"I'll help you." The chubby girl suddenly stood up, ran quickly to his side, and took the two suitcases.

But as soon as she grabbed the handle, a large hand covered her suitcase.

The chubby girl looked up and met Cao De's dark eyes.

“I’ll help him.” He said calmly, but his tone left no room for refusal.

Lin Jun glanced at them, pushed two suitcases to the door, and plopped down next to Grandma.

"Grandma, Grandpa is bullying me."

Lin Shaowen glared at him, wanting to send his grandson back to Germany immediately.

Lin Atai smiled so much that her wrinkles piled up. "I'll help you deal with him in a bit."

Lin Jun's eyes lit up instantly. He clung to his grandmother's arm and looked at his grandfather defiantly.

Lin Shaowen, "..."

A cold wind blew by, and the trees beside him rustled, as if applauding Lin Jun.

After chatting for a while, the group pushed their suitcases into the main room.

When Jiaojiao and Xiaoxiao ran back, they saw the suitcases all over the ground and obediently walked around them.

Lin Jun and Lin Shaowen put the suitcase containing the clothes aside, and then opened all the other suitcases.

"Why buy these? We have everything we need at home," Grandma Lin muttered.

She took out a bamboo basket containing dried glutinous rice flour.

Grandma Lin plans to make banana leaf rice cakes so that her adopted son can taste the flavors of his hometown.

"It's my first time coming back for the New Year, so I have to give my nieces some gifts," Lin Shaowen said with a faint smile.

He prepared a lot of candy and snacks, as well as some supplements and medicines that can't be bought here.

Lin Atai wanted to say something more, but when she saw Jiaojiao holding the clothes up to herself, she swallowed back the words she was about to say.

Compared to the harmonious atmosphere at the Lin family's house, the Wei family's house was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Ever since Wei Sheng broke her leg, Li Zhaodi has been afraid to speak loudly when she gets home.

Qin Atai is paralyzed at home, but she is conscious. She just needs help with toileting. At first, Li Zhaodi took care of her, but later she simply handed it all over to her daughter, Wei Caixia.

"Grandma, have some water." Wei Caixia found a straw and put it to her lips.

Qin Atai's eyes reddened, and a tear rolled down her cheek shortly afterward.

While she was bedridden, her granddaughter took care of her most of the time, while her daughter-in-law only did superficial work.

“Xia…” Qin Atai wanted to say something, but his pronunciation was inaccurate, and he only managed to utter one word.

Wei Caixia simply nodded and used a clean towel to wipe away her tears.

She was raised by her great-grandmother when she was a child, and Wei Caixia has mixed feelings about her great-grandmother.

I felt both sorry for her and hate her.

From a young age, her grandmother always scolded her for being a money-loser, and Wei Caixia harbored a lot of resentment in her heart.

But she felt guilty about leaving the paralyzed old man unattended.

"That old hag, all she does all day is eat, drink, and poop. She can't help with anything and is just a burden to the family..."

The sound of Li Zhaodi cursing could be heard from outside.

She only dared to yell loudly while cooking dinner, because Wei Er wouldn't be back until after dinner.

Wei Sheng sat in the main room, engrossed in reading a storybook.

With no work to do and daily bone broth and meat to eat, Wei Sheng feels very comfortable with his life now.

"Asheng, have some bone broth first. We need to heal your leg." Li Zhaodi heated up the bone broth she had prepared that afternoon and placed it next to Wei Sheng on the table.

She saw her son reading a book, and a smile welled up in her eyes.

Li Zhaodi thought to herself, it's not a big deal if my leg is broken. My son reads books every day, and maybe he can take the exam to become a worker after his leg recovers.

"I'll drink it later," Wei Sheng said casually, engrossed in the watch.

"Oh, I won't disturb you while you're reading. I'll go cook dinner now."

Wei Caixia came out of the house carrying dirty water, and her lips twitched when she heard what she said.

Why worry about disturbing someone while reading a story?

Li Zhaodi was illiterate and thought her son was reading some useful book, so she smiled so broadly her mouth almost reached her ears.

"You brat, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and help prepare dinner."

She saw the water her daughter was carrying, looked away with disdain, threw down a sentence, and walked out of the main room.

Looking at the rosy glow in the sky, Wei Caixia secretly resolved to study even harder and stay far away from home.

At this moment, on the beach.

Jiaojiao, with Lin Jun holding her little hand, walked on the beach, occasionally letting out a silvery laugh.

The crimson sunset cast its glow on the sea, the shimmering, dark light almost blinding.

Lin Ziyan led them to the beach, carrying small buckets in her hands.

She walked slowly with her second sister, listening to her sister talk about interesting things at school.

"Sister, oysters?" Xiaoxiao asked, tapping a spot with pliers.

Lin Ziyan placed the bucket on a nearby rock, squatted down, and used a small shovel to remove the stones next to it. When she saw the protruding foot, she said, "It's a sea turtle."

Xiaoxiao frowned and said, "Why does a sea turtle's shell look like an oyster?"

"The sea turtle is covered in barnacles, and it's too heavy for it to climb, so it's stuck here." After saying that, Lin Ziyan took out a knife from her bag, preparing to clean it.

She had only seen videos of barnacle cleaning before, so she was very careful not to snag the turtle's shell.

Wearing gloves, Lin Ziyan first broke off the top barnacles with her hands, and then slowly chopped off the top layer with a knife.

The sea turtle was very cooperative throughout the entire process and seemed to enjoy it quite a bit.

Xiaoxiao squatted to the side watching, her eyes full of curiosity.

After all the barnacles were removed, some mottled barnacle remnants remained on the turtle's shell, but they no longer hindered its movement.

The sea turtle then burrowed under the rocks, then surfaced again, repeating this process many times, as if waving.

Lin Ziyan moved the rock aside and saw a large lobster. She immediately used pliers to put it into the bucket.

"A sea turtle delivers lobsters..." Xiaoxiao, the second sister, blurted out.

Lin Ziyan watched the sea turtle crawl into the sea, her eyes deepening.

The Buddhist prayer beads on her wrist were getting hot.

"Sister, come over here quickly, there are so many crabs..." Jiaojiao shouted from a large reef.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on her rosy face, as if her hair was also tinged with light.

Lin Ziyan glanced down at the large lobster in the bucket, then pulled Xiaoxiao and strode towards Jiaojiao.

The shadows of the two people were reflected in the water, stretching longer and longer.

"What were you doing over there just now?" Lin Jun asked curiously.

Lin Ziyan briefly recounted what had just happened, then pointed to the large lobster in the bucket and laughed, "It paid me."

Jiaojiao rested her chin on her hand, looking at the large lobster in the bucket. Her round eyes were bright, and her long eyelashes blinked. "Cook it and eat it."

Lin Ziyan shook her head and chuckled, teasing her, "How about we keep it as a pet..."

Jiaojiao looked conflicted, then shook her head vigorously, "Cook it and eat it."

Before the two could say anything more, the waves reached their feet, and a dark mass floated up.

Lin Jun's eyes flickered slightly as he tried to grab the dark object, but then he saw a sea turtle emerge from the water.

Lin Ziyan squatted down and touched its shell, saying, "You really think I'm a cleaner?"

Beside it was a smaller turtle, also completely covered in barnacles.

"What kind of reward will you give this time?" Lin Ziyan joked.