Ming Dynasty: In the Beginning, I Adopt Zhu Yuanzhang

"Young Master Lin, as long as you can give my parents a thin coffin, I will definitely repay you in the future!"

Lin Zhao lowered his eyes to the blood on the boy's forehead, his voice steady and unreadable. "What's your name?"

"Zhu Chongba."

Lin Zhao suddenly asked, "Do you know how people in Taiping Township talk about me?"

Zhu Chongba raised his head slightly. "I know. They say you're a wastrel, a hooligan, the most idle and dissolute man in the whole area."

"And you still dare come to beg me? Aren't you afraid I'll beat you out of here?"

"Because in Taiping Township, only you are the one who smiles when speaking to poor tenant farmers like us. And only you have the ability, and the chance, to help me this once."

"Good! Well said!"

"I'll take care of your parents' funeral arrangements."

"After your parents are buried, come back to the Lin family with me."

Zhu Chongba was stunned and blurted out, "Young Master, who are you planning to kill?"

Kill your grandfather's ass! I'm taking you in as my little brother!