Chapter 100: The Control Group for the Farm Family’s Lucky Baby – 10

Ren Xin returned home and happily told Mother Ren, “Mother, I earned some silver! That sucker is really loaded~”

Mother Ren was tilling the soil in the backyard. Hearing this, she asked with some surprise, “How much did you make? Just keep it for yourself!”

“A hundred taels!”

Mother Ren lost her composure and shrieked, “You said how much?”

“A hundred taels~~”

Mother Ren muttered to herself, “That really is a sucker. What did you do with him? How did you earn this silver?”

“He asked me to take him up the mountain. I said he had to pay for it, he named a price, and I agreed.”

Mother Ren: “…” How is that any different from money blowing in the wind?

It was the truth, but she still hoped there would be more fools like him.

Once Mother Ren snapped out of it, she immediately declared, “I take back what I said earlier. Mother will keep this silver safe for you!” Having said that, she reached out her hand toward Ren Xin.

The ginseng felt a pang of distress at the thought of giving things away, but she still had to hand it over obediently. Her mother’s beatings really hurt.

Book Spirit Number One: “Host, look at it this way. Even though you’re handing over the silver, you saved the ginseng you were going to contribute. Isn’t that a win?”

Ren Xin thought about it. “But it all could have been mine!”

“Am I just unable to talk sense into you?”

Unless the ginseng figured it out for herself, this would remain a knot in her heart.

“You’re actually quite fragile!”

“You bet I am!!”

The news that Ren Xin had earned a hundred taels of silver from Lu Jinghuan spread through the village. Beyond envy, there was pure jealousy, which began to leak into people’s tone when they spoke.

Mother Ren was by no means good-tempered. she blasted everyone indiscriminately, leaving them questioning their very existence.

“I think my mother is the real female lead!”

Book Spirit Number One asked uncertainly, “Then is your father the male lead?”

Ren Xin looked back at her greasy father, who was still covered in pig blood, and sighed. “In the end, it’s a beautiful flower planted in cow dung¹!”

Father Ren: “???” What did his daughter’s look just now mean?

Zhang Qingmei had been constantly sucking up to Lu Jinghuan, and the Zhang Family didn’t stop her. However, regarding the fact that Ren Xin could earn silver so easily, they expressed that Zhang Qingmei was simply too useless.

“Didn’t they say the third brother’s Qingmei has great luck? Mother pampers her so much, but look what happened. The Ren Family still ended up with the silver,” the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhang Family said disdainfully.

The second daughter-in-law also curled her lip. “The third brother’s wife was putting on airs with me just a few days ago. She should look at what her own daughter is worth. Would a man like that even look at her? What kind of mother is she, watching her own daughter throw herself at a man? If it doesn’t work out in the future, how will the girl ever get married?”

“The third brother’s whole household is a bunch of fools!”

Zhang Qingmei overheard this. She marched forward to argue, demanding they apologize.

Neither of the Zhang daughters-in-law were pushovers. An apology was impossible, but they were more than happy to deliver a tongue-lashing.

A chaotic scuffle broke out among them. When Zhang Qingmei’s mother heard the noise and came out, she saw her daughter being beaten but didn’t step forward to help. She just stood aside anxiously calling for people, asking everyone to lend a hand!

Hearing the commotion, Ren Xin climbed up the wall and watched with great interest.

They say rural dramas are the best for a reason. Their mouths and hands were both busy—a double-hit combo. Zhang Qingmei was in trouble!!

Father and Mother Ren joined Ren Xin in the same pose to watch the battle, and other villagers came running to see the excitement.

It wasn’t until Zhang Qingmei spotted Lu Jinghuan standing in the crowd that the steely resolve she had maintained through gritted teeth instantly crumbled. She was a transmigrator; what was wrong with liking someone? These damned, wretched family members.

A hateful light gleamed in Zhang Qingmei’s eyes, which even Ren Xin, who was just watching the show, could sense.

In the end, the grandmother of the Zhang Family stepped in to stop it. She sided with Zhang Qingmei and scolded the three daughters-in-law for their lack of discipline.

The crowd dispersed, everyone whispering about the fight they had just witnessed. Lu Jinghuan frowned as if deep in thought and followed the flow of people back toward the Village Head’s house.

Ren Xin smacked her lips, thinking the whole thing had been quite entertaining.

Translator’s Notes