"How can they be the same? The quality is different, right? The ones you bought are not very good. I saw that my dad's clothes were torn after wearing them for a short time. He got so many red spots on his back. I suspect it was caused by the fabric!" Lin Xiangyi interrupted.

Chen Fengmei: You're talking bullshit, the quality of those clothes is indeed poor, but can you blame the clothes for the old man's red spots?

Lin Xiangyi continued, "The clothes I bought are of very good quality. You can tell by the touch. They are soft and comfortable. The salesperson said that they are warm in winter and cool in summer. I don't know how comfortable it is to wear them when sleeping at night!"

Lin Xiangyi was praising the dress to the skies, and Lin Shan was stunned: "Is this dress really that good?"

Lin Xiangyi nodded without changing his expression.

"Then I have to try it on tonight!" said Lin Shan.

"That's right," Lin Xiangyi said appreciatively, "Dad, you work so hard, what's wrong with buying some nice clothes to wear? Not only clothes, you should enjoy other things!

You don't have a son to help you, so why are you saving so much money? Give it to me? If I were in trouble, I would definitely ask you!

But before that, I hope you can spend the money on yourself. My mother is not around, and you are the one I love the most. I can only rest assured if you live well."

Lin Xiangyi spoke so sincerely that Lin Shan, a tough guy, was moved to tears.

As expected, a daughter is the best. When she went out to buy a dowry, she didn't forget to buy clothes for him. Now she is advising him to be nicer to herself...

He loved Lin Huihui so much, and Lin Huihui had been working for so long, but she never thought of buying him anything...

He was not bad to Chen Fengmei, but Chen Fengmei always told him that something here cost money and something there cost money.

Advised him not to buy so much alcohol and cigarettes, and to save more money for retirement and to marry off his two daughters...

He thought it made sense, so he quit smoking, drank less, and wore the same piece of clothing for several years.

But now think about it, Chen Fengmei said she wanted to save money, and she saved for so many years, but before she bought Lin Huihui a job last year, their family's savings were only two thousand?

You know, when Chen Fengmei got married, Lin Shan already had two thousand yuan in savings, and his salary for the past twelve years was at least five thousand yuan!

Not to mention that he would receive bonuses of more than ten or twenty dollars from time to time.

The benefits at the meat processing factory where Lin Shan works are very good. You can buy meat at a price lower than the market price, and you don't need meat coupons. The remaining meat coupons can be exchanged for other things with neighbors, relatives and friends.

In addition, the factory would occasionally distribute benefits such as rice, oil, noodles, sugar and tea.

So according to their level of saving, even if he had to support four people with his salary alone, it would be absolutely impossible for him to spend all his salary and bonus every month.

Where did the money go? Did Chen Fengmei hide some of it?

Thinking of this, Lin Shan no longer felt that Lin Xiangyi's purchases were expensive, and took the initiative to ask: "You bought so many things today, do you have any money left?"

Lin Xiangyi just wanted to please Lin Shan and give her more money to spend, so as to avoid giving it to Chen Fengmei and her daughter.

She didn't expect her father to be so understanding. She immediately said, "No more."

"I still have fifty dollars here, you can spend it!" Lin Shan took out a few big unity banknotes from his trouser pocket and handed them to Lin Xiangyi.

Chen Fengmei was dumbfounded and screamed, "Lao Lin!"

Lin Xiangyi spent four or five months' salary in one day, but he didn't even scold her? He continued to give money to Lin Xiangyi? Is he crazy?

"Fengmei, that's enough!" Lin Shan glanced at her coldly.

"..." Chen Fengmei wanted to say something, but was frightened by his cold eyes and dared not to say any more.

She had never seen him look like this before, as if she had made some huge mistake and had exhausted his patience.

Lin Xiangyi also found it strange. Between her and Chen Fengmei and her daughter, her father had always stood on the side of Chen Fengmei and her daughter without any reason. But now he was standing on her side too?

A vest is so powerful?

Lin Xiangyi pretended to shirk: "Dad, do you have any money left? If not, you can keep the money for yourself and don't give it to me."

"Just take it if I give it to you," Lin Shan said, "Dad has money--".

Before she finished saying "呢", Lin Xiangyi reached out to take the money: "Oh, if you have money, then I'll take it."

Lin Shan: “…”

Wasn't she waiting for him to say this? Wasn't what she just said just to coax him?

"But Dad, what I just said is true. Money is something you can't bring with you when you are born and you can't take with you when you die. You have to spend it when you need to. Otherwise, you don't know who will benefit from it," Lin Xiangyi added with a discerning look, "You really need to be nicer to yourself."

Well, be nice to me too!

"I know. Do I need you to tell me?" Lin Shan said unhappily, but with a smile on his face.

Chen Fengmei clenched her hands tightly as she watched this loving scene between father and daughter!

In the following days, Chen Fengmei spoke less and her relationship with Lin Shan became very subtle.

Lin Shan didn't go back to his room to sleep either, and slept in the utility room every day.

Chen Fengmei became more diligent, focusing on her work and working from dawn to dusk every day, but this did not make Lin Shan lose his temper.

Chen Fengmei became anxious and complained to Lin Huihui. Lin Huihui tried to mediate, but Lin Shan's attitude towards her was indifferent.

Lin Huihui was very angry. She had originally wanted to act coquettishly to Lin Shan and ask for a part of the dowry, but now her plan had failed.

Lin Shan paid more attention to Lin Xiangyi. In addition to the dowry of three turns and one ring for Lin Xiangyi, he got a quilt from somewhere two days ago to give Lin Xiangyi as a dowry.

Quilts are not easy to get. The cotton supply at the purchasing station is limited, with only half a pound per person per year, which is not enough for the Lin family every year.

Lin Shan was able to get a quilt at this time, probably because he used his connections.

Of course Lin Xiangyi happily accepted it, and deliberately acted like a loving father and daughter with Lin Shan in front of Chen Fengmei and Lin Huihui, which made Chen Fengmei and her daughter very angry.

In the blink of an eye, it was July 9th.

Lin Xiangyi and Lin Huihui are getting married.

The Lin family married off their two daughters and held a banquet.

However, there were only four or five tables, and leaders, colleagues from Linshan Factory and relatives of Chen Fengmei were invited.

Lin Xiangyi's grandparents, uncles, aunts and other relatives did not come.

Because they are not in Xiangyang County.

There was a great famine in the 1960s, and with the government's approval, many people in Linjia Village, where the Lin family lived, moved to other places.

Lin Shan's parents and brothers went to Liao Province, more than a thousand kilometers away from their hometown.

At that time, Lin Shan was already married and had a job in the county town, so he did not move with them.

Due to various factors, the Lin family has not returned over the years.

Lin Shan visited them three times after they settled down, and they kept in touch through correspondence.

When Lin Huihui was discussing marriage, there was plenty of time, so Lin Shan wrote a letter to tell them.

Lin Huihui is not Lin Shan’s biological daughter, so the Lin family naturally would not go back.

When they arrived at Lin Xiangyi, Lin Shan sent them a telegram to tell them that the journey was long and the Lin family had not returned.

She did send back ten dollars and asked Lin Shan to help her buy some dowry.