Transmigrated into a fat wife, farming, raising children, and picking up husbands

Chen Mingxuan wasn't annoyed by this. He just laughed and said he'd help him find a famous doctor when he had time, and then stopped worrying about it.

He turned around and wandered over to Hu Yidao's meat stall.

Hu Yidao had just finished chopping a rack of ribs and was wiping the sweat from his face and arms with a towel.

Chen Mingxuan grinned and leaned closer. "Old Hu! You look great today! Anything free tonight? How about we go to Xinglongfang for a couple of rounds?"

"It's been so long since I've been there, my hands are itching to go!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Yidao waved his large, fan-like hand dismissively: "Come on, Young Master Chen! Have you forgotten what Sister Lin said the other day?"

"Gambling is the root of all evil; that stuff ruins people! I feel disgusted just smelling the stench of a gambling den now!"

"With that spare money, why not buy a couple more pounds of meat, a pot of wine, and go to Lin's house for a nice, comfortable meal!"

He now genuinely admires and is grateful to Lin Xiuer, and he has even kept her advice to quit gambling in mind.

"Fine then, if none of you are going, there's no point in me going alone."

Chen Mingxuan pursed his lips but didn't insist. He had just mentioned it casually, just for fun.

On the other side, Wu Liangcai, with his sharp ears, heard the people in line whispering and discussing the matter of the abandoned garden in the west of the town, and he immediately perked up.

Holding the half-eaten pancake, he went over. He didn't know what he was hearing until he heard it, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"What? Really? What happened next? Those guys... really went crazy?"

He imitated the older women, lowering his voice and his eyes gleaming with gossip and a sense of pride.

After all, he was one of the "unsung heroes" behind the incident!

A woman carrying a vegetable basket saw that it was Wu Liangcai and didn't hide anything. After all, this matter was no secret anymore, and the news had spread like wildfire throughout the streets and alleys.

She looked around and whispered, "You bet you saw it! Lots of people went to see it yesterday, and oh my goodness, it was a terrible sight!"

"After Jia Heiyu regained some consciousness, he discovered a dark handprint on his back that he didn't know when it appeared; its shape was quite frightening!"

"He was so terrified he scrambled to his feet, sputtering nonsense like 'the King of Hell's summons' and 'thirty years of lifespan,' and ran straight to the dock!"

"I heard that someone clung to the leg of a boat captain who was about to set sail, refusing to let go even if it meant death. He knelt down and begged them to take him away, as far as possible; he'd do anything to get him away!"

"The boat captain, seeing him acting crazy and with a dark handprint on his back, thought it was bad luck and almost kicked him into the river!"

Another old man selling groceries chimed in, "I heard that Liu Er is even worse! He acts like a thief, covering his face and hiding, screaming whenever anyone gets close."

"Or he'll stare wide-eyed at everything and shout, 'Ghost! Ghost wants to eat me! Help me!' He won't even eat a bite of food if someone offers him one."

"He keeps yelling that there's a ghost in his food! Look at him, hehe, he's probably completely gone mad!"

"And that Mazda 6," a man next to him shook his head, his tone tinged with a sigh, but more so with the satisfaction of "retribution."

"I went to check on him yesterday afternoon, and I heard he had already passed away. The yamen sent a coroner to examine him, and he said the wounds were too badly festering."

"I got infected... something called 'tetanus,' and they say it's incurable even if you don't die. I guess it's... karma for what I did."

The woman who had been carrying the basket earlier immediately spat, "Yes! If you ask me, they deserved it! You didn't see it, that day, right here, in front of Madam Lin's stall."

"Gou Wu was holding a harpoon and almost stabbed Lin Niangzi's little husband, but luckily he was agile and dodged it."

"Then the harpoon seemed to have eyes; it didn't fly anywhere else, but landed squarely and firmly in Ma Liu's thigh."

"The blood was flowing everywhere, tsk tsk, it was everywhere."

The woman gestured and spoke, her face scrunched up in disgust, but the satisfaction in her expression and tone was impossible to hide.

"That's right, that's right. It's clear that even God can't stand their bullying and tyrannical behavior, so He's going to take them down."

Another elderly woman who came to buy groceries nodded repeatedly. She had also come to buy groceries that day and saw it clearly.

"Otherwise, why didn't that harpoon stab someone else? Why did it have to stab their own people in the legs from so far away?"

"With so many onlookers and vendors around, if that harpoon goes astray, wouldn't we be caught in the crossfire too?"

"Infected with that... uh... breaking through the rankings..."

"It's tetanus, ma'am," the man next to her couldn't help but correct her.

"Oh, right, tetanus, tetanus. Anyway, whatever the wind was, it almost caused other people to suffer as well."

As Wu Liangcai listened, he slowed down the chewing of his biscuit, feeling both relieved and somewhat fearful and fortunate.

He felt relieved that these troublemakers finally got their comeuppance. What was also frightening was that he hadn't realized they'd gone so "big," so how could the effect be so "remarkable"?

Fortunately, they were on the side of justice... well, or rather, self-preservation, and Sister Lin's plan was meticulous, and she cleaned up the mess without giving anything away.

He subconsciously glanced back at the busy Lin Xiuer and Ping An, as well as Hu Yidao with his loud voice.

A sense of participation and accomplishment welled up inside me again, and I was glad that I hadn't messed up.

That was well done!

That wasn't all; the man continued to speak eloquently, mimicking a storyteller, recounting the tragic fates of others with spittle flying everywhere.

Wu Liangcai listened intently, his chubby face changing expressions as the neighbors vividly described the scene.

It was as if I had personally witnessed Dog Five's drooling idiocy, Monkey Three's heart-wrenching cough, and Lai Qi's miserable state of being limp as mud.

As he slowly moved forward with the group, he sighed inwardly, feeling a mix of emotions.

He never expected that the aftereffects of last night's drama would be far more powerful than he had imagined.

Just then, a figure appeared in the somewhat chaotic yet vibrant crowd at the market entrance.

Liu Ruyan arrived as promised.

Today she was clearly well-prepared for going up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

She shed the flowing, graceful dresses she wore when singing in the teahouse and put on a simple but well-tailored lotus-colored narrow-sleeved dress.

A matching belt cinches the waist, accentuating the figure's slenderness.

Her long, black hair wasn't styled into an elaborate bun; most of it was simply tied up with a plain silver hairpin, while the rest was braided into a loose plait that hung down her shoulder.

A small, pale purple flower was tucked behind her ear, making her look fresh and clever.

However, her overall demeanor and outstanding appearance still seemed somewhat out of place in this bustling market.

Before long, Liu Sanzhen arrived. He was still wearing the same gray short-sleeved shirt that was neither new nor old, and he was carrying a small basket on his back. He appeared at the market entrance with a smile.