Chapter 351 It’s Good to Be Able to Endure Hardship

Lin Xiangnan felt that her remarks to the reporters were definitely conservative, but after they were published in the newspapers, she became a radical in the eyes of everyone.

"If it were someone else, I would think what Xiao Lin said was just bluffing. But when it came from Xiao Lin's mouth, I really believed that she thought so." Ding Yougui said naturally: "Geniuses, especially young geniuses, are very proud."

Sun Yi shook the newspaper and said, "Xiao Lin dared to say it, so the reporter dared to write it. Catch up in 30 years, surpass in 40 years. Xiao Lin dared to say it, but others dared not believe it."

"Can you guys stop talking in my ears? It's annoying." Lin Xiangnan drove them away with a wooden face, "Can't you just talk about me behind my back? I don't mind you talking bad about me behind my back."

"You are the person involved. It's pointless to say it behind your back." Wei Dongliang comforted him, "Don't worry, we are all young, and it's normal to be young and frivolous. Didn't you see that the wording in the news is very tolerant?"

The same words have different effects when spoken by different people.

Lin Xiangnan was too young, and when he made some bold statements, even Professor Wang just teased and encouraged him, and no one took any further action.

But no one believed it.

"You are hopeless... I'm too lazy to talk to you." Lin Xiangnan covered his face with a book and refused to communicate.

"Yes, yes, it's our fault." Afraid that Lin Xiangnan would really get angry and embarrassed, Ding Yougui and others quickly took the newspapers and ran away.

This country has been backward since its founding. Most people have no national confidence. They only blindly worship foreign countries. The moon in foreign countries is rounder than that in China, and the water in foreign countries is sweeter than that in China...

Lin Xiangnan would not buy into this kind of brainwashing package, but Hu Meili would.

But what makes Hu Meili different from ordinary people is that she has a daughter who has been abroad for inspection and a son who is studying abroad.

Whenever she had doubts, she would first ask Lin Xiangnan. The answers she got were always beyond her expectations, so Hu Meili would write directly to Lin Xiangdong.

Even cross-border letters take a long time to arrive, making Hu Meili impatient.

"Why hasn't this month's letter arrived yet? Maybe it was lost."

"What did you ask big brother again?" Lin Xiangnan ate a sour orange, his expression twisted for a moment, then immediately returned to normal, and he stuffed the orange to Hu Meili.

"Ask him about how to make money. I heard that there's gold everywhere in America, and the salary for washing dishes is very high." Hu Meili was thinking about something and didn't pay attention. She took the orange and stuffed it into her mouth.

"I told you before. America is not that good either. It's not much different from China. Spend money where you make it. Whenever you part with something, take it home." Lin Xiangnan said as he secretly glanced at Hu Meili's reaction while eating sour oranges.

"You are not a trustworthy person. No one believes me when I say this. Your elder brother's words are more true." Hu Meili almost lost her teeth due to the sour taste, but she did not curse. She silently shared the oranges with Dabao and Xiaobao.

The two children shivered from the sourness, and ate the orange half each. They praised earnestly, "It's so sour and delicious."

"You are young and you are not picky. You can eat any orange, no matter how sour it is." The prank failed, and Lin Xiangnan announced, "From now on, the sour oranges in the house will be handled by you two!"

"Okay!" Dabao and Xiaobao raised their hands happily.

"You only know how to bully children. Be careful or I'll beat you." Hu Meili wanted to threaten her a few more times when the postman outside the door called her name.

"It must be a letter from your eldest brother."

Hu Meili ran to the door and signed for the two letters directly.

"Did the letter from big brother and little brother arrive together?" Lin Xiangnan asked while peeling an orange. The orange she had just peeled was not sweet, so she picked a redder one.

This time it tasted sweet. Lin Xiangnan generously gave half of it to Hu Meili, "Want to eat it? It's very sweet."

Having just been cheated once, Hu Meili refused to accept the offer this time. "I don't eat sweet food either."

Lin Xiangnan didn't mind. He smiled and put the sweet orange into his mouth, then reached out to take the letter.

The content of the letter from my younger brother was very clear. According to his letter, he gets up at 5 o'clock every day, walks around the playground a few times to exercise and wake up, and then previews the textbooks. After breakfast at 7:30, he goes to class. After a whole day of classes, he goes to the library to study in the evening. He is not idle on Sundays either, participating in the activities of the food club and showing off his skills...

"What a fulfilling college life. All you do every day is study. You're such a good kid." Lin Xiangnan smiled subtly. She didn't believe that her younger brother could be so honest.

Lin Xiangnan didn't believe it, but Hu Meili did.

The dung beetle thinks its own children are fragrant. Looking at the children in her family, Hu Meili’s filter is so thick.

She looked pleased, "Xiaoxi is becoming more and more stable."

"He is getting heavier." Lin Xiangnan commented, "He doesn't look as skinny as he did when he was 18. He has gained at least 20 kilograms in the past two years."

"It's better to be fatter. Being able to eat is a blessing." Hu Meili said distressedly: "It's better than your brother starving outside."

"Starving? Big brother didn't say in the letter that he was starving." Lin Xiangnan pulled his big brother's letter over again and read it again. Indeed, there was no mention of starving.

Hu Meili asked him about the wages of dishwashers in the United States, and he honestly asked about it. In addition to dishwashers, he also asked about the wages of other odd jobs. In the local area, such jobs with an hourly wage of a few dollars are very common and are just enough to live. But taking into account the exchange rate, the wages for working in the United States are much higher than those in China.

But it is very difficult for ordinary people to go abroad and get a passport. If they want to work illegally, it will cost another price. So Lin Xiangdong suggested that it is feasible to go abroad through legitimate means, but it is not advisable to go abroad illegally to make money, which is too dangerous.

Apart from what Hu Meili specifically inquired about, the rest was Lin Xiangdong's daily life.

The letter said that the corn paste he ate on Sunday was very fragrant and reminded him of the corn paste Hu Meili cooked when he was a child. When eating, Lin Xiangdong thought of his family. He ate too much and felt bloated. All his homesickness was washed away, making him laugh and cry.

"Look, big brother is full. How can he be hungry?"

"Your eldest brother only reports good news and not bad news. Is corn paste something delicious? Don't I know whether the corn paste I made back then was delicious or not?"

Hu Meili complained: "If I cook corn paste for you and Xiaoxi now, you two won't even think about reminiscing about the past. You'll eat until you're full, and I'm not sure if you'll be willing to eat it."

Now the family is well off and they are no longer hungry. But Lin Xiangdong's living standard is declining.

Lin Xiangnan thought about it, changed his train of thought and comforted him, "It's good to be able to endure hardships. Being willing to endure hardships means that Big Brother will definitely return to China and will never be corrupted by the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism. Isn't this a good thing?"