Chapter 170: It doesn’t matter what your last name is
Lin Xiangnan and her friends quickly received the letter from their hometown.
Lin Xiangnan didn't care about his elder brother's decision, but Hu Meili was furious.
"What's wrong with this kid? Why did he change his mind so quickly?" Hu Meili couldn't help but turn around several times, cursing, "If I were at home, I would beat him to death."
"Mom, isn't this normal? Aren't all men like this?"
Lin Xiangnan ignored the two brothers Gu Zhenhua who were present and attacked them indiscriminately: "A man would be tempted by a beautiful woman with a good family background. There are basically no exceptions."
Her words made Gu Zhenjun stunned for two seconds. He held the child and thought for a while.
It seems that he doesn't need to have a superior family background or good looks. As long as the girl is of similar age, truly likes him and doesn't mind his shortcomings, he will be very touched and willing to marry her.
It seemed that Lin Xiangnan was right in scolding.
Gu Zhenjun lowered his head in shame.
However, Gu Zhenhua held his head high and showed his loyalty to Lin Xiangnan.
"Wife, I'm not that kind of person. You know my story. I used to avoid those lesbians. I'm different from my brother..."
"Don't put one down and praise another. Can you be the same as my elder brother? Your army is full of bachelors, all men, how many female comrades can you have? My elder brother and Zhou Kangmei are colleagues, they see each other every day, it's strange that he can stand the torture."
Gu Zhenhua was just showing his loyalty. He smiled even when being criticized and didn't mind.
This occasion was not very convenient, so he planned to go to bed at night. When he and Lin Xiangnan were together, he would show his sincere heart to Lin Xiangnan.
I guarantee that Lin Xiangnan will love him even more after seeing him!
Thinking of this, Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but secretly smile happily.
Hu Meili didn't have the heart to care about other people. She frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out why Lin Xiangdong compromised so quickly.
"Your eldest brother went to the countryside for five or six years before he got together with Sun Xiaodie from the countryside. He has only been back in the city for more than a year..."
Lin Xiangnan curled his lips. "It would be strange for an educated youth who just came from the city to the countryside to like a country girl. Don't people think that city people are superior now?"
They say that workers and peasants are one family, but this is what they think in their hearts.
The educated youth who had just gone to the countryside were still thinking about returning to the city and basically would not date in the countryside.
Lin Xiangdong and Sun Xiaodie got together after five or six years in the countryside. During such a long period of time, the will of this group of educated youth had been almost worn out by the heavy farm work, and most of them had given up the idea of returning to the city.
If they don't go back to the city, they can't stay alone in the countryside forever. When they go to the countryside, their relatives are not around, and they don't even have anyone to talk to. As time goes by, the people in the educated youth sites also marry local people one after another.
Lin Xiangdong persisted for five or six years, which is considered a long time.
In this era, not everyone is mentally prepared to be a widower.
Everyone wants to get married and have children in an orderly manner.
They were going to get married after all, and Zhou Kang was a nice lady who didn't look down on his past. They also had common topics to talk about, and Lin Xiangdong always thought she was excellent.
But because he had a heavy burden on himself, Lin Xiangdong had been rejecting Zhou Kangmei's kindness.
A big part of the reason why we are letting go now is because of Director Zhou. Director Zhou said that we can’t delay any further.
Director Zhou was bothered by Lin Xiangdong's past, but he couldn't persuade his daughter, so he had to compromise.
Because the child will take the surname Zhou, Lin Xiangdong does not need to give a betrothal gift.
Lin Xiangdong wanted to save money to compensate his ex-wife, and Director Zhou did not object. Even if they were married, Lin Xiangdong could still save a few dollars from his salary every month.
It was a total of two hundred yuan, which would take Lin Xiangdong a long time to save. But to Director Zhou, it was only two months' salary. The Zhou family did not think it was a huge sum of money.
Lin Xiangdong and Sun Xiaodie have no contact anymore, but he is stubborn and wants compensation. So although Director Zhou doesn't like it, he still thinks Lin Xiangdong is responsible.
In this day and age, divorce has an impact on both men and women, and remarriage is not as easy as first marriage.
Lin Xiangdong's marriage was neither high nor low, so how could Sun Xiaodie be any better? With Sun Xiaodie's conditions, she could have chosen anyone in the brigade before, but after the divorce, she could only make do with whoever she wanted.
Regardless of the right or wrong in the past, his decision to divorce and return to the city ultimately affected Sun Xiaodie's second half of her life.
Sun Xiaodie didn't dare to force Lin Xiangdong to return to the countryside because she didn't want to bear the psychological burden, so the psychological burden fell on Lin Xiangdong who returned to the city.
With a job and a fixed food ration every month, Lin Xiangdong was able to eat and dress warmly. He was physically relieved, but he was not mentally relieved.
"After returning to the city, my eldest brother has been living frugally and doesn't care about his reputation at all. He even told people that he was divorced. It's obvious that he did it on purpose and doesn't want to get married."
Lin Xiangnan asked Hu Meili curiously, "Now that my elder brother has finally agreed, why are you still not agreeing? Weren't you the one who urged me to get married the most during the Chinese New Year?"
"Zhou Kangmei has a very bad temper. The Zhou family is too powerful." Hu Meili replied unhappily.
"But big brother is happy about it." Lin Xiangnan said: "Didn't you see the praise for Zhou Kangmei in big brother's letter?"
Lin Xiangdong has already shown Zhou Kangmei the ugliest and weakest side of his humanity, but Zhou Kangmei still firmly chooses him. It would be strange if Lin Xiangdong could bear it.
Even though Lin Xiangdong and Lin Xiangxi both spoke well of Zhou Kangmei in their letters, Hu Meili was still not happy.
"Anyway, I don't agree with this marriage. I have to write back and make it clear."
In order to let Lin Xiangdong deeply understand her meaning, Hu Meili first wrote a draft on a blank piece of paper. Before, she just wrote whatever she thought of, but now she started to think carefully.
"First, I have to make my position clear... Then I have to tell him the disadvantages of marrying into the wife's family..."
Seeing Hu Meili's fearful look, Lin Xiangnan commented with some amusement: "The rules are clear enough. But this is not marrying into the wife's family. You are just talking nonsense."
"There is no betrothal gift. The child's surname is Zhou. This is not marrying into the wife's family. What is marrying into the wife's family?"
"Only one child has the surname Zhou. Not all children have the surname Zhou." Lin Xiangnan said, "If we have a child in the future, it will be Zhou Kangmei who will give birth. After ten months of pregnancy, why can't the child have the mother's surname?"
Gu Zhenhua, the lackey, immediately chimed in, "Xiao Nan is right. I don't mind if the child takes the mother's last name."
Hu Meili rolled her eyes and said, "I don't mind. My last name is Hu, not Lin. I don't care what my grandson's last name is."
"Then you still don't agree?"
"I'm just worried that your eldest brother will be wronged. I don't know how bad the rumors will be. Now he thinks Zhou Kang is great, but if he is bullied by those sour words for ten or twenty years, I don't believe he will still think so..."