The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

When Li Zhe came over after changing his clothes, he saw Yin Baicai tying ropes to the cuffs of her trousers.

Yin Baicai complained, "Li the bully, your clothes are way too big. I've had to tie them up several times."

Li Zhe glanced at Yin Baicai's height and realized that he was indeed much shorter than himself. However, he only had his own clothes at home. Otherwise, where would he find clothes that fit him?

Li Mo was already asleep, and soft snoring could be heard in the room.

Li Zhe said to Yin Baicai, "You sleep with Xiao Mo tonight, I'll sleep in the study."

“You sleep with him. I need to go to the village chief’s house to take care of Grandma Wu. She’s old and it’s not good for her to be without someone to look after her.”

Li Zhe thought for a moment and said, "Go and bring Grandma Wu over. There are extra rooms in the house. I'll make the bed and let her rest at my house."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Li."

Li Zhe realized that the little guy would only call him "brother" if he helped him; otherwise, he would keep calling him "Li the Bully" all the time.

Yin Baicai took the raincoat that Li Zhe had just worn, put it on, and went out.

Upon entering the village chief's house, one could see that almost everyone in the village was taking shelter from the rain. Yin Baicai also saw Li Jiang's family, who had just been driven away by Li Zhe.

Wang Huanhua glared at him fiercely as he approached.

Yin Baicai rolled her eyes at him, "Tch, you think you're so great at glaring at people?"

Wang Huanhua was not satisfied. How dare this scoundrel glare at her? She immediately cursed, "You jinx, don't you know how to respect your elders?"

Yin Baicai pinched her nose: "Oh my, what elder would spew such foul language? You call me a jinx, why should I respect you!"

When Wang Huanhua saw him say that, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to hit him when the village chief's wife spoke up: "Wang Huanhua, if you can't stand it, then leave. Didn't you, as an elder, start by cursing Cai Ge'er?"

Yin Baicai said sweetly to the village chief's wife, "Thank you, Grandma Li."

"Don't be so polite, Brother Cai. If anyone is bullying you, just tell me." Li Hui really liked this hardworking and capable young man.

Wang Huanhua dared not speak out against her anger. Li Hui was not someone she could afford to offend; she was the village chief's wife. What if she made things difficult for their family?

Silently standing back beside Li Jiang, Li Jiang glanced at her: What a spineless woman, making others hold a handle against her for her actions, she's utterly shameful.

Wang Huanhua could only try to minimize her presence.

Yin Baicai walked up to Grandma Wu and said something to her, and then Grandma Wu left with him.

The villagers called out to them, "It's raining so hard, where are you going?"

Yin Baicai chuckled and said, "Grandma Wu's foot hurt just now. I just heard that Li Zhe's family has medicine. I'll take her there to find some medicine to apply."

The two then walked towards the courtyard gate.

A man with yellow teeth and a blue birthmark on his right cheek stepped forward: "You guys didn't go to Li the bully's house to take shelter from the rain, did you? That Li the bully is really inhuman. He lives in a big brick house but he won't let the villagers go there to take shelter. Everyone is crowding into the village chief's house."

Upon hearing this, the villagers began to whisper among themselves: "He's so heartless. If anything happens to his family in the future, we won't go to help them."

The Li family was overjoyed to hear the villagers gossiping about Li Zhe.

This was exactly the effect Tian Xiaoqiang wanted. The more fiercely the villagers cursed, the happier he became. He was originally penniless, but he was planning to win over that hardworking and capable young man at the end of the village. His life would be much more comfortable after that.

Although it's not easy to have children, you have to be a capable old ox. After working in the fields all day, you can come back and take care of yourself at night. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

But before I could even make a move, that brat Li Zhe proposed marriage first. I really can't swallow this insult, I have to get revenge.

Upon hearing the villagers slander Li Zhe like this, Village Chief Huang immediately stood up and said, "You still have the nerve to talk about Li Zhe? Ask yourselves if you helped him in the slightest when his older brother was in trouble. You have no shame."

After the village chief said this, everyone shut up. Back then, Li Zhe's elder brother, Li Qian, lost his life while trying to rid the village of a giant worm that had escaped from deep within the paulownia tree.

a year ago

The villagers discovered traces of a giant insect on the outskirts of Wutong Mountain. Fearing that the insect might come down the mountain and eat people, a group of people gathered together to get rid of it.

The villagers consulted with Li Qian, a hunter, about the matter. Li Qian had always hunted in the middle and edge of the mountains and dared not venture too deep into the mountains.

The young people in the village gathered together to kill the giant tiger. Li Qian took the lead and charged ahead. When they saw the giant tiger, the villagers' legs went weak. They watched helplessly as the tiger dragged Li Qian back to the depths of Wutong Mountain. The people who went up the mountain with him did not think about saving him and all fled back in panic.

Those who went with him told their families about it when they returned, and the village chief didn't know how to bring up his older brother's story with Li Zhe.

So no matter how much Li Zhe inquired, he did not know the news of his elder brother's death.

The villagers were afraid that Li Zhe would hold them responsible for the whole thing, so they all kept quiet and dared not say a word.

Yin Baicai didn't know what happened in his childhood socially anxious memory. At that time, his mother was seriously ill, and he had to get up early and work late every day to go to town to carry sacks for people. Anyway, he never saw the hunter Li who often passed by his house again after that.

Yin Baicai glanced at the expressions of the villagers and thought to herself: Could there be another hidden story here?

The villagers who had just been echoing Tian Xiaoqiang were now silent, their heads bowed low.

Yin Baicai didn't bother with them and helped Grandma Wu leave the village.

Li Zhe was looking at the people who hadn't returned yet and was about to go check on them when the courtyard gate was pushed open.

Li Zhe said to the two women, "Grandma Wu, please go to the kitchen to dry your clothes. I've already made your bed."

"Thanks, Zhe-kun."

Yin Baicai took off her raincoat and helped the person to the kitchen.

While warming themselves by the fire, Yin Baicai asked, "Grandma, do you know how Li the bully's older brother died?"

Grandma Wu shook her head: "I don't know either. I went to Baihua Village to visit my cousin. When I came back, I heard from the villagers that Qianzi had been eaten by a tiger while hunting in the mountains. I even went to his house to see him. His wife was crying every day. Qianzi left them, a widow and her child, all alone."

"How did Li Zhe's sister-in-law die?"

"It is said that he died from taking medicine by himself. At that time, the Li Jiang family hurriedly buried him, saying it was bad luck. I don't know the specifics."

Upon hearing this, Yin Baicai immediately sensed that there must be something hidden, but she didn't know where to begin investigating, nor did she know if the bully Li knew about these matters.

In ancient times, it was very difficult to find out when someone died. Besides, in a poor place like Peach Blossom Village, who would care?

Human life is truly as worthless as grass.