Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 242 - 241: Chaos

Village Chief Wu gently tapped the table and said to the Gong family: "Elder Gong, Madam Gong, and Dewang, please listen to me. This girl wants to bury her parents, which is her filial duty as a child, and it has nothing to do with any disputes over property. They are two separate matters."

Upon hearing Village Chief Wu lean towards the outsider Lin Wanwan, Gong Dewang was enraged: "Ah Wu, how could you say such a thing? Look at her, what kind of person is she? Is such a person even worth paying attention to?

Burying the dead is not something that can be done just by moving your lips. The village has only so much land, where is there new land to build a tomb? Do we have to discard arable land?

For so many years, in the village, we don’t put people in tomb houses unless they’re under eighty. Those over a hundred are buried, and that’s how it’s always been. How does filial duty come into this?

What kind of filial duty does she have? All these years, hasn’t our family been the ones burning incense and kowtowing for her uncle and aunt?"

Outside, Village Chief Wu’s wife also came over upon hearing the commotion. She heard this line and immediately spoke up: "Hey, I have to say a fair word. What did my Old Wu say wrong? How can you blame this girl for not coming to burn incense for her parents?

Poor thing, she was so young when her parents passed away, and none of you the elder uncles and aunts wanted to raise her, forcing her to leave and be taken in by the Lin family?

And now you’re blaming her for not coming back!

How old is she this year anyway, probably just out of school and putting down her books, and you’re not pitying her for having no parents but rather bullying her as a whole family? That’s just unacceptable."

The crowd surrounding them, even if they felt sympathy for Lin Wanwan, did not speak out directly, as it wasn’t their business. Watching the commotion was enough; there was no need to stand up for justice.

They were neighbors with the Gong family but had no vested interest with the young girl who took her maternal family’s surname.

Yet today, the Village Chief’s wife seemed to be on the wrong medicine, speaking up for the Lin family’s young girl in every sentence.

Some people who were close with the Village Chief’s wife started to agree with her, anyway, it was just a few harmless words of fairness, beneficial without cost to them.

Lin Wanwan knew well, it was the Maotai and Zhonghua cigarettes sent in the morning that were having an effect.

The Village Chief’s wife was practically her spokesperson. Lin Wanwan gave her a slight smile in thanks.

"Village Chief Wu, my mind is made up about this matter, and I’ll leave the procedure to you. No matter the cost, I want my parents to be buried, as their only daughter, I believe I have the right to handle my parents’ affairs." Lin Wanwan stood up, taking advantage of the current opinion wave to speak immediately.

"Yes, this is the girl’s own matter, I think it’s fine."

The crowd started to speak in various voices, advising the Gong family not to bully the orphaned girl, which enraged the Gong Dewang family.

At this point, Gong Dexiong also spoke up: "Our family was poor back then and didn’t raise Wanwan, now she’s grown up and made money and wants to give her parents a better tomb, which is her filial duty, and I think it’s good. Wanwan, Second Uncle has no objections, if you want to relocate the remains, as long as the village agrees, we’ll cooperate with you and pick a good day to proceed."

Gong Dewang’s plump wife, Fu Yinan, looked angrily at Gong Dexiong: "Second brother, what do you mean?"

"That’s what I mean! I’m not concerned with other matters, but I support my niece in this!" Gong Dexiong turned his head, having spoken firmly.

Lin Wanwan glanced up at Gong Dexiong, surprised that he would speak for her. She hadn’t even responded to the WeChat messages from Gong Mingyu, knowing he’s from this area.

It seemed some people in the Gong family were reasonable after all.

The old Gong couple started speaking in their dialect again, and the Village Chief’s wife helped retort for Lin Wanwan, while the Village Chief mediated in the center, with people arguing and clamoring non-stop.

From Gong Dewang and the old couple’s remarks, they were determined to block.

They even said if Lin Wanwan dared to act recklessly, the two old ones would commit suicide at the public tomb entrance.

This is the only aspect they could control Lin Wanwan with now, how could they easily relent?

Moving remains is not a small task, especially in rural areas where there are many intricate rules. Inviting a Feng Shui master, choosing a site, ground-breaking, timing, attire, auspicious words—all are of concern.

Unless Lin Wanwan plans to ignore everything, disregard Feng Shui, and not worry about disturbing her parents’ spirits, she could just take the remains and leave, go to Yongcheng to buy a plot and bury them casually. Then she wouldn’t be sitting here, just forcing her way through.

But, even raised under the red flag, she preferred to believe in these things rather than not, otherwise why bother with the rituals?

"Anyway, don’t think of acting recklessly! With your grandpa and grandma around, it’s not your place to decide!" Amid the clamoring, Fu Yinan’s sharp voice reached Lin Wanwan’s ears.

"Enough!" Lin Wanwan slapped the table and stood up, looking at the Gong family’s two elders and the first household, sneering, "This is my parents’ matter, what’s it to you? You have no right to stop me!

If negotiations fail, we’ll see each other in court. I can hire an entire team of lawyers to sue you, let’s see if you have the energy to fight me!"

"Oh, are we scared of you? Go ahead with your lawsuit. Isn’t it what you’re always shouting about, lawsuit, lawsuit? Bringing hooligans to argue with us, wanting to snatch the Gong family’s house, isn’t it to sue us? Scared of you? Go ahead and sue! Let your dead parents see how you’ve fallen into the money pit and recognize no relatives now..."

"Shut up!" Lin Wanwan interrupted her, staring fiercely, "What sort of relative are you to me, fat lady? Why should I recognize you? Because you don’t understand the law, because you occupy my house? If you make life difficult for my parents, I’ll sneak over to the Fu family’s ancestral grave at night and ruin it, and nobody will live well!"

"Hey, what kind of talk is that—" the fat lady slammed the table in fury.

"What do you mean, you think you can speak nonsense, and nutritional deficiencies to your brain are my fault? You should go buy six walnuts to supplement your brain! What’s the point of slamming the table, can’t I do the same?" Lin Wanwan also slammed the table, causing the Eight Immortals table ahead of her to shatter. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Actually, she wasn’t that angry, she just happened to exert too much force, and the table had no choice but to meet its downfall.

Fu Yinan wasn’t the only one startled by Lin Wanwan’s unexpected strength; everyone present was taken aback.

The Eight Immortals table was made of solid wood, even if not redwood, its structure was solid, typically lasting decades without issue.

Yet here it was shattered by the hand of a seemingly frail young girl!

Shattered!

Fu Yinan instinctively stepped back, realizing that if that force had hit her, many bones would have been dislocated!

"What a fierce girl!"

"Fiercer than you? Could your entire family be so powerful, ignoring the law, that even judges have to bow to you before making a ruling? Let’s see!" Lin Wanwan sneered, "Let’s see if the judge stands on your side!"

After saying this, Lin Wanwan said to Village Chief Wu: "Village Chief, I can’t communicate with them anymore, and I feel there’s no need to talk further, so I’ll leave for today, thank you."