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Chapter 201 - 078: True Colors!_2

Chapter 201: 078: True Colors!_2

Cui Nong continued, "Qiangzi told my older sister about her past, and they have some questions they’d like to ask you. Go home and talk to them."

Mother Zhao was taken aback, "You already talked about it?"

"Yes."

Mother Zhao nodded, "Alright, I’m going upstairs."

Cui Nong reached out and tugged at her mother’s sleeve, "Mom, wait a minute."

"What now?" Mother Zhao turned around impatiently.

Knowing her mother’s personality too well, Cui Nong reminded her, "Just stick to the useful information when you talk, don’t go off on tangents. My sister is already in a bad mood tonight. Qiangzi is very protective of my sister, you should be aware of that."

"Rest assured! You think I’ve lived this long without understanding how to deal with people?" She would only say certain things when with her daughter; if Lin Bingqiang overheard, wouldn’t that be asking for trouble?

With those words, Mother Zhao headed upstairs.

She quickly reached the third floor.

Seeing Mother Zhao coming, Lin Bingqiang immediately stood up, "Mom."

Mother Zhao nodded, "Qiangzi."

After speaking, Mother Zhao looked at Lin Guixiang, "Guixiang, you really shouldn’t be too upset. In that era, your situation was quite common."

Seeing Lin Guixiang’s eyes red, Mother Zhao truly didn’t understand.

What’s there to cry about!

After all, it’s all in the past.

Whether they are your biological parents or not, what’s the difference?

Mother Zhao thought Lin Guixiang was being overly sentimental.

Hearing this, Lin Wu frowned slightly, "Grandma Zhao, are you saying there are more people like my mom back home?"

"Of course! But compared to those people, your mom was much luckier," Mother Zhao added, "Back then, people favored boys over girls. Many families would drown their newborn daughters in the toilet! Or they’d leave them in the mountains for the wolves. Compared to them, your mom was lucky to have survived."

Mother Zhao said it plainly, but it sent chills down the listeners’ spines.

It was a child.

Not a cat or a dog.

Even cats and dogs shouldn’t be treated like that!

Lin Wu swiftly caught the crux of the issue, "Grandma Zhao, the children you just mentioned were thrown away as newborns, right? I heard from my aunt that when my maternal grandparents adopted my mom, she was already three or four years old, weren’t they?"

Who would wait until a child was three or four years old before throwing them away?

So...

Lin Wu suspected that Lin Guixiang might have been a kidnapped child, rather than intentionally abandoned.

Mother Zhao nodded and squinted her eyes, "Right, your mom was about four years old at that time. But your grandparents registered her as three years old on the household registration, and the birthday your mom celebrates now is the day your grandma found her."

As she spoke, Mother Zhao sighed, "Back then, your mom was filthy from head to toe, couldn’t speak clearly, and would shake her head in response to any question. Hungry and cold, she spent her days sleeping in the town’s garbage heap. If your grandparents hadn’t brought her home, how could your mom have survived until now?"

Hearing this, Lin Bingqiang, a man of iron, also couldn’t help but tear up.

His sister’s life had been too hard!

Abandoned as a child, she barely enjoyed a few good years before fate struck again.

Lin Wu continued, "Did my mom have any injuries at the time?"

"Yes!" Mother Zhao nodded, "I remember she had a limp in one leg, which took a long time to heal."

"Other than the leg?" Lin Wu asked.

Mother Zhao narrowed her eyes, "There were some minor injuries on her body, but she certainly didn’t seem like a child from a good family." What good family would treat a three or four-year-old child that way?

Lin Wu continued, "Did my mom have any small trinkets on her when she was found?"

Upon hearing this, Mother Zhao tried hard to recall the scene when she first saw Lin Guixiang but ultimately shook her head, "No. It was June, but your mom was wearing long robes and trousers. We even looked to see if there was any identification on the child, but we found nothing."

June?

Long sleeves and robes?

This indicated that Lin Guixiang might have gone missing in spring or winter.

It could also mean the family was too poor to buy summer clothes, so the child wore long robes and trousers.

Mother Zhao continued, "At the time, many people came to gawk at your mom, but they were only there for the spectacle, saying how pitiful this child was. Only your grandmother decided to adopt your mom. Speaking of which, your grandparents were really good people, though their lives were cut short..."

Listenting to Mother Zhao’s words, Lin Guixiang felt something overturn in her heart, a mix of all sorts of feelings.

Almost forty years old.