Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 204: Xu Kang Returns Home

Lin Qin suddenly understood. She had been puzzled before, even suspecting that He Chunhong was He Xia’s illegitimate daughter. Otherwise, why would He Xia be so busy helping He Chunhong and always defending her? It turned out He Xia was trying to divert attention from her own guilty conscience.

"Shameless!" Lin Qin cursed.

Chen Yintao completely agreed, "Now the village is buzzing with this talk, and everyone is also checking if their fields have been swindled by someone else, causing the village committee to be extremely busy.

Honestly, the He family is indeed not good people, very shameless, but let’s address one thing at a time. In this matter, they are indeed the victims. The occupied houses and fields definitely need to be returned, but how to return them is quite complicated, and the village committee is still figuring it out.

It just so happens that no one wants to deal with it because of the temple construction."

Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun didn’t want to get involved either, so they shifted the topic to the temple construction.

Everyone knew their family was wealthy, so they had to donate a large amount to avoid criticism. In the end, the couple left two thousand taels and walked away calmly.

Within less than half an hour, the whole village knew that Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin donated two thousand taels.

Everyone praised them for their generosity, while He Xia, He Yong, and He Ming’s families were cursed horribly. Even He Chunhong’s natal family, who were the victims, were not spared and were pointed at by everyone.

They couldn’t lift their heads in the village.

He Chunhong’s face turned dark upon knowing that Chen Wenjun had donated two thousand yuan. No matter what, they were a couple once. Now, when she is in such dire straits, instead of helping, Chen Wenjun flaunts his donation in the village, clearly to embarrass her.

He Laoguai was even more infuriated, getting tipsy after two glasses of liquor, sitting on his boat and cursing loudly, "I told you back then not to marry him, but you were so bewitched. Now you see, he’s a heartless, ruthless bastard!

If the beam is not straight, the rafters will warp. A white-eyed wolf raises nothing good!"

"Enough, will you say less? The most important thing now is getting our fields back, or we’ll have to keep living on the boat! Once we settle on land, we’ll bring Ah Fu back. The child is still young; we can teach him. If nothing else, there’s still Qiaoqiao. It’s not like our daughter only gave birth to a cripple. If he doesn’t acknowledge us, so be it. Just because he got into university doesn’t mean he has any great prospects! I want to see what great achievements that cripple can accomplish!"

He Chunhong’s mother, Zhou Yanxia, said in frustration. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Back then, when she knew there was something wrong with He Chunhong’s son, she felt ashamed and suggested her daughter abandon the child. When the child wasn’t discarded, she even suggested drowning him out of cruelty.

So now that Chen Ruiyu doesn’t acknowledge He Chunhong, she doesn’t force He Chunhong to insist either.

In her mind, a cripple cannot compare to a healthy person, unable to marry and have children normally, and even getting into university makes him a waste.

He Laoguai curses but shares the same sentiment as Zhou Yanxia. If Chen Wenjun weren’t successful now, he wouldn’t agree to let his daughter reconcile. Since the path with Chen Wenjun is blocked, they might as well cut ties forever.

Thinking of this, he took another sip of liquor and turned his head to instruct He Chunhong, "Once this blows over, secretly bring Ah Fu back and change his surname. From now on, Ah Fu will be called He Fu, my He Laoguai’s grandson!"

He Chunhong hesitated, "The Zheng family might not agree."

He Laoguai wasn’t concerned, "What’s there to be afraid of? We’re going to live here, not stay in Xinxi. What can they do to us? Besides, isn’t Qiaoqiao still surnamed Zheng? We’re not changing both kids’ surnames!"

Back then, he agreed to let his daughter marry the orphan Chen Wenjun because he thought he would be easy to control, never expecting things would turn out this way.

Hearing this, He Chunhong said nothing more.

The storm passed, and Nanyu returned to peace.

With only half a month left until the start of the school term.

Chen Ruiyu had recovered, and Xu Kang proposed to go home for a visit.

Lin Yi kept nodding, "You should go back for a visit. Your older brother didn’t return during his summer job, and your sister is still in her specialty class and can’t go back either. It’s perfect for you to stay with your parents for a few days and make them happy."

Xu Jian got into Guangdong Province University. With Guangdong Province’s booming economy, he’s doing very well there, seizing every opportunity to make extra money. Two months of summer break is enough for him to save up a year’s worth of living expenses. He wouldn’t want to miss this time.

Xu Kang planned to return home with his admission notice, but with the mishap with Chen Ruiyu, he couldn’t just leave, which delayed him until now.

Xu Kang smiled, "Grandfather, then I’ll leave early tomorrow morning."

"Sure! Take some seafood and fruits back, things you can’t find there," Lin Yi said cheerfully, picking up a basket to go pick fruits on the hillside.

In the past two years, many new types of fruits were planted on the island, fruits uncommon in their area, like jackfruit, guavas, rambutans, grapes, etc. There were plenty to pick at this time.

Xu Kang, thinking that Lin Ying liked them, eagerly followed along.

The two of them filled two large baskets with fruits on the hillside.

That evening, Chen Wenjun learned Xu Kang was leaving early the next day, so before dawn, he got two large baskets of seafood for Xu Kang to take with him.

With four large baskets of items, Xu Kang awkwardly boarded the bus amidst the driver’s exclamations and passengers’ curious glances.

Last year, the national highway to Pingxi Town was completed, so it took less than two hours from the city to Pingxi Town.

With his eyes closed and taking a rest, Xu Kang arrived at Pingxi Town.

The bus stopped right at his doorstep.

Lin Ying was entertaining guests when she heard her younger son’s shout from outside. Stretching her neck for a look, she immediately ran out joyfully, "Ah! My beloved son is back!"

Xu Kang shivered, goosebumps all over, "Mom, just talk normally. Don’t imitate Auntie, that doesn’t suit you."

Lin Ying rolled her eyes, lifting a large basket with her hands, "What’s so heavy in here? Dahai, hurry up and come help!"

The family of three made two trips before moving everything to the kitchen.

Lin Ying went back to attend to the guests. Hearing them praise Xu Kang’s good looks, she immediately bragged about Xu Kang getting into university, inciting the guests’ envy.

Lin Ying was very proud of herself. After sending off the guests, she half-lowered the shutter and eagerly went to the backyard to talk with her son.

"Why did you wait so long to come back? I thought you forgot this home!"

Facing Lin Ying’s chiding, Xu Kang responded calmly, explaining the issue with Chen Ruiyu.

Both Lin Ying and Xu Dahai’s expressions changed.

Xu Dahai spat, cursing angrily, "Shameless! Even attempted murder and they still dare to show up for reconciliation. They can eat shit!"

Having grown up without fair treatment from his parents, he couldn’t tolerate hearing such things.