Chapter 5 The Evil Wife in Period Literature 4
The Lin family was having a lively meal at the table.
Lin Laogen and Liu Xiulan sat in the main seats, Fang Yan and Lin Dajun sat on the upper left and upper right respectively, Lin Xiang sat next to her mother, and on both sides were the eldest brother's family and the second brother's family.
Lin Qiaoqiao lay on her aunt's lap. She loved this fairy-like aunt so much that she would kiss and hug her every time she came. Leaning in her aunt's arms, Qiaoqiao's two little chirps swayed back and forth: "Aunt, Qiaoqiao wants to eat roast duck."
"Hey, this clever little girl also knows that this is brought by her father. Come, grandma will pick one for you." Liu Xiulan looked at the house full of grandchildren and was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She reached her veiny hand into the plate and picked up a calf for her great-granddaughter.
"Come on, eat if you love the Party and the people." As she said this, she picked up two more pieces of leg meat and put them in the two great-grandsons' bowls.
Seeing this, Fang Yan's smile seemed to fade. She stretched out her wooden chopsticks, picked up a piece of good meat and put it into her daughter's bowl: "Nannan, come and eat quickly."
She stood up and served two bowls of pork chop soup to her parents-in-law, smiling: "Mom and Dad, eat first. If you don't move your chopsticks, how can these kids eat?"
Then she took out the orchid bowl that was reserved for ladies, scooped a bowl of spareribs, and sprinkled a few pieces of yam on the spareribs. After placing the bowl of soup in front of her daughter, Fang Yan finally felt relieved: "Qiaoqiao, you have to watch your aunt eat obediently."
"Got it!" Qiaoqiao saluted crookedly, then stared at her aunt with burning eyes.
Chu Qing couldn't help feeling jealous when she saw her daughter clinging to her sister-in-law as soon as she arrived at her mother-in-law's house. This little baby was the fruit of her and Wei Jun's seven-year marriage. Before this, many people had laughed at her for not being able to have children.
But every time she came to the big yard, this little darling would quickly abandon her old mother and go to her aunt's arms. Although Xiangxiang was indeed a little prettier and gentler than her...
Thinking of this, she looked at her daughter and sister-in-law with resentment, staring at...
Lin Weiguo noticed his wife's expression. He paused and took a piece of scrambled eggs with green pepper from the table with chopsticks. "Eat quickly."
Although it was not the first time that he knew that his wife had a childish personality beneath her cold appearance, he always thought she was cute every time he saw her doing things that were inconsistent with her appearance.
Although he needs to spend more time to coax his wife in bed at night...
When Liu Xiulan saw her daughter-in-law's actions, she couldn't help but feel a little angry.
She put down her chopsticks and was about to speak when Lin Laogen, who was standing beside her, quickly raised his cup and said to his son, "Come on, Dajun, let's have a drink together today. Come on, Yanzi, have one too. You have worked hard managing the family for so many years."
Lin Dajun raised the white wine in his hand and said to his children, "Come on, everyone, give a toast to grandpa." Then he was the first to raise the glass.
The children and grandchildren on both sides, including those who loved the party and the people, stopped eating and raised their glasses in unison.
Fang Yan held up the glass of white wine and said loudly: "Grandpa, with you here, our family has a stable foundation. Your daughter-in-law wishes you a long life, so that you can watch your children who love the party and the country grow up."
As she spoke, she drank the glass of white wine in one gulp.
Lin Xiang watched the scene, raised her head and took a sip of wine, she felt a warm current surging in her heart, perhaps, this is the inheritance.
After the meal, everyone went back to their own yard.
Lin Weiguo felt both amused and helpless when he saw his daughter-in-law being knocked down by a glass of white wine.
Chu Qing's cheeks were red and her eyes were dazed. She squatted in front of her daughter and said in a wronged tone: "Qiaoqiao, do you like mom or aunt?"
Lin Qiaoqiao blinked her big, watery eyes and said, "I like them all."
"Then why do you ignore mom as soon as you see aunt?" Chu Qing burped as he said this.
"Qiaoqiao spends time with mom every day, and rarely with aunt." When talking about rarely, Qiaoqiao put her thumb and index finger very close together, "I only spend a little time with aunt."
As she spoke, she approached her mother: "Mom, I'll tell you a secret. Grandma said, 'A red bird becomes redder if it is close to a red bird, and a black bird becomes blacker if it is close to a black bird.' So the baby will also become beautiful if he is close to his aunt..."
Lin Weiguo looked at his daughter who was explaining to the drunkard seriously, and finally couldn't help laughing.
At this time, Liu Xiulan was still mumbling in the upper room: "Old man, why didn't you let me speak just now? Look at Yan Zi's attitude just now. The daughters-in-law in the city are really amazing..."
Lin Laogen tapped the pipe in his hand and said in a dull voice: "Old woman, I am 81 years old this year, and you are 80 this year too."
Liu Xiulan paused and said, "So what..."
"Old lady, when we were eating tree bark and chewing grass roots, could we have imagined that we would live at the foot of this imperial city today?"
Lin Laogen's cloudy eyes became distant, "Those were such difficult times. Goudan joined the army and disappeared. The two of us, the old people, took care of Zhaodi and raised Weihong. There was a severe drought, the Japanese invaders, and the national army. Could you have imagined that we would still have such a good life?"
When talking about the past, Liu Xiulan's eyes welled up with tears: "Yes, back then, I could never have imagined that we would have such a good life now."
"But, if it's difficult for us, isn't it also difficult for Goudan?" Lin Laogen looked at his old wife, "How many of the spirited young men in the village who joined the army back then have come back alive? Most of them, not even their bodies can be found."
"I was really scared back then. I was afraid that Goudan had been buried somewhere and that he wouldn't be able to find his way home..."
Liu Xiulan couldn't help sobbing softly. Back then, human life was worthless.
Lin Laogen patted his wife on the back and sighed, "Just because Yan Zi accompanied Goudan through the bloodbath, we should be grateful to her. She took good care of Goudan when we were not around."
"Old lady, we are both old. When we were young, the emperor was in charge. Then the president came. Then there was Marshal Zhang, Marshal Liu, and then there was Chiang Kai-shek on the silver dollar. Now it is Chairman Mao's Communist Party that is in charge of the people."
"Even if I enter the Lin family's ancestral tomb today, I still have a lot to talk to my ancestors about, and I can rest in peace."
He patted his wife's hand and said, "I don't know how many years I can live. My children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Let them have their own way."
Lin Dajun, who was preparing to chat with his mother outside the door, was silent for a long time. Finally, with tears in his eyes, he rolled back to the room and asked his wife for comfort.
Fang Yan was making the bed when she saw her husband walk in with cow urine in his mouth. "What's wrong? What are you doing?"
Lin Dajun recounted the conversation between his parents in this way.
"Oh, why do you think I call the old man Dinghaishenzhen? Even though the old man can't read a few words, his way of dealing with people is much better than you, a rough guy." Fang Yan got angry and threw the quilt on the bed: "When you said you wanted to marry Nannan to the Zhang family to repay the favor, the old man didn't agree. As a result, look at the result, Nannan suffered a lot..."
When Lin Dajun heard his wife talking about his daughter's marriage, he couldn't help but feel weak and begged for mercy.
In the side room, 003 is broadcasting the daily life of the Lin family to the host.
"003, you are so afraid that I will go to extremes that you deliberately show me these heartwarming pictures." Lin Xiang sat on the bed folding her clothes and couldn't help laughing.
"According to the system analysis, the host has just come out of a high-risk world and is in urgent need of psychological counseling. He needs more care and love." 003 said seriously, "and this will help the host better integrate into the Lin family and protect himself."
"Okay." Lin Xiang was a little surprised, "But I didn't expect that the taciturn Mr. Lin saw things more clearly than anyone else."
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