Could It Be That You Burned Down My House?

Zhou Wanwan sneered, "I knew it was them. Fine, you like playing these games, huh? Then let's have some fun."

Lin Fugui walked in and said:

"Hey! Wanwan, I'm so sorry, but I actually know in my heart who did it."

But there's nothing we can do. Here's five taels of silver; consider it our apology.

Zhou Wanwan quickly waved her hand and said:

"You were the one who took us in, how could we possibly accept your money!"

However, I want to move our household registration now, what do you think...?

Lin Fugui sighed and said:

"Sigh! I understand. It's just that our Wild Field Village isn't lucky enough. I'll go and help you transfer your household registration tomorrow. Thank you."

"If it weren't for you, our Wild Field Village would never have stored so much grain."

Zhou Wanwan waved her hand and said, "We're friends. If your family encounters any difficulties in the future, feel free to come to me, and I'll still help."

Lin Fugui nodded and said, "Okay, if there's anything I can do to help in the future, just let me know."

Zhou Wanwan nodded. Indeed, the Lin Family had helped them a lot, and Lin Family also had connections.

Lin Shouyi walked in and said:

"Wanwan, my second uncle said that another batch of scrap weapons recently arrived, all of them are a mess."

Some of these were brought back during the suppression of bandits. Are you interested?

Zhou Wanwan quickly nodded and said, "Of course I'm interested. Let's meet at the county government office tomorrow and get our household registration transferred."

Zhou Wanwan walked out, she heard Old Madam Shen laugh loudly:

"It's no wonder that houses like that get burned down; they're just reincarnations of jinxes. You'll see!"

Their family will starve to death in a few months. Look at Zhou Wanwan, she's horribly fierce.

"A five-year-old child acting like a shrew, who could stand it?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at her with a half-smile and said:

"Someone like me doesn't do bad things, so naturally I won't suffer retribution."

But some people might think that stealing or burning down other people's houses will bring retribution.

Don't wait until you've had your hands and feet chopped off and are childless before you regret it.

"Who did you say had their hands and feet chopped off? Who did you say was childless? Say it again!"

Zhou Wanwan glanced at her casually and said:

"Why are you in such a hurry? I was talking about the people who deliberately burned down my house, not you."

Did you burn my house down?

Old Madam Shen said angrily, "Of course I didn't burn it, but your mouth is too venomous. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

"Lightning won't strike me, it'll strike you, you old hag! Just wait for your family to get their comeuppance!" Zhou Wanwan was too lazy to waste words with them, so she simply carried all the flowers and plants in her house home.

Fortunately, the flowers and plants were unharmed, only a little frightened.

Zhou Wanwan took the lilac home and watered it. The lilac then started talking more:

"The whole family came over yesterday and took away the only three bags of grain they had left, and also moved the water tank next door."

Then, after searching for a long time, they started cursing and saying that our family was poor, and finally burned our house down.

Liu Su'e walked in, her eyes reddening, and said:

"The Shen Clan are utterly despicable. We haven't laid a single finger on them from beginning to end, so why are they treating us like this?"

Wanwan, what do we do now? Should we just give up the house?

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

Don't worry! I deliberately kept those three bags of grain in our house.

There were two bags of grain inside, which were taken from Shen Dahai's shop and were filled with croton seeds.

There was also something hidden in the other bag of grain, so they would have a better life.

Zhou Wanwan deliberately left three bags of grain, knowing that this family was dishonest and would definitely steal them.

Sure enough, the Shen Clan used Zhou Wanwan's family's food that night. Old Madam Shen said with a smile, "I don't believe we can't deal with that wretched girl. Now that they're gone, our house will be much quieter."

While eating, Shen Dalu said, "That's right! That wretched girl lives next door, making me live in constant fear. It's a pity there's nothing left to steal from their house."

"Hey! They eat pig offal all day long, do you think they're that rich?"

"I thought they might have some treasure! But all they brought back were three bags of grain." Old Madam Shen pursed her lips.

Old Man Shen smiled and said:

"Hey! Don't talk nonsense. Grain is worth a lot of money right now. Do you know how much grain costs today?"

The price has increased more than tenfold compared to before. In the past, we wouldn't have even bothered with this kind of grain, but things are different now!

These three bags of grain should be enough for our family for several months. Oh, and we should ask Dahai to bring back some more grain.

Shen Dalu nodded and said:

"Ever since that wretched girl came, our family's money has been disappearing day by day."

My money, Dad's money, and my fourth brother's money—now that they're gone, our family should finally have some peace.

He had barely finished speaking when he clutched his stomach and exclaimed, "Ouch! My stomach hurts terribly, I need to go to the toilet..."

"No, why do I feel a slight pain in my stomach?" Old Madam Shen said, clutching her stomach.

"Oh dear... my stomach is acting up too, it hurts so much!" Shen Dalu's wife cried out as well.

The children soiled themselves on them, and the family hadn't had a quiet night, constantly relieving themselves.

In the morning, Shen Dalu finally said, "Hurry, we have to go to the city now to see a doctor, otherwise someone might die."

They arrived at Lin Shouyi's house early in the morning. Lin Shouyi nearly vomited from the smell on them. "No way, I can't pull this cart. If you get it dirty, I don't know what I'll do! You'd better find someone else!"

Lin Shouyi truly looked down on this family, and the fact that they had driven Zhou Wanwan away made him even more upset.

Old Man Shen shakily took out two taels of silver and said, "Just... just consider it helping out!"

Lin Shouyi reluctantly accepted the two taels of silver and took them directly to the city.

The doctor at the pharmacy prescribed them medicine directly:

"You guys ate croton seeds, why would you eat that stuff for no reason?"

This contains not only croton seeds, but also morning glory seeds and rhubarb powder.

Oh dear! Who have you offended? Never mind, this consultation fee is five taels of silver.

Shen Dalu shouted, "What? Five taels of silver? That's way too much!"

The doctor at the pharmacy said coldly:

"Do you think things are still the same as before? Don't you know all the medicinal herbs on the mountain are gone?"

The price of medicinal herbs has increased more than tenfold. I'm only giving you five taels of silver because of Manager Shen."

They reluctantly paid the money and went home, where they were furious when they saw the bags of grain.

Old Madam Shen, reluctant to part with the grain, sighed and said, "How about this, I'll wash this grain and feed it to our chicks and piglets later."