The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

"Grandpa Village Chief, let me tell you something. This Tian Xiaoqiang sneaked into my house before dawn to steal things. Imagine what I, a young man, would have done if Uncle Maoshan hadn't been there!" Yin Baicai pretended to cry, her words truly heartbreaking. The village chief's wife took Yin Baicai's hand with pity.

“Old man, you have to stand up for Cai’er. He’s a young man with no one to rely on. Tian Xiaoqiang is really bold.”

When Wu Maoshan, an honest man, saw that Yin Baicai's expression had changed drastically, and she was no longer the same person who used to beat Tian Xiaoqiang at home, he was completely baffled. How could Brother Cai have changed so much?

Yin Baicai winked at the stunned Wu Maoshan, "Uncle Maoshan, you agree, right? I wouldn't know what to do if you hadn't come."

Wu Maoshan nodded to the village chief.

Looking at Tian Xiaoqiang, who was tied up, the village chief cursed inwardly: This lazy, good-for-nothing scoundrel has caused his parents to die from overwork. It's one thing for him to steal vegetables and chickens in the village, but now he's gotten so bold that he even dares to steal money from people's homes.

The village chief immediately realized that Tian Xiaoqiang probably stole from Cai Ge'er because he saw that Cai Ge'er had money. He didn't even consider that the money must have been given by Li Zhe. If Li Zhe knew, he would break Tian Xiaoqiang's bones.

Just then, Li Zhe, who lived next door to the village chief, finished making breakfast and heard Yin Baicai's voice. He put down the porridge in his hand, went to the village chief's house next door, and knocked on the gate of the village chief's house with a cold face.

He heard it all: that village scoundrel went to Yin Baicai's house to steal money.

Wu Maoshan, who was closer to the door, opened it and saw Li Zhe standing there with a cold expression.

Everyone in the courtyard looked at Li Zhe. Yin Baicai asked, "Li the bully, what are you doing here?"

Without saying a word, Li Zhe kicked the bound Tian Xiaoqiang hard, sending him flying far away.

Yin Baicai hurriedly came over and pulled him away, "Don't be angry, Li the bully. Let's leave this to the village chief. He will give me justice."

As expected, Li Zhe was stopped by Yin Baicai. Everyone present was startled, but fortunately, Cai Ge'er persuaded him to stop.

Li Zhe truly lived up to his reputation as a veteran of the battlefield; his terrifying aura made everyone afraid to move.

Tian Xiaoqiang, who was kicked half a meter away, felt as if his ribs were about to be broken by Li the bully. He was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely and curled up in pain.

The village chief tried to calm him down, saying, "Young man from the Li family, don't do anything more. Leave this to me."

"Tian Xiaoqiang, you stole from Cai Ge's house, so you'll be punished by being beaten fifty times in public in the ancestral hall. If you have any objections, then leave our village."

The village chief really didn't want to deal with Tian Xiaoqiang's mess anymore. He was always stealing chickens from one neighbor's house or vegetables from another, and the villagers were getting more and more dissatisfied with this scoundrel's behavior.

Yin Baicai had no objection to the village chief's punishment. Anyway, she had vented her anger enough, and besides, Li the bully had given that scoundrel a big kick.

That kick looked pretty hard, and with those fifty lashes, that scoundrel is going to suffer.

Li Zhe said in an icy tone, "I'll give you those fifty lashes."

Seeing Li Zhe's gloomy face, the village chief was naturally afraid that he would beat Tian Xiaoqiang to death. "Li boy, aren't you busy with Cai Ge'er's house repair? Let someone else do the beating."

Li Zhe naturally knew that the village chief was rejecting his proposal, so he didn't say anything.

Yin Baicai stepped forward and said with a smile, "Then we'll leave this matter to the village chief. Let's leave it at that."

After seeing that the matter was resolved, Grandma Wu and her son went home.

Yin Baicai was pulled into Li Zhe's house. Li Zhe went back into the house with a cold face to get the ointment for Yin Baicai. He originally intended to deliver it to someone today, but he didn't expect this to happen.

Looking at the ointment that Li Zhe handed her, Yin Baicai asked inexplicably, "Li bully, I'm not injured, I don't need to apply ointment."

Li Zhe angrily slapped his shoulder hard.

Yin Baicai cried out in pain, "Ah—it hurts, it hurts, be gentle!"

"Here, use this to wipe your shoulders. Didn't you carry a lot of timber yesterday?"

Yin Baicai pulled down her clothes and applied the ointment to the bluish-red marks, exhaling, "Hiss~ I must say, this ointment has relieved the pain quite a bit."

Yin Baicai looked at Li Zhe, whose complexion was still not good, and asked, "Why are you making such a face? I've already applied the medicine."

Li Zhe looked at Yin Baicai with a dark and unreadable expression. This person didn't even know why he was angry.

I'm not very happy.

Why didn't you tell me about that person stealing from your house?

"I just forgot," Yin Baicai scratched her head. "Besides, I can handle this myself. You didn't see how badly I beat that scoundrel."

"Tell me immediately if this happens again," Li Zhe instructed him.

"Oh."

Li Mo, who had just woken up in the house, vaguely heard Yin Baicai's voice. He got out of bed in his undergarments, opened the door with a "bang," and saw Yin Baicai sitting in his yard.

Her eyes were bright and she stared intently at him. She rubbed her eyes to see if she was seeing things.

When she opened her eyes, Yin Baicai was still sitting there obediently. She immediately threw herself into his arms.

"Mom, why did you come to see Momo so early?"

Yin Baicai caught him in a warm embrace, "Little Mo, you lazybones, why are you only getting up now?"

Upon hearing Yin Baicai call himself a lazybones, Li Mo retorted, "Sleep, grow tall."

"You little rascal, you know so much."

Seeing the two getting along well, Li Zhe consciously went back into the house and brought out the breakfast he had made for Li Mo.

"Xiao Mo, hurry up and wash up so you can eat."

He didn't forget to ask Yin Baicai, "Have you eaten? I'll make you some."

Li Mo obediently went back to her room, put on her clothes, and then washed her face with her small basin.

Only then did he sit down at the table to eat the breakfast that Li Zhe had prepared for him.

Yin Baicai shook her head at Li Zhe: "No need, I've already eaten, you guys go ahead and eat."

Seeing that the other person had finished eating, Li Zhe didn't try to persuade him to eat anymore, and sat down to eat breakfast with Li Mo.

Yin Baicai rested her hands on the table, supporting her face as she watched the uncle and nephew eat.

Li Zhe ate quickly and finished his meal in no time, while Li Mo ate the steamed egg custard in his bowl in small bites.

Li Mo ate while glancing at Yin Baicai, her little face flushed and her eyes smiling. It was so nice to have her mother eat with her.

The news of Tian Xiaoqiang stealing from Yin Baicai's house before dawn spread throughout the village in no time, and all the villagers who wanted to watch the spectacle headed towards the ancestral hall.

After seeing that the uncle and nephew had finished eating, Yin Baicai said to them, "Li the bully, Mo the little devil, I'm leaving first. I still need to go see the village chief and the others punish Tian Xiaoqiang. I'm going to personally keep an eye on him and make sure that scoundrel is beaten to death without missing a single blow."

“I’ll go with you,” Li Zhe said without hesitation.

"Alright then, let's go together."

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Li Mo followed closely behind Yin Baicai, almost as if he wanted to say that he wanted to go too.

Yin Baicai picked him up: "Little Mo, you want to go too?"

Li Mo nodded timidly; he wanted to be with his mother.

"Let's go together then." As soon as she finished speaking, Li Mo laughed and rested her little head on Yin Baicai's shoulder.

"Ouch~ Little Mo, don't lean on my shoulder! I carried a lot of wood yesterday, and it still hurts!"

Li Mo worriedly raised her little head and blew on Yin Baicai's shoulder: "Blow on it, and Mommy won't feel pain anymore."

Yin Baicai praised him, saying, "He's such a sweet and considerate son."

He was secretly smug: "My precious son, whom I picked up for free, is so considerate."

Seeing the interaction between the two, Li Zhe was naturally pleased, as the two would be living together from now on.

Luckily, I agreed to this marriage in the first place, otherwise Xiao Mo wouldn't have started talking. This young man is truly a lucky star.

The three of them hurried towards the ancestral hall.