In general, Father Lin's life was not difficult, and even smooth.

Although he was born in a difficult period of economic and received an education in a chaotic period, when Lin's father graduated from middle school, he was lucky to avoid the last batch of "going to the countryside" due to illness, and caught up with the college entrance examination, and then won the quota to go to the Soviet Union. After returning to China, although the distribution was very unsatisfactory, he was able to get through the most difficult years for the teaching profession very nourishingly.

Later, Lin's father, who had experienced the turmoil of the merger of the school affiliated to the industrial enterprise, could be regarded as retiring at the "Zhenggao" level without any danger.

Father Lin's status in the family has always been suppressed by Mother Lin, who has a higher income, and the position of the head of the family is in name only, but this is not a big deal.

If Father Lin has any regrets, it is the problem of his sister, that is, Aunt Lin Yilong.

The two families almost broke up openly, and although Lin's father had some contact with that side, he would not talk about his sister's family because of the opposition of his wife and children.

But in the same city, Lin's father, who returned from a ski and hot spring vacation, still wanted to visit them and subsidize them - although all the income was handed over to Lin's mother, he could also get 400 pounds a month from Lin Yilong's pocket money that had nowhere to spend, and after two or three years, he also saved almost 10,000 pounds. It is also possible to take 200 tickets from the ATM.

"It's not my turn to disagree or approve. Father Lin revealed his plans during the walk between the two, and Lin Yilong had nothing to say about it. What his aunt tried to get involved in was the property left to him by his grandparents. Even if the market value is actually not valuable, being stabbed by the so-called "relatives" still makes Lin Yilong very uncomfortable. Lin Yilong was very opposed to Father Lin's plan, but this was Father Lin's freedom.

"I understand your feelings, but she's still my sister, your aunt. "Father Lin knows Lin Yilong's attitude on this issue.

"Hmm, so?!" Lin Yilong threw the question back to Father Lin.

Yes, what else can be done? The words that should be said have been said, the temper tantrums have been exhausted, the problems that should have been solved have been solved, and the irreparable damage is still irreparable.

A deep sense of powerlessness enveloped Father Lin's body.

"However, it's not like there are no solutions. Lin Yilong knew that Father Lin had been in touch with his sister, so he took out four buffet coupons that were exchanged for points and handed them to Father Lin, "That's all, Dad can't give them a penny, because of family debts, Mom and I don't ask you to fight for our interests, but I don't want Dad to be a peacemaker in this matter, please confirm the starting point as a husband and Dad." ”

Father Lin knew that this was the biggest concession Lin Yilong could make, so he collected the buffet coupons, made an appointment with Lin Yilong to go home at a few o'clock and left.

Although Lin Yilong's aunt works here and there is a considerable language barrier, the income ratio of residence here is the highest if it is not so legal, and Lin Yilong's cousin also studied here before, so she can help her parents a little.

A few hours later, Father Lin, who saw Lin Yilong again at Jiulao Station, was out of anger.

"You were right about the way you handled the house that year. Father Lin summed it up like this, "Do you know how much foreign debt they still owe outside now-280,000, and most of them are money owed to your aunt!"

"Scared?!, do you owe so much to my aunt?" Lin Yilong sighed, "I can't pay it off." ”

Sure enough, there are people who don't deserve sympathy. Father Lin clenched his fists angrily, "It's still the bridge I built." ”

Lin Yilong was completely speechless, his father was too enthusiastic - Father Lin still planned to use his private house to help his sister's family, they have no pension insurance, no medical treatment, and they still need it in times of crisis. However, Lin's father later found that in addition to making loan collateral guarantees for others, he was also using his credit to take the lead for the "family". This kind of family debt, no matter what, cannot be relied on.

Lin Yilong was silent at this time, this was not a topic he could participate in, Father Lin could complain as much as he wanted.

When he got out of the car, Father Lin said to his son as if to change the atmosphere: "I will quit drinking in the future." ”

Father Lin used to be addicted to smoking and drinking, and he would get drunk every time he got together, and later came to Europe, only because of the very strict anti-smoking laws in public places, he quit smoking.

"Why is it so sudden?" Lin Yilong asked. Lin Yilong is an absolute supporter of smoking and alcohol, so he has been trying to persuade all residents of Bracken Forest Farm to ban smoking and drinking.

"I now realize that only my closest relatives can be trusted. Father Lin said abruptly, "Without parents, brothers and sisters will become relatives from relatives, which really fulfills the old saying that close relatives are far away." ”

Father Lin's words are a headache. This kind of only relying on blood relationship to discuss the distance of kinship is somewhat subjective, but is there a relatively objective approach: the old saying often says that "people's hearts are separated from their belly", no one knows what the other person thinks, and it is difficult to know exactly whether there are parties with common interests in any case, and the result can only be judged by the distance of blood as an objective standard.

Although he knew that this was a subjective bias, Lin Yilong himself was the most loyal executor of what Lin's father called "close and far", but his approach was more radical in comparison: when a person has everything in front of Lin Yilong, then everything about her is controlled by you, and she will inevitably let her own interests and yours converge, even if they may not actually want to.

That night, although he was determined to quit drinking, Father Lin still drank a lot. Mother Lin didn't frown as usual, after hearing Father Lin's plan to quit drinking, she took out her and Father Lin's salary card to let Lin Yilong return to China, and went to settle the loan that Father Lin came forward to contact.

Lin Yilong left for home early Thursday morning, only having lunch with his aunt and husband at his aunt's house, and brought them some duty-free gifts.

The aunt and uncle-in-law were unwilling to accept the arrears paid to them by Lin's mother like this, and they were a little embarrassed - this was not the family debt of their sister's family after all--but under Lin Yilong's kind words and persuasion, the aunt and uncle-in-law still accepted the money and "endorsed" the IOU they had written before to Lin Yilong. Even if Mother Lin and Aunt Lin have a deep sisterly relationship, it has become a matter of two families when it comes to finances. Borrowing money is seen as Lin's father's request, and repaying the money must also take into account the feelings of his uncle.

After settling and clearing the debts guaranteed by Lin's father, with the endorsed IOU, Lin Yilong took the afternoon flight back to Hanyang, and then found that Lin's mother took him to the hot springs and skiing because of Lin's father's sullenness.

"It's not going to happen between our two families. Amy still came to Lin Yilong's house to spend the night, and asked worriedly as she listened to Lin Yilong talk about trivial matters at home.

Mother Lin is still Amy's father's biggest creditor.

"The two of us?" Lin Yilong paused deliberately, "What does this mean?

"Brother Yilong, don't tease me......" Amy found that she was once again being tricked by Lin Yilong in her words, and glared at him angrily, looking very cute.