Chapter 158 Enemy
After finding out the details, Lin Shuhong's head was buzzing.
He deliberately left Lin Jinyao behind, making her go to see Song Lubai the next morning so that Song Lubai wouldn't be able to refuse.
As long as Lin Jinyao stays, Song Lubai will not be able to abandon her.
He left behind a hundred yuan, thinking that Song Lubai would help him out of consideration for the money. How could she do this?
Lin Shuhong felt a chill in her heart, a chill mixed with anger.
After drinking a bowl of hot soup in the 25th Company, he went straight to the farm headquarters.
He didn't want to have anything to do with Liu Mei anymore, but he didn't expect to see her again.
Because of the cold weather, the adobe factory has stopped working, and these days Liu Mei and her colleagues have turned to cotton carding.
Although it's still tiring and hard on the hands, life is much better than before.
Liu Xingchun and her niece Liu Mei were busy working together, talking about the recent situation at home.
The Liu family had moved from Henan Province to Xinjiang Province. After settling in, the Liu family visited the two of them once. Liu Xingchun felt much more at ease knowing that her family had come.
"Auntie, my mom said she'd bring us some good food next time..."
Liu Mei interrupted Liu Xingchun's hopeful words, and said sarcastically with a sneer, "I remember your mother said it was for your father and his family to take care of. What's it to you? You little brat, you want to eat the good things at home."
Liu Xingchun knew that her aunt wasn't targeting her personally, but was heartbroken by her family's attitude.
Her aunt has said those things quite a bit these days.
Liu Xingchun advised, "Aunt, no matter what, we're all family. Jinyao is home too. Next time they come, you have to see them and have a good talk with them. Otherwise, what will Jinyao do at home?"
Liu Mei stopped talking.
If it weren't for Lin Jinyao, she vowed she would never have any contact with her family again in her life.
Lin Jinyao was the person she was most worried about here.
Her family resented her, so how could they be kind to her daughter?
But if she didn't hand the child over to her family, she really had no other choice.
While Liu Mei remained silent, the guard at the door called out, "Liu Mei, come out, someone is looking for you."
When Liu Mei saw Lin Shuhong, who was covered in the grime of the elements, she was taken aback.
It's hard not to feel a sense of anticipation.
Where have you been all this time?
Where is Jinyao?
They both spoke at the same time.
Lin Shuhong turned away from Liu Mei's face and said, "Don't worry about where I went or where you sent the child."
Liu Mei's heart turned cold.
She knew that the man in front of her no longer wanted her.
Liu Mei suddenly seemed to sprout thorns, sneering, "Didn't you say you didn't want the child and were going to give her away? Now you come asking me for her back? I have only one answer: No! I don't know anything about her! If you don't want the child, then don't! Nobody wants you anyway!"
Lin Shuhong glared at her through gritted teeth, her fists clenched.
This was the first time he had looked Liu Mei in the eye today.
Seeing how thin she was, he felt no pity, only disgust.
He held up his finger: "Do you know what you're saying?"
Liu Mei shouted, "You think you know everything? Nobody knows as much as you... You, Lin Shuhong, are the most knowledgeable person in the world..."
Listening to her unreasonable and illogical words, Lin Shuhong was so angry that she wanted to hit her.
Seeing him clench his fists, Liu Mei became even angrier. She raised her chin and said, "Go ahead and hit me! Hit me to death! Let's see how you kill me!"
The couple had been married for many years and had almost never argued before.
The manager yelled, "What are you two doing? If you're going to talk, talk properly. If not, leave."
Lin Shuhong suppressed her anger, "I'll ask you one more time, where did you send the child? I'm her biological father, and I'm taking her away."
Liu Mei remained silent.
She knew in her heart that it was better for Lin Jinyao to stay with Lin Shuhong than with her own family, but if Lin Shuhong took the child away, she might never see the child again.
She can never have another child in this lifetime; she is destined to have only one child, Lin Jinyao, and no one can take her away from her.
Lin Jinyao is not only her child, but also the key to her future well-being.
The blind old woman said that no matter what, she would still enjoy the blessings of her children.
Lin Jinyao had to stay by her side.
As Liu Mei turned to leave, Lin Shuhong angrily pulled at her.
The managers went over and struggled to separate the two.
Liu Mei left smugly, while Lin Shuhong stood at the door, gritting her teeth, and questioned the manager.
Seeing his expression, the manager hesitated and said, "Don't you know her family is here?"
Liu Mei had attempted suicide and was therefore a key person they were keeping an eye on.
The managers were worried that Lin Shuhong would take the child away and upset Liu Mei, so they didn't know whether they should tell Lin Shuhong the address of Liu Mei's family.
When Lin Shuhong mentioned Liu Mei's family, she recalled the letter she received from Liu's family a few months ago.
Because of Liu Mei's accident, he had no heart to care about the Liu family anymore, so he didn't reply to that letter.
I didn't expect them to have already arrived.
“I am the child’s father. All the men in Liu Mei’s family have committed crimes. The remaining women in her family have taken care of my youngest son until he died. They will not treat my daughter well. Please tell me where they are. I beg you. My daughter has suffered so much with them.”
Lin Shuhong pleaded with red eyes, putting the management staff in a difficult position.
"Wait a minute, I'll go ask the captain."
A short while later, Lin Shuhong was called into a small room, where the people inside were acquaintances she had met before.
Captain Zhao got straight to the point: "We can give you the address, and you can take the child with you, but you need to register your place of stay and get a certificate from your workplace."
You know Liu Mei's situation; she attempted suicide. Taking the child away could cause problems. We're thinking of your situation, and you need to cooperate with us.
After a moment of silence, Lin Shuhong took out a certificate issued by her current employer from her pocket.
Captain Zhao was surprised when he saw the work address above.
He remembered that Lin Shuhong used to work in the Second Branch Engineering Team, but now she was working in the chemical plant in Tingzhou.
The Second Branch Farm belonged to the Corps and Regiment, while Tingzhou belonged to the Autonomous Region and District. The chemical plant was not easy to enter.
Unexpectedly, Lin Shuhong's trip abroad led her to a good place to go.
After Captain Zhao completed the registration, Lin Shuhong, who had received the address, found the company closest to the Second Branch Farm headquarters.
The Liu family members were assigned to the first company. When they first arrived, they went to the fields to pick cotton with the main force of the company. After finishing the work in the fields, they went to pave roads with the main force.
Regardless of gender, in order to receive a share of grain, each household had to have a certain number of people perform mandatory labor.
In other families, the men go out to work, the women collect cow dung in the fields to earn work points, and the children stay at home.
Almost all members of the Liu family who were over sixteen years old participated in labor.
The women of the Liu family were suffering terribly, but they had no choice.
If you don't work, you won't have anything to eat; if you don't have anything to eat, you can't survive.
The adults were outside, leaving the children at home peeling cotton bolls.
Peeling cotton bolls was an easy task compared to washing clothes in the dead of winter; the easier tasks were not for Lin Jinyao, a girl from another family.
When Lin Shuhong found the Liu family, she saw their daughter squatting at the doorway inside the house, washing clothes, her face and hands red from the cold.
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