Chapter 12 Adoption
The wild boar was divided quickly. Lin Wu gave half to Lin Wen and Sun. As soon as the two got the wild boar, they turned around and left.
"Wait! You have to leave a written document severing ties. What if you change your mind after a few days?" Zhao Xiu quickly stopped the two of them.
The village chief nodded and said, "Yes, we need a written agreement. I will write it." After that, he asked Lin Fei, who was standing in the crowd, to go home and get pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were quickly brought back. After the village chief wrote the document of severing ties, Sun didn't hesitate and directly pressed her fingerprints.
Just as the Sun family was about to leave carrying half a wild boar, an old voice suddenly came from the crowd.
"Da Wu! You've severed ties with your father and the others. Are you willing to become my son?"
The village chief glanced at the crowd and said, "Chang Shen? Why are you here? Do you really want to make Lin Dawu your adopted son?"
Lin Changcan nodded: "Dawu is a good child, and Dawu's family is also virtuous and capable. Dawu, are you willing to be my son?"
Lin Wu didn't know what to say, and he didn't know who this Lin Changcan was.
Lin Wu said nothing and looked at the village chief.
The village chief said, "I think you know about your uncle's story. He lost his wife when he was in his twenties and didn't remarry for the sake of his children. Unfortunately, his son drowned in the river when he was thirteen, and now he is alone.
It would be great if you could become his adopted son! He's a good man, and he's all he has at home, so I'm counting on you to take care of him in his old age."
Lin Qian looked at Lin Changcan. The old man was about sixty years old, with a kind face and a gentle smile.
Turning around and looking at Lin Tiezhu's cowardly look, Lin Qian felt that this man was more suitable to be her grandfather.
Zhao Xiu also thought that adoption was a good idea. After all, she had seen what Sun and Lin Wen were like today. She estimated that even if there was a document severing relations, they would still come to ask for money every few days.
It would be better to adopt them directly, then they will belong to someone else's family in the future and have nothing to do with the Zhao family.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xiu nodded to Lin Wu.
Lin Wu looked at Lin Changcan and said, "I am willing to be adopted."
Lin Changcan smiled happily, then said to the village chief: "Village chief, let's open the ancestral hall today and register Dawu under my name."
The village chief said, "Okay, I'll go get the family tree right away."
After the two of them finished talking, they went to the ancestral hall. When Sun saw this, she wanted to step forward to stop them, but Lin Wu glared at her and she dared not step forward.
After everyone had left, Sun finally came to her senses. She clenched her fists and cursed Lin Wu for being a beast.
She was only sixteen years old when she was sold to Lin Tiezhu by her family. She didn't like Lin Tiezhu and he was unwilling to give birth to a child for her, but she became pregnant at that time.
She tried to abort the child several times, but no matter how she tortured herself, Lin Wu stayed in her belly.
Later, when it was eight or nine months old, Sun still didn't want Lin Wu, and she started to act up again, which resulted in her own premature birth.
Unfortunately, her water broke but she didn't have any contractions. She was in agony for two days and two nights before she gave birth to Lin Wu. Since then, she has disliked this son. Every time she sees him, she will remember those two days and two nights of pain.
Later, she found that Lin Tiezhu didn't seem that bad, so she gradually gave up the idea of leaving and lived a good life with Lin Tiezhu.
But with the birth of her second daughter, third daughter, fourth son and youngest daughter, Sun hated Lin Wu even more.
Because the births of these children were smooth and easy, only Lin Wu tortured him for two days and two nights.
People are biased. If they don't like someone, they will like him less and less. In the end, she no longer regarded Lin Wu as her son, but only as a servant and a coolie.
"Oh! Let's go!" Lin Tiezhu looked at Sun standing there, sighed and pulled her.
Sun shook off Lin Tiezhu's hand and left angrily. Before leaving, she kicked the broken door of Lin Qian's house, and the other half of the door was also heroically broken.
Lin Qian's family of four followed the village chief to the ancestral hall and watched him take out the family tree and write the names of Lin Wu and his family of four under Lin Changcan.
"Okay, from now on, Dawu, you are Changshen's son."
Lin Wu nodded, looked at Lin Changcan who was standing aside, and knelt down with Zhao Xiu. Seeing that their parents had knelt, Lin Qian and Lin Shuo also knelt down.
"Dad." Lin Wu called out.
Lin Qian and Lin Shuo followed suit and called out, "Grandpa."
Lin Changcan quickly bent down to help Lin Wu up, and also squatted down to help Lin Qian and Lin Shuo up, saying, "Okay, okay! Hurry up, get up quickly.
Since we are all family now, you should go back and pack your things and go home with Dad."
Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu nodded.
Lin Changcan lowered his head, holding Lin Qian's hand with one hand and Lin Shuo's hand with the other, and said, "Then you should follow Grandpa home."
"good."
Lin Changcan's home is not far from Lin Qian and his family's shabby house, in the northeast corner of the village.
There are five large blue brick and tile houses, plus a large courtyard. Rural houses all face north and south. As soon as she entered the door, Lin Qian saw a chicken coop surrounded by wood on the west side, where chickens and several big white geese were raised.
There is also a pigpen on the east side, but it is empty.
In the yard, on the east side was a kitchen and two rooms. On the west side, there was no house, but there was a vegetable patch and a wooden shed for storing firewood.
After entering the door, Lin Changcan went into the house and soon found a bag of rice dumpling candies and handed them to Lin Qian and her brother.
"Come, sit here and have some candy first. Grandpa will kill a chicken for you and make chicken for you today." Lin Changcan smiled and touched the brother and sister's heads, then turned around and went to the chicken coop to catch chickens.
When Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu pushed the cart over, Lin Changcan had already killed the chicken, drained its blood, and plucked its feathers.
"Are you back? I killed a chicken and we can eat it soon." Lin Changcan said with a smile, then carried the chicken into the kitchen.
Zhao Xiu quickly followed him in: "Dad, I'll cook, you just sit down and rest."
"Why are you taking a break? Today I'll let you taste my cooking skills."
Soon the aroma of chicken wafted from the kitchen.
"Okay, wash your hands and come over to eat." Lin Changcan greeted.
Lin Qian and the others quickly washed their hands and went to the main room to eat.
There was a long table against the wall in the main hall, and a large square table. Those were used for guests, while the family ate at the small square table.
A pot of chicken soup, some unleavened bread, four salted duck eggs cut into pieces and five boiled eggs. For a rural person, this is quite good.
From this, it can be seen that Lin Changcan really welcomes their family.
After Lin Changcan came to the table, he first took out two chicken legs and gave one to Lin Qian and the other to Lin Shuo.
"Okay, eat quickly. You look so thin. Eat more to replenish your body." Lin Changcan urged.
Zhao Xiu looked at it and picked up a piece of good meat for Lin Changcan: "Dad, you eat too."
"Okay, eat it all."
At the end of the meal, Lin Changcan only ate one piece of meat and left the rest to Lin Qian and Lin Shuo.
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