Reborn Spicy Little Wife

Chapter 542 Luo Feng's Ambition (1)

At Luo Baiwan's house, Bai Xi stood by the window, looking at the towering flames in the northwest with some dissatisfaction. "It took you so long to make a move, you useless cowards!"

The thought of leaving with Luo Ning tomorrow made her feel much better.

The villagers, who had already gone to bed, were woken up and discovered that Grandma Luo's house was on fire. They rushed to put out the fire.

Hearing the commotion from Li Laoguai's house, many people peeked inside to watch the drama unfold.

Old Li dragged Li Teng out and explained to everyone, "This bastard beat his daughter-in-law, I'm enforcing family discipline!"

Li Teng struggled twice in dissatisfaction, then angrily lowered his head.

He thought he was a king, until he encountered that dagger...

Zhang Wanhua hunched her neck and watched from the side and behind, tacitly agreeing with Li Laoguai's words.

No one saw Li Laoguai's daughter-in-law; they could only hear her sobbing.

The onlookers completely believed Li Laoguai's story and even invited him to go to Grandma Luo's house to watch the excitement.

By the time onlookers arrived, the house was almost completely burned down.

The old house was already badly corroded and couldn't withstand the intense heat of the fire.

Grandma Luo sat on the ground, slapping her thigh, and wailed in a drawn-out tone, tears streaming down her face, "My God, how are we supposed to live now!"

The two brothers, Luo and his brother, stood behind their elderly mother, looking as if they had been boiled, covered in ashes left from the fire and in a very disheveled state.

The younger children, including Luo Feng, had tears in their eyes and were trembling with their arms wrapped around themselves.

Unable to bear the sight, many bystanders brought blankets from home and draped them over the children.

Luo Hai's mother was the first to be affected.

Now that our family is better off, we don't just have one quilt anymore. We all live in the same village and are related by marriage, so we help each other out whenever we can.

However, this little bit of help was clearly not what Old Lady Luo wanted. She led the Luo family in staging a dramatic scene on a bleak autumn night, portraying themselves as homeless, destitute, and wishing they were dead.

However, the villagers forcefully stopped them, arguing that the village would surely take care of such a serious matter.

Grandma Luo saw hope and gradually calmed down.

Luo Feng lowered her head, shivering from the cold. Thinking that she could go to Luo Ning's house tonight, a kind of ambition was growing wildly in her heart.

"The village chief is here!" someone shouted, and everyone turned to look.

Wang Tiejun had just gone to bed when he heard commotion in the village. He put on a coat and got up to check, only to find that the fire had started again.

This year's severe drought has brought dry weather and scorching heat.

"Tiejun, you've come at the right time. What do you think we should do about this?" Uncle Qi stepped out from the crowd, looking worried.

Wang Tiejun glanced at the Luo family, who were on the verge of collapse.

The sacks around me, and the houses engulfed in flames behind me, made my head spin.

"Why wasn't the fire put out?"

Luo Lao Er's face was contorted with bitterness, his forehead lined with wrinkles, looking every bit like an old farmer struggling to sell his produce.

"The road repairs during the day were exhausting, and my third brother and I were sleeping soundly and didn't notice anything. By the time we realized what was happening, we were too busy trying to escape. The fire was too big to be contained. My third brother and I forced our way in and managed to salvage some food! We almost lost our lives!"

"This family is old and young, how are they going to survive? Village chief, you have to do us justice!" Luo Laosan cried from the side.

The onlookers nodded in agreement, saying that it was quite pitiful for Lao Luo, who had elderly parents and young children to support.

Grandma Luo shook her head, her face full of disapproval. "Third son, how can you be so inconsiderate? There are so many people in the village who need to be taken care of. If the village chief makes this request, things will get out of hand. Let's not trouble the village chief. Let's handle our own affairs!"

Her righteous words and her noble awareness of thinking of the village impressed the villagers.

Wang Tiejun stroked his chin, a cold smile playing on his lips.

Last time in the ancestral hall, when Luo Ning was dealing with Luo Juan, this old woman knelt down and begged Seventh Uncle to prevent Luo Juan from being drowned.

Luo Juan didn't die; she managed to keep the dowry money the Qi family had given her, but Luo Ning shattered her illusions.

Luo Ning married Luo Juan to Er Laizi, which meant the bride price was lost again.

Returning the bride price felt like tearing her own flesh, so she set her sights on Luo Ning, arranging for Qi Gao to marry the already married Luo Ning.

Luckily, he had a brain, otherwise he would have actually believed Old Lady Luo's righteous nonsense.

"Since the Luo family is so understanding and righteous, then let's do it this way!"

Grandma Luo reached out her hand, forcefully stopping Wang Tiejun from turning around.

"I mean, we shouldn't cause trouble for the village. We can handle our own family matters. The houses of the eldest son and Luo Ning are empty and there's enough room for us. They're both busy, so we can look after their houses for them."

We're family, so let's not talk like outsiders. We don't need to ask them for money or anything; just giving them food is enough.

Grandma Luo's words made the onlookers curl their lips in disapproval; this was too clever a scheme.

They thought Old Lady Luo had changed her ways, but it turns out she's still the same old jerk.

"Now they've finally shown their true colors," Wang Tiejun sneered.

Once these wolves move into Uncle's and Luo Ning's houses, they will never come out.

Not only did they hoard the food, but they also wanted money. They're utterly shameless!

"Where did you get the food? My family is so poor we have nothing to eat!" Luo Baiwan squeezed forward from the back of the crowd and stood next to Wang Tiejun.

"Boss, you're here." When Old Lady Luo saw Luo Baiwan, it was like seeing glittering grain and money.

She wiped away her tears and began to complain about being poor, "Eldest brother, I raised you with my own hands and feet, and now my house has burned down. You can't just abandon me and your brother. No matter how close children are, they are not as close as brothers."

In the end, we are family. What does the Liu family have to do with you? You care so much about them, but you don't care about my life or death.

I won't hold any of this against you, and I've never caused you any trouble, but you should know your place. Don't let the villagers talk behind your back and say you're unfilial!

"That old hag," Wang Tiejun unconsciously clenched his fist, "she's using this trick to kidnap the old man again."

Isn't that enough after all these years?

Uncle, you need to wake up. If you bring them to your home, be careful Luo Ning turns on you, and you won't have a good time either.

Luo Baiwan lowered his head, his eyes filled with endless sorrow, as the difficult days of the past flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern.

The images of Yu Laidi's enslavement, the shoes given by Seventh Uncle, and my sister kneeling in the snow begging for a bowl of rice porridge for him linger in my mind...

His sister was kidnapped, and Grandma Luo suddenly took pity on him and gave him some meat. That was the first time he had ever eaten meat since he could remember. His father also started to care about him.

After his father passed away, he, a young child, was treated like a pig or a dog by Old Lady Luo.

He barely grew up with the help of his seventh uncle, but he had to shoulder the burden of the family because of his father's dying wish.

Later, he got married and had to support that whole family, help Luo Lao Er and Luo Lao San get married, and raise that whole family. In the end, what became of him?

Luo Juan had thugs rob Daya on the road in an attempt to ruin her reputation, and then Old Lady Luo used her to force Luo Juan to marry into the Qi family.

Luo Jing was abducted by Old Lady Luo and Luo Juan, and she secretly took any good food to feed them, which resulted in Old Lady Luo arranging a ghost marriage for her.

Forty years have passed in the blink of an eye. Old Mrs. Luo has grown very old, her back hunched, her body thin and bony. Standing before him, she looked timid and weak, like a candle flickering in the wind, so pitiful...

At the west end of the village, in front of a corn stack, a man was muttering, "Arrest Liu Aihong immediately and hide her in the mountains."

A furtive dark figure emerged from the corn stalks and headed east.