Lin Chuan clenched his fist and coughed lightly twice. "Lei Yutang, is it?"
Lei Yutang's eyes sparkled as he looked at Lin Chuan. "Brother, please speak frankly."
Lin Chuan pondered that Lei Yutang was at least older than him.
"No need to call me 'Big Brother'," Lin Chuan said. "I know you are all loyal people. Since I saved Da Hai, we are now acquaintances. I will treat you as friends, and we don't need to be so polite with each other."
Lei Yutang laughed and said, "Big brother, you're such a nice person."
Lin Chuan had no choice but to accept it as "elder brother".
Have you taken your child to the hospital for a check-up?
Lei Yutang nodded, "They checked him out. The doctor said that it was fortunate that he was saved in time, otherwise my son would have died."
"That's good," Lin Chuan said. "Take this money back and buy some good food for the child to help him recover. You two go back first; I'll come find you if I need anything."
Lei Yutang quickly slammed the money on the table beside him. "Brother, how can I go back in peace if you don't take this money? I still have money to help my child recover. You have to take this money."
"By the way, brother, here is our address. If you need anything, just come to us."
After saying that, Lei Yutang took the group away.
Lin Chuan looked at the crooked handwriting on the paper on the table, then picked up the envelope and looked inside. There were five ten-yuan bills.
Lin Wei exclaimed repeatedly, "My goodness, Da Chuan, I thought we were going to fight, but it turns out he came to kowtow to you."
Lin Chuan laughed, "I was startled too. I thought they were here to cause trouble. I was thinking, if they really want money, I'll give it to them. I can't risk my life."
After the incident, Lei Yutang would often send some new gadgets to the shop.
Sometimes it was Lei Yutang who came, and sometimes it was his brothers.
Anyway, I always come when there's no one in the store, or I come in through the back door.
In Lei Yutang's words, what they did was dishonorable, and they shouldn't cause trouble for Lin Chuan's business.
If people knew that Lin Chuan was hanging out with them, no one would want to eat noodles anymore.
Lin Chuan's shop business is as good as ever; he feels fulfilled every day because he's busy.
In the village, Lin Qingyou's family is currently living the best; they can smell the aroma of meat every day.
Knowing they couldn't go back to Lin Laoda's place, Zhou Xiuying and Lin Fugui spent their days sighing and lamenting at home.
Wu Chunhua naturally knew that the old couple had gone to Lin Qingyou's door that day, begging to go back.
She was also eager to get rid of those two old geezers.
But I just can't get rid of it.
“What’s the use of sitting on the kang sighing? We see other people living good lives, but we can’t get any. If you and Dad are so capable, go to Lin Chuan’s shop and make a scene, so he can’t do business.”
Zhou Xiuying glared at Wu Chunhua, "With your father and me in such bad shape, how are we going to walk to the county town? Don't you see how cold it is outside? Why don't you go and cause trouble?"
Wu Chunhua retorted angrily, "What age am I? What age are you? You're the ones making a scene. What would it look like if I went?"
"Besides, if any family in the village sends a car to the county town, you and Dad can go along."
Zhou Xiuying remained silent, while Lin Fugui, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, sighed.
Wu Chunhua looked down on them. "All you two do is sigh and complain. If you two can't make any money here, Xinglong will have trouble getting married. Do you know that Xinglong has a girlfriend? It's that girl named Han Min."
"Originally, everyone was saying we'd bring the girl home to meet them, and then figure out a way to get married next year. But now, knowing you two are here, the girl won't even come to visit. Do you know why? She's afraid of having too many people to serve her; what use are you two then!"
When Zhou Xiuying heard this, she felt resentful that it had delayed Lin Xinglong's wedding.
In her heart, Lin Xinglong was naturally the most precious person.
Lin Xinglong rushed over from another room, "Grandma, you and Grandpa love me the most. You can't just watch me go without a wife, can you? Xiaomin said that as long as our family gives her a dowry of 500 yuan, she'll marry into our family right away. She also said she wants to give me three sons."
"Five hundred yuan?" Zhou Xiuying stood there stunned. "Who charges five hundred yuan to get married?"
Lin Xinglong didn't care at all. "Grandma, Xiaomin said she brought back five hundred yuan. She wanted to show her family our attitude and let them know her worth. Besides, Lin Chuan can easily come up with five hundred yuan now."
Lin Fugui pondered for a long time, "Then let's ask around and see who's going to the county town. We'll go too. We'll go to Lin Chuan's shop. If he's ashamed, he can give us five hundred yuan so Xinglong can get married. Otherwise, he shouldn't keep his shop open. If we're going to be poor, we'll be poor together!"
The matter was settled, and two days later, someone from the village drove a horse-drawn cart to the county town.
Zhou Xiuying and Lin Fugui then boarded the carriage.
The two of them didn't come to the county town often, so they were a little disoriented for a while.
After asking around, the two finally stood in front of Chunmai Noodle Shop.
But the two of them couldn't read, so they grabbed a passerby and asked, "Excuse me, is this a sign for Chunmai Noodle Shop?"
A passerby replied, "Yes, this is Chunmai Noodle Shop."
Zhou Xiuying scoffed at the name, saying, "A perfectly respectable man running a shop using a woman's name, how pathetic."
When someone came out after eating noodles, the aroma of noodles and meat wafted out as soon as the door opened.
Zhou Xiuying and Lin Fugui suddenly felt hungry.
These days have been tough for them.
The two of them opened the door and went inside.
It's so warm inside.
Hearing that someone had come in, Lin Ping quickly came out to greet them, "Hello, you two, what would you like to eat?"
When Zhou Xiuying and Lin Fugui looked up, they saw that Lin Ping had a towel draped over his shoulder and an apron tied around his waist, looking quite professional.
Zhou Xiuying said irritably, "Two people? It's your grandpa and grandma. We're cold and hungry, hurry up and bring us two bowls of big meat noodles!"
Lin Ping never expected that Zhou Xiuying and Lin Fugui would come.
He glanced at the other guests nearby, then, without saying a word, went straight into the kitchen.
"Da Chuan, Grandpa and Grandma are here, what should we do?"
Lin Chuan frowned and handed the knife to Lin Ping, "I'll go take a look. You and your second brother don't need to worry about it for now."
As soon as he stepped outside, he heard Zhou Xiuying and Lin Fugui yelling, "What kind of shop is this? Is no one in charge? Are they trying to starve us to death?"
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