My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 260 Met a snag
Jiang Susu is much smarter than Zhou Yuanyuan; she knows better than anyone else what the situation is like now.

Their family was allowed to enter the woods only because the Xin family had kindly permitted it.

At a time like this, you still dare to cause trouble for that girl?
Just think of the Lü family of four; they are a cautionary tale!
"Mom, she's the one in the wrong now. She hit me for no reason." Zhou Yuanyuan raised her hand to touch her swollen face, sobbing with fear and terror.

“My face was smashed like this by her, and I’m afraid it will never be the same again. The Xin family has to take responsibility.” Zhou Yuanyuan was so angry that she was trembling all over, and her tongue was almost slurred.

Jiang Susu hesitated for a moment, "Then shall I help you over to talk to those old ladies?"

If we can get some rice or grain as compensation for medical expenses, that would be great.

“But we can’t be too harsh with our words. We just want to ask the old lady to judge.” Jiang Susu tidied her daughter’s messy hair and said with a pained expression, “I know the old lady in the Xin family best. She’s a kind-hearted person.”

"As long as what we say is reasonable and well-founded, the old lady will definitely stand up for us, mother and daughter." It would be even better if the old lady asked them to stay.

"We need to make this clear first: you need to act pitiful as much as possible and control your temper. We can't give them an excuse to drive us out of the woods."

"You know, if we get kicked out now, we'll end up like the Lü family, with no chance of a good outcome."

Zhou Yuanyuan nodded, "Mother, I know."

The mother and daughter rehearsed their tearful scenes twice beforehand, and after discussing it, they decided to go find Ms. Yu to complain.

Xin Nian had already carried Zhou Linchuan back to the large tent, tossed him onto the ground mat, and then clapped her hands in disgust.

She took out a small bottle of alcohol and called a young doctor in, asking him to bring in a basin of warm water so she could undress Zhou Linchuan and wipe him down.

They then explained how to use the alcohol before leaving the tent.

After finishing his work, the young doctor came out of the tent with a look of curiosity, holding up a bottle of alcohol that was still more than half full. "Dr. Xin, this stuff is really amazing. After wiping with warm water, wiping with this stuff again reduced the fever quite a bit."

Xin Nian nodded. "Keep it for yourselves. This stuff shouldn't be used indiscriminately, especially since children have weak immune systems; misuse could cause problems."

The young doctor nodded in agreement, bowed respectfully to her, and happily went to find Doctor Zhuang.

Xin Nian lifted the curtain and went inside. She glanced at Zhou Linchuan, who was lying on the floor mat, fast asleep with his eyes closed, and took out a thermometer to scan him.

Thirty-nine degrees Celsius is alright.

The fever reducer should take effect by the afternoon.

I'll take another one tonight, and I expect it to be completely gone by tomorrow morning.

Xin Nian crawled out of the tent and went back to her room to do her own thing.

Little did they know, Jiang Susu got her daughter a face towel to cover her face and secretly went to the old lady, Madam Yu, to complain.

Yu didn't want strangers to enter the wooden house, so she instructed Granny Lu to help her to the small tent of the third son of the wronged family to meet the two men.

When Yu saw Zhou Yuanyuan's swollen face under her veil, she was slightly startled. "This?"

"Madam..." Jiang Susu wiped away her tears, stammered out her purpose, and took Zhou Yuanyuan's hand, pleading with the old lady to uphold justice.

I thought that after saying that, the kind-hearted old lady would definitely stand up for her and her daughter, and at least send someone to invite Xin Xiaoliu over so that she could scold him in person.

Unexpectedly, the old lady stared at the mother and daughter in front of her for a long time, then showed a troubled expression. "Madam Zhou, you came to me to complain? I am an old woman, and I cannot just listen to your family's words and conclude that my granddaughter is at fault."

“My sixth daughter is very well-behaved and has acted very steadily throughout the journey. She generally doesn’t hit anyone without a special reason. Madam Zhou, did your daughter do something to offend her?”

Jiang Susu's eyes widened, her lips trembling slightly with anger. "Madam."

Something is wrong, quite wrong!
It's only been a short time since we last met, but Xin Wenyuan's personality has changed a lot. How come even that kind-faced old lady has changed?
She's so obedient! How did she come to think Xin Nian was obedient? That kick just now would be too much for even a grown man to withstand, let alone a weak woman like them.

Xin Ruoyu brought over a pot of hot tea, poured a cup for the old lady, and smiled gently at Jiang Susu and her daughter, "I'm sorry for not being able to entertain you both well. There's only one pot of tea, enough for the old lady alone."

Jiang Susu gritted her teeth in anger, forcing a smile, "We understand how treacherous the world is these days."

They weren't necessarily asking for the tea. It was just that they hadn't smelled tea in a long time, and it had been difficult to even get a sip of water on the journey, yet the old lady could now leisurely sip a cup of tea?

Look at the old lady's tent, it's small but complete! The tiny tent has everything: a rabbit fur mat, blankets, a low table, and a small tea table.

It's true what they say, comparisons are odious. Little did she know, this was just the worst-treated member of the Xin family...

Apart from the third uncle, who was a complete scoundrel, everyone else was living comfortably in the wooden building.

They envied Xin Wen'an, and Xin Wen'an always envied the women in his family who could live a wonderful life in a wooden house with soft beds and pillows.

But he's not the best, but he's not the worst either. After these days of trials, Xin Wen'an has come to realize his place in the family.

That is, you do whatever your niece tells you to do, and you even get some benefits in return.

At least when the women in the family eat meat, he gets a big bowl of hot meat soup!

But if you insist on sticking to your guns, you'll be in big trouble...

After suffering losses at the hands of his niece's ruthlessness several times, Xin Wen'an learned his lesson and usually acted like a hypocrite in front of Xin Nian's family.

Ms. Yu took a sip of hot tea gracefully, her eyes half-closed in comfort.

Xin Ruoyu came in again, handing the mother and daughter two wooden bowls and pouring two cups of groundwater...

Jiang Susu and her daughter, adhering to the principle of "if you don't drink it, you might as well drink it," drank half a bowl of water and chatted with Yu Shi for a long time.

After being repeatedly rebuffed, they finally realized that the old lady's heart was completely biased and she would never stand up for them.

The two men didn't get a single grain of rice in compensation, and slunk out of the small tent, stamping their feet in resentment.

Granny Lu smiled and stepped forward to tidy up the wooden bowls and kettle. "I don't know what these two were thinking, coming to the old lady to complain about the sixth young lady."

Mrs. Yu snorted, "They want compensation. Our rice and grain don't grow on trees, why would I believe what they say? How can they prove that the injury on their daughter's face was caused by my sixth son kicking her? It's ridiculous."

"Yes, yes, the old lady is discerning and will not be fooled by the sweet words of this mother and daughter."

Xin Ruoyu lifted the tent flap and smiled brightly at the two of them. "Grandmother, Sixth Sister said that the whole family will come to our wooden house for lunch. I'm going to help out now. Grandmother, you can rest a bit more."

"Good, good, good! My little Liu is such a filial child. He's finding all sorts of ways to improve the family's meals." The old lady couldn't stop smiling.