Chapter 980 A Bizarre Family
Lin Yuesha felt a toothache from listening. The fact that scum like Lin Shusheng had neglected his daughter for over a decade had shattered her worldview. As for Old Lady Tian's actions, Lin Yuesha had only one thought: Is she even her biological daughter?
"He's my biological son. My third uncle looks like a member of the Tian family."
Tianwa knew that what he said was unbelievable, but he wasn't making things up; every word he said was true.
Moreover, Old Lady Tian's behavior didn't stop there; she went on to do even more outrageous things.
"The rumors about your third uncle started because of you. How did this happen?"
Lin Yuesha was more concerned about the rumors.
“My grandmother divided the family property and sent my third uncle away, but my family doesn’t have a homestead in the village, so we can’t build a house.”
This story begins with the division of the family property. Tian Dali had difficulty walking and was essentially kicked out, receiving only a symbolic set of pots and pans and a quilt with exposed cotton wadding.
Tian Dali was homeless and lived in a makeshift shed outside the Tian family's house.
The villagers couldn't stand it anymore, so they went to Old Lady Tian to plead their case. They kicked out the disabled son without giving him any money. Wasn't that going to kill them?
Old Mrs. Tian was two-faced; she spoke eloquently but was actually furious. She believed that Tian Dali had spoken ill of her to the villagers and tarnished her image. She insisted on severing her mother-son relationship with Tian Dali and driving him away.
At first, Tian Dali thought his family couldn't accept the fact that he was lame, and he felt bad, so he silently waited for his family to change their minds.
But Old Lady Tian's actions made him give up and see through the true colors of the Tian family.
His mother didn't care about him at all; she didn't even care about the dog that Old Tian's family had. The dog's pot was made of wooden planks, while he himself didn't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Disheartened, Tian Dali approached the old village chief and voluntarily severed ties with the Tian family, promising that even if he starved to death, he would never eat a single grain of rice from the Tian family.
He didn't care about what he had given, considering it as repayment for Old Lady Tian's kindness in raising him.
"Where does your third uncle live?"
Lin Yuesha felt distressed. Even tigers don't eat their cubs, so this old woman was worse than a beast; she was a complete oddball.
“My third uncle was disfigured, and the children in the village were afraid of him, so he built a small wooden house on the mountain and occasionally went hunting.”
During a heavy snowfall in Yingcheng in winter, Tian Dali, whose legs were weak, slid down the mountain twice and refused to come down.
After the New Year, Tian Dali came down the mountain, and only then did the villagers realize that he was not dead.
Living alone in the mountains, he disappeared without a trace, and the villagers even thought that Tian Dali had been eaten by wild animals.
Last summer, Tian Wazi went into the mountains to pick mushrooms and was bitten by a poisonous snake and fell into a coma. Tian Dali used a dagger to cut open his thigh and risked his life to suck out the venomous blood.
This was witnessed by several of Tianwazi's companions who had gone into the mountains to look for him. They ran down the mountain crying and spreading the word that Uncle Tian Dali was eating raw meat and drinking fresh blood and was trying to kill Tianwazi.
Tianwazi tried to explain, but the villagers wouldn't listen; they believed what their child had seen with his own eyes.
The child has no bad intentions and would never lie.
“They insist that I’m covering for my third uncle, even my grandmother said so.”
Rumors stop with the wise, but instead of helping to clarify, the Tian family smeared Tian Dali, refusing to admit that he ate meat and drank blood, and even went into detail about the rumors, making them sound incredibly convincing.
“I tried to explain on behalf of my third uncle, but no one believed me. Instead, they said I was scared by my third uncle and that I had lost my mind.”
Tian Wazi became more and more aggrieved as he spoke. His third uncle had sucked out the poisonous blood from him, and his face had turned blue, indicating that he had definitely been poisoned. His third uncle had saved his life.
He went to the city today to find work, hoping to earn money so he could rent a house for his third uncle, who has always lived in the mountains where there are many mosquitoes, steep mountain roads, and inconvenient travel.
Unfortunately, when he found work, the employers rejected him because he was too young.
Tianwazi was dejected. He couldn't understand why his family members were so heartless. His grandparents and parents all called him a fool.
"They...they are the people who came looking for Tian Dali!"
The villagers went home to report the news. When Old Lady Tian heard that a horse-drawn carriage had entered the village, she specifically asked for Tian Dali and immediately followed it out to see what was going on.
When Old Lady Tian saw Lin Yuesha, her eyes lit up. What a beautiful young lady! Judging from her clothes, she must be a wealthy person.
Grandma Tian was never going to let go of an opportunity to take advantage of someone.
"Young lady, I am Tian Dali's mother. Just tell me what you need."
Grandma Tian looked at Lin Yuesha with great enthusiasm. She glanced at the hairpin and exclaimed, "Oh my goodness, it's a ruby gold hairpin!"
Fat sheep, rich people!
Old Mrs. Tian wouldn't feel at ease until she had skinned the little brat alive.
"Hello, ma'am, I'm here to deliver some money to Tian Dali."
Having encountered such an extreme case, Lin Yuesha was determined to teach him a lesson.
As Prince Luo leisurely stepped down from the carriage, he immediately drew gasps of admiration from the surrounding villagers. What a handsome man! Moreover, he possessed a composed and noble air about him. He was definitely a person of great importance!
Old Lady Tian immediately abandoned Lin Yuesha and headed straight for Prince Luo with a beaming smile.
Lin Yuesha touched her face. What was wrong with her? She should have borrowed Zhao Jingya's maid.
"Grandma, what Lin girl said is true, we did come from the prefectural city."
Luo Wang said that there was a previous shortfall in the compensation money for Tian Dali, and the corrupt official had been brought to justice. Now they came here specifically to deliver the money to Tian Dali.
"Really? That's great!"
Grandma Tian hurriedly invited the people to her home as guests, and said with a smile, "My son is like a gourd with its mouth sawed off, doing great things quietly, protecting the country and the people. It breaks our hearts as parents to see him suffer such injustice."
Tian Wa Zi was already used to Old Lady Tian's two faces. He couldn't get a word in edgewise and was called away by his father, Tian Da Guang, for questioning.
What a poor kid! He has no sense of propriety at all. He should be invited to visit such a wealthy person's home right away!
As for Tian Dali's compensation, it eventually ended up in his mother's hands.
Tian Daguang had a plan: if he received more compensation, he could ask his mother for some money to go to a brothel in the city.
"Then I'll have to trouble Aunt Tian."
Prince Luo was polite and courteous, giving people a warm and welcoming feeling. The young women, wives, and even the old ladies in the village were all captivated by him.
"Grandma Tian, don't forget to find out if the important person is married. My chubby girl hasn't even said she's married yet."
Another old woman leaned close to Old Lady Tian and whispered a promise, "If you can help bring them together, I'll give you ten taels of silver."
Ten taels of silver is quite a lot; it's enough to marry a wife in the village.
The Tian family originally lived a miserable life, relying entirely on Tian Dali's exploitation to build houses, buy land, and have no worries about food and drink.
"Pah! Your chubby girl's eyes are practically gone, how could any important person possibly want her?"
Old Mrs. Tian spat. She wasn't stupid. She didn't want the good stuff to go to outsiders. Her family had an unmarried girl who was good-looking, and the influential people there weren't blind.
After being rebuffed, the old lady pouted angrily. That girl from Tian's family was just like her, lazy and good-for-nothing, a complete liar. Anyone inquiring around the surrounding villages would know her background; she would never be able to get married!
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