?Chapter 34: Has the strength increased again by 34? Chapter 34: Has the strength increased again by 34? “Granny, Auntie, can we have Braised Pork for dinner tonight?”
The others’ gazes burned bright, as if flames were flickering within them.
Li Xiuli’s heart softened, and with a twinge of pain for the meat, she said, “… Fine then, we’ll make Braised Pork.”
Lin Qingmu looked at his mother and blurted out, “Mom, do you know how to make it?”
He had never eaten Braised Pork at home.
The only time he had it was when his aunt got married and moved to the county, and he scrounged a good meal.
Li Xiuli’s expression stiffened.
She smacked her third son on the back with a slap.
“If I can’t make it, would you be able to?” Her anger was not to be underestimated.
This son of hers was more frustrating than a piece of Corn bread, always driving her up the wall.
Lin Qingmu took a step back guiltily, with a plea for mercy written all over his face.
“Mom, how would I know how!”
Li Xiuli retorted, “If you don’t know then keep your mouth shut, eat whatever I make, and stop asking so many questions. Are you the only one with a mouth or something?”
Lin Tang looked at his third brother who was not satisfied unless he was scolded daily, somewhat speechless.
He wrapped his arm around his mother’s arm, leading her to the stone table in the courtyard.
Lin Qingmu watched Lin Tang’s retreating figure with tears filling his eyes, and hurriedly followed.
Indeed, only Tangtang was good to him.
Brothers and all, they were just too insensitive.
Lin Tang placed the bag on the stone table and took out the contents.
When she pulled out eggs, everyone from the Lin Family’s eyes rounded with greed.
When the book came out, their minds were baffled, but their faces showed an expression of deep admiration.
By the time she took out the Malt Extract, the Lin Family’s expressions went numb.
Staring agape.
“… Tangtang, is that… Malt Extract?” Lin Lu suddenly asked.
The Lin Family’s gaze ‘swooshed’ towards Lin Tang.
“What? Malt Extract?”
“Seems like it. Didn’t our eldest brother send some to uncle before? Looked just like this.”
“Heard it’s sweet. Wonder if it’s true…”
As Li Xiuli listened to her sons and daughters-in-law chattering away, she shouted loudly,
“Quiet!”
The talking stopped abruptly.
“Tangtang, what’s going on here? Where did you get all these things from?” she asked Lin Tang, her brow furrowing lightly.
All these things must be expensive, right?
The eggs were one thing.
But Malt Extract, such a pricey item—without some kind of connection, who could afford it?
And that thermos in her hand…
All these items, even if they spent all their money at hand, couldn’t be obtained, right?
Lin Tang hurriedly explained.
She said she had helped a high school classmate, and everything pulled from the bag were gifts from the classmate’s mother.
As for the thermos, her friend had put it aside for her first, and gave it to her.
They had all been paid for.
Li Xiuli listened, her heart pounding wildly one moment and swelling with pride the next.
Like sitting on an airplane.
“Tangtang, you did the right thing! Damn human traffickers.
If that girl had really been taken, who knows what would have happened to her, it’s too frightening.”
“The county is too dangerous. Next time you go to the county, don’t forget to call your brother.”
“If anyone dares to pull on you, let your brother beat the crap out of them.”
Lin Tang saw her mother’s face turn pale with fright.
She stood up, walked over to the corner where the firewood was stored, and picked up a piece of wood as thick as an adult’s arm.
The Lin Family was puzzled.
What was their daughter (sister) doing picking up a stick?
Lin Tang didn’t speak, placed her hands on both ends of the stick, and with a gentle effort,
The stick snapped in the middle with a ‘crack’.
The Lin Family: “…”
Is the firewood hollow?
Lin Qingmu walked over.
He picked up a piece of the broken wood, bent it, and dug into it with his finger.
Then, he was stunned.
He silently picked up another piece of wood of the same thickness, bent down, braced it against his knee, and put all his strength into his arms.
The wood didn’t move an inch.
Lin Qingmu: “…” His feelings were mixed, and he could even hear the sound of a slap in his own face.
Lin Tang gave a sweet smile and took the piece of wood from her third brother’s hand.
With a slight exertion of her wrist.
There was a “crack,” and the wood, which had remained intact in Lin Qingmu’s hand, broke.
Just like snapping a small branch.
Lin Qingmu was dumbfounded.
The other members of the Lin Family had vacant looks in their eyes.
After a good while.
Li Xiuli was the first to recover, walking over to Lin Tang, and began examining her hand.
Her fingers were white and slender, like jade.
Not even a trace of redness could be seen.
“Tangtang, has your strength increased again?” Li Xiuli asked in surprise.
Lin Tang clenched her right hand into a fist, her smile sweet.
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“Yes, I feel like I have strength all over, and I could kill a wild boar with two punches.”
She truly believed that.
The Lin Family, however, was skeptical.
The little girl didn’t know how terrifying wild boars were.
Hunters who went hunting with shotguns would run away at the sight of a wild boar!
A wild boar’s hide was so thick that even a crossbow couldn’t pierce it.
Furthermore, they could knock a grown man off his feet with a charge.
It was really frightening!
Li Xiuli gave a dry laugh and praised, “It’s good to have great strength; if you’re strong, you’re not afraid of being bullied.
Girls are the most vulnerable to being bullied outside, and if our Tangtang is stronger, I can be a little more at ease.”
Lin Lu also said, “Your mom is right; our grandma was strong too, known for her punches, and even now no one dares to provoke her.”
Under the reputation of their grandmother, they siblings didn’t suffer at all from childhood.
Lin Qingshui was the weakest among the Lin brothers.
He was extremely envious of his sister’s strength, and said sourly: “I wish I had Tangtang’s great strength.”
Li Xiuli glanced at the second son with disdain, “You must be daydreaming, where would you get such good fortune?”
Her Tangtang looked good, was clever and sensible, did well in school, and it was normal for her to encounter good things.
Lin Tang smiled and looked at her family with eyes that seemed bathed in warm light.
“Mom, I’ll give the malt extract to you and dad, you’re getting on in years, and it’s good for replenishing your health.”
In her eyes, malt extract wasn’t much of a treasure.
But in that era, it was considered a decent nourishment.
Li Xiuli knew her daughter cared about her and felt warm inside, but she refused aloud.
“Your father and I are old, we don’t need malt extract, such a precious thing should be left to you, you add it to your own diet.”
“If it makes you happy, you can share a little with Goudan and the others!”
“They have your elder brother and sister-in-law to look after them, and as their younger aunt, you don’t need to manage everything.
You don’t owe them anything; if you raise ingrates, you’re the one who suffers.”
She didn’t mince her words, speaking directly in front of the entire Lin Family.
She knew that Tangtang was smart and had a bright future ahead of her.
She couldn’t let the others covet her daughter’s things, let alone raise bloodsuckers.
Lin Qingshan was the first to express his stance.
“Tangtang, Mom is right!
The things you get, keep them for yourself. We don’t covet them, and we won’t overthink it.
I’m not the kind of brother who’d covet his sister’s possessions.”
Lin Qingshui looked at Zhou Mei and said, “Big brother is right!
We can’t help you much, so we shouldn’t take advantage of you.”