Chapter 27 Absence - The Sick Young Girl's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons in the Courtyard
Unfortunately, no matter how Raymond Lam and Zhang Mei admitted their mistakes and begged, Lin's mother's attitude was very firm. Since you are so dissatisfied, just move out completely and you don't have to see her annoying face anymore.
Mother Lin's attitude was very tough. She took her things and turned away.
In the middle of the morning, Lin's mother finally gave them some face and came back from outside. After all, she was the one who contacted the matchmaker. It would be a bit awkward if she was not there. After thinking about it, she decided to come back.
Lin Feng and Zhang Mei saw Lin's mother coming back from outside again, and they knew that she was planning to wait for Jiang Yang to bring the matchmaker to propose marriage. Then they thought again, has his mother\/her mother-in-law already thought it through and decided not to chase them out?
They were delighted and went to greet Lin's mother with a smile. Who was Lin's mother? She had lived with them for more than 20 years, so how could she not know what the couple was thinking?
"Okay, don't think too much. I just don't want to embarrass the matchmaker. When Lin Shu gets married, you should find a place to live and move out, so that your father and I can live a peaceful life." Then Lin's mother said to Lin Feng who was hesitant to speak, "Big brother, your father and I are not young anymore. Your father will be sixty in two years, and I will be almost the same." I don't have many years left to live.
Lin Feng looked at his mother's white hair and felt a little bitter. Yes, his parents are not young anymore. Other parents have retired and are living at home at this age, but his old father is still struggling at his job because his son, apart from paying his salary when he just started working, has only paid for their family's food after getting married and has not paid a penny to their family since then.
It's not that the old father doesn't have a hard life, but he doesn't dare to step down from his job! In the past, it was because of his younger sister, and now it's because he's afraid that his unfilial son will not support them in their old age.
Lin Feng's eyes were a little wet, "Mom!"
Mother Lin also felt bad, she was already this old, and when the daughter was still young, she had been holding on with all her heart, fearing that if they fell, the daughter would have no one to take care of her. So she and the old man dared not step down from their jobs, and neither dared to relax for a moment, for fear that their little daughter would be without support!
Now that their daughter is married, the old couple can relax a little. But the eldest son's family is never satisfied. They want this and that. Have they ever thought about what will happen to her and the old man in the future?
"Boss, when your daughter gets married, you should move out! Let your mother and I relax and have some time!" It turned out that Father Lin had the same idea as Mother Lin. They both wanted to give their granddaughter some dignity, so they also took leave and came back from the factory.
Although he didn't know what had happened between the old woman and the eldest son's family, since the old woman had asked them to move out, something must have happened this morning that made the old woman particularly intolerable. Faced with his wife and son, he chose his wife.
Young couples grow old together. They have been together for more than 40 years. Since the old woman has made up her mind, he will not have any objection.
Zhang Mei had no idea why things had turned out this way. Now that her father-in-law had spoken, it was a foregone conclusion that they would move out.
She opened her mouth to say something, but before she could open her mouth, she was stopped by Lin Feng, who was already overwhelmed by self-blame.
Over there, Father Lin also pulled Mother Lin back to the room.
Mother Lin smiled at Father Lin, wanting to comfort him that everything was fine, but she didn't know how forced the smile was on her face, which was still beautiful even when she was old.
"Are you okay?" Lin's father asked a simple question. Lin's mother, who was already feeling desolate because of her son's attitude, couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes and cried in an extremely suppressed voice.
At this time, both of them were sitting on the edge of the bed. Seeing her like this, Lin's father felt very sad and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay! From now on, we will just live together as two old people. I still have a pension! We can live well without the eldest brother." Father Lin tried hard to smile and comforted his wife slowly, word by word.
"Yeah." Lin's mother responded with a choked voice.
Father Lin has always known that his wife had made the decision to let their son move out, and he must have felt bad. Now that she cried like this, he felt better. If he kept it in his heart, he would get sick sooner or later.
Father Lin held Mother Lin in his arms, and the two of them just sat there quietly. Father Lin let Mother Lin cry in his arms and vent her emotions, and his hands gently soothed her back.
Zhang Mei and Lin Feng in the living room also looked unhappy, and Lin Shu didn't dare to say a word.
Lin Feng blamed himself for what he had done over the years, and thought that if it hadn't been for Zhang Mei, he would not have made those decisions. Today, it was Zhang Mei who complained about his mother behind his back, and his mother heard it, which led to this. So he glanced at Zhang Mei beside him and naturally put all the blame on her.
At this moment, Zhang Mei was complaining in her heart that the old couple was so unkind and insisted that their family move out. She didn't even notice the look that Lin Feng glanced at her. Otherwise, a quarrel between the couple would have been the least of their worries.
When Jiang Yang brought the matchmaker to propose marriage, the atmosphere in the Lin family was still very depressing.
Mother Lin had already calmed down, but her expression was very calm; Father Lin was still as serious as before; Lin Feng was also in a bad mood because of what happened in the morning; Zhang Mei wanted to laugh, but when she thought about how they would have to move out of this comfortable house after Lin Shu got married, she felt unhappy in her heart, and it inevitably showed on her face.
So Jiang Yang noticed that the Lin family seemed to be in a bad mood as soon as he entered the house. He thought that the Lin family was dissatisfied with him! He also thought that they were dissatisfied with his mother's absence!
The matchmaker happened to think the same thing, and as soon as she entered the room, she immediately started to explain, "Sister Li, I'm so sorry! Jiang Yang's mother asked me to apologize to you on her behalf! Unfortunately, she got injured yesterday, so she had to be absent today. It was really not intentional."
Of course, as a matchmaker, how could she know whether this was intentional or not? But the story of Aunt Jiang and Aunt Gu had already spread all over their area, and she heard the news early in the morning. She was almost angry to death. They were about to propose marriage, but Aunt Jiang got into trouble at this critical moment. If this marriage fell through, who would give her the matchmaker's money?
After she reminded them, the Lin family realized that Jiang's mother, the important role in proposing marriage and the future mother-in-law, was absent.
Zhang Mei's face suddenly turned ugly.
But the next second, the matchmaker said, "So, this marriage proposal will be handled by Jiang Yang and I. We will definitely be able to satisfy you."
Satisfied?
Zhang Mei immediately thought of the betrothal money. If they could be satisfied, wouldn't that mean the betrothal money must be a lot, right?
Thinking of this, her complexion brightened up again, she smiled and quickly welcomed them in.
"Please come in, please come in! It's okay. My mother-in-law is injured and she definitely can't come! How can you work her like this?"
Zhang Mei quickly said, "If you can't come, then don't come. After all, marriage is a matter between the young couple. As long as it doesn't delay things, it's fine."
"That's right!" the matchmaker responded happily.