No matter how many people are crazy about chasing wealth, how should ordinary people live their lives?
Brother Lin's Xiaowei has been studying at a technical secondary school for two years. In the second half of this year, he will have to do an internship. He is still studying machine tools, and his internship happens to be in a machinery factory.
This year, Dandan attended a kindergarten class under the Secondary Normal School.
"When you get out, you can be a teacher in the kindergarten affiliated to our factory. That's fine. It's better to sing and dance all day to fool the children than to stand exhausted in the workshop all day." Sister Lin seemed to have thought about it, "Wait until she finishes school.
"Whether I go to a night university or take correspondence courses and get a diploma, I think it will be useful in the future."
This idea is quite good.
Lin Yutong felt that as long as Sister Lin's mentality calmed down, people would still be quite understanding.
Today is Father Lin's sixtieth birthday. No matter what, you should celebrate it well.
We used to have a dumpling meal, and whoever was free would come. We didn't require all the children and grandchildren to be there.
This time is different. He is still sixty years old anyway. We can't fool him like this.
The children and grandchildren all asked for leave and came back to celebrate Father Lin's birthday.
Lin Yuting drove to the airport to pick up Sister Lin, and she came back this time.
It’s been several years and I have to come back.
"Do you think your second sister is dating someone over there?" Sister Lin asked Lin Yutong in a low voice while avoiding Mother Lin.
Lin Yutong shook his head, "I don't know. But I guess it's unlikely that my second sister wants to get married."
Once she was bitten by a snake and feared for ten years, her first marriage had no impact on her at all. When interacting with people, she first put a certain amount of vigilance and vigilance on her, and no one could stand it.
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"I can't say for sure." Sister Lin said, breaking off a section of the cucumber she had washed in her hand and passing it to Lin Yutong, "Try it, it's really fresh to eat cucumbers this winter. Mom is going to buy winter vegetables this year.
, the youngest is trying to stop me. My mother has always been worried that there will be no food at home, but who knows it will be here now, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, eggplants, cabbage, whatever you want. Now the refrigerator at home is not enough. "
"Cook less meat. It's not as delicious as these green vegetables." Lin Yutong took a bite of cucumber. It tasted pretty good. It should have been grown in the suburbs of Beijing. "When we returned to the city, there were some vegetables in the vegetable field on the roadside.
There are few plastic sheds, and they are used to grow off-season vegetables.”
"The taste is not as strong as when eaten in summer, but it still tastes the same." Mother Lin brought in the washed green vegetables, "I used to want to eat green leafy vegetables in winter, which were radish tassels, and occasionally I could buy some anti-freeze spinach.
No more. Look at today, as long as you have money, you can buy anything. It’s strange that everyone wants to be rich, money is easy to use.”
Sister-in-law Lin washed two tomatoes and prepared scrambled eggs for a while. She came over and answered, "It's not that bad. I heard from the youngest that there are strawberries growing. They are not on the market yet. They have to wait until the Spring Festival. They are not for sale.
Pay sky-high prices. Nowadays, people in rural areas can also make money."
A room full of women and children were chattering, and the children were rushing to play game consoles to see who could pass the level.
They were all waiting for Sister Lin to come back for dinner, but no one expected that Lin Yuting would bring back not one person, but two people.
Second Sister Lin came to the door with a man.
And this man is blond and blue-eyed.
Lin Yutong felt that Lin's mother was shaking, so she quickly held her back, "Mom, don't worry. This may be... a colleague, a friend, someone you know..."
Mother Lin gasped, "Your mother is not blind."
Yes! I am blind.
Look at them, one is holding one's shoulder, one is holding one's waist. If they were colleagues or friends, no one would believe them even if they were beaten to death.
"Hello!" Wai Guoren greeted the family enthusiastically.
"Hi! Welcome to China." Yusheng waved his hand to express welcome.
"Thank you." Wai Guoren was very happy that someone responded to him.
Then, Ye Sheng and Zhen Sheng went up to talk to the people and asked them to sit down. The adults in the room were still confused. They actually had a good time chatting.
Lin Yutong knew from the chats between several people that this man's name was John, an American.
He is in a romantic relationship with Second Sister Lin.
He proposed to Second Sister Lin, but was rejected. Second Sister Lin wanted to follow the traditional Chinese custom of proposing marriage at home.
Therefore, John went to the Lin family this time to propose marriage.
"Okay, Mom." Lin Yuting pulled Lin's mother, whose face was ashen, "We are a visitor. This person has come all the way, so you can't keep your face down. This is rude. Since I was young, you are
Neglecting the guests is a discourtesy of our family and there is no way to entertain guests. To put it more broadly, we in China are a country of etiquette. You are still a model worker. You cannot treat international friends like this and bring disgrace to the country."
Mother Lin glared at Second Sister Lin angrily, then turned around and sat in front of the stove.
Second Sister Lin glanced at John and said with a smile: "You speak Chinese. Most of the people in the family don't know English."
John immediately stood up and bowed to Mother Lin, "Hello, mother-in-law."
Lin's mother almost jumped up and said, "Where are you? It's my mother-in-law."
Zhensheng quickly pulled John to the back room, "Let's sit inside, all the men are in there."
"There are differences between men and women...I understand." John answered.
Where did such a baby come from? How funny!
At least Father Lin was able to hold on and got the person in properly.
When the door to the back room was closed, Mother Lin slapped Second Sister Lin on the back, "You damn girl, why are you so careless?"
Second Sister Lin stood still with a playful smile on her face and asked Mother Lin to hit her, "Mom! John is a very nice person."
Lin Yutong pulled the second sister Lin and whispered: "You have made a lot of money in the past two years. If you have money, you can live well in Hong Kong or the capital. You don't have to go to the United States or immigrate to Canada. Overseas
If you have no relatives and no reason, why are you going out? If it’s for the green card, it’s really not a crime.”
Second Sister Lin shook her head, "It's not for money or a green card. It's just a chance encounter." She turned to Lin's mother and said, "John is really a very good person, really! Foreigners are just like us, most of them are
Pretty good. More than a year ago, I went home late at night and met two robbers on the road. John helped me drive them away. How many brave people are there on the street now?
"I thought at the time, hey, these foreigners are not all the bad guys from the Eight-Nation Alliance. So you come and go with me, and we become familiar with each other." She lowered her head and her voice slowly lowered, "
This is my situation. What kind of partner can I find? After all, I am divorced and although I have no children, if I look for a second marriage, it will still be a second marriage. At my current age, I have to become a stepmother.
If other people don't know this temper, and the family doesn't know it, is she the material to be a stepmother? She has to fight every day. Besides, if it's like this, people may not know how to dislike it. Aren't all men?
That's the same thing. At least, John doesn't have that concept. He is a lawyer, works for the Hong Kong branch of an American company, and also has his own property in the United States. After getting married, he can live in the United States, live in Hong Kong, or return to the capital to settle down.
Either way. I really want to marry him and live a serious life. As for how far I can go, I haven't thought about it. But I can't be afraid that I won't be able to live in the future and dare not take a step forward. This year, I also learned English.
, basic conversation can be handled.”
"But again, if my family agrees, then let's get married. If my family doesn't agree, then forget it. We can just be friends and get along as lovers. It doesn't matter."
After Second Sister Lin finished speaking, she looked at Mother Lin.
林雨桐赶紧躲开了,这人是欠揍.前面说的都挺好的,后面非说什么‘情人’,这不是找揍吗?
Sure enough, as soon as Lin Yutong dodged, Lin's mother picked up the broom at hand and hit the second sister Lin, "I told you not to learn well, I told you not to be ashamed..."
"Mom, I'm over thirty." Second Sister Lin jumped away, hiding and rubbing her butt.
"More than thirty? I'm over eighty. I'll fight the same." Mother Lin covered her chest angrily, "Why did you have such a bad obstacle?"
"Then you may live long live, long live, long live," Second Sister Lin muttered.
Sister-in-law Lin quickly gave Mother Lin some relief, "If you think about it, what the second sister said makes sense. The world is different now. Yesterday, Dandan also said something...what kind of aristocrat?"
"Single nobles!" Dandan touched a few more slices of sliced cucumber and turned around and said.
"Yes! He is a single aristocrat." Sister-in-law Lin whispered, "The youngest of our family is now a single aristocrat. Look, in your eyes, these people who are having trouble getting married have become aristocrats. In today's world, it is really unfair.
It’s the same. As long as she is willing to get married, it doesn’t matter which country she is married to? Right? She is better than the old girl anyway. When she gets married and has children in the future, it doesn’t matter what the man is like. If you have children, you will have someone to rely on. This is no longer the case.
She is a foreigner. Then foreigners are born and raised by parents who should be filial and would not ignore the mother. Besides, if she really gives birth to a child, she will have half Chinese blood.
We have to practice filial piety. Will my second sister not have anything to rely on for the rest of her life? You wonder if this is the truth."
Where is this all going? What Mrs. Lin said made Lin Yutong want to laugh. But when she looked back, she saw that Sister Lin was still nodding her head desperately. She thought it made perfect sense.
Second Sister Lin's head is full of black lines, what are they? Are you marrying yourself in order to legally have a child?
What a mess!
But luckily, Mother Lin still listened to what Mrs. Lin said.
"Don't be idle, hurry up and start cooking. Here are the distinguished guests, please cook two more dishes." Lin's mother's face was not good, but at least she was not so repulsive.
Second Sister Lin didn’t even know whether she should cry or laugh...