Three years ago, Lu Cheng brought Lu Haici to visit the Lin family for the first time. The 5-year-old Lu Haici met the 11-year-old Lin Luming. At that time, one was very happy to have a new mother and relatives from her mother's family, so he gave the other two candies. The other was very curious about her sister getting married and even having a son, so she was a little confused about the other. However, after Lu Haici gave Lin Luming two candies, Lin Luming remembered this child deeply and had a very good impression of him.
Children are so simple, they can be completely bribed by two pieces of candy.
"Yes, you two are destined to be together." Lin Qingqing followed the two boys' words and said, "You both have the character Lu in your names, so you are destined to be relatives. Lu Ming is the elder, so he should take good care of Hai Ci. Hai Ci is the younger generation, so he should also listen to Lu Ming, understand?"
"Got it, don't worry, mom. I will definitely listen to my uncle."
"Don't worry, sister. I will take good care of my nephew."
A sister's boy and a mama's boy, they said in unison.
"Come, I'll take you to my room. I live with my brothers, but I have my own bed." Lin Luming said.
The Lin family's house was arranged like this: Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin had one room, the third son and daughter-in-law had one room, and Lin Qingqing had one room. The other was a large room where several grandchildren lived together, with bunk beds. Before Lin Yiyang got married, he also lived in this large room. But before he got married, the Lin family had an empty room as a spare, which was used by the grandchildren who were getting married. Because they didn't know who would get married first, the room was left empty and no grandchild was allowed to live in it.
Later, when Lin Yiyang got married, he used this spare room. After Lin Yiyang got married, the Lin family built another spare room. This is now Lin Aojun's new room. In a few days, Grandpa Lin plans to build another spare room. Anyway, as his grandsons get married one by one, they build rooms one by one.
"Wow, that's great, I can live with so many uncles." Lu Haici envied Lin Luming very much, he was very happy to live with everyone, "Uncle, I still have luggage, and I also brought food, let's go get my luggage first."
"Okay, I'll get it for you." Lin Luming is the youngest in the Lin family. He is very happy to be an elder in front of Lu Haici.
Next to the ox cart, Lu Cheng took down his and Lin Qingqing's luggage. Grandma Lin was playing with Enen, and Aunt Lin was holding her eldest grandson and was reluctant to let go. Wang Qiuyue handed her son to them and went to clean up the room. The other brothers of the Lin family gathered in the yard and watched.
Lin Aojun and Su Fen had originally returned to their room, but when they saw the situation outside, they came out as well.
Lin Aojun's room was next to Lin Yiyang's room. When Su Fen and Lin Aojun came out, they met Wang Qiuyue who was going back to her room to clean up.
"Aojun." Wang Qiuyue greeted with a smile, "Is this your wife? She is so beautiful." Wang Qiuyue was originally just a country woman. After living in the army for three years, she changed from being rustic to becoming more elegant.
When Lin Aojun first saw his sister-in-law, he was still a little unresponsive. Now when he heard her greeting him, he immediately said, "Sister-in-law is back. This is my wife Su Fen. Su Fen, this is sister-in-law."
"Hello, sister-in-law." Su Fen greeted her, feeling somewhat surprised. This sister-in-law was different from what she had imagined. She knew that she was from the production brigade next door, and she also knew what her family was like. Before she started dating Lin Aojun, she had a general understanding of the Lin family. She originally thought that this sister-in-law who had not even graduated from elementary school should be an ordinary country girl, but now it seemed that she was not. She had a bright and confident smile, and she looked very capable. She quietly gave up her original idea.
"I haven't congratulated you on your wedding yet. Your eldest brother is busy with farm affairs and can't leave." Wang Qiuyue added, "I brought you wedding gifts. Wait a minute, I'll find them in your luggage and give them to you later."
Lin Aojun: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Su Fen: "You are too polite, sister-in-law. You go ahead and do your work."
Wang Qiuyue carried her luggage to the room, and then took out the wedding gifts that she and Lin Qingqing had agreed on. She prepared a pair of bright red pillowcases, and Lin Qingqing prepared two enamel cups.
Wang Qiuyue took out a pair of bright red pillowcases that she had prepared and went to the next room: "Aojun, Sufen, this is a wedding gift for you."
When Su Fen saw the bright red pillowcase, her eyes lit up and she said happily, "Thank you, sister-in-law." Not only was the bright red color festive, but the fact that her sister-in-law gave her a pair of pillowcases showed how generous she was. Su Fen was very glad that she could marry into the Lin family, and that her sister-in-law seemed easy to get along with.
At this time, Lin Qingqing also came out of her room. She took out a pair of enamel cups from her luggage and walked towards this side. Seeing Wang Qiuyue was there too, she said, "Sister-in-law is here too, Aojun, Sufen. This is a wedding gift for you. I wish you a happy wedding." The pair of enamel cups, with red double happiness printed on them, was very festive.
"Thank you, big sister." Su Fen naturally liked the gift that Lin Qingqing gave her, "Sister-in-law, big sister, please sit inside."
Wang Qiuyue said, "I won't sit down anymore. I have to go tidy up the house."
Lin Qingqing also joked: "I won't sit down either, so as not to disturb your wedding night."
Lin Qingqing left here, took the passbook from her room, and went to find Grandma Lin: "Grandma, I have something to tell you."
When Grandma Lin heard this, she stopped teasing Enen and took Lin Qingqing into her room: "My dear granddaughter, what do you want to say to grandma?"
Lin Qingqing took out a passbook: "Grandma, this is 1,500 yuan. It is a red envelope that Aunt Lu Cheng gave me after we got married and before we joined the army. I think this red envelope of 1,500 yuan from aunt should be the money from the old ginseng." Otherwise, how could she give a red envelope of 1,500 yuan.
Grandma Lin naturally understood what Lin Qingqing said. Who would give a 1,500 yuan red envelope to their nephew's wife? Even if they gave it to their own son or daughter, it would not be a 1,500 yuan red envelope. So, this was of course the money for the old mountain ginseng. However, Grandma Lin did not take it: "You keep this money, it's for you."
"That won't work, this..."
"Listen to grandma." Grandma Lin said, "Logically speaking, no one gives 800 yuan as a betrothal gift, so the 800 yuan betrothal gift that Lu Cheng gave that day was equivalent to giving away the money for Lao Shanshen. The money for Lao Shanshen has been evened out, so this 1500 yuan red envelope is naturally for you. Besides, no family would give 5 yuan a month for the retirement of their granddaughter who married out. Since you gave it, it is also your filial piety, so grandma will accept it. If you insist on giving 1500 yuan, just think of it as 5 yuan a month deducted from the 1500 yuan." 5 yuan a month, 60 yuan a month, the granddaughter has been giving for three years, and it is 180 yuan now, so she will not take back the 1500 yuan red envelope. If she takes it, then the 800 yuan betrothal gift and the 180 yuan retirement money will also have to be returned to her granddaughter. A family doesn't care so much. "Besides, you found a job for your eldest brother and a job for your father. These two jobs are much more valuable than 1500 yuan."
Lin Qingqing didn't know what to say after hearing what Grandma Lin said. She didn't expect Grandma Lin to make such an arrangement. You know, this is 1,500 yuan. In this era, having 1,500 yuan is equivalent to a wealthy family. But Grandma Lin's pattern is so big that she didn't ask for 1,500 yuan.
Lin Qingqing did not insist any more. Grandma Lin was a big shot and she was not a stingy person. She accepted the 1,500 yuan, but at the same time, she became more filial to Grandma Lin. "Grandma, now that you say that, I am the one who is at a disadvantage. I won't be polite then."
Listening to her joking words, Grandma Lin tapped her forehead and said, "Girl, you're making fun of your grandma." After thinking about it, Grandma Lin sighed again.
"What's wrong with grandma?" Lin Qingqing asked with concern, "What's on grandma's mind?"
Grandma Lin shook her head. When she thought about Lin Aojun's affairs, she felt too embarrassed to talk about it.
Seeing Grandma Lin like this, Lin Qingqing remembered Lin Aojun's matter and asked, "Grandma, didn't you oppose Aojun and Su Fen's relationship before? Why do you agree to their marriage now?"
Originally, Grandma Lin didn't want to tell anyone. After all, no one else in the Lin family knew about this, and she didn't want to embarrass her grandson. But she felt uncomfortable hiding it in her heart, especially since she was the only one who knew about it and she didn't even have anyone to discuss it with. Now that her granddaughter asked, she hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't want to agree to their marriage either, but you don't know that Ao Jun did something shameful..."
Ah? Lin Qingqing had no idea what the embarrassing thing was. "Grandma, what are you talking about?"
"It was him..." Grandma Lin explained what happened. "Tell me, if I don't agree to their marriage, what can I do? What if Su Fen is pregnant with Ao Jun's child? Or, what if this matter is known to others and they report Ao Jun? The situation is so tense now. If Ao Jun's matter is reported to the committee, not only will Ao Jun be arrested, but our Lin family will also lose face in Gaoshanao."
Lin Qingqing was stunned when she heard what Grandma Lin said. She had never thought that such a thing could happen. Lin Aojun was confused, and Su Fen was also confused. Lin Aojun was only 18 years old this year, and he was not yet an adult. Su Fen was definitely not older than Lin Aojun. Didn't she think about what would happen if Lin Aojun was unwilling to take responsibility
Lin Qingqing suddenly thought of a possibility. Could it be that Su Fen did it on purpose? Did she deliberately have a relationship with Lin Aojun and then marry into the Lin family? She was not plotting, but the life of the educated youth was not easy. If Su Fen could marry into the Lin family, her life would definitely be better than living alone.
Then Lin shook her head gently, maybe she was overthinking and too conspiratorial. She didn't know what to say: "So what is grandma going to do next?"
Grandma Lin said, "They're already married, what else can happen next? I just hope Su Fen is a decent person. But, if something like this could happen before marriage, I don't think she's a decent person either."
Lin Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, why don't we split up the family?"
"Divide the family?" Grandma Lin wasn't the type of person who wanted to hold on to power, but she had never thought about dividing the family. "Why did you suddenly think of dividing the family?"
Lin Qingqing said, "First, if the affair between Aojun and Sufen is exposed, the Lin family has already split up, so it won't affect the Lin family. Secondly, if we don't split up now, each family can only raise two chickens. There are so many people in our family, and the eggs laid by two chickens are not enough to eat. But it will be different after the split up. The first, second, and third rooms can all raise two chickens, and then each family will have enough eggs to eat. Besides, grandma has to cook for everyone every day, which is too tiring. If the family splits up, grandma will be able to relax a lot."
Grandma Lin couldn't help but smile bitterly: "What you said does make sense. You are indeed married now, and your thoughts are mature. Okay, you are tired from traveling, go back and rest."
"Then I'll go out." Lin Qingqing left the room, leaving Grandma Lin in deep thought. But she wasn't thinking about what Lin Qingqing said. She was thinking about the fact that if Lin Aojun and Su Fen had something like this before their marriage, there would definitely be trouble in the future if they were restless. After the family was separated, no matter how restless they were, she could be relieved.
Lin Qingqing left the room and saw Lu Cheng sitting outside. She walked over and said, "I'm going to take a shower first."
Lu Cheng stood up: "I'll boil some water."
The two went to the kitchen.
In the big room, Lu Haici happily distributed gifts to everyone. He took out comic books and food from his luggage. The food was quite rich, including fruit candies, White Rabbit milk candies, fried dough twists, and rice cakes.
"Uncle, come and eat. These are all prepared by my mother for me." Lu Haici was happy at the thought of sleeping with so many people at night.
At this moment, the room was occupied by Lin Sanbin from the third room, who was 17 years old this year. There were also the twin sons from the third room, Lin Shi and Lin Wu, who were 15 years old this year. In addition to Lin Luming, who was 14 years old, there were four people in total. In addition to Lu Haici, who was 8 years old, the group was reading comic books and eating snacks, and it was very lively.
"Sister is so nice." Lin Luming said, "I also want my sister to make these for me."
When Lu Haici heard this, he said, "Then uncle, come with us to the army. You can often eat the food made by mom in the army."
Lin Luming said: "That won't work, I still have to study."
Lu Haici: "Uncle, you can go to the army to study. I am also studying in the army. If your uncle goes there in the future, we can go to school and go home together. By the way, we can also play football together. I brought the ball..." As he said that, he went to rummage through the luggage and took out the football, "Uncle, let's play football together tomorrow."
"Is this a ball? I've never seen it before." Lin Luming stared at it curiously.
"How do you kick this?" Lin Shi asked.
"This is very interesting..." Lu Haici talked to them about the rules of playing football.
Several boys also listened with great interest.
But after a while, Lin Qingqing called out at the door: "Lu Ming, the hot water is ready, take Hai Ci to take a bath."
Lin Luming: "Got it."
Lu Haici: "Mom, I'll take a shower right away."
Lin Qingqing didn't restrain Lu Haici, and just gave him some instructions, and then left him alone. Lu Haici rarely came to the Lin family, and he had a good time with Lin Luming and the others. If she was too strict, it would affect the child's personality.
When she returned to her room, Lu Cheng had already gone to bed. She followed him up and said, "Grandma confiscated the 1,500 yuan. She said she gave it to me. Alas..."
Lu Cheng said: "Grandma loves you, we will be more filial to her in the future." Lu Cheng didn't care about the 1500 yuan. He had money, including the property his mother had asked for from the Zhang family and the property his mother left behind. But he knew what the 1500 yuan meant to an ordinary family. Therefore, he could see from the 1500 yuan that Grandma Lin loved Lin Qingqing. He was grateful to anyone who was good to Lin Qingqing.
Lin Qingqing: "Yeah, I think so too."
Lu Cheng looked down at her, at her gentle face, at her smiling eyes, and he put his arm around her waist: "Gently..."
Lin raised his head gently: "Hmm?"
Lu Cheng slowly lowered his head, and when he was about to get close to her lips, he stopped because Lin Qingqing blocked his face with her hands. "The sound insulation of this house is very poor, you can't do anything else."
Lu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "What is the other matter?" His hands began to move around her body in an unruly manner.
"Don't make trouble, I'm itchy." Lin gently pressed his hand, "Go to sleep quickly, we have to get up early tomorrow to visit the graves. Besides, I don't want anyone to eavesdrop on me, or do you?"
Lu Cheng chuckled, then patted her face hard, then rubbed her to sleep.
the next day
Before dawn, Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng got up. Without disturbing anyone in the Lin family, they went to the graves of Grandfather Lin and Grandmother Lin. At this time, not to mention the Lin family, even the entire Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade was quiet, so the two did not see anyone on the way to the graves.
Fortunately, Lin Qingqing has the original owner's memory and knows where the graves of the two deceased old people are.
The two of them arrived at the graves and dug a hole between the two graves and buried a set of clothes of the original owner. Because it was a piece of clothing, and no one else could know about it, so they had to do it this way. I hope that when the descendants of the Lin family visit the graves of Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin in the future, they will also visit the graves of the original owner.
After the two of them gave the original owner a dress, they left without doing anything to attract attention. When they got home, everyone was still asleep, so the two of them went back to their room to sleep.
When they woke up again, there was already some noise outside. The two of them had to go to the county town to look at houses today, so they got up. Soon, the Lin family got up, and everyone had to go to work today.
The Lin family’s breakfast is sweet potato rice porridge with some side dishes.
After dinner, Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng went to the county town, and Lu Haici went to play football with Lin Luming.
Du Wei specially asked for leave from work today, because he was going to take Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng to look at houses today. Du Wei took them to see five houses, all of which were independent small courtyards that Lin Qingqing wanted. Recently, there are many small courtyards. One reason is that some people have problems and their houses are idle and are directly disposed of by the government. The other reason is that some people see that the situation is not right and sell their houses in advance.
Therefore, there are many houses for sale in the county town.
Finally, Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng chose an independent small courtyard that was close to her aunt's house, but the house was a bit old and needed to be cleaned up by themselves. After buying the house, it was still early, so Lu Cheng ordered cement, bricks and other materials, and called a decorator through Du Wei's introduction.
When the decorator arrived, Lin Qingqing told him what needed to be modified. Houses these days are basically bare-bones, so even simple decoration is very easy. After Lin Qingqing explained, the decorator understood and said that the modification could be completed in three days.
After the house issue was settled, Lu Cheng and Lin Qingqing went to the market to buy some vegetables and then returned to Gaoshanao.
At this moment in the Gaoshan'ao Lin family, everyone else went to work, but Lin Aojun and Su Fen were kneeling in front of Grandma Lin.
"What did you say? Say it again, I didn't hear it clearly." Grandma Lin thought there was something wrong with her ears. What did she hear? She heard her second grandson just say that he lied to her about having sex with Su Fen before marriage. Grandma Lin felt a little dizzy and her mind was heavy. She must have heard it wrong.
Lin Aojun said worriedly, "Grandma, I'm sorry. I took the initiative to lie to you in order to marry Fenfen. This has nothing to do with Fenfen. I'm sorry, Grandma, but last night we... we really had our wedding night, so Fenfen is now really my wife. Grandma, I'm sorry."
Grandma Lin felt sad. She didn't expect that Lin Aojun would lie like that just to marry Su Fen. She watched Lin Aojun grow up. How could she not be disappointed? She looked at Su Fen: "What about you? What do you say?"
Su Fen said, "Grandma, this is not Brother Aojun's fault, it's my fault, because my father is sick, and he wants... wants to see me get married before he dies, so... so Brother Aojun came up with this idea. Please don't be mad at us, if you want to be angry, be mad at me." She didn't dare to say that the idea was hers, she could see that Grandma Lin was very angry. If she said it was her idea at this time, she didn't know how Grandma Lin would look at her, so she could only go along with what Lin Aojun said and say it was Lin Aojun's idea.
She originally thought that if she was honest afterwards, Grandma Lin would change her impression of her, but she didn't expect that Grandma Lin looked even angrier. If she had known earlier, she would not have been like this, but now that she has said it, there is no way she could have known earlier.
"No, grandma, please don't be angry with Fenfen. It's my fault. I made the wrong suggestion and made you angry. I'm sorry." Lin Aojun said hurriedly. He is grandma's grandson. No matter how angry grandma is, she won't blame him for long. But if grandma knew that this idea was from Su Fen, it would be different.
Lin Aojun understood this principle, and Su Fen certainly understood it too. But in front of Grandma Lin, she needed to show that she was defending Lin Aojun, so that Grandma Lin would forgive her for Lin Aojun's sake. "Grandma, it's my fault. It has nothing to do with Brother Aojun."
Lin Aojun: "Grandma..."
Grandma Lin's head hurt even more as she listened to them talking back and forth.
Just then, a voice came from outside: "Grandma, we are back."
It turned out that Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng had returned.