Xing Zhaozhao watched Lin Wan lead the two children straight into the house, and the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.
So this is the Lin family. No wonder her mother cut ties with them. These overly familiar people are really hard to deal with.
However, since she was already there, and it was the Lunar New Year, she didn't want to resort to violence. Considering that the two girls were quite nice, she decided to put up with it for now.
Xing Zhaozhao shook her head helplessly, closed the door, and turned to follow him into the house.
At this moment, Lin Wan and her two children were already seated in the main room. All three pairs of eyes, one big and two small, were staring intently at the fruit plate on the table.
Because it was Chinese New Year, Xing Zhaozhao specially set out common melon seeds, peanuts, and candies. The only rare thing was the few White Rabbit candies mixed in with the fruit candies.
Seeing that the two little girls were drooling with desire, Xing Zhaozhao was about to call out to them: "..."
Before she could even speak, Lin Wan swiftly made her move, precisely targeting the few White Rabbit candies, and in a flash, she picked them all up.
"..." Xing Zhaozhao didn't know what to say.
Nobody's going to take it from you.
However, given the scarcity of resources in those times, she could understand why; it was all for the sake of the children.
However, the next moment, Xing Zhaozhao saw Lin Wan quickly peel a White Rabbit candy, stuff it into her mouth, and then put the remaining ones into her pocket.
Seeing the two children staring at her with drooling eyes, she grabbed two handfuls of fruit candies from the fruit plate and stuffed them into their hands: "Eat up, what are you standing there for? Make yourself at your aunt's house, don't be shy."
"..." Xing Zhaozhao was completely speechless.
What a terrible mother...
Upon hearing Lin Wan's words, the two girls immediately let loose and started playing freely.
After grabbing the candy, Lin Wan reached for the melon seeds and peanuts: "Don't just eat candy, eat some melon seeds and peanuts too. Put the ones you can't finish in your pocket."
The two little girls' pockets weren't very big and couldn't hold much, so Lin Wan filled their pockets and continued to stuff them into her own.
Xing Zhaozhao: "..."
"How about I find you a bag, and you can take the whole basin with you?" Xing Zhaozhao couldn't help but say.
Lin Wan's eyes lit up as she looked at Xing Zhaozhao: "That's great! Cousin Zhaozhao, you're so generous. But you don't need to bother finding a bag, I'll bring my own."
After saying that, she took out a cloth bag from her bosom, shook it open, picked up the few remaining melon seeds, peanuts, and candies from the fruit plate, poured them all into the bag, tied it tightly, and hung it on her wrist.
Xing Zhaozhao: "..."
After finishing the food, Lin Wan finally had some free time. She looked around Xing Zhaozhao's house and exclaimed, "I didn't expect your place to be so nice, Cousin Zhaozhao. I asked around in the village and heard that you broke off your ties with the Gao family and were forced to move to this abandoned house on the mountain. I was quite worried that you wouldn't be doing well, and I was even planning to go back and call for help. But we Lin family members are tough enough to take a ton of bricks; we've never suffered like this before."
Upon hearing this, Xing Zhaozhao's heart skipped a beat, and she exclaimed in fright, "No need! My surname is Xing, and I'm not a member of your Lin family."
Lin Wan turned her head and looked at Xing Zhaozhao with a smile: "But you do have the blood of the Lin family flowing in your veins, you are a member of the Lin family."
Xing Zhaozhao: "..." I feel like I'm dirty.
“Before, it was because we were far away and couldn’t contact each other, so there was nothing we could do.” Lin Wan looked at Xing Zhaozhao and continued, “Now that I’ve moved to town, if you need any help, you must come to me. My home is on Dacheng Street. My husband’s name is Chen Dachuan. He’s a scrap collector. You can easily find out by asking around. When the time comes, I’ll go back to my parents’ house to get some people. I’ll make sure those who bullied you are either dead or skinned alive.”
Xing Zhaozhao chuckled and said, "Thanks, but no need."
"We're all family, no need to be so polite, it's settled then," Lin Wan said.
Xing Zhaozhao: "..."
Xing Zhaozhao felt a tightness in her chest. It was as if she couldn't understand human speech.
Xing Zhaozhao couldn't help but roll up her sleeves.
She couldn't take it anymore. If she continued talking to herself like this, she would have to get serious.
Perhaps sensing the chill emanating from Xing Zhaozhao, Lin Wan obediently shut her mouth.
Just then, Hongfei, perhaps awakened by the noise outside, rubbed his sleepy eyes and came out of the house.
Seeing several strangers in the room, he paused for a moment: "Mom, who are they...?"
When Lin Wan and her two daughters saw Hongfei, their eyes lit up simultaneously.
"Is he your son, Cousin Zhao Zhao?" Lin Wan asked.
Xing Zhaozhao nodded: "My eldest son."
"Eldest son?" Lin Wan's eyes flashed as she asked, "How many children do you have?"
“Three: two sons and one daughter,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
"You have both a son and a daughter, that's wonderful." Lin Wan couldn't hide the envy on her face. She also wanted a son.
She waved to Hongfei: "Come here, I'm your aunt, let your aunt take a look at me."
Hongfei felt a sudden unease when he saw Lin Wan's overly enthusiastic smile, and looked at Xing Zhaozhao questioningly.
Xing Zhaozhao glanced at Lin Wan, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
Hongfei then walked over to Lin Wan and greeted her, "Hello, Auntie."
Lin Wan grabbed Hongfei and patted his head, saying, "Oh, so good." She wanted to.
As she spoke, she took out a red envelope from her pocket and handed it to Hongfei: "Here, this is a red envelope from your aunt."
Xing Zhaozhao's lips twitched again when she saw the red envelope.
That was something she had given to those two girls before; she really didn't try to hide it at all.
Hongfei glanced at Xing Zhaozhao questioningly.
Xing Zhaozhao looked away. Whatever, it doesn't matter.
Seeing that Hongfei seemed unwilling to accept the red envelope, Lin Wan forcefully stuffed it into his hand and then introduced her two daughters to him: "These are your two cousins, Xia Xia and Qiu Qiu."
Hongfei politely greeted, "Cousin Xia, Cousin Qiu."
Xia blinked her big eyes and suddenly hugged Hongfei tightly: "Mom, I like this older brother, let's take him home."
Lin Wan smiled and said, "Mom would like to too, but we'll have to ask your aunt about it."
"Auntie..." Xia looked at Xing Zhaozhao expectantly.
Xing Zhaozhao smiled faintly: "No."
Xia stared blankly at Xing Zhaozhao for a moment, tears quickly welling up in her eyes. She then sat down on the ground and started wailing like a madwoman: "No, I want my brother, I want my brother!"
Xing Zhaozhao pulled Hongfei, who was standing there at a loss, back and hugged him.
Hongfei was finally relieved.
Lin Wan slapped Xia twice: "Why are you crying? If your brother can't come to our house, can't you come to your brother's house?"
Xia Xia's crying stopped abruptly, and she looked at Lin Wan in confusion.
Lin Wan smiled and looked at Xing Zhaozhao: "Cousin Zhaozhao, look, it's rare for the two children to get along so well, why don't we arrange a marriage between them?"
In front of Lin Wan, Xing Zhaozhao rolled her eyes without any politeness: "No way."
What era are we living in? Still talking about arranged marriages between children?
Lin Wan was surprised that Xing Zhaozhao was so ruthless in refusing her request, and her smile froze.
Inside the room, Little Hongling, perhaps awakened by the noise outside, burst into tears.
Hongfei immediately seized the opportunity and ran off: "My sister is awake, I'm going to see her."
Xing Zhaozhao stood up and immediately saw the guests out: "I'm sorry, my youngest daughter has woken up, I don't have time to entertain you anymore, please leave."
Lin Wan was still not happy, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen the little girl yet, why don't I go and take a look too?"
Xing Zhaozhao refused: "The child is still young, it's inconvenient."
After saying that, he shoved Lin Wan and personally "sent" her and her two daughters out the door, then quickly slammed the door shut.
Finally, it's quiet.
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