Eat My Childless Life: The Little Fisher Girl is Poor and Fierce

Chapter 161 Yang Cuihua Exposes the Elder's Evil Deeds

Lin Er Taigong obviously didn't think that way. They weren't the only ones in the world who were exploiting the descendants of the deceased. The government had tried to deal with it before, but in the end, nothing came of it.

Besides, their clan was driven out of the village and had to find another place to make a living, so wouldn't they all need to spend money?

That family fortune is the best capital.

This is why he remains so assertive to this day.

Lin Er Taigong said, "Brother, it's a convention that has been in place for thousands of years, and it will be the same even if the county magistrate comes."

After saying that, he looked at Wu Qingfeng and said, "Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. My Lin family has been forced to the edge of a cliff. The county magistrate can try to suppress us with his power. At worst, we will all perish together."

A cold glint flashed in Wu Qingfeng's eyes. So, just like Changmei said, reason with reasonable people. As for troublemakers... ha, don't treat them like human beings.

Just as Wu Qingfeng was about to lash out, Lin Chang'er rebuked him first: "How dare you! You know my brother is the magistrate of Ninghai County, yet you still insult and threaten him to his face. Do you really think he wouldn't dare to help you?"

Turning to the county magistrate, he asked, "May I ask, Your Excellency, what is the punishment for disrespecting an official appointed by the imperial court?"

County Magistrate Li's face turned ashen. "According to the laws of this dynasty, anyone who insults an official appointed by the imperial court shall be punished with twenty strokes of the cane."

As soon as he finished speaking, a bailiff rushed in. "Sir, shall we proceed with the execution?"

Seeing the constables in their official uniforms glaring at him, Lin Er Taigong finally felt afraid. He stood up abruptly, sweat beading on his forehead. Twenty strokes of the cane would cripple him even if he didn't die. How could he talk about making a fortune again?

Lin San Taigong, being the quick-witted one, hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Gentlemen, my brother had a couple of sips of wine at noon and is currently drunk. What he said just now was just drunken talk."

"I would like to apologize on behalf of my elder brother and all the esteemed officials."

As he spoke, he lifted his long robe, knelt down on both knees, and bowed again.

Finally, he didn't forget to give Second Master Lin a meaningful look.

Second Master Lin was terrified, but First Master Lin scolded him, "If you're looking for death, don't drag the whole clan down with you."

Only then did he come to his senses, and no matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Grandfather Lin also bowed, saying, "Gentlemen, you are all of noble character. Please just consider my brother's words as nonsense and let him off the hook."

County Magistrate Li turned his face away from Zhu Zhubu and ignored him.

Wu Qingfeng didn't respond to his words, but said, "The reason I visited that day was not only because I was entrusted by my mentor to take care of my old friend, but also for another reason."

"Uncle Lin had considered adopting a boy before his death, so that someone would take care of his wife and daughters after his passing. However, he was afraid of raising an ungrateful child, so he asked his mentor for advice. Unfortunately, before the matter could be settled, Uncle Lin and his wife passed away."

"Since my mentor is unable to leave the capital, he has entrusted this matter to me. I originally intended to select a child of good character from the Lin clan and register him under Uncle Lin's name, but now it seems that the entire Lin clan cannot be entrusted with this task."

Lin Da, Lin Er, and Lin San looked at each other in bewilderment. Lin Houde had never mentioned this matter before, but it was indeed reasonable. It seemed that Lin Chang'er's family fortune was not going to be kept.

Yang Cuihua, however, sensed something else. She squeezed in front of Lin Da, Lin Er, and Lin San, saying, "Sir, if my brother-in-law wants to adopt a child, there's no need to look elsewhere. Naturally, he should choose from among our relatives first, and my eldest son is the most suitable..."

"Shut up!" Old Master Lin, unable to contain himself any longer, shouted angrily, "Stupid woman, how could my Lin clan have such a foolish woman as you?"

“You’re obsessed with money, have no vision, don’t know how to advise your husband, and don’t know how to raise your children. The Lin family is what it is today because of women like you.”

Yang Cuihua was shocked. When she met the cold eyes of Lin Da Taigong, fragments of her life in the Lin family over the years kept flashing through her mind, and tears involuntarily flowed from her eyes. "I have been married to Lin Houde for more than ten years, serving my parents-in-law, taking care of my children, and treating my husband as my heaven. How have I disgraced your Lin family?"

"Fine, I see now. Back when you were taking advantage of my husband, not one of you offered any advice. You all came up with ideas on how to make a clean break. Now that things have come to a head and you're looking for someone to take the blame, you're just dumping it all on us."

"There's no such thing as a free lunch."

As she spoke, she knelt down in front of Wu Qingfeng, "My lord, I have something to report. When Chang'er's parents passed away, my husband, a farmer, had no guts to eat the offspring of a childless woman."

"It was Lin Er Taigong who found my husband and encouraged him. He said that my brother-in-law had been away for so many years and must have a lot of wealth. He also said that Chang'er was too young to keep her. He put it in a tone that suggested that his own brother should take over instead of someone else."

"After taking over my brother-in-law's property, 70% of it was taken by the clan, leaving only 30% in our family."

"Afterwards, Grandfather Lin said that in order to avoid any unforeseen problems, Chang'er should not be allowed to stay in the clan for a long time. So he asked Grandfather Lin to find a wealthy old man and have my husband sell Chang'er to him as a concubine."

"Later, Han Yue set his sights on Gu Sanlang's pension money. Chang'er went to argue with him. Lin Er Taigong and Lin San Taigong were afraid that Chang'er would not get the better of them and would go to the county government to seek justice. So they instigated my son to stop her halfway. During the argument, Chang'er rolled down the hillside and was left barely alive."

"That's not all. Fearing that Chang'er might cause a big fuss when she wakes up and implicate them, I had my eldest daughter find a family in town to arrange a ghost marriage for Chang'er."

"On that day, we led our men to storm the door, intending to kill them regardless of whether they were alive or dead."

She glared hatefully at Lin Da, Lin Er, and Lin San, saying, "My family has done a lot of bad things, but if we really want to talk about who is the worst, it's these few old men in the Lin family who look like they're doing something nice."

"He calls himself some kind of bullshit elder, but nothing he's done is human."

Suddenly, he stood up and shouted towards the door, "Everyone says that our Lin family is the most prosperous family in Linshui Village, right? Do you know how we got this prosperity?"

"They keep cursing the stupid woman, but their good life is obtained by selling the daughters of poor families in the clan to brothels from time to time."

"Everyone must be very curious as to why, over the years, our Lin family has always lost a few girls from time to time. It's because these girls have all been sold off, and the money from selling the girls is used to appease the families who lost their girls."

"They're completely unaware, and they have to be grateful to them. Everyone, come and see! Look at the faces of these heartless scumbags who eat people alive..."

As soon as Yang Cuihua finished speaking, the area outside erupted in noise again.

"My God, I never would have guessed that the elders of the Lin clan could do something like this."

"Wait a minute, the Lin family isn't the only one in our village that has lost girls, is it?"

"Those girls wouldn't..."

As they discussed this, villagers from other surnames all turned their attention to their clan elders.

The clan elders of those surnames felt that those old fogies from the Lin family had not only brought trouble upon themselves, but had also caused them to be suspected by their own clansmen.

What bad luck!