Chapter 85 Chapter 85 Lin Fugui's Family's Retribution

The night was pitch black. As soon as Lin Sanzhu and his sister climbed into the yard, the chickens in the chicken coop flapped their wings a few times.

Lin Sanzhu's heart was in his throat. He knocked on his parents' door, but no one opened it. They could only knock on the door of another room. He was afraid that his second brother would shout, so he ran over to knock on the door, "Second brother, don't shout, it's me, Sanzhu!"

"I'm still here. Second brother, please open the door." Lin Xiao walked to the window. She had been hungry for two days and didn't even have the strength to speak.

Lin Erzhu in the room thought he was dreaming, but when he heard his sister's voice, he realized it was not a dream.

Qian Li also woke up from her dream. She grabbed Lin Erzhu's arm tightly, and then heard Lin Sanzhu's words, and then realized that it was really Lin Sanzhu. But weren't they doing labor reform?

Lin Sanzhu and Lin Xiao, who were outside the house, saw that no one opened the door, and they panicked even more. Lin Sanzhu frowned, "Xiaoxiao, why is there no one at home?"

This is too strange, how is it possible that the whole family is not here?

Lin Xiao said it was impossible, "There was no movement in my parents' room, but I just heard the sound of the bed moving in this room. If you knock on the door again, my second brother may not realize it was us."

They finally managed to escape, and they didn't know when they would be discovered. Time was running out, so Lin Xiao knocked hard on the door. Her movement was so loud that Dabao woke up and cried twice, which made them more certain that someone was in the room.

"Second brother, please open the door quickly!" Lin Sanzhu saw hope, finally someone was at home.

Qian Li covered her son's mouth and said to Lin Erzhu in a low voice, "There has been no news since Dad and Mom went to Haicheng. If they come back with money, our future life will be better. Sanzhu and Lin Xiao's escape will definitely be discovered, and we can't let them get involved!"

"Yes, they are already sent to labor reform." Lin Erzhu thought that the good days were coming soon and they must not be ruined by Lin Sanzhu and the other two.

Talking about brotherhood at this time is a joke. The most important thing is to stay alive.

And there were rewards for reporting. Because of the matter between Lin Sanzhu and the other two, they had been very cautious in the village. Simply drawing a clear line was not enough to make them feel at ease.

Now Lin Sanzhu and Lin Xiao have actually escaped. If I report them, not only will I be rewarded, but the villagers will not be able to use this to criticize them in the future.

After thinking this through, Lin Erzhu whispered a few words into Qian Li's ear, and reminded her, "Hurry up, I will try my best to delay them."

After he finished speaking, he went to open the door. When he saw two skinny people standing at the door, he didn't dare to recognize them for a moment, "You...are you really Sanzhu and Xiaoxiao?"

"It's us!" Lin Sanzhu was almost dying of anxiety, "Why did you open the door just now? Xiaoxiaoxin and I are about to fly out."

Lin Xiao said in the same accusatory tone, "That's right, second brother. If you don't open the door, I'll think you did it on purpose. By the way, are mom and dad not home?"

Lin Erzhu nodded and said, "Let's go to my parents' room. This is a long story."

"Is there anything to eat? Get us something first." Lin Xiao was almost starving to death.

"There are some dried sweet potatoes now. I'll get them for you." After getting the dried sweet potatoes, Lin Erzhu took the two of them to his parents' room.

Qian Li saw her son fell asleep again, and ran away. Her husband was right. They couldn't be implicated because of Lin Sanzhu's affairs. What's wrong with being a little selfish? They still have Dabao, and they still have to consider Dabao.

She ran all the way to the village party secretary's house, and she had never run so fast before.

Lin Erzhu was stalling for time. "You are not at home, so you don't understand how hard our life is. Because you went to the farm for transformation, the villagers targeted us everywhere, and we were made to do the most tiring work in the fields. I know you are resentful, but we have no choice, otherwise we would not have missed visiting you."

As he spoke, he wiped his tears and looked very sad.

Lin Sanzhu and Lin Xiao did have some resentment towards Lin Erzhu. When their parents went to see them before, they told them that Lin Erzhu had split up the family business, and they blamed Lin Erzhu in their hearts.

But now, with their parents not at home, they can only rely on Lin Erzhu. No matter how much resentment they had in the past, they still regard Lin Erzhu as their own brother.

"Brother, it's our fault that we got you into trouble." Lin Sanzhu sighed, "But we can't be blamed for this. It was Jiang Qiuyue and the others who made a fuss and deliberately hurt us. Well, let's not talk about this. Where are my parents?"

Lin Xiao was still eating dried sweet potatoes. She was really hungry. Anyway, since Third Brother was asking questions, she just had to listen.

"My parents went to look for my eldest brother and his family." Lin Erzhu said, "My eldest brother's biological sister came to look for us. She is a military doctor, and my parents are both very capable. But my eldest brother kept it a secret from us. No wonder he looked down on us. You can see how hard our life is. We can't even get enough to eat at home. My parents had no choice but to look for them just to get some food for the family."

Hu Haizhi knew about Lin Fugui and his wife buying a child, but the labor reform documents for the two were still on the way, so Hu Haizhi did not inform Lin Erzhu and the others.

And they had been gone for so long and had not come back. In the opinion of Lin Erzhu and Qian Li, they must have been relying on Jiang Qiuyue's family or Gao's family. With Wang Chunhua's ability, if she acted like a liar, most people would not be able to handle it.

If you can stick around, you'll get some benefits.

Hearing what Lin Erzhu said, Lin Sanzhu and Lin Xiao wanted to curse Lin Zhengrong, but at the same time they were looking forward to it. Lin Sanzhu asked, "Did your parents write back to say when they will be back?"

Lin Erzhu shook his head. His parents had been gone for more than half a month, but not a single letter had been sent back.

But in his opinion, this time was not long, after all, it took his parents a long time to walk to find someone. He had lived through such a hard life for so long that he didn't mind waiting a little longer.

Lin Sanzhu said disappointedly, "Why don't you write a letter?"

If they knew where their parents were, or how much benefit they had received, they could wait a little longer. But now that there was no news, they really couldn't wait any longer.

"Maybe the letter is on the way." Seeing that his sister had eaten all the dried sweet potatoes, Lin Erzhu asked her to eat slower. "You were very hungry before. You can't eat too much now, otherwise your stomach will not be able to bear it later."

"Well, I don't want to eat dried sweet potatoes." Lin Xiao turned around and looked, "Where's my second sister-in-law? Ask her to cook something for us. We ran all the way back and didn't have a single hot meal. If there are eggs, cook some for us. I haven't had eggs for a long time!"

As she said this, she was about to stand up and call Qian Li. This man was really tactless. She and the third brother were back, but he didn't even come to see them. Didn't he welcome them?

Seeing Lin Xiao standing up, Lin Erzhu hurriedly pulled Lin Xiao to sit down, "Your second sister-in-law is coaxing Dabao, you just bear with it for a while, go to sleep first, when it's almost dawn, we will cook for you. It's so dark now, if we are found cooking, it will definitely attract attention. You all know that everyone living near us hates us."

He packed up his parents' bedding and said, "You can sleep here with your parents tonight. I'll ask your second sister-in-law to cook eggs for you tomorrow."

All these words were said to coax Lin Sanzhu and Lin Xiao to stay. At the same time, Lin Erzhu thought that Qian Li was running too slowly. She had been gone for almost 20 minutes and hadn't come back yet.

Lin Sanzhu glanced at Lin Xiao. He was not that greedy. He thought about what the capitalist on the farm said, saying that they would not sleep. "We have to leave tonight. Otherwise, if the people on the farm find out that we are missing, they will come to our house to look for us immediately. We can't leave during the day. If we are seen by the villagers, we will be reported."

They couldn't wait another day. They had arrived in the afternoon, but in order to avoid being seen, they waited until the evening.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Lin Erzhu asked puzzled.

Lin Xiao was a little impatient. He refused to eat and was hesitant to take the money. "We can only hide in the farm for a night at most. If they don't see us during the day, they will definitely send someone to look for us. Second brother, use your brain. There are so many problems. Look at my hands. They are so skinny. Hurry up and get the money for us!"

She spoke in an imperative tone, and at this point she still didn't realize her situation. She was clearly the one making the request, but she said something like this.

Lin Erzhu felt even less guilty after hearing this. His sister was still selfish and had been reformed for so long, but she hadn't come to her senses at all.

"How much do you want?" Lin Erzhu asked.

"Of course the more the better!" Lin Xiao had nothing to hide at this point. "A capitalist who lives with my third brother told us to go all the way south and sneak out of Guangzhou, and we'll be safe. There's gold everywhere there, and we can easily make money. I know you're stingy with money, but you have to look at the long term. If you give us money, we'll definitely repay you in the future. My third brother and I are not ungrateful people like Lin Dazhu."

Lin Sanzhu hesitated for a long time about this matter, but Lin Xiao was immediately tempted when she heard it. She had had enough of the hard life on the farm. Instead of living a life worse than death on the farm, it would be better to give it a try. She was still young, and maybe she could make a lot of money in the new place!

Lin Erzhu had never heard of such a place, and he didn't want to worry too much about them. Anyway, he couldn't let them leave tonight.

"If there is such a good thing, why doesn't that capitalist go?" Lin Erzhu asked, just to delay time.

"His legs are broken, he can't run away, otherwise I would take him with me." Lin Sanzhu also urged his second brother to get the money, "Second brother, hurry up and give us the money, don't delay any longer, I know you can't bear to leave us, but there is a long way to go, we will definitely meet again!"

The longer he stayed at home, the more anxious he became. It was a pity that his parents didn't come back, otherwise they would have had a lot of money and would have lived a good life.

Lin Erzhu said, "Hey, I really can't bear to leave you. After all, you two are my only brothers and sisters. Then you can look for your parents in their room. I will go back and get the money for you."

He could tell that Lin Sanzhu and Lin Xiao were very anxious, so he could only say this.

After returning to the room, Lin Erzhu pretended to look for money, hoping that Qian Li would come back soon, but Lin Xiao came first.

"Brother, did you find it?" Lin Xiao and his friends quickly found the iron box where his parents hid their money, but there were only a few dimes in the box, not even a grain coupon.

Seeing that his second brother's hands were empty, Lin Xiao started looking for it himself, making so much noise that he woke up Dabao.

Dabao hadn't seen Lin Xiao for a long time. He was scared and cried when he saw Lin Xiao for the first time, thinking he had seen a ghost.

Lin Erzhu carried Dabao to the door and said, "Don't cry, this is your aunt."

Lin Sanzhu also came out of his parents' house, "Second brother, why do parents only have this little money?"

"You know the situation at home. They spent all their money on train tickets." Lin Erzhu explained, "There is really not much money at home. You can go and pack some sweet potatoes. At least you can have enough to eat."

Lin Sanzhu thought that he had come back at a bad time. He should have come back later. He took the basket and went to the kitchen, but he didn't see his second sister-in-law. He asked casually, "Second brother, where is my second sister-in-law?"

Hearing this question, Lin Erzhu's heart skipped a beat, and Dabao in his arms started crying again, asking for his mother.

Lin Erzhu covered his son's mouth and said, "Why are you crying? Isn't your mother here?" His heart was about to jump out of his chest, for he was afraid that his younger brothers and sisters would find out that Qian Li was not there.

Jiang Xiahe, who lived next door, happened to get up at night and heard someone talking in the next yard and calling "Second Brother". Her first reaction was that she didn't know what was going on until Lin Erzhu called out "Xiaoxiao", then she realized it was Lin Xiao.

But isn't Lin Xiao undergoing farm renovation?

Jiang Xiahe felt something was wrong, so she went back and called Zheng Wenbin, "I think there's something wrong next door, you stay here and watch, I'll go to the Niu family next door to call for help."

As soon as Jiang Xiahe left the house, Lin Sanzhu packed the sweet potatoes and asked Lin Xiao if he had found the money.

Lin Xiao cursed as he took out a dozen yuan. "That's all. The grain coupons only weigh eight kilograms. I say, second brother, how do you make a living? Qian Li, this woman, can't manage the household, so you beat her. Or did you hide the money somewhere else?"

From the moment he knocked on the door, Lin Xiao felt something was odd; his second brother took a long time to open the door.

And she hadn't seen her second sister-in-law, so with this in mind, she went straight to searching her second brother's pockets.

"No more, really!" Lin Erzhu hugged his son and hid behind him, but Lin Xiao still found the ten yuan in his pocket.

"Good for you, you actually hid the money, are you still my second brother?" Lin Xiao snatched the money.

Lin Erzhu explained, "I was going to give it to you, but I was so nervous that I forgot."

"Okay, I don't want to hear any more from you. If we really leave, talk to your parents and ask them to wait for a while. We will come to pick you up when we become rich." Lin Xiao has already started to dream.

Before leaving, she went to the kitchen to find eggs. She really wanted to eat eggs. Even if they were raw, she could just cook them later.

Lin Erzhu was so nervous that sweat broke out on his forehead. Seeing Lin Xiao coming out of the kitchen, he took a deep breath and said, "But Xiaoxiao, please leave us a few dollars. If you take all the money, what will we do?"

"No matter how difficult your situation is, it can't be as difficult as ours?" Lin Xiao refused and shook off her second brother's hand. She felt strange in her heart. At this time normally, Qian Li would definitely come out to rob money, why was there no sound at all now?

She looked at the room, then the kitchen, and frowned, "Second brother, where is my second sister-in-law?"

Lin Sanzhu also reacted, "Could she have gone to report it?"

"Oh no, let's go!" Lin Xiao felt that Qian Li, that bitch, was capable of doing such a thing.

Just as Lin Xiao and the other two were about to open the door, they heard someone running outside. They ran to the backyard in panic. Lin Sanzhu was so anxious that he dropped the backpack and climbed over the fence first.

Lin Xiao ate too many dried sweet potatoes and his stomach suddenly churned, causing him to vomit.

Qian Li came with her men outside, "Captain, hurry up, it's really San Zhu and Lin Xiao who ran back, why would I lie to you?"

When she went to knock on the door, she knocked for a long time. At first the captain didn't believe it and hesitated for a few minutes before he was willing to bring someone over.

They broke into the Lin family's house and didn't see anyone at first. It was not until Lin Erzhu called out "In the backyard" that they found Lin Xiao who was about to climb the fence.

"Captain, look, I was right, wasn't I?" Qian Li expressed positively, "Erzhu and I are the most conscious and will never harbor criminals. There is also Lin Sanzhu, where are the others?"

Qian Li turned her head left and right, and Lin Erzhu shouted, "He should have climbed over the fence, Captain, go chase him!"

Lin Xiao looked at her second brother and his wife in disbelief. She had never thought that her second brother would also be involved. No wonder he had been stalling for time. She yelled at Lin Erzhu and the others, "Are you still my second brother and his wife?"

She was very careful along the way, fearing that someone would report her, but when she got home, she was reported by her closest relatives.

Lin Erzhu was too guilty to look at Lin Xiao, but Qian Li said righteously, "I also want to ask, why do you want to harm us? If we take you in today, we will also have to go to labor reform!"

Her words completely angered Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao pulled out a small knife made of sharpened iron sheets from his trouser pocket, slashed at Hu Haizhi who was rushing towards him, and instantly cut through Hu Haizhi's cotton coat.

If Hu Haizhi hadn't been wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket in winter, his skin would have been torn by now.

"Everyone be careful!" Hu Haizhi was frightened.

Lin Xiao knew he couldn't run away, so he rushed towards Lin Erzhu. When Lin Erzhu heard Qian Li shout "Be careful", he subconsciously dodged, but Lin Xiao snatched Dabao away.

Lin Xiao pointed the iron sheet at Lin Dabao's neck and said, "Don't come over here. If anyone comes over here, I will kill him!"

Lin Dabao was so scared that he burst into tears, but he was strangled and his neck was scratched. The stinging pain made him unable to stop crying.

At this time, Zheng Wenbin and Niu Dali came in with Lin Sanzhu. They were prepared and just caught the escaping Lin Sanzhu.

"Xiaoxiao, save me!" Lin Sanzhu knew that he would be dead if he was caught. Seeing Lin Xiao kidnapping Lin Dabao, he struggled desperately, but was knocked to the ground by Niu Dali.

"Let...let my third brother go!" Lin Xiao shouted at Niu Dali.

Niu Dali said nonchalantly, "Why let Lin Sanzhu go? I almost got caught by him and I don't care whether Lin Dabao lives or dies. He is a member of your Lin family anyway."

Although Niu Dali said so, Hu Haizhi, as the captain, still couldn't let Lin Dabao get into trouble. After all, Qian Li and Lin Erzhu had made contributions by reporting the crime, and Dabao, as a child, had done nothing wrong. He told Niu Dali to stop talking and went to see Lin Xiao, "Put the iron sheet down quickly, otherwise if you really hurt someone, it would be an aggravated crime!"

"Bah! If I let Lin Dabao go now, he will die anyway. I might as well drag him to the back!" Lin Xiao looked at her second brother and his wife with resentment. "Both of you kneel down before me, you damn beasts. I am your own sister, and you dared to report me."

Seeing her son crying so hard that he was gasping for breath, Qian Li hurriedly pulled Lin Erzhu to kneel down, "Lin Xiao, don't do anything stupid. Your second brother and I had no choice. You will definitely be discovered if you run away. If we don't report you, we won't be able to survive."

"You only think about yourselves. Don't you think about how hard it is for me?" Lin Xiao's voice was hoarse, but she didn't care now. "I'm undergoing reform in the farm, and you never came to see me once. The men in the farm are not good people. They try to take advantage of me. Do you know how hard it is for me?"

After she suffered a loss, she found this piece of iron and cut the man's arm with it. The man got tetanus and died. Only then did the others calm down. But because of this incident, she was locked up for a month, and during that month, she couldn't even see the sun.

Lin Xiao felt that it was all Jiang Qiuyue's and the others' fault that she was suffering all these tortures. She hated Jiang Qiuyue and Lin Dazhu, and also resented Lin Erzhu.

Now that she was reported by Lin Erzhu and Qian Li, she wanted to see them die even more. "Kowtow to me, or I will kill Lin Dabao!"

Qian Li was really distressed about her son and kowtowed immediately. Lin Erzhu was stunned for a moment before he kowtowed.

Qian Li's forehead was scratched. "Is it okay? Can you let me go and change Dabao?"

"No!" Lin Xiao's current body was not strong enough to match the strength of an adult. "All of you get out of the way and let me go!"

Seeing that no one was moving, she became more ruthless and cut Lin Dabao's right cheek. Lin Dabao cried even louder, but she slapped him and said, "Don't cry, or I'll cut your left cheek too!"

Seeing that Lin Xiao had gone crazy, Hu Haizhi could only ask everyone to move aside. At the same time, he winked at the people around him, preparing to find an opportunity to take down Lin Xiao.

However, before they took action, Lin Erzhu had been looking for an opportunity. When he saw Lin Xiao lowering his head to look at the threshold, he immediately rushed over and pushed Lin Xiao hard, but Lin Xiao grabbed his wrist and they both fell backwards.

Lin Xiao let go of Lin Dabao, and seeing that Lin Dabao ran away, she raised the iron sheet and stabbed it into Lin Erzhu's eyes.

"ah!"

With a scream, blood spurted out, splashing all over Lin Xiao's face. But she was still not satisfied and wanted to blind Lin Erzhu's other eye, but was dragged away by Hu Haizhi and his men.

"Let me go, I'm going to kill him!" Lin Xiao yelled like a madman, but was held down by Hu Haizhi and his men. In the end, both the brother and sister were tied up with hemp ropes in the yard.

Both of them were silenced. Hu Haizhi asked someone to find Wang Youren and ask him to send Lin Erzhu and his son to the hospital as soon as possible. He also told the people who were traveling with him to go to the police station and hand over Lin Sanzhu and Lin Xiao to them.

"You damn bastards, you're really not afraid of death!" Hu Haizhi looked at Lin Sanzhu and the other two lying on the ground, "You've kept so many of us busy all night. Dali, you guys go back and rest first. San Gouzi and I will watch over here."

Qian Li also went to the hospital. Her face turned pale with fright when she heard Lin Erzhu's screams.

When they arrived at the hospital, in addition to performing surgery on Lin Erzhu, they also had to give them a tetanus shot, but the county hospital didn't have one, so they had to go elsewhere. Lin Dabao also went to the emergency room because of excessive blood loss.

Qian Li was standing at the door of the operating room, almost bursting out. She kept cursing Lin Xiao, saying that they were evildoers and why did they come back?

While the hospital was still rescuing patients, Qiu Jie led his men to Taohua Village. After they understood the situation, Qiu Jie and Hu Haizhi told them that Wang Chunhua and Lin Fugui were also undergoing labor reform.

"This family is really restless." Qiu Jie watched his colleagues push Lin Sanzhu and his sister into the police car. "These two are dead. As for the hospital, your team should handle it. After all, they were the ones who reported it, so it can be considered a credit."

Hu Haizhi reported the case to his younger siblings, but ended up losing one eye and his son was sent to the emergency room. He felt very angry.

But no matter who is responsible for this, it is difficult to handle. If you report it, people will accuse you of not respecting brotherhood. If you don't report it, and they are found to be responsible, then it will be all over.

At noon that day, every household was talking about this matter. The brigade rewarded the people who went to arrest people last night, and each person was given five kilograms of rice.

Jiang Xiahe was very happy when she received the rice. "The two kids from the Lin family are really looking for death. Lin Xiao was so scary yesterday. I have to write a letter to Qiuyue. She must want to know about this."

At the same time, Jiang Qiuyue took Lin Beibei and the others to the sea.

Chen Weiguo and his sister came over as soon as they had their holiday. When they found out that Lin Beibei and Lin Nannan were their cousins, they urged them to come over before their holiday. When they really came over to see them, they were so excited that they talked to Lin Nannan and Lin Beibei all night.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Jiang Qiuyue has started to prepare New Year's goods. It's winter now, and she doesn't want to go shopping, after all, there are not many seafood products at this time. But Chen Weiguo and Lin Beibei are so persistent, so she has to bring them here.

She only found some kelp and mussels, and seeing nothing else, she sat down to rest.

Sun Fengying kept looking at the four children, "Don't run, it's windy, get ready to go home!"

Chen Weiguo was reluctant to go back. He held up the crab he had taken out from under the rock and said excitedly, "Grandma, wait a little longer. The tide hasn't risen yet!"

After several experiences of chasing the sea, he now understands the tides.

He and Lin Beibei turned over rocks together. They both enjoyed it and picked up a lot of conches.

Lin Nannan sat next to her mother. She was tired and needed to rest for a while.

When Chen Weilan saw Lin Nannan sitting down, she also ran over and said, "Aunt Jiang, no, it's my aunt, look, I picked up a starfish shell, and it's purple, so beautiful!"

She gave the starfish to Jiang Qiuyue and said, "Aunt, you are pretty too, so I give it to you."

"Thank you, Weilan. Please sit with me. We will go home after your brothers have had enough fun." Jiang Qiuyue pulled Chen Weilan to sit down together.

The sea breeze was blowing, Chen Weilan and Lin Nannan leaned on Jiang Qiuyue. After an hour, Lin Beibei and Chen Weiguo came back satisfied.

Seeing that the two children's feet and pants were wet, Jiang Qiuyue hurriedly took them back.

After arriving home, Jiang Qiuyue built a fire in the yard and asked the children to dry their pants and shoes.

She buried a few more potatoes in the ashes, which would smell especially good when roasted.

When Jiang Qiuyue was getting ready to cook, the postman came and said there was a letter from her.

Lin Beibei was the first to run over. She smiled and said thank you, then took a look and waved her hands happily, "Mom, it's a letter from Dad!"