Lin Meijia has never appeared since she left the ward that day.
Song Lin and Du Yi became much quieter. Fortunately, Lin Juan's daily cooking helped ease their low spirits somewhat.
When the time came for their discharge, the factory sent a car to take them home separately.
I heard that the factory has officially notified us that Song Lin is going to Beijing for training. Lin Juan cried at home in anger.
She would rather send her daughter-in-law, whom she disapproved of, than let her son, whose leg injury had not yet healed, go to Beijing to study. The thought of her son suffering broke her heart.
Song Lin was raised under his mother's strict control, and when it came to reasoning, he was no match for Lin Juan.
So he was quickly defeated. He propped one leg on the stool, sat in the chair, and started smoking in silence.
Xu Keke had no intention of getting involved in the mother and daughter's affairs.
However, Song Lin wasn't smoking any good cigarettes. He couldn't smoke in the hospital these past two days, and the cigarettes had been sitting there for a while, so the smell was quite strong.
Xu Keke got up and opened the door, then had Zhao Di take Fu Bao to the inner room.
Lin Juan glanced at it with a sullen face, but didn't say anything. She wasn't in the mood to deal with these things right now.
She was still nagging Song Lin, "Go tell the factory to cancel your spot. We're not going. People say it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, and you've only had it for a few days. If your leg gets damaged, it could be a lifelong problem."
Song Lin took a deep drag on his cigarette in frustration. "Zeng Jin, you go and talk to Mom."
Song Lin held the cigarette in his hand and shouted into the room.
Being suddenly called out by Song Lin caught Xu Keke off guard. However, she was a kind-hearted and helpful person.
Without saying a word, he came out of the inner room and sat down in front of the mother and daughter.
“Grandma Zhaodi,” Xu Keke had just finished speaking when Song Lin glanced at her through the swirling smoke.
Xu Keke was confused and glared back at him. Song Lin had just discovered that Xu Keke always called her mother "Grandma Zhaodi" and him "Dad Zhaodi."
He couldn't recall for a moment what she used to call him. It seemed she rarely spoke to him first, and hardly ever called him by his name.
But he remembered very clearly that she always called her mother "Mom".
"Look, why did you raise Song Lin to be so outstanding? Besides serving the country and helping to build the factory better, you also hope that Song Lin will achieve something, right?"
So you have to let Song Lin make this decision today. If he doesn't get to go to Beijing to study this time, and his future becomes mediocre and unambitious, and he spends his whole life as a lowly clerk in the factory, just getting by and waiting to die, do you think he'll resent you afterwards?
You'd rather let him resent you than let him do what he wants to do. Aren't you afraid he'll hate you for the rest of his life?
"I did it for his own good," Lin Juan said somewhat guiltily, as she certainly didn't want her son to hate her.
“But it’s only truly good if Song Lin himself thinks it’s good. You can only tell him the consequences and let him decide for himself. You have to trust Song Lin; he’s not a child anymore. He should decide his own life.”
Song Lin looked at Xu Keke with emotion. He felt that after so many years, someone was finally speaking up for him.
Over the years, his mother has made all the decisions in the family. He lives like a puppet. He's been forced to work in a factory, get married, and have children, all according to his mother's wishes. Everything is decided by his mother.
“There’s nothing really going on at home right now, and you’re helping to take care of the kids. To be honest, if it weren’t for this opening at the factory, which would have taken up so much time, I would have advised Song Lin to go to university.”
Song Lin looked at Xu Keke with great excitement. Ever since he learned about the reinstatement of the college entrance examination policy, he had envied those who could go to university. He had thought about it, but he didn't dare to do it, knowing his mother would definitely not agree.
But he never expected that someone would have the same idea as him. And that person was his wife. Song Lin was so excited that he almost burned his hand with cigarette ash.
Xu Keke would naturally think the same way he did, looking at the books on Song Lin's bookshelf. A casual glance was enough to tell he wanted to go to university.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What's the point of going to university? He's already this old, and his kids are all grown up. What are you thinking about all day? What kind of wife acts like you? Instead of advising your husband to stay home and settle down, you're always thinking about making him go out and do something else."
Xu Keke had to admit that Lin Juan was right; she just wanted to avoid seeing Song Lin and being bothered by him. She hoped Song Lin could stay as far away from her as possible.
Her real idea was that Song Lin should first go to Beijing for six months of training, then come back home to review his studies and take the college entrance exam.
That way, he can be gone for another four years. Song Lin will not appear in front of her for several years.
In fact, if she could get a divorce now, Xu Keke wouldn't have thought of this move.
In this day and age, let alone divorce, if a couple has a conflict, the factory or the neighborhood will come to their door to do counseling.
Even if there's no actual affair, and they're caught in the act of lying in bed with their pants down, they still can't get a divorce.
But things will be different in a few years. In just a few more years, divorce will not be subject to so many restrictions.
"Although I really hope that my husband can always be by my side, he only has one life. I don't want him to be tied down by family. I want him to have his own life and live the life he wants."
Song Lin was deeply moved; in his eyes, Xu Keke was his confidante.
Little did he know that what Xu Keke was saying were actually the same words many scumbags use when abandoning their wives and children: "Pursue your own life."
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