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Chapter 287: The Butcher's Daughter (5)

When An's father came back from outside, he saw a beggar standing outside the gate of his yard. He remembered his wife and daughter, and hurried forward to drive him away and said, "Go! Don't stand at my doorstep!"

The beggar seemed to have not heard it and ignored him at all. An's father got angry and pushed him out, saying, "Our family is very poor. You go somewhere else to beg for food!"

Unexpectedly, the beggar was already thin and had no flesh on his body. He was pushed by An's father, who was big and round, and even the sea bowl came out and rolled out. Fortunately, it was mud and it was not broken.

The beggar suddenly lost his dull and stupid appearance. He quickly grabbed the sea bowl and hugged it in his arms like a treasure.

Father An felt a little guilty when he saw this. He didn't expect that the beggar was so "weak" and he would fall down with a slight push.

He was in a disadvantaged way and did not drive him away. He opened the yard gate and closed it quickly, hoping that the beggar would leave himself later.

After entering the house, An's father saw his wife and daughter busy in the kitchen and told him: "There is a beggar at our door. Don't go out the door these two days. If I'm not at home, I must close the yard."

"Have he left yet? He is so mean." An Nan said while choosing vegetables.

When An's father heard this, he hurried over and pulled his daughter and asked, "Good daughter, have you seen him? He didn't do anything to you, right?"

An Nan said laughing and cryingly: "No, he came back with me in the town. I gave him a bowl of leftover food at noon, and he came back with me."

"What? He actually came back with you? No, I have to go out and drive him away. I can't let him be here. Who knows what he will do?" After hearing An Nan's words, An's father was immediately worried and wanted to go out and drive the beggar away.

An Nan remembered the silly look of the beggar, and said to An’s father: “Dad, you don’t have to worry too much. That person has a brain problem and cannot hurt people.”

"No matter whether you hurt or not, it is always unsafe to have strangers!" An's father really went out to drive the beggar away.

An Nan did not stop him. After all, she had already given him a full meal at noon and was full of righteousness. What would be the beggar in the future has nothing to do with her.

I thought the beggar would leave after being driven away by An's father, but I never expected that he seemed to have recognized the An family, was driven away and returned, and was driven away and returned. After repeated this several times, he still appeared near An's house and could not leave no matter how hard he drove away. An's father had already been worn out by him.

After several days of this, the beggar was still standing outside the gate of the Anjiayuan with the dirty bowl. After An's father had been dealing with him for so long, he knew that he was really mentally ill. He was stupid and mute, and had no aggression. Seeing that he was so tall but thin like a bamboo pole, he felt compassion and often gave him the leftovers from the house.

"His father, I think he is stupid, but he is not hurtful. Why don't we take him in as a long-term worker? Fortunately, you are helping him when you kill pigs... You are old this year and your health is no longer as young as you were, and you can save some effort to help multiple people. And I think he is a kind-hearted person. When his daughter gave him a bowl of leftover food, he came back with him. He knew who was kind to him." An's mother said to An's father.

After thinking about it, An's father felt that he was not as easy as when he was young. He also thought that although the beggar was thin, he had a big skeleton and had great strength to raise the meat on his body. He could help him do some work... He should also pay attention to his health, so that he would not leave too early and let his good daughter lose his support... After thinking about this, An's father agreed and said, "Okay, just take it as a helper. Our family does not lack food and clothing."

An's mother thought a little far-reachingly and said, "I don't know if his brain can be cured well. If it can be cured, we will recognize him as our son and let him support his daughter in the future. If it cannot be cured, anyway, his limbs are healthy, so it's okay to stay at home to work."

So the beggar was taken in by An’s father and mother, and he also named him Anfeng.

An Nan was very surprised when he learned about this. Unexpectedly, An’s father and mother would be willing to take in the beggar. After hearing their reasons, he felt that it made sense, so he did not object.

Anfeng was stupid and didn't understand anything. An's father taught him common sense in life like teaching a child. Fortunately, he was not stupid enough to the end and could learn a few more times. Although he was a little slow to react; he could understand what others said several times, but he could not tell him how he could speak. Everyone agreed that he was a mute.

After An’s father really took An Feng with him every time he went to kill pigs. Gradually, in Taohua Village, he knew that An’s butcher’s family had taken in a beggar as a long-term worker.

An Nan found an excuse to persuade An's mother to drink the medicine she prescribed to regulate her body. An's mother trusted her daughter wholeheartedly. She drank all the medicine her daughter made for her without leaving any drops.

Five months later, An's mother suddenly retching when eating fish. An Nan held her wrist and took her pulse for a while, then smiled happily, and said to the worried An's father: "Dad, this is a good thing. Mom is pregnant, I'm going to have a little brother."

"What?!" An's father widened his eyes in shock, as if he didn't understand An Nan's words.

An Nan said with a smile: "I mean, Dad, you need a young son or daughter!"

"This, is this true?!" An's father was ecstatic and flushed with excitement. He walked up to An's mother like a fool, carefully trying to reach out to touch her, but he didn't dare.

An's mother was shocked when she heard An Nan's words, and she burst into tears in an instant, but she quickly suppressed the joy in her heart, for fear of being happy. She said in a trembling voice: "This, maybe this is what my daughter is talking nonsense. What does a child know? His father, go and ask the doctor to come back and see me..."

"Yes! Go and ask for a doctor!" An's father murmured, and immediately turned around and ran out like a gust of wind. The speed and flexibility were not as good as his burly and majestic body could possess.

An Nan smiled and said to An's mother: "Mom, when the doctor comes, you will know that I'm not talking nonsense."

An's mother's eyes were filled with tears, she wanted to believe it but didn't dare to believe it, and said, "I'd love if it was true..."

The old doctor in the village was brought back by An’s father not long after. The old doctor squinted his eyes to take his mother’s veins. After a while, he smiled and said to An’s father: “Congratulations, your family is happy, but the fetus is only more than a month old, and the pregnant woman is not young, so she should pay more attention.”

After hearing the doctor's confirmation, An's father and mother were so happy that they were almost stunned. They hurriedly grabbed the doctor and asked him what he wanted to pay attention to.

After seeing the doctor off, the two woke up from the surprise, but they were so happy that their mouths could not be closed. An's father seemed to be several years younger, while An's mother smiled happily, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were stretched.
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