The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 19 Furniture Scandal

The next day, Lin's father took Lin Yu and Lin Yan up the mountain to cut down some trees to make furniture. Since the place was close to the mountain, it was very convenient.

Soon, Lin's father and Lin Yan brought down several beech tree trunks, a type of wood commonly used in the village for making furniture, known for its hardness and good load-bearing capacity.

Lin's father then split the wood into suitable planks, trimmed the edges, and pieced the planks together. Lin Yu stood by and helped learn.

However, they hadn't been there long when they saw Ge Liu's wife running towards them. "Lin Hai!"

Ge Liu's wife was plump and not very tall. She looked quite well-off, but now she seemed a little anxious, and the flesh on her face jiggled as she ran around.

"Sister-in-law Ge, what's wrong? I've been busy these past few days, I'll come to your house to work again in a couple of days." Lin Hai thought she had come to urge him about the furniture.

When Ge Liu's wife heard him say this, she was also very surprised: "You didn't know?"

"Know what?" Lin's father was also confused.

“I went to your house to ask about the situation, and your sister-in-law said that you have been busy with other things recently and asked Lin Fang to do the work for you! She told me to pay him the money.”

"What?! He can't do carpentry either!" Lin Hai was stunned by Li's shamelessness again.

Ge Liu's wife was furious: "I didn't know before, but now I do. He ruined all our timber!" As she spoke, she stomped her foot hard on the ground, wishing she could stomp on Lin Fang and Li Shi's faces.

Ge Liujia has been busy with her wedding recently and hasn't paid attention to the gossip in the village. She went to the Lin family hoping to discuss furniture styles with Lin's father, but she couldn't find him.

Upon seeing Li Shi in the courtyard, he asked her where Lin Hai was.

Li thought the Ge family business was a big business, but now that Lin Hai had split it up, he wouldn't share the profits with them. Why should they have to run it? She wanted Lin Fang to take over.

When Grandma Lin heard this, she agreed wholeheartedly and didn't mention the division of the family property to Ge Liu's wife at all. She simply told Lin Fang to go and do the work first, and that they would be paid for their work later.

In the village, carpenters can either bring their own timber and have a carpenter come to their door, or they can directly ask the carpenter for finished products. However, to save money, villagers usually go up the mountain to cut down trees themselves.

This time, the Ge family provided their own timber for their son's wedding. It wouldn't have mattered if it were just the common beech wood found in their mountains, but since they were better off, they specially bought rosewood for their son's wedding.

This is valuable, but Lin Fang doesn't know how to make it, yet he insists on doing it anyway. He didn't measure the dimensions properly and cut the wood into a mess.

"I was wondering why you hired such an unreliable person to do my work."

After figuring out Li Shi and Old Madam Lin's scheme, Ge Liu's wife was furious: "That scoundrel Li Ping, how dare she lie to me! And she ruined my timber, they'll be sorry!"

Ge Liu's wife grew angrier and angrier, even dragging Lin's father into it. She slapped her thigh and said, "Oh dear, what am I going to do with my timber? Lin Hai, why didn't you tell me you weren't coming?"

Lin's mother quickly stepped forward to support Ge Liu's wife: "Sister-in-law Ge, don't worry!"

"Sister-in-law Ge, let me see what's going on with you first." The Ge family's business is a big deal, and the Lin family's mess is just asking for trouble for Lin Hai.

Lin Hai thought he should go to Ge Liu's house first to see how the timber was being processed.

Lin Yan listened to the whole thing and admired how stupid Li Shi could be, taking on a task she clearly couldn't handle.

If this had nothing to do with them, she could have just watched the show, but it involved Lin's father. "Dad, I want to go see too!"

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When they arrived at Ge Liu's house, they saw that the wood had been cut by a novice. Some pieces were not cut evenly and were of different lengths. It was impossible to assemble the cabinet as originally planned.

"How...how did this turn out like this! How are we supposed to build a cabinet now?" Lin's father had never done anything like this before, and he never expected Lin Fang to mess it up like this.

"I won't let them get away with this! They have to pay me back! I'm getting married soon, otherwise where am I going to buy such a large piece of rosewood?" Ge Liu said fiercely, turning to confront the Lin family.

His son, Ge Chuanjia, quickly followed, even grabbing a hoe from the wall.

The Ge family is a member of the Ge family and is considered to be doing well in the village. They are wealthy and this time they married their son to the daughter of the head of the Zhang family in the neighboring village of Zhangjiawan.

Ge Chuanjia inherited his wife Ge Liu's almond-shaped eyes. He was handsome and popular, and also tall and strong. Zhang's daughter took a liking to him at first sight, which led to this marriage.

Zhangjiawan is a large village, and most of the villagers are from the Zhang family clan. The clan chief has the most authority in the village, so they can't afford to offend the bride's family.

Lin's father frowned, but fearing a commotion, he still followed.

Lin Yan rummaged through the piles of wood in the yard, trying to think of a way to save it.

When Ge Liu and his group arrived at the Lin family's house, Li was cleaning the chicken coop in the yard. Ever since the eldest son's family had separated, the chores in the yard had fallen to her.

Anyway, it was impossible for Old Madam Lin and Lin He Rui to do it, so Li Shi was ordered around every day, and she had to lose a lot of her fat.

When she saw Ge Liu and his son coming from afar, she was so frightened that she dropped the broom and ran into the house.

He ran while shouting, "Damn it, the Ge family is here! What are we going to do!"

Lin Fang and Old Man Lin went to water the fields today; neither of them were home.

Ge Liu kicked the open courtyard gate hard, sending it flying. He stood at the door and shouted, "Li Ping, Lin Fang, come out here!"

"What are you doing! What are you doing! What are you doing!" Old Mrs. Lin rushed out and saw her door panel flying in front of her.

"Ouch! You owe me my door!"

Ge Liu sneered, "You'll have to pay for your door?! You'd better pay for my rosewood first! Otherwise, I'll make your whole family regret it!"

Feeling guilty, Old Mrs. Lin didn't dare look at the Ge family members, her eyes darting around. "The timber, isn't it all in your yard? Why are you asking me to compensate you?"

Ge Liu: "You tricked my wife into letting Lin Fang come and do the work. He ruined all the timber, and you even said you didn't have to pay for it!"

Li raised her head and said, "That was what your wife made us do! Why should we pay for it? We don't want our wages."

"You still want your wages?!" Ge Liu was utterly exasperated by the shamelessness of these two. "If you don't pay, I'll smash up your whole house! It'll be a family heirloom!"

When Ge Chuanjia heard his father calling him, he grabbed his hoe and headed for Old Mrs. Lin.

Terrified, Li screamed and hid inside the house, yelling, "What are you doing! What are you doing!"

Grandma Lin was also horrified. "You, you're trying to kill someone!"

Ge Chuanjia slammed the hoe down beside Old Mrs. Lin. "Give me the money!"

Grandma Lin was so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground, still thinking about not being able to pay compensation. She stammered, "I have no money, I have no money! Go ahead and kill me if you dare!"

Li, hiding behind Old Mrs. Lin, spotted Lin's father standing at the door. "Hey! Lin Hai's over there! Go find him!"

Grandma Lin realized what was happening and looked up outside. "What? Lin Hai?!"

She saw Lin Hai standing outside, quickly stood up, pointed at him, thinking she had found someone to rely on. "Lin Hai, look at these people! They're going to kill your mother!"

Lin's father, however, did not side with her. "He's just asking you to pay compensation. I've inspected the timber; it's indeed ruined. You should pay for it."

"What?! Lin Hai, you're abandoning your mother?"

“It was you who wanted to break off relations with me because you were afraid of being implicated.”

When Old Mrs. Lin remembered the matter of the eldest son's family, she said in her haste that day that they were breaking off the relationship, not dividing the family property.

Then, rolling her eyes, she said, "Lin Hai took your deposit and didn't do it right. Go find him! I don't have the money to compensate you. Anyway, his family is already in debt, so they won't miss this little bit!"

Lin's father had originally intended to try and persuade the Ge family, but after hearing what they said, he decided not to say anything more.

"I'll refund your deposit, and I'll make the rest of the furniture for you free of charge." With that, he turned and left.

"Hey, Lin Hai, you can't leave, boss!!"