Chapter 2: The Lincoln Family

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Following the familiar road, he soon left the downtown area of San Francisco, and then followed the coastal road to Santa Rosa, Guo Shouyun did not enter the city, but turned into a road that was not very spacious when he was in the suburbs. After driving for about a dozen kilometers, he stopped in front of a sign that read 'Guo's Farm'.

After a brief glance at the large black traditional Chinese characters, information about the farm came to his mind.

After shaking his head with a slightly complicated expression, Guo Shouyun pulled the steering wheel, turned the car right, and slowly drove to the outside of the farm yard along the curved stone road.

After pushing the door down, taking his luggage, he took a brief look, the small courtyard surrounded by a half-person high wooden fence, and the small wooden building with a two-story high center of the courtyard, painted gray on the outside, and had become mottled under the erosion of the years, Guo Shouyun pushed open the wooden door that was hidden together, and walked in.

Soon, a German blackback rushed up from the side with lightning after hearing the sound.

Guo Shouyun subconsciously took a few steps back, with a trace of fear on his face, he has been afraid of dogs since he was a child, especially large dogs. However, he reacted only after seeing the majestic black back in front of him, with bright hair, wagging his tail, and showing a flattering look to himself. It is not a stranger to it, but a master it wants to please.

Perhaps it was the subconscious of another Guo Shouyun, who quickly overcame the fear of this black back in his heart, and instead reached out and touched its plush head.

"Carl, go play by yourself!"

"Wang...!"

After a few flattering barks, Blackback turned his head and ran to his kennel on the edge of the yard and crawled down. However, a pair of dark eyes were still tightly focused on Guo Shouyun.

Guo Shouyun, who breathed a sigh of relief, briefly looked at this small courtyard full of Chinese pastoral style planted with grapes, moon seasons, and orchids, and followed the fairly smooth stone road, stepped over the steps in front of the door, took out the key from his pocket, and opened the closed door.

Chandeliers, sofas, TVs, chaise longues, everything in the living room is so unfamiliar, but it is full of a strange sense of familiarity. After taking a closer look, Guo Shouyun noticed the photo wall in the corner of the living room.

In addition to the other 'self' of different ages, the most common appearance is an old man of medium stature and sturdy.

From the memories left by his predecessor, I know that this old man is Bruce Guo's adoptive father, 'Guo Jiancheng'! This is a very common name in China.

But the other party's life is also a bit legendary.

Born in 1920 in Fujian Province, Guo Jiancheng was originally an authentic fisherman, and if it weren't for the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, maybe he would have fished by the sea for the rest of his life.

But the world is impermanent, and Guo Jiancheng, who was just 18 years old in 1938, was pulled by the army, like many young people in China at that time. However, he did not enter the army, but because of the relationship between the water and the strange, he entered the navy and served on the gunboat "Xianning", after the Xianning was sunk in the battle of Wu ~ Han, Guo Jiancheng joined the Danyang ship known as the "miracle destroyer" and "immortal bird" (curious friends can check the information by themselves), and lived until the end of the war.

In 1955, Guo Jiancheng retired from the Dan~Yang ship, due to the political situation on both sides of the strait at that time, he couldn't go back to his home, so he found a job as a second officer in a shipping company. It was sixteen years until 1981, when Guo Jiancheng picked up the abandoned Guo Shouyun at the Xiang~Hong Kong wharf. Because of the lower body injury in the war, Guo Jiancheng, who never married, adopted Guo Shouyun, who was still in infancy.

At this time, he was getting older, and his body was gradually unable to adapt to the bumpy and humid environment of the sea. So he retired from the ship, and after coming to the United States with Guo Shouyun, who was still in infancy, he used his retirement allowance and salary, as well as more than 200,000 US dollars earned from years of running to the sea to carry smuggled goods, to buy a small farm of about 100 acres in Santa Rosa, San Francisco.

After 20 years in business, Kwok's Farm has more than quadrupled in size to become a medium-sized farm with 560 acres of land and full easements.

Based on the average price of farms in California today, Kuok's Farm alone is worth nearly $6 million. In addition, Kwok's Farms also has two Kwok's fresh food stores in San Francisco's Chinatown, which produce and sell the output of the farm. All of this adds up to about $6.5 million.

It's a pity that Guo Jiancheng survived the hurdle of 73 years old, but he did not survive 84 years old.

Guo Shouyun also had a car accident when he received the news of his adoptive father's death and rushed to the hospital, which cost him his life and let another soul from nineteen years later take possession of his body.

"Jingle bell...!"

As Guo Shouyun looked at this familiar and unfamiliar room, and many strange and familiar memories kept coming to his mind, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

"Hey, hello, who's that?"

"Hello Mr. Guo, I am George Davis of Baker & Mackenzie International Law Firm, and I am the testamentary attorney of your adoptive father, Mr. Guo Jiancheng!"

Guo Shouyun knew it in his heart.

"Hello Attorney Davis!"

"Mr. Guo, I didn't want to bother you when you were just discharged from the hospital, but the matter of the will has been delayed for a month, and it will be better for you to determine it as soon as possible!"

"I understand!" After a moment's thought, "Well, I'm going back to school tomorrow, and I'm going to look for you!"

"Okay, I'll send you the meeting address back to your phone in a moment!"

"Yes!"

"See you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow!"

After hanging up, Guo Shouyun looked at the Motorola flip phone in his hand that seemed to be an antique, and shook his head slightly, without the slightest interest in playing. After receiving a text message from Davis, confirming the time and place of tomorrow's meeting, he casually put it in his pocket.

At that moment, footsteps could be heard from far and near. Soon, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in!"

With the hoarse grinding sound of the heavy wooden door being pushed open, a tall, middle-aged white man in a slightly smudged denim suit, with a brown-brimmed hat and a scruffy beard walked in.

Seeing Guo Shouyun standing in the living room, the uncle looked very happy.

"Bruce, sure enough, you're back. However, why didn't you notify us in advance when you were discharged from the hospital, and your Aunt Mary and I are going to pick you up!"

As he spoke, the uncle with a happy face came up and gave Guo Shouyun a warm hug.

Feeling this familiar and unfamiliar hug, Guo Shouyun was stunned for a moment, and then pushed away a little awkwardly.

"Uncle Blair, I'm an adult, and I should do a lot of things on my own. ”

"Hear that without Blair, our little Bruce is already an adult!"

As she spoke, a fat aunt in a light blue dress walked in from outside the door.

"Aunt Mary!"

Blair Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, were farmworkers employed by Kwok's Farm, and they have been here since Kwok bought the farm. In the past 20 years, this kind-hearted German couple has long regarded Guo Shouyun, who has grown up since childhood, as their own child. Especially Mary Lincoln, when Guo Shouyun was still an infant, he grew up eating her breast milk.

Therefore, although the Guo family and the Lincoln family have always been two families, they get along more like a family. Even Guo Jiancheng's funeral was handled by Blair.

Mary, who was smiling, walked up to Guo Shouyun's side, unceremoniously pushed her husband away, up and down, and after carefully looking at Guo Shouyun several times, she hugged him harder into her arms.

"God willing, my little Bruce is safe and sound!"

Feeling the concern and worry revealed in Mary's words, even if he was a human being in two lives, Guo Shouyun, who was more than fifty years old combined, couldn't help but feel the warmth in his heart.

After his parents divorced in his previous life, he was brought up by his grandparents. Because of the fact that both parents remarried, except for the occasional meeting during the New Year's holidays, they are almost not seen in their daily life. Moreover, even if they meet occasionally, except for those few child support that can be counted on one hand, he has never felt much fatherly and maternal love in his biological parents. Therefore, for these two feelings, he is particularly lacking.

"Mom, I'm coming back this time to eat the Orleans barbecue and pasta you made, not to see you and Bruce stirring up here. … It's really unfair, why can this guy get more love if he has a handsome face. ”

It was a white young man standing in the doorway with his arms crossed, a straight suit and a smile on his face.

"Mata, when is your free congressman going home? Did you get a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law?"

Matta Lincoln, the eldest son of Blair and Mary, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and aspired to be president of the United States from an early age. So as soon as I graduated from college, I ran for Berkeley City Council. Because of his excellent grades during his studies and the recommendation of the school, he successfully realized his wish two years after graduation.

However, compared to congressmen and state legislators, Berkeley city councilors are purely welfare-based jobs that are not paid in normal times. So in addition to advising on the development of the city of Berkeley, Mata Lincoln also worked at a law firm.

After listening to Guo Shouyun's words, Mata Lincoln, who was still smiling just now, showed a hint of pride in his eyes, and his face became as embarrassed as if he was constipated.

He asked himself that he was also the most gifted type among his peers, and he didn't let his parents worry about either study or work. But with Guo Shouyun, a freak, and this 'other people's child', his excellent grades in the eyes of outsiders have become ordinary in the eyes of his parents.

So, from childhood to adulthood, except for his younger brother Gordon, who is the same age as Guo Shouyun and is stupid. Neither he nor his sister Catherine were willing to stay with Guo Shouyun.

Without it, the pressure is too much.