Chapter 9
When Fengyin came back from outside, she heard Shuanzhu and Tiezhu talking about Sister Jiang Jiang. Fengyin slowed down her pace, but before she could ask, a boy called Shuanzhu's name at the door. Shuanzhu responded and ran out again with Tiezhu. Fengyin returned to the house and saw her mother rummaging around in the house.
"Mom, I just heard Shuanzhu and the others talking about Jiang Jiang?"
"She is the daughter of Jiang Fusheng at the west end of the village."
Li Hongmei was busy looking for needles and thread to sew buttons, without even looking up, "Your uncle and aunt took her home. I guess they will take her to the county town after the New Year."
Speaking of this, Li Hongmei couldn't help but feel jealous.
You said the third brother and his wife can adopt a nephew or niece? He insisted on adopting a wild girl from outside, and now she gets all the benefits.
"They actually took Jiang Jiang home?" Feng Yin's voice was sharp, and the wound on his face that was coated with yellow-green medicinal mud was torn and painful.
"You damn girl, why are you suddenly speaking so loudly? You must have deafened your mother."
"Don't you get along well with your third aunt? Why doesn't she take you to the county town to live a good life?!" Li Hongmei poked her forehead in disappointment.
Feng Yin was in no mood to listen to Li Hongmei's scolding, so she turned around and ran out.
Lin Youqing and his wife are going to adopt Jiang Jiang, so won't she have to stay in this broken village for the rest of her life?
No, she couldn't let this happen!
"You damn girl, if you don't fight for a day, you will tear the roof off the house, right?"
Li Hongmei's cursing voice came from behind.
Feng Yin slowed down as she ran. Only Old Lady Lin was the only one in the house who could drive Jiang Jiang away, so she ran out of the house and went to the village to look for Old Lady Lin.
Old Mrs. Lin hasn't done farm work for many years, and she doesn't do housework at home. She just walks around with a handful of melon seeds every day, chatting. There are countless people in Dongxi Village who envy Old Mrs. Lin's good life.
Her face was covered with yellow-green herbal mud, and villagers passing by always cast curious glances at her. Feng Yin's face became anxious. If she had known, she would have washed the herbs before going out.
This herb was found for her by Li Hongmei according to a folk remedy. Feng Yin felt that instead of healing quickly after taking this herb, the wound became more and more serious, and even showed signs of festering. She didn't know whether this herb was useful or not.
If a scar really remains, she will not let Jiang Jiang go!
Feng Yin walked around the village and saw Old Lady Lin basking in the sun and gossiping with others at the entrance of the village.
She ran over in a hurry, "Grandma, Uncle San brought Jiang Jiang back home!"
"What? Your uncle took Jiang Jiang home?"
"Yes, that Jiang Jiang has caused me this. Grandma, you can't just let her stay in our house like this. She is a disaster and will bring disaster to our family!"
Mrs. Lin was instantly furious. "Let's go home."
Seeing that it was getting dark, Lin Youqing asked his daughter to stay in the house and went out to wait for Old Mrs. Lin.
Old Mrs. Lin saw Lin Youqing outside the door from a distance and sneered, "Third Brother, did you really bring that wild girl home?"
"Yes," Lin Youqing nodded, "Mom, we have made up our minds to adopt Jiang Jiang as our daughter and we won't regret it."
"Third brother, you are really blinded by greed. There are so many children in the family. If He Guijuan really can't give birth, wouldn't it be better to adopt one? Why do you want to adopt a wild girl from outside?! There is no same blood flowing in these bones, so you can't tame them!"
Old Mrs. Lin thought she had made the biggest concession. She endured the fact that her daughter-in-law couldn't have children! But you can't bring this wild girl to the county. Why should you let that wild girl get such a blessing for no reason? ! When good things like this happen, the children in the family should get them first.
"Jiang Jiang is well-behaved and sensible. Guijuan and I both like her very much."
"No matter how well-behaved and sensible she is, she is still Jiang Fusheng's daughter. You are helping someone else raise a child!" Old Mrs. Lin beat her chest and stamped her feet.
"Isn't raising the eldest and second brothers' children the same as helping others raise their children?"
"You...you..." Old Mrs. Lin was so angry that she couldn't speak.
At this time, the people at home also heard the noise and came out. When Old Lady Lin saw her two sons, she seemed to have seen a savior. "Eldest son, second son, please help me persuade him. The third son has been blinded by his own greed and insisted on adopting that wild girl Jiang Jiang!"
So that was the matter. Boss Lin thought about it and didn't know what to say. Whether the third brother adopted Jiang Jiang or not, it had nothing to do with him. It was just another child in the family. Anyway, the third brother would not consider adopting Shuanzhu and Tiezhu from his family.
Even if he wants to be adopted, his wife is reluctant to let him go.
"Mom is right. No matter how sensible Jiang Jiang is, she is still Jiang Fusheng's daughter..."
Lin Laoer did not agree with the third brother adopting Jiang Jiang. Now the third brother and his wife had no children of their own, and they would always send some money or cloth coupons, food coupons and nutritional supplements for their children home every month. If they had their own children, could they still treat their children like this?
Seeing his second brother's intention, Lin Youqing interrupted Lin Laoer and said, "Big brother, second brother, let me say this today. If you still want Guilan and I to support the family every month like before, then accept Jiang Jiang. Don't say anything unpleasant to the child, or he will feel uncomfortable."
"Mom, you don't have to call me a wild girl. Jiang Jiang will be your granddaughter in the future. It's really inappropriate to call her that. I'm determined today. Even if you don't recognize me as your son, I will raise Jiang Jiang as your daughter."
It was obvious that the third brother was determined, even saying something like "cutting off all ties". The eldest brother Lin looked at the second brother Lin, and seeing that he had no intention of interfering in the matter, he began to persuade him, "Mom, the third brother and Guijuan don't have their own children. Since they really want to raise Jiang Jiang by your side, you should fulfill their wish."
Since both of her sons refused to help her, Mrs. Lin knew that she couldn't convince Lin Youqing. She felt choked up and walked into the house angrily.
When Feng Yin saw Old Lady Lin enter the room, she knew that her idea of relying on Old Lady Lin to stop her Third Uncle from adopting Jiang Jiang had failed.
Her heart sank. Was she going to have to stay in the countryside for the rest of her life?
Boss Lin patted Lin Youqing on the shoulder, sighed, and followed him into the house.
There was a lot of noise at the door, and Jiang Jiang also heard some of it in the room.
When she heard Lin Youqing say, "Even if you don't acknowledge me as your son, I will still raise Jiang Jiang as your daughter," she felt as if her chest was suddenly hit and her eyes were filled with soreness. She didn't expect that her father's determination to adopt her was so strong.
Dinner consisted of corn steamed buns and sweet potato porridge, cabbage stewed with vermicelli, and stewed radish. It was winter now, and there was usually nothing else to eat except for the radish, potatoes, and cabbage that were easy to store. But in an age when people were generally not getting enough to eat, the fact that they could have such meals showed that the Lin family was very well off.
Mrs. Lin's face had not been looking good since the moment she saw Jiang Jiang. If it wasn't for her son, she would have thrown down her chopsticks and left.
The expressions of the second brother and his wife were not very good, and the children looked at Jiang Jiang with more curiosity.
He Guijuan served Jiang Jiang some porridge and brought her some corn steamed buns. When she saw that Old Mrs. Lin did not come in and curse, but sat down to eat dinner, she knew that her husband had persuaded Old Mrs. Lin.
As for how he convinced her, she didn't want to know more.
Old Mrs. Lin is not nice to her daughters-in-law. The words she used to scold her last night are still ringing in her ears. What is Old Mrs. Lin thinking in her heart? What does it have to do with her?
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