Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Chapter 232 Crescent Moon Birthmark

"No, I'm here to secretly investigate something."

Lin Xiao's face was serious, with a look of secretiveness.

Seeing this, Ah Qiu hurriedly asked:
"What's the matter? As long as I can help you, Lynn, just ask!"

"Do you know that 20 years ago, a child in your village was carried by someone?"

Lin Xiao asked tentatively, for fear of arousing Ah Qiu's suspicion.

"Of course I know! Isn't it the child of Liu's big head family!"

Ah Qiu curled his lips in disdain:

"Big head Liu gave birth to a daughter, and when he was about to throw the child into the water tank to drown, he was discovered by my father. My father grabbed the child and slapped him awake. "

"and after?"

Lin Xiao asked.

Ah Qiu recalled it for a while, and continued:
"Then one night, when I went to the latrine, I saw several people coming out of Big Head Liu's house, and one of them was holding a baby in his arms. I thought it was the one who killed a thousand dollars and sold his own daughter! "

"So sure?"

"Yes, because the next day people in the village heard Liu's big-headed mother-in-law crying, shouting that her daughter had disappeared."

"Selling your own daughter, is this still a human being!"

Chen Yun was filled with indignation.

Lin Xiao was lost in thought.

"That's not bad, but what he did later was called devoid of conscience!"

When Ah Qiu mentioned this matter, his tone was still filled with strong anger.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Sell your own son!"

Ah Qiu said bitterly:
"He used the money from selling his daughter to buy two more concubines. Not long after, his wife and the two concubines gave birth to sons one after another. Who would have thought that this unlucky thing would secretly give away three more sons?" sold!"

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Lin Xiao was silent.

Three sons and one daughter, right on!
Ah Qiu smacked his lips and continued:

"I don't know if it's because God can't bear to see it anymore or if the wicked are taking it in. Liu Datou's family is suddenly poisoned collectively. Except for one concubine who is still alive, everyone else is dead!"

"Where is the concubine? Take me to see it!"

Lin Xiao was excited for a while.

"After the little concubine was rescued, her sanity was sometimes normal and sometimes she was crazy. Lin En, I think it's better not to see her. If she gets hurt, I will be in trouble!"

Ah Qiu dissuaded.

"I have my own measure, hurry up and lead the way!"

"OK then."

Ah Qiu sighed, and led Lin Xiao towards the river.

Walking halfway, Lin Xiao suddenly stopped and asked:

"You just said that Liu Datou's family suddenly died of collective poisoning?"

"That's right."

Ah Qiu nodded.

Lin Xiao frowned. It seemed that the Chen family was not so cruel and merciless. They took the child away as soon as they were taken away, and they even wanted to kill people to silence them and wipe out the roots!
By the river, the sound of a woman singing a lullaby came from a remote and dilapidated house.

Ah Qiu led Lin Xiao over, knocked lightly on the courtyard door, and the singing stopped abruptly.

Immediately afterwards, a woman in coarse clothes embraced the pillow with one hand and opened the door with the other, staring at Aqiu and the others standing outside the door with horror in her eyes.

"You, who are you looking for?"

"Aunt Liu, it's me, Ah Qiu, don't you recognize me?"

Ah Qiu laughed.

"Aqiu, it's you. I haven't seen you for a while, and you've grown a lot taller!"

The woman seemed to remember Ah Qiu, and hurriedly stepped forward to pat Ah Qiu on the shoulder:

"Quick, come in, it's cold outside!"

Lin Xiao and Chen Yun followed Ah Qiu into the courtyard, only to hear the woman say:

"Sit down, I'll put my little brother to sleep first."

After all, the woman sat down, gently patted the pillow in her arms, hummed the lullaby she sang just now, her face was full of maternal love and kindness.

This scene made Lin Xiao full of emotion.

Being a mother is strong. Even if people are crazy and stupid, they can still retain the brilliance of motherhood. This motherhood moved Lin Xiao very much.

What I wanted to ask came to my lips but I couldn't say it.

Chen Yun looked at Lin Xiao's appearance, gently tugged her, and said in a low voice:
"Brother Lin, what's the matter?"

"Let's go back! She... is so pitiful!"

"No, I finally found a witness. I have to bring her back to the capital to confront the Chen family!"

Seeing that Lin Xiao flinched, Chen Yun was very anxious and raised his volume a lot.

The voice reached the ears of the woman who was coaxing the pillow to sleep. The woman stood up abruptly, her eyes widened, and she pointed at Chen Yun's nose and said angrily:
"You bastard! The child is your own, why are you willing to sell the child to the capital?!"

Obviously, the woman regarded Chen Yun as Liu's big head.

Chen Yun simply followed his plan and snatched the pillow from the woman's arms:

"Children will only suffer hardships if they follow us! If they are sent to a wealthy family in the capital, they will definitely have good clothes and fine food. I do this for the benefit of the children!"

"Bah, you bastard! You bastard, I'll fight you!"

The woman trembled with anger, and reached out to snatch the pillow from Chen Yun's hand.

Where did Chen Yun give the woman a chance, when she turned around to dodge, the woman fell to the ground, her knee hit the bluestone slab, the pain was unbearable immediately.

The woman struggled to get up, raised her foot and kicked towards Chen Yun.

Chen Yun hurriedly retreated to avoid it, and Lin Xiao who was at the side saw this, and immediately shouted:

"Chen Yun! Return the 'child' to Aunt Liu!"

Lin Xiao's voice made the woman stop what she was doing, she turned her head to look at Lin Xiao, her eyes were bloodshot, as if she wished she could eat her.

Lin Xiao's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to speak again.

The woman walked towards Lin Xiao step by step, her eyes full of hatred.

Just when they thought the woman was going to attack Lin Xiao, they saw the woman kneeling in front of Lin Xiao with a plop, begging with tears:

"My lord, I beg you, please, please don't buy my son, okay? I know that your Chen family is a prestigious family in the capital, but the child is the flesh that fell from me, I can't bear it! Please! Please, please..."

After finishing speaking, the woman kowtowed continuously, and her forehead soon became red and swollen.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to help the woman up, and couldn't bear to say:
"Aunt Liu, get up first and then talk!"

"No, I won't get up! I only want my son, you give him back to me, give him back to me! Woooooo~"

The woman cried heart-rendingly, and bright red liquid continued to flow from the corners of her eyes.

Lin Xiao couldn't help feeling sour in his heart, and quickly comforted him:
"Aunt Liu, stop crying, let's discuss it first, shall we?"

Hearing this, the woman stopped her tears, wiped away the tears, and looked at Lin Xiao with pleading eyes.

"I promise you that I will help you bring your son back, but I wonder if there are any special marks on your son that can be used to prove his identity?"

"Birthmark, there is a brown birthmark on my son's left thigh, like a crescent moon."

The woman thought for a while and said affirmatively.

Then, the woman suddenly got up from the ground like crazy, and shouted at Chen Yun:
"Where is my child? Take me to find it! Go and find it! I want to see my child!"

The woman cried, her face full of panic.

(End of this chapter)