Chapter 720: Let's See Who Still Dares Bully Her From Now On

Liu's father hadn't expected to find a dead tree so soon after entering the mountain; his face lit up with delight as he grabbed his hatchet and prepared to do the job himself.

Fu Yan Cheng knew that even if he tried to take over, the father and daughter wouldn't let him do it, so he obediently gathered dry branches from the side first.

Chuxue caught up with her father: "Dad, I'm strong—let me do it."

Liu's father refused: "With your dad here, how could I let a young lady like you do the chopping?"

Saying so, he walked over to the dead tree: "Step aside first, don't get hurt by accident."

Seeing her father's insistence, she could only retreat to the side and, like Fu Yan Cheng, gather dry branches from other spots in Lin Zi.

However, the direction she gathered firewood in was toward another dead tree not far off.

She tied up the firewood she'd gathered along the way with vine strips, and just like that arrived at the other dead tree.

When the village adults went up the mountain to chop firewood, if no one was accompanying them they rarely ventured deep into the inner perimeter—after all, there were wild boars and wolves in Lin Zi.

She took out the hatchet she'd brought; with her strength added in, a few swings and the tree came down.

Soon the commotion here startled Liu's father and Fu Yan Cheng. Not seeing Chuxue, both jumped in fright and called out at the same time: "Chuxue!"

This time Fu Yan Cheng didn't even bother calling her Snow—anyone could see he was truly anxious.

Hearing the shout, Chuxue called back: "I'm here—there's a dead tree, I chopped it down."

The two of them ran straight over, saw the tree lying on the ground, exchanged a glance, and both breathed a sigh of relief.

Both of them had seen Chuxue's great strength before, they just hadn't expected that up close, it really was a bit........

Liu's father glanced at his son-in-law: Daughter, can't you rein it in a little? Don't scare the son-in-law off.

Fu Yan Cheng, meanwhile, was thinking: I knew Snow was strong, but I didn't expect her to be this strong. The fallen tree was even thicker than the one Father-in-law had been chopping before—never expected that a few swings from Snow and the tree was down. Still, this is good—let's see who dares bully her from now on.

This time Liu's father no longer insisted on his dignity as a father—after all, there really was no point.

So the task of chopping dead trees was handed over to Chuxue; Liu's father was in charge of tidying and binding, while Fu Yan Cheng was in charge of hauling it down the mountain.

Working together, the three of them hauled five cartloads of firewood home in one morning—a speed that made the villagers chopping wood in the safe outer perimeter zones green with envy.

Only everyone attributed the credit to Fu Yan Cheng, who carried the firewood out of the mountain.

"The Shanliang family really lucked out—this second son-in-law isn't just a city person, he's also a military officer. We were already jealous enough to die, and who would've thought he'd actually come back with Chuxue to help chop firewood."

"True enough, this is the only one in our whole village."

"Exactly. The two from our village who married into the county—never saw their husbands come help chop firewood. But here comes a son-in-law from the city."

"It's because Chuxue herself has ability. Not only does she have her own job, she's good-looking too—anyone she picked would probably have to be wrapped up obediently."

"That much is true. Chuxue was already good-looking to begin with, and after going to the city to work she's getting prettier and prettier by the day—her skin is so soft, doesn't look like a country person at all."

"Don't even mention the Shanliang family is expecting again—even if she weren't, with a son-in-law like that looking out for them, their days ahead won't be bad."

"Really now. You guys didn't see it—I happened to be coming down the slope yesterday. When they came back, they were loaded with big and small packages, really enough to make a person die of envy."

"The old house side must be about to vomit blood from rage. If they hadn't severed ties, they'd have latched on long ago."

And the people from the old house being talked about had already arrived at Chuxue's front door by now.

Only Zhui Feng was blocking them from getting in.

They could only stand outside in frustrated fury and shout: "Second family's wife, are you home?"