Chapter 48: Troublemaker – The Daily Life of a Sickly Young Lady in the Courtyard

Chapter 48: Troublemaker - The Daily Life of a Sickly Young Lady in the Courtyard

Lin Qing, as usual, slept in until mid-morning before getting up. After washing up and coming out of her bedroom, she planned to go to the kitchen for some breakfast.

As soon as she stepped out, she saw Lin Shu washing clothes across the courtyard. She was a bit surprised. Huh? Why is Lin Shu here?

Oh, look at her, she almost forgot—Lin Shu had also married into the courtyard!

Oh, well, never mind then!

Lin Qing looked away and walked into the kitchen. In the pot, there were some mixed-grain steamed buns made by Cen Xi and a small dish of pickles, kept warm for her.

Lin Qing took her time finishing her breakfast and then started brewing her medicine.

"What's wrong? Feeling jealous?" Jiang Da Sao, who was washing clothes for their part of the family, asked Lin Shu, noticing her distracted look.

Jiang Da Sao didn’t need Lin Shu to answer and continued on her own, "Even if you’re jealous, there’s nothing you can do about it. You married into our Jiang family, and this is the way things are in our Jiang family. Our family doesn’t have the means to let you eat and sleep all day."

A shadow passed over Lin Shu's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure. "Sister-in-law, I wasn’t thinking that!"

"It’s good that you weren’t thinking that. Now hurry up and wash Da Hu and Er Hu’s clothes. You better wash them well—if their clothes aren’t clean, Mom will scold you."

This was what Jiang Da Sao was most happy about—finally, she had offloaded the laundry of the second branch.

You see, after the previous sister-in-law passed away, she had been the one washing the clothes for the second branch. Those two little rascals from the second branch got their clothes filthy every day, unlike her own two daughters, whose clothes only needed a quick rinse. And if the clothes weren’t washed properly, her mother-in-law would scold her.

It was just her fate—she had to wash those two little rascals’ clothes every day, and still get scolded by her mother-in-law. It was so frustrating!

But from today onwards, she no longer had to worry about this problem. Suddenly, she felt that the hefty dowry they had paid wasn’t entirely useless—at least they had brought in someone to help share the household chores!

Lin Shu looked at the basin of water that had turned gray and felt a surge of anger. Her hands scrubbing the clothes gradually became more forceful.

Jiang Da Sao, of course, noticed this and quickly said with a hint of schadenfreude, "Sister-in-law, don’t scrub so hard. If you ruin the clothes, we don’t have extra fabric to make them new ones!"

Lin Shu’s hands paused for a moment. She lowered her head and remained silent, but her scrubbing did become gentler.

"That sickly girl from the Cen family is brewing her medicine again. It stinks so much!" Jiang Da Sao said with disgust.

Glancing at Lin Shu, who was quietly washing clothes, and remembering the money Lin Qing had extorted from them before, she couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Is your sister-in-law really that sick? Is she not going to live much longer?"

A shadow passed through Lin Shu’s eyes. She wanted to say yes, but in her previous life, Lin Qing had lived for decades without having children, so it wasn’t as if she was going to die soon!

"No, my sister-in-law is just physically weak. It’s not life-threatening."

"Good! I knew she was just trying to extort money from us last time!" Jiang Da Sao angrily threw the clothes in her hands into the basin.

Lin Shu was startled by her reaction.

"No, we can’t just let this go!"

Lin Shu thought she was going to confront Lin Qing, but instead, Jiang Da Sao rushed back into the house.

Jiang Li, who was also washing clothes nearby, had overheard their conversation. As Jiang Da Sao rushed back, she whispered, "The money our two families paid as compensation went directly to the hospital, not to the Cen family. It’s not like they extorted the money, right?" After all, they hadn’t pocketed the money themselves.

"Is that so?" Lin Shu’s eyes flickered. She hadn’t expected it to be like this. A hint of regret flashed in her eyes.

Jiang Da Sao stormed into Mother Jiang’s room and blurted out, "Mom, Sister-in-law just said that Lin Qing isn’t going to die. She was just pretending to be sick to extort money from us!"

Mother Jiang had already seen through Lin Qing. She had learned her lesson before, and once was enough. So, when Jiang Da Sao tried to stir her up to cause trouble for Lin Qing again, she couldn’t be bothered to respond.

"So what? She demanded money openly and straightforwardly. What can you say to them? They didn't pocket that money themselves; it went directly to the hospital for medical treatment. What can you say? Will the hospital return that money to us?"

"Uh... then..." Make her give the money back to us.

"And with her weak body that could collapse at any moment, if you go over to cause trouble and she falls to the ground again, won't we have to compensate again? Are you going to cover it?"

"I..." Jiang Da Sao was left speechless.

"Remember this, don't mess with her anymore, keep your distance!" Mother Jiang, concerned about her wallet, didn't want to lose money again for nothing.

Finally, Jiang Da Sao walked out with her head down, dejected.

Mother Jiang watched her despondent back and couldn't help but mutter in disdain, what a dimwit! With Lin Qing's not-so-convincing acting, as soon as she came to her senses, she immediately realized that the whole scene was staged by Lin Qing. But as she said, even if the scene was staged by Lin Qing, as long as she went to the hospital and the doctors thought she needed treatment, they would have to pay. So it was just a blatant ploy, and even if they knew, there was nothing they could do about it!

So if you can't beat them, avoid them!

For the sake of her wallet, her family better not mess with her again!

Although the public faucet is opposite Lin Qing's house, it's not very far away, so when Jiang Da Sao raised her voice, Lin Qing heard it.

This made her raise an eyebrow in curiosity. Oh? Is someone still not giving up and wants to come provoke her?

She suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation!

Then, not long after, she saw Jiang Da Sao rush angrily into Mother Jiang's room, and soon after, she came out dejectedly.

Tsk tsk, what a pity!

She knew her hope was dashed, but that's fine, it saves her the hassle!

After finishing her medicine, Lin Qing returned to the outer room of her bedroom, lying leisurely on the recliner reading the comic book she hadn't finished yesterday.

Just as she was getting engrossed, she suddenly heard a commotion outside.

"Jiang family, come out!"

Lin Qing sat up and looked outside, she saw a middle-aged woman with four or five big men standing at the Jiang family's door shouting.

"Wang Honghua, come out! Don't hide in your room, come out quickly!"

Oh!!!

Is this a troublemaker???

But, who is Wang Honghua???