Chapter 186: Begging for mercy
Lin Yaner looked at Lin Shu like a traitor, and snorted angrily: "Hey, I didn't know that my sister is so generous now, then why do you want to take the sewing machine back?"
Lin Shu glanced at her, as if she was looking at an idiot, "My mother-in-law bought it for me, of course I want to take it back. What did your mother-in-law buy for you?"
Lin Yaner was furious. Her parents didn't keep her betrothal gifts. After all, she got married after her eldest brother got married, but her in-laws didn't buy her a sewing machine or other expensive items.
She felt that Lin Shu didn't know what was good for her. She and she were both married women who were exploited by their parents' families, and both were sisters who sacrificed for their brothers. Why didn't she join her group instead of joining them?
"How much did your family spend on Lin Yue's marriage? How much dowry did you have? I don't believe you don't feel bad!"
Lin Yue, who had been drinking with Lin Ju and Lu Shaotang, also stopped eating. He was a scumbag in the past, but he has changed. Now he works hard to make money, and gives all the money to his mother. He goes to send some food to the third sister every now and then. No matter whether it is good or bad, it is his heartfelt gift. The
third sister is also good to her parents' family. She will send them some delicious food.
If it is not convenient for her, she will let Lu Ping, Lu An or Hou Bo come.
This kind of give-and-take family affection is warm. No matter how much the gift is, it is a kind of affection.
How can she think about so many things?
If he cares about everything, if he gives his sister a piece of fish and calculates how much it will cost, and if his sister gives her a piece of meat and calculates how much it will cost, what's the point?
Besides, if this thing can be counted as money, can feelings be counted?
He and his parents were bullied by the Sun family. If the third sister's family hadn't come forward, the village brigade cadres would be so willing to help? Can the Sun family admit defeat and settle down?
My mother was sick, so my third sister and her mother-in-law sent her to the city.
And it was thanks to the help of Third Sister and Sister Lu that he and his father were able to take the tractor driver exam.
How do you measure each of these items? How to tell who loses and who gets the advantage?
He felt unhappy, so he helped Lin Ju and Lu Shaotang pour wine.
Lu Shaotang did not join in the women's chatter. He picked up his wine cup and clinked it with theirs, then just drank his own.
Lin Shu was too lazy to pay attention to Lin Yan'er.
There were few people today, so they did not have separate tables. Men, women, old and young all ate at the same table.
However, Panpan and Tiantian had just nibbled on a piece of meat and a snack, and refused to eat properly. They took Bao'er out to play with the children nearby.
Lin Shu sat next to Lu Shaotang and ate together.
She felt that people should sing the same songs on different mountains and say the same things in different eras.
She traveled from the 21st century to the 1970s, so naturally she would not use modern standards to demand people of this era.
Speaking of which, the Lin family is already very fond of their daughters. The parents did not sell their daughters in order to find a wife for their son. They were all good families carefully selected by the grandmother for their granddaughters.
Even though the second sister and Qian Lisheng divorced later, Grandma Lin did not predict that Qian Lisheng would be infertile. At that time, the Qian family was indeed the best family for Lin Xia to marry.
The same was true for Lin Yan'er. She was not hastily married off just to make up for the dowry for the eldest brother.
The dowries of the four sisters were similar, mainly cloth, clothes and other daily necessities, and the money at the bottom of the box.
Grandma Lin also tried to be fair. When she was young, she also raised the four granddaughters in the same way. The eldest
sister Lin was the best in rhythm, and she was also good at cooking and sewing.
Lin Xia didn't like to learn sewing. She was like a tomboy and liked to tinker with the household items at home. She even preferred to learn a little carpentry from Lin's father.
Lin Yan'er neither likes to study nor do housework. She always feels that cooking and making clothes are oppressive to her.
When she is asked to do housework, she complains about why her brothers don't do it, and always wants to compare. When it comes to her brothers working in the fields, she says that they are men with great strength and should go to the fields, while she is a girl with little strength and should not go to the fields. As a result,
she didn't learn many skills, and she was not as good-looking as Lin Shu, so naturally she couldn't marry into the city. Even if Grandma Lin used her connections to introduce her to Lu Shaotang and Fang Dihua, she was not happy.
Fang Dihua was not someone Grandma Lin would be happy with, so she had to see him.
Fang Dihua initially thought that her son didn't want to get married, probably because he thought the woman was not pretty enough, so she tried her best to find him a pretty one, the kind that would make Tieshixin's heart tremble, so she agreed to marry Lin Shu.
Lin Yan'er could marry into a family in the brigade of the county's suburban area, which was already the best condition for her to marry.
However, she didn't think that this was planned by Grandma Lin and her parents, she thought it was all her own efforts!
It was because she was beautiful that the man liked her, and it was because she was capable that her parents-in-law were satisfied with her.
She thought she was very worthy, she was marrying a man and would spend her life with him, so she had to do her best to contribute to her small family and please her parents-in-law.
She was most afraid that her husband's family would say that she was subsidizing her parents' family, so she deliberately took away her parents' family to subsidize her husband's family, so that her husband's family would praise her for being sensible and reasonable, and that she was different from those daughters-in-law who subsidized their parents' family. She was a smart woman who knew how to live and had a brain.
She felt that she had a legitimate reason not to like going back to her parents' family.
Because she thought that her parents favored sons over daughters, and spent so much money on her eldest brother's marriage and gave so much betrothal gifts, why didn't they give her the same amount of dowry?
Wouldn't she live her own life when she went to her husband's family?
Wouldn't her husband's family look up to her if she gave her a larger dowry? Wouldn't she live comfortably herself?
Soon Auntie Lin chased after her and scolded Lin Yaner, "Don't embarrass yourself by coming to your second uncle's house."
She gave Lu Shaotang an embarrassed smile and said to Lin Shu, "Why didn't you come back with your second sister a few days ago? You guys really bumped into each other today, it's not funny enough."
Since she wanted to be friends with her nieces, she was naturally not afraid of the family scandal being exposed, and it couldn't be hidden anyway.
Lu Shaotang called her Auntie and that was it. He never interfered in such matters between mother-in-law and mother-in-law. It should be the tradition of their Lu family. If there were quarrels between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or sisters-in-law, men would not interfere. Whoever interfered would be in trouble.
Lin Shu said to Aunt Lin, "Aunt, I heard from my second sister that you haven't been sleeping well recently, so I brought you a bottle of malted milk for you and my uncle to drink."
In addition to malted milk, there were other gifts for visiting relatives, most of which were given by Lu Shaotang.
Aunt Lin said, "Your presence is a gift, I'm very happy, take the malted milk back to your mother-in-law to drink."
Lin Yaner curled her lips when she heard this, thinking that Aunt Lin was snobbish. She used to say bad things about Lin Shu, but now she starts to curry favor with her because her son-in-law has moved to the provincial capital.
What's the point of currying favor with her? Can she take you to live in the provincial capital? Or can she arrange a job for your son?
She glanced at Lu Shaotang, and then said to Lin Shu: "Sister, your family is rich, why don't you lend me a hundred first, and I will definitely pay you back later."
Aunt Lin rushed to scold: "What are you crazy about? Who can lend you a hundred? Why don't you dream about picking it up?"
Li Yan'er was not convinced: "You have been bragging all day long that your second uncle's sister is rich, and Lin Xia married the factory director. She is an electrician with a high salary, and Lin Shu is married to a high-ranking military officer with a salary of several dozen. With so much money, why can't I help my sister? My sister-in-law finally married into a dual-income family in the city, and she will take over her mother-in-law's job and work in the factory. This is her lifelong happiness, why can't you help me?"
Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin were so angry that they didn't know what to say.
Lin Yaner squeezed her eldest brother again, "Brother, you are talking. You talk about being nice to girls all day long, but your kindness is only in your words? Why don't you take practical actions?"
Lin Ju is really not a talker. He is not much better than Brother Lu, and not as good as Lin Yue.
When his hand shook, the wine in the wine cup spilled out.
What could he say?
Arguing with my little sister?
What's the use of arguing and winning?
What happens if you lose?
Is it to make her stop making trouble in the future or to make him rich all of a sudden to help her?
It’s frustrating no matter what.
Aunt Lin was angry, turned around and picked up the broom in the main room to beat Lin Yan'er, "You dead girl who deserves to be beaten, you don't go back to your parents' home all year round, and
you make jokes when you come back." Lin's mother immediately stopped her, "Sister-in-law, let's talk nicely."
If the eldest brother and sister-in-law can be cruel and ignore Lin Yan'er, then they can beat and scold her and break up, and Yan'er should not come back to her parents' home in the future.
But isn't that impossible?
Lin's mother was the most touched. What can her daughter do?
If you scold her and beat her today, won't you feel sorry for her in the future?
Isn't she relying on her parents to feel sorry for her and won't ignore her?
Lin Shu shook her head and laughed. The eldest uncle's family was so angry with Lin Yan'er that they didn't know what to do. The eldest sister-in-law didn't come to eat, and there was no sound when she shouted through the wall. It was estimated that she was angry with the younger sister-in-law and hid away.
But Lin Yan'er, still has a miserable and angry look as if her parents favor her brother and her brother sucks her blood.
She doesn't think that the fact that she can express dissatisfaction and anger at will shows that she has more freedom and preference than others.
Would Lin's mother and Second Aunt Jie dare to tell Old Lady Jie that you are partial, you favor sons over daughters, and you suck blood from your daughter to raise your son?
Then Old Lady Jie would beat them half to death, and then tell them that it is natural for you to raise brothers.
This is blood sucking and oppression.
This is Lin Yan'er's reaction to being favored and spoiled.
Look, what's the difference between her and Jie Jinlan and Jie Jinkui?
Isn't it just that she can't get enough of taking advantage, and she wishes she could take advantage of all the advantages in the world?
Lin Shu glanced at her and said, "Sister Yan'er, you keep trying to seduce me, but after I get married, I will only spend my man's money, not my parents' money, nor my parents-in-law's money, let alone force my parents-in-law's brothers to give me money.
If I had money, you and I If I'm good, I'll be happy to give you five hundred. If I'm not on good terms with you, I'll give you five cents extra. Besides, if I don't have money, it won't be easy for me to do it.
You keep saying that you want to help your sister-in-law, are you doing business or doing charity? What's wrong with you?
Her taking over her mother-in-law's job has nothing to do with you?
Her in-laws don't want her because she doesn't have a bike? What's so special about such a family? What kind of rotten garlic is her son worth a bike?
Do you have poor eyesight or are you greedy to the point of fooling a fool like this?
Come on, tell me, what's the man's name and what unit does he work for? I happen to know a few people in the county, and I'll ask around for you to see if he's a second-rate gangster who's cheating people out of money."
"You, how can you talk like that?" Lin Yan'er was so angry that her face turned black, "You are jealous!"
Lin Shu: "Well, I am married to a military officer, why would I be jealous of a rotten garlic who forced the woman to buy him a bicycle? People who don't know would think that he sold himself to the woman to marry into the family!"
Lu Shaotang next to her was very pleased. He squeezed her small hand with his big hand to express his joy that she was liked and valued.
Lin Yan'er's face turned eggplant color because of Lin Shu's anger. Her sister-in-law has a junior high school education, is educated, and looks good. It is a great honor for a woman that a city man likes her.
How could Lin Shu do this!
Besides, after her sister-in-law marries into the city and takes over her mother-in-law's job, she will also get a salary every month. Can't she pay back the money?
My sister-in-law also said that when she gets married in the city, she will also find a way to get Lin Yaner or the third brother into the city.
My sister-in-law is right. As a woman, you must be self-reliant and work hard to climb up. If you can go to the city, you cannot stay in the country.
Look at those educated youth who go to the countryside, why do they want to return to the city even if they risk their lives?
Some female educated youths do not hesitate to sleep with cadres in order to return to the city. She does not have to do that to herself. She just buys a bicycle, marries into a normal family, and can still take over the job.
What a good thing this is, even if you try to sell the iron by selling it out.
Why is her natal family always lagging behind and unable to help at all?
Seeing that she was so angry that she didn't know what to say, Lin Shu continued, "Besides, who knows if the couple deliberately calculated you, thinking that you are stupid enough to fool, and want you to get a bicycle?"
Lin Yan'er screamed, "You are stupid!"
Lu Shaotang's face suddenly sank, and the air pressure in the room seemed to drop, making people feel tight in their hearts.
Aunt Lin immediately dragged Lin Yan'er out, "You should leave quickly, and don't come back unless you have something to do in the future. I can't afford to accompany you on your bicycle." Lin Yan'er
refused to leave and struggled, "I won't leave, why are you chasing me away? Isn't this my parents' home? Why is there no place for me to stand in my parents' home after I get married?"
"Pa!"
Aunt Lin couldn't bear it anymore and slapped her hard.
After the slapping, Aunt Lin was stunned, Lin Yan'er was stunned, and the others looked at them in surprise.
Lin Yaner burst into tears, pushed Aunt Lin away, and shouted: "See, you said you love me, and you said you didn't scheme against me! You said you're not partial! You just hate me for not bringing things home to support my brother, you hate me, you've wanted to beat me for a long time!"
At this time, Panpan Tiantian brought Baoer and several children from Lin Ju's family back, and they all stepped back when they saw Lin Yaner's crazy look.
Panpan: "There is a crazy woman here, everyone quickly retreat and find shelter."
The other children: "Got it!"
"Wow~" Lin Yaner ran away crying in anger.
Uncle Lin was worried again that it was getting dark, how would the girl go back by herself? There was no ox cart or horse carriage to take her now, so it would take until midnight to walk home, right?
He looked at Lu Shaotang and wanted to ask him to drive her off, but Lu
Shaotang didn't respond at all. Mother Lin might feel sorry for her nephews and nieces from her mother's side, and she might also feel sorry for Lin Ju, but she definitely wouldn't feel sorry for Lin Yan'er.
It's even more impossible for her to let her third son-in-law go to see Lin Yan'er off. That doesn't make
sense.
She said to Aunt Lin, "Let her stay overnight."
Aunt Lin was still stubborn, "Who cares? If she wants to go, go. You have such a good relationship with your in-laws, just go back quickly." After all, she was worried, afraid that the girl would really go out in the dark out of anger. Not to mention the freezing weather on the road, who knows what bad people she would meet?
Mother Lin took her back to take a look.
Although Lin Yan'er was stubborn and cried that her parents were not good to her, she was not like those helpless girls who were abandoned by their parents and were brave enough to go to their parents' home even if there was no way out. Instead, she went home and climbed onto the kang and started crying.
She was just mad at her parents and brother, and was acting coquettishly in disguise.
But her parents were old, and her brother and sister-in-law had several children. They lived frugally. How could they have the spare money to buy her a bicycle to coax her?
Not to mention buying it for her sister-in-law.
At the Lin family, Uncle Lin's eyes turned red and he sniffed, "I'm not afraid of being embarrassed in front of my niece and son-in-law. What did I do wrong to make my daughter behave like this?"
If someone bullies her, she will fight and scold them, and she won't be afraid of getting a bloody head. What should I do
with my own daughter?
Really beat and scold her and break off the relationship? Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected.
No matter how my children behave, even if they turn the world upside down, they should be kissed and loved for the time being.
However, Uncle Lin was a little disappointed by Lin Yan'er's behavior. Even if he didn't have the heart, he refused to pay.
It's not easy to save some money at home. Seeing that the grandchildren are growing up, don't they have to build a house?
In a few years, won't the grandson get married?
They won't go to their daughter's house to let their son-in-law take care of them in their old age. Don't their daughter and son-in-law have to provide for their parents-in-law in their old age?
They rely on their sons and daughters-in-law to support them, so if they don’t take care of their sons and daughters-in-law, who will take care of them?
I rushed to my daughter's house to help, and you didn't separate the family. Where would you put your parents-in-law?
My daughter is right. Parents should give their daughters more dowries, but who has the conditions right now?
They are all old farmers who work in the fields. It is good if they can earn enough food to fill their stomachs all year round. It is good if each family can make fifty or sixty yuan in cash.
That's how it is when it comes to marrying a daughter-in-law. If the other party asks for a high betrothal gift, everyone who wants to marry a daughter
-in-law has to work hard to get it. Everyone has to rely on marrying a daughter-in-law to ask the man for more betrothal gifts so that they can get enough betrothal gifts for their son.
If the parents have that much money, they can easily give their son a betrothal gift for marrying a daughter-in-law. Why would they need to get more dowry from marrying a daughter-in-law?
If they have money, they will naturally give more dowry to marrying a daughter-in-law.
They don't even need to have money themselves. If the woman's family doesn't ask for a high betrothal gift when marrying a daughter-in-law, and their family doesn't need to spend a lot of money to marry a daughter-in-law, then don't they need to ask for a high betrothal gift when marrying a daughter-in-law? They can also have money to prepare more dowry for the daughter-in-law?
Every family does this, so why do their daughters-in-law complain?
You said that if you need medical treatment to save your life, your parents would lend you the money even if they have to. You helped your sister-in-law with the bicycle money, but your parents are not crazy. Why would they help you?
You feel sorry for your sister-in-law, but why don’t you feel sorry for your parents?
It was getting late, so Lin’s mother and father asked the daughter’s family to stay overnight and leave tomorrow.
Lin Shu agreed.
She had to keep an eye on Lin’s mother to make sure she was not too soft-hearted and too nice, and to see that the old lady was forced by Lin Yan’er and could no longer agree to help. She
guided Lin’s mother to be not as soft-hearted as before towards the Jie family. Even if Jie Jinkui and Jie Jinlan came to sell them out, Lin’s mother could bear it, so how could she lose to Lin Yan’er?
In fact, a person’s heart is so big, and it can only hold and love a limited number of people and things.
When Lu Shaotang "sacrificed", she was thinking about remarrying her daughter and worried about Fang Dihua's dissatisfaction. Later, when Lin Yue divorced, she felt sorry for Baoer, when Lin Xia divorced, she felt sorry for Lin Xia, and when something happened to her eldest sister's family, she was worried about this and that. She didn't have the extra energy to worry about the Jie family.
Even if she had some thoughts, they became less and less with Lin Shu's deliberate arrangement.
Jie's second uncle and second aunt would come to see her regularly and help her with work, but they refused to accept any benefits.
Jie Jinkui and Jie Jinlan also came to see her regularly, but they only wanted benefits and complaints, and didn't help at all. They not only complained about their family members, but also complained about the old lady Jie who was the best to them, so Lin's mother naturally noticed it.
The more often they came, the more Lin's mother's care for them was worn away, and her dislike for them grew.
It was a pity that Jie Jinkui didn't understand, and only thought that others would love him forever, and he could always control others. He
didn't think about it, even Mrs. Jie wouldn't love him forever, how could Lin's mother, the fourth aunt, possibly?
In the evening, Lin Shu analyzed Lin Yan'er's psychology for Lin's mother. As long as Lin's mother knew Lin Yan'er's selfish psychology and situation, she could offset the softness of Lin's mother.
As long as the other party is not worthy of sympathy, there is no need to intervene.
No matter how kind-hearted you are, you can't empathize with someone who digs money from her mother's family to buy a bicycle for her sister-in-law, right?
People will only empathize with situations with the same situation and the same interests, not just gender and identity.
How can a handsome guy empathize with an ugly man who can't get a wife?
How can the cadres who are in high spirits empathize with the cadres who have been defeated?
The middle class is worried about their children's schools and interest classes, while the poor are worried about where to eat their next meal. How can they empathize?
Only those who have been in a quagmire can know the filth of the quagmire, and only those who have been in hell can know the flames of hell.
Lin Yan'er has never been sucked of her blood, so how can she empathize with the daughters who are really oppressed and sucked of their blood?
She is just selfish and wants to eat up all the family dividends. Her sister-in-law is the same kind of person, so they can empathize well and are willing to form an alliance for this, and together take the money from their respective mothers' families so that she can benefit from it in the future.
How is it possible in reality?
After her sister-in-law becomes a city dweller, how can she empathize with her, a country girl?
How can she share the benefits she has worked so hard to get with Lin Yan'er?
Where the benefits are, there is where the butt sits.
Now Lin Yan'er helps her borrow money, and when she wants to pay it back, she will only let Lin Yan'er pay it back herself, because it was Lin Yan'er who borrowed it herself.
Lin Yan'er won't understand, but Lin Shu will break it down and tell Lin's mother.
In fact, her parents and her younger brother are all soft-eared and easily brainwashed. Whoever occupies their brains first will catch them.
But life is a lifelong thing. If they can't learn to draw inferences from one instance and can't see the essence through the phenomenon, then they will always fall into the trap.
Today it may be Sun Xiaohong, tomorrow it is Li Xiaohong, today it is Jie Jinkui, tomorrow it is Li Jinkui, today it is Lin Yaner, tomorrow it is Zhang Yaner. When
Lin's mother listened to the words of the lady, she didn't feel impatient or disgusted with being educated by the lady, but listened with relish.
This is the good thing about Lin's father and mother. They know that they have no culture and no ability, and they know that their daughter and son-in-law are knowledgeable, so they are willing to listen to them.
Some parents are obviously nothing, but they are unwilling to listen to their children at all, even if their children are successful in their studies and careers.
They always have great self-confidence, and they always suppress their children in every way because their children are not as good as themselves.
Lin Shu is glad that her parents are not such people.
One advantage of the Lin family is that they listen to others' advice and eat their fill.
Lin's mother: "No wonder some people support 40% labor and 60% people, while others support 60% labor and 40% people."
What the members care about most is work points, which are money and food. Some people demand 40% labor and 60% people, and labor accounts for the majority, while some people support that people account for the majority. Naturally, the family with more children and less labor wants to share food with the population, and the family with more labor and more work points should be divided according to labor.
Lin Shu: "Yes, everyone chooses their words according to their own interests. Support or oppose depends on whether it is good for themselves. In the future, when the team holds a meeting and neighbors quarrel and ask you to judge, you will know everything."
Just like Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin, they feel that their daughter has no hope, so they get close to their niece. Then one day, the young lady may have hope again, so it is not impossible to help the young lady.
In short, you must be on guard against others, and just keep your bottom line.
In the past, Lin's mother would think how could it be like this? Why are you playing tricks on your own people?
How can you be so inhumane?
Now that Lin Shu has taught her half a night's lesson, Lin's mother's mind is getting clearer and clearer, and she thinks what the young lady said makes sense, that's it.
Then he put it into practice. When he was looking for a wife for Lin Yue, he had to follow this standard. She couldn't be too selfish or too filial.
People like Sun Xiaohong, Lin Yan'er, and Jie Jinlan would definitely not work. It would be nice if he could find someone like his own daughter.
But his own daughter was the best in his mother's heart, so he definitely couldn't find someone like that.
It would be nice if he could find someone like... Lu Dasao.
To live, you don't need to be too pretty. Besides, Guiying has a fit body and a good-looking appearance. Lin's mother thinks she's pretty.
Such a daughter-in-law can also control Lin Yue.
Sure enough, the next morning, Aunt Lin asked Lin's mother tentatively if she wanted to help Lin Yan'er get some money. Now Lin Yan'er said she didn't want a bicycle, just thirty yuan would be enough, and her parents-in-law would pay for the rest.
Mother Lin immediately thought of what her daughter said last night. Her daughter was really good at calculating.
If she hadn't been prepared, she would have supported what Aunt Lin said.
But now she was different. She whispered to Aunt Lin, "You are still young and healthy. When you get to be as old as our mother-in-law, who will you count on to take care of you? Your daughter-in-law takes care of your shit and urine, but you give the family money to your daughter-in-law and sister-in-law to buy a bicycle? Wouldn't your daughter-in-law be alienated from you?"
Where the benefits are, there is the butt.
You count on your son and daughter-in-law to take care of you in your old age, so you have to be there and can't be biased. Even several sons are like this. You have to be biased towards the son who serves you. We can't be like some people, where the son and daughter-in-law who take care of the elderly are not treated well, while the son and daughter-in-law who do nothing but say a few nice words are good people.
Aunt Lin was also worried, but she felt sorry for the daughter-in-law, so she asked Lin's mother for decision, as if she would be tougher if someone supported her.
She was cruel and didn't give money to the daughter-in-law, regardless of whether her parents-in-law complained about her sister-in-law when she went back.
After breakfast, Lu Shaotang took his wife and children home.
Lin Yan'er originally thought that Lin Shu could be polite and let Lu Shaotang send her off in the car, but the couple didn't even pay attention to her and left.
This made Lin Yan'er angry.
If she went back in a jeep, wouldn't her parents-in-law and her husband look down on her?
Everyone watched and spread the story. When her sister-in-law's boyfriend found out about it, he would look up to her. She could also put on an attitude: What's a bicycle? My cousin's wife drives a big jeep!
She threw things around, "Lin Shu is becoming less and less human. Are we still sisters? Just because you have a good life, you look down on your sisters, right?"
Before Aunt Lin could scold her, Sister Lin got angry first.
Yesterday, she was angry with her sister-in-law and mother-in-law, and she hid out without eating. It was Lin Shu who saved her food and asked her to eat in the second room.
Lin Shu also brought her a box of balm for her to use, which is specially designed to treat chapped hands and face.
Her parents-in-law said that the daughter-in-law was a bastard and told her to go back and not come back to her parents' home, but they still felt sorry for her. She
didn't send her away after breakfast. She was so dawdling. Was she going to have lunch again?
Now she said that Lin Shu was not humane, so she sneered: "You are humane, but only to outsiders. You are not humane at all to your own family!"
Lin Yan'er was not happy again and wanted to quarrel with her sister-in-law.
"I even knew to collect dowry for my sister-in-law, what did you give me?"
Sister-in-law Lin was too lazy to argue with her, "If you don't know, you would think your sister-in-law was born by you." Aunt Lin also told
her daughter-in-law not to argue with her sister-in-law.
Mrs. Lin took the child and turned to look for Lin's mother and Bao'er.
After her daughter-in-law left, Mrs. Lin scolded Lin Yan'er and sent her away.
Lin Yan'er: "You let me go back naked, and you didn't even pack something for me?" If she
didn't bring anything back, wouldn't that make her mother-in-law complain?
She wanted that bottle of maltose.
Mrs. Lin was not confused. You didn't even bring a stick for your parents when you came back, and you still wanted to bring maltose?
The maltose was given to her by Lin Shu. It was something of an old noble. If she brought it back to Lin Yan'er, she would definitely be close to her sister-in-law.
She wanted to leave it for her grandchildren to drink.
She didn't want her daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law to quarrel, because the daughter-in-law was her own child and it was related to her face. When it came to the benefits, she would naturally stick to the children first.
Lin Yan'er left angrily, and Aunt Lin went to talk to Lin's mother in order to gain psychological balance, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable to let her daughter complain so much.
Lin Shu naturally didn't care about her aunt's family, she only cared about her own family and her mother's family, and didn't let those people disturb her family's good life. When
they returned home, it happened that Sister Lu brought the children back to her mother's house to give New Year gifts.
Seeing Lu Shaotang and the others, Sister Lu and Ding Guohua were very happy and greeted them warmly.
Especially Ding Guohua, he came just for his third uncle and his aunt.
After running around the county and the commune, Ding Guohua quickly lost his youthfulness and became visibly slippery as if he had rolled in an oil tank.
If he was a handsome young man with a slightly greenish look, a bit ambitious, and a little bit of daddy style before, then now he is a typical male of the system
with a slick daddy style. His posture is as if he has been in the system for a few years.
He even subconsciously wants to offer a cigarette to Lu Shaotang!
The posture of lighting the cigarette is extremely skillful, and there is a sense of self-righteousness and handsomeness.
Seeing him actually smoking, Lu Shaotang frowned slightly.
Because Fang Dihua doesn't like smoking, the Lu family has never smoked. His parents don't like it, even the eldest brother Lu didn't learn it, and the second brother Lu didn't learn it even more. Smoking costs money, and it's better to buy some delicious food for the family with that money.
Ding Guohua smoked a cigarette and thought he was very handsome. He talked about the current situation and the county committee.
Sister Lu was very supportive and added a few words from time to time. She said to Lu Shaotang, Lin Shu, and her parents: "Guohua may be able to endure now. Among the young people, the county committee leaders are most optimistic about him.
He will definitely be promoted." This is her outstanding son. She is naturally proud, especially when her father-in-law praises Guohua all day long for his ability to handle things, his rapid growth, and his style as a cadre. She is even more proud .
Lin Shu did not comment, and Lu Shaotang did not comment at all.
Father Lu and Fang Dihua were not very happy, but the old couple also understood that the eldest daughter learned from the Ding family. If you say Guohua is not pragmatic, she will definitely be unhappy.
Everyone has their own personality and way of life, so there is no need to say more.
Deng Da Laba came over to invite Lu Shaotang to the brigade to discuss some public security issues, and Lu Shaotang left first.
Ding Guohua, holding a cigarette, said to Lin Shu who was talking to Lu Dajie: "Auntie, I want to talk to you about something."
Lin Shu: "What?"
Ding Guohua: "Actually, it's not a serious matter, just a matter of words. Someone asked me to ask you for a favor and ask you to write a letter to the county and not pursue it any further."
Lin Shu was unhappy and pretended not to understand: "Who?"
She hoped that he would see that she was unhappy and stop talking.
Ding Guohua originally thought that Lin Shu would understand once he asked her, but she kept asking. He smiled and said, "A friend of mine said that his cousin offended his aunt. I think it's not a big deal. The aunt can write a letter of forgiveness to the county committee and ask them not to send that woman to labor reform."
Fang Dihua immediately said, "Are you talking about that Qiu Lina?"
The old couple knew something about Qiu Lina.
Naturally, everyone would murmur about Wang Lijuan no longer being the director of the Women's Department. On the surface, it was because Wang Lijuan was in poor health, but in fact, it was because she was not capable at work.
The branch secretary also talked to the old couple privately.
Because their son and daughter-in-law solved the problem very well, they didn't say much, but they didn't expect Ding Guohua to come and ask his son and daughter-in-law to forgive outsiders.
What kind of brain is this?
Why are you so ungrateful?
Fang Dihua didn't wait for Lin Shu to say anything and retorted, "Guohua, you are still young. When you go to the county, you should watch and learn more, talk less, and get involved less, so as not to be used as a gun."
Ding Guohua looked confident and complacent, and smiled, "Grandma, don't worry. Who is your eldest grandson? I have been learning all these tricks from my grandfather in the commune since I was a child. Haha, your eldest grandson is not bragging. Those people in the county, as soon as they stick their butts out, I know what they are going to say. I do things very well, and none of them can find any fault with me. If I were not young and inexperienced and could not be converted to a regular employee, they would have converted me after three months of internship."
Ding Guohua has been too arrogant recently.
Because of his relationship with his uncle, his aunt, and Wei Lan, he was very popular in the county commune, and the leaders were happy to praise him. He was arrogant and naturally put on airs in front of ordinary people.
People's habits are terrible. Even when he came to my grandmother's house, he didn't put away his complacency. He didn't
think before he spoke,
and he made a lot of promises. Sister Lu also laughed, "Mom, Guohua is right. He is making great progress now."
Her father was at most a brigade accountant, and now he is a barefoot doctor. Although he has won the advanced certificate, how can dealing with the peasants be the same as dealing with the county party committee leaders?
Big Brother Lu was chewing spiced peanuts nearby. He said, "Guohua, they ruined your aunt's reputation and also tarnished your uncle's reputation. That was the government's verdict, and your aunt's words don't count." Big
Brother Lu knew about this, and he knew it very well. He was furious when he heard that Qiu Lina reported that his third brother's wife and Wei Lan had an affair and that his third brother beat his wife.
If Qiu Lina hadn't been sentenced, he would have taken his second brother and his men to the Qiu family to beat her.
How did he know?
Because Big Sister Wu had come to him, hoping that for the sake of old friends, he would help plead for mercy and let Lu Shaotang spare Qiu Lina.
What she said was, "Well, I don't care. I've always said that my cousin would get into trouble because of her temper, but I couldn't stand my mother's nagging, saying that she is a relative and I can't help her when she is in trouble."
Brother Lu said very directly at that time, "Sister Wu, if you want to talk about other things, whether it's money or labor, I will definitely say no. But this matter involves my third brother and sister-in-law, which is too vicious. If she succeeds, she will make my third brother lose and ruin my third brother and sister-in-law's reputation. You don't know my third brother and sister-in-law. She used to be very sensitive and would get angry at the slightest thing. She might jump into the river. Qiu Lina has only been in labor reform for a few years, which is a good thing for her."
Even if Sister Wu broke off her friendship with him, he would still say this.
Sister Wu didn't say anything else.
This eldest nephew came back to talk about all these nonsense, isn't that just asking for trouble?
Just because you are an errand boy, you think you are a proper county party official?
Ding Guohua said with a smile: "Uncle, you don't understand. Although it was the government who made the judgment, my aunt is the party involved. It was my uncle who found the leader to make the judgment. If my uncle didn't find him, they wouldn't have to..."
"Guohua," Father Lu interrupted him, "in the future, when you come to grandma's house, don't talk about work. We don't understand the affairs of the county party committee, and we shouldn't care about them. Just talk about happy things at home." Father Lu
used to like his eldest grandson to be lively and not dull, but now he thinks it's better to be honest and simple.
Sister Lu: "Dad, you have to support Guohua's work."
Lin Shu then spoke, "Qiu Lina deserves the punishment and should be punished."
She did not persuade Ding Guohua to keep his duty and be cautious in a place like the Revolutionary Committee where the political environment is bad and complicated.
Ding Guohua was too arrogant. He relied on his grandfather's ability to arrange and the leader's appreciation of him, thinking that he could really rise to the top.
He probably didn't even think that it was people who gave face to Lu Shaotang.
Ding Guohua's face instantly turned ugly.
He was full of confidence before, thinking that he had face now, and as long as he asked, his aunt would definitely agree happily.
He didn't expect Lin Shu to reject him directly. His grandmother, grandfather, and uncle didn't support him. He instantly felt a little ashamed and embarrassed, and couldn't help complaining in his heart.
Outside, everyone praises him, but why does his grandma not only not praise him but also suppress him?
Someone asked him for help and gave him a deposit of 50 yuan, saying that he would give him 100 yuan and a watch later. He already had a watch and planned to give it to his aunt.
How could he know that his aunt was so rude and blocked such a good opportunity to make money.
It seems that she is just a vase, but they still praise her as the most beautiful military wife, an advanced person, and smart, which shows that she is not smart.
He thinks Lin Shu is not smart, but Lin Shu also judges that he will not go far.
If you don't learn things well when you are young, you will learn a lot of bad habits first, and it is easy to be cannon fodder in the office.
Ding Guohua hardened his heart and said with a smile: "Aunt, you still don't have a watch. People said that if you write a letter..."
"Ding Guohua!" Lin Shu's face turned cold, "If you are out there doing a lot of things in the name of me and your uncle, go home and rest as soon as possible!"
Don't do this internship!