Chapter 81

"Ah?" Lin Tao was stunned when she heard this. After a while, she blinked her eyes, put her hair that was messed up by the sea breeze behind her ears, and asked repeatedly, "Aunt Fang got married? When did it happen?"

"It happened not long after the Chinese New Year." Lin Manman said, "My mother originally wanted to write to you in person to tell you the news, but when the time came, she wrote several times but still had no idea how to say it. Later, she simply asked me to go to the island and tell you in person."

To Aunt Fang, Lin Tao is her second daughter.

When she first decided to tell Lin Manman that she was planning to remarry, she didn't sleep well for several nights, thinking about how to tell her.

This is secondary. Lin Tao just didn't expect this to happen so suddenly. When Aunt Fang's husband died unexpectedly, many people came to propose marriage, but Aunt Fang refused to remarry no matter what. She raised Lin Manman alone for fifteen years.

But after thinking about it carefully, Lin Tao finally figured it out.

Perhaps this is the deep love a mother has for her child. Lin Manman was still too young at the time, and Aunt Fang was worried that if she remarried with her, the man would treat Manman badly, so she would rather raise the child alone than remarry.

Now that Lin Manman has grown up, she works as a pharmacist at the island's health center, and now she has a job.

Aunt Fang felt relieved and naturally began to consider her own personal problems.

Lin Tao admired Aunt Fang from the bottom of her heart. She had no other opinions about Aunt Fang getting married. As long as the other party could treat her well, it might be a good thing. Otherwise, she would not have taken the initiative to talk to Aunt Fang about her father.

But she was young at that time and had misunderstandings about many things.

It was because of that incident that Lin Tao believed more strongly that love and friendship could remain unchanged for so many years.

In addition to the innate character, the guidance of adults plays an extremely important role in how each child grows up. Lin Tao and Lin Manman both have good temperaments because they have good role models.

But now, Lin Tao was more concerned about Lin Manman. She asked, "What do you think about this?"

Lin Manman knew that Lin Tao was afraid that she would be sad, so she smiled and said, "Actually, when I first heard my mother talk about this, I also felt it was quite sudden, but I definitely support my mother's remarriage. In fact, I know very well that the reason why my mother did not get married before was because of me."

"When I was a kid, I thought my dad was a good guy because he had a good temper. Although he passed away early, as far as I can remember, he never scolded me, and he never had any conflicts with others. Even if I did something wrong when I was a kid, he would never hit me like other dads. But later I realized that this was not good, it was cowardice."

"He doesn't have the authority of a head of the family. He is afraid of my grandparents and always does what they say. When my mother quarrels with him, he always says that they are the elders after all and she should just put up with it. It's so ugly when they quarrel. But how should my mother put up with it? Those two killed my brother. How can my mother put up with it?"

So she couldn't bear it anymore, and after giving birth to Manman, she would not let the two elders touch Manman even if she had to fight and scold them. Manman was her lifeblood and her spiritual support. She had already lost one child, so she couldn't afford to lose another one.

"The relationship between my parents is not as deep as that between Uncle Lin and Aunt Tao. Uncle Lin has Aunt Tao in his heart, so he plans not to marry again in his lifetime. But I am very happy that my mother is willing to take this step." Lin Manman couldn't help but shed tears when she talked about those things back then.

But when he talked about Aunt Fang, he smiled again.

After hearing this, Lin Tao reached out and patted Lin Manman on the shoulder, smiling and saying, "Aunt Fang must be very happy that you think this way. By the way, who did Aunt Fang marry?"

"Actually, we have all met that uncle. His surname is Shen. I remember we were discussing together at that time that there was actually someone with the surname 'Shen'. Later we went to ask Uncle Lin why Uncle Shen had the surname Shen and whether there was anyone with the surname Shen. Uncle Shen said of course there was, Shen Gongbao had the surname Shen." Lin Manman couldn't help laughing when she talked about her childhood.

After Lin Manman said this, Lin Tao also remembered and nodded, "I remember that Uncle Shen also worked in the transportation factory, right?"

She remembered that Uncle Shen was a very nice person, although he looked a little fierce. He was tall and strong. When she and Lin Manman were young, they thought he was like a mountain, taller than Lin Tao's father. Lin Tao thought he was really tall, after all, her father was the tallest person in Taohua Village.

Uncle Shen also gave her candies and sweets to eat. He was a very kind man who didn't smoke or drink. Although Aunt Fang didn't expect to marry Uncle Shen, she was very happy.

Lin Manman nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Shen's cousin has been dead for more than ten years. He also had a daughter, but she got married two years ago. His daughter is now my step-sister. She is a very nice person. We are all very happy that they are together."

"That's great," Lin Tao said. "I'm so happy for Aunt Fang. It's a pity that I can't congratulate her in person."

"I knew you would say that. At that time, my mother felt that they were old enough and there was no need for a big wedding. A simple meal for the two families would be enough. When I came, my mother stuffed a handful of wedding candy into my pocket and asked me to bring it to you," said Lin Manman.

She took out wedding candy from her pocket. The bright red wrapper looked very festive.

Lin Tao took one and ate it, smiling, "It's so sweet."

How sweet! I'm really happy for Aunt Fang.

When Lin Tao and Lin Manman walked slowly home, Yueyue and Li Chengxi, father and daughter, were already tired from playing. They fell asleep on the bed. Yueyue's sleeping posture was strange. She didn't know when she fell asleep, and her feet were almost reaching Li Chengxi's mouth.

After seeing this, Lin Tao shook her head helplessly, walked over, picked up Yueyue, and put her in the crib to sleep.

Although she moved very little, Li Chengxi still woke up. As a soldier, he had sharpness engraved in his genes.

Li Chengxi opened his eyes and asked, "Are you back?"

"Yes." Lin Tao nodded. "It's still early. You can sleep with your daughter for a while."

Li Chengxi was also feeling a little sleepy. He didn't sleep much last night and he had to go back to the group tomorrow, so he might as well take a rest today.

Lin Manman was feeding the little rabbits in the yard and said, "The little rabbits are growing so fast. When I left last year, they were still so small, but now they have grown so big."

"That's right. I think this nest is too small and there's almost no room for us to live in." Lin Tao said.

At this moment, Xu Yuting's voice rang out: "Seeing your door open, I guessed you must have come back. How was it? Did you have a good time this time?"

Not only Xu Yuting came, but Chen Shuifen was also there. She said, "You guys must have had a great time, didn't you know that your black-hearted grandmother came right after you left, but we scolded her severely."

Chen Shuifen didn't know that Lin Tao left the island deliberately to avoid Old Lady Lin, but Xu Yuting guessed it a little.

At this point, Lin Tao didn't intend to hide it from them, so she told them about it and explained, "I didn't expect that she would make trouble here when I wasn't at home, so I didn't tell you about it in advance."

She felt quite embarrassed to say it because her affairs had caused trouble for Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting.

Chen Shuifen waved her hands: "What's the big deal? If a grandmother like me were to come, I would have to hide and let her miss the opportunity."

"I guessed that this was the case at the time, but you were not there and didn't see how your eldest sister treated your grandmother. She used her own way to treat you, and her face turned green at the time," said Xu Yuting.

Chen Shuifen smiled and said, "My mother-in-law used to use that trick. She would feel uncomfortable here or there all the time. She was just pretending. Who is afraid of who? She pretends and I pretend too. Let's see who can pretend better."

Although Lin Tao was not present at the scene, one can imagine how ugly Mrs. Lin's expression was at that time.

She smiled and took out the food she brought for them, letting them take it back to eat. They had a good relationship, so the two of them did not refuse.

They chatted for a while again, talking about Lin Tao's absence these days. Xu Yuting said, "Tao, you may not know this, but Teacher Zhong is now teaching two subjects, mathematics and Chinese."