Chapter 16: Take Care of the Whole Family of Troublemakers First

At the same time,
In a small courtyard with a bungalow,

Widow Liu brought out two enamel cups filled with cold water and smiled:
“Brother Lin, here’s some water for you and Dawei. You must be thirsty after the trip.”

Lin Dawei smiled and took the cups.
“Thank you.”

Widow Liu glanced curiously at his legs.
“Brother Lin, what happened to your legs?”

Lin Dawei replied,
“Oh, there was a break-in at home last night. I was accidentally hurt by the thief. It’s nothing serious, just needs a few days to heal.”

Widow Liu’s face looked a little complicated:
“Your daughter Xiaodou also broke her leg a while ago. How come both you and your daughter broke legs…”

“All accidents,” Lin Dawei awkwardly laughed twice, then explained his purpose:
“My daughter Xiaodou’s leg is almost healed. When do you think would be a good time for the marriage between her and your son?”

“No rush,” Widow Liu raised her eyebrows, “I still want to think it over.”

Lin Dawei quickly asked,
“Do you have any concerns?”

“Since you asked, I’ll be honest.”

Widow Liu looked him in the eyes and said:
“I heard some things about your daughter Lin Xiaodou. There was a big commotion at your home last night, but she seemed totally unaware?”

Although her son wasn’t very bright, he was still her biological child and she wouldn’t disdain him.

But when it came to choosing a daughter-in-law, it was different.

The other party had to be smart and capable so that the next generation wouldn’t have problems.

Lin Dawei’s face froze for a moment and he explained:
“My daughter overslept last night and didn’t know what was going on. There’s no other problem, you can rest assured.”

“I see…” Widow Liu hesitated a bit.

Just then,

A woman wearing a big red flower and dressed all in red came in.

She was the matchmaker Wang whom Lin Dawei met at the hospital earlier that day.

She greeted Lin Dawei and then hinted to Widow Liu,

Saying she had been outside all day, but no one was willing to marry their daughter to a fool.

At first, the high bride price of 300 yuan did attract many people,

But once they heard the fool had beaten one wife to death and crippled another, no one spoke up anymore.

It wasn’t hard to understand.

Only those who truly didn’t care about their daughters would marry them off to such a family.

The Old Lin family was that kind of people.

Widow Liu’s face darkened when she heard what Matchmaker Wang said.

At that moment, the fool suddenly ran out of the house, waving a kitchen knife.

Shouting loudly, “Mom, I want a wife! I want a wife to play with me!”

He wore a gray short-sleeve shirt, covered in mud all over, even his face was smeared.

His behavior looked about like a two- or three-year-old child.

“Son, why are you playing with a kitchen knife? Give it to me!”

Widow Liu quickly stood up and grabbed the knife from her foolish son’s hand.

Lin Dawei and Lin Xiaowei exchanged a glance, both surprised.

Though Matchmaker Wang had said the fool had some mental issues, they assumed he could at least take care of daily life.

Now seeing this, he was truly a complete fool who didn’t understand anything.

“No! That’s mine! You can’t take it!”

The fool punched Widow Liu in the face, snatched the knife back, then kicked her several times.

While kicking, he shouted viciously, “I told you to give it! I told you! You bad thing!”

Widow Liu lay on the ground, groaning.

“Oh son, be careful not to hurt yourself with the knife…”

Even after this, she still cared if her son was okay.

Naturally, she was a mother who spoiled her son.

Seeing this, Lin Xiaowei was dumbfounded.

But then he thought about Lin Xiaodou marrying this fool and felt relieved.

The dead girl wasn’t the only one crazy—two crazies together, let’s see who can beat whom.

Lin Dawei’s eyes flickered beside them.

When he originally decided to let his daughter marry the fool, he still felt a little reluctant inside.

But that little reluctance was completely shattered by Lin Xiaodou’s fuss last night.

Now, even seeing the fool act so violently, he felt nothing at all.

As long as he got the bride price money in hand, he didn’t care about anything else.

After kicking Widow Liu a few times, the fool lost interest and ran outside with the kitchen knife to catch chickens.

Widow Liu went back inside to tidy up a bit, then came out and directly said,
“Brother Lin, let’s discuss the marriage of the two children…”

………

That night.

Father Lin and Lin Dawei returned home with happy expressions.

Mother Lin had just come back from the hospital after getting stitches.

Seeing the two, she began to complain about what happened in the evening,
“That damn girl is really unruly; I really can’t stand it anymore!”

Father Lin patted her hand,
“Don’t worry, she’ll be leaving this home soon enough…”

Father Lin glanced toward the corner storage room and gave his wife a knowing look.

“Come, let’s go back to the room, I’ll explain it to you slowly…”

No one noticed a small creature jump down from the wheelchair and dash into the storage room.

Inside the room, Lin Xiaodou had just finished eating in the space (secret space).

Seeing Jump Jump come back, she put it on her palm and entered the space with it.

Once inside, Jump Jump immediately started clawing and complaining.

“Chirp chirp chirp!!!”

“You said that fool is very scary, that he might kill someone with the kitchen knife?”

…..

“Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!”

“You said my dad won’t let me marry openly and arranged for someone to kidnap me at midnight and send me straight to the fool’s home?”

……

“Chirp~~~”

“You asked what ‘the rice is cooked’ means? Oh, it means once the rice is cooked it can be eaten, and it’s eaten completely.”

“Chirp!”

“That’s the explanation, I can’t tell you anything else, it’s not suitable for kids to know!”

“Chirp!”

The fluffy little thing turned around angrily, leaving only its back.

Lin Xiaodou only took out a fresh piece of beef to coax it.

Jump spiders can eat many kinds of food—both insects and meat.

In the afternoon, Lin Xiaodou fed it some beef, which the little thing liked a lot.

Sensing the familiar smell, Jump Jump immediately calmed down.

While nibbling the delicious food, it resumed its complaints.

In the end, amidst the rapid waving of Jump Jump’s fluffy paws,

Lin Xiaodou learned the whole story.

It turned out that Father Lin and Lin Dawei had gone to Widow Liu’s house to discuss marrying her son to Lin Xiaodou.

Widow Liu had originally said that in a few days, both families would hold a banquet wedding.

But Father Lin said it wasn’t necessary.

He said that since Lin Xiaodou was stubborn and might cause trouble, he wanted to knock her out and tie her up at midnight.

Once she was “cooked rice” with the fool, everything would be settled.

Widow Liu readily agreed to Father Lin’s suggestion.

As long as Lin Xiaodou married her son, she didn’t care how it happened.

The two even discussed details and agreed to carry it out the next night.

Lin Xiaodou listened with a complicated expression.

A secret meeting with the fool at midnight?

Wasn’t Father Lin openly ruining her reputation?

Of course, he was a vindictive old dog.

She had planned to do some exploring in the black market next.

Well, that trip was on hold.

First, she would take care of this whole bunch of troublemakers!