The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 35: Wen Family’s Downfall (Part 1)

"Harvesting pigweed, herding sheep, and raising pigs."

Wen Ran quickly weighed her options in her mind.

Sheep herding requires being with the sheep every day, going wherever they go. In the end, it’s not her herding the sheep, but the sheep taking her for a walk.

Raising pigs means staying with pigs every day...

"I choose harvesting pigweed."

Team leader: "... Only seven or eight-year-old kids in our team do pigweed harvesting."

Wen Ran opened her mouth, not blinking, "I may look old, but my mental age is only eight."

Team leader: "..."

Powerless to respond, "I don’t care about you, as long as you can ensure you’re fed and clothed, and don’t ask the team for grain at the end of the year."

"Deal!" Wen Ran was thrilled, bouncing around, "So, is this settled?"

"Yes."

The team leader was speechless, but could only comfort himself internally, oh my, that’s enough.

It’s good enough she’s not causing trouble for the team, why expect more?

If she’s unwilling to work, she won’t work.

"Thank you, Uncle!" Wen Ran truly spoke from the heart, "Uncle, you’re genuinely a good person."

Team leader: "... Let go, I need to head home."

Wen Ran nodded and bowed, seeing off the team leader, "Uncle, take it slow, eh~"

In the days that followed, Wen Ran lived like a fish in water, carefree and comfortable.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Everyone was motivated, rushing to build the houses for Wen Ran and Bao Wenxuan before the autumn harvest.

Even the furniture was delivered.

Looking at the brand-new yard in front of her, Wen Ran felt genuinely happy.

Now she had a place where she could settle down.

A place that belonged entirely to her.

Today, moving into the new home, Mrs. Xiao also came to help, holding mugwort leaves to start a fire, piles of lime in the corner for mosquito prevention, she said.

"Is Wen Ran living here?"

At the door, a man in an army green uniform peered into the house.

Wen Ran was puzzled, "I am."

"Hello, there’s a letter for you."

A letter?

Wen Ran was momentarily stunned, "Huh?"

She only had a few packages, which arrived days ago. This letter is...

"Could it be a mistake?"

"Nope," the man was certain, "Silly Deer Team, you’re the only recently settled educated youth with the last name Wen."

"Alright."

Wen Ran accepted the letter, half-skeptical, and upon seeing the name on it, had a moment of realization, "It’s truly mine, thank you."

The man smiled, "Serving the people."

Then, taking a sip of water, he continued to deliver letters.

Bao Wenxuan was curious, "Ranran, is it a letter from your family?"

Family?

Not really.

Wen Ran smiled, "A relative."

She quickly tore open the envelope.

Wen Ran, upon seeing the letter, it’s like meeting you. I am Chen Wan, I hope you remember who I am...

The first half of the paper was full of gratitude for Wen Ran, then the family situation of the Wen family was described.

Wen Ran: "?"

Hmm?

If you say it like this, I’m not sleepy at all, haha!

~

A month ago, the day Wen Ran scraped together her belongings to leave.

Usually, before the rooster crowed, Yuan Mei was already up, preparing breakfast for the family.

Unfortunately, she didn’t know what was wrong today, sleeping so deep and her mind was foggy.

"Wen," Yuan Mei rubbed her head, "It’s time to get up."

Mr. Wen was impatient, "Don’t bother me, hurry up and make breakfast, lazy woman, if I’m late for work, you’ll see."

Yuan Mei dared not speak out, hesitated for a while, but still got up to cook.

But upon sitting up, what she saw was pure white.

Except for the bed they were lying on, there was nothing else.

"Ahhhhh!"

Mr. Wen, shocked awake, sat up, raised a hand and slapped her, "You damned woman, what death wish do you have so early in the morning?"

"The things, our things!"

Mr. Wen: "?"

Only after a moment did he realize something was wrong.

The couple exchanged a glance, feeling dizzy and weak in the legs.

Yuan Mei stumbled to open the door, finding the living room, Li Minmin’s room, even Li Tianyang’s room were not spared.

The whole house, apart from those few doors, only had the load-bearing walls left.

Yuan Mei collapsed, screaming, Li Minmin frowned, "Mom, what are you doing?"

"Still sleeping, how can you sleep?" With no place to vent her anger, Yuan Mei gave Li Minmin two slaps, "Our house has been robbed."

Li Minmin: "What? Impossible, we’re all home, how could someone steal and us not know?"

"Then where are the things?"

Li Minmin had a flash of inspiration, "Could it be Wen Ran? She wanted revenge and took all our valuables?"

"Indeed," Mr. Wen smacked his forehead, "Our savings over the years!"

Searching was in vain, nothing was left.

To make sure nothing went wrong, Wen Ran was thorough, even banging on each brick before leaving, even went crazy enough to climb the roof and took the two pounds of cured meat from the beams.

"It’s over!" Yuan Mei slumped on the ground, shattered, "It’s all gone, all our savings over the years.

What will we eat and drink from now on?"

Li Minmin wasn’t really worried, since none of it was hers anyway. Lost is lost! Besides, her job was secured...

Hehehe, the money she makes is hers.

But such a good chance to mess with Wen Ran, not exploiting it would be a shame.

Li Minmin’s eyes darted, "Dad, Mom, do you think Wen Ran might be behind this? She probably took revenge on us before leaving, that’s why she took everything."

Though knowing it’s unlikely, the shock still made Yuan Mei and Mr. Wen lose reason, yelling, "That thief! Damn! Wen Mei that cursed woman has nothing good about her, her daughter has a black heart and black hands."

The early morning shouting drew the attention of everyone freshening up and making breakfast.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

The door was knocked.

Li Minmin opened it, neighbors almost scolded them, but upon seeing the white space inside, froze in place.

Murmuring, "Good heavens! Are you not planning to live here anymore?"

Li Minmin started her act, "Boohoo, everyone help out, our house has been looted by Wen Ran."

Neighbors: "?"

They all looked pale.

Li Minmin hadn’t noticed anything wrong, continued crying, "Boohoohoo, what to do, even if Wen Ran was upset, shouldn’t have done this.

I know she doesn’t like me, but now, Dad and brother have no food."

"Could there be some misunderstanding here?"

Mr. Wen also looked displeased, "What misunderstanding could there be?"