Chapter 219 Lin Mei's Clues
When my grandfather was alive, he made a rule in the family that they could not take the initiative to acknowledge the child unless the child came back on his own. Since the child was given away in order to repay a favor, they could not take the child back out of selfish motives, otherwise they would be sorry for that little comrade.
Later, the Lin family moved to the city. In the new place, the neighbors didn't know their family's past and thought that Lin Jianshe was their youngest son, so they got used to calling him the little boy of the Lin family.
When Lin Xiao was born, Grandpa Lin directly asked him to call Lin Jianshe "uncle", which completely cut off his thoughts about his fourth son. Although the old man often sat by the window at night missing him, his conservative thinking forced him to do so.
Now that Grandpa Lin is gone, and Lin Jianye and his brothers are not young anymore, they tend to talk about this more during the holidays.
But they had not forgotten what the old man had told them when he was alive, so they could only keep an eye on their younger brother secretly.
My younger brother is living a good life now. Although he lives in the countryside, he grew up in the love of his parents. His adoptive parents treat him as their own son. Now he has a son and a daughter, which makes Lin Jianye feel relieved.
Ai Xiaoxia and Lu Jingshen went home first, picked up the New Year gifts they had prepared, and then went to Lin Jianye's house.
When they arrived downstairs at Lin Jianye's house, Lin Rui waved at them from the window upstairs: "I'll come down to pick you up." He had been waiting for his sister and brother-in-law all morning, and was very excited to see them.
When Ai Xiaoxia wanted to say she didn't need it, there was no one at the window.
Soon Lin Rui came downstairs with a little girl of eight or nine years old.
Ai Xiaoxia and Lu Jingshen wished Lin Rui a happy new year to their second brother.
Lin Rui pulled the little girl next to him and said, "Yueliang, this is Sister Xiaoxia and her husband."
Lin Yueliang smiled at Ai Xiaoxia and called her sister and brother-in-law Happy New Year.
When Ai Xiaoxia heard Lin Rui address her, she knew that this was her uncle's daughter, Lin Yueliang. She had heard from her family before that her uncle and aunt went to school for many years, married and had children late, so their child was relatively young.
However, Ai Xiaoxia felt that her uncle and aunt were also quite interesting. They were both knowledgeable people and they gave their children very simple names.
She touched Lin Yueliang's head and said, "You are so beautiful."
Lin Yueliang looked at Ai Xiaoxia: "Sister is beautiful too."
Ai Xiaoxia took out the gift she had prepared for her. It was a big doll, a long-eared rabbit doll made of plush fabric that she had bought herself. It was one meter tall, pink, and very cute.
Lin Yueliang hugged the doll with great fondness: "Thank you, sister."
When they were moving things, Lin Jianshe and his wife also came downstairs. They also wanted to see their niece earlier.
Lin Yueliang saw her parents coming out and ran over: "Mom and Dad, look at the New Year's gift my sister gave me."
When Ai Xiaoxia heard Lin Yueliang calling her parents, she quickly looked over and called out to the middle-aged couple, "Happy New Year, Uncle and Aunt."
Lin Jianshe looked at Ai Xiaoxia, almost laughing and crying with excitement: "Okay, okay, this is Xiaoxia?"
Ai Xiaoxia nodded: "Yes, uncle, I am Xiaoxia."
Lin Jianshe walked to the opposite side of Ai Xiaoxia and looked at her carefully again and again: "Great, this child looks like our own, so great."
Lin Jianshe's wife, Sun Xiuyu, also came over: "Indeed, this is really pleasing to the eye no matter how you look at it. Not to mention, our Yueliang and Xiaoxia have quite a similar eyebrow."
Lin Jianshe nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it does."
Lu Jingshen also came over to greet Lin Jianshe and Sun Xiuyu: "Happy New Year, uncle and aunt."
Lin Jianshe looked at Lu Jingshen and liked him: "Okay, this kid is also good."
Sun Xiuyu quickly took out the red envelope and handed it to Lin Jianshe: "What are you thinking about? Hurry up and give the red envelope to the child."
Lin Jianshe took the red envelope from his wife and gave it to Ai Xiaoxia and Lu Jingshen: "Your father didn't tell us before, and we didn't prepare anything. Take this red envelope."
Ai Xiaoxia took the red envelope, thanked Lin Jianshe, and then said, "Uncle, we didn't let my dad tell you in advance. You're busy with work, so you'd have to take leave and rush back if you knew. It's almost the New Year anyway, so it's nice to be able to come back and spend the New Year with peace of mind."
Lin Jianshe looked at Ai Xiaoxia and sighed: "You are sensible, but you don't understand our hearts. After missing you for so many years, even if your uncle is busy with work, he is willing to come back to see you."
Ai Xiaoxia felt sad and her eyes became moist when she heard this.
At this time, Lin Rui quickly said, "Uncle, let's go home and talk about it. It's so cold, don't catch a cold."
Lin Jianshe also smiled and said, "Yes, yes, it's so cold, let's go home and talk."
Everyone took their things out of the car and went upstairs together.
Although Lin Jianye's house is big enough, there are really a lot of people here, more than ten people in total. It is crowded and seems lively, and it has a more festive atmosphere.
Ai Xiaoxia and Lu Jingshen went around paying New Year's greetings and received several red envelopes, and then everyone sat down to talk.
As they were talking, Lin Jianye mentioned the fact that Lin Miao had not returned. It was said that it was a very confidential mission. Anyway, Lin Miao's job has always been very dangerous, so he said he should come back as soon as possible.
After talking about Lin Miao, they also talked about the fourth brother who was given away. Lin Jianye sighed and said, "Hey, I'm the eldest brother. I should take care of the family affairs. I really wish it was me who was given away at that time."
Lin Jianguo said, "There's nothing we can do about it. I also hoped I could replace Xiao Si at the beginning, but Dad also said that we are all grown up and can remember things. If we go back, he won't feel at ease."
Lin Jianshe sighed: "If I could change it, I would also hope that my brother would stay at home and send me out, but there was nothing I could do under the circumstances at the time."
Ai Xiaoxia listened to this and thought that if Ai Laifu, Ai Laibao and the others had to fight to stay, they would have to compete to stay. That way, they would have one less brother competing for favor and could enjoy more love from their family.
Thinking of this, Ai Xiaoxia suddenly thought of her lost sister Lin Mei. If Ai Zhu had selfishly wanted more love from her family, and therefore lost Lin Mei, this was not impossible. After all, Ai Zhu was extremely selfish. If Ai Zhu had told the truth, would they have been able to find her sister? Even a little clue would have been very helpful.
Seeing Ai Xiaoxia distracted, Lu Jingshen felt something was wrong with her. He walked behind her and put his hand on her shoulder: "Is it too hot in the room? Do you want to go get some fresh air?"
Ai Xiaoxia knew what Lu Jingshen meant and forced a smile at him: "It's okay, I'll just drink some water."
Huang Wanxia listened to Lu Jingshen's words and quickly came over to touch Ai Xiaoxia's forehead: "Do you have a cold?"
Ai Xiaoxia didn't want to make everyone worry during the New Year, and she couldn't talk about Lin Mei's affairs in front of Huang Wanxia. She quickly smiled and said, "No, Mom, I'm really fine. Maybe I was a little dizzy from the wind blowing in the car window when I opened it when I came."
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