Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 68: Who Said We Wouldn’t Come Back?

A Qiu scratched the back of his head, truly a bit confused.

He went wearing coarse hemp clothing, plain and simple, but now upon returning...

His third sister-in-law seemed fine, wearing a somewhat new-looking light pink jacket, but his third brother, in this fluffy cloak with a hat, looked so warm that it made people envious...

"Third Brother, have you struck it rich?"

The young man quickly thought optimistically, and his eyes sparkled.

Li Qingmu smiled and shook his head, reaching out to touch his brother’s head: "No, just ran into some situations."

"Oh..."

A Qiu blinked repeatedly, staring at the two of them; clearly, he didn’t quite believe the ’ran into some situations’ response.

"Come, I’ll tell you slowly on the way."

This was at the village entrance, with some distance still to the Li family home, so Li Qingmu tugged his brother’s hand and walked forward.

His right hand held a heater, feeling his brother’s hand was quite cold, then gave him the heater.

"Wow, it’s so hot, so warm, Third Brother, you’re really great!"

Meanwhile, over at the Li family, Mrs. Wang kept peering out, and as soon as the door opened, the cold wind swept in, freezing Zhang Meihua who cursed irritably: "What the heck are you looking at? Can you see a flower blooming? Shut the door quickly, haven’t you seen dad coughing? You clueless woman!"

"I’m just checking if A Qiu’s back yet. It’s mealtime, we can’t just keep waiting if he doesn’t come."

"Humph, just two buns, eat them if you want. I’m not interested!"

Zhang Meihua snorted, looking at the few dried vegetables and buns on the table unhappily. Previously, while recovering, with Long Yue in charge, meals were much better, and she got picky. What she didn’t mind before, now she found hard to swallow.

"Oh!" Mrs. Wang sighed, a bit depressed, "How come the third brother and sister aren’t back yet? The third sister-in-law went looking for the third brother, if found they should’ve returned, if not found, should’ve returned anyway, it’s been almost four months..."

Mrs. Wang claimed she was worried about why they hadn’t returned, but actually hoped Long Yue would come back so they could eat better.

Long Yue had been gone three months, and mother had taken control of the household again, now the home situation was... beyond words!

"Who knows, perhaps he didn’t pass the exam, spent all the money, and they’re begging along the street, too ashamed to come home, so they just chose not to return!"

Zhang Meihua’s sarcastic words brought an inexplicable sense of comfort, how come Li Qingmu’s misfortune made her happy? She herself didn’t know her own mindset!

Well, it’s good they don’t return!

"Mom, if they don’t come back, I think we should divide the two medicine fields after the New Year. I’ve had someone estimate, after maturing, those fields can bring several taels of silver..."

Saying this, Zhang Meihua’s eyes sparkled.

Even if she couldn’t get it all, getting half would bring in over ten taels of silver a year, wouldn’t that be delightful?

Mrs. Li Zhou could see her intentions a mile away, her face immediately turned sour: "Divide what? Your father and I are still here, now you’re thinking about splitting the family? No manners!"

"Mom, we’re not talking about splitting the family. These two fields were initially opened by the third sister-in-law, anyway my husband’s contribution is undeniable. Now they’re not coming back, shouldn’t we claim our share, how’s that not proper? It’s perfectly reasonable, right?"

Zhang Meihua spoke triumphantly, thinking her argument was indisputable, would get the fields swiftly, only to hear a cold chuckle at the door: "Second sister-in-law, who are you saying won’t come back?"

"Who else? That little brat..."

Zhang Meihua, caught in the moment, answered promptly upon being asked, but turned around and saw who was at the door, and she was suddenly thrown.

"Oh, it’s Third Sister-in-law... heh, how come you’re back?"

Being caught bad-mouthing someone was humiliating, especially since this person wasn’t someone to mess with, the sort who’d wield a knife and bash heads against walls. Zhang Meihua had suffered under her before, knowing she wasn’t her match, now panicked.

"Second sister-in-law hasn’t answered me, who won’t come back?"

Long Yue stepped inside, moving very slowly, each step seemingly stomping on hearts. Faced with Long Yue’s piercing gaze, Zhang Meihua stepped back repeatedly and faltered: "Well... Third Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law got carried away, don’t take it to heart..."

"Then if I punch second sister-in-law, don’t take it to heart either?"

"Hey, Third Sister-in-law, we can’t talk like this, my concern was you might not come back, no one to tend the medicine field..."

"So you were planning to divide up the medicine field while we’re away, weren’t you?"

"Third Sister-in-law, that’s unfair talk! The medicine field was opened by my husband and big brother together, even if it gets divided there’s no issue, right?"

Although Zhang Meihua was initially timid and scared, thinking of the prospect of gaining over ten taels of silver pumped up her courage, stubbornly defending her stance.

Long Yue sneered, it seemed that without her presence, Zhang Meihua reverted to her arrogance, really in need of correction!

"There is a problem, a big problem!" Long Yue said with a cold face, speaking while walking in, "These two acres of land are mine, you have no authority to divide them!"

"That land was opened by my husband and big brother, it doesn’t seem you and your husband contributed at all, how do you have no authority? Look at you, is this land really yours?"

"Second sister-in-law nailed it, this land is indeed mine!"

"Nonsense!"

There was a moment of silence in the room, then second sister-in-law Zhang Meihua erupted, spat at Long Yue, and cursed: "You little tramp, talking nonsense? This land has always belonged to the Li family, when did it become yours? Really didn’t see you’re so shameless, fabricating tales effortlessly, oh my, I regret letting you run the household, I must have been blind as a dog!"

Zhang Meihua went off noisily, Mrs. Wang also felt Long Yue’s words were excessive but considering her son relied on Long Yue to attend school, remained diplomatic, pondering for a moment before cautiously asking: "Third Sister-in-law, did you find Third Brother?"