Two years have passed in the blink of an eye. In the first half of this year, Lin Xiazhu and Xiao An will graduate from junior high school. A major event has occurred this year.
Tie Zhu, also known as Chen Zinan, who had been secretly helped by Yan Xin for two years, was finally found by his family, who were preparing to take him back to the capital.
The Chen family has only sent their steward for now; Mr. and Mrs. Chen will arrive in a few days.
Going back two years, Yan Xin went to great lengths and paid a heavy price in order to legitimately provide relief to Tie Zhu.
Because Tie Zhu refused Yan Xin's help no matter how much she pleaded, she became enraged and resorted to a desperate measure: she paid several people in Xiaoquan Town who knew the truth to tell Tie Zhu that he was an adopted son, not the blacksmith's biological son.
"The reason why your parents haven't treated you like a human being all these years is because you're not their biological child. Although the debt of raising someone is greater than the debt of giving birth, you've suffered for so many years, which means you raised yourself. You don't owe them anything. If you can leave, then leave."
This eloquent old woman was hired by Yan Xin for several hundred yuan to persuade him. She was not the first, nor the last. There were about ten old women or old men who took turns brainwashing Tie Zhu every day.
These underhanded tactics were all carried out in secret, but Tie Zhu's adoptive parents still discovered them, causing quite a stir at the time. Both the blacksmith couple and the group of people Yan Xin hired were not to be trifled with.
The main problem is that these people are all seasoned fighters at verbal and physical altercations, and none of them back down. The incident escalated all the way to the town government. While no one else suffered any losses, Tie Zhu, the person involved, found himself in an even more difficult situation.
The blacksmith and his wife continued to enslave him by making him do this and that, while cursing him with even harsher words every day, telling him to get out and get far away.
Although Tiezhu is very capable, he thought about how the house at home was not big enough. The older the boy got, the more he ate. Don't be fooled by his quiet and hardworking nature; he is not an honest man.
If he's not allowed to eat his fill, he'll steal rice from home to cook. When he's really hungry, he'll even steal chickens from home to kill and eat. When he was a kid, the blacksmith could catch him and give him a good beating, but now that he's grown up, no one can catch him.
Even if he catches up, the blacksmith can't do anything to him. If he wants to hit him, the blacksmith will hold him down so he can't move. He won't hit him, he'll just hold him down.
The blacksmith's wife was prone to overthinking. When she saw Tiezhu staring at their family members with a gloomy look in his eyes, she felt uneasy.
“Honey, Tiezhu knows we’re not his biological parents now, and he’s becoming more and more disobedient. He even dared to hold you down. Next time, he might even hit you. Have you noticed how he looks at us now? I see murderers on TV, and they look at people the same way he does.”
"What's wrong with his eyes? Hasn't he always been like this? He's always been taciturn since he was little, who knows what he's thinking?" The blacksmith was simple-minded and didn't have many thoughts.
The blacksmith's wife was taken aback, then angrily slapped the blacksmith hard. "Before, he didn't know he wasn't their biological son, so he didn't dare to do anything even if he felt wronged. Now that his identity has been exposed, I'm afraid he won't be so tolerant anymore. What if he does something to hurt us?"
"My main concern is that he might harm our own son."
The blacksmith and his wife knew how far they had gone, and understood that even a rabbit will bite when cornered, but instead of trying to make amends, they were focused on how to prevent Tie Zhu from harming their family.
Finally, he picked up a set of tattered clothes, put them in a cloth bag, and threw it at Tiezhu, telling him to get lost. "We've raised you for over ten years, from the moment you were born, we've raised you with so much care, we don't know how much money we've spent to raise you this long."
We don't expect anything in return. We're poor, and our house isn't big enough for us. Just please leave now and never come back.
And so, without a penny or an ID card, Tiezhu was kicked out of his home by his adoptive parents like a beggar.
Yan Xin had been keeping an eye on Tie Zhu's situation. After Tie Zhu was kicked out of his home by his adoptive parents, Yan Xin quickly received the news and asked Zhang Yu for help.
Who is Zhang Yu? He was a gang leader in the county that few people didn't know. In fact, he was quite honest and worked hard to earn money, and had long since stopped stealing.
However, their image was too deeply ingrained in people's minds. A group of a dozen or so teenagers, running around in various towns every day. It was said that these teenagers came from poor families and were not well cared for by their parents.
However, in the past two years, they have been able to earn money to support themselves and no longer rely on sneaking around to make a living. Now, it would be the perfect arrangement for Tie Zhu, who is confused and doesn't know where to go, to seek refuge with Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu would never personally invite him. After all, he was considered a senior figure, and joining his construction team wouldn't be so easy. Did he think anyone could just join whenever they wanted?
The construction team under him consists of brothers who have worked together since childhood, and their bond is incredibly strong.
However, this time it was Zhao Xiaolian who spoke, and Zhang Yu agreed without hesitation because of Lin Xiazhu.
"Have someone talk to Tiezhu and tell him to come to the county town to find me. Let him work for a few days. If he can handle the hardship, he can work with us, eat and live with us, and be paid the same as the workers outside." It's impossible for him to be treated the same as his brothers; there's no such sentimentality.
Yan Xin muttered to herself, "It's like a dragon falling into shallow waters and being mocked by shrimp. They look down on Brother Zinan now, but once he's recognized and returned to the Chen family, those who look down on him shouldn't even think about currying favor with him."
snort.
If Lin Xiazhu knew what she was thinking, she would definitely spit in her face. What's so great about being a rich young master? He still has to rely on others for help now, otherwise he would be squatting under a bridge and begging for food everywhere.
As for the future, we'll talk about it when things turn around. Lin Xiazhu had an absolutely terrible impression of Chen Zinan. She didn't realize it until she found out he had such a miserable past.
He was someone who had suffered at the very bottom of society. After turning his life around, he began to look down on the poor. It could be out of hatred or disgust, because of his unbearable past, which he wished he could erase and not want to recall at all.
Perhaps they suffered too much hardship in their adoptive parents' home when they were young, so they have a deep-seated aversion and hostility towards people at the bottom of society. Such people seem to have a twisted mind and are unable to face their past.
In short, Lin Xiazhu now particularly dislikes Chen Zinan and looks down on him.
However, since Yan Xin wanted to help him, Lin Xiazhu didn't intend to stop him. She just forbade Yan Xin from inviting people to her home, or even having them come as guests, because she found it annoying.
Anyway, Chen Zinan stayed with Zhang Yu's construction team after that, and Yan Xin often gave Chen Zinan subsidies in Zhang Yu's name, whether it was food or money.
Chen Zinan was either not very smart or just a sucker for being taken advantage of. Zhang Yu had so many brothers, and all of them had a deeper bond than him. How could they possibly make an exception and take care of someone who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere?
It's amazing how he can accept these gifts without feeling guilty.
"That simpleton Tiezhu isn't someone worth getting close to. Aside from the subsidy from your Aunt Zhao, don't give him a single penny more," Lin Xiazhu told Zhang Yu privately.
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