His voice became smaller and smaller.
Ye Lian and Lin Dawei were both stunned.
After a moment, Lin Ping whispered again, "I told her that we come from the countryside and are very poor. But when she came to our house today, she realized we weren't that poor, so she thought... you definitely wouldn't agree."
Now that things have been said, they naturally understand.
Ye Lian slapped her thigh and said, "Didn't you tell her that this is your eldest brother's house and the big villa in front is your sister's?"
"I told you, I have nothing. But they think my older brother and sister are capable and will definitely help me in the future. My family has so many connections..."
"Why are we so well-connected? We're just farmers. And that's why the girl doesn't want to?"
"Not really. I said I'd discuss it with you first."
Ye Lian: "What's there to discuss? If you're feeling bad about it, just treat the child as having my last name."
Lin Ping looked at Lin Dawei.
Ye Lian followed his gaze and glared at Lin Dawei, "Do you have any objections? All three children have your surname, and the eldest grandson also has your surname. What do you have any objections to?"
Lin Dawei quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I have no objection. This is fine. It's a different era now, and we don't have to force our children to take someone's surname."
"That's right. If I have a daughter in the future, will she not marry me off? Really, what am I supposed to do? Just like that? How can you be more feudal than us?"
Lin Ping's eyes flashed, "So you agree?"
"I agree. You've dedicated yourself to the country, so we have no objection to you never getting married."
Lin Ping never expected them to be so open-minded.
He let out a long breath, "That's great, I'll talk to him later and arrange a time for our families to have dinner together."
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Ye Lian: "Isn't this... too fast?"
Lin Ping: "Mom, you're not going to regret this, are you? You just lied to me?"
Ye Lian: “…”
"Alas!" Lin Ping sighed and said, "Please think about me too. It's fine for me to live with my eldest brother now that I'm not married, but when I get married in the future, I can't bring my wife to live with my eldest brother, right? I might as well live with my wife and become a live-in son-in-law."
Ye Lian knocked him on the head, "Who dislikes you when you say that?"
Lin Dawei: "We're not regretting it, we just feel it's too fast. We just met the girl today, and in a few days we'll be meeting her parents. We're not prepared."
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about meeting for now. Let's talk about it later."
After Lin Yuyao got off work, Ye Lian hurried to tell her the good news.
"Lin Ping brought his girlfriend home, the one he went abroad with. She's a local, and I heard her parents are both researchers."
Lin Yuyao was surprised. "Really? Then Lin Ping is marrying up. Both of her parents are researchers. They don't come from an ordinary family."
"Yes, if my family wasn't in need of a son to carry on the family line, how could I have set my sights on your brother?"
Lin Yuyao: “…”
"Lin Ping is going to be a live-in son-in-law?"
"Yes, this kid is really lucky." Ye Lian said happily.
"Mom, it's great that you think this way. The girl comes from an educated family, and her parents are knowledgeable. Lin Ping will learn a lot from them, which will be beneficial to him."
Ye Lian nodded, then suddenly sighed.
"He..." He hesitated to speak.
"What's going on?"
"He said the house belonged to his eldest brother. It was fine for him to live there while he was single, but once he got married, he couldn't bring his wife to live there. He didn't have the money to buy a house, and he didn't know when his company would allocate housing. He might as well be someone else's son-in-law. Hearing him say that, I found it both funny and sad."
Lin Yuyao said, "Mom, Lin Ping is getting married, and I can help him with the house issue."
Ye Lian shook her head. "No, don't be fooled by Lin Ping's appearance. He actually has a strong sense of pride. When Lu Jiangting was admitted to the university, people said our family was just peasants and that you were not worthy of Lu Jiangting. He immediately started working hard and was determined to get into a good university to support you."
Lin Yuyao naturally knew these things.
Ye Lian added, "If you give him pocket money, he'll take it. If you buy him a house, he'll definitely not want it."
Lin Yuyao lowered her head, of course she understood.
Lin Ping is actually very similar to his mother, stubborn and with a strong sense of self-esteem.
I'll accept gifts occasionally, and some money during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, but I won't take anything more than that.
…
After getting their diplomas, they both entered Fu Huaiyi's research institute.
Lin Yuyao asked Fu Huaiyi about Lin Ping. Fu Huaiyi said, "Their research direction is slightly different from ours, so they're not in the same office as us."
"That shouldn't be far, right?"
"Not far, they're upstairs from us."
"That's great. I'll trouble you to take care of my brother."
Fu Huaiyi smiled faintly and said, "Don't treat him like a child. He's grown up, how could he not be able to take care of himself?"
Lin Yuyao smiled and said, "That's true."
"By the way, did he tell you that he's going to live in the dormitory?"
"No, he's been back for so many days, and I've only seen him once. It's not far from here to work, so why is he still living in the dormitory?"
Fu Huaiyi said, "Maybe they find it inconvenient."
Lin Ping really felt that he couldn't live in his eldest brother's house for a long time, so he wanted to move to the dormitory on the grounds that it would be troublesome to go back and forth.
Ye Lian and the others tried to persuade him but failed, so they just let him go.
Lin Yuyao told Fu Huaiyi about Lin Ping's plan to become a live-in son-in-law and also told him about his dilemma.
"He was supposed to be the most promising of our three children. My eldest brother and I no longer had to worry about money. I never expected him to be in such a difficult situation."
Fu Huaiyi is more insightful than Lin Yuyao.
"Don't worry about being embarrassed. Lin Ping doesn't need any of this. He's on a different path from you and your elder brother. They'll understand in the future that, for them, the goal of life isn't really about money. I think it's great that they share the same ideals and pursue something more meaningful than money together."
After he comforted her, Lin Yuyao felt better.
For a lay person like her, if she wants to understand things at a higher level, she needs guidance from others.
The same is true for Fu Huaiyi.
If Fu Huaiyi wanted to make money, he would be no worse than her.
…
A few days later, Yi Yunshuo came back and found Fu Huaiyi, secretly pulling him aside.
Fu Huaiyi pushed him away impatiently, "Let go, what's the point of pulling and tugging?"
"Oh, I'm... I'm so heavy."
"What?"
He spread out a cloth bag, which was full of money.
Fu Huaiyi was stunned. "I told you to go back to visit your family, but you became a thief?"
"What are you talking about? This is my money."
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