Chen Xiao Mi was at home when Lu Tong knocked on the door, he frowned at the sight of this uninvited guest.
In Big Stone Village, it was no secret that Lu Tong and the other Lu’s had been bullying Lu Lin. They did not prepare a dowry for Lu Lin when they sent Lu Lin to Chen Xiao Mi’s house, they did not try to hide that fact even for the sake of appearances. Therefore, Chen Xiao Mi didn’t think Lu Tong was here with good intentions, he was most likely here to ask for a favor.
Lu Lin responded with a sneer at the sight of Lu Tong, he narrowed his eyes and revealed a cold smile at the thought that it was the Autumn Harvest season.
Lu Tong avoided Chen Xiao Mi’s sharp gaze, he looked at Lu Lin and said: “Lu Lin, grandpa asked you to go home and help in the fields.”
Chen Xiao Mi grinned with bitterness: “Looks like you and your family are all very forgetful, he’s already married into my family now, and you still rely on exploiting him? You wish!”
Lu Tong muttered: “But you don’t need to rush the harvest, you don’t have any fields.”
“So what if we don’t have any fields? Gathering firewood, cooking, carrying water, hunting, those are all his duties! Do you think I’m just going to ask him to laze around at home after I gave your family such a generous engagement gift?” Chen Xiao Mi looked very arrogant.
“But Lu Lin doesn’t know anything about hunting.” Lu Tong muttered.
“Does it matter? He’s mine now, he has to do whatever I tell him, understand? He must go hunting with me if I ask him to!”
Lu Tong glanced at Chen Xiao Mi and lowered her head: ‘What the villagers said is true, this Chen Xiao Mi is really a ferocious Bio!’
Lu Tong then took a glance at Lu Lin, he became very angry seeing how gentle Lu Lin was: ‘Look at you, acting like a sheep in front of this Bio!’
Chen Xiao Mi brandished the stick in hand towards Lu Tong: “Get out of my house, or I’ll make you get out of my house.”
Color flashed across Lu Tong’s cheeks, this was the first time anyone had spoken to her like this. The villagers had treated her with courtesy as her elder brother Lu Cheng Yu was one of the few educated people in the village.
“Cousin Lin, what do you have to say about this?” Lu Tong pulled a long face and asked Lu Lin.
A faint sneer flashed across Lu Lin’s face. This was the first time Lu Tong called him ‘Cousin Lin’, he usually commanded the host with a gesture. Their entire family was used to taking the host as a slave.
“I’m afraid I can’t help much this time, I need to dig up some wild vegetables otherwise we will starve tonight….”
Chen Xiao Mi chimed in, as he raised his volume and said: “I’ll beat you up good if you dare to help others secretly while living with me!”
Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi exchanged glances, he nodded and said: “I won’t.”
Chen Xiao Mi was happy that Lu Lin came to play, he was worried that Lu Lin would be blinded by filial piety and wouldn’t deny his family anything.
Lu Tong was furious to hear how arrogant Chen Xiao Mi was, and he was furious with Lu Lin’s attitude towards Chen Xiao Mi.
Indeed, Lu Lin was married into Chen Xiao Mi’s family, but Chen Xiao Mi was a Bio, a Bio should listen to his husband, not the other way around.
With that Lu Tong left Chen Xiao Mi’s house.
Lu Lin smiled at Chen Xiao Mi: “Thank you.”
“For what?”
“Thanks to you, I don’t have to be their slave anymore.” Lu Lin blinked. He was indeed relieved that he did not need to work hard for those leeches, and he would rather go to the mountains than toil in the fields.
Chen Xiao Mi blushed slightly: “Don’t mention it, there’s just no need to let them continuously enslave you. And I know one thing for sure, they won’t pay you a dime.”
Lu Lin smiled: “That’s right.”
“How old is this Lu Tong?” Chen Xiao Mi asked.
“She’s sixteen, not that young anymore.” Lu Lin replied, sixteen was indeed not that young in that time and space.
Lu Tong had hoped to marry a rich man after his elder brother Lu Cheng Yu passed the imperial examination at the county level, but she didn’t have much time left, she had to pay three taels tax in two years when she was eighteen.
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