Sun Shuzhen said and shouted into the inner room: "Your second uncle and Lin Xi are here, why don't you come out and say hello quickly." ”

Lin Jianshe and Lin Li, who soon heard the voice, came out of the back room, and when they saw the things on the table, Lin Li's eyes moved, and she complained:

"Second uncle, you don't know, my little brother is busy repeating his studies, the family promised to marry me a sewing machine, but now he can only promise to give me a radio, I have never seen such untrustworthy parents!"

Sun Shuzhen took the opportunity to hurriedly say: "Is it really your father who runs a bank or a money printing machine, with a salary of dozens of yuan a month, how can it be so easy to feed a family with several mouths?" ”

"If you don't say that the second uncle is good in the countryside, you can fill your stomach anyway, and you will have money at the end of the year. It's not like our family lives tightly. ”

Lin Jianshe was unceremoniously: "Second uncle, why are you coming to my house?" ”

Before Lin Youfa could speak, he had already been said by Sun Shuzhen's mother and daughter, and now when he heard Lin Jianjian's inquiry, Lin Youfa barely squeezed out a smile: "Your sister Lin Xi still wants to continue to study in high school, and she is in the third year of high school with you at the beginning of school." ”

"Lin Xi is also going to school? Does the family have money to pay for tuition? ”

Sun Shuzhen immediately began to count: "If you want me to say that your child is really ignorant, your mother is not in good health and has to spend money to take medicine, right?" The elder brothers are also not young, and besides, you don't want to get married quickly to reduce the burden on the family, why are you still thinking about going to school? What's the use of girls reading so many books? ”

Lin Xi replied patiently: "Auntie, my mother has been in good health recently, and my eldest brother is also married." I used to get good grades in school, so I wanted to try hard. ”

Lin Li frowned: "Fourth sister, going to school is not something you just say when your upper lip touches your lower lip." A year is not only for tuition and fees, but also for food and housing. You can't even squeeze into the school dormitory, where do you live? ”

Finally, the two sisters got married, and she was the only one left in the house, and she didn't want multiple people to come in and squeeze her.

Besides, people from the countryside don't pay attention to personal hygiene, and if they attract lice or something, they will die of disgust.

"Yes, food and housing are problems, second brother, you are too used to children, you can't say whatever she wants. Don't be reckless if your family conditions are limited. ”

Lin Youfa subconsciously tore off the cigarette pouch on his waist, and thought that this was someone else's house, so he opened the bag and tied it again.

"Sister-in-law, there is still work on the team, so I will take the child back first." Saying that, he got up, ignored Sun Shuzhen's retention, raised his feet and went out of the room.

"Originally, before I came, my dad was still very sure of his brotherhood with his uncle."

Lin Xi said as he bent over and put the canned food and sugar he bought in his satchel: "But the eldest lady is right about one thing, our family is indeed limited, so we don't want to climb high branches." Since it didn't work out, I took it. Don't worry, I will take a detour when I pass by your house in the future. ”

Sun Shuzhen was so angry that she pointed to her back and said loudly, "How can you talk like a child?" It's really a little taught. ”

Lin Xi went downstairs all the way and saw Lin Youfa standing in the corner with a cigarette and a match.

His shoulders were slightly buckled forward, and it took several strokes before the match snorted and lit.

After lighting the cigarette, he shook it vigorously twice before throwing the matchstick away.

The smell of dry tobacco was very strong, and Lin Youfa just took a puff and began to cough vigorously.

"Dad, smoking is not good for your health, you should smoke less in the future."

Lin Youfa didn't answer, but turned his head and asked, "If you don't go to the school to ask again, maybe you can have extra beds." ”

"Dad, the college entrance examination has only resumed in the past two years, and even the classrooms are tight, let alone the dormitory. Besides, we didn't have a dormitory in the first place, and now we can't have a bed. ”

Seeing that Lin Youfa began to smoke again, Lin Xi said tentatively: "Dad, otherwise I'll rent a house in the town, at most a few yuan a month, as long as I take the time to sell old clothes, the money will come out." ”

Seeing Lin Youfa sad, Lin Xi felt uncomfortable. But if Lin Youzhong kept coming to this end, he would never allow her to come out and rent a house alone.

Lin Youfa silently finished the cigarette in his hand, still not making up his mind.

It's too dangerous for my own girl to go out and live alone.

Just when the father and daughter were at a stalemate, a surprised voice suddenly came: "Lin Xi? ”

Lin Xi looked up and saw a girl with a student's hair combed, who was her best friend Liu Qing.

The two are in the same class in high school, and they are still at the same table, and the relationship is very good.

In the winter of the second year of high school, Lin Xi dropped out of school, and Liu Qing hugged her and cried for a long time.

In her previous life, after she and Zhao were satisfied, the contact between the two became less and less.

Later, Lin Xi's family was in difficulty, and Liu Qing specially sent money over twice.

"I saw something like you from afar, so I pedaled over, it's really you. What have you been doing for the past six months? Don't say come and see me. ”

Lin Xi walked up to her and raised his hand to give her a hug.

The sudden intimacy made Liu Qing a little embarrassed.

Lin Xi let go of her and turned his head to introduce: "Liu Qing, this is my father." Dad, this is my best friend Liu Qing. ”

Liu Qing bumped Lin Xi with her shoulder, and then greeted with a smile: "Uncle Lin is good." ”

Lin Youfa nodded at her hurriedly.

"What are you doing here? It's not far ahead of me to go to my house, so why don't you go to my house for a while. ”

There was nothing he couldn't say to his good friend, so Lin Xi told him that he wanted to continue going to school and was worried about renting a house.

"Liu Qing, do you know who is renting a house around here?"

The county No. 1 middle school is near the family area of the meat factory, and in order to save time when going to and from school in the future, Lin Xi decided to find a house nearby.

"With me here, what house are you renting? It's not that you don't know about my family's situation, my dad often doesn't come home from work, and there are only me and my grandmother at home. ”

Liu Qing said, and couldn't help but pull Lin Xi to his house.

"Uncle Lin, my house is two streets ahead, you go with me, but don't let Lin Xi find a place alone, otherwise I will be angry."

The father and daughter couldn't resist her, so they had to follow her home.

Liu Qing's house is not a building, but a three-room bungalow with a small courtyard.

On the door of the room was a curtain strung with glass beads, and Mrs. Liu heard the sound of the curtain.

Lin Xi hurriedly shouted, "Grandma Liu." ”

The old lady still had an impression of Lin Xi, and smiled and beckoned the father and daughter to sit down.

"Grandma Liu, this is what my dad and I bought on the road, don't dislike it."

Sun Shuzhen and the others estimated that they would not be able to say that they were good when they ate, so it was better to give them to Grandma Liu.

Seeing what Lin Xi took out, Lin Youfa's temples jumped twice.