Chapter 8: Lin Amo
edited by aprilmayaugust
Lin Laogen’s name is very famous in Liushu Village, although every household in the village knows one another, when it comes to Lin Laogen, the people in the village have a basket of gossip about him.
The specifics have to start from when Lin Laogen was young, he was a very capable young man in the village, and when he came of age and enlisted in the army- he was named as one of the top ten men in the village.
At that time, everyone praised him as someone strong, able to work, and capable, but behind his back, they said that his brain was too stupid, and he was too honest and kind-hearted- he wouldn’t come back if he went to battle with strength and no brain, but who knew that he not only did he come back in the end but he also brought back hundreds of taels of silver.
Listening to other men in his company, Lin Laogen had the luck of a fool. Once he had entered the barracks, not only was he assigned to the safest area for the army, but later he temporarily encountered the good luck of the battlefield, killed a small general of the enemy army, and won a large amount of silver.
It was precisely because of this huge sum of money that the Lin family, the poorest in Liushu Village, became a rich household in the village. He built a big house and bought a good field. In the end, Lin Laogen also arranged a marriage with a beautiful wife.
However, Lin Laogen’s good luck seemed to end here. After getting married, his wife got pregnant very quickly, but who knew that the first child she gave birth to, not only was a ger, but he was also an ugly ger with a large green spot on his face.
The long-tongued women in the village all talked about the child being an unlucky star in the family, and the old woman of the Lin family didn’t like him either so she threw the baby directly into the woods. Fortunately, Lin Laogen didn’t dislike the poor child and already loved him as his son so he went to the forest to pick the child up. Lin Laogen, who has always been filial and obedient, had angrily quarreled with his mother.
Later, it seemed that just as if it was confirmed that his ger was a catastrophe, the Lin family’s luck became bad not a single thing was going well, the harvest in the fields was not good, and the family environment gradually became tense again.
To make matters worse, after giving birth to a young son, his beautiful wife stole their silver taels from the family and ran away with another man. Lin Laogen went after them, but not only did they not repent, they also broke his leg making him limp back to the village. This made the Lin family the laughing stock of the village and they were the ones chattered about during tea and dinner- the old woman of the Lin family blamed everything as the fault of the eldest Lin child and asked Lin Laogen to throw away the ger.
However, although Lin Laogen usually listens to his mother’s words, despite being as filial as a soft bun- he protects his two children tightly, and he doesn’t agree with anything his mother proposes regarding his children. In anger, he proposed to split the family up before his mother finally stopped.
After all, even if Lin Laogen had a lame leg, he was still a strong laborer. Without him, the second and third child who are busy with their work at home would not be able to cope. More importantly, the old woman of the Lin family is biased and does not want to let the third child work, and also burdens the eldest and the second with the hard work to make money and help the youngest son marry a proper wife, so this family was not divided in the end.
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Usually though, as long as his two children are not involved, Lin Laogen is still very honest and easy to talk to, but once his two children are involved, his bull-like temper will rise.
Especially his ugly ger, he didn’t let others speak badly of his ger so now Old Woman Zhou’s words immediately angered him- his face turned red in anger.
Lin Laogen’s roar frightened the surrounding villagers, and Grandma Zhou also shut up and took a step back, for fear that his arrogant temper would prompt him to come up and beat people.
“Daddy, that’s her! She scolded our ger, saying that our ger is ugly and that no one wants him, and that if a matchmaker comes to our family to propose marriage, she will have to poke that matchmaker to see if they were insane!”
The child who complained just now, that is, Lin Laogen’s youngest son, Lin Tianbao continued to add fuel to the original complaint- now that his father was here, he dares the old woman to curse his brother, hmph!
Saying that Lin Amo could not marry was one of the sources of Lin Laogen’s anger, his eyes became redder, and there was an aura of wanting to beat others.
Grandma Zhou was frightened by his appearance, and she no longer dared to stay in front of the raging bull- turning around quickly, she stiffly said “I don’t have to care about you, bastards”, and hurriedly left with her skirt lifted at the corners.
As soon as she slipped away, the fight stopped. The village chief patted Lin Laogen’s shoulder and said a few words to comfort him, and then greeted the villagers who were watching the liveliness of the events and persuaded them to leave. Despite being a small village, but such trivialities like this are enough to bother him as the village chief.
After everyone had dispersed, Lin Laogen’s anger subsided under the persuasion of the village head, and when he looked at his ger, his expression turned worried.
“Amo, why are you arguing with Old Woman Zhou again? Didn’t Dad tell you? That old lady is not afraid of anyone despite her age. You are still a ger, no one’s saying anything now but when this matter spreads out, nobody would come to propose marriage. Dad already told you some time ago that you are too fierce, so why don’t you listen to your father’s worries…”
“What “too fierce”? Dad, people think I’m ugly- I know where I was wrong but I was so angry that I quarreled with Grandma Zhou today, you see what Zhou-ger has been beaten into, if I didn’t help, Zhou-ger will be dead!”
Lin-ger has a cheerful and sloppy temperament. He doesn’t care what outsiders think. Anyway, he has been accustomed to being pointed at and spoken about since he was a child. He doesn’t care about what is being said.
The child Lin Tianbao nodded in agreement and stood by his brother’s side, “Father, this time, we really can’t blame my older brother for being impulsive, because the old woman of the Zhou family is too much. Besides, my brother won’t be unable to marry, Haisheng-ge has already confessed to liking him, it’s just you who doesn’t agree.”
“Hush!” When he heard his brother’s words, Lin-ger, who was acting indifferent just now, blushed in embarrassment.
“I’ve known this for a long time now!”
Lin Tianbao stuck out his tongue at his brother.
“No way! No! We can’t get married to the Zhao family. The Zhao family’s old couple is not sincere. When I was in the military with Zhao Dachong, the man always tricked me into helping him. The Liu family was also famous in our village. These are two bad people together! That child is just like his parents, a thief, he wants to marry you for the work you’ll do for their family, you won’t live a good life with them!”
Hearing the words of his two children, Lin Laogen’s expression suddenly changed, and his silly and honest character suddenly became serious, wanting to relay the seriousness of his words to his family.
“Yes, yes, Dad, anyway- let’s take Zhou-ger back to our house and hide him for two days, can’t we? If he goes back now, Grandma Zhou will definitely beat him to vent her anger…”
Seeing their father staring at them with a serious expression, the Lin family brothers immediately nodded their heads seriously, while pulling the thin Zhou-ger who was standing next to them to change the subject.
But Wu Qingyuan, who had been watching the few people, clearly noticed that Lin-ger’s sparkling eyes flashed with a sly look, Lin Tianbao also blinked at his brother, and the two brothers were not as innocent or naive as their father believed.
“Father, who is he?”
At this time, the crowd had already dispersed and only a few of them were left. After Lin Laogen nodded and agreed to temporarily take in Zhou-ger, the relieved Lin Amo finally noticed him and asked his father curiously.
Lin Laogen realized that when he was anxious just now, he had forgotten the other matters, and slapped his head and hurriedly introduced Wu Qingyuan.
“See here, I forgot about you Brother Wu, sorry for this embarrassment, these two are the ones I’ve been telling you about just before- my ger Lin Amo, and my son Lin Tianbao.”
After speaking, he introduced him to the two brothers of the Lin family.
“Amo, Tianbao, this is Wu Qingyuan, he is here to find relatives, and he wants to stay in our house for a while…”
“Ah, he wants to live in our house?”
The two Lin family brothers said in unison and then looked at Wu Qingyuan with a little bit of hesitation.
Although the country folks are simple, and the people here are much more warm and friendly than the apocalyptic people, Wu Qingyuan is a strange man after all. There would still be many suspicions regarding what kind of character he has. And their family is full of unmarried gers and girls, so it is inconvenient for a big man to live there.
Although Lin Laogen is called dumb and a fool by others, he is not as stupid as others think he is. He has considered these issues, but these issues are not a problem for him.
He smiled at Wu Qingyuan and excused himself, “Amo, wait a minute,” then he pulled his ger to the side, and he showed out his earned copper coins earned from Wu Qingyuan today as he explained excitedly.
“Amo, don’t worry, Brother Wu is not a bad person. Even if he has bad intentions, can your father, second uncle, and third uncle be unable to beat him? Besides, this village is our territory, and he can’t do anything bad. Look, this is the money he gave Dad today. He said that as long as Dad helps him go to the surrounding villages to find news about his relatives, he will pay Dad lots of money. Also, despite living in our house, Dad is not doing it for free so I charged him eight copper coins for accommodation for one night. Anyway, the room in our house is empty. It’s so cost-effective. Don’t you think Daddy is smart…”
In the end, Lin Laogen’s tone had a taste of self-complimenting.
thanks for the update. Update when it works for you since that will allow us to read it better… so no worries from me.
Nice! Family has some brains and shrewdness.
Thank you It’s great to have several updates a week. 😃
Thanks for the update, so long as there is a reason for changes in schedule and we are informed so that we don’t hate our darling translator, we will be happy to wait.🤩😍❤
»… able to work, and capable, but behind his back, but behind his back they said..« Repetition or intentionally mention of “but behind his back”?
»I don’t have to care about you. bastards..« – . after ‘you’ / or Bastards
Why do they always have such strange mothers in their family? :’D
Thx for the ch ٩( >ヮ<)۶
Finally the meeting of the protagonist and ML….
Thanks for the chapter 🥰🥰🥰
Update to your schedule translator 🤣❤️💕 and thanks for the update!
Thank you for the hard work
Thank You for the chapter ♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈ ༶ ) Don’t worry and take Your time! ❤️
Aiyaaaa I think it’s kinda unexpected development 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It should be “Ger, wait a minute.”
Also: Lin-ger and Zhou-ger, not Brother Lin and Brother Zhou.
thank you for the chapter! i’m fully invested in this novel, thank you for picking it up!! <3
Hello, I forgot what chapter it was. I think it was the previous chapter where the younger brother Lin Tianbao was described. It mentioned about “husband complimenting his learning skills” or something. I think that’s supposed to be teacher? Whenever I’m reading the raw the word ‘teacher’ was sometimes translated into ‘husband’ by google lmao XD
The kind of dad I’ve always dreamed to have 🥺🥺 is it to much to ask?
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A daddy owl with cute and adorable fox cubs.