Chapter 284 Who is Liang Zi?
Tian Xue and Tian Xue's mother looked outside through the window and saw that there was indeed a car parked outside the gate.
Tian Xue looked at Lin Mei in surprise: "Your biological parents are so rich?"
Lin Mei scratched her head. "I'm not really sure. I just know my dad is a director, and one of my brothers works in a bank, and the other is a doctor. But I know my sister is very rich. She owns restaurants and hotels and so on."
Tian Xue couldn't close her mouth after hearing this: "So rich? Then can I really visit your house in the future? They won't dislike me, right?"
Lin Mei quickly shook her head: "No, my family is very nice, they are not snobs."
At this time, Tian Xue's mother sighed and said, "You're gone like this. Your adoptive parents must be heartbroken, right? They've raised you for so many years and treated you very well. They told you to come back often to visit. They don't have any children. Your leaving like this will almost kill them."
Lin Mei didn't know what to say: "Okay, I understand, aunt." Because she didn't want the Qin family to be gossiped about, she couldn't explain any more.
Tian Xue's mother sighed again, then remembered something and said to Lin Mei, "Why didn't you let your parents in? They're already at the door, shopping, why don't you go inside and have a drink of water?"
Lin Mei said, "No need. I won't stay any longer. I still have to go to Shi Bo's house. By the way, I left my home phone number with Xue'er. If she has any problems in the future, she can call me." As she said that, she took out a pen and paper from her backpack, wrote down her phone number and gave it to Tian Xue.
Tian Xue answered the phone, feeling quite sad: "We won't be able to see each other often in the future. Take care of yourself."
Lin Mei nodded: "Xue'er, I have seen a lot during this period of time following my sister. I will definitely take you to Lingyuan City when I have the chance. Maybe you will think differently from before."
Tian Xue looked at Lin Mei curiously: "Why do you think differently?"
"I used to think that we would get married, have children and raise them when we grow up, but after seeing my sister's life, I realized that women can live so freely. I will go to school again after I go back. I want to learn from my sister and become a career woman in the future." Lin Mei is now Lin Xiaoxia's little fan girl.
Tian Xue became more and more curious as she listened to Lin Mei's words: "You still want to go to school?"
Lin Mei nodded: "Well, my dad arranged it for me. I will take the high school entrance examination next year and maybe go to a technical school."
Tian Xue and her mother were both quite surprised, because they both knew that Lin Mei had dropped out of school for two years. Now she was going back to school?
But Tian Xue smiled when she heard this: "Now I know you will live well when you go back, so I am relieved. Don't let your family wait too long. If I have the chance in the future, I will come to see you."
Lin Mei said: "I will come back to see you too."
The two ladies hugged each other, and then Lin Mei came out.
Tian Xue and Tian Xue's mother walked her out the door. Lin Mei didn't let them walk too far and ran out by herself.
After Lin Mei got in the car, they went to Shi's house again.
Shi Yan, the youngest daughter of the Shi family, is a friend of Lin Mei. The Shi family has six sons and one daughter. With so many sons, it would be difficult for them to find wives in the future. So a few years ago, they became in-laws with Qin Zhigang, who only had one daughter, and said that they would marry their fourth son Shi Liang into the Qin family.
Qin Zhigang was naturally willing to do so. He was afraid that he would not have a son to take care of him in his old age, so it would be fine if he could have a son-in-law who could marry into the family.
So the two families also made a verbal agreement that the children would get married when they reached the age, and over the years the two families have been treated as relatives.
Lin Mei has been influenced by their ideas since she was a child. She thinks that she should marry Shi Liang when she grows up. She doesn't understand what true love is. She just always listens to her adoptive mother saying that life is like that and it's the same for everyone else, so she gradually accepts these weird ideas.
But Lin Mei is different now. She has seen the sweet love between her sister and brother-in-law, as well as the love between her parents, which is full of support and tolerance. She knows how to live a real life, which is not about making do like this.
Although the Shi family is very nice, that is not her home. She came back today to say goodbye properly. Besides, she and Shi Yan are good friends and they will continue to visit each other in the future.
She carried her things into the Shi family's gate to say goodbye.
Lin Xiaoxia and the others didn't know this and still didn't accompany Lin Mei in. They waited for her in the car.
After Lin Mei went in, Lin Jianye asked Lin Xiaoxia, "Xiaoxia, do you remember the Liang Zi that Li Xiulan mentioned earlier?"
Lin Xiaoxia nodded: "Remember, Dad is worried about the relationship between Xiaoya and Liangzi?"
Huang Wanxia didn't know this and looked at the two of them: "Who is Liang Zi?"
Lin Xiaoxia said, "Mom, I guess Liangzi is the one the Qin family arranged for Xiaoya to marry. After all, they know Xiaoya's real age. In the countryside, if she doesn't go to school, she'll be married off at 17 or 18."
Huang Wanxia's expression grew serious. "If Xiaoya really has a boyfriend, what should we do? Xiaoya just came back. If we do something that makes her resist, she'll be alienated from us. But we can't just blindly find a husband for our child, right?"
Lin Xiaoxia placed her hand on Huang Wanxia's back. "Mom, you're overthinking it. We still don't know what's going on. Besides, we live in a world like this these days. There's no such thing as arranged marriages. Even if Xiaoya is just beginning to fall in love, it's perfectly normal. She's not even an adult yet. At best, it's puppy love. Talking about marriage is premature, and there are so many variables."
Huang Wanxia took a deep breath after hearing what Lin Xiaoxia said.
Then he turned to Lin Xiaoxia and said, "You make sense. We should pave the way for her now as much as possible so that she can develop and have a promising future. When she matures, she will have her own opinions on matters of the heart. When the time comes, we can give her some advice, and she won't resist."
Lin Xiaoxia nodded. "That's exactly what I mean. We can't control her too much right now. After all, she's only known us for a few days, and she's in adolescence, so she's thinking a lot. If we ask her about everything and control her, it will make her feel constrained, and she might become estranged from us. We should give her more time and space so that she'll be more willing to talk to us if she has something to say."
Lin Jianye said: "Well, you are right. We should protect her, but we can't let her feel suffocated, otherwise she will be depressed."
Huang Wanxia felt upset: "Speaking of which, my two daughters didn't grow up by my side. As a mother, I don't know a lot of your affairs. I want to intervene, but I'm afraid I can't handle it well. I don't know what to do."
Lin Xiaoxia said to Huang Wanxia, "Mom, you really don't have to blame yourself so much. We have never blamed you. I will pay more attention to Xiaoya's affairs. She may not be able to say some things to your elders, but she is a sister and a friend to me, so it is easier for us to talk about it."
Huang Wanxia touched Lin Xiaoxia's hair and said, "My daughter is really a little cotton-padded jacket sent by God. It's worth it for my mother to have a daughter like you in this life."
While Lin Xiaoxia and the others were talking, a man in his forties walked over from the yard.
The man came to the front of the car very enthusiastically, looked in the window and said, "You are recruiting... Lin Mei's family, right? You are already at the door, come in and have a drink of water."
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