When Lin Sijun saw Lin Xiu, he remembered his brother's talk about touching porcelain and his sister's talk about criticizing and fighting, and he stopped immediately. At the same time, Lin Xiu also saw Lin Sijun. Yesterday, she went to Lin Dajun's house to help, but Lin Zhen refused her, saying that now she could go to the fields occasionally, and with her mother's help, there was no need for Lin Xiu to come to help. Lin Xiu knew what it meant when she heard it. In addition, the eldest uncle's mother came back from Lin Yiyi's house to send a message that the Lin family did not agree with her and Captain Lin's Fourth Army Division.
Lin Xiu thought that even if Lin Yiyi disagreed, as long as she could take down Lin Sijun, it would be fine. But she didn't see Lin Sijun at the Lin family yesterday, but she ran into him this morning when she was cutting pig grass.
Lin Xiu: "Brother Sijun, you got up so early?"
When Lin Sijun heard the words "Brother Sijun", his hair stood on end: "Well, I want to cut grass for the pigs." After all, they are relatives, it is impossible not to talk.
Lin Xiu: "My cousin is in confinement after childbirth, and my brother-in-law has to go back to work. Brother Sijun, it must be tiring for you to cut grass for the pigs by yourself, right? You have so many pigs at home, you can't handle it by yourself. Let me help you cut grass for the pigs."
When Lin Sijun heard this, he hurriedly said, "No, no..." As he said that, he carefully ran past Lin Xiu quickly.
Lin Xiu: “…Brother Sijun…” Seeing Lin Sijun about to run away, Lin Xiu’s mind moved, and then she groaned, and she fell to the ground, “My feet…my feet hurt so much…Brother Sijun…”
When Lin Sijun heard Lin Xiu's call, he stopped and turned to look at Lin Xiu.
Seeing Lin Sijun stop, Lin Xiu immediately said, "Brother Sijun, my foot hurts, can you come over and help me? Brother Sijun..."
Lin Sijun remembered what Lin Dajun said, that lesbians were harassing gay men and then demanding compensation or asking gay men to take responsibility. Lin Sijun didn't want to pay compensation or take responsibility. So, Lin Sijun shouted, "Is there anyone here? Lin Xiu fell down. Which lady can come over and help her up?"
Lin Sijun's shout drew out the aunties who had not yet left their homes. Immediately, several aunties ran out.
"Fourth Army, do you want help?"
"Fourth Army, what happened?"
Lin Sijun: "Auntie, Lin Xiu fell down, please help her up."
One of the ladies came forward and helped Lin Xiu up: "What's wrong? Lin Xiu, are you okay? Why don't you be more careful when you walk."
Lin Xiu's face turned black, but she still managed to force a smile: "I'm fine, thank you, Auntie."
When Lin Sijun saw his aunt help Lin Xiu up, he ran back home. This Lin Xiu was too scary. She even called him "Brother Sijun" and he felt uncomfortable just by hearing that.
The captain's wife saw Lin Sijun coming and asked, "Sijun, you're back so early? Have you eaten?"
Lin Sijun: "I ate it. Auntie, I just ran into Lin Xiu on the road. She fell down and asked me to help her up. I didn't. I asked Auntie Cuihua to help her up. Don't let her hold me responsible. Don't try to extort money from me."
When the captain's wife heard this, her face darkened. Lin Sijun didn't understand this kind of drama of falling down and being helped up, but didn't she understand it? If it was before, she didn't know that Lin Xiu also wanted to marry into the Lin family, she would have thought that Lin Xiu really fell down, but now, she knew it was impossible, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?
The captain's wife said: "I understand. Don't worry, I will explain everything to their family."
Lin Sijun breathed a sigh of relief: "Auntie, is my sister-in-law in the room? I want to tell her something."
Lin Zhen was naturally in the house recuperating after giving birth, and she also heard what Lin Sijun said outside. She also developed some disgust towards Lin Xiu. The cousins originally had a very good relationship. If they had a bad relationship, Lin Xiu would not take care of the pregnant Lin Zhen. But now, because of these things, the two sisters have conflicts. Lin Zhen thinks that as a lesbian, Lin Xiu is not reserved enough. After the gay man refused, she still pestered like this. Not only is Lin Xiu not reserved, but she is also embarrassed in the Lin family. And Lin Xiu thinks that Lin Zhen herself married a good family, so she doesn't want her to marry a good family. It's stingy and selfish.
Lin Zhen: "Fourth Army, I'm here."
Lin Sijun walked to the door. Because of the awkward position of brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Lin Sijun did not go into the house. Instead, he stood at the door and said, "Sister-in-law, my sister said that you are in confinement now, and Lin Xiu will come to help. In order to avoid embarrassment, I will eat at my own home during this period."
When Lin Zhen heard this, she understood what Lin Sijun meant, or rather, she understood the meaning of what Lin Yiyi asked Lin Sijun to convey. It was as if she was saying, this is your mother's family's matter, you should solve it yourselves.
Lin Zhen felt a little embarrassed, and more dissatisfied with Lin Xiu. Lin Zhen: "I understand. During this time, my mother will cook and bring it to you."
Lin Sijun: "Thank you, sister-in-law. I'm going to cut grass for the pigs." He wanted to raise three pigs, and he was also the one taking care of Lin Dajun's pigs.
After Lin Sijun went to cut grass for the pigs, Lin Zhen called the captain's wife and said, "Mom, you heard what Sijun said just now. Why is Xiaoxiu so out of line? You went to my eldest sister's house yesterday, and my eldest sister made it clear that she didn't agree with Sijun and Xiaoxiu being together. Besides, Sijun himself didn't have such intentions, so why did she make trouble? If Sijun and Xiaoxiu liked each other, that would be fine, but the problem is that Sijun didn't have such intentions for her."
The captain's wife: "I understand. I will explain it to your aunt again. Don't let her come to your house anymore."
Lin Zhen: “Yeah.”
The captain's wife went to find Lin Xiuniang angrily.
Lin Xiuniang was not at home, she had gone to work. The captain's wife came home again, and when Grandma Lin saw her expression, she knew something was wrong: "What's wrong?" She was fine when she went out in the morning, but why did she look so gloomy when she came back? Grandma Lin and the captain's wife have always gotten along well. First, the captain's son made Grandma Lin very proud. Second, Lin Zhen married a good man, so Grandma Lin was willing to give the captain's wife some face. Third, the captain's wife had a good temper and was hardworking and dutiful. So the two of them had always gotten along well. It was said that the captain's wife had been married to the Lin family for many years, and they had never quarreled or blushed.
The captain's wife recounted what happened this morning: "Mom, what do you think my second brother's wife is thinking? Are they trying to humiliate Xiaozhen? If my cousin seduces my brother-in-law, how can we live in peace if this gets out?"
Grandma Lin's brows were also tightly knitted. She really couldn't believe that her daughter-in-law would be so tactless: "I will talk to her later. If Xiaoxiu doesn't change, I will arrange a marriage for her as soon as possible." If this matter were to get out, their family would really be shameless and people would laugh at them for years.
After lunch, Grandma Lin and the team leader's wife went to Lin Xiu's house again.
When Lin Xiuyi saw them, her eyes were filled with resentment, but she hid it.
Lin Xiuniang: "Mom, sister-in-law, what are you doing?" She saw that the two people looked unhappy and didn't understand the reason.
The captain's wife directly told him what happened in the morning: "Sister-in-law, Sijun told me about this. Tell me, how did Xiaoxiu fall down in front of Sijun and hurt her foot?"
When Lin Xiuniang heard this, she knew what it meant. Although she also hoped that her daughter would marry into the Lin family, since the Lin family had rejected her, she naturally gave up. She was also from a respectable family, and she could not do such a thing as letting her daughter seduce gay men and then marry into the family. Besides, if this really succeeded, her daughter would definitely not be happy after marrying into the family. First of all, she would not get along well with her eldest sister-in-law Lin Zhen, and secondly, the Lin family would not treat their daughter well after being tricked like this. Therefore, she persuaded her daughter to forget it yesterday, but she had no idea that her daughter would actually...
Of course, in front of Grandma Lin and the captain's wife, she would not admit that her daughter seduced Lin Sijun. As a mother, she still had to protect her daughter's reputation. Lin Xiuniang smiled and said, "There must be a misunderstanding. Our Xiaoxiu would not do such a thing. I guess she hurt her foot when she was cutting pig grass this morning, so she fell. So I will remind her later that she should not hurt her feet when cutting pig grass next time."
The captain's wife sighed, "Sister-in-law, we have always been in harmony, and Xiaozhen and Xiaoxiu have a good relationship. If Sijun really likes Xiaoxiu, we can also work hard to convince Sijun's elder sister, but now Sijun has also said that he has no such intention towards Xiaoxiu. This man's heart is not with you, no matter how much you do, it will be useless. Xiaoxiu is a good girl, good-looking and hardworking. Who in our team doesn't know how good she is? Don't hurt yourself for such a shadowy thing."
Lin Xiuniang: "Sister-in-law, I know." Of course her daughter is fine. Think about it, before this happened, how many people asked about her daughter and wanted to propose marriage to their family, but she wanted to find a good one for her daughter, so she didn't agree. As a result, now... If she had known this would happen, she should have arranged a marriage for her daughter earlier.
After Grandma Lin and the captain's wife left, Lin Xiuniang went to find Lin Xiu with a complicated look on her face. Lin Xiu had been hiding and eavesdropping, but now that Grandma Lin and the captain's wife were gone, she no longer had to eavesdrop and appeared directly in front of her mother.
Lin Xiuniang looked at her daughter who was biting her lower lip with a stubborn look on her face and said, "Xiao Xiu, let's forget about this matter. It turns out that you don't like Lin Sijun, so why do you have to take a gamble on this? Can't we just live a good life on our own?"
Lin Xiu said, "Mother, haven't you always been talking about how well Xiaozhen married? Every time we get together during the Chinese New Year, you always say how lucky Xiaozhen is and how good the Lin family is. That's what you say. Since Xiaozhen can find a man with good conditions and marry a man with good conditions, why can't I? I also want to find a man with good conditions."
Lin Xiuniang sighed: "My daughter, you want to find a man with good conditions, which is not wrong. After all, everyone wants to find a man with good conditions. But before that, you have to see if he likes you. But if he doesn't like you, no matter how good his conditions are, it is not a blessing you can enjoy."
Lin Xiu: "I don't care. I just want to find someone whose conditions are not worse than Lin's. I don't want to lose to Lin Zhen. Why does Lin Zhen's family not allow me to do this or leave that? Just because Lin Zhen married Lin Dajun, this is called one person's success brings prosperity to everyone."
"You..." Lin Xiuniang looked at the angry daughter in front of her and suddenly felt a little strange. Her daughter is well-behaved, smart, and hard-working. How could she be like this? "Xiaoxiu, what are you thinking? How could you say such a thing? Although my mother is very envious of Lin Zhen's marriage to the Lin family, and hopes that you can marry into such a good marriage, we can be envious, but we cannot say such unreasonable things. After all, they are our relatives, and we can always help when we need help. "
Lin Xiu: "Mom, you are overthinking. Help? Ask them to help me introduce Lin Sijun and help me. They are not willing, but don't think about other help."
Lin Xiuniang: "Xiaoxiu, you can't think like that."
Lin Xiu was a little impatient: "Okay, mother, don't say anything, I know what I am thinking. Anyway, I won't marry anyone worse than Lin Zhen. If Lin Sijun is not good enough, I will marry someone from the city."
Lin Xiuniang: "Why are you so stubborn?"
Lin Xiu didn't want to listen to her mother, so she turned around and ran out of the house.
For several days, Lin Xiu went to find Lin Sijun every morning when she was cutting grass for pigs. Unfortunately, she either couldn't stop him or Lin Sijun avoided her. For this reason, Lin Sijun reported it to Lin Zhen many times. Lin Zhen told the captain's wife, and the captain's wife also went to Lin Xiuniang to tell her, but it was useless. No matter what Lin Xiuniang said, Lin Xiu didn't listen.
Moreover, the Lin family couldn't do anything. After all, the place where they cut grass for pigs didn't belong to the Lin family. Besides Lin Sijun, Lin Xiu could also take this road.
A few days later, someone approached the captain's wife to ask, "Captain's wife, do you think your niece is dating the Fourth Army?"
The captain's wife said, "No, our Xiaozhen married Dajun, how could my niece marry Sijun? How can a sister marry a brother? And I heard from Dajun's sister that Sijun is not dating for the time being. We have to wait until he graduates from high school, which will take at least several years."
Others: "Wait until Dajun graduates from high school? That means he must be in his twenties, right?"
The captain's wife: "A gay man is already in his twenties, isn't it easy to find a wife? If he has graduated from high school, has a job as a worker, and is a first-time marriage, who cares about age?" She said this sincerely. Who wouldn't want a man in his early twenties, with a good family and a first-time marriage? In addition, the Lin family has no mother-in-law, so he can be the master of the house as soon as he enters the house. Therefore, Lin Sijun has the most advantages among all the unmarried gay men. Nowadays, whether it is a young girl or a girl's family, what they like most is to be able to separate from the family as soon as they enter the house, without the pressure of a mother-in-law.
Although some people thought that Lin Sijun and Lin Xiu were dating at the beginning, everyone's doubts disappeared with the words of the captain's wife. After all, the captain's wife represented Lin Zhen in a certain way, and Lin Zhen's words could represent the Lin family. So everyone believed that Lin Sijun and Lin Xiu were not talking about getting married.
Two days before the Lantern Festival, Lin Yiyi came to deliver glutinous rice balls to the Lin family.
Lin Yiyi: "Four Armies..."
Seeing that the gates of the courtyard connecting the three houses of Lin Dajun's family were all closed, it was normal for the courtyard gate to be closed when Lin Sanjun was not at home, but why was Lin Dajun's family's gate also closed?
Lin Yiyi: "Are the Fourth Army here? The Fourth Army..."
Lin Wujun yelled at the top of his lungs: "Fourth Brother... Fourth Brother..."
Lin Yiyi's voice cannot be compared with Lin Wujun's.
Xiao Shiyi: "Fourth uncle... Fourth uncle..."
Lin Sijun: "Here." He just stuck his head out from behind the gate of his yard.
Lin Yiyi: "...Why did you open this door?" In the past, the gate of Lin Dajun's yard was always open, and the gate of Lin Sijun's yard was not open. So at this moment, Lin Yiyi and the others were also in front of Lin Dajun's yard gate.
Lin Sijun waved at them and said, "Come in here."
Lin Yiyi and the others went to the next door again: "What are you doing?"
Lin Sijun cried, "Sister, I've been crying a lot lately. I don't even dare to go out."
Lin Yiyi: "What's wrong?" She said as she carried the things into Lin Sijun's house, "Is your sister-in-law not here? Why are the doors to the yard closed?"
Lin Sijun: "My sister-in-law is here. She is afraid that if she opens the door, Lin Xiu will go in."
Lin Yiyi couldn't help but frown after hearing this: "What does it have to do with Lin Xiu? Didn't I reject your sister-in-law's family? Besides, we never said that we wanted to marry Lin Xiu, but this girl actually took the initiative to say that she wants to wash your clothes. It can be seen that she is also thoughtful." Lin Yiyi is not opposed to the fact that girls chase boys. After all, this is not a big deal in modern times. Moreover, if you like someone, you can take the initiative to chase him. In the eyes of modern women, this is not a problem. But the problem is that Lin Xiu can say it directly instead of using this way of creating topics, or in modern terms, creating scandals. You know, in this era, the problem of relationships between men and women is very serious. She did this without considering this problem at all. She only thinks about herself and doesn't consider others, so Lin Yiyi can't agree with her.
Lin Sijun: "This is what happened..." He told her about the past few days when he always ran into Lin Xiu cutting grass for pigs. "Sister, can you tell her to stop bothering me? I get scared when I see her."
Lin Yiyi: "...This guy just met you when he was cutting pig grass, what can he say? Everyone can cut pig grass, and everyone can walk on this road." If Lin Xiu did something radical, she could still say something, but just meeting you like this while cutting pig grass, there was really nothing she could say.
Lin Sijun: "What should I do? Sister, I am so annoyed."
Lin Yiyi: "I'll talk to your sister-in-law's mother later."
Lin Sijun: "She is useless. I have told my sister-in-law about this several times."
Lin Yiyi: "Okay, it can definitely be solved. Is your sister-in-law home now? Here are some glutinous rice balls for her."
Lin Sijun: "What's this stuffed with?"
Lin Yiyi: "There are sesame paste and peanuts, which one do you want?"
Lin Sijun: "I've tried the sesame paste one, but not the peanut one. But I want to try both."
Lin Yiyi: "Then try them all."
After chatting with Lin Sijun for a while, Lin Yiyi went to Lin Dajun's house next door. Lin Zhen next door was still in confinement after giving birth, and the captain's wife was not there, otherwise no one would have opened the door when Lin Yiyi knocked.
Lin Yiyi walked through the yard and came to the door: "Is Xiaozhen here?"
Lin Zhen: “Yes.” Sitting in confinement does not mean that you cannot go out. In fact, the so-called confinement is just a way to recuperate. Moreover, in this era, few women can complete the confinement without doing housework. In this era, women usually rest for a few days after giving birth.
Lin Zhen opened the door: "Sister is here, come and sit down."
Lin Yiyi said: "I brought some glutinous rice balls over, you should go and have a rest."
Lin Zhen: "It's tiring to lie down all the time, so I'll take a walk. It's just in time for my elder sister to come back with some glutinous rice balls. We can eat them when the army gets off work in the evening."
Lin Yiyi: "That's perfect. There are two flavors of glutinous rice balls, one with sesame paste and the other with peanut butter. Both are ground by ourselves."
Lin Zhen: "Big sister is very meticulous in what she does."
Lin Yiyi smiled and changed the subject: "Xiaozhen, what's going on with your sister? She's pestering Sijun like this, your family doesn't mean the same thing, does it?"
Lin Zhen's heart tightened: "Big sister, it's nothing. My family has told Xiaoxiu several times, but she didn't listen. I don't know what's wrong with her personality. She is so stubborn."
Lin Yiyi said softly, "Her personality and stubbornness have nothing to do with our family. Although our family and theirs are somewhat related by marriage because of you, this is not enough for our family to pay for her stubbornness, don't you think? Besides, people have to have dignity. If this matter gets out, it will not be good for her reputation, right? Besides, the rumors about relationships between men and women are so strong now. If she is rumored to have had a casual relationship with a man, that would be bad."
Lin Zhen was also very upset. She had no idea that Lin Xiu would still cling to her. She had seen Lin Sijun avoiding Lin Xiu before, and she thought that was the only way. However, she overlooked one thing. Why did Lin Sijun avoid Lin Xiu? It would be fine if it happened for one or two days. The problem was that Lin Sijun had been avoiding Lin Xiu for several days, and Lin Xiu's family had not found a solution.
Lin Zhen's face turned a little bad, because she was worried that Lin Yiyi would have something against her because of this matter, and at the same time she felt that Lin Xiu was not clear about it. Speaking of it, being a daughter-in-law is not that simple. It's good not to have a mother-in-law above, but the eldest sister-in-law is a powerful one, which is not a good thing: "Don't worry, sister, I will solve it."
Lin Yiyi smiled and said, "How is the third grade? A newborn baby changes every day. I can't recognize her now, right?
Lin Zhen: "She's sleeping. Her mouth is a little open now. They say she looks more and more like you. I guess she and you may be cut from the same mold in the future."
Lin Yiyi: “Let me take a look.”
Chusan was well taken care of because Lin Zhen took good care of him during the confinement period and had enough milk, so Chusan was well taken care of.
Lin Yiyi sat at Lin Dajun's house for a while, then went to the Lin family's old house. Although Zhang Xiaojun was a teacher, the school had not started yet, but Fang Cao had already started working, so Zhang Xiaojun would help with the work and earn some work points. Therefore, when Lin Yiyi went there, Zhang Xiaojun was not there, and only Fang Fang was there.
Fang Fang saw Lin Yiyi coming and asked happily, "Sister, why are you here?"