Chapter 92 Relying on
Lin Fengjuan felt she had cried all the tears she could in her life, but what could she do? Now she had no one to rely on, and her son was still young, so she had to keep going.
She could no longer stay in her original place, so she brought her son to her hometown.
But there was no private plot of land left in her hometown. Even the rented house had been sold to someone else back then. Now that she was going back, she had no money at all. She had no choice but to shamelessly beg her uncle.
She knew that her eldest cousin was now in charge, and even her uncle had to listen to him. Moreover, her uncle's family lived in her eldest cousin's house. She had to swallow her pride and go there, and could only wait for her eldest cousin to agree.
She had been waiting and waiting all these days, afraid that her older cousin would reject her, because she hadn't been good to him when they were little.
As a child, I acted recklessly and arrogantly, only to realize the harm I caused to others when I grew up.
But what's done is done, and there's no going back. If her older cousin doesn't agree, she doesn't know what to do. Should she swallow her pride and kneel down to beg for his approval? If she does that, she might never be able to reconcile with her older cousin in this lifetime.
Fortunately, she received the news.
"Thank you, thank you, Uncle. You are my saviors, my benefactors for life! Come on, Xiao Guang, thank Grandpa."
Lin Xiaoguang, still somewhat bewildered, knelt on the ground with his mother and said, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Old Man Lin was somewhat at a loss: "Hey, what's wrong with you all? Get up, get up."
"No, Uncle, please don't stop us. Xiao Guang and I will feel guilty if we don't kneel down and kowtow a few times."
"You, sigh!" Old Man Lin, upon hearing this, simply stopped trying to stop him.
Lin Fengjuan respectfully kowtowed nine times before raising her head to wipe her face: "Uncle, don't worry, I will work hard in the future and try not to cause you any trouble."
"We're all family, don't worry, our whole family will take care of you."
"Yes, thank you, Uncle."
Old Man Lin took Lin Fengjuan back home. Since they had been informed in advance, Lin Guangsheng and his wife were already there when they arrived.
Upon seeing Lin Guangsheng, Lin Fengjuan almost knelt down again, but Lin Guangsheng stopped her.
Lin Guangsheng didn't care that it was just a place to stay, and they didn't stay at home much anyway, so they wouldn't have much contact with each other.
Lin Fengjuan thanked everyone one by one, and the Lin family members all sighed as they looked at her.
These days, it's pitiful for a woman to raise a child alone.
"Your mother-in-law's side is really something. You gave them a son, and they just kicked you out like this, they don't even want their son anymore!"
Lin Fengjuan smiled bitterly: "It's not like I've lost my family; everyone who sees me would want to kick me while I'm gone."
"What do you mean you've lost your family? We have plenty of family here!"
"Yes, I must thank my uncle and all my cousins."
"What exactly happened in your family?" Now facing the person involved, Old Mrs. Lin finally asked this question. She only knew the general outline before, so now she wanted to hear what Feng Juan had to say.
Speaking of this, Lin Fengjuan gave a bitter smile: "It's all because my dad was greedy. Although things weren't as good as they were later when we moved out, it wasn't bad either. Ever since my eldest brother married into the family, my dad thought that since the woman's family was well-off, he made my eldest brother transfer our entire family's household registration there. My sister-in-law didn't mind, but who knew that this transfer would cause such a problem... It was fine before, but now..."
The Lin family, even if they didn't know the full extent of the chaos outside, had heard about it and were all deeply saddened.
"Do you know where your dad and the others are right now?"
Lin Fengjuan shook her head: "How would I know? I heard it's in several remote places."
Old Lin tapped his pipe and sighed, "Sigh, just settle down here." As for finding them, the world is so big, how can you possibly find them? Besides, they're not rich or powerful. You can only hope that they'll come back on their own someday, but that hope is slim.
"Yes, Xiaoguang, come here and greet them. This is your great-grandfather, this is your great-grandmother, this is your uncle..."
"Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle..." Lin Xiaoguang called out to them one by one.
"Oh, this child looks so well-behaved." Grandma Lin pulled the child over and hugged him for a long time. "So thin, too thin. I don't know how your in-laws raise their grandson. It's too much!"
"Alright, why are you saying all this? From now on, Fengjuan has nothing to do with those people." Old Man Lin didn't like listening to these family gossips. Since the child was already here, saying those things would only make her more upset.
"Yes, yes, it's okay. Our family has a clean record."
"You must be tired too, Wang Qiu. Take your sister Fengjuan and your nephew inside to tidy up." Old Man Lin spoke, and Wang Qiu naturally obeyed. He chuckled and took Lin Fengjuan's arm, and the two of them went to the tidy-up room with smiles.
Dinner was a lively affair, and the Lin family warmly welcomed Lin Fengjuan and her son.
Yin Qing and his wife did not stay there that night, but returned to the town.
It's inappropriate for the host not to welcome someone who has just moved in.
"Guangsheng, won't your cousin cause trouble?" Yin Qing asked after thinking for a moment, sitting on the back of the bicycle with a flashlight in hand.
Lin Guangsheng shook his head: "I don't know, I'm not familiar with her."
"So you investigated that matter?"
"I only investigated what she said; I didn't have that much time to discuss her specific personality."
Yin Qing nodded: "It seems like someone who is grateful, as we meet for the first time today."
"Um."
"Hopefully, nothing unexpected will happen in the future."
"They have the will but not the ability; they all rely on us for their livelihood."
"You're the best!"
"Isn't your husband capable?"
"You're so mean!" Yin Qing couldn't help but glare at him, but she was sitting in the back, and it was late at night, so glaring at him was pointless; Lin Guangsheng couldn't see her.
"I wonder how Little Peach Blossom is doing today?" The topic shifted to their daughter. The two of them didn't bring Little Peach Blossom back; she was staying at Tieguai Li's place tonight.
“With Master Li around, how could anything happen? You’re just destined to worry every day.”
"Not worried? If I don't worry, will our family be doing well?"
"Yes, yes, it's my fault. I was going too fast, be careful sitting down!" He said, standing up and pedaling faster, which startled Yin Qing, who scolded him impatiently, "Lin Guangsheng, slow down, slow down, don't you hear me!"
Unfortunately, Lin Guangsheng pretended not to hear!
When Xiao Taohua met Lin Fengjuan and her son, it was around May Day, and the production team was bustling with activity during the busy farming season.
In just half a year, Lin Fengjuan has established herself in the Xiaolin Village production team. In addition, Lin Fengjuan is simple and honest and hardworking, so she is very popular in Xiaolin Village.
After the Lunar New Year, because Lin Guangsheng was away on business trips from time to time, Xiao Taohua and Yin Qing had not returned to the village. When they came back this time, everyone who saw Xiao Taohua greeted her with a smile.
"Little Peach Blossom is back! She hasn't been back for almost half a year."
"That's right, Jianshe misses you so much, and we're always thinking about going to town to see you."
"Our dog, Gou Dan, is the same."
"And our family too..."
(End of this chapter)
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