My dad's marriage into my family made me rich, and my fierce yet adorable older sister spoils m

Linchuan pointed to the red bricks. "Mother, eldest sister, red bricks are a rare commodity these days, even more coveted than gold bars. Are we just going to leave them piled up like this in the yard? We haven't even built a wall yet. What if we get thieves at night?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Hongying couldn't help but sneer and slammed her hand on the table.

"Attracting thieves?! Even if they had ten times the courage, everyone in the surrounding villages knows that my butcher knife doesn't discriminate! Dare to steal bricks from my house? I'll chop off their claws!"

While that makes sense, this was, after all, an era without surveillance.

"Mother, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark."

Upon hearing this, everyone around except Guan Sanya briefly looked bewildered.

Seeing this, Lin Hai also offered a few helpful explanations from the side.

Lin Chuan slowly shook his head.

"He Youcai suffered a setback here before, and he even signed a written agreement for the bet on those ten acres of gravel land. Given his petty and narrow-minded nature, he definitely won't let this go! He might not dare to do it openly, but if he secretly hires some hooligans to smash or steal our bricks in the middle of the night, delaying our house construction, then we'll be in real trouble."

This isn't Lin Chuan's conspiracy theory; it's just that in this era, many malicious people, lacking evidence, will do such things to retaliate against others.

Guan Sanya, who had been silent until now, turned cold instantly upon hearing this.

Having spent years hunting, she understands this kind of ruthless scheming best.

Wild beasts are not scary; what is scary is the venomous snake lurking in the shadows.

"Lin Chuan is right," Guan Sanya said, then stood up and walked to the corner of the yard. She then rummaged through the pile of junk and found several bundles of thin steel wire and several specially made animal traps. "We should always be on guard. Tonight, let's set a trap next to this red brick mountain."

"A trap? I know this all too well!" Guan Siya perked up immediately upon hearing this, her eyes lighting up as she ran over to help.

Guan Daya blinked, still a little dazed. "Sanya, how come you can recite classical Chinese poems now?"

Next, Lin Chuan witnessed the hardcore hunting skills of his older sisters.

Sanya and Siya quickly strung several invisible tripwires around the red bricks with thin steel wire. The other end of the wire was attached to several empty wine bottles and scrap metal. If touched even slightly, they would immediately produce a deafening sound.

Not only that, Sanya also placed several modified animal traps in hidden places.

Although the deadly serrations have been removed, if it were to trap an ankle, it would still cause excruciating pain.

"All done!"

Guan Siya patted the dust off her hands with satisfaction and raised her eyebrows at Lin Chuan with great pride.

"This is the method we usually use to trap prey in the deep mountains and forests. If anyone dares to come in tonight, we guarantee they won't leave alive!"

As she spoke, Guan Siya could no longer hide her smile, as if she could already see those people being captured.

Lin Chuan gave him a thumbs-up with a confident expression, "Fourth Sister is awesome! Third Sister is amazing! Then tonight we just need to wait to close the door and beat the dog!"

Although Guan Sanya didn't speak, her expression softened after hearing Lin Chuan's words.

"elder brother……"

Lin Chuan felt his clothes being tugged, and when he turned around, he saw Guan Xiaoqi standing behind him.

He suddenly realized, "Oh dear, what a lapse in memory! I forgot to teach you how to read. Here, let me teach you!"

"Me too! I want to come!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Xiaoliu, who was standing nearby, immediately jumped over and grabbed Lin Chuan's arm.

Seeing this, Guan Siya felt a strong urge to try it herself, and couldn't help but think of the promises Lin Chuan had made to her.

The thought that everyone else could read while she couldn't made her feel particularly upset.

She rushed forward, taking three steps at a time. "I want to learn too!"

Guan Xiaoqi blinked, and finally could only squat down slightly and hug Lin Chuan's leg.

Lin Chuan: "…………"

"Xiao Chuan, why don't you teach us too?"

Guan Daya and Guan Sanya, who were more proactive, were already sitting in front of the blackboard.

Lin Chuan was both amused and exasperated. "Alright, alright~ But I'll pour you a glass of water, drink it before you start learning."

Lin Chuan only started teaching the others to read after he saw Guan Xiaoqi successfully finish drinking the water.

He had just asked Guan Hongying, and logically speaking, Guan Xiaoqi shouldn't be this short at her age.

I was worried that he might be a dwarf or have developmental delays, but judging from his appearance, the probability of him being a dwarf should be very low.

However, developmental delays can become a serious problem if not taken seriously.

Therefore, he immediately thought of the spiritual spring water.

This spiritual spring water is incredibly miraculous; if Guan Xiaoqi were to drink it, it would definitely be effective.

As night deepened, before it got too late, Lin Chuan told them to go and rest.

At two o'clock in the morning, the whole village fell asleep. At this time, even the dogs at the village entrance stopped barking.

Outside the Guan family compound, several dark figures crept in furtively.

By the dim moonlight, one could vaguely make out that the two men were Sun Ergou, who had been slapped by Guan Hongying earlier, and Ma Laizi, another notorious lazy bum in the village.

"Brother Er Gou, are we really going in? Guan Shashen's butcher knife isn't just for show..."

As Ma Laizi approached the door, he felt a little apprehensive.

"Look at you, so pathetic!"

Sun Ergou cursed in a low voice, clearly annoyed.

"Captain He has spoken! If we can smash half of the Guan family's pile of red bricks tonight, or steal a few hundred yuan and throw it in the river, delaying their construction and wasting their money, the captain will give each of us ten full work points tomorrow! We can only get five jin of cornmeal!"

Upon hearing about work points and cornmeal, Ma Laizi subconsciously swallowed, and his courage grew as well.

"Besides, it's the middle of the night, their whole family is fast asleep! Let's be quick, smash it up and run! Nobody'll know it was us!"

As Sun Ergou spoke, he glared fiercely at the pile of red bricks in the yard.

He was determined to get revenge tonight for being scolded by Lin Chuan and slapped in the face by Guan Hongying!

The two tiptoed over the half-built courtyard wall, which was not yet high enough, and landed in the courtyard with guilty consciences.

"Hehe, these red bricks are a real treasure. Let's take a few back with us later..."

Sun Ergou tiptoed toward the red bricks, but just as he took his third step, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

Then, with a 'thud,' he seemed to have kicked something extremely thin.

Immediately afterwards, a piercing crashing sound suddenly rang out in the silent night!