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

Chapter 5 A Chance Encounter at the Health Center

"It's no use saying all this now. We need to contact Yongming immediately and tell him about the situation at home. After today's commotion, Lin Qin is definitely on guard against us. We won't be able to use this method to scheme against her anymore."

Liu Yongguo grew angrier the more he thought about it, and he pounded the bed board loudly.

"It's all because you're useless!" Xu Manzhi cursed again, feeling frustrated.

Lin Qin, who had already walked onto the street with Lin Yi, suddenly stopped, looked at Lin Zhi and Li Lian, and said with a forced smile, "Second Uncle and Second Aunt, thank you for your hard work tonight. You should go back to the village first. We still need to go to the clinic. It will be midnight by the time we get back."

Lin Zhi didn't insist, but put on the airs of an elder and lectured, "Although your in-laws did something wrong today, they are still your mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and sister-in-law. You also hit them. You should tell me I've had enough. Don't make things worse so that your in-laws can't tolerate you in the end."

"No daughter in our family has ever been sent back to her parents' home by her husband's family. Don't embarrass your father because of you."

"That's right! Which daughter-in-law doesn't have to be humble and submissive? You're the only one with a bad temper and a fiery temper. You'll start a fight without warning and even bite someone until they bleed. It's only because the Liu family is in the wrong that they would force your husband to divorce you after all this commotion!"
"You're really infuriating! I don't know how your mother raised her daughter when she was alive, it was completely outrageous!" Li Lian continued to curse.

"Have you said enough? Who do you think you are? My dad hasn't said anything, what right do you have to keep babbling on! And you even insulted my mom, what did she do to you? What gives you the right to talk about her like that?" Lin Qin roared angrily.

She could tolerate being scolded, but she couldn't stand Li Lian criticizing her mother!
Li Lian was stunned for a moment after being scolded, but when she came to her senses, she also got angry. "Hey! You brat, if it weren't for your mess, we wouldn't have had to come all this way. What's wrong with saying a few words to you? If you weren't so useless, would the Liu family be bullying you like this? If you had this kind of arguing ability, how come you would be bullied like this? Useless thing!"

"Enough!" Lin Yi roared angrily, "It's none of your business to discipline my daughter!"

Li Lian scoffed dismissively, turned and walked away, "Who cares about you!"

She didn't come here today to help Lin Qin. Instead, she heard that Lin Qin was having an affair with another man, so she came to watch the show and kick her when she was down. She never expected that she would not only fail to see a good show, but also witness Lin Qin's rebellious nature, and she herself would not get any good out of it either. She was holding her breath in anger!

"Are you coming or not!" Li Lian took a few steps, and seeing that Lin Zhi hadn't followed, she turned around and shouted irritably.

Lin Zhi glanced at her, his expression not very pleasant, and followed Li Lian without even giving Lin Yi a proper look.

Lin Yi was so angry that his eyes were red, but he held back his tears. Instead, he hugged Liu Yaya and tried to persuade Lin Qin, "Although your mother-in-law and the eldest son of the Liu family are not human, your husband is a college student and will graduate in three or four months."

"Once he graduates and gets a job, you can take Yaya with you and go with him. That way, you won't have to get involved with his mother and brothers. Just bear with it for now, and things will get better."

Lin Qin followed behind Lin Yi, tears silently streaming down her face. She wanted to say that it was impossible, that she and Liu Yongming had no future, but she couldn't say it. It would be useless to say it now. She could only let time give Lin Yi the answer, even if the answer would make him suffer for a very long time.

Seeing that Lin Qin remained silent, Lin Yi assumed she was still sulking. He sighed helplessly and silently carried the child towards the health center.

When the three arrived at the health center, there were only doctors and nurses on night shift.

The conditions at the health center are not as good as those at the hospital, but the hospital is far away, so people won't go to the hospital unless it's a serious illness.

Lin Qin asked Lin Yi to watch over Liu Yaya and the luggage while she went inside to find a doctor.

As luck would have it, we ran into Chen Wenjun, who had just finished seeing a doctor.

Chen Wenjun gave her a warm smile, his left palm facing up, and his right hand extended two fingers, making two steps on his palm. This was the gesture Chen Wenjun used to comfort her when she was bedridden.

Lin Qin's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

They thought they would never cross paths again in this life, but unexpectedly, he and she were both reborn.

After making this gesture, Chen Wenjun did not acknowledge Lin Qin.

The two brushed past each other. Lin Qin composed herself and sat down on a high stool. "Doctor, I was hit on the head with a stick, and I'm bleeding."

The doctor's brows immediately furrowed. "The patient before you also came to see me about his head, saying he was hit with a stick. How did you get hit too? Is there trouble in the city again? The security situation isn't very good right now. Don't go looking for trouble. A few days ago, someone went out looking for trouble and lost an eye."

Lin Qin shook her head, "No!"

Seeing that she was unwilling to talk more, the doctor did not press her further. After examining her, he pondered and said, "In your case, it is best to go to the city hospital for an X-ray to see if any vital organs have been injured. I can only clean the wound and apply medicine here. If you experience symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, or dizziness, you must go to the hospital immediately. Do not delay."

Lin Qin nodded in agreement.

In her past life, she jumped into the river before her wounds had healed, which resulted in a chronic headache that flares up whenever the weather changes, more accurately than the weather forecast. But there are no major problems.

It was already late at night when the wound was treated.

Lin Qin and Lin Yi, carrying their child, had just stepped out of the health center when they saw Chen Wenjun waiting outside.

Lin Yi frowned subconsciously.

Chen Wenjun walked over carrying a shoulder pole. "Uncle, can I walk with you? It's dark, and I'm scared."

Lin Yi: "."

He wanted to refuse, but then he thought that Chen Wenjun had been attacked by the Liu family and suffered an undeserved disaster, which had nothing to do with his daughter. In the middle of the night, no one would have seen it, so he was not afraid of gossip.

Plus, it's safer to walk together late at night, so I agreed.

On the way, Lin Yi made conversation, "You said you're a Tanka person, where do you live?"

"Nanxi is a section of the river near Qingyun Temple, not far from here," Chen Wenjun said, weighing the carrying pole on his heel as he walked quickly and steadily.

Lin Yi nodded. "I've been there before. My home is in Shanglin Village. We can walk together for a while. It's only about half an hour from where we are to Qingyun Temple. When we part ways, you have to walk quickly and avoid going to deserted or secluded places to prevent any more accidents from happening."

"Thank you, Uncle, I understand."

Chen Wenjun answered all questions politely.

Lin Yi had a pretty good impression of him.

After they separated, Lin Yi muttered under his breath, "Liu Yongguo is a real scoundrel. He actually went after such an honest man. I think he's just taking advantage of Chen Wenjun being a Tanka person, figuring he wouldn't dare to fight back!"

An honest man? Lin Qin glanced at Lin Yi's back. She would never have objected to saying that Chen Wenjun was honest before.

But Chen Wenjun's actions today have nothing to do with being an honest person. Who knows, he might be even more cunning than her now!
Thinking this way, Lin Qin's heavy mood suddenly lightened considerably.

After all, Chen Wenjun has a son who is paralyzed on one side.

In her past life, that child was so well-behaved and sensible that it broke her heart. She didn't do anything for that child, but the child respected her as if she were his own mother and would think of her whenever he had something good.

If Chen Wenjun rises to prominence, he can at least provide that child with better living conditions.

(End of this chapter)