Lincoln's biological father, on the other hand, could only sigh sorrowfully as he watched all these.
The father even had no affection at all towards both the children he had with his late wife.
The stepmother did not only allow Lincoln's sister to work and earn money. His sister even cooked and did the laundry when she returned. Hence, she could not sleep even if it was already midnight. When she was tired and fell asleep while nestled in the woodshed, her stepmother would pull her hair and severely beat her.
It was until one day that his twelve-year-old sister heard that their stepmother wanted to marry her off.
His sister finally could no longer endure this inhumane life and chose to end it all by diving into the well.
Lincoln was the only one left in his family.
However, his stepmother did not lay a hand on him because his half-sister had anemia and almost needed a blood transfusion every month. The more coincidental thing was that Lincoln happened to have the same blood type as his sister.
Hence, a portion of blood needed to be transfused from Lincoln to his sister every month.
After a long time, his sister, who was ill, lived a great life. She could go to school, bounced around in a lively manner, and could even skip ropes with others.
However, what about Lincoln?
He was like a half-dead dog. He nestled among the pile of wood and was basically a bag of bones, so he could not even stand up.
Lincoln had always been good at scheming since a young age.
Seeing that he definitely could no longer survive in this house anymore, Lincoln stole the eggs and bread a t home and ran away from home overnight.
Before he escaped, he even faked a scene and made the village people mistakenly think that he had also died from jumping into the well.
The people from the entire village angrily scolded his stepmother for her heartlessness and viciousness.
On the other hand, Lincoln hid himself in the deep woods up in the mountains.
He ate many eggs and plain bread, and his body could already walk within a few days.
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