Chapter 267 Sharing Weal and Woe
When they arrived at the Lin family's door, Lin Dan was leaning against the wall under the eaves in front of the door, with one hand in his pocket. He waved at Ye Wansheng and said:
"You're back?"
Ye Wansheng wanted to laugh when he saw this. In the past, Lin Dan maintained his image as a lazy gangster in the village. He really looked idle and careless at ordinary times.
But compared to other second-rate guys in the village, Lin Dan looks good and doesn't look vulgar.
However, it is rare to see someone greet someone honestly like this, as if he suddenly changed from a street kid to a well-behaved, sensible and serious person.
"This must be your sister Ye Mu, hello." Lin Dan greeted Ye Wansheng, then turned to look at Ye Mu. He spoke briefly and to the point, with one hand in his pocket. He looked cool, but inexplicably a little difficult to approach.
Ye Mu didn't know who he was yet. Lin Dan said something to Ye Mu, then turned to look at Song Yanzhou and said:
"Is this Brother Ye Mu?"
"Hello? Are you guys back to pack up?"
As early as when he saw them outside the court, Lin Dan guessed that Ye Wansheng would not spend the New Year here this year.
Otherwise, with so many people coming, could it be that they are just here to take a look and then leave?
If they were not here to pack up, then they would have stayed to celebrate the New Year. However, there were no other people on the street at that time, so naturally they had to take the Ye family away.
"Who are you?" Ye Mu looked at Lin Dan and asked. Lin Dan glanced at Ye Wansheng and said nothing.
Ye Wansheng ignored him and said:
"It's really tiring to go back and forth in the city, Grandpa and grandma, you should go back to the house and rest for a while."
"Lin Zhi and Lin Ge seem to be making dinner. I'll go in and help them later."
"No, tell your sister who I am." Lin Dan followed Ye Wansheng towards the kitchen. Ye Wansheng glanced at Ye Mu, and Ye Mu shrugged at Ye Wansheng, having already guessed who this person was.
From the letter, she felt that Lin Dan was quite silly, and when they met him at first she thought he was someone who was difficult to approach.
Now the true colors are revealed.
Ye Wansheng said:
"You don't have a mouth yourself?"
Lin Dan was speechless: "How can what you said be the same as what I said myself?"
Perhaps it was because the villagers had always regarded him as a gangster, and Lin Dan estimated that he might indeed be a bit of a gangster and did not look like a good person. If he went up to them and introduced himself, wouldn't Ye Mu's sister think he was a man with bad intentions? ,
So, he was waiting for his brother Ye Wansheng to introduce him to someone, but Ye Wansheng ignored him.
Ye Wansheng didn't feel anything different.
"Are you Lin Dan?" Ye Mu looked at the young man who was talking to Ye Wansheng. She heard that he was the same age as her.
Song Yanzhou put their luggage and the gifts aside and explained:
"I'm her husband, not her brother. Ye Zhishu didn't come to the village. He's waiting for us in the city tomorrow."
Lin Dan glanced at Song Yanzhou. He thought that all the men in the Ye family were more handsome than each other, but it turned out that the one Ye Mu married was a soldier?
He subconsciously looked Song Yanzhou up and down, frowned slightly and said:
"With someone like this, there won't be any girls around you even in the army, right?"
As someone who has been around the outside world, especially someone who has been involved in gang sex, Lin Dan knows very well that there are many good-looking guys who like to hook up with girls, and even married guys can cheat on their partners, so he is quite worried about Song Yanzhou's appearance.
He couldn't help but turn around and ask Ye Mu:
"Is he nice to you?"
Now he really looked a bit like Lin Dan, who also called himself Ye Mu's brother in the letter.
Ye Mu nodded: "Yes, Song Yanzhou is a very nice person."
It was rare that Ye Mu did not tease Song Yanzhou, but answered Lin Dan's words very seriously.
Her words reminded Song Yanzhou of the word "well-behaved" that Ye Mu had used to describe him. The corners of his lips curved a little, and there was a smile in his eyes as he looked at Ye Mu.
Lin Dan looked at Song Yanzhou without commenting. He suddenly stretched out his hand from his pocket and handed Ye Mu a box of medium size, saying:
"Yes, this is a gift for you."
"After all, she is my adopted sister. I, Lin Dan, never treat my own people unfairly."
Ye Mu took it. Lin Ge happened to come out of the kitchen to pour water. Seeing that there were only three of them in front of the house, he secretly glanced at the slightly petite figure next to the two tall men, then poured the water into the ditch and hurried into the kitchen. He said excitedly to his brother Lin Zhi who was making a fire:
"It's so beautiful, so beautiful. Do you want to go and see it? I can help you light the fire for a while."
Ye Wansheng was cutting vegetables. Hearing her sigh, he couldn't help but smile and said:
"Ye Mu is also your sister. If you praise her in person, she might be surprised."
Lin Ge waved his hands quickly: "Forget it, I feel so embarrassed."
Lin Zhi, who was making a fire, didn't want to pay attention to this twin sister who was born a little earlier than herself, and said to Ye Wansheng:
"She just likes good-looking people. Humph, when we were little, she even disliked me for being ugly."
"You were ugly when you were a child, but you're not ugly now that you've grown up. Big brother is better looking than you, and Brother Ye is better looking than you too. Brother Ye was also better looking than you when he was a child!"
"Brother Ye was the best-looking in our village when he was young!"
Lin Ge emphasized this, then gave Ye Wansheng a flattering smile.
Her eyes flickered slightly, but she was no longer as shy as before.
She used to like Ye Wansheng, and it was always difficult to avoid it since the two families lived together. However, Lin Dan saw that the girl was very awkward, so he went to talk to Ye Wansheng and asked him if he had any solution.
So Ye Wansheng, who had been ignoring all this before, took some time to chat with Lin Ge for a while.
He was gentle to others and did not say anything to refuse. He just said to Lin Ge:
"You are Lin Dan's sister, and you are also my sister to me. If you want to like me, then just like me openly. If you don't like me anymore, you can take it back. Don't avoid me on purpose. Liking me shouldn't be something to be ashamed of, right? I won't be angry or estranged with you because of this."
At Lin Ge's age, youthful love will always fade away with time. Although she likes to bicker with her brother, Ye Wansheng knows that Lin Ge is actually gentle, a little introverted, and very sensible.
She knew it was impossible for her to hide from Ye Wansheng, otherwise she would have always been getting closer to him.
Therefore, he did not think it was necessary to reject Lin Ge too heartlessly and cause her harm. Liking someone is actually a beautiful feeling that brings more joy and happiness to people.
It is painful when you are rejected, excluded, or disgusted. Hiding it for too long may make you feel unbearable.
After Ye Wansheng was approached by Lin Dan, he decided to guide Lin Ge to face her emotions, accept herself, and help her deal with her emotions better.
When she gets older, what should fade away will fade away naturally.
If she still likes him, by then, she will no longer be a child, and her ability to handle things will naturally be better than it is now, and Ye Wansheng will naturally speak more directly.
There is no perfect plan for many things. When facing Lin Dan’s sister, Ye Wansheng naturally protected her and minimized the harm and negative impact.
Later, Lin Dan also said to Lin Ge:
"People always fall in love with others. It's better for you to fall in love with Ye Wansheng at your age than to fall in love with some gangster from the next village. Ye Wansheng will never lie to a little girl like you."
Lin Ge's secretive love suddenly came into the sunlight, and his personality suddenly became more cheerful, and he was not as shy as before.
She didn't want to like him, but Brother Ye was really nice.
Lin Ge and Lin Zhi sat on a bench. Lin Zhi was making a fire. Lin Ge held his chin and looked at Ye Wansheng's profile. He couldn't help but say:
"Brother Ye, why are all the people in your family so good-looking?"
Ye Wansheng smiled slightly and said, "Someone said you are ugly?"
"Not really." Lin Ge shook her head. There were people who wanted to date her, but she was beaten up by her brother and her younger brother and became obedient.
Lin Zhidao:
"Superficial woman, huh. You're not going to light the fire, so could you please stop sitting here?"
Lin Ge: "I'm cold, so I warm myself by the fire."
Ye Mu took Lin Dan's gift and opened it to see that it was a jade bracelet and a jade ring.
They are all green in color, which is very pleasing to the eye. Ye Mu picked them up and looked at them and said:
"Where did you get this? Isn't this something worth a lot of money?"
Lin Dan looked away and said, "Don't worry about it, just keep it."
When their Lin family was raided, this kind of stuff was scattered all over the floor...
Most of the people in several villages in this area have the surname Lin. The Lin family was once the landlord in this area, and their old house is in Yangshan Village.
Ye Mu looked again and again, and had a guess in his mind, so he asked:
"Isn't this a family heirloom?"
"It's not nice to send me off..."
In ancient times, some people did keep good things as heirlooms and pass them down from generation to generation.
Seeing that Lin Dan's family couldn't afford this thing, she could only guess that it was a family heirloom.
"Well, just keep it." Lin Dan didn't want to mention that his family used to be landlords, so he stuffed the thing Ye Mu handed back into her hands.
Feeling that it was inappropriate, he simply took out the jade bracelet and put it directly on Ye Mu's hand.
But after putting it on, Lin Dan felt a little depressed again: "It seems to be too big?"
He wanted to try it on Ye Mu's hand, but Song Yanzhou raised his hand to stop him and said, "Men and women should not touch each other. Just put it on."
"Give it to me. I'll find a suitable one for you." Lin Dan stretched out his hand to Ye Mu. Ye Mu took off the jade bracelet and put it in his hand. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you pick another one?"
It sounds like...he has a pretty good family background?
"Do you think this is valuable? It's worthless." Lin Dan tossed the jade bracelet. It used to be valuable, but these years, this kind of thing can't even buy a meal.
Song Yanzhou guessed the situation of Lin Dan's family and said, "Then you go and choose. Ye Mu and I will sit here for a while."
Lin Dan ran into the house and told Ye Jungui and others who were packing their things that he was going out.
"Uncle, my parents are out in the fields, and grandpa just went to pick vegetables. When they come back, tell them I'm out for a while and will be back for dinner soon."
Although nothing was planted in the fields in winter, there were still some vegetables planted, which needed to be watered, weeded, etc. Therefore, Lin's parents returned to the village and went to work in the fields.
Lin Dan was about to run away when Ye Wansheng, who was in the kitchen, came out and called him:
"It's not dark yet, why don't you go to the township supply and marketing cooperative to see if there's any meat or other things you can buy."
Lin Dan paused and said, "Are you leaving early tomorrow morning?"
"Um."
Supporting Ye Wansheng's words, he turned back and took out some money. He took the money that Ye Wansheng handed to him and said, "Then I'll cook when I come back. Half an hour--"
The sound is still echoing here, but the person has already run far away.
After Lin Dan left, Ye Wansheng glanced at Song Yanzhou who was about to open some food he had brought, and said:
“Can you cook?”
Song Yanzhou put down the cakes, candies and other snacks in his hand and nodded:
"I'll go help in the kitchen. Ask the kids to come out and keep Twilight company."
Lin Ge and Lin Zhi were called out by the two men. The two who were still bickering in the kitchen went outside and looked at Ye Mu who was sitting next to them, behaving like a quail.
When Lin Ge saw Ye Mu looking towards him, he immediately became nervous and quickly greeted him:
"Hello, Sister Ye."
It was as if she had instantly turned back into the introverted girl who blushed easily.
Lin Zhi had a stern face, acting like a little adult. He nodded at Ye Mu to show politeness, but didn't know what to say.
Ye Mu looked at the two of them with amusement and asked:
"Sixteen?"
"Twins, huh?"
Lin Ge's eyes suddenly brightened and he said:
"Yes, yes, this is my brother Lin Zhi. My name is Lin Ge. Did my brother mention us in the letter?"
"That's not the case, but it's easy to tell." Ye Mu shook his head and said, "Want to hear the reason? It may be knowledge you haven't learned. If you are interested, I can teach you."
Although she didn't know how to teach, she couldn't think of any other way to get along with these young kids.
Fortunately, Lin Zhi and Lin Ge were very interested, so they brought small stools to listen to Ye Mu's explanation.
Lin Ge listened with amazement, and from time to time she would praise Ye Mu with words like "Sister Ye is so awesome", as if she had become Ye Mu's little fan girl.
Lin Zhize didn't say much and just took notes silently.
When Grandpa Lin came back from picking vegetables, he saw two children who usually had good academic performance. They were holding their textbooks and asking Ye Mu questions. He reminded them:
"It's Chinese New Year, why bother with these brain-intensive things? Just have fun during the Chinese New Year."
"You are the younger sister who was born later, right? I've heard him mention you many times. These two kids only know how to study all day long. They're almost becoming nerds."
"If they ask you a question and you don't want to answer, just ignore it and don't spoil them."
Grandpa Lin was carrying a muddy bamboo backpack filled with a lot of green vegetables. It seemed there were more than one kind, maybe two.
"Don't worry, Grandpa. The questions they ask are very simple. They don't require much brainpower. They're also quite fun." Ye Mu guessed that this was Lin Dan's grandfather, so he also called him Grandpa.
Grandpa Lin nodded upon seeing this, then carried the dishes to the kitchen.
After a while, Song Yanzhou came out with water to wash vegetables.
Lin Ge and Lin Zhi wanted to go forward to help, but Song Yanzhou had a cold face and looked very distant, as if a sign saying "Keep away from strangers" was written all over his body.
Ye Heshan and Yang Ying had almost packed up their things and came out. Ye Mu put some snacks and biscuits in front of them and said:
"Grandma, Lin Dan hasn't come back yet. Eat something to fill your stomach."
"You guys eat too, I'll go help Song Yanzhou."
Seeing that Lin Ge and Lin Zhi didn't dare to get close, Ye Mu walked to Song Yanzhou's side.
But she just squatted next to him and chatted with him.
Song Yanzhou naturally heard what Ye Mu had just said. He looked at her with amusement and asked:
"Aren't you here to help?"
Ye Mu reached out and touched the water, saying, "This water is so cold. I'll just watch you wash."
Song Yanzhou didn't need anyone's help, but seeing her like this, he grabbed Ye Mu's hand with lightning speed, pressed it into the water, and whispered:
"Is it cold?"
Ye Mu calmly pulled his hand back, put it in his pocket, and glanced at him.
Song Yanzhou's current temper seems like he learned bad things from someone.
"Not bad." Ye Mu knew that he wanted to tease him, so he said calmly, "As the old saying goes, a married couple should share the joys and sorrows. It's not impossible for you to be cool for a while and I to be cool for a while too."
At this moment, Song Yanzhou really wanted to hug her and kiss her, because he thought she spoke very nicely.
But there were too many people, and the initial move was already my limit. I squatted with my back to them so that no one could see me.
He really did this on purpose wanting to play a little trick on her, but who knew that he failed to tease her. In the end, Ye Mu's words made him even more moved.
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