After the meal, apart from Lin Shanfu, no one else could simply leave their bowls and chopsticks; Lin Xiazhu called them over to clean up, including Tiezhu.
"Come and help, everyone! Nobody's going to slack off. Some of you are washing the dishes, some are wiping the tables. Anyone who doesn't work isn't allowed to eat at my house next time," Lin Xiazhu ordered rudely.
“Xiaozhu, you’ll have no friends if you keep doing this. How can you expect guests to clean up the table themselves? It’s better to eat at home. You need to change this habit.” Lin Shanfu found it amusing and didn’t quite agree with his niece’s approach.
However, they didn't really stop them. Zhang Yu and his friends could eat a lot. They finished two cases of beer, all by themselves, Zhang Shengli, Zhang Longfei, and Tiezhu, along with two other close friends. The six of them finished it, and it still wasn't enough. They wanted to bring back a few more cases.
His eldest niece stopped him, saying, "Anyone who dares to cause a drunken scene in my house, I'll throw them into the river. You all better behave yourselves. Drink in moderation, and don't try to chug bottles and have drinking contests all the time. If you end up throwing up in my house, it'll be disgusting."
Lin Xiazhu always speaks very bluntly and rudely. If it were anyone else, they would have already given her the cold shoulder and stopped talking to her. But Zhang Yu and the others seem to have masochistic tendencies. No matter how fierce Lin Xiazhu is, they just want to get closer to her.
They're just a bunch of weaklings; they probably wouldn't even listen to their parents at home, but Lin Xiazhu has them completely under her thumb.
Then, he dutifully washed the dishes, wiped the table, and swept the floor, cleaning the living room and kitchen spotless in less than fifteen minutes.
“Uncle, housework is tiring. There are so many bowls and plates for just the few of us to wash. How long will it take? I’m right, many hands make light work. If we all work together, it will be much easier.” Lin Chacha took off her apron and sat down next to her uncle.
"It's so boring to just stay home and watch TV after dinner. Xiaozhu, let's go to a dance hall or a karaoke bar." Zhang Yu looked at Lin Xiazhu, waiting for her to make a decision.
Zhang Shengli and the others also looked over expectantly, and even Tie Zhu was itching to make a move.
"Anyone who wants to go can go, I don't want to go." Lin Xiazhu slumped on the sofa, not wanting to move.
"Sister, I want to go, let me go." Lin Xiaoxue is eleven years old this year, 1.5 meters tall, and looks a bit like a young lady.
She loves dressing up and works very hard at the clothing store to have more new dresses to wear. She doesn't want money as a reward, she just wants pretty dresses and clothes.
Seeing her eyes darting around, as if she wanted to go to a cemetery or a nightclub and act all wild, Lin Xiazhu frowned. "Minors should all stay home and watch TV. They are not allowed to go to entertainment venues."
"You were allowed to go last time, so why can't you go this time?" Lin Xiaoxue stomped her foot, on the verge of tears. Many of her classmates went to dance halls and karaoke bars, and their parents never said anything. Her sister, however, was too controlling.
"mom……"
Yan Xin immediately got up and looked around. "Where did my key go? I might have left it downstairs. I'll go upstairs and look for it." Then she quickly ran upstairs.
Lin Xiaoxue: "..." This mother is really unreliable.
"Alright, Zhang Yu, hurry up and take your people out. Don't try to sow discord in my house. My family has a lot of children." Lin Xiazhu opened the back door, gesturing for Zhang Yu and the others to leave quickly.
"Let's go, let's go." Zhang Yu scratched his head and quickly walked towards the back door, not daring to say another word.
Tie Zhu walked at the back, and when he reached Lin Xiazhu's side, he paused, looked at her and said, "Don't worry, I will remember your family's kindness."
Lin Xiazhu looked completely bewildered, and it took her a while to realize what the other person was talking about. But by then, Tie Zhu had already walked away, his figure disappearing into the night.
"Comrade Tiezhu, let's not hold any grudges. If we meet again, let's pretend we don't know each other." Lin Xiazhu believed he could hear her. She didn't want anything to do with Chen Zinan. Get out of here and don't show up again.
Tie Zhu froze, not understanding what the person meant.
"Uncle, are you leaving too? Why don't you stay a little longer?" Lin Xiazhu was about to close the door when she saw Lin Shanfu come out as well.
"I'm not sitting here anymore. I'm going to a karaoke bar. My throat's been itching lately, and I want to belt out a tune." Lin Shanfu smiled somewhat awkwardly.
He doesn't like clubbing, but he loves singing. People his age love to sing songs like "Sweet Honey" and "Heart Rain." It costs three yuan to request a song, so if you request three songs, sing them, drink a bottle of soda, and then you can go home and go to sleep.
"That's good, but you should go back to your place to rest early after singing. There are a lot of people wearing heavy makeup in the karaoke bars lately, so Uncle, be careful not to fall for their tricks." Lin Xiazhu said with a serious expression.
Lin Shanfu almost burst out laughing, and said irritably, "Where would a child like you get all this information? You should focus your energy on your studies now, and don't go astray."
“We definitely can’t go astray, we’re being serious,” Lin Xiazhu blinked and said casually, “Uncle, why don’t we just bring Auntie to the county town? Anyway, you’ve already bought the land, and Auntie can help supervise the construction when the house is built.”
In his previous life, Lin Shanfu became a contractor, bought land in the county town, built a small villa, and later bought a car. He lived a very glamorous life.
However, he also made a mistake. Having lived in the county town for a long time, he liked to go to karaoke bars, which inevitably led him to come into contact with some young and beautiful women. These women knew he was rich, so they tried to get close to him.
In short, Lin Shanfu eventually succumbed to the temptation of a beautiful woman and took a mistress. When his wife discovered this, it caused a huge uproar, and the two almost got divorced.
Zhao Yinxiu threatened to commit suicide by drinking pesticide, jumping into the river, and hanging herself. But before all that, she gave the mistress a severe beating, tearing her face apart and almost disfiguring her.
In the end, for reasons unknown, the two did not divorce. The house in the county town was given to their two sons, and Lin Shanfu and Zhao Yinxiu went back to their hometown to retire.
"Bring your aunt over? The environment in the county town isn't suitable for her; she won't be used to living there." Lin Shanfu instinctively wanted to refuse, but his brow furrowed slightly. This niece was meddling too much.
"How can you be sure she's not used to it if she hasn't even tried it? Uncle, you're bound to be rough around the edges when you live alone. Why don't you let Aunt come and take care of you? The work on the construction site is so hard, how can you manage without someone around to help you?"
Lin Xiazhu pretended not to notice the strange look in his eyes and calmly offered her advice.
"My eldest cousin has started looking for a wife. I heard he's met several girls but hasn't been satisfied with any of them. I don't know if it's because he dislikes the girls, or if the girls dislike him."
However, it's unreasonable to say that others dislike my eldest cousin. Uncle, you're a top earner, one of the most capable people in Shanhe Town. Aunt is also a hardworking person, and our family has a good reputation; there's nothing wrong with that."
After listening to her for a while, Lin Shanfu realized that his niece was subtly warning him, implying that he was already in his forties, almost fifty, and his son was old enough to get married, so he shouldn't go out and harass other people's young girls.
To avoid the news getting out and ruining the family's reputation, and being laughed at for being disrespectful to elders.
"I'll think about it and see later." Lin Shanfu seemed to be fleeing in panic.
Recently, there's been a woman with heavy makeup hanging around him, and she's really starting to get a little tempted, almost losing control of herself.
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