The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 250 - 249: Unassuming
"That Lin Jiandong is truly ruthless."
A villager remarked, watching the items being carried out.
That Lin Jiandong... he always seemed so unassuming, with a good reputation and everyone speaking well of him.
To think he could take so many things from Sweet Girl’s house.
If he could have moved the house, he probably would have taken that too.
Absolutely shameless.
"What’s so strange about it? Sweet Girl’s family used to be quite well-off. The Lin Family is dirt poor. When they saw her parents had died, leaving just two kids behind, of course they’d get other ideas."
Lin Jiandong probably thought no one would ever find out.
He never expected Gu Jiaojiao would be the one to expose him.
As soon as this was said,
memories the villagers had almost forgotten came flooding back.
When Sweet Girl’s parents were alive, their family was very well-off.
Sweet Girl’s parents were hardworking and weren’t afraid of a tough life. They always earned the maximum work points for their labor. Sweet Girl’s father would also occasionally do some carpentry work for others, earning a little extra on the side.
Sometimes he’d go hunting in the mountains and bring back some game.
Their life was the envy of everyone.
As for the Lin Family, Lin Jiandong’s father died young, and Jin Meifeng was never one for hard work. They lived a mediocre life, just scraping by.
Later, Lin Jiandong got married and had children. The seven or eight work points he earned each day were just enough to keep his family from starving.
It was only in the last two years that their life had improved.
They’d never really thought about it before.
Lin Jiandong seemed honest and worked diligently, just a bit slow. No one ever bothered to scrutinize his work points.
But now that they did the math, with so many mouths to feed and only one person earning work points, how could they possibly have become well-off?
So it turned out all these years of living comfortably were at someone else’s expense.
For Lin Jiandong to even take things from two orphans... he was simply heartless.
The villagers looked at Lin Jiandong with disgust and contempt.
Lin Jiandong cowered like a quail, shrinking his neck and saying nothing.
In the end, half of the Lin Family’s firewood was also taken to Sweet Girl’s house.
Sweet Girl’s grain rations were also taken back.
The little girl didn’t get a large grain ration, but she was diligent and had gathered quite a bit on her own.
Seeing the dwindling grain supply, Jin Meifeng’s heart ached. But just as she moved to stop them, some of the village women blocked her path.
The women couldn’t stand her behavior, so while holding her back, they deliberately gave her a few pinches. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
The pinching made Jin Meifeng cry.
With a trembling hand, she pointed at the women beside her.
"You... how can you bully honest folk?"
The women were left speechless...
They rolled their eyes in disbelief.
Aunt Zhang spat on the ground.
"Don’t you dare tarnish the name of ’honest folk.’ We were blind before. I had no idea your Lin Family was so ’capable.’"
"And you have the nerve to keep calling yourselves honest folk? You bully two orphans who’ve lost their parents. You people are really something else."
Aunt Zhang was a capable worker. Her son was a soldier, and she had a strong sense of justice.
She couldn’t stand people like Jin Meifeng.
’She does all sorts of terrible things, yet still acts like she’s the victim.’
’What a shameless woman.’
’Can’t let her get away with this.’
She rolled up her sleeves. If Jin Meifeng kept whining, she would slap her.
Jin Meifeng fell silent.
’Move it! Move it!’
’Just take it all!’
As it turned out,
once Sweet Girl’s belongings and the compensation were moved, the Lin Family truly didn’t have much grain left.
It looked like just enough to get them through the winter. Come spring, they would likely be in trouble.
Sweet Girl, on the other hand, was like a busy little bee. She had diligently stockpiled her goods and ate frugally. Making it to next year’s summer harvest would be no problem for her at all.
With Sweet Girl’s belongings returned, the next step was compensation.
Chen Beiguo walked up to Lin Jiandong.
"Pay Sweet Girl five yuan, two jin of eggs, and two jin of white flour as compensation."
Lin Jiandong protested.
"Village Chief, some of this furniture I traded for with my own grain! You can’t be this unreasonable!"
Chen Beiguo frowned. He had seen how little grain Lin Jiandong had left.
’If he has no food, he’ll probably cause trouble.’
’Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan aren’t afraid of him, but I’m worried he’ll go after Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang.’
After a moment’s thought, he asked, "How many jin of grain did you trade?"
Lin Jiandong suddenly flushed with shame.
A good cabinet cost around twenty yuan, while a jin of coarse grain was only worth twenty or thirty cents.
He had originally traded ten jin of coarse grain for the cabinet. After Leng Yuan taught him a lesson, he added another twenty jin.
Even at thirty jin of coarse grain, it was worth no more than six yuan.
He suddenly couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud.
Chen Beiguo grew impatient. "Are you going to say it or not?"
Lin Jiandong was the one protesting, yet now he refused to answer.
Chen Beiguo was growing very annoyed with him.
Lin Jiandong lowered his voice, intending for only the Village Chief to hear.
"Thirty jin."
