Lin Qingyu looked at Li Xiuhua with some confusion and asked, "What's wrong with her?"
Li Xiuhua found it difficult to speak, but after thinking for a while, she used tactful words to say it.
“Your grandma heard the gossip in the village saying that you’ve become successful in the big city and don’t care about our family anymore.”
At this point, Li Xiuhua pulled Lin Qingyu aside, glanced at Gu Shi walking ahead, and reminded him again.
"If Gu Shi is around, she definitely won't dare to say anything. Just don't listen to her."
Lin Qingyu understood and nodded.
They arrived at the Lin family's house not long after.
Light snow was falling outside, and there were hardly any people along the way.
After entering the Lin family home, the door to the main room was locked. Normally, it wouldn't be locked, especially since Zhao Hongxia was still inside.
The group of people were thus blocked at the main entrance.
Li Xiuhua didn't look well; Zhao Hongxia had been unhappy when they left in the morning.
Now, things have gotten even worse; they've even locked their own son out.
Lin Aiguo was embarrassed and didn't know what his mother was up to this time, so he pounded on the door.
"Mom! Mom, are you home? We're back! Xiaoyu and Gushi are home too. If you're home, open the door for us!"
Lin Aiguo's voice was loud enough that not only Zhao Hongxia, who was sitting inside the house, could hear him, but even his neighbors next door could hear him.
But there was no movement inside the room. Zhao Hongxia neither made a sound nor moved, and just sat on the kang (a heated brick bed).
The people outside didn't wait long; Lin Qingyu took Gu Shi's hand and was about to leave.
“Mother, we’re not spending the New Year here. I’m already married, so there’s no reason for me to stay at my parents’ house for the New Year.”
Li Xiuhua was anxious. She had tidied up Lin Qingyu's old room early in the morning, just waiting for the young couple to come back and stay!
She grabbed Lin Qingyu, not letting her leave: "Qingyu, listen to your mother, your house hasn't been lived in for so long, it still needs cleaning, listen to your mother and don't go!"
Lin Aiguo was genuinely surprised that his mother would do such a thing. Seeing Gu Shi standing at the door with his things, his expression turned sour.
The front door of my house had been broken for a long time and couldn't be locked at all before. I only replaced it after I started working in the factory and started earning money.
Now, it's convenient for Zhao Hongxia to lock the door.
Lin Aiguo pounded on the door again and shouted, "Mom! Are you asleep? Qingyu is back. She brought you lots of food. Open the door!"
That's already giving her face. If Zhao Hongxia still doesn't open the door, then there's really nothing we can do.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongxia was determined not to open the door this time. No one knows whose advice she took, but she just stubbornly refused to open it.
Seeing this, Lin Qingyu didn't want to leave, but the current situation was indeed not good.
The family was arguing and pulling at each other at the door. Even though they had a yard, the neighbors outside could see everything!
Having no other choice, Li Xiuhua quickly led the person into Lin Qingyu's small house.
It was originally a separate house, and all the clutter inside had been cleared out, and the bed sheets and blankets had been changed.
The room wasn't very warm, so Li Xiuhua specially lit a stove. Luckily, it was lit in the morning, otherwise she would be freezing by now.
"Qingyu, you stay here with Xiao Gu for a while. I'll go cook. Your father can check on your grandmother; she might be asleep and can't hear you!"
Li Xiuhua apologized with a smile, which only made Gu Shi laugh at her again.
Lin Qingyu didn't really care; no matter what Zhao Hongxia did, she would continue to do what she was supposed to do.
After settling Gu Shi and Zhao Xiaobao in, she followed Li Xiuhua to the kitchen to start a fire.
Lin Weidong and Lin Aiguo tried to get into the house, and finally managed to climb in through the small window of Lin Weidong's room.
You have to go to the main room and open the door before you can enter the house.
Lin Aiguo went directly to Zhao Hongxia's room. Once inside, he saw Zhao Hongxia and Lin Juanjuan sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed).
His temper flared up instantly, and he pointed at Lin Juanjuan, saying, "What are you doing here? Didn't you hear someone knocking? Why are you locking the door in broad daylight?"
The two people on the kang (a heated brick bed) were sewing shoe soles. Before Lin Juanjuan could speak, Zhao Hongxia stepped in to protect her.
"We heard you, so what? Ungrateful wretches don't deserve to enter our house!"
Lin Aiguo was furious. Lin Qingyu had already been good enough to them, helping them find jobs, providing housing, and sending them things home during holidays. How could she be considered an ingrate?
It must be said that Lin Aiguo's ideological awareness has improved a lot.
So at this moment, he pointed at Lin Juanjuan and cursed, "Qingyu is an ingrate? Your son, who bought you a bag of sugar but wouldn't even let you drink it, isn't an ingrate?"
Lin Juanjuan was furious. She threw the shoe sole aside, sat up straight, and cursed back.
"Lin Qingyu bought a house in the city, and she also runs a restaurant and a factory. How much money must she be making?"
At this moment, Lin Juanjuan couldn't recall how happy she was when she got her job at the factory with Lin Qingyu's help.
"How much money Qingyu earns is her own money, what does it have to do with you? How much do you earn a month now? Isn't it all thanks to someone else finding you a job?"
"That's what she should do to me. If you ask me, even our mother could do it, otherwise our family would be rich by now!"
Lin Aiguo never expected that Lin Juanjuan thought this way about Lin Qingyu behind her back. He looked at Zhao Hongxia again and realized that Lin Juanjuan had been the one causing trouble all this time.
Seeing that he was silent, Lin Juanjuan assumed that Lin Aiguo agreed with her, so she continued to scold him.
"Lin Qingyu is such an ingrate! All the good our mother did for her, sending her to school and marrying her off to such a good family, wasted her time!"
Lin Aiguo was speechless; explaining to this kind of person was a waste of breath.
"Qingyu brought back your favorite dried meat. Mother, you can go out and get it in a bit. I feel bad having Qingyu bring it in for you!"
After saying this, Lin Aiguo left the room without looking back.
Gu Shi had already put most of the things into the main room; they were mostly New Year's goods bought for Lin Qingyu's family.
Seeing this, Lin Aiguo felt even more embarrassed.
After getting into bed at night, Lin Qingyu chatted with him.
Do you think we're going home tomorrow?
Gu Shi put his arm around Lin Qingyu, transferring all his warmth to her, and spoke to her.
"You can stay here if you want, don't care what others say, you only go home for a few days a year anyway."
Lin Qingyu thought about it and realized that the house really needed to be cleaned again; it was cold and dirty.
"Then let's stay here. My mother has already made all the preparations."
Gu Shi simply put his arm around her and softly echoed, "This kind of life is not bad either."
They only have time to go back to their hometown in order to live a better life.
The two of them, without prior arrangement, remembered the time before they had moved to the city.
Every year during the Lunar New Year, the two of them don't have to do anything except cook and eat at home.
How pleasant life is!
Especially since it was also Lin Qingyu's birthday on Chinese New Year, she always managed to have a wonderful birthday celebration every year.
Zhao Xiaobao was assigned to sleep with Lin Weidong; it was his first time staying in Lin Weidong's room.
He was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He talked to Lin Weidong for a long time, and finally Lin Weidong fell asleep from exhaustion before he closed his eyes.
It's Chinese New Year! How wonderful!
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