The mother of the era is reborn to support her cannon fodder children!

Chapter 404 "Stop Relying on Others"

Yu Bao's expression was serious. "Don't gossip about other people's business!"

"I certainly won't talk nonsense. I'll just say a few words in front of you." Hengbao said somewhat unconvinced. "I'm not stupid."

"I didn't say you were stupid." Yu Bao's eyes flashed with helplessness as he coaxed his younger brother gently, "You're very smart."

His younger brother is a proud and arrogant person, and he's used to coaxing him!

really.

Hengbao, who appears calm and reliable in front of strangers but still retains a childlike side in front of her older brother, curled the corners of her mouth slightly.

"Brother, do you think the eldest brother of the Jin family will forgive Aunt Jin?"

Yu Bao glanced at her younger brother, "What do you think?"

Hengbao shook his head. "I don't think so. The eldest brother of the Jin family lost an eye, and the people back home don't even treat him like a human being. This is all the fault of his parents. His parents have never been good to him, so he probably won't forgive them."

As the two brothers were talking, a crackling sound came from the neighboring yard.

Then came a hoarse male voice.

Is it fake or not?

"How many times have I seen you since I was born?" The boy, who was actually fourteen years old but looked as thin as ten, stared at his mother with hatred in his eyes, almost grinding his teeth to powder.

"If you don't care about me, why did you give birth to me in the first place?!"

"How could I have been born into your womb? You are not worthy to be a mother."

"I just don't care, no excuses. If you cared about me at all, you wouldn't have ignored me for so long. Are you satisfied now that I've gone blind?!"

Looking at his younger brother, who had grown up in the military region, he couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy.

Why?
Why should he suffer all kinds of grievances, go hungry and cold, have to work constantly, and be beaten and scolded, while his younger siblings can stay with their parents and be pampered and treated like treasures?

Jin's face turned deathly pale.

I can't believe my eldest son resents me so much.

She wanted to bring her son over, but before she could do anything... she got pregnant again, and the pregnancy wasn't going well, so she couldn't take care of the baby. Her husband went back to his hometown to visit, and their eldest child was doing well. After that, whenever she and her husband had time, they would go back with lots of things, and the baby was doing fine. Who knew... who knew something unexpected would happen?
“You are my own child, how could I not care about you?” Sister Jin said, crying. “You’re hurting my heart by saying that.”

The boy's face remained expressionless as he watched her break down; he simply stared at her coldly.

care?

Ha ha.

He couldn't tell at all.

He begged her to take him away, but who cared about his thoughts?
"Jin Baogen blinded me, how do you plan to get justice for me?" The boy stared intently at his mother with his one intact eye, his hands clenched tightly.

Jin's sister-in-law was stunned by the question.

"Your grandma said...your cousin accidentally..."

Upon hearing this...

The boy loosened his clenched fist, the light in his eyes completely vanished, and he turned and went back into the house.

"boom!"

The door was locked from the inside.

Once out of his so-called mother's sight, the boy sat helplessly on the ground, covering his blind eye with one hand. Tears streamed from his intact eye, falling drop by drop and leaving a dark shadow on the ground.

"He did it on purpose."

"Jin Baogen did it on purpose."

"Other people's parents will protect their children, but my eyes have been blinded. Why can't any of you get justice for me?"

"Is blood relation a shield? Even if Jin Baogen killed me, you could all forgive him?"

"Why did you give birth to me? And why don't you treat me well?"

Jin Xueqing, who grew up with the twins, arrived at the door of her eldest brother's room. She wanted to knock but didn't dare. Hearing the murmurs coming from the other side of the door, her eyes dimmed and she silently lowered her head.

Dad went to work, Mom cried in the yard, her brother hated them, and her sister huddled in the corner, too afraid to speak. Jin Xueqing felt so sad she wanted to cry.

He didn't want to stay at home, so he went next door to find the twins.

"Aunt Lin, I've come to see Gu Zhiyu and Gu Zhiheng," Jin Xueqing greeted Lin Zhao, who was drying flower tea in the yard.

Lin Zhao put down the scissors and pointed to the twins' room, "They're inside. Just go in and find them."

"Okay," Jin Xueqing said as she went inside.

Once inside, I skillfully sat down on the empty stool.

He didn't speak, just stood there with his hand on his shoulder, lost in thought, I don't know what he was thinking.

Seeing the dark circles under Jin Xueqing's eyes, Yu Bao and Heng Bao exchanged a glance and sighed inwardly.

Mom was right, family matters are the most annoying thing.

Thankfully, his family doesn't have any of these messy things going on.

"Want some peanut brittle?" Yu Bao asked.

Jin Xueqing snapped out of her daze and said, "Yes."

Yu Bao gave him a few to eat.

Jin Xueqing ate a peanut candy, cracking the syrup-coated peanut in his mouth with a crunching sound.

Eating sugar makes people feel happy.

The boy's frustration found an outlet, and he suddenly regained his energy.

“Gu Zhiyu, I really envy your family,” Jin Xueqing suddenly said.

"It's not that I envy you and Gu Zhiheng for having everything you need, it's that I envy your family for not having so many troubles."

When Yu Bao entered junior high school, he stopped letting non-family members call him by his nickname.

The students at school all called the twins by their full names.

Gu Zhiyu looked at Jin Xueqing with a serious expression and said, "Every family has its troubles, and so does mine. My aunt also bullies my mother and us. All bad things will pass, just focus on doing your best."

“I know, but…” Jin Xueqing frowned deeply, “My mother cries every day, my brother always has a cold face, my sister doesn’t dare to speak, and I don’t even dare to breathe loudly at home, for fear of upsetting my brother.”

The family atmosphere in his home is really bad.

Hengbao moved her stool closer to Jin Xueqing, "How did your older brother get hurt?"

“My cousin shot it with a slingshot,” Jin Xueqing said angrily. He hated the people in his hometown, even his grandparents who had treated his older brother badly.

They are too biased.

"What? With a slingshot? Your brother must be in so much pain." Hengbao's expression was serious. "Did your family call the police?"

"Call the police?" Jin Xueqing looked bewildered. "That's my cousin. Would calling the police even help?"

"How could it not work!" Hengbao exclaimed incredulously. "Your older brother is blind, and your family hasn't called the police yet? Are you waiting until the New Year?!"

Yu Bao agreed: "If you're in trouble, go to the police. Your older brother was injured so badly, the perpetrator must pay for his medical expenses. You think you can just pretend nothing happened? No way!"

Jin Xueqing's heart stirred slightly, and he said thoughtfully, "Should we contact the police in our hometown?"

Hengbao thought for a moment and nodded: "It should be."

“Yes, we should call the police. People who do bad things must pay the price,” Jin Xueqing said firmly.

He grew up in a military family compound and has very sound values.

Jin Xueqing stood up. "I'll go back and talk to my older brother about this."

The boy hurriedly walked out, but after a few steps, he turned back and promised, "Gu Zhiyu, Gu Zhiheng, it was my idea to call the police. It has nothing to do with you. I won't tell anyone, and you shouldn't give it away either."

The twins are giving me advice; I can't let them get involved.

He left quickly after speaking.

Heng Bao said with delight, "Jin Xueqing is not bad. He has passed the test."

Yu Bao withdrew his gaze from the window and focused his eyes on his textbook.

The book contains his handwritten Chinese characters, each stroke meticulously crafted, as if printed on.

When Jin Xueqing returned home, his mother and sister were not in the yard. He went straight to his older brother's room, took a deep breath, and gently knocked on the door.

"Big brother? I'm Xueqing, I need to talk to you."

There was no movement inside.

Jin Xueqing waited patiently.

After a while, with a click, the door opened from the inside.

The gloomy boy stared at the person outside the door.

"Aren't you afraid of me?" His voice was slightly hoarse.

“Don’t be afraid, you’re my brother,” Jin Xueqing said earnestly.

The person inside stepped aside and entered the room. They sat on the bed, staring at the ceiling, seemingly lost in thought. On the floor were broken bowls and torn pieces of paper…

Jin Xueqing didn't dare to tidy up; she curled up and sat on a small stool by the bed.

He carefully chose his words before speaking, explaining his purpose: "Brother, let's call the police!"

On the bed, Jin Lixin was slightly taken aback as he looked at his younger brother, whom he felt a complex mix of dislike and jealousy towards.

"What did you say?"

Jin Xueqing repeated: "Call the police!"

"Your cousin intentionally injured someone. Let the police arrest him and send him to a labor camp. Make your uncle and aunt pay your medical expenses!"

Jin Lixin's eyes turned deep and unfathomable.

Yes.

He can call the police himself and seek justice for himself.

Jin Baogen must be punished, and his uncle and aunt must also pay for his medical expenses.

Jin Lixin touched his eye where the eyeball had been removed, feeling so distressed that he could hardly breathe.

If he had had money in his pocket when he was first injured, he wouldn't have lost an eye.

"I'm going to call the police," Jin Lixin said through gritted teeth.

“Brother, I’ll go with you.” Jin Xueqing said earnestly.

"No need," Jin Lixin refused coldly.

He has already been abandoned by this family and cannot burden others.

Jin Baogen is a member of the Jin family; it won't be easy to make him pay the price.

Jin Xueqing thought her older brother disliked her, and left dejectedly.

As I reached the door, a "thank you" came from inside.

He turned around excitedly, only to see his older brother roll over.

……

The next morning, Jin Lixin asked his mother for twenty yuan, left the military region, and secretly boarded the train back to his hometown.

When the Jin family discovered their child was missing, the entire residential compound was in an uproar.

"Establish a new order—"

"My child, where have you been? Come back! It's all my fault, I'm so sorry..."

Jin's sister-in-law's desperate cries rang out.

The family compound was like a stage play, and Lin Zhao was woken up by the noise, pounding the bed in pain.

Gu Chenghuai was used to getting up early. After running twenty laps, he came back with sweat on his forehead and his whole body radiating heat, like a big furnace.

Hearing the noise next door, he quickly washed up and went inside.

Seeing his wife's little gesture of pounding the bed, a smile spread across his deep eyes.

He took a few steps forward.

He bent down and covered Lin Zhao's ears with both hands.

Lin Zhao opened her eyes a crack. "What are you arguing about now?"

"The eldest son next door ran away." Gu Chenghuai saw that Zhao Zhao was awake, withdrew his hand, and sat down by the bed to massage her head.

Lin Zhao's eyes widened suddenly. "What?"

She sat up, and the strap of her slip-on nightgown slipped down, revealing half of her fair and rounded shoulder.

"Where did he go? His injury isn't healed yet?!"

Jin's wife has a good reputation in the family compound. She is warm and cheerful, has a sense of boundaries, never takes advantage of others, and gets along well with everyone. She has helped Lin Zhao a lot in the past few years.

She was confused about her eldest son's situation, which Lin Zhao did not approve of, but the child was innocent, and she did not want anything to happen to that poor boy.

Gu Chenghuai bent down and kissed his wife's neck, which was fragrant and soft, and his eyes suddenly darkened.

Lin Zhao nudged his shoulder, "Be serious, stop leeching off people."

After so many years of marriage, he's still so clingy, especially in bed. He's incredibly energetic and never gets tired of me.

Gu Chenghuai sat up straight, reverting to his sanctimonious demeanor.

"The Jin family's son should have gone back to his hometown," he said calmly.

Lin Zhao was stunned. "Go back to his hometown? How dare he? He suffered so much there, what would he do going back..."

Gu Chenghuai guessed: "Call the police."

Lin Zhao's eyes flickered as if he had thought of something.

Xueqing came by yesterday, and the eldest son of the Jin family went back to his hometown to report to the police... Could it be that Yu Bao and Heng Bao gave him this idea?
Thinking of this, she grabbed Gu Chenghuai's arm.

"What's wrong?" Gu Chenghuai asked, puzzled.

Lin Zhao told the man about her concerns.

Gu Chenghuai paused slightly.

"It's not impossible."

It's quite big.

Lin Zhao panicked a little, "I hope nothing bad has happened to that kid. He doesn't even have a letter of introduction. How is he going to get back to his hometown? What if he hitches a ride on a train...?"

Gu Chenghuai thought to himself that this possibility was quite high.

He comforted his wife, saying, "Someone has already gone after them, and the train conductor has also received a request from the military. Everything will be alright."

"Please make sure nothing happens." Lin Zhao was wide awake and got up to change her clothes.

"Nothing will happen, don't scare yourself." Gu Chenghuai squeezed her fingers. "I'll keep an eye on things and let you know as soon as I have any news. Don't worry or get anxious."

Lin Zhao sat at her desk, combing her hair. "I'll try my best."

"Boom boom boom!"

Several regular knocks sounded on the door.

Gu Chenghuai went to open the door, and outside stood Qianbao and Yaobao.

“Come in,” he said.

Yao Bao took her father's hand and whispered, "Dad, the neighbors are arguing."

Gu Chenghuai asked gently, "Are you afraid?"

A hint of guilt flashed quickly in Yao Bao's eyes, "...Don't be afraid."

She didn't mention that she was suddenly awakened from her sleep and almost cried, but Da Huang comforted her and she stopped crying.

Gu Chenghuai saw through her intentions but didn't say anything. "Yaobao is becoming braver and braver. She will definitely become an excellent female warrior in the future."

Yao Bao's eyes sparkled.

The little girl blushed and ran towards Lin Zhao, turning her back to her and showing her the back of her head.

"I want pretty braids," the girl, who loves beauty, emphasized.

"Okay," Lin Zhao replied softly.

I did an exceptional job and styled my daughter's hair into double fishtail braids.

Qianbao noticed that his younger sister's hairstyle had a new look. After taking a few careful looks, he praised, "Little sister looks good."

Yao Bao complimented, "Young man, you're handsome."

Gu Chenghuai and Lin Zhao were all smiles.

After a quick wash and breakfast, Qiao Hui tidied up the house, Gu Chenghuai went to work, and Lin Zhao, unable to bear the crying next door, simply sent the twins to school. Afterwards, she took the materials to her workplace to paint promotional posters.

Many of Lin Zhao's colleagues in the publicity department asked her about the Jin family. Lin Zhao smiled and changed the subject, not saying a word that she shouldn't have.

"Comrade Lin is too cautious. It's just a casual chat. What can't we say? We won't spread it around." Someone grumbled discontentedly.

Lin Zhao didn't take those words to heart and made up an excuse, "I left early and didn't hear anything. I don't talk about things I'm not sure about. Who's responsible if I'm seen as spreading rumors?"

Upon hearing this, the people in the office agreed and stopped pestering Lin Zhao, though the conversation still revolved around the Jin family.

"..."

The Jin family is likely to be the center of attention for a while.

In the afternoon, I received news from Jin Lixin—he had sneaked onto the train. The train conductor wanted to send him back, but he resolutely refused. The conductor had no choice but to let him go back to his hometown, giving him special care along the way.

Several train conductors, upon learning of what the Jin family had done, felt sympathy for Jin Lixin's plight and decided to help him.

(End of this chapter)