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

Chapter 9 Lin Yi's Regret

Grandma Liu's granddaughter, Liu Ling, pushed her bicycle out and called out to the bewildered Lin Qin, "Sister Lin Qin, it'll be faster for me to take you there by bicycle."

"Thank you, thank you," Lin Qin said gratefully, her eyes filled with tears.

"It's alright! Get on!" Knowing the situation was urgent, Liu Ling didn't have time to chat with Lin Qin. Her legs were practically burning from all the walking. The journey, which usually took more than forty minutes, was completed in less than thirty minutes.

Lin Qin also expressed her gratitude.

Liu Ling urged, "Take the child inside quickly, we can talk about other things later."

After Lin Qin took her child to the emergency room, she was soaked in sweat and collapsed onto the ground, slid down the hospital wall, and suppressed the raging storm in her heart, not daring to cry out loud.

The waiting time for treatment was very long, so long that Lin Qin had already figured out how to kill those three women from the Liu family.

Just then, the doctor and nurses came out and asked, "What is your relationship with the patient?"

"I'm her mother, doctor, how is my daughter?"

The doctor exhaled a long breath and said, "The child has extensive burns on her back, and the situation is quite serious. Fortunately, you arrived in time. We have already applied medicine and started an IV drip. The child may have a fever in the next few days, so please pay close attention. Also, try not to touch her wounds, as it could cause serious problems if the blisters rupture and become infected."

"I understand, thank you, thank you doctor!" Lin Qin nodded and wiped away her tears as she cried.

After the doctor left, the nurse gently said, "Come with me to pay the hospital fees."

Lin Qin looked at Liu Yaya in the treatment room with reluctance, turning back every few steps. Just after paying the medical bill, she saw Liu Yongming and Fang Ying, who was heavily pregnant, at the corner.

She saw the two of them whispering intimately as they walked towards her.

Lin Qin immediately turned to face the wall, pretending to look down at the receipts.

Fang Ying playfully slapped Liu Yongming's restless hand, "This is a hospital! Be serious!"

Liu Yongming didn't take it seriously. "What's so inappropriate about it? Didn't the doctor just touch your belly like that? Hey, look, our son moved! He kicked me! He'll definitely be a strong boy in the future."

Fang Ying chuckled, "We've been back for almost half a month, and your son is about to give birth. Why haven't you gotten rid of your haggard wife yet?"

"Don't panic, I've already had someone call her back. This time I'll confront her directly. Don't worry, I'll definitely marry you openly and honestly, and no one will gossip," Liu Yongming assured him confidently.

Lin Qin slowly turned around, watching the adulterous couple's retreating figures, and secretly clenched her fists.

Liu Yaya's burns covered a large area, so she could only lie face down and receive continuous intravenous fluids. When she was conscious, she would cry out in pain.

The other patients in the ward felt extremely sorry for her. Seeing that Lin Qin had been running around all day without anyone else coming, they couldn't help but ask, "Comrade, where's the baby's father? Why didn't the rest of your family come? The baby can't be crying like this!"

Lin Qin was anxious and was about to explain when Chen Wenjun rushed in carrying food, asking, "How did you get injured like this?"

His eyes reddened when he saw Liu Yaya's pitiful and distressed appearance.

The kind-hearted old lady in the next bed immediately started talking non-stop, "Her entire back is blistered from the burns, I don't know if it will leave scars! The child has been crying all day, and I can see that her mother is exhausted. Why did you, as the father, only come so late?" Her words were full of complaints about Chen Wenjun's incompetence.

Just as Lin Qin was about to speak, Chen Wenjun kept bowing and apologizing, "It's my fault, I'm late."

After fooling the old lady, he gave Lin Qin a wink, and the two went outside to talk.

"What happened? I only heard about the Liu family's incident when I went to sell fish this evening. How was the child injured? How is he?" Chen Wenjun was extremely anxious.

Lin Qin sobbed as she briefly explained what had happened: "Liu Li splashed hot water on me, and Ya Ya burned a large area of ​​my body trying to protect me. The doctor said I need to be very careful these next few days, because if the blisters break and get infected, it will be a big problem. Could you please go to Shanglin Village and find my dad, and have him bring some money?"

Without saying a word, Chen Wenjun stuffed thirty yuan into her arms. "Take this money first. The child's treatment is the priority. I'll go and bring your father now. Don't worry, we'll settle accounts with the Liu family later."

With that, he turned and left quickly, not even giving Lin Qin a chance to refuse.

Lin Qin thought of Liu Yongming she had seen today, and a slight sneer appeared on her lips. It turned out that in her previous life, she was too easy to deal with, which was why she hadn't seen the even uglier faces of the Liu family.

"Liu Li! I will make you pay for this debt for the rest of your life!" Lin Qin clenched the money in her hand fiercely, wiped away her tears, and calmed herself before entering the ward.

Chen Wenjun ran all the way to Shanglin Village, just as it was getting dark.

There weren't many people in the village, so he knew the way well and arrived at Lin Yi's house. Afraid of disturbing the neighbors, he could only knock on the door quietly and hurriedly.

Lin Yi had just lain down and hadn't fallen asleep yet when he heard the knock on the door. He immediately grabbed his clothes and went outside. "Coming, coming."

As soon as the door opened, before he could even see who it was, Chen Wenjun said urgently, "Uncle, Lin Qin and the child are at the city hospital. She asked me to come and call you."

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat. Without asking any more questions, he turned around, grabbed the money, hurriedly closed the door, and followed Chen Wenjun out of the village.

When the two reached the main road outside the village, Lin Yicai recognized Chen Wenjun and was greatly shocked, "How come it's you?"

As Chen Wenjun walked briskly, he explained, "I went to the street to sell fish this evening and heard about the Liu family's situation. The old ladies there said it was very serious, so I went there because I was worried."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi quickened his pace. He didn't dare ask about his daughter and granddaughter along the way until he entered the hospital and learned that it was Liu Yaya who was injured.

When Lin Yi arrived at the ward and saw the child's miserable state, he broke down and ran to the end of the corridor, wailing loudly.

Lin Qin entrusted Liu Yaya to Chen Wenjun and went over to comfort her.

"dad"

Lin Yi pounded his head in regret and self-reproach, "It's all my fault! If I hadn't sent you back, you wouldn't have suffered like this! The Liu family is trying to kill you and your daughter!"
Where's Liu Yongming? Didn't he come back? Where is he? Why didn't he come?

Lin Qin couldn't hold back her tears and started crying too. "Dad! Don't ask anymore! Liu Yongming never really wanted to marry me. He only came to our family to propose because he couldn't afford to study. Now that he's graduating and about to make something of himself, how could he possibly continue living with me!"
I heard from others that he's been back for half a month, and he didn't even show up when I was being bullied by that family. He doesn't care about the child either. How can you expect him to protect my daughter and me?

When she reached marriageable age, she had no brothers, and Lin Yi was generous, saying he would give her 100 yuan as a dowry. It was under these circumstances that Liu Yongming came to propose marriage.

(End of this chapter)