Lu Lin had a hunch that Chen Xiao Mi and Chen Xiao Cai had sensed something, but they decided not to say anything, so he decided to play dumb and act like everything was normal.
Now Lu Lin had taken on some new responsibilities such as collecting firewood. It was still fall, but it was always nice to be well prepared, the only heating ‘equipment’ was firewood.
Farm work was new to Lu Lin, but he was a grown-up, he understood it quite quickly. But he was still not as good as Chen Xiao Mi when it came to farm work. Sometimes Lu Lin would just exclaim in his heart when he saw the way Chen Xiao Mi cut firewood, Chen Xiao Mi would hold the cutting knife firmly and immediately fill the basket with firewood. Chen Xiao Mi looked like a high school student, but Lu Lin began to admire this Bio more.
The Chen siblings had enjoyed Chen Xiao Mi’s help, but what they did not know was that the Lu Family also wanted Lu Lin’s help.
The Lu Family planned to marry Lu Lin to the Chen Family after the fall harvest, but they had to change the date because Lu Lin tried to commit suicide and became weak and sickly.
The Lu Family didn’t want to spend any more money on Lu Lin after they called the doctor with one tael of silver, so they sent Lu Lin to Chen Xiao Mi earlier than planned.
Lu Lin’s First Uncle was the father of the eldest grandson Lu Cheng Yu in the Lu family, and he had a good opinion of himself because the eldest grandson had been to school, so he had always hated farm work.
This uncle had a daughter named Lu Tong, this Lu Tong had been counting on her elder brother’s political career in the future, so she was too proud to do any farm work, she always thought she would marry rich one day.
Lu Lin’s Third Aunt was named Lu Lan, she was married and she would only visit her maiden family when she needed to seek gratuitous financial help. And now of course she wouldn’t visit them if they asked her to help with farm work.
Lu Lin’s Fourth Uncle was the youngest, and his grandparents doted on this son, his grandfather had pulled some strings and found a job for him in the city, Fourth Uncle got two taels of silver per month without doing any farm work, so he chose to hide in the city and stay away from farm work as well.
The changing of the seasons waited for no one, Lu Lin’s grandfather forced his wife, his first son, and Lu Tong to work in the fields with him.
It had been so long since First Uncle Lu had done any farm work, he cried endless tears of bitterness as soon as he set foot in the fields. His daughter, Lu Tong, longed for the good old days when they could boss Lu Lin around.
Lu Tong and her father tried to shirk responsibility, they actually didn’t do much. The four of them always did less work than two people in other families.
Lu Lin’s grandfather was at his wit’s end, he was at a loss as to what to do. Lu Tong suggested that Lu Lin should go back home and help out now that Chen Xiao Mi didn’t have a farm.
The more Lu Tong talked about Lu Lin, the more he wished Lu Lin was here, Lu Lin would listen to anyone and he would even work overnight in the fields if asked.
All the villagers thought Lu Lin might not make it because he tried to commit suicide, but to everyone’s surprise, Lu Lin had done well and he even ventured into the mountains with Chen Xiao Mi.
Chen Xiao Mi’s house was secluded, but some villagers had seen him and Lu Lin walking into the mountains. Lu Tong and his mother regretted having sent him to Chen Xiao Mi’s house before the Autumn Harvest, they could have kept him a few more days and pressed him harder.
They once thought of hiring a seasonal worker, but they hesitated with the requirement of “Thirty coins and two meals per day”!
Lu Lin’s grandfather listened to Lu Tong, while smoking his pipe, thinking whether it was possible to ask Lu Lin to come back and help.
Chen Xiao Mi had made it very clear when they received the engagement gift from her, Lu Lin would not be a part of the Lu Family anymore after they took the silver, and all the Lu Family easily agreed to that. That basically meant they had sold Lu Lin to Chen Xiao Mi, and the price was ten taels of silver.
“Tong is right, it doesn’t make sense for him to spend his day relaxing while the rest of us are working hard in the field!” Lu Lin’s grandmother Wang echoed.
Grandpa Lu Lin gave his wife a glance and said: “But… but we agreed to marry him off to Chen Xiao Mi.”
Lu Lin’s grandmother gritted her teeth: “But he was born and raised in our family, it’s about time he returned our favor!”
“Who will go to Chen Xiao Mi’s house and ask Lu Lin to come back?” The grandfather frowned.
Lu Lin’s grandmother lowered her head in fear, she didn’t dare to mess with Chen Xiao Mi, neither did his grandfather.
Lu Lin’s grandfather thought for a moment, he was unwilling to give up on Lu Lin’s help even though he had agreed to ‘sell Lu Lin to Chen Xiao Mi’, so he asked Lu Tong to handle this matter.
Lu Tong did a calculation inwardly, he decided to go to Chen Xiao Mi and ask Lu Lin to come back as she missed the days when she could slack off.
T/N: Man this family is crazy but isn’t that every transmigrated mc’s family lol. Comment down below what you thought of this chapter!!
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