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

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

"Second uncle, you don't know that my little brother is busy re-reading his studies. My family promised me a sewing machine before, but now they can only promise me a radio. I have never seen such a refusal.

Credit parents!”

Sun Shuzhen took the opportunity and said quickly: "Do you really think your father is a banker or a money printer? How can it be so easy to support a family of several mouths with just a few dozen yuan a month?"

"Why don't you think it's better for me, my uncle, to live in rural areas? How can we fill our stomachs and still have money to share at the end of the year? It's not like our family's tight life."

Lin Jianshe was unceremonious: "Second uncle, why did you come to my house?"

Before Lin Youfa could open his mouth, he was already on pins and needles with what Sun Shuzhen and his daughter said. Now that he heard Lin Jianshe's question, Lin Youfa managed to squeeze out a smile: "Your sister Lin Xi still wants to continue studying in high school, and she will be in her third year of high school with you when school starts.

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"Lin Xi also wants to go to school? Does your family have money to pay for tuition?"

Sun Shuzhen immediately began to scold: "You kid, you are really ignorant. Your mother is not in good health and you have to spend money on medicine. Your brothers are all grown up. Besides, you don't want to get married quickly to lighten the burden on your family. Why?

Are you still thinking about going to school? What’s the use of girls reading so many books?”

Lin Xi patiently replied: "Mom, my mother is in good health recently, and my eldest brother is also engaged. My grades in school were not bad before, so I just want to try my best."

Lin Li frowned: "Fourth sister, you can't go to school just by touching your upper lip to your lower lip. It costs a lot of money not only for tuition and miscellaneous fees, but also for food and accommodation. The school dormitory is not even crowded, where do you live?

?”

After all, her two sisters were married off, and she was the only one left in the house. She didn't want multiple people to come in and squeeze in with her.

Besides, people from rural areas don't pay much attention to personal hygiene. If you get some lice or something, it will be disgusting.

"Yes, food and housing are a problem. Second brother, you are just too spoiled to your child. You can't just do whatever she says. Don't show off if your family's financial resources are limited."

Lin Youfa subconsciously pulled off the cigarette bag on his waist, and then thinking that this was someone else's house, he tied the opening of the bag again.

"Sister-in-law, there is still work in the team, so I will take the children back first." He stood up and walked out of the room regardless of Sun Shuzhen's plea.

"Before coming here, my dad was still very confident about the brotherhood between him and his uncle."

Lin Xi said as he bent over to put the canned food and sugar he bought into his satchel: "But aunt is right about one thing. Our family's conditions are indeed limited, so we don't try to climb high. Since things haven't been completed, I will take them away.

Don’t worry, I will designate a detour when I pass by your house in the future.”

Sun Shuzhen was so angry that she pointed at her back and said loudly: "How can you talk like a child? You really have no education."

Lin Xi went all the way downstairs and saw Lin Youfa standing at the corner holding a cigarette and striking a match.

His shoulders were slightly clasped forward, and he struck the match several times before it ignited with a flick of a whistle.

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

The smell of dry tobacco was very pungent. As soon as Lin Youfa took a breath, he started coughing hard.

"Dad, smoking is bad for your health. You should smoke less in the future."

Lin Youfa did not answer, but turned around and asked, "Why don't you go to the school and ask, maybe there are extra beds."

"Dad, the college entrance examination has only been resumed in the past two years. Even the classrooms are tense, let alone the dormitories. Besides, we didn't live in the dormitory in the first place, and it's even less likely that we will have beds now."

Seeing Lin Youfa starting to smoke sullenly again, Lin Xi said tentatively: "Dad, how about I rent a house in the town, for a few yuan at most every month, as long as I take the time to sell my old clothes, the money will come out."

Seeing Lin Youzhong feeling sad, Lin Xi felt uncomfortable. But if Lin Youzhong was ignored, he would never allow her to rent a house alone.

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

It is too dangerous for my daughter, a girl, to live alone.

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

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

The two were in the same class in high school and were at the same desk, so they got along very well.

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

After she and Zhao Yiyi got married in her previous life, the contact between them became less and less.

Later, when Lin Xi's family was in trouble, Liu Qing specially sent money to her twice.

"I saw someone who looked like you from afar, so I drove over quickly. It was really you. What have you been doing in the past six months? You didn't even say you came to see me."

Lin Xi walked to her side, raised her hand and gave her a hug.

The sudden intimacy made Liu Qing feel a little embarrassed.

Lin Xi let go of her and turned around to introduce: "Liu Qing, this is my dad. Dad, this is my best friend Liu Qing."

Liu Qing bumped Lin Xi with her shoulder, and then said hello with a smile: "Hello, Uncle Lin."

Lin Youfa nodded hurriedly towards her.

"What are you doing here? My house is not far ahead. Why don't you go to my house for a while?"

There was nothing she couldn't say to her good friend, so Lin Xi told her everything about her desire to continue going to school and her worries about renting a house.

"Liu Qing, do you know who rents a house nearby?"

County No. 1 Middle School is located near the family area of ​​the meat factory. In order to save time when commuting to school in the future, Lin Xi decided to look for a house nearby.

"Why are you renting a house when I'm here? It's not like you don't understand my family's situation. My dad often doesn't come home from work. There are only two people in the house, my grandmother and I. With such a big house empty, I'm worried that no one will keep me company.

Well, it's going to be lively now that you're here."

After Liu Qing said this, she couldn't help but pull Lin Xi to her home.

"Uncle Lin, my house is just two streets ahead. Come 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 no choice but to follow her home.

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

There was a curtain made of glass beads on the door, and Mrs. Liu heard the sound of the curtain coming out.

Lin Xi quickly shouted: "Grandma Liu."

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

"Grandma Liu, my dad and I bought this on the way. Don't dislike it."

Sun Shuzhen and the others probably wouldn't say good things to her family while eating, so why not give the food to Grandma Liu.

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