"So this is the compensation given by someone who broke our old grape rack?" Mother Lin asked uncertainly.
After confirming Lin Wei's affirmative response again, Mother Lin took out a few bills from the stack of money and handed them to Lin Wei.
"I'll keep the rest."
"Mom!" Lin Wei said anxiously, "I was planning to return the money to them."
"Repay? Why should they? Ah, they were speeding. I won't discuss whether it's legal or not, but they smashed our grape trellis. Shouldn't they compensate us?"
"But..." Lin Wei hesitated and said, "But I don't want their money. I want them to apologize to me and fix the shelf for me."
"That trellis has stopped bearing grapes. What's the point of repairing it for you?"
"mom!"
"That's where dad proposed to you."
"I celebrated my birthday there from the time I was one, then two, three, four, and all the way up to twelve."
Lin Wei sat on the bed with red eyes looking at her mother.
Mother Lin's eyes also reddened slightly as she asked, "Then what? Then what?"
"With your dad gone, how have we managed all these years? Mom works in a small supermarket, and you got a job at a shabby auto repair shop right after graduating from high school. Your combined monthly salary is only a little over 4,000 yuan. Rent, utilities, food—which one of these things doesn't cost money?"
After saying this, Mother Lin wiped away her tears, lowered her head and whispered, "I'm going to work at the supermarket."
With a "bang", the door closed, leaving Lin Wei alone sitting on the bed, staring blankly at the few banknotes in front of her.
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