HLnovel Chapter 427 Have you met a scammer?
Chapter 427 Have you met a scammer?
Chapter 427 Have you encountered a scammer?
Lin Chang'er paused, then said to the new farmhand, "Oh, Cai Shitou? Tell me what happened!"
Xiao Shijiu hurriedly said, "On the day you left, that guy named Cai Shitou brought two brothers, one named Tongtou and the other named Tietou, to your house to work!"
"They said it was what you had instructed before, so Brother A arranged for them to do composting work as you instructed."
"That Cai Shitou, although he was impulsive and unreliable before, is quite conscientious when it comes to work. He always works at the required hours."
That morning, the three brothers arrived half an hour late for some reason, and thus finished work half an hour late.
"At that time, the Guo family had already started making a fuss, but we brothers didn't expect that the mother and son were working together to mess with us."
"Guo Dabao's mother put rat poison in everyone's food, and Guo Dabao ran to Uncle Lizheng's house and set it on fire. You know, Uncle Lizheng's area is all houses connected to each other, and they are all wooden structures. There is no distance between them, so if a fire starts, it will burn down half of our village."
Lin Chang'er nodded. "And then?"
Xiao Shijiu, "Then, just then, the three Cai brothers were on their way home from work. They saw the flames gathering and told their youngest brother, Tietou, to shout 'Fire!' all over the village. He and the brother named Tongtou rushed into the yard to help snatch things out."
"Speaking of which, this Cai Shitou is truly a tiger! He brought out everything that one or two people could carry out, including quilts and trunks. Otherwise, my aunt and uncle wouldn't have known what to do for a while."
"When everyone arrived, the flames were almost lifting people's clothes off."
Lin Chang'er nodded. "So, he's not a bad person at heart!"
Xiao Shijiu nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, it's just that his eyesight isn't very good, but after suffering a loss like this once, he'll probably be more discerning."
Lin Chang'er agreed with this point. People always have to grow up. "I'll go to the sugarcane field to see them in a bit." Mistakes should be taken seriously, and good deeds should definitely be praised; otherwise, wouldn't that be disheartening?
Lin Chang'er's plans were none of Xiao Shijiu's business, so he just chuckled and asked, "Sister Chang'er, did you have fun going back to Su County?"
"It's so much fun!" So much fun that it blew up the latrine!
However, there's a risk that others might follow suit, as Xiao Shijiu is at the peak of her mischievousness.
Lin Chang'er didn't mention this matter in the end, but simply told him what she had seen and heard at the Suxian Wharf Market.
Little Nineteen's eyes widened. "A giant fish almost as big as a person? Sister Chang'er, did you buy it for me?"
Lin Chang'er said, "I bought them, but they were all chopped into pieces."
Xiao Shijiu pouted, looking somewhat disappointed. Lin Chang'er continued, "Why the expression? Let me tell you, my biggest gain from this trip to Su County was finding my long-lost godparents."
"They are all very capable shipwrights. We will soon have our own ships, and we can go out to sea to fish and fight pirates."
"Are you worried about not finding a fish as big as a person?!"
"Really? Really?" Little Nineteen immediately rubbed her hands together excitedly. "Sister Chang'er, when can we go out to sea to fish?"
Lin Chang'er tilted her head and thought for a moment, "I can't say for sure, I didn't build the ship, hahaha..."
Xiao Shijiu laughed along. Lin Chang'er took out two boxes of pastries she had brought back from Su County from her bag. "You haven't exchanged them yet, have you? Here, take them and share them with the brothers."
"Okay, thank you, Sister Chang'er!" Little Nineteen, holding the pastries, jumped out of the car.
Lin Chang'er was startled, but fortunately the little boy was agile and regained his balance without even stumbling.
Lin Chang'er finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When they arrived at the door, Lin Chang'er helped her two sisters-in-law out of the car.
Aunt Gu, along with He Chunhua and Niu Xiaomei, came out to greet them.
Aunt Gu first looked at the three sisters-in-law for a while before stepping forward to ask them, "Was everything alright on the road?"
Lin Chang'er nodded, "Okay, Raindrops were very well-behaved and didn't make a fuss!"
Sister-in-law Gu chimed in, "That's right, this little guy is very considerate. He doesn't need to be woken up at night to pee, and he sleeps soundly until dawn."
Second Sister Gu patted her son's head and smiled at Aunt Gu.
Aunt Gu quickly took the raindrops from her, saying, "You must be tired from the journey. Go wash up and rest. I'll call you when lunch is ready."
Lin Chang'er said, "Eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, go and rest for a while. I'm not tired. I'll tidy up the things I brought back in a bit. Oh, by the way..."
Aunt Gu then realized that there were three carriages on the way there and three on the way back, but two of them looked quite different.
Lin Chang'er didn't notice Aunt Gu's expression; she just called out to the carriage, "Father, Mother, we're home! Get out of the carriage!"
Aunt Gu was taken aback upon hearing this. Father? Mother?
Aren't they the in-laws?
Aunt Gu opened her eyes wide in shock, then craned her neck to look into the carriage.
Then a couple got off the carriage. The man looked to be around forty, and the woman looked a few years younger.
But she doesn't really look much like Chang'er.
Aunt Gu's heart was filled with alarm bells. Could Chang'er have been deceived?
She instinctively wanted to pull Lin Chang'er behind her, but at that moment, the man scratched his head and spoke first, "Mother-in-law, it's a pleasure to meet you, a pleasure to meet you..."
Aunt Gu: It's actually installed?
Aunt Gu was very dissatisfied with this overly familiar man. She put on a stern face and said seriously, "We still don't know who you are. It would be better to take back this 'mother-in-law' title for now."
Her eyes were fixed on Lin Beishan and Bai He, as if she wanted to see right through them.
Lin Beishan, a grown man, felt somewhat embarrassed being stared at like that by a woman, so he instinctively hid behind Bai He.
He timidly reached out to Bai He, but Bai He lifted his shoulder and shook him off.
Lin Chang'er was a little confused by this situation. Aunt Gu had the gentlest temper, so why was she suddenly so strict today?
Bai He, being older, noticed something and said with a smile, "Older sister is right. We haven't even formally acknowledged our relationship in front of the villagers. Beishan, why are you calling me 'mother-in-law'?"
Bai He even looked down on it, wondering what the old man was thinking.
When Chang'er married into the family, the son of that family was conscripted into the army. Strictly speaking, they didn't even have a formal wedding ceremony. They were married without any real ceremony, but the family was willing to let her remarry. What's with all this talk?
Aunt Gu naturally had no idea what she was thinking, but hearing her say that, her expression softened a bit.
Thinking that this person was reasonable, he nodded to Bai He, and considering that everyone who came to the door was a guest, he forced a smile and welcomed her in.
However, once inside the house, Aunt Gu immediately pulled Lin Chang'er aside and asked her carefully, "Chang'er, tell me, have you encountered a swindler? Didn't your parents say before..."