Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 175: Important Matter

Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Important Matter

"Pudgy girl, don’t worry, don’t worry, your mom is making chicken stew for lunch today. We won’t give any chicken legs to your brothers, we’ll give them all to you," said the mother, soothingly stroking her daughter’s head.

"Okay..." The little girl nodded, her cheeks forming dimples with each smile.

Her two older brothers in front of her wailed.

"Mom, you can’t be partial--"

"You two frightened your sister yesterday. Today at lunch, each of you will only get a chicken wing!"

The sky was cast with a paleness as the three children happily frolicked in the fields.

Life in the village was peaceful. The little girl ran around the mountains with her two brothers all day, yet she still remained chubby and white.

The two elder brothers in the Lin family were two years apart in age, and they were used to pampering their four-year-old sister.

But one night, Dacheng and Ercheng took their chubby sister to the pond to catch fish, and when they returned home, they saw an old man standing at their doorstep.

"Old man, who are you looking for?" Lin Yicheng, his face smeared with black mud, asked the old man at the door.

Upon seeing the three muddy children, the old man hesitated for a moment before chuckling, "You kids are so dirty, aren’t you afraid your mother will spank you?"

Lin Yicheng immediately became anxious upon hearing this; his mother’s spankings were no small matter.

But chubby girl giggled, "Not scared, not scared. We caught a fish, Mom won’t spank us."

Seeing the little girl from head to toes, even her two braids, covered in mud, the old man chuckled, "Can I then come to your house to eat the fish?"

Lin Yicheng and Lin Ercheng watched him waver uneasily, hurriedly enclosing their sister behind them.

"Sure, but you need to give us Silver, one tael should do."

The little girl poked her head out from behind her brothers and said earnestly.

The old man paused, patting his clothes for some time before saying awkwardly, "I...I don’t have that much Silver."

"Then move aside, we’re going home!"

The little girl furrowed her brows and pouted.

The old man shuffled to one side, and as he watched the children enter the courtyard as he tried to follow them in, but the little girl closed the gate behind them and him outside.

"Should we tell mom?" Lin Yicheng scratched his head as he put the fish in a bucket.

"We should..."

Watching the gate being closed, Lin Ercheng also hesitated, he looked at his older brother and decided to go to the kitchen to find their mother.

"No, no, the old grandpa has no silver. He can’t eat with us."

While shaking her head, the chubby girl explained, "Brother Dazhuang said yesterday that when he went to town to eat noodles, Uncle gave him Silver. Grandpa does not have Silver, so we cannot let him in."

The two brothers nodded their heads in understanding, then took their sister to wash up.

However, just as they finished washing their faces, they encountered Lin Shougui bringing the old man into the courtyard.

"You two rascals, where did you take your sister off to, her clothes are so dirty! Beware, your mother will spank you!" With a stern face, Lin Shougui scared the brothers away to the backyard.

Looking at his muddy daughter, he then chuckled, while wiping her face, he said: "How did chubby girl follow her brothers and run around? What if she drowns in the pond?"

"Daddy, we caught fishes~" The chubby girl tugged at Lin Shougui, leading him to the bucket, pointing at the few little fishes inside and giggling in delight.

"Our chubby girl really is amazing." Lin Shougui touched the chubby girl’s cheek, gazing resignedly at the Crucian Carp in the bucket that were not even three fingers wide.

Fish was known for its smell and thin bones, which is why few people liked to eat it.

"Old man, please have a seat for a while, I have to take the kids to wash."

Lin Shougui gave the old man an awkward smile, and once he saw the man nod, he took the chubby girl to the backyard.

"Daddy, the old man does not have Silver." Chubby girl, walking along, did not forget to report this fact to her father.

"How do you know?" Lin Shougui replied, somewhat curious.

"He said he doesn’t have Silver. If he doesn’t have Silver, he can’t come to our house to eat. My brothers and I didn’t let him in."

"..." Lin Shougui fell silent, looking at his chubby white daughter, he couldn’t help but laugh.

What the heck was happening here? Where did she learn this behavior from?

"Alright, alright, Daddy will wash you."

After washing the little girl’s dirty clothes and taking her to his wife to change, Lin Shougui finally said, "Wife, we have a guest at home. We should prepare some extra food for dinner."

The mother of the Lin family paused in surprise, not any holidays, where did this guest come from?

"He’s an old man, wearing a long gown, seems knowledgeable, says he’s come for a family visit and wants to spend the night."

"Alright, you go take care of him, I will go cook."

The mother of the Lin family nodded her head, since it was an elderly man wishing to stay for the night, they would oblige. It was but the matter of an extra bowl and a pair of chopsticks.

A large meal was prepared, and all five of the Lin family, together with the old man, sat down at the table. While Lin Yicheng and Lin Ercheng were tough, at this moment they sat obediently.

"Sir, please start eating. I feel regretful about what happened this afternoon," said Lin Shougui, pouring the old man a cup of wine, an apologetic tone in his voice.

"I am to blame for not teaching them well."

"No, no, your children are all very clever," replied the old man, accepting the wine. However, his eyes kept wandering to the chubby girl next to the mother.

The little girl felt a little embarrassed, after all, she had locked him outside the door in the afternoon.

"Grandpa, eat more so you can... grow black hair."

The chubby girl saw the old man’s conflicted expression and remembered her mother’s advice about eating more to grow taller, but since the old man surely couldn’t grow any taller, she decided to address his grey hair instead.

The brothers wanted to laugh but didn’t dare to, causing their faces to turn red.

The parents, on the other hand, were caught in an awkward position, not sure whether to laugh or not.

The old man, left with no choice, could only laugh and agree.

After the third round of wine, Lin Shougui had flushed red but still wanted to toast the old man.

"Stop, stop, what kind of host does that?" The mother of the Lin family, unable to bear it, pulled at his sleeve. Lin Shougui then obediently sat back down on his stool.

"Please excuse my husband’s behavior," she said, smiling ruefully at the old man.

"No problem, no problem."

The old man, while laughing and stroking his beard, continued, "Actually, I have some business to discuss with your daughter."

The old man’s serious expression didn’t match his joking tone, which left the mother of the Lin family dumfounded for a moment. Finally, she managed to respond, "Sir, you must be joking. What business could you have with our daughter..."

"I do. It’s important business."

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