The person’s mind was filled with doubt as he asked this. ‘Is this girl who bought Zhou Ping’s land? But this girl is fair and clean. Plus, isn’t she a little too young? She looks around ten. How can a girl that young buy Zhou Ping’s five Mu of land? Perhaps her family bought the land for her.’
Then, the man turned to watch the men in the field. He said, “Men, you must be the girl’s family. Uncle Zhou’s family is living in poverty. They really had no other choice, so they planted the seedlings. How can you be so cruel to uproot the seedlings?” The man’s tone became harsher. He was furious at Lin Yuelan and Jiang Zhennan.
Jiang Zhennan stepped on a seedling in the field, and he raised his head. His face, which had been smeared with black medicine, looked very scary. Adding that to Jiang Zhennan’s fierce aura, the face of the person who spoke up for Zhou Ping’s family turned white in an instant. His eyes and expression revealed fear as if he had seen something terrifying.
“We’re just servants. You should speak to our master,” Jiang Zhennan said coldly.
Jiang Zhennan’s words made everyone gasp. This man with a strong aura was actually a servant? What the hell?
The most unbelievable thing was that Zhou Ping’s family’s field was really bought by a child. But they still thought it was Lin Yuelan’s family who bought the land.
Although the Zhou Family Village and the Lin family Village were neighbors and they had heard that the Lin family Village had a jinx who would bring bad luck to her family and husband, Lin Yuelan had never stepped out of the Lin family Village, and outsiders rarely set foot in the Lin family Village. Therefore, the Zhou family villagers did not know who Lin Yuelan was.
Lin Yuelan looked at these people’s eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled up. She asked coldly, “What if I don’t want to give them mercy?”
Hearing Lin Yuelan’s words, someone immediately stomped his foot and scolded her, “Do you even have any sympathy? Can’t you see how pitiful Zhou Ping’s family is? They will work the land for another season. It’s not like they’re not giving the land to you.”
“How can you be sure of that?” Lin Yuelan retorted coldly, “please get this straight. What does it have to do with me whether their family is pitiful or not? I wasn’t the one who did this to them! If they wanted to blame someone, they could only blame their own son for being a gambler!”
Lin Yuelan was no saint.
“Besides, these fields have already been sold to me. I have the title deed. So why would I let them use my land for another season for free?”
“But, they’ve already planted the seeds. Can’t you be merciful and let them finish working this season?” The people of the Zhou Family Village clearly sided with their own.
“Since you’re so kind, why don’t you let them plant in your field?” Lin Yuelan retorted sharply.
When those people heard this, they immediately stopped talking. Their families didn’t have enough land for themselves, so how could they give their land to Zhou Ping’s family?
However, someone was still stubborn and said, “These fields used to belong to Zhou Ping’s family. Besides, they have already planted the seeds. Uprooting these seedlings is such a waste. Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?”
The ancient people were superstitious. Those who wasted food would be struck by lightning.
“I don’t care about that. I only care that since I’ve bought these fields, they belong to me, Lin Yuelan. Without my permission, no one can plant anything in this field!” Lin Yuelan’s eyes were sharp, and her tone was firm and fierce. She then looked at Jiang Zhennan and the others in the fields and said loudly, “Continue to remove all the weeds in the fields. If you don’t get this done, there won’t be lunch today!”
“Please don’t!” Guo Bing and the rest panicked when they heard that. They immediately continued to pull up the seedlings.
These days, they had been completely immersed in Lin Yuelan’s superb cooking skills. They couldn’t imagine what would happen when they left and couldn’t eat Lin Yuelan’s cooking anymore.
However, when the villagers heard Lin Yuelan’s name, their faces turned pale with fear. ‘Wasn’t that the name of the jinx of the Lin family Village? Anyone close to her would be in big trouble.’
At the thought of this, other than Zhou Ping’s family, the people around them immediately took a few steps back. Even Zhou Ping’s wife and children moved away.
Someone looked at Lin Yuelan and asked in a low voice, “Are you the Lin family Village’s jinx, Lin yuelan?”
Lin Yuelan smiled and nodded. “Yes!”
As soon as she said that, everyone except for Zhou Ping’s family and Lin Yuelan’s group dispersed.