The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure-Chapter 114: Future Troubles

Although he didn’t quite understand, he could vaguely feel that every word, every gesture Wang Yongzhu made from the moment he entered the Li Family’s home seemed ordinary, but little by little, it almost drove Li Jinlong to the brink of collapse, causing him to spill everything he should and shouldn’t have said.

In his view, Li Jinlong must have harbored deep thoughts to have plotted against his own sister and another man years ago without letting any rumors slip.

Even if he felt a bit guilty for harming someone, it wouldn’t be so easy to confess everything so clearly, would it?

But he also knew that Wang Yongzhu definitely wouldn’t tell him, and now he began to doubt again, was the discovery of the murder weapon on the mountain really just a coincidence?

With that thought, the look he gave Wang Yongzhu’s retreating figure grew even more intense.

Wang Yongzhu, unaware of the danger of being exposed, was idly chatting with Old Granny Zhang about Li Jinlong’s despicable and ruthless nature.

Feeling a chill breeze on his back, Wang Yongzhu shivered and remembered to ask, "Dad, what do you plan to demand from the Li Family as compensation tomorrow?"

They certainly couldn’t take Li Jinlong’s life, and to do so would actually let him off easy. Such a venomous and brutal person didn’t deserve the relief of a swift death.

Wang Laozhu remained silent for a while without responding.

Unable to hold back, Old Granny Zhang spoke first, "How to compensate? It wouldn’t be excessive for the entire fortune of the Li Family to be given to ours! The injury your eldest brother sustained, who knows how much silver will be needed for his care, dragging on alive yet not fully living, how much he suffers! Their family house is probably worth more than twenty taels of silver, and they have three mu of prime paddy fields. Their eldest son and second son have also cleared about ten mu of dry land by the mountain, all of which must be worth a fair sum of silver too. They swindled ten taels of silver from the He Family when they broke off the engagement last time, and with all their years of savings, we should ask for one hundred taels from their family!"

Wang Yongzhu, considering himself someone who had seen the world, was so startled by his mother’s demand that he stumbled.

My dear mother, she wasn’t just opening her mouth wide like a lion; she was gaping like a gluttonous beast!

Even with a rough estimate, if the Li Family could come up with that sum of silver, they would likely have to empty all their possessions, land, and savings, and would still be laden with debts for a lifetime, wouldn’t they?

Seeing her daughter’s naive appearance, Old Granny Zhang could only shake her head inwardly. Young girls, after all, still had too little experience and thought things were too simple!

The Wang and Li Families were now mortal enemies! If they continued to allow the Li Family to remain in Qilidun, who knew if they would harbor evil intentions again? Who could be vigilant every day, every month, every year?

A single oversight could lead to the destruction of their entire family!

Therefore, they either should do nothing or do it decisively!

Given the circumstances, it would be best to force the Li Family to flee far away and never return, eliminating any future threats.

Wang Laozhu’s silence was for that very reason; he did not want to reveal the cruelty behind this matter in front of his daughter and granddaughter.

He only said, "I sent someone early yesterday morning to send a message to your second brother. If he travels fast, he should be back by tomorrow morning. I’ll discuss it with him to see what to do!"

There was no help for it; with the Eldest Brother down, Laosi being brainless, and Laosan gone without a trace, it was hard to find someone to send a message when such a big incident had occurred at home.

The daughter seemed somewhat smart at a glance, but it was a pity she was a girl; such major matters could not be left to her.

They had to wait for the Second Brother to come back!

Upon hearing that the Second Brother was returning, Old Granny Zhang snorted through her nose, "That son I might as well have not borne, seeing him once a year at best. Is he still our son? He’s a son-in-law to the Qian Family! What can you really expect from him?"

Wang Laozhu turned around and scolded, "Stop talking nonsense in front of the children."

Only then did Old Granny Zhang turn her head away, remaining silent.

After a night of commotion, everyone was tired. When they arrived home, Lady Jiang was in the side room watching after Jinhua, Jinpan, and Jinshao. Hearing the noise, she came out; Old Granny Zhang and Wang Laozhu had already retired to rest.

Jinhua tiptoed and took Lady Jiang back to their room, where they haphazardly went to sleep as well.

Only Wang Yongzhu, with a heart full of distress, called out to the Xiao Tiantian System, "Xiao Tiantian, come out here. Given our close relationship, how can you exploit the situation! That ’Primary Hypnosis’ book you charged me three points for! Are you even a Farming System? You’re more like a swindler system, aren’t you?"

The hard-earned six points had been cut in half in an instant!

Tian Tian replied with particular composure, "Host, where can there be a return without investment? You invest three points, and once the task is completed, you can reap ten points. What’s there to be dissatisfied about?"

Wang Yongzhu spat blood: "It hurts my heart!"

"Think about the ten points that are almost in your hands, and your heart won’t hurt anymore!"

...

"Fine, show me the current information." Wang Yongzhu didn’t have time to argue now and wanted to check the current points panel.

As expected, the information panel had changed:

Currently, the host has:

Clothing: Level 1, 0 points

Food: Level 1, 0 points

Shelter: Level 0, 0 points

Transport: Level 0, 0 points

Available points: 3 points (points can be freely distributed to the above options)

In addition, next to the information panel, there was a small panel frame:

Skills mastered by host: "Primary Mushroom Cultivation", "Primary Hypnosis".

What’s this? Wang Yongzhu pondered for a while, "Tian Tian, does this mean that what I’ve learned becomes a skill I mastered and won’t disappear?"

"Yes, host, all the books you purchase and study, that knowledge will be firmly imprinted in your brain and won’t be forgotten. In other words, host, every new book you study in the future represents a new skill you’ve mastered. The more you learn, the more you have. When you accumulate more points from later tasks, you can also purchase intermediate and advanced skills books. Keep it up, host! I’m rooting for you~~"

Wang Yongzhu wanted to criticize this as nothing but leading you down a path of endlessly doing tasks, accumulating points, and spending them—a path of no return!

But he had already set foot on this path of no return, and for the time being, there was no way off, so he just had to bite the bullet and go on!

Anyway, it’s always good to master one more skill.

With that self-consolation, Wang Yongzhu fell asleep very peacefully.

It felt like he had slept for a long time, yet it seemed like it was only a little while before Wang Yongzhu hazily heard some noise outside in the courtyard.

A voice that was somewhat familiar yet a little strange echoed in the yard.

Then came the voice of Wang Laozhu, "Second Brother, you’ve finally come back—"

Second Brother?

Second Brother Wang Yongan?

Wang Yongzhu shook his memory for an impression of Wang Yongan. Wasn’t it the second brother who was rather pale, fairly slim, spoke gently, and used to bring him a piece of malt candy every time he returned?

Well, in his memories, Wang Yongan seemed pretty decent to Wang Yongzhu. Before getting married, he needed to study, so he didn’t spend much time with Wang Yongzhu. After getting married, it was even less frequent, hardly seeing each other once a year. In the former Wang Yongzhu’s eyes, this second brother was the second kindest person in the family after Old Granny Zhang.

But the former Wang Yongzhu wasn’t very bright, so who knows how reliable these good memories were.

At this thought, Wang Yongzhu found it quite interesting. The attitude Old Granny Zhang always showed, she certainly didn’t seem to like this second brother much, always talking about him with grievances.

He needed to go outside and see what kind of person this second brother was!

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