Chen Xiao Mi’s grandmother held a grudge against Chen Xiao Mi for kidnapping her grandson and threatening her, so she did not give Chen Xiao Mi and his younger brothers a penny when Chen Xiao Mi said they would live separately.
Chen Xiao Mi was a brave and unyielding person, he did not ask for anything when he moved in with his younger brothers.
The other villagers thought Chen Xiao Mi was crazy, they did not believe Chen Xiao Mi could support himself, let alone his two younger brothers. They thought Chen Xiao Mi would struggle without the Chen Family, but what they didn’t know was that Chen Xiao Mi had been secretly saving up for this day, the money he saved from hunting was enough to support him and his two younger brothers for a while.
Moving away from the family was considered rebellious behavior by the villagers, especially the senior ones. The Elders in the Chen Family listened to Chen Xiao Mi’s grandmother’s nonsense and they hated Chen Xiao Mi so much that they insisted on holding an open trial for Chen Xiao Mi.
One of the two Elders who was most excited about the trial was beaten up at night, and the other had a food poisoning accident, he was on the verge of death due to acute diarrhea.
Some nosy villagers who had been snooping on Chen Xiao Mi’s life or looking for information reaped what they had sown, they would find dead mice in their sheets in the middle of the night.
Everyone suspected it was Chen Xiao Mi, but no one had any proof.
Oppressing the weak and fearing the strong is human nature, the villagers avoided Chen Xiao Mi after a series of accidents that befell people trying to find fault with Chen Xiao Mi.
Chen Xiao Mi was not bullied by any of those villagers, he simply went his own way and minded his own business.
Chen Xiao Mi had hunted a tiger one year ago, and with that, he became the talk of the town.
Even the most experienced hunters would fly at the sight of a tiger, yet Chen Xiao Mi managed to hunt it.
Chen Xiao Mi earned the name ‘fierce and tough’ after that.
Chen Xiao Mi had sold the tiger for thirty taels of silver, he moved out of the cave where he and his younger brother lived, and he bought an old lady’s small house in the village.
Some people from the Chen Family wanted a cut of the thirty taels, so they made a fuss in front of Chen Xiao Mi’s new house, and they got a good beating from Chen Xiao Mi.
No one was surprised to see that, this Chen Xiao Mi was brave enough to kill a tiger, let alone beat up a few people.
The Chens did not dare to face the tough with toughness. First Uncle Chen kidnapped Chen Xiao Cai, as he still had not given up on the idea of selling Chen Xiao Cai for money.
Chen Xiao Mi immediately knew what happened after he returned home.
Chen Xiao Mi caught Chen Jing and locked him in a cave on the mountain openly and boldly, Chen Xiao Mi said Chen Jing would lose an arm if he didn’t see Chen Xiao Cai by the end of the day, and Chen Jing would lose a leg if he didn’t see Chen Xiao Cai by the end of the next day.
First Uncle Chen sent Chen Xiao Cai back in fear. The merciless uncle was willing to sell his nephew to a rich family as a lowly person, but he could not bear the thought of his son being harmed.
Chen Jing returned home safe and sound soon after Uncle released Chen Xiao Cai.
First Uncle tried hard to make the matter a secret, but the bad news had wings, and the villagers were happy to talk about this story for a long time.
Some people thought Uncle was merciless and some thought Chen Xiao Mi was even more evil. They tended to avoid Chen Xiao Mi more after that episode, and they began to see Chen Xiao Mi as the village curse.
Chen Xiao Mi was also eighteen years old, and he was eager to get married as well. Six boys got married within a month after the law was enacted, but neither Lu Lin nor Chen Xiao Mi was one of them.
Three taels of silver was not a small amount, the villagers could not wait to see what Chen Xiao Mi would do. They could not help but wonder if Chen Xiao Mi would marry into someone’s family or marry someone into his own family.
Soon there was news that Chen Xiao Mi wanted to marry someone into his family, the villagers snorted to hear that until they heard the engagement gift was ten taels of silver.
The villagers began to praise Chen Xiao Mi, his younger brother Chen Xiao Mai was always sick, he had spent so much money to buy medicine for Chen Xiao Mai, but now he could offer ten taels of silver as an engagement gift.
Ten taels of silver was a very generous engagement gift for a villager, but still, no one wanted to marry him because of his bad name.
The Lu’s, however, were interested. Lu Lin was known as the son of bad stars who had brought tragedy to their family, so no girl wanted to marry him, although some girls had been convinced and wanted to marry him, The Lu’s had to prepare an engagement gift. They thought why not get Lu Lin married to Chen Xiao Mi.
Offering an engagement gift and accepting an engagement gift was a matter of more than ten taels difference.
Lu Lin’s host was a very traditional man, he couldn’t bear the thought of marrying into someone’s family, plus he had heard the stories about Chen Xiao Mi, so he killed himself.
But The Lu’s had already received Chen Xiao Mi’s engagement gift, they couldn’t just watch the host dying, so they spent one tael to call a doctor. But the host had died, and the modern-day Lu Lin had occupied the host’s body.
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