At first, for the sake of himself and his younger brother, Lin Liansheng had to help his uncle's family with work, such as washing clothes, cooking, and fetching water. All of these were done by him at such a young age.
Later, when he grew up a little and his face became more mature, he looked like his father and had a good appearance. Many people proposed to him, but his uncle married him to an old woman in order to get a high betrothal gift.
After that, she married a second and third time.
Even after his third wife died, his uncle still planned to let him marry, but everyone was afraid of his reputation as a "wife-killer".
Lin Liansheng once overheard that his uncle's family had originally planned to sell him to a brothel, but they were afraid of being gossiped about by others. After all, they were family, so they gave up.
However, they took advantage of Lin Liansheng's unpreparedness and sold the little brother to Mr. Wang's house to be Wang's godson. Now, Lansheng's indenture is in Wang's hands, and they said that Mr. Wang's young master needs a servant, and Lansheng is the most suitable.
Lin Liansheng naturally didn't want his brother to be sold as a servant, but the contract had already been signed and he could do nothing about it.
Later, when he went to secretly visit his brother, he found that Lansheng often did not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear, and because he was young, he was bullied by other servants of the Wang family.
At the beginning, Lin Liansheng would visit his brother every day, bring him food, and buy him clothes. But after being discovered, those people would always bully Lin Lansheng again when Lin Liansheng was away. As his adoptive father, Steward Wang initially ignored it until Lin Liansheng came to him for help, hoping that he could protect Lansheng.
Butler Wang agreed, but required Lin Liansheng to give him five taels of silver every month, under the pretext of buying food and clothes for Lin Lansheng.
Lin Liansheng certainly knew that a child would need less than five taels of silver for food and clothing a month, but what he needed was the protection that Butler Wang gave to Lansheng.
Lin Liansheng agreed and gave it for two years.
But how could an ordinary person easily earn five taels of silver a month? At the beginning, he could please his wife and get some silver. Later, no one dared to marry him. He had no good background and no outstanding abilities. All Lin Liansheng had was a good look.
Lin Liansheng remembered that when Lansheng was sold, little Lansheng kept crying and calling for his brother.
Later, after the death of his three wives, he lived in a small shabby house and started his "living life". He found an opportunity to break off his relationship with Lansheng. He did not want others to know that they were brothers, and he no longer met Lansheng openly. When he missed him too much, he would just stay away and watch him secretly.
Lin Liansheng's reputation had long been ruined in Renhe County, so how could he let Lansheng be implicated? So even if Lansheng went to find him later, he would drive him away. Over time, Lansheng never came to him again.
Lin Liansheng didn't leave until the figure carrying the book box disappeared from his sight.
"What are you looking at?" As the young master of the Wang family was walking, he suddenly realized that the child behind him did not catch up with him. Instead, he stood there, staring motionlessly in a certain direction.
Lansheng withdrew his eager gaze, and rubbed his little hands on the rattan strap of the bookcase on his shoulders. He shook his head, his voice still with a baby voice: "Nothing, Master, let's go."
"Well, then hurry up and don't delay my business." After saying that, he walked away.
Lansheng turned his head to look in that direction again, then took a step forward, jogging and struggling to keep up with the pace of the young master of the Wang family.
And what Lansheng was looking at was exactly the direction where Lin Liansheng was.
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"Oh, are you giving money to someone again?" Lin Liansheng returned home and was blocked by Lin Yuansheng at the door.
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