[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man":3,"chapter-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-250":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1303272,1729,"Chapter 250 - 249: Unassuming","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-250",250,"\u003Cp>\"That Lin Jiandong is truly ruthless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A villager remarked, watching the items being carried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Lin Jiandong... he always seemed so unassuming, with a good reputation and everyone speaking well of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think he could take so many things from Sweet Girl’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could have moved the house, he probably would have taken that too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolutely shameless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s so strange about it? Sweet Girl’s family used to be quite well-off. The Lin Family is dirt poor. When they saw her parents had died, leaving just two kids behind, of course they’d get other ideas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong probably thought no one would ever find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected Gu Jiaojiao would be the one to expose him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as this was said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>memories the villagers had almost forgotten came flooding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Sweet Girl’s parents were alive, their family was very well-off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl’s parents were hardworking and weren’t afraid of a tough life. They always earned the maximum work points for their labor. Sweet Girl’s father would also occasionally do some carpentry work for others, earning a little extra on the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes he’d go hunting in the mountains and bring back some game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their life was the envy of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Lin Family, Lin Jiandong’s father died young, and Jin Meifeng was never one for hard work. They lived a mediocre life, just scraping by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Lin Jiandong got married and had children. The seven or eight work points he earned each day were just enough to keep his family from starving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only in the last two years that their life had improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d never really thought about it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong seemed honest and worked diligently, just a bit slow. No one ever bothered to scrutinize his work points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that they did the math, with so many mouths to feed and only one person earning work points, how could they possibly have become well-off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it turned out all these years of living comfortably were at someone else’s expense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Lin Jiandong to even take things from two orphans... he was simply heartless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers looked at Lin Jiandong with disgust and contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong cowered like a quail, shrinking his neck and saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, half of the Lin Family’s firewood was also taken to Sweet Girl’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl’s grain rations were also taken back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl didn’t get a large grain ration, but she was diligent and had gathered quite a bit on her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the dwindling grain supply, Jin Meifeng’s heart ached. But just as she moved to stop them, some of the village women blocked her path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women couldn’t stand her behavior, so while holding her back, they deliberately gave her a few pinches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pinching made Jin Meifeng cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a trembling hand, she pointed at the women beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... how can you bully honest folk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women were left speechless...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rolled their eyes in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhang spat on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you dare tarnish the name of ’honest folk.’ We were blind before. I had no idea your Lin Family was so ’capable.’\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you have the nerve to keep calling yourselves honest folk? You bully two orphans who’ve lost their parents. You people are really something else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhang was a capable worker. Her son was a soldier, and she had a strong sense of justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t stand people like Jin Meifeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She does all sorts of terrible things, yet still acts like she’s the victim.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What a shameless woman.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Can’t let her get away with this.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rolled up her sleeves. If Jin Meifeng kept whining, she would slap her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Meifeng fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Move it! Move it!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Just take it all!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it turned out,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>once Sweet Girl’s belongings and the compensation were moved, the Lin Family truly didn’t have much grain left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like just enough to get them through the winter. Come spring, they would likely be in trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl, on the other hand, was like a busy little bee. She had diligently stockpiled her goods and ate frugally. Making it to next year’s summer harvest would be no problem for her at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Sweet Girl’s belongings returned, the next step was compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Beiguo walked up to Lin Jiandong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pay Sweet Girl five yuan, two jin of eggs, and two jin of white flour as compensation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong protested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Village Chief, some of this furniture I traded for with my own grain! You can’t be this unreasonable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Beiguo frowned. He had seen how little grain Lin Jiandong had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If he has no food, he’ll probably cause trouble.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan aren’t afraid of him, but I’m worried he’ll go after Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, he asked, \"How many jin of grain did you trade?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong suddenly flushed with shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A good cabinet cost around twenty yuan, while a jin of coarse grain was only worth twenty or thirty cents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally traded ten jin of coarse grain for the cabinet. After Leng Yuan taught him a lesson, he added another twenty jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at thirty jin of coarse grain, it was worth no more than six yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Beiguo grew impatient. \"Are you going to say it or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong was the one protesting, yet now he refused to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Beiguo was growing very annoyed with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiandong lowered his voice, intending for only the Village Chief to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thirty jin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",943,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.759Z",1,"novelbin.me","3fc82db6dc4edbb8ae6f7c9f0fbd9dba549724fb2086af22c671021e529c1bc1","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-151","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-249",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]