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nOld Witch

n“Mom, let go of me! I’ll kill that old witch!” Lin Xiaoyue was so angry that she was trembling.

nShe had not gone for the Lin family but that old woman came on her own.

nLiu Shi was shocked when she heard Lin Xiaoyue call her grandmother “old witch”.

nThen, she frowned and said, “There are many people in the Lin family. You’ll be at a disadvantage if you go there. Also, we don’t have any evidence to prove that your grandmother did this.”

nLin Xiaoyue’s face darkened, and a murderous intent was seen in her eyes.

nLiu Shi was frightened by this look, but she still held Lin Xiaoyue’s hand.

n“Forget it, Yue’er. We didn’t lose anything,” she tried to calm her down.

nLin Xiaoyue noticed her mother’s expression and forced herself to put away her dark thoughts.

nAfter a long while, she forced out a smile at her mother.

nHowever, the smile did not reach her eyes.

n“Okay. Let’s clean up the house.” As she spoke, she went to pick up the water ladle on the ground.

nLiu Shi knew that her daughter was in a bad mood. Seeing that she had suppressed her impulse and did not go out, she felt relieved anyway.

nShe quickly put down the basket and went up to clean up with her daughter.

nThe little boy also went up.

nThere were not many things in the house. When they were cleaning up the bed, their bodies bumped into each other. Then, they looked at each other and smiled, dispelling the anger and depression in their hearts.

nThe house was quickly tidied up. Lin Xiaoyue took out the buns and the family of three had them for lunch.

nAfter lunch, Liu Shi was cutting the cloth next to the bed, preparing to make clothes for the two children. Lin Xiaoyue took Lin Xiaozhi to fix the two stools.

nAfter some repairs, the two stools were barely usable.

nAfter finishing the work, Lin Xiaoyue counted the remaining money she had.

nToday, she had earned 5 taels and 34 cents from selling the goods. Now, she was left with 3 taels and 62 cents. She had spent a total of 1 tael and 72 cents. The major expenses were mainly for kitchen utensils and clothing materials.

nLin Xiaoyue sorted out the books and then got up to look for Liu Shi.

n“Mom, here are 3 taels of silver.” She handed the money to Liu Shi.

nLiu Shi hesitated for a moment.

nThen she remembered her daughter’s eagerness to buy things today, so she took the money.

n“Okay. I will keep it for you. When you need it, you can ask me for it.”

nLin Xiaoyue smiled. Of course she understood what her mother was thinking.

nShe did not say much and went back to planning.

nShe had to save up the money to build the house as soon as possible. Otherwise, there would be people coming in every now and then. Although nothing was lost, it was infuriating.

nShe could secretly kill the old woman, or even everyone in the Lin family, but once the Lin family died, they would quickly find out about her.

nHer mother was weak and Xiaozhi was young. She could not take them with her if she wanted to run away.

nThere were too many men in the Lin family for her to fight them head-on. However, she was not the only one who disliked the Lin family. There were also many people in the village who had been bullied by the Lin family.

nAs long as she could get the villagers to stand on her side, then it might not be so difficult to deal with them.

nHowever, her mother usually did not leave the house. Other than interacting with Aunt Wang’s family, she hardly moved around with other people in the village. If she wanted to rope in the villagers, she would have to think of a way.

nIn fact, they should interact with the villagers. People would only take care of each other once they were familiar with each other. Moreover, they would need the help of the villagers to build their house later on.

nLin Xiaoyue suddenly thought of the wild boar in her interspatial ring.

nA hint of hesitation flashed across her eyes, and then she drew a circle on the word “wild boar” that she had written in her notebook.

nThen, a hint of determination appeared in her eyes.

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