Although Liang Shengdi had been urging Lin Shumei to get married, when the day of her wedding finally came, Liang Shengdi almost cried to death.
This is the last child of the Lin family to get married.
In the minds of the older generation, marriage is the equivalent of becoming an adult, meaning you will officially become independent and shoulder the responsibility of a family.
The night before Lin Shumei's wedding, Liang Shengdi kept stuffing money into her pockets. Feeling it wasn't enough, she took out a whole passbook.
"Here you are! What can you do as a little girl? Just eat! Grandma is old and can't help you with the work.
Your mother said that as long as you have money, everything is easy. You can hire someone to cook, someone to clean, someone to take care of the children, anything... Just take more!"
Lin Shumei's eyes were almost swollen from crying. She pushed the passbook away and refused to take it. She also said that she had made money and had not yet bought her grandmother all the delicious food in the world...
The grandfather and grandson hugged each other and cried for almost an hour in the house. Those who knew thought that Lin Shumei was getting married, while those who didn't thought she was going to be exiled.
Chen Chunhua sat at the door listening to the crying inside and sighed, thinking about the most worthwhile thing she had done in her life. Apart from watching Shuying grow up safely, get married and have children, it was probably to hook up with Liang Shengdi and not be a paid adult.
Looking back to her previous life, Liang Shengdi just lived a life indifferent to everyone, like an outsider in everything. As long as you feed her something to eat, she will just stand by and join in the fun quietly.
It’s not like now, where I have become the center of excitement.
Chen Chunhua sighed and turned around to chat with Lin Guoqing, but she saw that his eyes were red and he was wiping tears.
Chen Chunhua: ...
"Why are you crying again? Shumei isn't married yet!"
Lin Guoqing sobbed and said, "Isn't it, tomorrow, tomorrow, she's getting married! I, I'm so sad... Wuuuu... I only have two daughters, and neither of them will get married... Wuuu..."
Chen Chunhua: "...So you mean don't get married? Or you can go in and talk to Shumei. I believe she will definitely listen to you."
"That won't do!" Lin Guoqing slapped his thigh. "We can't refuse to marry just because we can't let her go... That would ruin our daughter's future... She's not Liu Ni..."
Oh, Liu Ni still refuses to find a partner. Not only does this make Lin Yulan and Ma Dexiang angry, but she has also become a role model for old girls in the village.
"Stop talking to Liuni!" Chen Chunhua rolled her eyes at him angrily. "You're living a good life! Don't follow your brother-in-law in educating your children! Your sister and brother-in-law are their parents, and you're their uncle. Stop talking too much!"
"How could I be so nosy? How dare I!" Lin Guoqing continued to sob, "Then I'm talking about my own daughter! Wuwuwu... She's getting married tomorrow..."
Chen Chunhua: ...
She shook her head and stood up. Her daughter was going to be married tomorrow and there was still a lot of work to do. She didn't want to waste time with this crying man.
When I walked into the yard, the other three children were there.
Lin Shuying was still hanging red ribbons there. Lin Shugan and Lin Shuchao, one with his head down and remained silent, while the other with his head down and twitching his shoulders, were both blowing up balloons. The atmosphere was a bit weird.
Chen Chunhua leaned over to take a look.
"Third brother? Are you crying?"
Lin Shuchao:!!!
"Mom! Can't you just see through it and not say it out loud?"
Chen Chunhua: "...It's okay. If you feel embarrassed, you can go up and cry. Your dad is sitting at the door of your sister's room crying! Your grandma is crying inside. It won't be embarrassing if you all get together."
What about your biological child?
Lin Shuchao turned his head away angrily and continued to hit the balloon.
Chen Chunhua looked at Lin Shugan speechlessly, "Are the children asleep?"
Lin Shu nodded. "Jiaojiao was fussy, so I asked Bingqing to take the child upstairs to sleep. My sister-in-law and Xiaobao also went back. My eldest sister said she wanted to stay and help us with the decorations, so she asked my brother-in-law to take the child to sleep first."
Although Lin Shugan has not yet been demobilized and returned home, the self-built house in the village that Chen Chunhua and others left for him has already been built, so he can live there when he comes back with his wife and children to visit relatives.
But since they seldom come back once a year and the house cannot be left empty for a long time, Lin Shuchao and Qin Hong live in their own building, while Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing live with their mother in Lin Shuchao's building.
Lin Shuying and Lin Shumei have rooms on both sides, but they prefer to live with their parents, so they are also here.
Lin Shumei also got married here.
Lin Shuchao even protested against this, saying that his side was the real old house and his sister should get married there.
But the custom in Yue is for daughters to sit on the bed in their parents' room when they get married, so in the end they decided to stay here.
Lin Shuchao's sadness instantly doubled.
"Mom." Lin Shuchao couldn't help sobbing while inflating the balloon, "Our family is really broken up..."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Chen Chunhua slapped him on the head in anger. "What a wonderful day! You're the only one who can talk, right?"
"That's right!" Lin Shuchao yelled unconvinced, "My eldest sister is in Shanghai! I don't know when my second brother will really come back! That damn Xu Xuejun actually bought a wedding house in the provincial capital! I didn't even try to stop him! From now on, it's just the few of us here!"
Lin Shuying and Lin Shugan already felt a little guilty about not being able to spend more time with their parents to fulfill their filial duties. Lin Shuchao's shout made them even sadder.
Only Chen Chunhua was more cheerful than them, and rolled her eyes at the third brother.
"Then why don't you just go to Shanghai or the provincial capital and buy a house? You're not broke!"
Lin Shuchao shook his head decisively, "I won't! What will happen to you three old men if I leave?"
Chen Chunhua: "...I'm only 50 years old, not that old..."
"I'm not young anymore! Anyway, I'm not leaving!"
Chen Chunhua really loved and hated this "useless" son. Seeing that the other two children kept their heads down and didn't say anything, she sat down on the steps and said in a gentle voice,
"It's not that exaggerated. It's not like the old days when everyone had to walk to get around and write letters to communicate. Now everyone has a cell phone. If you really miss someone, you can just call them. If you need something, you can take a train or a plane. Which one is inconvenient?"
"Third brother, you said your sister will live far from the provincial capital in the future? How many hours will it take you to drive there? An hour and a half, right? Doesn't it take you an hour to drive to the city? It's even farther to Yu County, aren't they all in our city?"
"You've all grown up. Getting married, having children, and starting your own family are all normal processes. There's no such thing as breaking up or not. As long as the hearts are together, we'll always be a family. If the hearts aren't together, even if you live next door to each other, you still won't be able to sit down and eat together."
"So don't be sad, and don't blame yourself. You are all good children of your parents. We can see that you all have safe and healthy lives and are well-established in society. That's enough.
It doesn’t matter where the person is.”
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