After the rain, the weather showed no sign of cooling down, and the scorching sun continued to come out and wreak havoc. The road outside, which had been washed by the sudden rain, was both wet and muddy and very difficult to walk on. This was especially unfriendly to Lin Youan, who was only eight years old.
He had just run so far relying on the instinct of survival, and finally reached a bend in a small river. He could no longer see the shadow of the dilapidated temple, so he sat down on a dead tree by the river with a look of fear on his face.
The two thin arms have lost all feeling because they hugged the baby too tightly.
“Hmm, hum…”
The small unknown object in his arms made a humming sound. Lin Youan quickly pulled away the pile of rags, revealing a small face that was not chubby, but white, tender, clean and very cute. Perhaps because he was covered too much, the baby's face was red and sweaty.
"Nianxian, be good and don't cry. Brother will take you home."
He is just a child, but he is very good at coaxing another younger child. From his actions, you can tell that he does this often.
In fact, it does.
His sister is now only four months old. Since the day she was born, he has basically been following his grandmother and learning how to take care of her.
Because his biological mother, Zhou Yuhe, had only been giving birth to his younger sister for two months when, under the arrangement of the Zhou family, she happily and impatiently got into someone else's bridal sedan again.
He and his sister were both her children who were thrown away and no longer wanted.
Their biological father had died, their biological mother had remarried, and the houses and lands left by their father had been divided up by their uncle's family and their eldest uncle's family.
No one in the clan was willing to adopt two orphans and add to the burden, and he was too young to set up his own household. With no other options, he could only live with his sister and his uncle and aunt.
Fortunately, their grandmother really loved them, but she was old and was Zhou Chengguang's stepmother. She had no status in the family and could not protect them at all.
Otherwise, his sister would not have been sold out by that vicious couple from the Zhou family!
There was a flash of anger in Lin Youan's eyes.
He looked down at the baby who had become well-behaved again. This was the baby that his father had left for him, his only sibling! He still remembered that his father had held him in his arms and wrote these two words for him stroke by stroke.
婠婠 is a beautiful, virtuous and beautiful woman.
Dad hoped that his daughter would grow up to be a beautiful girl and find a good husband.
But just a little bit short of that, she was sold to someone else for twenty taels of silver by the so-called uncle and aunt to be arranged for a ghost marriage! !
If he hadn't had those predictive dreams, if he hadn't gotten up secretly in the middle of the night and hid under his uncle and aunt's window to eavesdrop because of suspicion, if he hadn't tried so hard to steal Kankan out, then what kind of cruel scene would it be now?
Lin Youan refused to think about those terrible what-ifs. He was more inclined to believe that this was his father knowing everything and sending him a dream to warn him!
As the eldest son in the family, he inherited his father Lin Yuanzhou's intelligence and love of learning. He started learning calligraphy at the age of three and four. At the age of five, he could recite the "Discipline for Children" to his father with his eyes closed, word for word.
Lin Youan couldn't help but feel his eyes warm when he recalled the scene when his father proudly hugged him and boasted to his classmates that his son was better than his father.
All this beauty came to an abrupt end when Daddy was killed by a bandit on his way to Beijing to take the imperial examination! Why? Why did those faces that were usually friendly and full of praise for him suddenly change their expressions?
He raised the corner of his mouth in a mocking manner, laughing at himself for being so naive and stupid! Even his mother, who usually looked so gentle and virtuous, had changed, so why couldn't others change?
Thinking of the scenes he saw in his dream, he accidentally discovered the truth that Kankan was sold by the Zhou family and buried alive in a ghost marriage. He fled from the Zhou family in a panic.
He was very naive, begging all the way to the county town to find Zhou Yuhe, but, haha...
With nowhere to go, he finally ran back to Linjia Village.
What did he do in his dream?
He asked for help from his clan, and used the connections left by his father. He said he would go to his father's teacher to complain, and ask his father's classmates to redress his grievances. Only under threat did the people in the clan reluctantly make a decision for him.
But he was still too young to know the principle of being forgotten when someone leaves. In the end, although he got a house back to live in, he had to live with his uncle who had robbed him of his family property because he was too young and there were no adults at home.
Although he managed to be a decent person at the end of the dream, he could still imagine how humble and miserable he must have been in the past even with his eyes closed.
Suffering has always forced people to grow.
"Hmm, hum, hum..."
The little girl in the cradle was whimpering again, interrupting his thoughts. Knowing his sister's habits well, Lin Youan quickly reached out and touched the diaper, which was dry and clean.
Then Xianxian must be hungry.
This child has always been well-behaved and never makes a fuss. He will never cry or make a fuss unless he is hungry or has a bowel movement.
"Don't cry, brother will get you something to eat right away."
He held her with one arm struggling to hold her, and with the other arm he reached into his bosom and pulled out a small cloth bag that was kept close to his body. Inside was all the assets that the brother and sister had at present.
There were still two cakes stolen from the Zhou family's kitchen, with a delicately shaped silver lock piece underneath, with his childhood name engraved in the middle of the Ruyi, and a precious household registration with his father's name on it that had not been erased in time.
This is something he has hidden for a long time and now he never dares to leave his side. It is also something his mother has been looking for for a long time but couldn't find.
I have to say that Lin Youan is really smart. Even before his father told him in his dream, he knew that this household registration paper was the only way for him and his sister to survive in the future.
He took out a piece of biscuit, which was dry enough to be used as a weapon, and put it in his mouth to hold it. He put the rest of the things back into the bag, tied it carefully, and stuffed it back to the place closest to his heart, where he would feel more at ease.
Then he chewed the dry biscuits slowly until they were soft, and mixed it with his saliva, feeding it little by little into his sister's hungry mouth.
This child is really easy to take care of. She is not picky about food. She eats whatever her brother gives her. She is small and has a small appetite. After eating one-third of the cake, she stopped grumbling.
The remaining half of the cake went into Lin Youan's stomach. He had to eat, otherwise how could he have the energy to take Qianqian back to Lin Village?
Fortunately, he was already familiar with the road from Zhoujia Town to Linjia Village. He estimated that if he walked for another day or so, he should be able to arrive by tomorrow night at the latest.
After eating the dry biscuits, he went to the river again, stretched out his left hand with great effort, slightly closed his little palm, scooped up some clear river water with his palm, and drank a few sips himself.
Then he carefully took a sip of the river water, and after it warmed up in his mouth, he fed it to his sister little by little.
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