Chapter 379 Don't rush into children's affairs
The child kept doing various farm work. Although he was thin and very young, he was very capable at work.
At a young age, he is already a capable laborer in the family.
For the next few hours, Jiang Wan watched him busy in and out without stopping for a moment.
Jiang Wan tried to call him several times, but he ignored her.
As it was getting dark, Jiang Wan felt very disappointed.
Jiang Wan was still staring at the child in a daze. Cheng Jinnian heard the noise and quickly pulled her aside.
Before Jiang Wan could react, Cheng Jinnian pointed at a figure not far away.
A man staggered towards them in the moonlight.
He seemed to be holding a bottle in his hand and was mumbling something.
He paused at the door and took a long drink.
The man let out a long breath, then burped. Even from a distance, an unpleasant smell of alcohol could be smelled.
Jiang Wan felt nauseous when he smelled the smell and couldn't help but frowning.
The smell of food came from the room. It was the meal prepared by the little boy.
The man pushed the door open and went in, then started swearing.
"Why is there no meat today? There are only wild vegetables. How can I drink with them?"
"You useless thing, you can't even do such a small thing well, what's the point of me raising you?"
"If I had known you were such a loser, I should have thrown you into the piss bucket and drowned you."
The man cursed in a rough voice, but the little boy lowered his head and said nothing.
The door of their house was open, and although he was far away, Jiang Wan could still see what was going on inside the house.
The man clearly did nothing, but he acted like he was scolding his grandson, scolding the boy so hard that he couldn't even raise his head.
Jiang Wan's heart ached so much that it bled when he thought that the child might be his own son.
With such a hardworking and capable child, what else could a man be dissatisfied with?
He only knows how to drink and doesn't do any work. He comes back to eat ready-made food, but he still has such a big complaint.
Jiang Wan originally thought that he would just curse a few words and let it go, but he didn't expect that he would get angry and immediately throw the wine bottle.
There was a loud bang in the room, followed by the sound of a fist hitting flesh.
The boy, who had worked all day without saying a word, started crying after being beaten.
The sound of his crying was so soft and quiet that it was almost inaudible.
But he cried so sadly, he must have felt so wronged.
Jiang Wan couldn't wait to rush in, so Cheng Jinnian held her back and tried to comfort her.
"Keep calm, this child just looks a bit like you. There is no evidence that he is our child."
"Earlier, you offered to help and talk to him, but the kid didn't want to pay attention to you."
"When your child is beaten, you feel sad and upset, and it's normal for you to want to go over and help."
"But have you ever thought about it? To this child, you are just a stranger, and the person you are rushing in to deal with is his father."
"Even if you are helping him, he may not appreciate it. You are just doing a thankless job."
"And what if the child is not ours, what are you going to do?"
Jiang Wan felt very disappointed after hearing what Cheng Jinnian said.
Her passion suddenly cooled. Although she didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that Cheng Jinnian was right.
If they wanted to take the child away, they first had to confirm his identity and then get in touch with him.
Only when the child accepts their identity can communication be smoother.
"Then what are we going to do now?"
Jiang Wan became a little annoyed when he heard the child crying.
She wanted to rush forward and hold him in her arms and comfort him gently.
"Wait a while and see. At least we should get closer to the child. When he can accept us, we can get closer to him then."
What Cheng Jinnian said made a lot of sense, but Jiang Wan still felt bad after listening to it.
Fortunately, the crying in the house only lasted for a while and then stopped.
The drunkard cursed in the house for a while, then went back to his room to sleep.
The remaining boys were quietly cleaning up the mess.
Broken bowls and chopsticks, food spilled on the floor, and broken wine bottles.
The main room, which was originally clean and tidy, is now a mess.
The boy lowered his head and cleaned up silently, as if he had done this thousands of times.
These were common things to him and he was very skilled at cleaning up.
After cleaning the main room, he began to put away the dishes, sweep the floor and wipe the table.
After finishing these things, he started to wash clothes.
Although the child is young, he is good at doing housework.
He takes care of all the affairs inside and outside the house. What puzzles Jiang Wan is why there is no woman in this family?
Li Qidong is a piece of shit. He keeps exploiting such a young child. Where is his wife? Why doesn't he come to take care of it?
The whole thing seemed strange, and the more Jiang Wan thought about it, the more confused he became.
After the child cleaned up the house inside and out, he closed the door and went to sleep.
The oil lamp in the room went out, and Jiang Wan came back to his senses.
"It's getting late now, let's go back to the guesthouse."
While Jiang Wan said this, he had actually already let the little monkey come nearby.
She planned to let the little monkey keep an eye on the situation here, and they would come back to check early tomorrow morning.
"How about we ask the villagers to stay for the night? Or just spend the night in the mountains?"
The road to the village is not easy to walk on, and it is also troublesome to go up and down.
It was obvious that this matter was going to be a protracted war for them, and it would be a waste of time to keep going back and forth like this.
Moreover, they had already checked out of the room before leaving, so it would be a waste of time to go back and book a new room.
"It's not appropriate to ask the villagers for shelter. Why don't we spend the night in the mountains?"
They prepared a lot of dry food before coming, so they didn't have to worry about having nothing to eat in the next few days.
"Okay, let's go to the mountains to spend the night."
Cheng Jinnian often survived in the wild when he was on missions before.
He had long been accustomed to living out of sight, but he didn't know whether Jiang Wan could bear it.
They walked to the back mountain, Cheng Jinnian found a sheltered place, and then began to look for dry firewood quickly.
While searching for firewood, he also picked up some hay, which he could use as a natural straw mat.
He lit a fire, spread a straw mat on the ground, and then helped Jiang Wan sit down.
Cheng Jinnian took out some dry food from the bag he carried with him, heated it up a little, and gave it to Jiang Wan.
With something in his stomach and the light of the fire, Jiang Wan's heavy mood improved a lot.
"Wanwan, don't panic about the child's matter, and don't rush into it."
"If you feel you can't face it, or don't want to bother, then go back to the guesthouse and rest."
"Leave the things here to me. It's ok for me to handle them later."