Chapter 5
Feng Yin, the daughter of Lin Lao Er, was disfigured and crying. Old Mrs. Lin looked at the wound on Feng Xia's face and couldn't help cursing.
"Oh my god, why don't you have eyes? You bumped into my face. How are you going to get married in the future?"
Feng Yin gasped. She had not intended for it to be so serious, but there happened to be a sharp stone in the field, and it happened to scratch her face.
"Mom, don't be angry. Fengyin is still young, so be careful not to eat anything with a strong color. I don't think it will leave a scar..."
Feng Yin interrupted Zhang Yueju angrily, "Grandma, it was Jiang Jiang who pushed me!"
"What did you say?" Old Mrs. Lin couldn't remember who this was at once.
"It was Jiang Jiang from the west end of the village, the Jiang Jiang that Uncle and Auntie wanted to adopt! She was the one who pushed me, otherwise why would I fall off the ridge of the field?"
Not only was there an injury on her face, but a large piece of skin was also broken on her hand, which was burning and painful.
No matter what, she held this grudge against Jiang Jiang.
"This child isn't even ours yet, but he's already so vicious. If he really comes to our house, won't he turn our family upside down?!"
Old Mrs. Lin had originally disagreed with Lin Youqing adopting Jiang Jiang, and now she had the opportunity to do so.
"I will not let this bitch enter my Lin family. I think she is a disaster. Otherwise, how could her parents die one after another out of nowhere?!"
The more Old Lady Lin talked, the more she felt that her idea was correct. Otherwise, with so many women in the village giving birth, how come this girl's mother died of childbirth complications? And how come Jiang Fusheng, who went up the mountain with Zhou Fugui and came back, was buried under the cliff? Not even a complete body was found? !
"Mom, don't say that..." Zhang Yueju and Lin Lao Da looked at each other and advised. Jiang Jiang was already miserable enough. If there really were rumors of a disaster, everyone would avoid her. How could the child continue to live in the village?
Zhang Yueju was interrupted before she finished her words. Feng Yin looked angry, "Grandma is right, Jiang Jiang is a disaster star, and a vicious child. If Third Uncle really adopts her, our whole family will be in trouble!"
Zhang Yueju couldn't help but frown. It was hard to imagine that these were words that would come out of the mouth of a five-year-old child. What did the couple teach the child?
When Lin Youqing and his wife returned home, they saw Old Mrs. Lin crying, making a fuss, and then hanging herself.
"I'm making this clear today. If you really dare to acknowledge Jiang Jiang as your daughter, once you leave this door, you will no longer be my son!"
Lin Youqing had a headache, not understanding why his mother suddenly became like this. His eyes fell on Feng Yin, whose face was smeared with yellow-green medicinal mud, "What happened to Feng Yin?"
"It's Jiang Jiang who deserves to be orphaned! She actually pushed Feng Yin into the field. This might leave a scar. How can she be so vicious?"
"You said, it was Jiang Jiang who pushed you?" Lin Youqing's face suddenly became serious. He didn't believe that Jiang Jiang would do such a thing.
Lin Youqing's eyes were like torches, and Feng Yin stiffened his body, "Yes, she was the one who pushed me..."
"Jiang Jiang usually keeps to herself and never plays with other children in the village. She probably doesn't even recognize you. Why would she push you?"
"How do I know her?!" Feng Yin covered her head. She would never admit that she fell on purpose even if she was beaten to death.
"If it was Jiang Jiang who pushed you, Third Uncle will definitely ask her to apologize to you and give you justice. If it wasn't, I will never allow you to slander others like this."
"Alright, she's already in pain from the fall, and you, as her uncle, are still questioning her like this? Are you suspecting that Feng Yin fell herself and blaming Jiang Jiang for it?!"
"I didn't say that. Guijuan and I have already decided that once Jiang Jiang agrees, we will take her to the county. She won't stay in the village and get in your way."
"What? You want to take her to the county town?!" Old Mrs. Lin had forgotten the wound on Feng Yin's face. Her son wanted to take Jiang Jiang to the county? Why can that wild girl enjoy such a blessing? !
Lin Lao Da and Lin Lao Er also disagreed.
"After all, he is someone else's child..."
He Guijuan on the side said, "Brother, Youqing and I don't care whether we are related by blood or not. Jiang Jiang is a child that suits our eyes and is well-behaved and sensible. Youqing and I like her very much and we are willing to adopt her."
Old Mrs. Lin pushed her son away, as if she had found an outlet for her anger. She suddenly stepped forward and slapped He Guijuan hard in the face.
The loud slap shocked everyone present.
He Guijuan was stunned for a while, her head buzzing from the beating, until she felt a burning pain on her face, and then she came to her senses.
Old Mrs. Lin put her hands on her hips and started cursing at He Guijuan.
"How dare you say that? You've been married into our family for so many years, but you can't even give birth to a daughter! The third brother was really blind to marry a hen like you who doesn't lay eggs."
"I will never let that wild girl enter the Lin family. You can either pick one of the children in the family to raise, or divorce the third child and let him marry a wife who can lay eggs!" Old Mrs. Lin stomped her feet and pointed at He Guijuan's nose and cursed.
"What a sin! My third son married a woman like you, and now he's almost forty and still can't have a child. Others of his age are about to become grandfathers. Do you know how much ridicule our family has suffered overtly and covertly because of you?!"
Her son, the first college student in Luling Commune and a cadre of the county party committee, was such an outstanding person, but he chose to marry a woman who could not give birth to children!
Lin Youqing stood in front of his wife and said, "This is my problem. It has nothing to do with Guijuan."
In the past few years, he and Guijuan have seen doctors and taken medicine many times, but children are something that is destined to happen and cannot be forced.
"How come it's none of her business?!" Could it be that the inability to give birth to a son is her son's problem? !
Mrs. Lin started to make a scene and the situation got out of control for a while.
When she was young, Old Lady Lin was very good at throwing tantrums and swearing. Even now that she was old, she was still very capable. Her swearing was extremely vulgar. He Guijuan couldn't stand it anymore and ran out of the house, covering her beaten face.
The cold wind blowing on her face slightly relieved the stinging sensation on her face. Old Mrs. Lin slapped her with all her strength. He Guijuan walked along the river for a long time and couldn't help but shed tears.
Not having children has always been a thorn in her heart.
Over the years, because she worked in the County People's Hospital, even if Old Lady Lin had any thoughts in her mind, they were at most sarcastic, and she had never cursed like she did today.
A hen that doesn't lay eggs... Every word was like a sharp knife piercing her heart.
He Guijuan walked aimlessly for a long time. After she came to her senses, she found that she had actually walked to Jiang Jiang's house.
Jiang Jiang had originally been lying in bed to rest, but hearing the whistling wind outside, he thought it might snow in the second half of the night. Worried that the old hens would be frozen, he decided to get up and move the hens from the chicken coop into the house.
Jiang Jiang got up from the bed, put on a thick cotton jacket, and with the help of the pale moonlight, she finally managed to light the kerosene lamp.
As soon as Jiang Jiang arrived in the yard, she heard some noise outside the gate and a woman sobbing. She plucked up her courage, opened the door, and found that it was He Guijuan outside.
"Aunt San, what's wrong with you?"
He Guijuan was stunned. She didn't expect Jiang Jiang to come out.
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