Inside the main room.
Listening to his children and grandchildren busily preparing the meal outside, Grandpa Lin's brow, which had been furrowed for several days, finally relaxed, and he felt a sense of joy.
What do elderly people like to see?
That would undoubtedly mean a harmonious family and a house full of children and grandchildren.
At this moment, the Lin family members from different branches gathered together in a joyful and harmonious scene, which made Old Master Lin feel quite gratified.
In rural areas, it's rare to see several families chatting and laughing together like this.
Either the family is struggling to make ends meet, and the brothers or daughters-in-law argue fiercely over trivial matters, or the elders in the family can't control their sons and have separated the family early on, each living their own lives. Except for a family's wedding, the brothers never get together like this again.
The relationship between the Lin brothers is rare even in the entire village.
After resolving the most pressing questions, Grandpa Lin leisurely puffed on his pipe while inviting his granddaughter and Shiguang to sit down and talk to him.
He would occasionally ask Lin Momo about other things that had happened since she left home.
Lin Momo gave patient but evasive answers.
Lin Musheng, who was carried there by his eldest nephew Lin Zhiyong, sat in the chair to the left of the old man Lin. He looked somewhat displeased and felt a dislike for his second daughter, who had become bolder.
This time, she really turned the Lin family upside down, and made their second branch owe a bunch of brothers favors, which made him really dislike her.
He was somewhat touched after learning that it was his second daughter in the village who had lent him money for medical treatment.
I was just thinking of treating this daughter better, but she caused such a huge mess for the family.
Although it was to pay off debts, he really disliked this way of doing things without consulting his parents, or rather, without respecting them.
My heart, which had just softened, hardened again.
It seems that girls shouldn't be spoiled too much.
Even in this joyous family celebration, Lin Musheng wouldn't give her a kind look, his words immediately carrying a scolding tone: "How dare you, a girl, run off to a place like the county town?"
That's definitely a bit of a mood killer.
But Lin Musheng, an old farmer, doesn't care about the occasion or the situation, nor does he hide his emotions.
Seeing Lin Mo sitting there silently with her back to the chair and her eyes lowered, as if she hadn't heard her father's question, he became even angrier.
"Tell me the truth, were you kidnapped in the county town and ran away on your own? Don't try to fool me with that nonsense about getting lost in the mountains!"
Lin thought to herself, "These kinds of parents are really suffocating."
He insists on blaming his own child, just like his eccentric wife, Lin Xushi. No wonder they say birds of a feather flock together.
This couple truly embodies the legendary strategist Zhuge Liang and his protégé Pang Tong.
A flash of displeasure crossed Shi Guang's eyes, and he immediately retorted in a neither soft nor hard tone, "Uncle Lin, Er Ya is just a little girl, how could she have so many thoughts? Shouldn't you, as her father, be happy that she came back safe and sound?"
If you're going to ask questions, you should ask them behind closed doors. How can you so brazenly interrogate a child in front of outsiders?
Lin Musheng's expression immediately froze, and he looked somewhat embarrassed.
He thought to himself, "I'm happy, but I still need to teach them a lesson."
It's inappropriate for an outsider to interfere when you're disciplining your daughter.
When Mr. Lin, who was sitting in the main seat, heard his son's words, he was initially displeased. Since it was his daughter's father disciplining her, he couldn't really stop him.
As he listened to his increasingly absurd remarks, his face fell, and he snorted coldly, "Does your brother, as a father, know how to speak properly?"
"Dad, I'm disciplining this girl! What kind of girl is like her, running off without a word to her family? She got lost, and the whole family searched for her for days. Is this acceptable? What, can't I, as her father, discipline her?"
She didn't dare to argue with the rich young master, but she still dared to complain to his father.
Grandpa Lin set the bottom line: "No one forbids you from disciplining your daughter, but you should also be mindful of your limits. Everyone is happy today, so don't cause me any trouble."
"Father, you can't spoil this girl too much..."
Before he could finish speaking, Old Man Lin snatched the pipe from his mouth and waved him away impatiently: "Alright, hurry up and use your cane to go outside for a walk, stretch your body, and you can eat a few more bites of meat later."
This idiot can't understand human language.
I thought he had improved, but it seems he's still the same old man. He deserves to be controlled by that Xu woman for the rest of his life.
Xu, heavily pregnant, stayed in the courtyard for a while, chatting with her sisters-in-law. When she learned that Lin Momo was in the main room, she thought of going in to see that wretched girl.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard the old man chasing her husband out, and she was so frightened that she withdrew the foot she was about to step over the threshold.
She had a guilty conscience and dared not act arrogantly in front of the old man.
Before leaving, he gave Lin Momo a final, glaring look, and sneered inwardly, "I'll let you be smug for one more day. You'll be crying tomorrow."
She's figured it out too.
Even if the old man wanted to settle accounts with her afterward, could he really divorce her? She was carrying the Lin family's child, and she was due to give birth in just one month.
While we still have this get-out-of-jail-free card in hand, we should hurry up and get rid of this eyesore of a brat.
Anyway, it seems her man is starting to dislike this girl too; she overheard some of the conversation in the main room just now at the door.
Now she felt even more confident.
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Sure enough, people can't stand being nagged.
The Lin family hadn't even started their meal yet when the grandfather of Shiguang returned to Linjia Village in a carriage.
As he stepped off the carriage, he saw a large crowd gathered outside the Lin family's courtyard. He wondered how these people knew he was returning to the village today and were waiting there so early to "welcome" him.
Upon entering the courtyard, I was surprised again.
The Lin family is holding a grand banquet here; could it be that they "knew" he was coming back today?
Shi Xiucai, feeling smug and pleased with himself, thought to himself, "Brother Lin is truly a genuine person."
Before he could even step into the main room, he was beaming from ear to ear and said, "Brother Lin, you're too kind. We're all family here, why make such a big fuss today?"
Upon hearing his grandfather enter the courtyard, Shi Guang prepared to get up to greet him, but before he could even leave the house, he saw that the grandfather had already arrived at the entrance of the main room.
Just as he was about to call out for help, he heard his grandfather's self-righteous words and realized that he had misunderstood.
Time seemed to pause, and seeing that Old Master Lin's expression was also somewhat strange, she immediately came to her grandfather's rescue: "Grandfather, Uncle Lin's second sister has returned."
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