Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

He Chunhong looked at Chen Ruiyu pitifully, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face, "Do you know how hard our lives were back then? Your grandparents passed away early, and the family depended on your father alone. Having a disabled son not only couldn't help, but would also drag the whole family down."

I wanted to send you away for the good of this family, so that we could still survive. If you were lucky, you might be able to get treatment and there would still be hope! It's your dad who doesn't understand the situation; he absolutely refused to send you away. I did it because he forced me to.

I made a mistake on my own. I regretted it as soon as you fell into the water, but it's too late, there's no going back.”

Chen Ruiyu found these words laughable. "Your regret is that you ran away with your family and disappeared for so many years, only to come looking for me when you found out I got into university? What do you think I relied on to get into university?"
I'm not exactly brilliant, but I'm not stupid either. Stop spouting your nonsense.

Furthermore, from the moment you threw me into Nanxi, we had no connection whatsoever. My life was given to me by Chen's great-grandfather, by those who saved me back then, and it has nothing to do with you!

However, you are right about one thing: my illness is indeed very serious, so serious that I couldn't walk normally until I was six years old. Fortunately, I have a loving and caring mother who did not give up on me and has been taking me through rehabilitation treatment for more than ten years.

It is thanks to her painstaking efforts in raising and nurturing me that I am who I am today. She is my only mother in this life. You are nothing!

I'm making this clear today: I hope you'll never appear before my family again. Also, my dad truly hates you to the core; he's even contacted the police chief. One phone call and he can have you locked up anytime, believe it or not.

He Chunhong's expression shifted from pitiful to aggrieved, then to angry and resentful, and finally to fear and terror, leaving her speechless.

Chen Yintao asked one last question, "Are you leaving or not? If you're not leaving, we're leaving! Don't come looking for me to help if the police get involved, it's ridiculous!"

Seeing that there was no room for maneuver and that He Chunhong had really backed down, He Yong and his companions could only turn around and drive away, cursing under their breath.

As they passed through the gate, He Yong used a bamboo pole to carry water and wet Lin Qin's clothes.

As a result, Chen Xinyue and Xu Kang suddenly appeared from the side and threw stones at He Yong.

He Yong, who was on the boat, had nowhere to hide and was hit in the back and shoulder.

He instinctively threw down the bamboo pole, covered his head with his hands, and shouted and cursed.

"You son of a bitch, you just wait!"

The two children threw even more enthusiastically.

Lin Qin's expression turned cold. She turned around, went inside to get a long stick, and got off the tin boat. "Ping An, sail over there for me."

The children immediately understood what Lin Qin wanted to do and got off the boat.

The speed of a tin boat is incomparable to that of a wooden boat.

They quickly arrived at He Yong's boat. The people on He Yong's boat were shocked and tried to shoo them away, shouting, "What are you doing, Lin Qin? Are you crazy?"

Ignoring everything else, Lin Qin raised her long stick and struck He Yong with all her might.

He Xia and He Chunhong, who were on the same boat as He Yong, wanted to help, but Ping An quickly turned around and ran away, shouting, "Mom, sister and brother, hold on tight, kill them!"

Before they could react, they immediately crouched down and grabbed the edge of the tin boat.

The tin boat sped up and rushed toward He Yong's wooden boat.

Chen Yintao and Chen Yongding were both terrified.

Shouting, "Ping An, don't be impulsive! Someone will die! No!"

The furious Chen Ruiyu wouldn't listen to a word.

With a loud "bang!", several screams echoed through Nanxi. Everyone watched helplessly as He Yong's boat was overturned and even cracked, sinking into the water at a visible speed.

The bow of the tin boat was slightly deformed, but it wasn't a big problem. It just rocked violently for a few seconds and was off the water, but thankfully it eventually stabilized.

Chen Yintao clutched his wildly beating heart and shouted, "Quick! Save them!"

We all live on the water and are excellent swimmers.

Several people immediately jumped into the water and swam toward He Yong and his two companions.

Seizing the opportunity, Lin Qin struck He Yong, who was struggling, on the head and shouted, "Let's go! Go home!"

He Yong stopped moving, and everyone turned pale with fright.

Neither He Xia nor He Chunhong expected Lin Qin to be so ruthless. Most importantly, that woman dared to commit violence in broad daylight; she was simply insane!

Not only did they think so, but Chen Yintao and the others also thought so.

It took everyone a lot of effort to pull the three people onto the boat.

He Yong had fainted and swallowed a lot of water. Fortunately, he was pulled out in time, and with the help of several villagers surnamed He, he recovered and slowly regained consciousness.

Seeing that everyone was alright, Chen Yintao breathed a sigh of relief, his whole body went limp, and he warned with a serious expression: "You all saw what happened today. Putting aside Wen Jun's family connections, just look at Lin Qin's personality. If you mess with her, you might not even know how you died!"

I'm making this clear today: I'm not getting involved in your mess anymore. I can't stop you from causing trouble, but you'll have to bear the consequences yourselves!

Another middle-aged man next to Chen Yintao said in a deep voice: "I heard that Wenjun is on good terms with the big bosses in the underworld, the ones who broke Zheng Aqiang's legs back then! He Yong, if you hadn't provoked us today, Lin Qin wouldn't have gone for the kill. She was going to kill you in front of everyone, which shows how powerful her background is."

I advise you to learn from your mistake, listen to the village chief, and don't act recklessly. After all, this isn't your family's situation, it's not worth it."

To be honest, having escaped death, He Yong was really scared, but he refused to lose face and still looked stubborn and unwilling to give up.

He Xia, who had been so arrogant just moments before, didn't dare utter a sound now, her mind preoccupied with figuring out how to get rid of He Chunhong, this plague.

He Chunhong kept recalling the resolute way Ping An had hit them. She even saw a hint of madness on the child's face, as if he wanted to drag her down with him.

He truly had absolutely no feelings for her!
Thinking of this, He Chunhong felt a sudden sense of desolation, like an endless wasteland. What would she do if even this son didn't recognize her? Where could she go?

He Chunhong's mind was in turmoil.

At this time, Lin Qin and her three children had returned to the gate of the breach.

Lin Yi witnessed their entire frenzied process and was waiting inside the gate with a thin bamboo stick in his hand.

The four were immediately whipped one by one as soon as they entered, and they scattered in all directions.

Lin Yi was clearly going all out, relentlessly pursuing Lin Qin.

Lin Qin was almost crying with fear. She ran away while begging for mercy, "Dad! Please have mercy, don't hit me anymore, I won't do it again!"

"There will be a next time! You troublesome thing! How could I have given birth to such a heartless and audacious brat like you! If anything happens to the children, I will never forgive you!" Lin Yi's face turned red with anger.

The thought of what had just happened made his blood boil, his heart pound, and he wanted nothing more than to kill Lin Qin. (End of Chapter)