I thought she was just being nice to me, and I didn't want to take her things for free, so when I was at work, I would try my best to complete my assigned tasks and then go to help her with her work.
She always asked about the news at our educated youth camp, especially about Zhang Pingping.
She told me that she liked Du Yueming, and she just wanted to see in what way she was inferior to Zhang Pingping, and she wanted to compete fairly with Zhang Pingping.
So, I usually tell her some news about Zhang Pingping, such as what clothes she likes to wear and what hairstyle she likes to have.
I also told her that we were going to town to do some shopping and invited her to come with us.
She said she didn't have time to go, and gave me five yuan and two kilograms of food coupons so that I could have a good time in town.
She asked quite a lot of questions at the time, and I didn't think much about it. I thought she just cared about me, so I told her all the specific arrangements for going to town.
I never imagined that Yu Huanxiang was such a poisonous snake.
The night we returned from town, we first went to report your disappearance to Secretary Du, and then returned to the educated youth site.
Although it was already midnight, I bought a hairpin and some fried cakes for Yu Huanxiang from the town. I was afraid they would go bad, so I went to her house to give them to her.
Unexpectedly, the door of Yu Huanxiang's house was still open and the lights were on. Gu Wanshan and Yu Fugui were drinking in her living room, and Yu Huanxiang was there with them.
Gu Wanshan said: It seems that the plan has been successful. If we can really get that educated youth, he will give Yu Fugui 500 yuan and promote him to work in the village in the future.
I was so scared that I ran back to the educated youth camp. I was afraid that it was because of me that you were kidnapped. I tossed and turned that night and stayed awake until dawn.
Unexpectedly, you came back the next day. You weren't kidnapped at all.
I am very angry. I am angry at your willfulness. Couldn't you tell others in advance if there was something going on? You acted like a spoiled brat and made others worry all night.
The next day, I got angry when I saw you and we had a conflict.
"Nothing happened to Zhang Pingping or the educated youth camp, so why did your mother threaten you?" Chu Jingqiu asked her back.
"Gu Wanshan came to inspect the work that day, and I sneaked into Yu Huanxiang's house at night to see if I could get any more information.
When I arrived at Yu Huanxiang's house, the door was locked. Because the houses in the village were connected, I climbed up the ladder from the brigade headquarters to the roof, walked across the roof, and arrived at the roof of Yu Huanxiang's house.
I lifted the tiles from the roof and saw Gu Wanshan angrily scolding Yu Fugui. He said: Didn’t you say that that educated youth Lin said Zhang Pingping was going to town? Why didn’t she go? I was happy for nothing all night.
Yu Huanxiang explained with a smile: Lin Zhiqing came to my house today to deliver a hairpin, and she said that Zhang Pingping didn't go because she had a stomachache.
Director Gu, don't worry. How can she escape? I will find another chance and will definitely send her to your bed.
Later, Yu Fugui and his daughter said a lot of nice things to coax Gu Wanshan into calming down.
I felt like I was struck by lightning. If Zhang Pingping had really gone there that day and if she had been raped by Gu Wanshan, I would have been considered an accomplice and would have deserved the death penalty.
That day, my mother came to me and asked me to marry the butcher, and I told her about this. What I meant was that I was almost forced to commit a crime for you, and you still didn't let me go.
Unexpectedly, this became a reason for my mother to threaten me." Speaking of this, Lin Zishan burst into tears, her tone revealing helplessness, sadness and despair.
Chu Jingqiu could see that Lin Zishan was not lying. In the past two days, Lin Zishan was obviously quieter than usual. She must be feeling guilty and under great psychological pressure.
"If I tell you that helping you might make your mother hate you, will you still do it?" Chu Jingqiu wanted to see her attitude to decide to what extent he could help.
"I actually knew a long time ago that I am not this family's biological child. I was adopted." Lin Zishan looked at Chu Jingqiu calmly.
Chu Jingqiu guessed that there was such a possibility, but what she didn't understand was that even though she knew they were not her biological children, she treated you like this, yet you still treated them so well with all your heart.
Lin Zishan seemed to see her confusion and explained, “When I was in elementary school, I had an argument with a neighbor’s child, and I knew it when she scolded me.
Although my mother was not nice to me, my father was really good to me. I heard from others that I was adopted by my aunt's family.
My aunt's family gave birth to seven girls and one boy. My mother hadn't been pregnant for several years, so they adopted me.
My older brother was born the year after they adopted me. They didn't dare send me away. Some people said that I was the one who brought their child to them, and if they sent me away, their child would die.
After my father passed away, I tried my best to please them, just because I wanted to have a family. I think I have done enough to repay their kindness in raising me over the years."
Chu Jingqiu patted Lin Zishan on the shoulder and said, "It's not difficult for you to solve this problem. You feel it's difficult because you care about the so-called family affection.
If you really don’t care anymore, it’s not that hard to fix.”
Chu Jingqiu whispered a few words to Lin Zishan in her ear, and a smile slowly appeared on Lin Zishan's face.
The next morning, after the people at the educated youth site had finished their meal, they found that Lin Zishan had obtained a letter of introduction from the brigade, then she packed up some things and went home with her mother.
After Lin Zishan left, everyone talked about it for a while. They all felt that Lin Zishan had compromised and would probably not come back. They all felt sorry for her.
It took Lin Zishan two days of train ride to get from Bei Province to Hai City. They had no money, so they bought hard seats.
There was an aisle between Lin Zishan's seat and her mother's seat. As soon as Lin Zishan got on the bus, she closed her eyes and rested. The smile on Lin's mother's face never stopped, and she chatted happily with the passengers around her.
Mother Lin was happy and bought some pancakes as food for their journey when they got on the bus. When it was time for dinner, Lin Zishan went to her mother to get the pancakes without saying a word, took them and left, then drank some water and continued to close her eyes to rest.
Her mother was used to her silence and thought Lin Zishan was angry with her, so she didn't care.
Just when she was half a day's drive away from home, she found that Lin Zishan was missing. Two hours later, she still didn't come.
Mother Lin went to the toilet to look for her but couldn't find her. She didn't see Lin Zishan until she got off the car. Only then did she feel panicked.
She checked her bag and found that the 100 yuan and more than ten kilograms of food coupons in the interlayer of the bag were all gone. That was the travel expenses that the butcher gave her.
She waited at the station for a while with hope, until everyone on the platform had left, but she still didn't see Lin Zishan.
Mother Lin knew that she had been deceived by her daughter. She must have gotten off the bus in Su City or Nan City and returned to the northern province.
Her face was pale and she could only go home first.
At this time, Lin Zishan did not return to Northern Province. She got off the bus early as planned.
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