The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 56 It's passable
Shang Wan ignored them and turned to leave. Suddenly, Zhou rushed over and knelt down, kowtowing to Shang Wan. "It's my fault for not raising my child well. Please, for the sake of us being mothers, give my son back to me!"

This time it wasn't acting; it was all genuine emotion, yet Shang Wan didn't even glance at her.

Children were dragged into the adults' problems, and now they regret it, but it's too late!
Lin Jianshan woke up shortly afterward, and when he met Lin Jianshui's eyes, he was still somewhat dazed.

"Eldest brother, you're finally awake." Before Lin Jianshan could even sit up, Liu launched into a long explanation of what had happened after he fainted. Lin Jianshan's face gradually darkened as he listened, his unfriendly gaze sweeping over Er Ya, who was nestled in Chen Guifang's arms.

Er Ya trembled like a rabbit, clinging tightly to her mother in fear.

"Big brother, things have already come to this, what's the use of glaring at Er Ya?" Chen Guifang patted her daughter reassuringly, her tone tinged with bitterness. "Er Ya is so young, what does she know? If it weren't for Mother giving all the candy in the house to Tie Dan and not to Er Ya, my Er Ya wouldn't have been tricked by that Shang guy with two pieces of candy."

"Candy is so expensive! What kind of girl would eat candy!" Liu said with a long face, reaching out to Er Ya, "Er Ya, give the candy to Grandma."

Er Ya pursed her lips, refusing to give it to her.

"You brat, you don't even listen to your grandma anymore?" Liu grabbed Er Ya's thin arm, forcefully pried open her tightly clenched hand, and pried a piece of candy out of her palm.

"Mom, why are you taking the child's things?" Chen Guifang reached out to stop her.

Er Ya took the opportunity to stuff the remaining piece of candy into her mouth, chewed it a couple of times without savoring it, and swallowed it.

"Spit it out!" Liu grabbed Er Ya's mouth, ignoring Er Ya's cries of pain, and pinched her tongue hard twice.

Er Ya was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. Her cries were choked in her throat, muffled and gasping, as if she could hardly breathe.

"Serves you right for being greedy! Serves you right for being greedy!" Seeing that Er Ya had indeed swallowed the candy, Liu Shi pinched Er Ya's arms hard twice, still not satisfied. "Will you dare to do it again?"

Er Ya covered her mouth and sobbed, shaking her head repeatedly.

Liu wanted to pinch her again, but Lin Jianshui stepped forward to stop her, saying, "Mother, it's just a piece of candy. Er Ya is your own granddaughter. She ate it, so what? Why are you hitting Er Ya? Er Ya still has a head injury."

"Why can't I hit him?" Liu raised her hand and slapped Lin Jianshui. "I'll hit you too!"

"Enough!" Lin Jianshan snapped, his face dark. "What kind of time is this to still be coaxing each other like this?"

Liu listened to either Village Chief Lin or her eldest son. Seeing his sullen face, she dared not cause any more trouble.

Er Ya was most afraid of her grandfather and uncle. Seeing Lin Jianshan's dark face, she covered her mouth tightly and didn't even dare to cry anymore.

Lin Jianshan said, "Let's go back and discuss it with Father first."

Xiao Huan fed Yuan Yuan some water, and seeing that the Lin family was about to leave, she quickly told Shang Wan.

Shang Wanchao winked at Shi Tou, who then chased after him and called out to Lin Jianshan, "Wait, my sister asked me to deliver a message. The three-day deadline has passed, and the Chen family's fifty taels of silver should be delivered by now."

Having said that, without waiting for the Lin family to react, he turned back the way he came.

Chen Guifang assumed that Shang was rushing to collect debts that night and spat out, "Dream on!"

Lin Jianshan understood Shang Wan's meaning: if he wanted Tie Dan back, he would demand not only his family's eighty taels, but also the Chen family's fifty taels.

He was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot, his teeth were grinding, and he felt like tearing Shang Wan apart.

Seeing that the Lin family had left, Shi Tou quickly approached Shang Wan and asked, "Sister, will the Lin family cause any more trouble?"

"No." Shang Wan revised the draft according to what she and Lu Chengjing had discussed, and then asked, "Have you heard the story of the boy who cried wolf?"

Shi Tou shook his head and asked curiously, "What are you talking about?" Shang Wan briefly recounted the story and explained, "The Lin family is like the shepherd boy. In the short term, it will be difficult for them to regain the trust of the villagers. They can no longer use the villagers as pawns against us."

They have no evidence to prove that Tiedan is in our hands. We were all under the old elm tree at the time, so we have an alibi. Even if they take it to the authorities, it won't do any good.

Shi Tou was still worried, "What if the Lin family wants money but not the child?" They couldn't let Tie Dan stay in the wolf's den for the rest of his life, could they?
Shang Wan glanced at him. "It's possible, but extremely unlikely. The Lin family has some wealth. Just look at how they treat Er Ya and her daughter-in-law; you can tell they're very sexist. Liu Shi dotes on Tie Dan and won't ignore him."

Xiao Huan added, "I heard from Madam Rong that Madam Zhou's health was damaged when she gave birth to Tie Dan, and it's very difficult for her to conceive again. It's possible that Lin Jianshan will only have Tie Dan as his son, and if he doesn't take care of Tie Dan, his lineage will be cut off."

"Did you hear that? You should learn more from Xiao Huan." Shang Wan looked at Shi Tou. "I asked you to inquire about news in the village, not just to listen and forget. Use your brain to analyze things so you can make contact when something happens."

Stone scratched his head and muttered, "Everyone in our family is smart, even if I'm a little slow..."

He swallowed the rest of his words under Shang Wan's gaze, and said awkwardly, "Sis, don't glare at me, I'll learn."

"You need to learn to make use of resources." Shang Wan pointed at Lu Chengjing. "Look, there's a ready-made teacher right there. Ask him for advice whenever you have time."

Lu Chengjing, who was suddenly called upon: ?

Yuanyuan thought her mother was talking about her, so she blinked her big eyes and repeated in her baby voice, "Huzi."

"You're still a long way from becoming a teacher." Lu Chengjing poked his daughter's chubby cheeks like Shang Wan had done, thinking to himself that they did feel quite nice.

Yuanyuan raised her little hand to cover her left cheek and brought her right cheek closer.

The one on the left is for Xiangxiang's mother, and the one on the right is for Meiren's father.

Lu Chengjing gently tapped twice, secretly planning to arrange the schoolwork for his family members after things were settled at home.

Shang Wan and the other two shivered in unison. Why did they suddenly feel a chill down their spines?

After Shang Wan finished drawing the plan and showed it to his family, he told Shi Tou to start construction and try to build the wooden shed before nightfall.

Shi Tou helped Shang Wan straighten the log, and looking at the saw Shang Wan was carrying, he said, "Sister, we don't have a chalk line. What if we cut it crookedly?"

"It's crooked, but it's still usable." Shang Wan thought it wasn't a big problem. She stepped on the log, used her eyes as a ruler, and picked up the saw to start sawing.

With her strength, sawing wood is like slicing tofu; a plank is done in no time.

It's a bit crooked, but it's usable enough.

After a few times, Shang Wan mastered the tricks of sawing wood, and the planks she sawed were as straight as if they had been drawn with an ink line.

Shi Tou felt it was a pity that his sister didn't become a carpenter, because his wood-planing speed couldn't keep up with Shang Wan's sawing speed.

As evening approached, villagers began to come to Lu Chengjing to register. Seeing that Lu Chengjing was writing with his left hand, they couldn't help but ask him a question out of curiosity. Lu Chengjing replied that his right hand was injured and he needed to rest, and said nothing more.

Seeing the neatly stacked wooden planks, many people praised Shang Wan and Shi Tou for their competence and commended the scholar for his good fortune in marrying such a good wife.

By the time the villagers finished lining up to register, it was completely dark.

Under the watchful eyes of the stone, Lin Jianshan arrived late, carrying a lantern.

(End of this chapter)