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Chapter 21 Lin Xue Encounters Trouble

While Lin Chuan went to find Grandpa Wang to shoot arrows, Lin Xue and a few friends arrived at the threshing ground in the bay.

The threshing ground is flat and spacious, making it the favorite place for children in Wanli to play.

Boys play marbles, spin tops, roll iron hoops, and cockfight (leg wrestling); girls play cat's cradle, kick shuttlecock, jump rope, play jacks, and hopscotch.

Lin Xue is young and lives far from here, so she doesn't come here often and is usually an outsider, but now she is surrounded in the middle.

"Wow, what a beautiful shuttlecock! The color of its feathers is so lovely."

"These are pheasant feathers, my brother made them for me."

Lin Xue was very proud. This shuttlecock was made for her by Lin Chuan. Regardless of his skill, the materials used were of very high quality.

Compared to a bunch of dull, gray shuttlecocks, hers looked exceptionally beautiful.

"Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue, can I play this shuttlecock with you?"

Lin Xue's good friend Wang Yan spoke up, and Lin Xue hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement:

"Okay, we'll take turns for a bit. Kick gently, don't break it, okay?"

"Little Snow, Little Snow, we want to play too, let's all play together!"

Lin Xue was reluctant to agree, but she had already agreed to one, and it didn't seem right to refuse now.

Most importantly, looking at the group of people in front of her, she felt a little scared and could only bite the bullet and agree.

She had barely agreed when the shuttlecock was snatched away by Tang Cui, the largest girl in the crowd:

"I'll go first."

The rule for playing shuttlecock is to kick it up with your foot and then catch it, counting as you kick, and once it lands, it's the next person's turn to kick it.

In the end, it was a contest to see who could kick the most times. There was no real reward for winning, but everyone enjoyed it immensely.

Tang Cui kicked fifteen times and landed, while the rest of the people were quite considerate and waited for Lin Xue to kick first.

Lin Xue, under the watchful eyes of a group of people, unexpectedly performed exceptionally well, kicking a total of thirty-one times.

"Wow, Xiaoxue, you're amazing! You can kick so many times."

Wang Yan, Tang Cui's friend, immediately chimed in, while Tang Cui, unconvinced, remarked:

"That's nothing, I can kick more than fifty at most."

"I can kick a hundred times sometimes, but you only kicked fifteen just now, which is far worse than Xiaoxue."

"you…"

Tang Cui was furious. The older children all went to help in the fields. She was the oldest among them and was used to being bossy. When had she ever been treated like this?

But Wang Yan is the captain's only daughter, with three older brothers. She had bullied him once before and ended up being beaten up until she cried.

After that, she dared not bully Wang Yan anymore.

The shuttlecock kicking continued, and soon a group of people finished playing, with Tang Cui being the one who played the fewest.

"I'm not playing anymore, I'm going to find my brother."

Lin Xue put away the shuttlecock, not planning to play anymore. The shuttlecock was covered in dust, which made her very upset. She was carefully blowing away the dust when a hand snatched the shuttlecock away. It was Tang Cui.

"No way, why should I stop playing just because I lost? I want to keep playing."

"Give it back to me, I'm not playing anymore."

Lin Xue was alarmed when she saw that the shuttlecock had been taken away. She tried to snatch it back but was instead pushed to the ground by the other party.

"Tang Cui, what right do you have to snatch Xiao Xue's shuttlecock? Give it back to her, or I'll have my brother beat you up."

"Wang Yan, what's it to you? The shuttlecock isn't yours."

The commotion attracted the attention of a group of boys nearby, and Tang Cui's brother, Tang Shan, came over:

"What's so fun about a broken shuttlecock, little sister? I'll let you play with my tin frog."

"Your tin frog is broken, but this shuttlecock was made for me by my brother."

"Hey, all your brother can do is make you cheap gadgets like this. Look at this tin frog and this little tank, I bought them with my own money."

"No, my brother bought me a toy car, a remote-controlled car that can run by itself, much nicer than yours."

"You're bragging. You said it runs by itself? Why don't you just say it flies by itself?"

"Fine, don't believe me then. Give me back the shuttlecock. I'm going to find my brother."

"Okay, bring us your toy car that can run by itself, and we'll give the shuttlecock back to you, how about that?"

Tang Shan waved the shuttlecock in front of Lin Xue, and she tried to snatch it several times but failed. After being tricked by Tang Shan with a few words, Lin Xue ran home and brought back the toy car.

"See, I told you my brother bought me a toy car, it's much better than yours."

The moment the pink toy car was brought out, it immediately captivated everyone present.

They'd never seen anything like this before. In fact, most people in the village had never bought toys; most of their toys were handmade.

Owning a small tank like Tangshan is already considered the coolest thing ever.

But compared to cars, small tanks instantly look very outdated. Even if they don't know what "outdated" means now, it doesn't affect their aesthetic sense.

A flicker of longing flashed in Tang Shan's eyes, and he muttered to himself:

"Didn't you say you could run by yourself? Run one for me first."

Lin Xue put the car on the ground and started operating the remote control.

"Hey, it moved! It really moved!"

"Wow, that's amazing! It really can run by itself!"

The praise from those around her inexplicably lifted Lin Xue's spirits.

But the next moment, Tang Cui and her brother rushed up and one of them grabbed the car and the other grabbed the remote control. After they finished, they ran into their house, locked the gate, and refused to open it no matter who knocked.

Lin Xue finally couldn't hold back anymore and ran towards Grandpa Wang's house while crying.

She remembered that her brother said he needed to come to him if he needed anything.

...

On the other side, Lin Chuan finally explained the style of arrow he wanted to Grandpa Wang.

Turning around, I saw Lin Xue running towards me, crying, with Wang Yan following behind her.

"What's wrong? Oh, don't cry, don't cry, tell me what's wrong."

Lin Chuan held Lin Xue in his arms, tenderly wiping away her tears, but he couldn't wipe them away completely.

He turned his gaze to Wang Yan, who quickly recounted the events. At this point, Lin Xue finally composed herself and sobbed as she spoke:

"Brother, I'm useless. I lost the shuttlecock and toy car you gave me."

"How could that be? Xiaoxue, you're the best in my heart."

"Really?"

"Really, why would your brother lie to you?"

"But I lost the shuttlecock and the toy car."

"It's okay, I'll go get it back for you."

"What if they don't give it to me? They can be very aggressive."

"It's okay, I'll be fiercer than them."

A fierce glint flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes. Having been reborn, he cared about nothing but his family.

He's fine if others mess with him, but if they mess with his family, he'll show them the power of his 9-point constitution.

Over the decades, Lin Chuan had forgotten some people in the village, but he remembered the Tang family members clearly.

The three Tang brothers were all scoundrels. It is said that they were too poor to marry women, so they resorted to thuggish behavior and ruining the reputations of the girls in order to get married.

The three had a terrible reputation in the village, but generally no one bothered them because they were united and used underhanded methods.