"..." was her assessment of the imaginations of people from this era.
"Sister-in-law? Do you, do you not remember your true form?"
Seeing her sister-in-law's dazed reaction, Li Min couldn't help but add another question.
"No, I remember."
"Then tell me quickly, what is your true form?" Li Min was excited.
"A snake. It reveals its true form upon encountering realgar. Be careful during the Dragon Boat Festival."
"A snake? A white snake or a green snake? Can't we really touch realgar? Then will my nephew be a snake or a human in the future?"
Li Min, instead of being scared by Tian Jing's words, bombarded her with questions, her excitement palpable.
Heaven, could you send down a thunderbolt to knock this woman unconscious?
Tian Jing raised her hand and pressed a finger to Li Min's forehead. "From now on, you must forget everything that happened an hour ago. You are only allowed to remember going up the mountain with me to dig wild vegetables, walking further and further, and accidentally entering the deep mountain area, which made you rush down the mountain."
When her sister-in-law's finger was removed, Li Min touched her forehead. "Sister-in-law, your magic isn't working. My memory is still intact."
Tian Jing "..." If her magic worked, she would have turned this woman into a mute long ago.
Pah pah pah, what was she thinking? When did she gain magic?
Tian Jing slapped Li Min's shoulder. "Stop daydreaming. I'm just an ordinary person who knows martial arts. Let's go, the big show down the mountain should be our turn."
"Sister-in-law, are you really not an immortal? If one day you expose your identity again, I will make a request to you, and you must grant it."
Besides not being the biological daughter of the Tian family, did she have any other secret identities?
But Tian Jing still wanted to confirm. "You're talking about an immortal identity, right?"
Li Min nodded. "It's similar to an immortal identity, like a true form or original shape."
"Alright, I promise you. If I have any more mysterious identities that you discover, I will grant you a wish."
The two slung their baskets onto their backs. Tian Jing linked arms with Li Min, leaped lightly onto a branch, and then quickly sprinted down the mountain, stepping on the branches.
When they arrived, Li Min had been carried, or rather, squeezed horizontally. Now, she watched with her own eyes as she and her sister-in-law flew down the mountain like the wind. Her excited heart was about to leap out of her chest.
She was amazing, her sister-in-law was amazing, not only her mouth and mind, but also her skills. Haha, let's see who dares to bully her family again.
Upon leaving the deep mountain area, Tian Jing led Li Min off the branches. "Tidy up your hair, calm your heart, and don't spread rumors about me everywhere. I like a quiet life."
For this foolish elder sister-in-law, Tian Jing hadn't used her supernatural abilities to shield her on the way up or down the mountain. Otherwise, with this person's imagination, she would definitely have been placed on the throne of an immortal, one from which she was not allowed to descend.
"Why?" Li Min asked, running her fingers through her hair.
"A woman with such high martial power, is that something this mundane world can tolerate? If you don't help me conceal it, do you plan to publicize it?"
"What if some martial artists are not convinced that a woman is more powerful than them and challenge me? Should I fight or not? The martial world is dangerous, don't you know? Is your head just for decoration?"
Li Min was stunned. "Live like this, feeling wronged?"
"What's there to feel wronged about? Didn't I fight with Zhang Fangcao directly? Didn't I throw the Tian family members? Isn't that enough? What else do you want me to expose?"
"Besides, conquering people with force is not as good as conquering them with virtue. Virtue in words, understand? I stand on the moral high ground and persuade them with reason, isn't that better?"
"To avoid the defeated party saying I bullied them by relying on my martial arts after a fight, turning right into wrong. That would be truly frustrating."
"Yes, yes, sister-in-law, you're so right. I thought too simply. Those who use force are barbarians, we are civilized people."
Li Min looked at her sister-in-law with admiration. Her sister-in-law was truly proficient in both literature and martial arts.
"Let's go."
...
At the Li family's home at the foot of the mountain, not long after Tian Jing left with Li Min, after Li Zhengguo had instructed the two people at home, visitors arrived outside the Li family courtyard.
A large, imposing group of people.
Branch Secretary Yang, Captain Ou, Accountant Li, the three big heads of the production team had all arrived.
Zhang Fangcao leaned on her husband Li Aiguo's shoulder, her face full of grief and grievance.
Li Aiguo's face was full of anger and shame.
Hu Hongju was supported by her eldest daughter-in-law, Huang Sulan.
Accountant Li was supported by his eldest son, Li Jianguo.
Behind them were the five educated youths from the youth dormitory, three men and two women.
Behind the educated youths were a group of villagers with their hands tucked into their cotton-padded jackets, watching the spectacle.
In winter, with nothing else to do, the Li family at the end of the village had a show to watch. Even in the cold, they should come out and take a look.
Li Zhengguo stood at the courtyard gate. "Captain Ou, Branch Secretary Yang, where are you taking so many people?"
"Li Zhengguo, don't play dumb." Hearing Li Zhengguo's words, Li Aiguo shouted angrily, "Call your wife and sister out."
"They went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables after lunch. Besides, I'm not talking to you. Please mind your words and manners. My wife and sister are not people you can call out in that tone?"
Li Zhengguo's nonchalant words suppressed Li Aiguo's anger.
"Zhengguo Ge~" With her husband subdued, Zhang Fangcao stepped forward.
"Stop! Who are you?" Li Zhengguo stopped Zhang Fangcao from speaking. "Are you related to me? A married woman, in front of so many people, calling me 'Ge' by my name without any reservations. You may not care, but I do. I cherish my reputation. Please consider the impact."
"Zheng... *sobbing*."
Zhang Fangcao was about to call out "Zhengguo Ge" again, but her husband covered her mouth. At this time, she was still shamelessly calling out "Ge." He had already pointed it out directly, and she was still opening her mouth to call out. Didn't he have any pride?
"Zhengguo." Accountant Li spoke. Truly, a family misfortune. Agreeing to let his youngest son marry Zhang Fangcao was a wrong decision.
"Please call your daughter-in-law Tian Jing and Minmin out. We need to have a confrontation."
"I told you, they went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables."
"Impossible." Zhang Fangcao pulled her husband's hand away. Since she couldn't be soft, she would be tough. "I saw with my own eyes that she went to the Chen family's house."
Li Zhengguo beckoned into the courtyard. "Suo Zhu, you tell them."
Chen Suo Zhu stood beside Li Zhengguo. The two of them directly blocked the courtyard gate, as if preventing others from entering.
"Minmin brought wild vegetables to my house this morning. After eating, I planned to return the basket, and Minmin happened to be there to get it. She said she wanted to go to the mountain with her sister-in-law to dig wild vegetables. Comrade Zhang Fangcao, I didn't expect you to be keeping an eye on our family's movements."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Zhang Fangcao yelled. Since she had already lost face, there was no need for her to maintain her image anymore. Today, she had to drag Tian Jing and Li Min down to hell with her.
"As I walked out the door, I saw Li Min standing at your house's courtyard entrance. Afterwards, Tian Jing walked over from the head of the village and waved to Li Min. Li Min hurried over, whispered something to each other, and then headed towards the head of the village."
"I have always been dissatisfied with those two. I secretly followed them, and they actually entered the educated youth dormitory. Just as I was about to leave, I was knocked unconscious from behind, *sob sob sob*..."
Zhang Fangcao's aggrieved cries caused the villagers to start discussing.