Ding-a-ling…
The phone rang once before someone picked it up. "Hello, this is Lu Cheng."
"Lu Cheng, it's me. Do you know who I am?" Lin asked with a smile.
Her voice was soft and crisp, coming through the microphone. How could Lu Cheng not guess? But: "I can't guess, did you call the wrong number?"
Puff… Lin laughed out loud. He didn't expect him to joke like this. "I'm in the county. My cousin came to pick me up. We're at the post office now. I want to let you know I'm safe."
Lu Cheng also smiled, but his smile was silent: "Well, I know, are you okay on the train?" Of course he knew that she had arrived in the county town. He calculated the time and she would arrive around this time, so when the phone rang, he felt it was her.
Lin Qingqing: "Nothing happened, it's quite harmonious. By the way, how is Lu Haici these days? Did he cry? You have to comfort him when he cries, he is still a child."
Lu Cheng: "... He didn't cry, he just waited for your call every day." I was the same, but I couldn't say it. "I told him that if you call me, I will call him. You can call me three minutes later. I will call him now. Is it convenient?"
Lin Qingqing said immediately, "It's convenient, it's convenient. The post office is about to close, and there's no one waiting for a call at this time. Go call Lu Haici."
kindergarten
Lu Haici has been very depressed these days. He always sits alone and watches everyone play. Ji Yang and Qin Ming called him many times, but he just didn't want to play.
Lu Haici held his chin and looked at his laughing friends. Gradually, he lowered his head and looked at the ground. His eyes gradually turned red again. It had been three days since his mother left. He had also drawn three five-pointed stars, but his mother had not come back yet.
Lu Haici sniffed hard, trying to suck back the tears, but the tears were very annoying and didn't listen to him at all. Lu Haici had no choice but to let them continue to flow. There was nothing he could do, he couldn't control them.
Suddenly, a hand covered his head, followed by a familiar voice: "You are already a little man, and you are still crying all day long. What's wrong with you?"
Lu Haici raised his head and looked at the man in front of him, and he pursed his lips.
Lu Cheng picked him up and said, "Okay, you get angry when I say a few words to you. I didn't know you had such a bad temper before. It's all because of your mother who spoiled you."
This made Lu Haici unhappy: "You are the bad one, you are the worst." How can the worst father say bad things about his mother? His mother is the best. When his mother comes back, he must tell her that his father said bad things about her. Children all know that it is wrong to say bad things about people behind their backs.
"Yes, yes, I'm the worst." Lu Cheng didn't want to argue with the unreasonable little bastard who hadn't even graduated from kindergarten. "Now your mother is calling, and I'm the bad guy, so do you want to go with me to answer the phone?"
Lu Haici was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up: "Dad is the best, I like Dad the most."
Listen to this... Lu Cheng didn't beat him up, which was worthy of his mother's instructions before she left.
The father and son came to the office. As soon as Lu Cheng put him down, Lu Haici ran to the phone and waited. It was not the first time he answered the phone, so he knew the phone would ring, but he had to wait.
Lu Haici was not an impatient child, but at this moment, he asked every few seconds: "Dad, why hasn't Mom called yet?"
Lu Cheng was also helpless with his question: "Because someone is on the phone, your mother has to wait. They have to queue up. It's wrong to cut in line."
"Oh." Lu Haici often gets food, so of course he knows that it's wrong to cut in line. But after a few seconds, Lu Haici spoke again: "Why is the person in front of mom so slow in making a call
Lu Cheng: "Shut up, just wait quietly, or I won't tell you next time your mother calls."
This move was so dangerous to Lu Haici that he immediately shut his mouth and said nothing.
Ding-a-ling…
When the phone rang, Lu Haici, who was waiting quietly, actually forgot to answer it.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng knew that the boy was too excited: "Your mother is calling, aren't you going to answer it? If you don't answer it, then I will."
"I won't give it to you." Lu Haici reacted and quickly hugged the phone and answered it himself. As soon as he answered the phone, he shouted to the other end, "Mom, mom, do you listen? I'm Lu Haici..."
Hearing the child's voice, Lin Qingqing unconsciously became gentle: "It's Haici, mommy heard your voice, have you been sleeping well these days? Have you been eating well? Have you been drawing five-pointed stars well?"
When Lu Haici heard his mother's voice, he subconsciously wanted to cry, but he pursed his lips and didn't dare to cry.
"Hai Ci? My little darling?" Lin Qingqing called again, "Why aren't you talking? Don't you want to talk to your mother? Are you angry with her?"
"No, I love mom the most." Lu Haici said immediately, "Yes, I love dad the most, but I love mom the most, twice as much."
"I also like Lu Hai Ci twice as much." Lin Qingqing followed his words.
Lu Haici couldn't help but grin. The kid who wanted to cry the previous second now smiled with a simple and proud look.
"Okay, that's enough. Your mother is still busy, so you should go to kindergarten." Lu Cheng urged.
Lu Haici glanced at his father, his eyes showing reluctance, but he still said goodbye to Lin Qingqing on the other end of the phone: "Mom, then you go to work, I'm going to the kindergarten."
"Well, go ahead and have fun in the kindergarten." Lin gently reminded, "Don't fall down when playing with other kids."
"I know." Lu Haici handed the phone to his father and went to the kindergarten happily. He was very familiar with the area from Lu Cheng's office to the kindergarten.
Lu Cheng watched him go out, and then said to Lin Qingqing on the phone: "He's gone. Are you in a hurry to go back to Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade at this time?"
Lin Qingqing said, "Well, there's still time. I'll go back to Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade first. People over there should be worried too. I'll come back to the county town and visit your aunt's house."
Lu Cheng: "Okay, be careful on your way back, and give the phone to Du Wei."
Lin Qingqing handed the phone to Du Wei: "Your brother wants to talk to you."
Du Wei was waiting at ease, but when he heard Lin Qingqing's words, his whole body tensed up. There was nothing he could do. Except for his mother, everyone in his family was afraid of his brother. From childhood to adulthood, his brother was the one he followed but didn't chase away. Du Wei timidly asked, "Brother?"
"Yes." Lu Cheng said, "When you send your sister-in-law back, please ride your bike carefully and ride steadily.
Du Wei swallowed and said, "I know, don't worry, brother." He thought to himself, when his brother had just learned to ride a bicycle, he and his brother fell over on the bicycle. In the end, his brother jumped out of the bicycle and was fine, but he was pinned to the ground by the bicycle and his leg hurt for a week.
Lu Cheng: "Well, thank you for your hard work." Lu Cheng hung up the phone.
call…
Du Wei hung up the phone and took a deep breath. Every time he called his brother, he would be very alert. It was not like this before. Ever since his brother came back from the military academy, he had completely changed. He had been afraid of his brother since he was a child, but now he was more and more afraid.
Lin Qingqing watched him go from nervous to relaxed, smiled and shook her head.
It wasn't far from the county town to Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade, and it took about an hour to get there by bike. It was almost four o'clock now, so they would arrive around five o'clock, which was just in time for dinner.
Gaoshanao Production Brigade
Grandma Lin looked at the prepared meals and hesitated. Would her granddaughter come home today? If she did, she would have to prepare some delicious food. If she didn't, they would just eat whatever they wanted. She was so hesitant that she didn't cook until now.
"Old man, do you think Qingqing will come back today?" Grandma Lin asked Grandpa Lin who was reading a medical book with his presbyopia.
Grandpa Lin said, "You have to cook whether she comes or not. Just add one more meal for her."
"That's different." Grandma Lin said, "If Qingqing comes back, I have to cook more delicious food. If Qingqing doesn't come back, we can just eat as usual."
"What you said..." Grandpa Lin was also helpless, "Doesn't Qingqing usually eat like this?"
Grandma Lin: "It's different now. Even though she's married, she's still the granddaughter of our Lin family. But no matter what, she's a distinguished guest coming back to her mother's house, so we have to entertain her well."
Grandpa Lin: "… Then you don't need to prepare anything. She will definitely spend the night in the county town. The food in the county town is much better than in our countryside. And our countryside doesn't have lights, and it's not as clean as the county town."
Grandma Lin thought about it and she knew her granddaughter's personality. Even if she wanted to deny it, she knew that between the countryside and the county town, her granddaughter would definitely like the county town. Not to mention her granddaughter, even other children, who doesn't like the county town? It's because they have lived in the county town that they like the countryside.
Grandma Lin really likes the countryside. What's so good about the county town? You have to buy everything. It's not as comfortable as the countryside. The food is grown in the fields. If you want meat, you need eggs. The chickens at home will lay eggs. Except for not being able to eat meat, she has everything. She likes it very much. "Then I'll go cook. I've been very busy these days. Add two more eggs."
The Lin family raised eight chickens, and the thing they had the most was eggs. Grandma Lin would fry four of them every day, and the rest would be put away and exchanged at the supply and marketing cooperative for money to buy other things.
Now the country has not yet controlled the number of poultry raised. The Lin family has three sons and many children, so they raise a lot of chickens. After all, the children need to nourish their bodies.
Grandpa Lin never cared about these things: "Just make the arrangements."
Grandma Lin went into the kitchen to cook. It was already past four o'clock and the team was supposed to get off work at half past five. If she started cooking at this time, she could eat by the time everyone got off work.
At almost five o'clock, Du Wei rode his bicycle and took Lin Qingqing to Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade. Du Wei came here because Lu Cheng and Lin Qingqing didn't hold a wedding banquet because Lu Cheng was in a hurry. But when Lu Cheng came to get married and when Lu Cheng's aunt came to propose marriage, Du Wei came with him. In addition, if they had anything at home, they would bring it to the Lin family. Of course, the Lin family would also send them vegetables. The Lin family had a large population, and they had a lot of private plots according to the population, so the Lin family planted a lot of vegetables.
People in the county town had to buy vegetables for every bite, and Grandma Lin would sometimes deliver them.
There is give and take among relatives.
Similarly, rural people rarely eat oil because they don’t have oil coupons, so Lu Cheng’s aunt would ask Du Wei to deliver oil.
So the relationship between the two families is very good.
The two families were able to maintain this relationship because of Lu Cheng and his wife. But Lu Cheng and Lin Qingqing didn't know this.
Some people from the village came on bicycles, and people working in some fields could see that part of the land of Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade was right at the entrance of the village.
"Look, someone is coming on a bicycle. Who is it?"
"It's so far away, how can we see clearly?"
"I think the guy riding the bicycle in front looks like Lu Cheng's cousin, who brought oil to our house last time. Sister-in-law, do you think he looks like him?" Lin's mother asked. Because the Du family was her family's relative, Lin's mother had a deeper impression of him.
"Now that you mention it, I think she does look a bit like him." Aunt Lin took a closer look and said, "The second son's wife..."
"Sister-in-law..."
The two of them suddenly spoke in unison, as if they had remembered something.
Mother Lin said, "If the one riding the bicycle is Lu Cheng's cousin, then the one sitting behind him can't be my daughter, right? She calculated that she would arrive today."
Aunt Lin thought the same thing, so she shouted over there without thinking, "Qingqing... Is it Qingqing..."
Lin Qingqing didn't actually recognize Auntie Lin's voice. Memories are just memories. She hadn't heard it in reality, so how could she remember it? But she heard someone calling her. She asked Du Wei to stop the bike and look into the field over there: "Hey..." She responded loudly. Because they were a little far away, she couldn't see clearly, but it looked vaguely like Auntie Lin. And the person next to Auntie Lin seemed to be Lin's mother.
Upon hearing Lin Qingqing's response, Aunt Lin said excitedly: "It's really Qingqing."
"Qingqing... my daughter... why didn't you stay overnight in the county town? Why did you change your schedule and come back?" Lin's mother also asked loudly. They all thought that Lin Qingqing would definitely not come back at night.
Lin Qingqing said: "I miss my grandparents, my parents, and everyone..."
When Lin's mother heard her daughter say this, her eyes turned red. Because her daughter was the only girl in the three generations of the Lin family, she was loved by her mother-in-law and was the closest to her. Lin's mother had never heard her daughter say such emotional words, and she was really moved.
Mother Lin was injured when she gave birth to her daughter, but she still loved her daughter very much. The Lin family wanted a girl, so when Grandma Lin was choosing a daughter-in-law, she didn't choose a family that favored boys over girls. The three daughters-in-law of the Lin family don't dare to say that they favor girls over boys, but they don't exploit girls. So for the flesh that fell from her body, Mother Lin doesn't dare to say that she loves her more than her son, but she definitely loves her. More importantly, because of her daughter, the mother-in-law will treat her better, and she will only love her daughter more.
Later, her daughter still hadn’t found a partner, and she was worried. Later, her daughter chose a widower, and she was also worried. But her worries were useless, because her mother-in-law was the one who made the decisions at home.
Fortunately, the mother-in-law has always been powerful and always does the right thing. Some people in the village laughed at her daughter for marrying a widower, but what about now? What's wrong with the widower? Her daughter joined the army as a female soldier, which is a more stable job than a stable job. Lin's mother straightened her back. "Qingqing, my daughter, go home first. Your grandparents are at home. I will be off work soon."
Lin Qingqing: "I understand, Mom, work carefully and don't hurt yourself." She would not be pretentious and say that she was embarrassed to call them dad and mom. They were all adults, and it would be too fake to be pretentious at this time.
It was such a short distance that Lin Qingqing decided not to ride her bicycle again. Du Wei said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go back first." There was nothing for him to do anyway.
Lin Qingqing said, "Let's go home and have dinner before leaving. You sent me here all the way and didn't even have a sip of water before leaving. How can I explain to your brother when I get back? Your brother will definitely blame me for not treating you well.
"No." Du Wei rode his bike and left. Before leaving, he said, "If I really eat before leaving, my brother will definitely say that I am immature. Sister-in-law, I'm leaving first. When you come to the county town later, you must come to my house for dinner. My mother and Xiaojing have been waiting to eat together since they knew you were coming back."
Lin Qingqing saw that he was walking fast and knew that she couldn't stop him, so she could only say, "Okay, I'll go to the county town to see my aunt and Xiaojing in a few days."
Du Wei: "I'll tell mom and Xiaojing."
Lin Qingqing waved goodbye to Du Wei and returned to the Lin family. She met a few children and old people on the way. The children looked at her, as if trying to identify who she was. The old man greeted her: "Is this Dr. Lin's granddaughter Qingqing?"
"It should be Qingqing from Doctor Lin's family. I haven't seen her for several months. I don't recognize her at all."
"That's right. Dr. Lin's family has been saying these days that their granddaughter is coming back. It should be true."
Lin smiled at them gently.
She came to the door of Lin's house according to her memory, and saw an old man sitting on a chair reading a book in the sunset, and smoke was coming out of the chimney in the kitchen.
Although Lin Qingqing had made a lot of preparations in her heart, she was still a little nervous when she suddenly met Grandpa Lin, the oldest person in the Lin family. Lin Qingqing took a deep breath and tried to muster a smile: "Grandpa, I'm back."
When Grandpa Lin heard his granddaughter's voice, he raised his head suddenly. Just as he was about to speak, someone ran out: "Qingqing is back, oh my granddaughter is back..." Grandma Lin walked past Grandpa Lin, ran to Lin Qingqing, and picked up her suitcase.
Lin Qingqing stared at Grandma Lin for a moment, her eyes slightly reddened. This person... was different from her grandmother, but she felt a little bit like her. She went to elementary school in the village, junior high school in the township, but technical secondary school and college were outside, so she often lived in school for several weeks or months. Whenever she came home from school, her grandmother would come out to greet her, then take her suitcase and cook her favorite food.
"What do you want to eat? Grandma will make it for you. Do you want scrambled eggs? We have bacon at home. Can grandma fry it for you?" Grandma Lin asked, holding the suitcase in one hand and holding her granddaughter with the other.
Lin Qingqing came back to her senses: "As long as it's cooked by grandma, I like to eat it." Although this person is not her biological grandmother, she is still a loving old lady to her granddaughter. No matter how long she will replace the original owner, as long as she is there, she will be filial to her.
"That's right. You always like to eat what I cook."
Lin smiled gently and let Grandma Lin lead him in.
Grandpa Lin also stood up. He went back to his room to put the medical book away, and then went to his granddaughter's room.
Lin Qingqing's room was very clean. Her room was not given to other grandchildren just because she got married. For the Lin family, it was a guest who came back to her parents' home, so naturally they would not give up this room. Nor was there dust in the room just because she got married. Even if they knew she was coming back, if the room was closed for two months, there would definitely be a smell of dust. But this room was full of the smell of sunshine.
Grandma Lin wanted to ask about the troops' situation, but she was still busy in the kitchen, so she could only say, "Take a rest first. I'll make you something delicious."
Lin Qingqing said: "I'll light the fire for grandma."
"No, no, it's not right to let a distinguished guest who has just returned from her parents' home do any work. You should take a rest." Grandma Lin went out in a hurry.
Grandpa Lin shook his head: "If your grandma doesn't make delicious food for you, she will be worried."
Lin Qingqing looked at Grandma Lin's back and said, "It's great to be home. Seeing Grandma so healthy, I feel relieved."
Grandpa Lin was stunned, and looked at his granddaughter with some surprise. From the outside, the granddaughter has not changed much, but there are some changes. In the past, her expression was a little arrogant and a little willful, but now, her expression is gentle and peaceful.
Grandpa Lin has seen many people, and has seen the country go from war to peace. So when he saw his granddaughter like this, he was a little worried for a moment: "Is Lu Cheng not good to you?" He believed that only people who have experienced ups and downs will change like this. And the ups and downs that his granddaughter has experienced are most likely because Lu Cheng is not good to her. After all, they all know how the marriage came about.
Lin Qingqing was stunned: "No, Lu Cheng is not very nice to me, why would grandpa ask this?" It is a very rare feeling to have a grandpa. Especially this is not an ordinary grandpa, so Lin Qingqing is still a little worried.
Grandpa Lin walked in and sat on a stool beside the table: "I always feel that you have become much more sensible and changed since you came back this time. If Lu Cheng bullied you, tell grandpa and I will take care of it for you."
"No, no." Before coming here, Lin Qingqing expected that her personality was different from the original owner, which would make the Lin family suspicious or worried. Fortunately, she had been with the army for more than two months, so it was normal for her personality to change. "It's just... I just walked through the gates of hell, and suddenly I discovered a lot of things that I didn't notice before."
Grandpa Lin frowned when he heard this: "Why did you go to the gates of hell? What happened?"
Lin Qingqing said frankly: "In the first half month after I arrived, on the first day of my arrival, Lu Cheng went on a mission. Only Haici and I were at home. I was sick for half a month because of the unfamiliar climate and water. Later, I had a fever of over 40 degrees. I was confused and unconscious. Fortunately, Haici called other military wives to send me to the hospital. The doctor said that if it had been a step later, I might not be here. At that time, I suddenly thought that I was still young and there were many things I had not done. I didn't repay my family, so I felt unwilling to die like this."
Grandpa Lin was also in a state of anxiety. Hearing that his granddaughter had a fever of 40 degrees, he was worried. Hearing her thoughts, he sighed again. "Stretch out your hand, I'll show you."
"Hey." Lin gently stretched out his hand.
Grandpa Lin took her pulse, raised his eyebrows, and retracted his hand: "You have been taking good care of yourself these days, but you are a little tired recently. It's no big deal, just take a good rest. So when Lu Cheng came back, he took good care of you."
Lin Qingqing said, "It's really good. Since he came back, he has been responsible for all the housework. Because we don't know how to cook, we ate in the canteen at first, but later we thought it would be better to cook by ourselves, so I made the same dishes as grandma. It wasn't very good at the beginning, but now it's pretty good. You and grandma don't have to worry. I'm living a good life now, and I've become a female soldier in the army. You don't know how many people in the family compound envy and admire me."
When she said this, there was a little pride in her tone, and she was somewhat similar to the granddaughter that Grandpa Lin was familiar with. Grandpa Lin would not be suspicious, after all, who would have thought of traveling through a book? So even if his granddaughter's personality changed, he thought it was because she got married and grew up. In Grandpa Lin's view, this was also a normal thing. Whether it was a woman or a man, they would become mature and sensible after getting married.
"You are sensible now, so I feel relieved. When you were young, your grandmother spoiled you and made you a little willful. I thought, you are a girl, it doesn't matter if you are a little willful, after all, no matter what happens, your family can protect you. Now you have grown up, and your family doesn't have to worry about you. However, you must always remember that you have a maternal family. Even if you get married, the Lin family is your maternal family and your own home. As long as grandparents are alive, no one is allowed to bully you. If grandparents are gone, you still have so many brothers and sisters. Even if there is a fight, we Lin family members will not be afraid to go out." Although Grandpa Lin is a "recluse" here, it does not mean that all the relationships in the past are gone. Relationships should be used when they are useful, but in recent years, the Lin family has been very stable and has no need to use relationships. The Lin family came from a medical background in their early years, and those who can owe Grandpa Lin a favor are basically related to human life, so these favors are all very big.
Lin Qingqing listened to Grandpa Lin's words and felt a little emotional.
"However, if your grandparents pass away in the future, and if you get into big trouble, your brothers and sisters may not be able to protect you. They are all honest people. To be honest, they take after your grandfather's temperament." That is his younger brother. Really, among their three sons and six grandsons, none of them takes after them. "Your grandfather's personality is like your great-grandmother." His father was very shrewd. Among all the brothers, he took after their father, and his younger brother took after his mother.
Lin Qingqing couldn't help but joked: "It would be bad if grandma heard you say that."
“Hahaha…” Grandpa Lin found that he and his granddaughter had something to talk about since she got married. Before, his granddaughter was just a little girl and couldn’t say anything to him.
"What are you laughing at? Is it because you have a nice voice or something?" Grandma Lin walked in.
Grandpa Lin immediately stopped talking.
Grandma Lin sat down next to her granddaughter and said, "Qingqing, why did you come back suddenly? When Du Wei came to our house to report the news, everyone asked, but Du Wei said he didn't know. Everyone has been worried these days. Did Lu Cheng bully you and you ran away from home?" Grandma Lin thought about it and realized that this was something her granddaughter would do.
Lin Qingqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Grandpa Lin thought so, and so did Grandma Lin. However, the Lin family was just as warm as the original owner remembered. "No, actually this visit is related to my work. As you know, I joined the logistics department and I'm in charge of the canteen..." Lin Qingqing repeated her work, "So now, I want to find a pig castrator to help the army castrate pigs. At the same time, because we have a lot of pigs, after the pig castrator castrates the pigs, the care of the pigs will have to be handed over to the veterinarian who knows more about pigs. But there is no veterinarian in the army, so I thought, if Grandpa is willing, can you stay in the army for a few days?"
Grandpa Lin waved his hand and said, "I won't go. I'm old now. You don't need to look for a pig castrator. Take your elder brother with you. Your elder brother has studied medicine with me for more than ten years. He has been in charge of all the pigs castrated in the village. He can do these things. Besides, your elder brother can castrate pigs."
"Brother, you can castrate pigs?" Lin Qingqing was quite surprised. "I've never seen you castrate pigs before?"
Grandma Lin said, "Your elder brother has already learned how to castrate pigs. He learned it when you were in junior high school. You were in school when your elder brother castrated pigs for others, so how could you have seen it? Besides, it's better for others to castrate pigs than for someone who knows medical skills to do it."
Lin Qingqing: "That's right. If big brother is really capable of doing this job, I can try to apply to the army to see if he can be recruited as a non-staff member to be responsible for the poultry raised on the farm. If there are too many chickens and pigs, they will need someone to take care of them." If the original owner can't come back by then, it can be regarded as her subsidy to the Lin family.
"That's good." Grandma Lin said happily, "I feel relieved that your elder brother will take care of you in the future."
"What are you talking about?" Grandpa Lin said, "He has Lu Cheng to take care of him."
Grandma Lin said, "Who knows if Lu Cheng can take good care of Qingqing? Look at her, she's lost weight."
Grandpa Lin said: "… You have indeed lost weight. Go home and eat more in the next few days. Ask your grandma to kill a few more chickens."
Lin Qingqing: “…”
"My girl... gently..."
"Gently..."
The voices of Lin's mother and others were heard outside. They had just returned from work.
Lin Qingqing stood up and walked out of the house with Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin.
Uncle Lin, father Lin, third uncle Lin, aunt Lin, mother Lin, third aunt Lin, and Lin Yiyang and his wife, my maternal family, all came back together. But I didn't see many of my younger brothers.
There is no primary school in Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade. The primary schools here are shared by several brigades, so my younger brothers who are studying in other production brigades have not returned yet.
"Uncle, aunt, father, mother, third uncle, third aunt, eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law." Lin Qingqing called them one by one.
When Lin's mother came to her daughter, the first thing she said was: "You've lost weight. If I had known, I wouldn't have married you to Lu Cheng. Lu Cheng is already the deputy head of the group, and he can't even take care of his own wife."
Father Lin laughed and asked him, isn't it the wife's job to take care of the man? However, he didn't dare to say it in front of his mother, otherwise he would definitely have no dinner at night.
"He's thinner," said Aunt Lin, "and a little darker."
"Yes, yes, yes..." said Grandma Lin, "I just felt that Qingqing had become a little different. Now that you mentioned it, I realized that she had become darker. But she is busy with work now, so there is nothing we can do about it. Fortunately, she is still whiter than others."
"Sister, this is called black, then we are charcoal." Lin Yiyang's wife Wang Qiuyue said. Wang Qiuyue's family is simple, she has an older brother and a younger sister. She is a hardworking and smart girl.
When Grandma Lin was looking for a daughter-in-law, she didn't look for the eldest daughter or the youngest daughter. She was worried that the eldest daughter was used to taking care of the family, and would still care about her parents' home after marrying in. She was also worried that the youngest daughter was spoiled and immature, and couldn't be the eldest sister-in-law of the Lin family. Wang Qiuyue happened to have an older brother and a younger sister. Generally, if a girl has a brother to support her, she won't be disliked by her family. Moreover, the Wang family is a decent family.
Lin Qingqing smiled at Wang Qiuyue: "I haven't seen you for three months. Sister-in-law is getting prettier and prettier." She didn't know how to praise Wang Qiuyue. It seemed that there was nothing else to praise except her beauty. As a younger sister, it was not appropriate for her to praise her sister-in-law for being hardworking. However, there is no woman who doesn't like to be praised for her beauty.
Sure enough, Wang Qiuyue's smile became even brighter.
"Sister..." Suddenly, a voice sounded from the gate of the yard, and then a little cannonball ran over. The 11-year-old boy rushed into Lin Qingqing's arms, "Sister, you are finally back. I missed you so much."
Lin Qingqing thought that although the original owner was impatient with this younger brother and didn't like him following her, she still had some love for her only younger brother. At least she would share some of the food in her hand with him. As for other younger brothers, there was none, as she didn't even have enough to eat for herself.
Lin Qingqing took a few steps back after being rushed by Lin Luming. Fortunately, Grandma Lin pulled her back. Then she started to scold Lin Luming: "You are a half-grown boy, but you are stronger than your sister. You still bumped into your sister. You are so old, why don't you use your brain?"
Lin Luming smiled innocently. His mother had taught him since he was a child that he should be nice to his sister, and only if he was nice to his sister could he get candy. So he liked to stick to his sister since he was a child. If he stuck to his sister, he would be scolded by his grandmother, and he was used to it.
"Big sister..."
"Big sister is back..."
The other five brothers also came over to say hello. Including Lin Luming, there were six of them in total, all carrying the schoolbags that Lin Qingqing had sent them last time, looking quite impressive.
Lin Qingqing is a person who lacks love but is warm-hearted. Looking at so many people in the Lin family, everyone likes her very much. She is happy even though they don’t like the real her.
"We're all back. I came in a hurry and it was difficult to bring other things, so I bought you some milk candies." Lin Qingqing said, went back to the room to open the suitcase, and then took out eight bags of candy, four bags of White Rabbit milk candies and four bags of fruit candies.
"Wow..." The six younger brothers were drooling when they heard this. They had already eaten up the candies that their eldest sister sent them last time.
Lin Qingqing came out with eight bags of candy: "Grandma, these are for you and grandpa. Aunt, these are for yours. Second aunt, these are for yours. Mom, these are for ours." There were four rooms in total, and each room had a bag of milk candy and a bag of fruit candy.
Grandma Lin said, "You are so smart. What? Give them all to me. Why wouldn't I give them some?"
Lin Qingqing smiled gently: "I'm just worried that they will get greedy and eat your and Grandpa's portions."