The house is not big, with two main rooms. The children usually sleep in one room, which has only a large kang. The mattress in the corner where the original owner slept had been pulled away, so Lin Su simply pulled a quilt and put it there before going to sleep.
"That's my quilt..." Lin Shuai said tentatively.
"Be quiet and don't disturb me, otherwise I will beat you without mercy." Lin Su looked at them and said.
He doesn't hate children, but he doesn't like them either, especially those who are not well-educated. Children's temperament does come from their parents' education, but some of them do like to bully the weak and fear the strong.
Lin Su was not interested in what they would look like in the future. They had to walk their own path. At least their current lives were much better than their original ones.
The three half-grown children stopped talking, and the noisy night turned into silence.
Lin Su was able to have a good sleep. When it was dawn, he heard some noise and opened his eyes. Wang Qiaolan had already gotten up and was entering the kitchen. Lin Chenggong was tidying up things in the yard. After breakfast, they had to go to the fields to work. This harvest season could not be delayed at all.
There was nothing but silence at the breakfast table. When Lin Su put down his bowl and chopsticks, Wang Qiaolan snorted, "You've really become quite capable."
"If you don't improve your skills, you will die outside. There is no other way." Lin Su looked at her and said.
"You little bastard..." Wang Qiaolan took two deep breaths, obviously remembering what happened yesterday, and swallowed them hard.
"I advise you to watch your mouth." Lin Su looked up at her and said. Lin Chenggong beside him looked at him in surprise, but Lin Su did not stop talking. "The barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. You are not afraid of me, but you still have three children. If you provoke me once, I will beat your children once. Let's wait and see!"
"Bang!" Lin Chenggong slammed the table. "Where did you learn such nonsense? Aren't you afraid of being sent to jail?!"
"Don't be afraid. If you have the guts, just kill me." Lin Su looked at him coldly.
He was indifferent to the insults, but he couldn't stay immersed in such a muddy environment. If he kept fighting against such people, he would become full of resentment.
Lin Chenggong looked at him and flipped the entire table. The three children and Wang Qiaolan were frightened for a moment, but Lin Su lifted the corner of the table and threw it directly into the yard. He looked down at Lin Chenggong and said, "Throwing a table? I can do that too."
"You're really rebellious!" Lin Chenggong's eyes were red. When the slap came, Lin Su pulled out a kitchen knife from the chopping board beside him and put it directly on the neck of the little boy next to him, "Try it."
The crying started again, but Lin Chenggong put down his slap, his whole body shaking with anger: "Put down the knife."
Lin Su took the knife. Lin Chenggong sighed and said, "Alright, I can't control you anymore, and I don't want to. You just complained that I took a few acres of your parents' land. I'll give it back to you. Go back to your shabby house! Let's not have any dealings with each other in the future!"
"Lin Chenggong!" Wang Qiaolan screamed.
"Didn't you see how he held the knife? I really want your son to be stabbed by him." Lin Chenggong looked at her and said.
"He dares?!" Wang Qiaolan said.
"I dare. At worst, one life for another. Let's see who feels more pain." Lin Su threw the knife on the chopping board and said.
Breakfast ended like this, and the couple did not go to the fields. Instead, they invited the village chief over.
In that era, various laws were not particularly strict. In remote areas, if a girl was born and was unwanted, she would be drowned or given away. It was not a big deal to allocate land to a minor.
"Are you sure you want to divide it up?" The village chief had a pipe hanging from his waist. He looked at Lin Su who was sitting beside him and sighed, "You want to divide it up too?"
"Yes, divide it all up." Lin Su said, "Including my own family, all of it must be divided up."
"You're too young. There's no precedent for this for seven or eight-year-olds." Village Chief Wu looked at him and sighed, "How about adding five years to your age? That would be more acceptable."
"Okay." Lin Su said, "You decide."
In Hu Zi's impression, the old village chief wanted to take care of him more. He would come over occasionally and give him some food, but he could only help to make the original body's life a little better. He really wanted to support him but he was unable to do so.
"Okay, then add five years, and I'll give you the land and the keys," said Village Chief Wu. "But this harvest belongs to your uncle and aunt, and we'll have nothing to do with them from now on. Is that okay?"
"Okay." Lin Su looked at Lin Chenggong and said.
The original body was quite grateful to this uncle, at least in this family this uncle still protected him, but in Lin Su's view, his silence was his tacit approval of Wang Qiaolan, and he just didn't want to make such a big fuss occasionally.
Men don't have to be able to control women, but condoning such evil behavior is actually the same as birds of a feather.
But people are close to each other, he wants to protect his own family, and his original body is grateful to him, so Lin Su is too lazy to care about it.
Once the name is signed and the fingerprints are pressed, this thing will take effect for the villagers. In four years, even the law will recognize its validity.
"Here is the key. When we meet again in the future, just pretend we don't know each other." Lin Chenggong placed the key in front of Lin Su and said.
"Okay." Lin Su took the key, picked up one of the agreements, and followed the village chief out of the Lin family.
"What are you going to do with your child in the future?" The village chief sighed as he looked at him. "Shouldn't you find someone to take care of you?"
"No, I can do it myself." Lin Su looked at him and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Wu."
"Alright, they're really too unreasonable." Village Chief Wu reached out and touched his head. "Try it yourself first. If it doesn't work, come to my house. I'll cook dinner and you can come and eat with me."
"Okay." Lin Su agreed, but had no plans to go.
Every family has its own difficulties. In this era, adding one more person is not as simple as adding another bucket of water, and it is indeed easier for him to do it alone.
Hu Zi's parents have their own house. Houses are not very valuable these days, especially in this place. As long as you have the materials, it doesn't cost too much money.
But no one has lived there for a long time, it was locked and it has become quite deserted.
When Lin Su opened the door, he took a step back and watched the soil sliding down like water for a long time. He waited until the dust had settled before he walked in.
The dirt yard was overgrown with weeds, but at least the steps were still visible. However, there were two small trees growing next to the steps, and the dark house made it look quite like an abandoned haunted house in the village.
There isn't much stuff in the house, but the air is clean these days. Even though I haven't lived here for a long time, there isn't much dust.
Lin Su found a piece of rag that no one had taken away at home, and took a half-broken bucket that no one wanted. He went to the well at the entrance of the village to fetch water and began to prepare the place where he needed to live.
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