The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

At dawn, the sky began to lighten with the first hint of white. A thick fog enveloped Peach Blossom Village, and the roosters crowed as usual.

After having breakfast at Yin Baicai's house, Li Zhe drove the oxcart towards the town.

Yin Baicai carried a basket on his back and prepared to go to the fields, with Li Mo following closely behind him.

Yin Baicai smiled and picked up Li Mo: "Little Mo, do you want to come to the fields with me too?"

Li Mo smiled and nodded, "I want to help Mom with the chores."

Yin Baicai: "Then let's go!"

Li Mo echoed his words, "Let's go."

At this moment, the Li family was also having breakfast. Liu Xiaolian kept giving Li Lin meaningful glances, but Li Lin pretended not to notice. After all, his father had a stern face, and he was afraid of being scolded if he brought up that matter.

Seeing that relying on Li Lin was useless, Liu Xiaolian angrily stomped on his foot under the table. What a useless man, he has to do everything himself.

Nuonuo said, "Father, I think Xiaobao is old enough to start his education. Why don't we send him to a private school?"

Li Jiang put down his chopsticks and gave Liu Xiaolian a cold look: "Do you think we have any spare money? Instead of thinking about how to earn money to repair the house, you're just thinking about nonsense. Xiao Bao is still young. What can he learn? It's just a waste of money."

Li Jiang felt resentful. He had never been able to defeat his older brother his whole life, and he had finally managed to wait until they were both dead. Now, he couldn't even defeat that ungrateful Li Zhe.

Such a big house was repaired without warning, while his whole family is still huddled in this dilapidated thatched hut.

No wonder my mother, who died young, always complained that I was inferior to my older brother in every way.

That Li Zhe is truly hateful. If he hadn't come back, I would have been living in Li Qian's short-lived house. But as soon as he returned, he sent my whole family back.

Seeing her father-in-law's tone, Liu Xiaolian naturally didn't dare to speak. She had no say in this household, and in her anger, she stomped on Li Lin's foot under the table again. It was all her fault for marrying such a useless man; otherwise, her son could go to school if he wanted.

When Li Xiaobao heard his mother mention that his grandfather had scolded him for going to school, he happily ate the egg pancake in his bowl. He didn't want to go to school; if he did, he wouldn't be able to play with his friends in the village.

After finishing his meal, Li Xiaobao threw down his bowl and chopsticks and happily went out.

Yin Baicai led Li Mo to the field, put down his basket, and began searching for the spot he had dug the day before. As he dug, Li Mo helped him pick the dug potatoes into his basket.

A group of children came over chattering noisily. Li Xiaobao, like a little tyrant, led the way and said, "Today we're going to dig up potatoes in Li the bully's field. Anyway, his family is so rich, what's wrong with us digging up a few?"

The others happily echoed their agreement, clearly not the first time they'd done something like this. Yin Baicai was puzzled; he'd dug several spots yesterday but found nothing, only to discover that these little rascals had dug them all up.

Look at Li Xiaobao's tone, he really is Wang Huanhua's grandson, as if it belongs to someone else.

Li Xiaobao led the way, and the group jumped into the field. They didn't see Yin Baicai and Li Mo for a moment. He directed, "Yes, start digging from here. Cover it with soil, stomp on it a couple of times, and Li the bully won't be able to tell."

Seeing this group of people preparing to steal Li Zhe's potatoes in a serious manner, Yin Baicai stepped forward and said, "If you dare to steal, call your parents here. I was wondering why so many potatoes were missing from my field."

Li Xiaobao and his friends were startled by the sudden appearance of Yin Baicai. Li Xiaobao shouted, "What are you, you jinx? These are my second uncle's potatoes. I can eat them whenever I want."

Yin Baicai wouldn't give Li Xiaobao any face! As far as he knew, this kid was wicked! He learned from Xiao Mo that he had even forced Xiao Mo to eat river snails with mud and sand in them.

He grabbed Li Xiaobao and lifted him up: "You little rascal, you said this belongs to your second uncle's family, but don't you know I'm engaged to your second uncle? What's his is mine. You dared to steal from my family today, so you can't escape now."

Peach Blossom Village was poor; each family owned only a small plot of land. Everyone guarded it closely, and besides, taxes had to be paid after the autumn harvest.

Even when the original owner was living a very hard life, he didn't dare to steal things from other people's fields, so he could only run up the mountain in misery.

These guys, Li Xiaobao and his gang, are obviously repeat offenders. I'm not going to let them get away with this!

Li Xiaobao was lifted up, waving his hand as if to grab Yin Baicai's face: "You vixen, you're a vixen! My grandma said you bewitched my second uncle, that's why he built you a big house. You're a monster, let me go!" His short legs kept dangling.

Yin Baicai held Li Xiaobao by the arm, preventing him from getting any closer. She said to the stunned group, "Go and call your parents, or I'll come to your door myself."

Seeing that Yin Baicai was serious, the group quickly begged for mercy: "Brother Ke... Brother Yin, please let us go! We will never dare to do it again. It was all Li Xiaobao who led us to do it."

When Li Xiaobao saw that the others were putting all the blame on him, he immediately objected and shouted, "You bitches, you're all blaming me! When we were eating, I didn't see that you ate less than me!"

Listening to Li Xiaobao's foul language, Yin Baicai thought, "Wang Huanhua's upbringing is really good. She must curse at people in front of Li Xiaobao all the time!"

Li Mo stood beside Yin Baicai, tightly hugging her leg, while watching Li Xiaobao who had been captured. He wasn't afraid of him now; he had his mother with him.

The commotion at Li Zhe's house alerted many people working in the fields. Zhang Cui was the first to arrive. "What's going on, Cai Ge'er? I could hear Li Xiaobao cursing from far away."

Yin Baicai looked at Zhang Cui who was coming over and said to her, "Aunt Zhang, these boys have been digging up Brother Li's potatoes several times. I finally caught them."

Zhang Cui felt distressed upon hearing this. Their Peach Blossom Village was poor, and they guarded their crops very carefully. If someone stole them, it would be terrible!

"Brother Cai, wait for me, I'll go and call their parents. They've stolen from us so many times, this is unacceptable!" Zhang Cui said as she walked towards the village.

The children cried in fear, begging Yin Baicai, "Brother Yin, we were wrong, please let us go! ... Waaah!"

Li Xiaobao said to his little followers, "What's there to cry about? I'm not afraid at all. When my grandma comes, she'll definitely say I did a good job."

A moment later, Zhang Cui called over the adults of the children. From a distance, Wang Huanhua watched as Yin Baicai dragged Li Xiaobao away and shouted, "You wicked devil, you dare to touch my grandson? I'll never forgive you!"

Yin Baicai sneered, "They're all the same! They don't reflect on their own grandson's mistakes, they just blame others. No wonder they raised Li Xiaobao like this."

Seeing Wang Huanhua approach, Li Mo, despite being afraid, still stood in front of Yin Baicai to block her: "You are not allowed to bully my mother."

Wang Huanhua strode over, "You little brat, you've gone too far! How dare you block my way!" She then said to Yin Baicai, "Let go of my grandson! You're such a jinx!"

Yin Baicai loosened her grip, and the thick-skinned Li Xiaobao fell flat on his backside onto the soft ground.

Wang Huanhua quickly picked him up with a pained expression, "Little Bao, did you hurt yourself? My dear grandson!"

Li Xiaobao pointed at Yin Baicai and began to complain to Wang Huanhua: "Grandma, that jinx hit me! I just came to my second uncle's field to dig up some potatoes, and he hit me!"

She even pretended to cry and threw herself into Wang Huanhua's arms. Yin Baicai was amused and annoyed by this dramatic scene. Birds of a feather flock together. They're all the same, using the same tricks to frame others.

The villagers who rushed over loudly berated their children: "Who gave you permission to take other people's things? You've completely disgraced yourselves."

Of course, there were also people like Wang Huanhua. She pulled her son aside and asked, "Tell your mother, did the evil spirit hit you? I'll find an explanation for you." As she spoke, she dragged her son around to check.

Yin Baicai was utterly speechless at the behavior of these people. They were clearly stealing but insisted on calling it "taking," and even tried to pin it on her.

With a sneer on his face, he said, "Alright, everyone's here. Let's talk about how they stole my things!"

Wang Huanhua shouted, "What do you mean by stealing? Xiaobao took a few potatoes from his second uncle's house, is that wrong? You call that stealing? That's really awful. He hasn't even married into the Li family yet, and he's already so shameless."

The villagers who came with her echoed her sentiments: "That's right, what do kids know! And to make such a fuss about it, how petty of them."

Yin Baicai looked at the incorrigible villagers and said, "Fine, you say I'm petty? You're the ones who said it!"

Yin Baicai squatted down and whispered a few words to Li Mo. Li Mo nodded and turned to leave.

The group watched Li Mo leave, completely bewildered, wondering what Yin Baicai was up to.