want to pay them any attention and was about to walk past them.

Li was quick-witted and grabbed her basket, shouting, "You jinx! It's all because of you that I don't have to work in the fields. Let me see what good stuff is in your basket!"

The basket was pulled by Li, who was also fat and strong, so the pull made Zhao Lian unable to move.

Seeing Li start rummaging through the things in the basket, Gao and Liang exchanged a glance and quickly came over and reached down as well.

"What do you want to do?" Zhao Lian asked, her face flushed with anger.

"What?"

Li was furious: "It's all because of you that our family lost two taels of silver, and that your father, father-in-law, and your second and third uncles were beaten."

"It's all your fault that we can't even get enough to eat now. You're such a jinx. If it weren't for you, we would still be able to have a full meal right now."

Last time, we gave Dr. Liang two taels of silver for medical expenses. Later, when Yang Sen and his two sons were beaten, we invited Dr. Liang again.

After two days of medication and 500 yuan for medical expenses, the family is really struggling to make ends meet.

With so many mouths to feed, each meal requires a considerable amount of food, and the men's injuries haven't healed yet. They can't go out to earn money, nor can they work in the fields.

All these responsibilities fell on the shoulders of these women; how could they not be angry?

It would have been better if she hadn't said anything. After hearing what Li said, Liang became even angrier. Her son had to pay 500 coins a year for tuition at a private school.

Now the family has suddenly lost more than two taels of silver, so where will we get the money to pay for tuition?

Let alone studying, now that there are more than ten people in the family to feed, we need a lot of food every day. In the past, we could at least have a full meal.

During this period, my mother-in-law reduced the amount of food by half, and told them to drink water when they were hungry. They ate very little, but did more work than before.

"Yes, it's all because of you!" Gao said angrily. "He Shu's injuries haven't healed yet. If it weren't for you, they wouldn't have been beaten."

Zhao Lian was truly amazed by the robber mentality of these people. They were like thieves crying "stop thief!" They were clearly in the wrong first, yet they were blaming her.

"Ouch~"

Li grabbed a bunch of thistles, but pricked her hand with the thorns. She quickly threw the thistles on the ground, cursing all the while: "What kind of nonsense is this? It's hurting my hand."

Liang and Gao searched through their baskets, picking up the fanged wolf and throwing it out as they went. They found that besides the broken tree roots, there were only wild chrysanthemums and plantains, and no other wild vegetables.

Zhao Lian put down her basket and watched coldly as they ransacked it like robbers, throwing things out one after another.

Zhao Lian, unable to bear it any longer, shouted at the top of her lungs, "Help! Someone's stealing! The He family's daughter-in-law is stealing a child's things!"

It was already noon, and many people had gone home. Some were on their way when they heard Zhao Lian shouting, and a lot of people immediately gathered around.

"They really have no shame, several adults bullying a child."

"That's right! They've already severed ties, yet they still bully Zhaolian. That's going too far."

At this moment, Aunt Wang from next door also heard Zhaolian's shouts and quickly came out.

Seeing Li and the others rummaging through Zhaolian's basket, Wang's eyes widened, and she strode over, pointing at them and scolding, "What are you all doing?"

"You've gone too far! With so many people watching, how dare you rummage through a little kid's basket? If you want something, go find it yourself if you can."

Liang and Gao blushed with embarrassment after being spoken to by Wang.

Li put her hands on her hips, puffed out her chest, and said, "Hey, Wang, what's it to you? You always have to meddle in everything. You're always playing the good guy here."

"If you ask me, you're the worst one. If you hadn't brought the village chief here last time, we probably wouldn't be in this state now."

“That’s right, that’s our family matter, when did it become your business to interfere?” Seeing the eldest son’s wife scolding Wang, Liang straightened her back and continued Li’s words.

Wang pointed at them and yelled, "I just can't stand you all! All you do is bully little girls who are only a few years old. You're only bullying her because her mother isn't here!"

“Let me tell you, what goes around comes around. You’ve done so many wicked things, you’ll get your comeuppance sooner or later.”

Not to be outdone, Gao pointed at Wang and yelled, "Wang, what are you saying! Saying we've done so many heinous things? Who have we harmed? If you feel sorry for her, then take her to your home!"

"You~"

Wang's face turned bright red, and she trembled with anger. She had never seen such a shameless person.

Normally, the daughters-in-law of the He family all have their own ulterior motives, but today they are all in cahoots.

At this point, more and more people gathered around, and many were pointing and whispering.

"I never thought the He family would be so pathetic, even after severing ties, they still managed to steal Zhaolian's things."

"That's right, three adults bullying a little girl who's only a few years old and they still think they're in the right."

Zhao Lian never expected that Wang Shi would actually quarrel with her stepmother Li Shi and the others for her sake.

Wang's eldest daughter, Li Chunlan, and second daughter, Chunju, came out. Chunju held Wang's hand and said timidly, "Mother, don't argue, or Grandma will get angry again."

Chunlan saw that the things in Zhaolian's basket had been thrown on the ground, so she quickly helped her pick them up.

Seeing that Wang remained silent, Li said smugly, "Well, speechless now?"

Suddenly, a shrill soprano voice rang out from behind the crowd: "My sister-in-law is right. Have you no shame? Three adults are bullying a child."

"What's more, Zhaolian has severed ties with you and has nothing to do with you anymore. Not only can she not stand it, but I can't stand it either, and none of us can stand it."

When Zhao Lian turned around, she saw that it was Wang's sister-in-law, Liu Chunmei. Liu Chunmei was tall and quite sturdy, nearly 1.7 meters tall, and stood out in the crowd.

She had been watching from the back of the crowd for a while. At first, she also thought that her sister-in-law was always playing the good guy and meddling in the He family's trivial matters.

But later even she couldn't stand it anymore; the He family sisters-in-law were simply going too far.

At first, they bullied Zhao Lian, but in the end they even told her that if her sister-in-law was capable, she should take her to the Li family. This made Zhao Lian very unhappy.