Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 243 - 243 243 The Villagers

?Chapter 243: Chapter 243: The Villagers Chapter 243: Chapter 243: The Villagers “Hurry up and take those things out, they were tailor-made for each of you,” Bai Xiao said to her three nephews.

The three looked at Bai Yue.

In their house, everything was decided by their mom.

Bai Yue nodded her head, “Since it’s specially to thank your auntie, let’s accept it! We are benefiting from your auntie’s good fortune this time.” After Bai Xiao explained the reason, she was not shy about accepting the gifts. After all, they were meant to please her sister.

Mainly, as long as Bai Xiao was safe, she was happy to let the kids have their fun.

Li Haiping, Li Hai’an, and Li Haishun immediately cheered.

Bai Xiao smiled with her eyes crescent-shaped, her mouth curled into a smile; this was the feeling of home.

Watching her three sons cheer every time they took something out, Bai Yue had to step in. What time was it now? Bai Xiao and Bai Song must be exhausted from a whole day of travel.

She immediately spoke up, “Just take a look now, and examine them carefully tomorrow. It’s so late now, let your auntie and uncle go to sleep quickly.”

As the head of the household spoke up, the three boys quickly gathered the items back into the suitcase. Pushing Bai Song towards their room, of course, he would sleep with the three of them upon his return.

Bai Yue made up the bed for herself and Bai Xiao and turned off the lights.

Bai Xiao took off her clothes and lay in the warm bed. The heat rising from under the blanket soothed her thoroughly, and she couldn’t help but stretch out comfortably in a big yawn.

The surrounding sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking carried a familiar scent.

This must be the feeling of home.

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The next day, before Bai Xiao even opened her eyes, she heard a noisy commotion in the courtyard.

“Be gentle, Bai Xiao is still sleeping.”

“I told you to come later and you had to come!”

“Mom, even if I hadn’t come, look how many people are seated in the courtyard waiting to see Bai Xiao.”

“Alright, alright, you always have to be right.”

Bai Xiao opened her eyes, stretched a big yawn, and slowly got up to get dressed from the bed.

As soon as there was movement in the room, the voices outside grew louder by threefold.

Bai Xiao tidied up her hair in the room and washed her face.

She took out a bag of candy from her own bag. Returning with her elder brother, they came back from the big city, a rare event in the village.

The fellow villagers who came to see them were definitely not few.

She took a bag of candy out to the courtyard and gave a few pieces to each of the children and women there, as a small token of goodwill.

Immediately, a group of children surrounded Bai Xiao, and those with enough courage even took several more candies from her bag.

Seeing that she was not angry and happily scampered away, but no one took advantage of the situation, the villagers and children were still quite simple at heart.

When Li Chunmei and Liu Hong saw Bai Xiao, they happily went into the house. Other aunties took some candies, exchanged a few words of greeting, and then left as well. The family must have a lot to talk about when someone comes back home, it wouldn’t be considerate to keep bothering them at their house.

Once inside the house, Li Chunmei sized up Bai Xiao, “Xiao, you need to tell your godmother what exactly happened. Why are you working again? It’s such a pity not to continue at the university.” They had only heard a bit about this from Bai Yue, so no one really knew the details.

Bai Xiao pulled out an electronic watch to give to Liu Hong, then handed over a box of red ginseng to Li Chunmei, “Godmother, actually, it’s nothing serious. I’m working at a hospital, which is similar to being assigned a job after university graduation. Besides, our Dean also said he plans to arrange for me to go to Medical University to further my studies after summer. By then, I’ll still graduate from university; I promise to bring you a university diploma when I come back.

I was thinking, working at the hospital is somewhat better than Aviation University. With my weak physique, if I really went to train and fly airplanes, I probably couldn’t do it and would end up transferring to other ground jobs anyway. It’s better to work in the hospital.” She explained the pros and cons to Li Chunmei.

Li Chunmei still felt it was a pity, “I was thinking it’s not easy for you to get into a university, and if you don’t go, it really is a shame. But you said you can go to Medical University this year, that’s good too. If you become a doctor, like your dad and mom, healing the sick and saving lives, plus you have the family’s acupuncture skills, being a doctor in the future to save lives and help the wounded would indeed carry forward your parents’ expertise.” She glanced at the red ginseng as she held it.

“You’re a girl who has started to earn a bit of money; it’s not easy, so save it and don’t spend it recklessly. Your godfather and I are living in the village, young and without ailments; we can’t consume such expensive things. You’ll need money for many things out there.” But still, she held the ginseng preciously in her hands.

Liu Hong had already tried on the electronic watch and was beaming with joy.

“Mom, if you don’t want it, I do. This item is called an electronic watch, and I’ve seen many people in the county town have it. I heard it sells out as soon as it’s stocked, and this one costs more than twenty yuan.”

When Li Chunmei heard this, she was startled, “My goodness, it’s that expensive? We can’t accept it!”

Bai Xiao stopped Li Chunmei, “Godmother, it’s just a little token of my affection. If you don’t accept it, that’ll make me unhappy. I’m your goddaughter, and it’s only right for me to honor you with something, isn’t it?”

Li Chunmei was touched by these words and couldn’t help but laugh, “Look at you, you really talk like a university student—so smooth. All right, I’ll accept it this time, but you can’t do this again. If you bring things again, it means you don’t consider us as your godparents, do you hear me?”

“Yes, I hear you, godmother!” Bai Xiao cooed, hugging Li Chunmei.

Liu Hong, with the electronic watch on her wrist, came to whisper to Bai Xiao.

“You might not know, but that bastard Han Dazhi was sentenced to five years in prison. It really served him right.”

Bai Xiao wasn’t aware of this, but it indeed was a good thing that the scumbag got what he deserved.

“Godfather didn’t mess with the Han Family?”

Bai Xiao had long realized that although Liu Baoguo was a good man, he was also ruthless. If someone mistreated his daughter, it would be wrong not to seek revenge from their family.

Liu Hong’s lips curled in a smile, “You think my dad wouldn’t take action? Because the Han Family produced a criminal, my dad took back Han Dazhi’s land. Not only will they no longer receive relief funds, but they must still deliver the public grain according to the headcount. Han Dazhi’s mother caused a scene at our house once, and my uncle, Director Zhì B?o, took his men and seized all of their pigs.

The pig was slaughtered, and the meat was distributed to the whole village, except their family. My dad said that anyone who causes a ruckus and thinks they can be exempt from their duties by throwing tantrums and rolling on the ground is dreaming.

The sanctity of national policy cannot be violated. Anyone trying to evade or resist will face strict measures, and this is just the beginning.

Their second son still hopes to work in the county factory, right? He won’t pass the political vetting; my dad won’t stamp the approval. Their family has already produced a rapist, and they still dream of good fortune? That’s outrageous.” Liu Hong knew that her dad planned to deal with the Han Family slowly, with him as the village chief holding sway over them, they couldn’t hope to rise above.

In their rural community, if Liu Baoguo wanted to settle scores, he would do so slowly and painfully, and the Han Family would have their time to weep.

Bai Xiao figured that the old lady of the Han Family must be regretting everything by now. If she had known this would be the outcome, she might have wished her son had married Liu Hong instead.