"En." Huo Li replied softly.

"Old Huo, I heard that your wife is cooking today. I'm already used to your wife's cooking, so I won't be eating here, but since we are from the same village, if you need help, I will definitely come. After all, I used to have a good relationship with your wife, right?"

Lai Wengui walked up and said these words. After he finished speaking, his face even revealed a mocking smile.

Huo Li glanced at him: "No need."

"Oh, you still mind what happened between me and your wife? Anyway, you're also an adult, you can't be so stingy. Don't you want help? Then you can count on me."

After Lai Wengui finished talking, he was ready to put his hand on Huo Li's shoulder.

But he didn't expect that when his hand was about to touch Huo Li's shoulder, a tearing pain came from his wrist.

"Hand! My hand is about to break! Let go! Ah!"

The more Lai Wengui shouted, the more nasty his mouth became and Huo Li's grip grew even stronger.

At this moment, the few people standing to the side all became anxious.

Old Hu immediately regretted it. As expected, he shouldn't have spoken of this matter in front of Lai Wengui yesterday. Now that things had turned out like this, he had done wrong as well. Old Hu hastily stepped forward to persuade him.

"Old Huo, just let him go. His mouth has always been nasty as we all know. You shouldn't be too fussy about it. Work is more important today."

"That's right, that's right. Lai Wengui's mouth only knows how to say silly things. Old Huo, you better not get angry. We are all from the same village, just forget it." The one who spoke was Guo Dan Er's father.

Hearing the commotion outside, Lin Xiaoye immediately went to the door. When she saw that there were already quite a few people gathered in front of their courtyard, she immediately went up to take a look and discovered that Huo Li was teaching someone a lesson.

Furthermore, that person was even Lai Wengui. It seems that Lai Wengui still wants to climb onto a tiger's head and behave atrociously. Now, he knew the power of her Old Huo, right?

As she looked at Lai Wengui's pleading face, Lin Xiaoye felt extremely happy in her heart. She couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Hearing that, Lai Wengui hurriedly looked over. "Xiaoye, Xiaoye, quick, come over here and help me. Tell your stinky husband to quickly let go of Laozi's hands. Laozi's hands are about to break, ah…"

Huo Li tried even harder and the pain made the sweat on Lai Wengui's forehead drop.

Once everyone saw Lin Xiaoye come out, they looked at Huo Li, then at Lin Xiaoye. At this moment, everyone started to look forward to whether Lin Xiaoye would help Huo Li or Lai Wengui.

As for Huo Li, he was also looking at Lin Xiaoye. However, he couldn't see any emotion in her eyes, nor could he see her thoughts.

Lin Xiaoye walked in front of Lai Wengui with a smile on her face.

"Does it hurt?"

Lai Wengui hurriedly nodded his head. His entire face distorted with pain.

Lin Xiaoye smiled: "I'm not the one who has the final say in our family. You have to ask Old Huo about this, who told you to offend him? I don't care. If you ask for a detour, go beg him."

After saying that, Lin Xiaoye turned around and went to pack up things. Later, when they had to do some work in a while, there were a lot of things that needed to be tidied up.

Seeing that, the people at the side were all stunned as they watched Lin Xiaoye walk away confidently.

Even Old Hu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

After dying once, it was as if she had become a completely different person!

In the past, who didn't know that the person she liked was Lai Wengui? All day long, she was like a dog skin plaster, wanting to paste onto Lai Wengui's body. Now what? If this isn't called heartless, then what is it?

As he thought about it, he glanced at Huo Li's strong body, then at Lai Wengui's thin body, he then understood something.

After that, Lin Xiaoye took out all of the tools.

"Come on, everything is ready. Why don't you all take a look and see what is still lacking?"

Hearing that, Huo Li left Lai Wengui alone and the rest of them followed Huo Li to stand in front of Lin Xiaoye.

Old Hu looked at the things on the ground and said, "Old Huo, you are really thoughtful. Don't worry, I've already gathered all the needed things yesterday. We can start working now."

With Old Hu coming forward, a lot of things did make Lin Xiaoye feel a lot more at ease.

"Alright, then I will go and prepare some food and drinks for you all. Let's all eat lunch here later. Oh right, when will Hu Sister-in-Law come?"

"I'm here!"

Speak of the devil and the devil shall arrive. Hu Sister-in-Law walked over happily carrying a basket.

Lin Xiaoye smiled: "Hu Sister-in-Law, I just mentioned you and you're already here. You're even more punctual than Cao Cao."

Hu Sister-in-Law was confused when she heard that: "Cao Cao? Who is Cao Cao?"

Lin Xiaoye smiled, "It's nothing, it's just that I'm praising you for being punctual."

Although Lin Xiaoye managed to fool Hu Sister-in-Law like that, Huo Li had already heard what she said.

Huo Li suddenly stared at Lin Xiaoye.

How did she know about Cao Cao?

Afterwards, these people were split into two groups. Huo Li, Old Hu, Guo Dan Er's father and another man went to dig a well, while Lai Wengui, who said that he was here to help had shouted that he was already tired. He stood on the side pretending to command.

However, in the shadows, he would always peek at Lin Xiaoye.

He also felt baffled. She used to listen to him every single time, give him all the good things, think of him no matter what she was doing and would always protect him, but why did it feel like she was a completely different person now?

Now, he was staring at Lin Xiaoye from time to time, just to see if she was just acting. Maybe she was waiting for him to take a peek at her when she wasn't paying attention.

However, an entire morning had almost passed, but he was the one who kept sneaking peeks at Lin Xiaoye instead, but she didn't even bat an eyelid at all.

Lai Wengui was immediately puzzled.

Could it be that when Lin Xiaoye jumped into the river, her brain had been enlightened by the water?

On the other hand, Hu Sister-in-Law had helped Lin Xiaoye prepare the food and drinks. Yesterday, Hu Sister-in-Law had truly felt that Lin Xiaoye's cooking skills were very good. Normally, she would go to the town to sell eggs at this time of the day or do some usual cooking at home.

Today, she wanted to come early and see if she could learn some cooking techniques.

Hu Sister-in-Law and Lin Xiaoye were having a good chat. During the whole morning, they chatted and laughed.

"Aiyo, Sister, your hands are so skilled. Look at how clean the fish scales you picked are, it's much cleaner than those fishermen who specialize in catching fish."

Lin Xiaoye smiled, "Don't joke with me, Sister-in-Law. These are all small tasks. If I won't do this more carefully, who would? You all can pass your days and know how to save some time, and could even do other things. This time, I also want to live a good life, so I can't just slack off or do things slowly."

Translator's Note:

speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive - speak of the devil and he will appear/shall arrive

*Cao Cao - a general in the romance of the three kingdoms (you can google him)

*laozi - arrogant way of calling one's self