Lin Jiabao felt as if he saw his father and mother.
The two walked towards him with red eyes.
Lin Jiabao's face lit up with joy, and he hurried towards his father and mother, "Dad, Mom, I miss you so much."
I thought I would miss it, but unexpectedly he actually hugged his parents. Lin Jiabao was pleasantly surprised!
Lin Dayong and his wife were really surprised. They didn't expect that they could touch their son.
Half a year later, they finally held their son in their arms. However, they cried uncomfortably when they felt his frail body.
When they were alive, the child was strong and they had a hard time holding him. But now, the child's body was so light that it seemed like he would fall down with a gust of wind. He was so thin and pitiful.
Thinking that their son had not had a full meal in the past six months, they felt even more heartbroken.
"Jiabao, my dear Jiabao, you have suffered, I am sorry! I am sorry for you, wuwuwu~"
Lin Jiabao longed to lie in his mother's arms, but strangely, he could not feel his mother's warmth.
"Mother, Jiabao misses you so much, please come back soon, Jiabao will be obedient in the future and won't be naughty anymore."
Lin Dayong hugged his wife and children with a sad expression. He didn't feel it when he was alive, but only after he died did he realize how rare it was for his family to live together in peace.
The couple held their son and talked for a long time. Finally, they told Lin Jiabao, "Jiabao, someone will come to take you away tomorrow to live in a new place. You should follow them obediently. You won't have to worry about food and clothing in the future. You can also go to school. Promise mother that you will study hard. If you can pass the imperial examination and make a good career for yourself in the future, mother will be happy for you in heaven. If you fail, it doesn't matter. If you can learn to read and write, you can become a teacher or help others copy and polish to make a living. As long as you can live a good life, marry and have children in the future, and live a happy life, mother and your father will be relieved."
Lin Jiabao's big eyes were full of doubts, "Mom, who will take me away? Do we still have relatives?"
Lin Dayong gently stroked his daughter's head and said with a smile, "He's a friend of Dad. Dad saved a lot of money with him before he died. I originally thought that your uncle and his family had worked hard to take care of you, so I wanted to give them the money. But now, seeing how they treat you, Dad has decided to let you go out and live on your own. Jiabao, can you do it? Live on your own in the future."
Lin Jiabao nodded heavily, "Dad, I can do it. I don't want to live with my uncle's family anymore. I don't have enough to eat every day. I can cook for myself now. Dad, Mom, I can live by myself."
Lin Jiabao had had enough, if he had nowhere else to go, he would have wanted to leave long ago. He even wanted to become a beggar and beg on the street, which was better than staying at his uncle's house, but he never had the courage to become a beggar.
Now that he heard he could leave, he was naturally willing to do so.
Seeing their son so happy, the couple felt even more indebted.
I immediately told him a lot of details, and the family talked until midnight, and then the couple left the dream.
In the early morning, when Lin Jiabao woke up, he looked at the roof blankly. Everything that happened last night was clearly imprinted in his mind. It seemed like a dream, but not a dream.
"Lin Jiabao, get up and make breakfast, hurry up."
Lin Jiabao slept in the yard last night. As ghosts, Lin Dayong and his wife could not carry him back to the room, and could only watch him lying in the yard.
When Lin Dafu's wife saw that the firewood had not been chopped completely, her sarcastic tone reappeared.
"Lin Jiabao, were you lazy last night? You didn't even finish chopping this much firewood. What else can you do? Hurry up and get up to work. Who told you to sleep in before you finished the work?"
Seeing the child sleeping in the yard, Lin Dafu's wife didn't think anything of it and immediately began to enslave Lin Jiabao.
Lin Jiabao was still immersed in last night's dream, feeling that everything was so real, when he was suddenly interrupted by his aunt, and he hurriedly got up.
"I...I'll do it right away."
Mu Yun was asked by Lin Dayong and his wife to get up early in the morning and go to Wang's house. He brought the newly bought servant for Lin Jiabao and the one thousand taels given by Mrs. Wang, and headed towards the Lin's house.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Lin Dafu's wife being rude to the child.
Qingli stood in front of the fence and said, "Do you still have a conscience to treat a child like this?"
The sudden sound frightened Lin Dafu's wife so much that she turned around and looked at the door.
Seeing a pretty and cool girl standing at the door, staring at her with unfriendly eyes, Lin Dafu's wife frowned and stared at Qingli. She looked at Qingli with her eyes rolling, and then said unhappily: "Who are you? What are you doing standing at my door?"
Standing next to Qingli was a boy about ten years old, tall and thin, with his head lowered, observing the scene in front of him out of the corner of his eye.
Lin Jiabao in the yard looked at the person behind the fence curiously, wondering if this was the person his parents had mentioned would come to pick him up.
But it seemed like a dream, it shouldn't be real.
Lin Jiabao thought about it, lowered his head, and couldn't help feeling a little lost.
It's all just a dream, how can it be true!
"I was sent by Mr. Chen to pick up Lin Dayong's son, Lin Jiabao. Where is Lin Jiabao?"
Qingli made up an identity for herself. It was Lin Dayong and his wife who asked her to say so. They told Lin Jiabao that Lin Dayong had deposited money with a friend, and now that friend wanted to give the money to Lin Jiabao.
They didn't want their children to bear hatred in their hearts, and they were worried that if their children knew that the money was given by the person who killed their parents, they would never use it, so they found another lender.
Lin Dafu in the room heard the sound and hurried out. He narrowed his cloudy eyes, looked up at Qingli, and then said coldly: "Lin Jiabao is my nephew. Both his parents are dead. I, his uncle, will take care of him in the future. You, who are not related to him, want to take my nephew away. What is your intention?"
The whole family, including Lin Jiabao, opened his eyes wide in surprise. Did his dream come true?
It was early in the morning and the farmers around had just gotten up. Hearing the commotion, they all came over and looked around curiously.
A hint of coldness flashed across Qingli's eyes, and she said calmly, "Lin Dayong was a good friend of our father-in-law before he died. He deposited a large amount of money in my father-in-law's hands. He said that if he had an accident, he would ask my father-in-law for help. If his eldest brother Lin Dafu treated his son Lin Jiabao well, then he would let Lin Jiabao live with his eldest brother's family in the future, and the money he deposited would be given to his eldest brother's family."
"But if his eldest brother's family treats the child badly, then ask my father-in-law to help take the child away, give the child the money in a short period of time, and find a playmate for the child to live with."
"For this reason, my father-in-law sent people to keep an eye on your family for half a year. How your family treated Lin Jiabao during this half year is really sad. You two look like decent people, but you are both vicious. I'm sure the villagers around here have seen how you treated Lin Jiabao. I don't want to talk about your family's crimes anymore. Now I'm here to take Lin Jiabao away, and he will have nothing to do with you in the future."
Lin Dafu and his family were shocked! His brother still has a large amount of money left, how much?
Lin Dafu's wife couldn't wait to ask, "How much money did my brother leave you?"
Qingli said coldly, "This has nothing to do with you. Open the door now! I'm leaving with the child."
Lin Dafu's wife hurriedly pulled her husband toward the door and said to Qingli through the fence, "You liar, hand over the money quickly. It's not your turn to take my nephew away. My Dafu is his uncle. Aunt, you are a fool. Hurry up and hand over the money, otherwise we will report to the police and let the government arrest you."
The woman had a mean face, sharp teeth, protruding cheeks, a pointed forehead and bulging eyes. It was obvious that she was not a good person.
Qingli looked at her greedy look, and a cold look flashed in her eyes. "Okay, go report to the authorities! Let the officials judge what you have taken from Lin Dayong's family, so you can return it quickly. Evil people like you are not afraid of the authorities, so how can I not be afraid? It's just right, let the officials make the decision for this child."
Seeing Qingli's calmness, the woman's arrogance disappeared immediately. Her eyes were vague and she said in a weak voice, "You, you, don't spit blood at me. I didn't take anything. Our family has done our best to take care of this child. I didn't expect that Dayong would still be on guard against us. It's really chilling!"
The woman deliberately wiped away her tears as she spoke, but no one sympathized with her. The neighbors even exposed her shortcomings and said to her with disdain, "Dafu family, don't be too greedy. You occupied Dayong's house and sold it. Dayong and his wife left some money. As uncles and aunts, it is normal for you to take care of a nephew who has lost his parents. What's more, you took the things left by his parents. But you two are mean-spirited. You only took the things and didn't care about the people."
"Yes, yes! Don't be too greedy. We all saw how you two treated the child. It is said that good people will be rewarded. It is better not to do some bad things!"
"Let this child go! He will feel better after he leaves. He used to be so strong, but now he looks like he can be blown away by the wind. God has pity on him. Children without parents are pitiful!"
The souls of Lin Dayong and his wife were in the gourd hanging from Qingli's waist, so they naturally heard what everyone said, and they both cried bitterly again.
The neighbors' words made Lin Dafu feel humiliated. He was filled with shame and his face turned red.
"Garbo, are you willing to go with this man?"
Lin Dafu really couldn't stand the looks and comments from the villagers, so he hurriedly asked Lin Jiabao.
His wife gave him a dissatisfied look. How could she let him go when she hadn't even gotten the money? Didn't she hear what the girl said? Lin Dayong had left a large sum of money behind.
Lin Dafu's wife winked at her husband frantically, but unfortunately, Lin Dafu was too embarrassed to look up at this time. He looked at Lin Jiabao and felt a little guilty for the first time.
Lin Jiabao nodded eagerly, "I do."
Seeing his nephew like this, Lin Dafu felt heartbroken. He would rather go with a stranger than stay. In this case, why should he try to keep him?
Lin Dafu's wife tried to stop him, but she heard Lin Dafu saying, "Okay, if you are willing, then go! You don't have to come back. There is no place for you in this family anymore."
Lin Dafu seemed very angry and his face did not look good.
Lin Jiabao looked at his uncle seriously and said calmly, "Uncle, there is no place for me in this family."
After saying that, Lin Jiabao walked towards the door without any hesitation.
Lin Dafu's wife wanted to stop him, but Lin Dafu pulled her back and said, "Don't keep him. Don't you know what Dayong was like when he was alive? How could he be rich? If he was rich, would Jiabao's mother still die? This man must be a human trafficker. Since Lin Jiabao doesn't like this family so much, let him go! Whether he lives or dies in the future, it has nothing to do with us."
A gleam of cruelty flashed across Lin Dafu's eyes, and his heart felt cold.
Even if the child was sold or killed in the future, it would have nothing to do with him. It was Lin Jiabao who wanted to leave on his own.
Lin Dafu thought maliciously in his heart, and determined that Qingli, the doorman, was not a good person.
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