Chapter 10: Propose separation and adopt wolf cubs
Without waiting for the child to react, Gu Jin turned and left.
An Mingji was alone in the room, eating a yellow flour bun in one hand and holding the water cup handed to him by Gu Jin in the other, staring at the other's back as he left.
Until the figure disappeared from sight, An Mingji's seemingly clear eyes suddenly dimmed.
The light in his eyes was dark, a mixture of pride, final stubbornness, and a darkness that did not belong to his age.
Gu Jin, who had already left, did not notice anything wrong with An Mingji.
How could she know that An Mingji, who had long been abandoned and lived alone in the village, had experienced all kinds of contempt, beatings, and insults from the villagers. He was no longer the innocent child he used to be.
Gu Jin walked out of the room and glanced at the yard. The old man sitting on the recliner was gone.
She looked at the closed door of one of the lower rooms opposite and knew that the old man had gone back inside.
If she wanted to keep An Mingji, she needed to discuss it with the old man, get his consent, and go to the grassroots level in the town to handle the formalities.
She walked over and knocked gently on the old man's door.
“Knock, knock…”
"Come in." The old man's voice came from inside.
Gu Jin pushed open the door and saw the old man lying on the kang.
The old man is afraid of cold, so a kang is built in the house to make the winter more bearable.
"Xiao Jin, what do you want from grandpa?"
The old man had never been close to Gu Jin, but he had never treated her badly.
Gu Jin approached the room, closed the door behind him, and walked towards the old man.
"Grandpa, I have something I want to discuss with you."
The old man looked at her deeply, sat up from the kang, crossed his legs, pointed to the edge of the kang, and said, "Sit down and talk."
Gu Jin walked to the kang and sat down, looking at the master's eyes that seemed cloudy but were actually wise, and said with his eyes lowered: "Grandpa, I want to keep Xiao An."
She didn't want to look up at him because she didn't want the old man to see that her soul didn't belong to that age.
"Have you thought it through?"
There was a hint of disapproval in the old man's tone.
Gu Jin nodded: "I've thought about it. Xiao An will live with me and I will support him. If I have a bite to eat, I will share half with him."
The old man snorted and laughed, "Can you afford it? What time is it now? Have you forgotten why you can't go to school?"
Gu Jin frowned slightly, then he remembered that it was May, the day when he should have gone to school.
The reason why we don’t go to school now is that there is no food. The authorities cannot distribute food, so classes have been suspended for both teachers and students.
Recalling the distant memories, but these have nothing to do with Yang An Mingji.
Gu Jin raised his head and looked at the old man in front of him: "Grandpa, I think it through very clearly. I remember my classmates in town said that as long as you are 18 years old, you can have a separate household registration.
I want to ask the village chief to report my age as two years older, set up a separate household, move Xiao An to my account, and give half of my food ration to Xiao An. "
The old man didn't say anything. He reached out and picked up the pipe beside him, filled it with tobacco and lit it.
The house was quickly filled with smoke, and the grandfather and grandson sat there without saying a word.
The old man looked at Gu Jin's face and had to say that this girl had a really pretty face. She didn't look like anyone from their Gu family.
Everyone in the village knew that this child was not from the Gu family.
But the Gu family had raised her for sixteen years after all, so they had developed some feelings for her.
At this moment, the old man felt uncomfortable when he heard her say that she wanted to separate the household.
Seeing the old man's unhappy look, Gu Jin quickly understood what was going on.
(End of this chapter)
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