Chen Yu was fully aware of the Lin family's dislike for her, especially Lin Zhongrong's mother. She even tried to curry favor with them during their few encounters, but the more she tried, the more obvious the disdain in her eyes became. Chen Yu wasn't a pushover. As the only daughter in the family, she was pampered and possessed a proud and stubborn personality. Lin's mother's attitude had even prompted her to consider breaking up with Lin Zhongrong.
She would rather not have love than be despised and tortured by her mother-in-law in the future. There are people pursuing her, and many of them share the same ideals and personalities. Moreover, she was not in a hurry to get married. It was Lin Zhongrong who promised that she would not have too much contact with the Lin family in the future.
Although Lin Zhongrong was only one year older than her, at first glance he looked like he had lied about his age. His mature appearance was one thing, but he was also capable, held a high position, and handled things properly. People would even believe him if he said he was seventy years older than her. He also became independent from the Lin family early on and had some conflicts with them.
Chen Yu couldn't help but believe him, and he was indeed transferred to her city. He took care of the new home and wedding by himself. He fended off all the dissatisfaction and difficulties from the Lin family, and Chen Yu had almost nothing to worry about.
They had a wonderful start, but she didn't expect that Lin's mother hated her so much that she wanted her to die.
Lin Man carefully observed her mother's expression: "So you know everything? What do you think?"
Chen Yu came back to her senses and looked at her daughter's cautious expression with amusement: "Your dad said you were angry about his behavior?"
"Aren't you angry?"
How could she not be angry? Thinking of those old stories that Lin Zhongrong had told her, Chen Yu certainly wouldn't remain indifferent. However, perhaps because so much time had passed, her impression of the Lin family and Lin's mother had become very vague. To her, Lin Zhongrong was almost an insignificant person, and she could hardly remember anyone else.
So, just be angry for a while, and it won’t matter after it passes.
On the contrary, because Lin Zhongrong was trapped abroad and rushed back to find her as soon as he returned, she felt a little relieved from the grudge she had been feeling for so many years.
She hated his incompetence and suspected him of inaction, but since it was force majeure, there was nothing to hate about it. She could only say that it was fate. As for his decision to go back and save his Lin family, Chen Yu didn't care. It was human nature.
Lin Man raised her eyebrows: "It doesn't matter, how can it not matter?" What made her most upset was that her mother actually said it didn't matter!
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Silly girl, those are your father's relatives. How could you let him ignore them? Mommy is telling you something shamelessly. He's had a relationship with those people for over twenty years, but I've only known him for a few years. He came back alone to find me when he was in the most dangerous time. He already placed me in a very important position and fulfilled the friendship we had as husband and wife. If he can't find me, then we're not destined to be together."
Lin Man didn't like hearing her say this. What did she mean by having a relationship with those people for over twenty years, while she had only known him for a few years? Was this a matter of closeness or distance? What was there to be unconnected with? Had she completely let it go?
Lin Man felt a little sad. She whispered, "Mom, are you sad?"
Chen Yu's eyes were soft, yet revealed a deep calmness: "I used to, but not now. It's all in the past. People's fate is limited and can't withstand too much grinding. When fate is over, the heart is at peace. However, Xiaoman, the father-daughter relationship between you and your father will never fade. Don't take our elders' past affairs as your own business and add to your own troubles. Just know that I am your mother and he is your father. Don't take anything else to heart."
Lin Man felt even more sad. His mother was talking about fate, but what she really wanted to say was emotion. No matter how deep the feelings between two people were, they could not withstand all kinds of hardships, let alone the passage of time.
She even felt that if they didn't have her as their common daughter, even if they met again, they would no longer have any connection.
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That night, Chen Yu naturally went into the space to sleep. After talking to his daughter, she seemed really unaffected. She just let it go and read a book before falling asleep. Lin Man was trapped in Guan Guan's huge body, silently depressed.
Guan Guan: "...You've been pressing on me for so long, can you please get up? You've made wrinkles out of me!"
Lin Man: "You are just a ball of spiritual energy, how can you have wrinkles? You can even cut yourself into ten or eight pieces to play football. Don't think I don't know." It is a game in which one piece is squeezed into a ball, and the other pieces stretch out their hands and feet to kick it. When Lin Man discovered it for the first time, he was completely shocked. What kind of stupid game is that? Won't it drive him into schizophrenia?
Guan Guan: “…”
Lin Man sighed: "Why are human emotions so complicated and yet so fragile?"
Guan Guan pretended to be dead.
Lin Man hadn't planned on getting an answer, but after thinking about it carefully, it was a good thing that her mother had let it go. Why should she keep bringing it up and making her sad? Oh, and her mother was so young and beautiful now. She could see how popular she was with just a quick glance this afternoon. Maybe she could even find a stepfather for her. Now that her previous relationship was over, it wouldn't be bad to develop a new one.
It seems that there are no outstanding men in the base. This is like high-level talents, who can only be found in large bases. Should she pay attention to this next time?
She had no awareness of cheating on her father. Who made her mother no longer like him?
After figuring this out, Lin Man felt relaxed and ran happily to the two big mulberry trees. The branches of the two mulberry trees had grown into big trees with lush branches and leaves. Lin Man climbed up the tree, picked two black mulberries and put them in his mouth. They were sour and sweet and tasted exactly the same as apples.
Lin Man thought of the mulberry-flavored candy he had eaten at Lin Zhongrong's place. Compared with this, the candy that originally tasted good was now just a seasoning.
She folded a few pieces of paper, crumpled them into a miserable state, and placed them outside the space, planning to plant them on the mountain tomorrow. Then she turned out the wheat seeds.
Dayan Mountain is not suitable for growing wheat. In addition, sweet potatoes and corn have high yields. In the case of insufficient manpower, it is more appropriate to concentrate on growing them. But... after eating various pasta at the Reunion Base, she found that wheat is still very good. There are many things that can be made from it, such as bread, steamed buns, biscuits, noodles, fried dough sticks, sesame cakes, dumplings, rice cakes, egg rolls, and cakes. After fermentation, it can also be made into beer and fuel. It is very useful and is even more useful than the rice that everyone drools over.
She promised to bring Lin Cheng some delicious food. He had been eating the same old sweet potatoes and corn for a long time, so it was time for him to have more choices.
There was one thing: this wheat had only grown for one generation in the space, so its characteristics weren't yet good enough. It wasn't certain whether it would grow well outside, and even if it did, it certainly wouldn't be tasty enough. She didn't sleep either, and immediately started tilling the soil and planting the wheat. Of course, she saved some to plant tomorrow along with the mulberry branches.
Chen Yu, not knowing whether he was still asleep or had been woken up, lifted the linen tent and asked, "Xiao Man, what are you doing?"
"Ah, did I wake you? I'm planting wheat."
Chen Yu got out of bed to look. "Don't we have rice seeds? And a lot of other seeds? Can we handle it with more wheat?"
"Those are nothing compared to wheat. You can make so many kinds of food out of it." Lin Man listed them one by one for her, slurping his saliva. "Mom, can you make them?"
"Yes." Chen Yu saw her greedy look and smiled, "You can also make malt sugar."
"You can actually make candy? That's great. I'll make some more and send it to Lin Cheng."
"Lin Cheng?" Chen Yu was very sensitive and noticed something, and asked calmly, "You have a really good relationship with that kid."
"Yes, he's having a hard time out there, so I wanted to send him some food along with the next batch of bullets." Lin Man asked, "How long does it take for the wheat to mature?"
"It depends on the variety, right? I remember that spring wheat only takes about a hundred days, while winter wheat takes more than three hundred days." Chen Yu looked at the seeds carefully, but she couldn't tell what variety it was.
Lin Man was surprised. Such a big difference? Fortunately, in the space, the difference was only a little over ten days and a month.
But one month is a long time, and it would be terrible if the next batch of bullets could not be delivered in time. Lin Man immediately seized the time to do all kinds of things.
"By the way, does this wheat need to be grown and germinated first?" she suddenly asked. The mother and daughter looked at each other blankly. Forget it, are you still afraid that it won't survive?
The consequence of working at night was that both mother and daughter went to bed very late the next day.
Especially Lin Man, who slept until noon. She hadn't slept for two days in a row, and she slept very soundly. When she woke up, her stomach was rumbling. She looked in the space and found that Chen Yu was gone. She vaguely remembered that her mother seemed to wake her up and asked her to leave the space.
She rubbed her eyes, got up, looked at the ground, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled broadly.
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