My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 363 seconds of hesitance

Chapter 363: 363 seconds of hesitance

The widow Hua Xing didn’t know what Xiaohua and the others were up to at first, completely clueless.

But as she heard a few little brats going back and forth with each other, her face turned pale.

She opened her mouth, wanting to stop the village’s little troublemakers.

Lin Tang shot her a cold glare.

The widow Hua Xing felt like someone had grabbed her by the throat, and she instantly shut her mouth.

All she could do was awkwardly endure Xiaohua and their performance, which was enough to destroy her social standing.

Chen Jiefang’s eyebrows knitted together.

He looked at Hua Xing in shock, unable to comprehend.

How could the captain’s family be so formidable, and why would Hua Xing, of all people, go stir up trouble with the Lin Family again?

Lin Tang was unaware of the thoughts of this makeshift husband and wife.

Her gaze slightly cool, she watched the widow Hua Xing.

"...So can you speak now, who made you spread gossip about my family?

If you say no one, that’s fine, too. I’ll just call my grandmother and my mother to have a little chat with you..."

She was, after all, a younger member of the family, and it wasn’t right to do anything to the aunts of the village, but her grandmother and mother were a different story.

Hearing this, Hua Xing thought of Zhao Shuzhen wielding a large knife the other day, and her body trembled violently.

Now, not wanting to speak wasn’t an option.

She certainly couldn’t let that female bandit Zhao Shuzhen show up at her door.

"...I’ll talk," the widow Hua Xing said, her face flushing with shame.

Lin Tang waited calmly.

Knowing when to comply meant there was hope for salvation!

The widow Hua Xing, clutching a coin in her pocket, was so red-faced one could almost see the heat.

"It was Yang Chunfang who told me to do it."

"She gave me a coin, asked me to gossip about your third aunt all over the village whenever possible, and even instructed me to tie the story to the captain..."

She hadn’t wanted to do it.

But it was money, a whole coin.

...Without much hesitation, she had given in!

At the entrance of the Hua Family’s house.

Li Xiuli heard this sentence as soon as she arrived.

Her face almost twisted with rage.

"Damn you, widow Hua Xing, are you so blinded by money that you’d take any amount?" Li Xiuli burst out ragefully.

She stormed into the Hua Family’s house.

The widow Hua Xing jumped with fright.

She quickly hid behind Chen Jiefang, trembling with fear.

Oh my, when did Li Xiuli come?

Lin Tang also hesitated, "Mother, when did you get here?"

Li Xiuli’s face, previously angry as a tyrannosaurus in a rage, softened instantly upon seeing her daughter.

"Your Aunt Honghua told me she saw you, and since you hadn’t come home for so long, I came to check on you."

After the explanation, her gaze turned fierce again as she glared at the widow Hua Xing.

"Hua Xing, don’t think hiding will help, because it’s no use.

Do you dare to gossip about my family, you need to have the courage to face the consequences.

Let’s go, we’re going to the Liu Family!"

She said, stepping past Chen Jiefang and grabbing Hua Xing’s hand to pull her outside.

The Lin Family was in fine fettle thanks to Lin Tang’s nurturing.

With no strong person in Hua Xing’s home and their scant food supply, their meals were rationed, and their strength was significantly less.

Once grabbed, Hua Xing felt as helpless as a little chick.

"Lin Tang’s mother, please, don’t get excited; I know I was wrong.

I don’t want to go to the Liu Family, if Yang Chunfang finds out I’ve exposed her, she’ll come after me!"

Hua Xing struggled, regretting her decision to take that burning coin with every fiber of her being.

She cursed Xiaohua and the other children inwardly for their long tongues at such a young age.

Li Xiuli, with a cold face, snorted and said scornfully.

"You’re afraid that scoundrel Yang Chunfang will come after you for settling scores, but not afraid of how the Lin Family might deal with you?

Oh? Do you think we Lin Family members are easy to bully?"

Feeling utterly powerless, Hua Xing thought, "...no, the Lin Family is not easy to bully at all."

"I didn’t think that way," she whimpered.

Li Xiuli looked at her with disdain, "You say you didn’t think that way, but that’s exactly what you did."

Hua Xing choked and could say no more.

Just as she was about to blabber on, she was frightened into silence by Li Xiuli’s words, "My mother-in-law’s knife hasn’t been used in a long time."

With her head lowered, Hua Xing followed behind Li Xiuli.

She thought, just go, in broad daylight, Yang Chunfang wouldn’t dare kill her.

After comforting herself for a while, she reluctantly calmed her trembling heart, bracing herself with the indifference of a pig facing boiling water.

Let her be!

Feeling too ashamed to show his face, Chen Jiefang chopped wood furiously, as if carving the word "escape" into his bones.

Lin Tang followed her mother and Hua Xing out of Widow Hua’s house.

As soon as she stepped out, she saw Xiaohua and a few other kids huddled together like a stack of arhats.

"Why are you still here?"

Maishou grinned foolishly, "We were worried Tangtang would be at a disadvantage, so we were keeping watch here, ready to send a message if needed."

Xiaohua and the others nodded seriously.

Lin Tang’s heart warmed.

"Thank you, but I’m fine. You all go play," she said.

The group of kids, looking at their gentle and beautiful older sister smiling softly, felt so happy they were beside themselves with joy.

They agreed in unison and scattered like birds and beasts.

Lin Tang shook her head helplessly and briskly made her way to Liu’s house.

Liu’s house.

On the worn dining table lay a plate of wild vegetables without any drops of oil, a dish of dark salted vegetables, several pieces of corn bread, and a few bowls of rice soup clear enough to see one’s reflection in.

Clearly, the Liu Family was having a meal.

Liu Guohui looked at the dishes on the table that hadn’t changed for over a month and felt sick of it.

"Why is it salted vegetables and corn bread again, can’t you make something different?" he complained with a frown.

His mouth felt like it could fly away from the blandness!

When he worked temporarily in the county, although he didn’t earn much, he occasionally got to eat meat.

Nothing like being at home, where every day’s food was the same, leaving him without any energy.

Liu Jiaojiao, upon hearing her second brother’s words, continued eating without lifting her head, enjoying her meal very much.

To her, her brother was asking for too much.

Having food to eat was already good enough.

After all, the family debt was still unpaid!

Yang Chunfang, who was most fond of her eloquent second son Liu Guohui, said affectionately, "...Just wait a little longer, we’ll have meat in a few days."

By then, the Lin Family would have fallen from grace, a perfect time to celebrate.

Just thinking of the Lin Family no longer being cocky made the corn bread taste delicious to her.

Upon hearing this, Liu Guohui’s expression lightened slightly.

Thud, thud, thud...

Suddenly someone knocked on the courtyard door.

"Who is it?" Yang Chunfang, holding a piece of corn bread, got up and walked outside.

She opened the door, and standing outside were Li Xiuli, Hua Xing, Liu’s younger sister, and Lin Tang.

There was also a crowd of onlookers.

Yang Chunfang’s face went through a fleeting change before quickly returning to normal.

"...What do you want? If there’s something to say, say it where it’s appropriate, not at my house."

Li Xiuli, ignoring her, gave Hua Xing and Liu’s younger sister a warning look, "Is it you who will speak or shall I?"

Hua Xing and Liu’s younger sister internally wept.

Was there a difference?

Wouldn’t either option offend someone?

Yang Chunfang’s nails dug into her palm, she said discontentedly, "Speak what? If you have something to say, say it with proper decorum, don’t come to my house."

Li Xiuli paid no attention to her, her gaze warningly flickered towards Hua Xing and Liu’s younger sister.

Hua Xing’s expression stiffened.

She turned around, unbuckled her belt, and reached inside.

She fumbled around inside and pulled out a warm banknote.

With a morose face, she begrudgingly returned the money to Yang Chunfang.

"This is from Dazhu’s family—here’s the one yuan back. I won’t participate in your scheme to slander Zhang Hongyan," she said through the pain.

As she spoke, her heart ached as if bleeding.

On hearing this, Yang Chunfang’s face grew unsightly.

"What nonsense are you spouting? When did I ever ask you to speak ill of Zhang Hongyan?" Yang Chunfang asked angrily, her attention drawn to the watchful eyes around her, feeling both guilty and irritated.

It was one thing to stir up trouble behind the scenes, quite another to be exposed like this.

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