Therefore, in a time when DNA was not yet widespread, the police couldn’t confirm whether Lin Baoshan and his siblings were really Uncle Lin’s biological children. However, Mrs. Lin’s words were firm, so the police could only attribute Lin Baoshan and his siblings to Uncle Lin as his children. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

After Old Man Lin woke up in the hospital and learned that the three children he painstakingly raised had become Uncle Lin’s biological children, he spat out a mouthful of old blood and fainted again.

Old Man Lin was so angered that he suffered a stroke. He stayed in the hospital for three days before being taken home by Lin Baoshui to recuperate.

Lin Baoshui sued Uncle Lin and Uncle Lin’s two sons for causing his father’s stroke, demanding compensation from Uncle Lin’s family. The police arrested Uncle Lin’s two sons.

Uncle Lin not only injured people but also had an affair with Mrs. Lin. Faced with multiple offenses, both he and Mrs. Lin were arrested.

Lin Baozhu had an affair with the old bachelor. However, when the police attempted to arrest them, Lin Baozhu, scared, changed her story, claiming she was in a relationship with the old bachelor. Then, she and the old bachelor went to get a marriage certificate, thus avoiding arrest.

Uncle Lin’s two daughters-in-law also participated in the fight, but their actions were somewhat understandable, so they were only detained for a day before being released.

After returning home, the two daughters-in-law rushed into their father-in-law’s room, ransacked his belongings, broke locks, and took away Uncle Lin’s bankbook, house deed, cash, and some jewelry.

After withdrawing the money from the bankbook, the two daughters-in-law split it evenly, then changed the locks, deciding never to let their father-in-law return.

With things escalating like this, Uncle Lin could no longer work as a tailor and faced a prison sentence. The clever daughters-in-law, realizing they couldn’t rely on him anymore, wanted to kick him out. They didn’t want to serve a stepmother-in-law after their biological mother-in-law passed away.

So, a few days later, the verdict came down. Uncle Lin was ordered to compensate Old Man Lin with three hundred yuan, but his money was taken by the daughters-in-law. The daughters-in-law stubbornly refused to give the money back, leaving Uncle Lin unable to pay the compensation. Lin Baoshui then proposed Uncle Lin’s house be used to offset the debt.

Uncle Lin’s house was one of the only two brick houses in the village, a relatively new structure that cost exactly three hundred yuan to build.

Thus, Uncle Lin’s brick house was taken as compensation and became the property of Old Man Lin’s family.

On that day, Lin Baoshui also carried Old Man Lin over. Old Man Lin’s stroke wasn’t severe, just causing some drooling and slight slurred speech, but he could still talk slowly.

Old Man Lin wanted to divorce Mrs. Lin and expel the three illegitimate children. The police sympathized with this old bastard and agreed to his request.

So, the brigade leader issued a divorce certificate for the two.

Lin Baoshan, Lin Baozhu, and Lin Baotian followed Mrs. Lin, while Lin Baoshui stayed with Old Man Lin. After countless years together, the old couple divorced just like that.

Subsequently, Uncle Lin was sentenced to five years, Mrs. Lin to three years, and Uncle Lin’s two sons to two years. The day the verdict came down, the four were sent to the labor farm.

Coincidentally, the farm they were sent to was the same one where Lin Baoshan was staying.

Afterward, Lin Baoshui drove away Lin Baotian, then went to the brigade office to get the brigade leader’s help in taking over Uncle Lin’s brick house, with the deed rewritten in Lin Baoshui’s name.

With nowhere else to go, Lin Baotian moved in with Lin Baozhu and the old bachelor. However, the old bachelor wasn’t a kind man and wouldn’t provide for the two pampered young men and women for free.

As a result, life for Lin Baozhu and Lin Baotian in the old bachelor’s home wasn’t good. Whenever they disagreed, they would suffer beatings from the old bachelor.

Both were brought up in comfort and couldn’t compete with the strong old bachelor, often ending up weeping and wailing from his discipline.

Come spring, the siblings were beaten by the old bachelor to the fields to earn work points, living a miserable and tragic life.