Chapter 10 Return



The postman looked at the old lady in astonishment. Every time he saw Mrs. Han before, she was always in high spirits. Her expression was so excited that it was as if she had met Chairman M.

Why is he crying so disrespectfully now? "Auntie, what are you doing..."

Old Mrs. Han had forgotten everything else and only thought that her son had changed his mind and betrayed her by sending the money to his daughter-in-law instead of herself.

It's like the sky is falling!

She couldn't accept this fact.

She forgot about her image and dignity, and just slapped her thigh and cried loudly, "You always send it to me, why do you change your mind now? Your wife is trying to kill you! Your son has forgotten his mother after getting married! You are an unfilial son, I will not live anymore! Please stop me, or I will die..."

The postman, who had seen a lot of things on the street, knew at a glance that she was just kidding when she said she wouldn't do it, and chuckled, "Auntie Han, what are you talking about? It's not a remittance, it's from the hospital."

He took out a small mail bag.

When Mrs. Han heard that it wasn't a remittance, she thought that meant her son didn't betray her?

Mailbox? What is it?

She jumped up and reached out to take it, her agile movements were no different from those of a young child, "What mailbag? Give it to me."

"That won't work, ma'am. The person who sent the package said that Comrade Lin Lan must come and pick it up in person."

Old Mrs. Han was unhappy and grumbled, "She is my daughter-in-law, what belongs to her is mine, why can't I take it? Is it medicine for my grandson?"

The postman looked at it. "Glasses."

"glasses?"

Xiao Wang wears glasses?

Mrs. Han was even more furious. Why would a farmer wear glasses? He is not a gentleman. Isn't this crazy?

"She's not at home, I'll take it back."

The old lady just didn't believe it. She thought that anyone who entered through this door would be hers!

But Xiao Dong refused. After all, Doctor Yang had specifically instructed that it must be handed over to Lin Lan and her mother-in-law must not be allowed to get involved.

The old lady was embarrassed now. She found that anyone who had anything to do with the third brother's family would be in trouble. She snorted, "Okay, a pair of broken glasses, even a good person wouldn't wear them. So, Xiaodong, where is the remittance list of our third brother?"

I was so angry that I almost forgot about the main thing.

The postman shook his head and said, "Auntie Han, there is no remittance for you today."

"impossible!"

The old lady didn't believe it and leaned over to look at the notebook hanging on Xiao Dong's handlebar.

Xiao Dong: It’s as if you can read.

Soon Lin Lan came back from work. She didn't care that the old lady was glaring at her. She just pressed her handprint to get the glasses, thanked Xiao Dong, and went home to find Xiao Wang.

Old Mrs. Han refused to believe that the remittance had not arrived, and she held Xiao Dong back and refused to let him leave, demanding an explanation.

Han's sister-in-law, who went home to cook, also advised her, "Mom, maybe it's not here yet."

However, Mrs. Han had a bad feeling and felt uneasy, so she asked Xiaodong what was going on.

Xiao Dong knew that she valued the money more than her life. In order to avoid being implicated, he pretended not to know and never interfered in other people's family affairs.

He firmly grasped the handlebars and stepped onto the bike. "Auntie, I still have a lot of mail to deliver. I'm leaving now."

He exerted force with his feet and ran away quickly, his desire to survive was extremely strong.

Old Mrs. Han grumbled a few words in confusion and had to go home.

As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Lin Lan pulling Xiao Wang to try on glasses on the kang in the east room.

Lin Lan took a look at the glasses. The material was really good and the workmanship was exquisite. It was worth the high price.

"Xiaowang, come here, let me put it on for you."

Xiaowang closed his eyes obediently.

Lin Lan put it on and couldn't help but smile: "It's not blinding, open it."

Xiaowang slowly opened his eyes, and the light shone into his eyes through the glasses, bringing him natural colors.

Although he could see things before, they were blurry, as if through fog, and he couldn't even see the things in front of him. In addition, others laughed at him and called him a fool and blind man, and his mother didn't like him, so he didn't dare to look carefully. Over time, the psychological and physical diseases made his eye disease worse.

The last time he went to the hospital, the old doctor gave him a massage, acupuncture at a few spots, and prescribed eye drops. His condition has improved.

When I put on my glasses, the fog seemed to be blown away by the wind, and everything in front of me was clear and bright.

He saw a pair of beautiful eyes, black and white, gentle and smiling, like the March breeze blowing gently across the cheeks, as warm as the morning sunshine, as moist as fine raindrops, and even made him feel as comfortable as the sound he heard in the wind with his eyes closed...

Mom, it’s so beautiful!

He stared at Lin Lan intently, as if he could never get enough of her. He called out "Mom" and then hugged Lin Lan's neck, rubbing it and making contented gurgling sounds like a little beast.

Hugging at the slightest disagreement...Lin Lan is still not used to it.

After letting Xiaowang hold her for a while, she pulled his little hand down and straightened the crooked glasses. "Take them off after wearing them for a while to give your eyes a rest. I'll pick some wild chrysanthemums to dry them in the sun, and then boil some water for you to wash your eyes."

Xiaowang agreed obediently.

"You can go to school once you can see clearly." Lin Lan was very happy for him.

Xiaowang is still young and won’t be affected too much, so just send him to school directly.

"What kind of education do you go to? You think you are the God of Literature who has descended to earth. Why don't you take a piss and reflect on your behavior?" Old Mrs. Han was full of anger and vented it whenever she got the chance.

At this time, all the children came back and saw Xiaowang's glasses. They all said they were very nice and asked how much they cost. They all wanted to try them on.

Lin Lan: "Xiao Wang's glasses are specially made. Wearing them will damage your eyes. No."

Sanwang refused to accept the offer and insisted on wearing it. As soon as he put it on, he felt dizzy. He immediately cried out and fell to the ground: "Oh my, my head hurts. Master, don't think... don't think... I know I was wrong."

"Hahaha." The children laughed.

Mai Sui laughed so hard that his stomach hurt, and he lay on Lin Lan's legs, unable to get up.

Lin Lan picked up a comb with broken teeth and used it to comb her messy hair, and told Sanwang to hurry up, "You are the only one who plays too much. The ground is cold. Hurry up."

Erwang pulled Sanwang up and said, "He's as slippery as a loach."

Sanwang chuckled and said, "I am obviously a small fish, why do you say I am a loach? Aren't loaches ugly?"

Lin Lan looked outside, "Where's your eldest brother?"

Erwang immediately looked like he didn't know, don't ask me.

Sanwang rushed over and said, "I know. He was fighting with Tiezhu in the ground."

Lin Lan: This naughty kid!

If her parents didn't know she was pregnant, they would come to visit her every day.

She wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Da Wang, at least to let him know that his mother was changing, but Da Wang didn't give her the chance.

Ever since she expressed her desire to talk to him, he has been avoiding his mother like the plague, as if she were a wolf.

Lin Lan was also powerless, and it seemed that she still needed to work harder to break the ice.

The old lady outside was making a fuss, "Where's the second son? Has the second son come back? Hurry up and borrow a car from the team to take me to the county post office! Hurry up, I have to get the money back. My eyelids are twitching and I feel uneasy."

This is not a good omen.

When it comes to money, the old lady can't wait even a second.

But even if I ride a bike, I won’t be back until the evening, so I have to ask for leave from my second brother Han.

Seeing that they were busy, Lin Lan naturally would not confess on her own initiative. She was only thinking about how to deal with the old lady.

After lunch, Lin Lan went to work, but Han's second sister-in-law said she had a headache and asked for leave to rest at home.

Xiaowang refused to play at home because he had glasses and insisted on going with Sanwang and Erwang to cut grass. Lin Lan told the older brothers to take good care of their younger brother and let them go.

Although Erwang is cunning, he is also considerate and I feel at ease when he looks after the children.

county post office.

Old Mrs. Han lay on the counter, staring at the staff's hands.

When she heard from the other party that someone called Lin Lan had taken away 260 yuan a few days ago, her heart, which had been beating fast, plummeted to the bottom and shattered into eight pieces.

"Oh my god! This bastard daughter-in-law is so bold——"

Before she could start to cry and slap her thighs, Han Erge quickly supported her and said, "Mom, why are you still crying? Let's go home and ask her to bring the money back."

I always thought that the third brother was stupid and pretentious, but I never thought that she was so thoughtful. She actually took the money secretly without telling a single word.

Mrs. Han wanted to cry at first, but after hearing what her son said, she didn't even bother to go see her son's daughter and hurried home like crazy.

On the way, she gnashed her teeth and vowed to do something to that bitch when she got home...

In the evening, Lin Lan came back from work.

Hot, tired, sore, and with hair standing on end, these were her immediate feelings after going to the cotton field to pick bugs. She really couldn't do physical work and couldn't repair the earth.

Since everyone was avoiding her anyway, she didn't need to humble herself to please others and could just go home straight after work.

As she was walking, she suddenly heard crying, scolding and the sound of a child crying.

Every household lived in a bungalow with a yard, and neighbors could hear if they spoke loudly, let alone crying.

Who is so careless that they beat their child when it’s not raining or snowing?

After smacking the floor for a minute, Lin Lan realized: This is my home!

I didn't expect that a fight would break out at home even when the wife is not at home.

She ran home quickly, "What's the matter? Why can't we talk quietly? Why do we have to... Wang Xiufen, why did you hit my son?"

Han Ersao was seen holding a black fire stick in her hand, pulling Sanwang's thin arm and beating him without any reason.

Mai Sui got into a fight with the daughter of Han Ersao's family, while Er Wang followed Han Dasao around the yard, persuading this and that, shouting "Stop hitting, stop hitting!"

Where is Xiaowang?

Lin Lan quickly scanned the area and saw Xiaowang lying on the ground outside the west window with blood all over his face!

Her heart suddenly felt painful, "Damn it! You beat my child while I'm not at home, you think you can do that?"

Pulling hair and slapping faces was not Lin Lan's style, but she didn't waste any time. She pulled out a stick from the haystack at the foot of the south wall, raised her hand and started to hit Han Ersao.

"I'll let you beat my child!"

…………

Han Ersao was beating Sanwang with great enthusiasm when she was suddenly hit by a stick and cried out in pain.

Lin Lan didn't say anything, and continued to beat him with a white poplar stick as thick as a rolling pin, "Aren't you capable? Beat him!"

After hitting her twice, she left Han Ersao and ran towards Xiaowang.

But Han's second sister-in-law thought that Lin Lan was mad and wanted to beat her to death, so she jumped up and ran away, but in a panic she bumped into the wall of the toilet in the southwest corner.

With a "bang", Han Ersao's eyes began to flash with stars and her mind was confused.

Her head hurt a little, it itched a little, and was a little numb. She raised her hand and pinched it, and it felt sticky. She took it off and took a look. "Blood, ah——"

"I'm bleeding, my head is broken, I'm dying!"

Then she felt a chill on her forehead, something flowing down, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

"ah--"

Han's second sister-in-law felt limp all over, twisted and fell to the ground, unable to get up, and felt like she was going to die.

The people in the yard were all startled. Han's wife said hurriedly, "Oh no! It's terrible! Don't get killed."

The children from Han Ersao's family didn't care about the fight and ran over to see their mother.

Mrs. Han quickly told the older child to call a barefoot doctor to bandage the wound.

Lin Lan ignored her and quickly picked up Xiaowang, and asked the dazed Mai Sui to fetch some water.

"Mom~" Xiaowang called out with frowned brows.

Lin Lan quickly responded, "Xiao Wang is feeling uncomfortable somewhere, is he confused?"

She checked and found a big bump on Xiaowang's head. The blood on his face was from a broken nose, which had now clotted on its own.

Xiao Wang said weakly, "Mom, I'm fine."

Erwang took the basin from Mai Sui and said, "Mom, wash Xiaowang quickly."

Lin Lan used some water to gently wash the blood off Xiao Wang's face, fearing to hurt him.

Xiao Wang was quite happy, "Mom, I'm not hurt~"

The child is so sensible, which makes Lin Lan feel even more distressed. Such a young child, already suffering from anemia, and losing so much blood, how pitiful it is.

While he was washing, old lady Han arrived at the door of his house. Without waiting for second brother Han to park his bike, she jumped off and staggered towards the house.

As soon as she entered the yard, her eyes were fixed on Lin Lan, like a lioness locking her prey, and her eyes were no longer on anyone else.

"You little thief!" Old Mrs. Han was so angry that her teeth ached. She picked up the black fire stick from the ground, rushed to Lin Lan and hit her on the face.

While beating him, he cursed: "You thief, bad element, loser, spendthrift, I asked you to steal money, and now you are capable, but you dare to take money behind my back! Get out of here, go back to your mother's house, my Han family can't afford you!"

There was no time to dodge. Lin Lan was afraid that Xiao Wang would be hit so she had to protect him with her body. The stick hit her arms, shoulders and back, and the pain made her tears flow uncontrollably.

Sanwang rushed to protect Lin Lan, while Mai Sui cried out of fear. Erwang ran over and pulled the old lady, "Don't hit her! Don't hit my mother!"

But old lady Han went crazy.

"Are you done yet?" Lin Lan was furious. She snatched the fire stick even though she was risking a beating.

Han's eldest sister-in-law was so frightened that she quickly called out to her, "Old Third, you can't hit mother!"

A tractor stopped on the South Road and a tall man jumped off it. He was wearing a military uniform and carrying a military backpack half a person's height.

He waved to the driver, picked up the shoulder strap of his backpack, and strode towards Shanzui Village.

Someone looked at Fenfen and asked who that was.

"Hey, isn't that the third son of Brother Han?"

"Yes, yes, Qingsong is back!"

At this time, several children ran out of the alley in panic and stood on the street shouting: "Hurry up, my third mother has gone crazy and wants to kill my mother and my grandmother--"

Han Qingsong's strong steps suddenly became heavier.

In the small courtyard, Lin Lan was holding a fire stick. Her arms and shoulders were burning with pain. She glared at Old Lady Han, but in the end she felt embarrassed to hit an old woman.

She broke the fire stick fiercely and threw it to the ground with a "bang".

Old Madam Han was certain that Lin Lan would not dare to hit her. No matter how the Third Old Lady's family had made trouble over the years, she had only cried, made indirect accusations, and tortured herself. She had never dared to scold the old lady directly, let alone hit her.

"Hurry up and give me the money! Otherwise..." She turned around and couldn't find the second brother. She shouted angrily: "Second brother, where have you been? Go and send a telegram to the third brother, and tell him to come back and divorce his wife! Tie her up and criticize her, the parasite of this socialist family, a bad element, a traitor!"

As soon as the second brother Han entered the room, before he could say a word, his eldest sister-in-law told him to send Han Wang Xiufen to the infirmary, so he was not around at the moment.

"Old man, why don't you go and get the rope!" Old Mrs. Han was almost furious.

Mrs. Han looked at this and that in embarrassment, and had to persuade Lin Lan, "Third Madam, why are you still going to withdraw money? Please return it to mother, it is the life-saving money for the whole family."

Old Mrs. Han was dizzy and her ears were ringing. She turned around and looked for a stick to hit Lin Lan. "You have become very capable. I thought you were stupid. I didn't know that you are so cunning that you even stole the marriage certificate to get money!"

"How can I steal my marriage certificate? How can I steal the money my man gave me?"

She got up and took Xiaowang back to the house.

"Take out the money!"

"Money? I've spent it all," Lin Lan said innocently. "How can only two hundred be enough? It would cost at least a thousand yuan to take care of Xiaowang's eyes. I still owe seven or eight hundred..."

"Ah - you spendthrift old woman - I'm going to fight you!" Old Mrs. Han felt as if the sky was falling. She screamed, bent over and rushed towards Lin Lan.

Lin Lan would never let herself be hit, so she quickly dodged, but saw that Old Lady Han couldn't stop in time and crashed into the wall of the east room.

If she hit the wall, she would probably get a bloody head. Lin Lan subconsciously pushed her and asked her to change direction and fall south to avoid hitting the wall and getting hurt.

"Ouch!" Old Mrs. Han fell headfirst to the ground.

In a flash, a pair of strong and powerful hands supported her to prevent her from falling to the ground.

The man was dressed in a green military uniform and had a stern face. Although he was covered in dust, his heroic demeanor could not be concealed.

The old lady burst into tears immediately, "Old Third, if you were a step later, you wouldn't be able to see me. I would have been beaten to death by your shrewish wife!"

"Hurry, send her back to Linjiatun for me. We, the Han family, can't afford her—"

What a coincidence that you came back!

Lin Lan raised her eyebrows and glared over in dissatisfaction, just in time to meet a pair of dark eyes. The gaze was as sharp as a hawk, making people dare not look directly at it.


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