Lin Shiquan fell silent for a moment, then looked up at Lin Jirong and said: "Fourth sister thinks I can do what? Fame and wealth are not my fate, doing business without capital." He paused, emphasizing his tone: "If it were just me alone, naturally wherever I go is wherever, I couldn't starve myself to death. But what about Lai'er?" Rarely had he been so young and encountered such things, with anger and resentment in his eyes, but no evil intent.

  Lin Jianrong saw clearly and said in a low voice: "These are all solvable problems, not difficult things. What's important is what kind of person San Ge wants to be?"

  Lin Shiquan thought for a moment and said, "No shame in one's heart, warm clothes and enough food, respected by others."

  It's okay, this wish is easy to fulfill. Lin Jingrong let out a light breath, "These are all simple, and will necessarily be fulfilled in the future. Let's go see my mother first."

  Lin Shiquan was taken aback by her sudden question, feeling somewhat perplexed, but since he was already worried and troubled in his heart, he simply put it out of his mind.

  She entered the main room, and Mrs. Tao was instructing Old Mother Gong: "You personally go on a trip, and you must invite Mr. Lin Chang to come. Ask him, it's been so long since he last came over, suddenly making a woman make a big fuss at my door early in the morning, what is he doing?! He doesn't give me face, I won't give him face either!"

  Lin Shiquan stepped forward and bowed, saying in a low voice: "Auntie, my siblings and I have caused you trouble. But I still want to ask one more favor of you, please help me get through this difficult time."

  Taoshi can now go home to see his son and daughter, earned some money, and also saw his elder brother. He was in a great mood and didn't get angry because of this. He smiled and said: "Ah Quan don't worry, since I've taken care of this matter from the beginning, I will take care of it until the end."

  Lin Shiquan wanted to say something, but felt that nothing was suitable, so he simply closed his mouth and silently looked at the green bricks under his feet.

  After sitting for a while, I suddenly heard a commotion in the ear house. Mrs. Ma shouted loudly: "Why are you blocking me from seeing Third Aunt? Third Aunt, it's me! I'm your eldest nephew's wife."

  This big nephew's wife is really smooth... Lin Shiquan's face suddenly became hot like fire, and he stood up awkwardly: "I'll go take a look..."

  Mrs. Tao smiled lightly: "No need, Xia Ye, you go and invite Young Mistress over." Soon, Mrs. Ma came in, her eyes first swept around Lin Shiquan's body, then after exchanging greetings with Mrs. Tao, she got straight to the point: "Third Aunt, my nephew's wife has come today for two reasons. First, I heard that you and Fourth Sister are moving back soon, so I've come to see you off. Second, I want to thank you for taking care of Ah Quan and Liu'er for so long. I've come to take them back."

  Tao Shi smiled calmly: "Are you Shiquan and Liuer's sister-in-law?"

  Ma was taken aback, then said: "Yes, it's me. You and Fourth Sister came to our house last time. I even poured tea for Fourth Sister and helped you up, did you forget?"

  Tao smiled and said nothing.

  Xia Ye smiled and said, "Young master's wife, it's not that our madam forgot, but rather we haven't seen each other for more than half a year, so she couldn't think of it for the time being."

  Ma didn't show any embarrassment and said, "Third Aunt is wealthy and doesn't know the difficulties of our humble household. We're busy making a living every day from dawn till dusk, where do we have time to socialize? These days are for harvesting grass, with illnesses at home and busyness everywhere, if I wasn't worried about sending you off, I wouldn't have had time to come either." She then looked up at Lin Shiquan: "Little uncle, whatever anger you have should be dissipated by now, go back with your aunt. Although we can't afford a wet nurse, don't worry that little aunt will starve. The other day father specifically bought two sheep for her to produce milk, so she'll be full. Little Baozi can take care of your nephew and her."

  Lin Jinrong felt that Ma's words were not quite right. At first, she declared that she couldn't afford a wet nurse and would use a goat as a substitute, which was fine. But that silly girl, who forgot everything when she saw fruit, was probably no more than nine years old, and the thin little bundle could take care of two young children at the same time? In fact, Ma meant to say, if you're not afraid of letting your child suffer, then come back! Don't blame me for not reminding you!

  Lin Shiquan also heard the tone and stiffly said: "I'm not going."

  Ma said with a snort, "Young uncle, don't be unreasonable. Although you're being stubborn and saying unpleasant things outside, Father has always been thinking of you. Our family may be poor, but you can't stay in someone else's home forever; one day you'll have to come back home. No matter how angry you are, you can't disregard the ties of kinship and ruin your father and brother's reputation. What good will it do for you and your younger sister?"

  Lin Shiquan could no longer bear it, stood up and gritted his teeth at Ma Shi: "You're just afraid I'll go back, aren't you? I'm telling you, even if I have to beg for food, I won't go back. I'd rather die outside! Get out! Don't humiliate yourself here!"

  "Hey, hey... Young uncle, what are you saying? When did I say I didn't want you to come back? Look, if this gets out, people will say I'm not welcoming you." Ma Shi's big mouth opened wide, her high cheekbones shining with a faint light in the morning sun. She turned around and looked at Tao Shi and Lin Jianrong, saying loudly: "Third Aunt, Fourth Sister, look... I'm so wronged! It's like I have no place to speak! Luckily there are you two as witnesses, or else I'd be wrongly accused! They say I'm not welcoming them, but I came with good intentions. This is how they treat me!"

  No discipline, no vision, black-hearted and rotten things, can't be mentioned together with Chang's grandmother. Mrs. Tao looked at Mrs. Ma with infinite disdain, furrowed her brow and said: "Niece-in-law, speak softly, you're giving me a headache. Ah, your mother-in-law was pleasant to listen to, soft and gentle, and knew etiquette, unfortunately she passed away early, otherwise she could have taught you some discipline and the way of being a person.

  Ma's face finally twitched, revealing a hint of redness, and she stood up straight, saying: "Third Auntie, I'm an unrefined person, I don't understand these things." She only knew that she should use all her strength to occupy more family property, so as to leave it for her son. Originally, it was fine to ignore him, but the old man still cared about his reputation and wanted to maintain the family's image, so he went to buy a sheep! Could they easily get rid of the broom star after bringing it back? It's better to be shameless this time and force Tao Shi to do what's right.

  "Since that's the case, you're not worthy of speaking with me. Your husband is still around, it's not your turn to be in charge!"

  Ma took a deep breath, forcing the air down his throat, and squeezed out a smile: "Auntie doesn't know, but it was my father who told me to come pick them up. Young uncle, are you going back or not? Don't regret it later."

  Lin Shiquan pulled the wooden hairpin from his head, violently snapped it in two and flung it at Ma's face, saying with hatred: "Regret should be like this hairpin!"

  Ma was not angry at all, but rather pleased: "Good, good, you said it yourself, it's not me forcing you. You don't respect others, and you will regret it later." Then she bowed to Tao and said: "Third Aunt doesn't like looking at me, I won't block Third Aunt's eyes either."

  Ma just turned around and saw Gong's mother standing in the courtyard, gloating at her. Beside her stood Lin Changye, panting and furious.

  Ma's eyes widened in surprise, how did he come so quickly? But a smile spread across his face as he said, "Uncle, what brings you here?"

  Lin Changye was furious, his whole body trembling with rage. He raised his cane and struck her severely: "Fool! Poisonous woman! No manners, no education! Don't you hurry up and apologize to your Third Aunt?"

  Ma did not dare to dodge, and was forced to take the blow. She turned her head and kowtowed to Tao, admitting her mistake: "Third Aunt, it's my fault. Please forgive me, don't lower yourself to my level!"

  "Third brother and sister, I'm really sorry, let you see a joke."

  The eldest son and daughter-in-law plot to take over the family property, wanting to drive away their younger brother and sister. As parents, they can pretend not to know, but after learning the truth, shouldn't the first thing for parents who care about their children be to comfort their injured youngest son? But Lin Changye's behavior is most afraid of offending himself and the Lin family, so that he will have no backing in the future.

  They were originally close relatives, but now they are so cold... Mr. Tao sneered and said: "I am the elder, I won't argue with her. If you want to teach the younger generation a lesson, take them back home, it's not good to do it here. Ah Quan and Liu Er have already told me they're not going back, don't make things difficult for them. I'm tired, you all can leave." After speaking, he really got up and went inside.

  Lin Changye couldn't help but notice the disgust in Tao's expression, and after a moment of silence, he turned to Lin Shiquan: "Third Brother, I'm genuinely willing to take you all back. I've bought two sheep, and there'll be enough milk for the children to drink."

  Lin Shiquan silently lowered his eyes and didn't say a word.

  Lin Changye stood for a while, let out a low sigh, and turned to leave. Madam Ma saw this and hastily called out to Xiao Baozi to follow her, quickly retreating.

  The room suddenly fell silent, and Lin Jinkang looked at Lin Shiquan with concern, saying: "Third brother, don't take it to heart. Actually, the clan elder still cares about you and Liu'er."

  Gong Mama also kindly said: "Yes, Lao Nu just went out not far and met Chang Dajie. He was up early to find that your sister-in-law was gone, so he hurried over. Unfortunately, he came too late."

  Lin Shiquan suddenly curled up the corner of his mouth: "No need to persuade me, I understand in my heart. Who knows if it's a partnership playing a play for you? They got what they wanted, and I got what I wanted." Then he stood up and slowly walked out.

  Lin Jinyong hastily chased after him: "Third Brother, Third Brother..."

  "You don't have to persuade me." Lin Shiquan turned around and looked at Lin Jinyong, saying in a low voice: "The first thing he did was not to worry about whether I had suffered any grievances, but to fear that he would offend Third Aunt and say unpleasant things to Old Master, so they would lose their backing. He said with all his heart that he wanted to take us back, but didn't even mention going to see Liu'er."

  He was still acting fiercely and decisively, but in fact he just wanted to go back home. But today, his heart was thoroughly wounded. Lin Jianrong didn't know how to comfort Lin Shiquan, no matter what she said, it felt too pale and powerless.

  Lin Shiquan smiled slightly at her: "Third sister, you may not understand why. I'll tell you. In his eyes, Liu'er is a waste of money, he never intended to want her from the start, and naturally didn't consider her as a daughter, whether she lived or died was irrelevant, that's why he wouldn't even look at her; As for me and him, we've been together for over a decade, he may not necessarily not want me anymore, but he thinks I've already relied on your family's big tree, and will inevitably have no worries about food and clothing in the future, so why bother to fight with my brothers for that little bit of family property? So," Lin Shiquan said word by word, "from now on, I don't want him anymore."

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