The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

Although the hottest and most scorching midday hours have passed.

The air was still thick with the lingering heat of the sun.

As Tang Xiaoyan walked, she muttered, "My mother is really something. In this sweltering heat, she still makes me come up the mountain to cut grass. Can't she just come herself?"

The dryness in the air made Tang Xiaoyan feel increasingly irritable.

While he braved the scorching heat to go up the mountain to cut grass, Tang Xiaoshan was out having fun with the village kids.

It seems I should talk to my father and suggest that the brat go to town to learn a trade from the master craftsman.

Otherwise, what kind of image would I have if I spent all my time playing with cats and chasing dogs in the village? It would be so embarrassing for me to be told that way.

The villagers all praised themselves, saying that if Xiaoshan could also do well, their family would be even more proud in the village.

Tang Xiaoyan, with her sharp eyes, spotted Li Zhe carrying firewood down the mountain from a great distance.

She smoothed the stray hairs from her forehead with her hand, her face flushed with embarrassment as she looked at Li Zhe approaching.

It's Brother Li Zhe! I can't believe I met him here. I remember the last time I saw him was when Tian Hunzi was arrested!

However, he was focused on the jinx at the time, and he wanted to make a good impression on him when he came closer.

Li Zhe lowered his head, dragging a pile of firewood as high as a small hill, and walked past Tang Xiaoyan, slightly avoiding her.

Tang Xiaoyan blushed and wanted to call out to him, but she saw Li Zhe walk straight past, and she was stunned with surprise.

Did Brother Li Zhe not see me?

Perhaps they didn't see it, after all, he was carrying such a big bundle of firewood!

After composing herself up, Tang Xiaoyan continued her ascent up the mountain.

Then let's call him Brother Li Zhe next time. Maybe he won't remember us!

That makes sense, after all, more than ten years have passed.

Just like the tall, thin man I remember, he has now grown into a tall and upright man.

She was no longer the timid little girl who used to be dragged by the pigtails and pushed into the river by Li Lin and his gang of rascals in the village.

Yin Baicai slept until late afternoon. When she woke up, the sun had already moved westward.

Putting on the gray cloth shoes by the corner of the bed, Yin Baicai walked towards the vegetable garden that had been converted into land to check on the seedlings he had sown a couple of days ago.

On a patch of yellow earth, tiny green seedlings, already as tall as a hand, have sprouted, looking wilted and droopy under the scorching sun.

Yin Baicai carried a wooden bucket filled with dirty water, preparing to go to the river to fetch some water to irrigate the vegetables.

Otherwise, all the vegetables he painstakingly planted would wither and die in the ground.

Just as Yin Baicai brought up a bucket of water, he saw Ma Qiao'e, who was walking towards the river, glare at him fiercely.

Yin Baicai didn't give her a friendly look either, glaring back at her as well. He thought Ma Qiao'e was still holding a grudge against him for scolding her last time.

Ma Qiao'e glared at Yin Baicai because Li Zhe had made her lose face in front of the village women last time.

Ever since Li Zhe forced her to explain to the villagers, the women and husbands in the village who liked to gather and gossip have kept their distance whenever they see her walking by.

It's as if she's some kind of filthy thing; now nobody comes to visit her anymore.

Ma Qiao'e has recently become the most hated person in the village. She curses Li Zhe and Yin Baicai at home every day.

Suddenly, while fetching water from the river to water his vegetables, he ran into Yin Baicai, and his resentment was released.

She deliberately approached and pretended to stumble, knocking over the water that Yin Baicai had just drawn from the river.

Yin Baicai was furious. This old slut had not only glared at her, but had also deliberately knocked over the water she had fetched.

Do you really think I'm an easy target?

With an icy expression, Yin Baicai said, "Ma Qiao'e, you'd better refill it for me, or don't blame me for being impolite."

“I’m your elder, you scoundrel. How dare you call me by my name? You’re just like that bully Li. Birds of a feather flock together. You’re both ungrateful wretches.”

Yin Baicai was speechless when she saw that Ma Qiao'e dared to lecture her. This shameless old woman kept saying that she was a jinx.

They have the nerve to call themselves elders.

"I'm older than your dam, and you knocked over my water, so you're supposed to fill it up. Or are you saying you're so blind that you can't even see that big bucket of water sitting on the ground?"

Ma Qiao'e said with her nostrils pointing to the sky, "I didn't do it on purpose. Just bring up another bucket."

Seeing Ma Qiao'e carrying buckets, Yin Baicai realized that she had also come to fetch water, so she snatched the carrying pole and buckets from Ma Qiao'e's shoulders and threw them into the river.

"I won't put up with you. You spilled my water, I'll throw your bucket at you, we're even."

Just as Ma Qiao'e was about to come over and grab Yin Baicai, Yin Baicai dodged to the side, and Ma Qiao'e fell flat on her face.

Looking at Ma Qiao'e's wooden bucket being swept away by the water, Yin Baicai said coldly, "Old woman Ma, if you don't go and retrieve your bucket, it will be swept away by the river."

Ma Qiao'e got up and ran towards the river, yelling, "You little devil, just you wait! I'll get the bucket back and deal with you then!"

Yin Baicai looked at Ma Qiao'e, who was splashing around in the river like a fat duck, with amusement.

"Wait my ass! I haven't even watered my vegetables yet! Take your time picking them up, bye-bye!"

Yin Baicai fetched another bucket of water and carried it back. From a distance, she could still see Ma Qiao'e chasing after the floating wooden bucket in the river.

With a raised eyebrow, you really think I'm the original owner you can mold and manipulate?

When Ma Qiao'e finally managed to retrieve the bucket, Yin Baicai was nowhere to be seen on the bank. Enraged, Ma Qiao'e continued to fetch water while cursing loudly.

Yin Baicai, who was watering the vegetable garden, sneezed several times. Even a fool could tell that it was that shrew Ma Qiao'e cursing him.

Ma Qiao'e grumbled as she carried water to her vegetable garden. When she went to the river to retrieve the bucket, her pants and shoes were completely soaked.

Unfortunately, while going down the embankment, my shoes were wet and I slipped and fell, spilling most of the water I had carried.

Enraged: "That jinx is truly a jinx; nothing good ever comes of running into him."

Seeing that all the water she had painstakingly carried had spilled, Ma Qiao'e looked pained.

Yin Baicai finally finished watering the vegetables as the sun was setting.

Seeing Ge Tian and the others still working on the foundation, Yin Baicai called out to them, "Brother Ge, all of you come here, I have something to discuss with you."

The group was completely baffled, wondering if they had done something to displease Yin Baicai.

Ge Tian asked cautiously, "Brother Cai... is there something we did wrong?"

"No, you did a great job fixing it. It's just that I have to go to town tomorrow to buy some things, so I won't have time to cook for you. You can rest for a day." Yin Baicai scratched his head and smiled.

Upon hearing that it wasn't because they had done a bad job, the group finally felt relieved.

"It's alright, Brother Cai. We can go home to eat."

"No, you've all been working so hard. Take a day off and go home to do some chores."

When Ge Tian and the others heard Yin Baicai say this, they nodded in agreement. They had never had a day off when working for others, and sometimes they would even be urged to rest a little longer.

Working for Yin Baicai's family was the best job they could get.

After explaining things to the group, Yin Baicai carried the last bucket of water back home.

Li Zhe, who was having dinner with Li Mo in the courtyard, did not miss the conversation between Yin Baicai and Ge Tian and the others.

He immediately understood and made a decision in his heart.

"Xiao Mo, eat quickly and go to bed early. You might have to get up early tomorrow."

Li Mo didn't know what to do early in the morning, but since her uncle said to get up early, she obediently did as her uncle said.