The people quickly left, and in the Lin Family courtyard, apart from the family of three, only Liu You, Fifth Aunt, and Chunya remained.
Fifth Aunt helped Lin Xiang to support Mrs. Lin into the room and let her lie down on the bed.
Seeing Lin Xiang with a cold face, Mrs. Lin couldn’t help but say, "I know you’re angry, and I’m angry too. Those sisters-in-law from the Wang Family are really sothing else. But the Wang Family is powerful; even the team leader doesn’t want to offend them. We may have had a mont of satisfaction today, but what about afterward? As long as we live in the Li Hua Team, we can’t keep harping on this issue."
The Wang Family has five brothers, and Wang Xing’s father is the fourth.
Except for Wang the Fifth who beca a son-in-law in town, each of Wang Da, Wang Er, and Wang San had two sons and a daughter, which ans the Wang Family has four brothers in one generation, and six brothers and four sisters in the next.
In the Li Hua Team, the Wang Family is the largest household with the most males, and the brothers are very united, and the sisters-in-law all listen to Aunt Wang, which has led to the Wang Family’s "overlord" status in the Li Hua Team. Generally, people rarely dare to provoke their family, or else they would face the entire Wang Family’s targeting.
The team leader chose to keep the peace today partly for this reason.
Lin Xiang felt a mix of emotions.
She tucked the quilt in for Mrs. Lin, "Mom, please rest early, I’ll go check on my brother."
Mrs. Lin held Lin Xiang’s hand, "Girl, do you bla mom for being weak and stopping you earlier?"
Lin Xiang covered Mrs. Lin’s hand with her own and forced a smile, "How could that be? I know your intentions are for my good. If I thoroughly offended the Wang Family today, it would be inconvenient for us to do anything in the future. I just want to check on my brother’s condition, just now, he and Brother Liu You, the two of them, couldn’t beat the six brothers of the Wang Family; I wonder if they’re hurt."
"Alright then, go have a look, and if they’re injured, tend to them."
"Fifth Aunt, could you please keep my mom company and talk to her for a bit?"
"Don’t worry, I’ll be here with her."
After Lin Xiang left, Fifth Aunt sighed, "Our family is just that—since our parents died early, the brothers split up early, or else if this happened today, we would have had to support you guys no matter what."
Mrs. Lin pursed her lips, "Oh please, saying that can’t even fool yourself! The people of the Lin Family, aside from you and Fifth Brother, everyone else is nothing but trouble. I wouldn’t even hope for support, as long as they don’t join the Wang Family in bullying us, the widowed mother and orphans, I’ll thank the heavens!"
Fifth Aunt didn’t know how to respond.
Because indeed, the Lin Family wasn’t as united as the Wang Family.
However, Mrs. Lin did co to a realization, that a household needs a son.
Just today, if it weren’t for Lin Yun blocking in front, the Wang Family would have barged in.
Their house is so small, they can’t really hide a person, and Aunt Wang insisted on barging in, as if she had so purpose.
But they don’t have anything valuable in their house, so what could they...
No, wait!
"My fabric, I must quickly check on my fabric!"
Mrs. Lin, ignoring her physical pain, turned over off the bed, opened the drawer of the chest of drawers, and seeing the neatly stacked pieces of fabric inside, finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly closed the drawer again.
"Fifth Aunt, it’s getting late today, you should take Chunya ho to rest, I’m fine now."
"Alright. I’ll co back tomorrow to see you, sister-in-law, you rest early too."
By this ti, Lin Xiang had already reached the woodshed.
Liu You hadn’t left, and the two brothers sat together, gritting their teeth and grimacing.
"Thanks for today. If it weren’t for you, I really couldn’t have handled the six brothers of the Wang Family."
Liu You rolled his eyes, "As if we won with there. But the Wang Family is really sothing else, aren’t they just blatantly bullying people? What, because they have more people, they don’t take us seriously?"
Lin Yun pressed his lips, his brow slightly furrowed, his eyes betraying a hint of struggle, lost in thought.
He only relaxed his brow when he heard a knock on the door.
"Brother, Brother Liu You, are you alright?"
Liu You shook his hand, "Luckily, it’s winter, and we’re wearing thick clothes, so although we took a few blows, there’s nothing besides the pain."
He slowly stood up, "Well then, I’ll head ho first. Girl, try to talk so sense into your brother, he was just saying how he failed to protect you and auntie, blaming himself."
Lin Xiang nodded, escorting Liu You to the front gate, "Brother Liu You, thank you for today."
"With my relationship with your brother, what’s there to thank? Don’t be so polite. Alright, rest early, I’m heading off."
After Liu You left, Lin Xiang went out to find Wang Xing and Yang Lihua.
Yang Lihua was compliant, keeping Wang Xing from confronting the Wang Family.
When Lin Xiang arrived, Wang Xing slapped herself across the face, two quick and forceful slaps that Yang Lihua couldn’t stop.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xiang said with resignation, "This isn’t your fault; don’t take it to heart."
"But... but if it weren’t for helping , you and auntie wouldn’t have been bullied by them. Girl, I... I’m cowardly, I’m sorry to you..."
If she had genuinely wanted to rush out, Yang Lihua couldn’t have stopped her.
She just stayed because she really didn’t want to choose that path.
Lin Xiang understood Wang Xing’s thoughts imdiately and empathized with her.
"Let’s not talk about this. You stay over in our main room tonight, and head to town before dawn, just as we planned."
Wang Xing nodded, expressing her understanding, and quietly asked, "When I et with the leadership, should I ntion that you were bullied by the Wang Family?"
"Huh?" Lin Xiang looked at Wang Xing, "Why did you think to tell the leadership about that?"
Wang Xing awkwardly smiled, "I just thought, with you already being known to the leadership, they would definitely stand up for you if the Wang Family bullied you."
If the leadership stood up for Lin Xiang, her leverage would increase.
Wang Xing was embarrassed to voice her deepest thoughts but genuinely wanted to seek justice for Lin Xiang.
Lin Xiang shook her head, "You don’t need to ntion to the leadership; just stick to our original plan."
Once it involves her, the whole thing would change.
At least, it shouldn’t be Wang Xing to speak of how she was bullied by the Wang Family.
However, not letting Wang Xing speak doesn’t an the matter is over.
Since Lin Xiang isn’t soone who lets herself suffer losses.
"Lihua, you should head ho early too, so your parents don’t worry."
"Mm-hm, I’ll co back tomorrow to see you guys."
Lin Xiang took Wang Xing back to her own ho, rearranged the kitchen stools together for her to make do for the night.
Just after settling Wang Xing, Fifth Aunt ca knocking.
"I dug out a bottle of rcurochro from ho, use it later to apply on your mom’s wounds, and let your brother use so too."
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