After what had just happened, she would rather suspect that her eyes were playing tricks on her than believe that this little squirrel could understand human speech.
"Chirp..." The little squirrel nodded again. This time, it didn't scratch its cheek with its tiny paw.
Instead, it stared at her with its dark, beady eyes and raised its tail. Lin Wanning clearly felt that it seemed to be trying to stand up.
"You don't need to stand up. Just nod or shake your head," she said.
"Chirp..." The little squirrel obediently nodded its tiny head. Lin Wanning was so shocked that she almost dropped the little squirrel from her hand.
She couldn't believe that this little squirrel she'd picked up by accident could understand her. From now on, it wouldn't just be her pet; it would be her little spiritual pet!
How amazing!
The moment the term "spiritual pet" popped into her mind, Lin Wanning remembered that the little guy had chirped when she was thinking about how to make money.
Could it sense what was on her mind?
"Chirp..."
Before Lin Wanning could even ask, the little squirrel nodded vigorously. Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
She had read novels about this place before, where there were all kinds of spiritual beings. Could this little squirrel be one of them?
Lin Wanning even thought that next time she saw a weasel, she'd feed it a chicken and try to take it under her wing.
But that was just a passing thought. Lin Wanning wasn't a greedy person. In fact, she was quite content with this smart little squirrel.
As if it could sense her thoughts, the little squirrel raised its tiny paw again and shyly scratched its chubby cheek.
Now that Lin Wanning was sure it could sense her thoughts, she raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes. "Do you know a way to get rich?"
The little squirrel just sat there in her hand, not moving for a long time. Its eyes were completely innocent.
"You must know. Otherwise, you wouldn't have chirped just now," she said.
The little squirrel let out two slightly aggrieved "chirps" and then pointed at its still-injured hind paw with its tiny paw.
Lin Wanning immediately understood. She laughed and said, "Haha, I definitely won't ask you to go hunting with me while you're injured. How about you go with me when you're better?"
The little squirrel instantly perked up and nodded its head like a little motor.
These days, Lin Wanning wasn't in a hurry. The house had just been renovated, and there was still some cleaning to do. There were also the leftover bricks from last time, which Lin Zhiyuan was using to build a kang.
She thought that when it got cold, it would be better for her father to have a kang. They had thought about building one before, but they were too poor to even afford the bricks.
Now that they had the leftovers, Lin Zhiyuan was working day and night. He chopped trees in the forest farm all day and then built the kang at night.
The whole family felt sorry for him, but Lin Bingwen acted as if he didn't see anything. After dinner, he just threw his bowls and chopsticks on the stove and then went to take a bath with his clothes.
Liu Xiaohui was just like him. After taking a bath, she just walked into the room openly. The most annoying thing was that there were always bursts of giggles coming from inside.
Chen Shufen, Lin Guoan, and Lin Zhiyuan were already used to it. They thought as long as they didn't cause any trouble, it would be a blessing. As for the young couple's affection, they didn't want to interfere.
But now that Lin Wanning was here, she didn't want to see this kind of situation at all. Why should they be so carefree?
Sister-in-law Fang Qin was pregnant. Why should she do the dishes? Even Chen Shufen was sweeping the floor and cleaning up the leftovers.
Her father was a patient, so it was okay for him to lie in bed. Her elder brother came back from work and didn't even change his clothes after dinner before helping their father clean the kang. Why were these two so shameless?
Lin Wanning used to be a polite and well - behaved person, but after seeing so many bad people, she knew that being polite didn't work on these lazy and immoral people.
So, without saying a word, she walked straight to the door and kicked it open.
Even if people thought about it with their feet, they could imagine that they were half - dressed or maybe even naked.
But so what?
Lin Wanning still kicked the door open. It wasn't even dark yet. If they wanted to have a good time as a couple, they should at least pay attention to the time and the situation!
"Lin Bingwen, I'm telling you today. If you don't do anything after dinner from now on, we'll just split up the family. You can take your wife and go to the woodshed to have your fun."
"If you don't want to live in the woodshed, you can ask the team leader for a house. From now on, we'll stay out of each other's way."
Before Lin Bingwen could react, Liu Xiaohui was unhappy. "Lin Wanning, how can you, as a younger sister - in - law, act like this? Did your mother teach you to kick other people's couple's door casually?"
"Then didn't your mother teach you about propriety and shame? You eat the most and don't even wash your own bowls. My elder brother is building a kang for Dad. Why can't you help?"
Liu Xiaohui had always been sharp - tongued. She didn't expect that Lin Wanning had become so sharp - tongued too. She was so different from the polite and gentle Lin Wanning in the past.
"Lin Wanning, what's wrong with you? Isn't elder brother already doing it?"
Lin Bingwen, who finally reacted, supported his wife and retorted to Lin Wanning.
"I don't want to argue with you so much. I just want to ask you, are you going to get up and help or not?"
"No. It's always been elder brother who did all the work before," Lin Bingwen said without hesitation and then got into the quilt.
"Fine. I'll go to the team leader right now and split up the family. The work points you get every time are only half of elder brother's. If it weren't for elder brother, don't you think you would have starved to death long ago?" There was a reason why Lin Wanning had hated this elder brother since she was a child.
"Lin Wanning, I know you've never liked me, but you don't have to drive me away as soon as you come back, do you?"
"What should I keep you for? Keeping you is no good for our whole family. You can go wherever you want."
After saying that, Lin Wanning turned around and was about to leave. Just as she stepped over the threshold, she heard Lin Bingwen shouting at the top of his voice, "I'll do it. I'll do it, okay?"
Lin Bingwen was pulling on his pants while cursing. But Liu Xiaohui still lay shamelessly in the quilt.
Lin Wanning sneered. "If only you get up to work, we'll only feed you. The other one can use your work points to eat in the forest farm canteen."
Liu Xiaohui knew that Lin Wanning was deliberately saying this to her, but so what? She wasn't afraid at all. In her eyes, as long as she coaxed Lin Bingwen a little, this fool would surely get food for her.
"Xiaohui, get up. Get up..." Lin Bingwen knew Lin Wanning's stubborn nature very well.
But Liu Xiaohui just didn't want to get up. "I've been working all day. My back hurts."