Heh, no wonder they say that Heaven won’t let even a blind sparrow starve!
Honest indeed, the more honest, the more bountiful!
If a person is kind-hearted, even Heaven favors them. Look at how my big brother’s good heart has brought him good fortune?
Look at that shiny bicycle, the only one in the entire village. Lian Hai felt genuinely pleased. It’s not because he saw that his future sister-in-law’s dowry was substantial and he got greedy or complacent.
It’s mainly because he’s eager to see those people who treated his brother like a junk collector, wanting him to take on all sorts of nonsense, finally get what’s coming to them. Those old hags who cursed his brother to remain single forever, now they have to eat their words.
His sister-in-law is kind, generous, and well-educated.
Except for her previous unfortunate encounter with that traitor Dai Weiguo, there’s truly nothing to criticize about her! My big brother has found such a wonderful wife, doesn’t that prove the old saying that good things are worth waiting for?
Their precious son’s post-surgery condition is very good; the doctor said in the morning that he can go home to continue his recovery. With a huge worry lifted off his shoulders, and seeing that his most respected, closest, and cherished big brother is about to have a happy marriage with an outstanding sister-in-law...
Heh heh, these good events happening one after another must be a sign that good fortune will bless the Lian family, foretelling a better future!
Ever since the morning he saw this pile of things and the bicycle, knowing that most of it was his little sister’s dowry, Lian Hai turned into a fool, just smiling silly all day.
If it was not for that pure joy and pride he felt for his brother Lianshan, without a trace of greed or malice, Liu Shouren might have misunderstood, thinking Lian Hai was coveting his sister-in-law’s dowry and would have reevaluated Lianshan’s character entirely.
After all, if the fruit from a vine rots on the inside, it’s hard to trust the entire vine isn’t tainted!
Especially since this concerns his little sister, the overprotective brother would rather be overly cautious than allow a single slip.
Excitedly sitting in the car, one part of Lian Hai’s mind was eager to get home quickly to spread the good news. He didn’t imagine that his bright future plans almost got misunderstood by Brother Liu San, almost turning his brother’s upcoming marriage into nothing.
After another few hours of bumpy travel, they finally arrived at Luohe Town, under Liu Jia Village’s jurisdiction, from the provincial capital. Fortunately, they had good timing and, just as they were wondering how to tackle the next dozen or so miles of mountainous road,
they saw Liu San from their village driving an ox cart from behind. Grinning broadly, he looked at them with a sidelong glance full of slyness and asked in a rough voice, "Hey there, Brother Shouren, Sister Shuzhen, Lianshan, Lian Hai, did you go to the provincial capital for medical treatment and just got back?
Looking at the little one with such good spirits, everything must be alright, huh! Haha, and Brother Shouren and Sister Shuzhen are alright too!"
While speaking, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally swept over Liu Shouren’s lower half. Rumor had it throughout the village that Brother Shouren wasn’t functioning well.
Saying that he divorced Wu Xia against her will because he couldn’t bear her living like a widow with him; no one knows if it’s true or not?
If it were the past, being scrutinized , Liu Shouren would definitely have thrown a couple of punches without saying a word, whether it was well-meaning or a joke. Having been ’sick’ for several years, his self-esteem was fragile and his emotions sensitive.
But now, he wasn’t annoyed at all, even picking up a hint of genuine concern from Liu San’s sly smile.
Liu Shouren chuckled and shook his head. Is it because he’s in a good mood that everything seems pleasant?
Even a person extending their hand won’t hit someone with a smiling face, let alone the fact that they’re also keen on hitching a ride on Liu San’s ox cart!
Seeing that Liu San truly had no malice and was just good-naturedly inquisitive, Liu Shouren didn’t mind at all. Lian Hai quickly greeted with a cheerful laugh, "Thanks to Brother Liu San’s fortune, this little guy managed to escape death. They performed surgery and put a cast on him at the provincial hospital. Once the cast comes off in a few months and after a year or two of recuperation, he will be completely fine!
It’s all thanks to my sister Shuzhen’s kind heart and wisdom; otherwise, without borrowing from the brigade, I really wouldn’t know how to scrape together enough for the 200 or so bucks..."
Knowing Liu San just looks shabby, and loves gossiping like those housewives, and when he drinks, he can turn a sesame-sized matter into a watermelon.
To prevent him from twisting any stories into something unrecognizable, Lian Hai simply preemptively brought up how his brother’s request for help from the production team fell through. Even if he’s gossip-prone, he should know who’s providing for him. He only got the ox cart gig thanks to flattering Dai Honghua and Lin Yuanzhi, so Lian Hai didn’t believe Liu San would risk talking bad about them.
Of course, if he did dare, Lian Hai assuredly would be all ears, gladly listening and then promptly spreading the word with precision.
Unfortunately, Liu San’s appetite for gossip was immense, yet his courage was less than that of a sparrow. Hearing the dangerous undertone in Lian Hai’s words, he quickly blinked his beady eyes and changed the subject.
After letting them get into the cart, he began to lavishly praise the new bicycle. In just ten minutes, he spun such compelling and varied compliments that it almost convinced Shuzhen she had bought a multi-million-dollar supercar instead of a hundred-some-dollar bicycle.
If it weren’t for Little Lian Jie’s leg needing extra caution to avoid bumps and further injury and for all the luggage and the things Shuzhen bought yesterday,
Shuzhen would have preferred to walk back rather than endure his prattle from the village’s edge about lost chickens all the way to the widow’s gossip at the village’s end. For a grown man to be so gossipy, truly...
Luckily, Luohe was just over ten miles of mountain road from Liu Jia Village. Feigning a lethargic pregnancy state and dozing for twenty to thirty minutes, they arrived.
Thank goodness, finally free!
Shuzhen celebrated in her heart and was about to thank Liu San for insisting on taking them all the way home when she heard the screeching shout of the former sister-in-law pierce her ears, instantly igniting a raging fury that surged to her head, making her wish she could rip apart this vile woman who only caused trouble and wrongfully blamed the victims!
Fine, truly remarkable!
Since you refuse to walk the path to heaven and insist on storming into hell, I’ll do a charitable deed today and send you on your way.
Patting the medical report of her big brother tucked discreetly in her pocket, a cold, sinister smile curled at Shuzhen’s lips: Wu Xia, for all the wrongs you’ve done to the Liu family in this life and the past, today you’ll settle most of it, alright?