strictlysupreme Chapter 206 People must break through their limitations to be reborn.
Chapter 206 People must break through their limitations to be reborn.
Seeing her like this, Lin Gang wondered if he had gone too far.
He asked in a low voice, "If you don't like it, we can go back. I... I brought five yuan with me."
After saying that, he pulled her along and started walking back.
Chen Xia stood still. "No."
Lin Gang stopped. "Then why?"
Chen Xia whispered, "This is the first time I've defied my father. I... I might be a little unaccustomed to it."
"Do you think this is a good idea?"
"I do not know."
Lin Gang sighed, and the more he looked at her, the more he felt she resembled a pitiful cabbage.
It's worthless because it's cheap; it could be picked and given away at any time.
"So what do you think of my mother and sister at home?"
"They're really good to me, aren't they?" Her sister even gave her a bracelet. "My sister is very good to me, and so is my mother, even better to me than my own mother."
"That's not what I'm asking," Lin Gang said with a smile. "I mean, how do you think my parents get along?"
Fearing she wouldn't understand, he added, "Compared to your relationship with your parents?"
Honestly, seeing the status of the women in their family during this time has shocked her.
How dare the mother-in-law yell at the father-in-law? Aren't men supposed to be like gods? How could she yell at her father-in-law like that?
She had never even considered it before.
Furthermore, although the younger sister respects her older brother and sister-in-law very much, she doesn't give her younger brother any face at all; she even pulls his ear.
In her mind, this was something she would never even dare to imagine.
If she dared to scold Yaozu at home, or pull Yaozu's ears, her parents would skin her alive.
Moreover, she was so good to Yaozu, but she never called her "sister".
The younger sister pulled her younger brother's ear, and the younger brother begged his older sister for mercy.
Her younger brother was so tall and strong, she didn't believe he couldn't beat his sister.
“It’s very different.” Thinking about this, her nose tingled, and she added, “It really is different.”
Lin Gang asked, "So tell me, do you prefer your family's style or mine?"
Without even thinking, Chen Xia answered directly, "I like your house like this."
Lin Gang laughed and said, "That's good. Then remember, you'll be a mother in the future. You need to set a good example for your children. You need to be a mother who can make your children confident. Don't listen to your mother in everything anymore."
He realized that his father-in-law and brother-in-law were spoiled by his mother-in-law.
The fact that my daughter is so timid and submissive is also thanks to my mother-in-law.
In addition, they were lucky, and their brother-in-law was a weak man, so they thought they could bully their married daughter.
Chen Xia felt that what Lin Gang said was still far off, and she wasn't confident that she could do it.
However, she still nodded slightly.
"I try my best."
Having been instilled with the idea of being a pushover for many years, Lin Gang didn't expect her to change drastically anytime soon.
It's good that she's willing to change; there's plenty of time.
……
In contrast to the unpleasant ending at the Ye family's house, things were quite lively.
In an era when male preference was extremely strong, Ye Lian's confidence was naturally related to her family background.
Her family used to be a scholarly family, but for some reason, Ye Lian's grandfather's generation was sent to the countryside for reform, and then the whole family stayed here.
Ye Lian's grandfather was educated in the West and had a very open mind, which has led to his descendants also having relatively open minds.
We respect tradition, but we do not discriminate against women.
Lin Yuyao and Lin Ping were both very good-looking. In their eyes, it was like their daughter and son-in-law bringing back a pair of beautiful lucky charms.
It looks festive.
To welcome their daughter and son-in-law home, the Ye family slaughtered their livestock early in the morning and prepared a sumptuous family feast.
Everyone enjoyed a lively lunch.
After dinner, they sat together, eating sunflower seeds and chatting. They talked about happy things, and inevitably the topic of Lin Yuyao's marriage came up again.
Ye Lian's father has passed away, leaving only her mother.
The old lady looked at Lin Yuyao, held her hand, and sighed.
“Yuyao, I’ve heard about what happened to you. It’s a good thing that the engagement was called off, so don’t be sad. No matter how good he is, it’s all for nothing if he doesn’t treat you well.”
Lin Yuyao choked; she really wasn't sad.
I was just very angry, but I'm all over it now.
Why do they all think she's so sad?
"Grandma, I'm not sad. I'm actually glad we found out early. Otherwise, it would have been a real problem if we had found out after we got married."
The old lady thought these were words of comfort, and she wiped away her tears with a handkerchief before forcing a smile and saying, "Alright, alright, that's the right way to think. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere. Let's not have him, let's find someone better. I'll have your cousin find you someone at their factory, someone with a stable job, no worse than that guy."
My cousin immediately said, "Cousin, wait for me to find you an honest man."
Lin Yuyao smiled awkwardly. How could she tell him that she might be dating someone?
Only her family knew about it, and she specifically told her parents not to tell anyone for the time being, since it was still uncertain whether it would work out.
Now that the topic has been brought up, Lin Yuyao looks at Ye Lian for help.
Ye Lian chuckled and came to Lin Yuyao's rescue, "Mother, Yuyao is still young, I don't want to talk about it for now. I want to keep her here for a couple more years. If we talk about it later, I'll have to keep a close eye on her and not give her away so easily."
"That's true, then let's talk again in a couple of years."
"Yes."
When the family returned from their grandmother's house, they saw that Lin Gang and Chen Xia had already come back.
Ye Lian asked in surprise, "You're back so early? Are you alright?"
"It's okay, we left after lunch, and we've been back for over an hour."
It's been more than an hour since I came back from the mountain road, which is more than ten miles long. If I count the time, I really did come back right after eating.
"You're leaving right after dinner? Your father-in-law doesn't mind?"
Lin Gang said, "Don't worry, there's nothing wrong."
Anyway, he can't hear their opinions, so let's just pretend they have no opinions.
Hearing him say that, Ye Lian didn't ask any more questions.
He chatted with his daughter-in-law for a few minutes and asked her what she wanted for dinner.
Chen Xia was flattered, frightened, and touched.
She never dared to say what she wanted to eat; she ate whatever was left at home.
After being persuaded by her husband all the way, she mustered up the courage to make her request.
"Mom, I want to eat the piece of meat hanging by the chimney."
After saying that, he glanced at Lin Gang uneasily.
Lin Gang gave her an encouraging look.
Ye Lian was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.
In the past, when I asked this daughter-in-law, she would always say "whatever" or "it's fine." It's rare that she said something different this time.
Ye Lian was overjoyed and patted her hand, saying, "Alright, let's eat that piece of meat tonight."
"Lin Ping, quickly go and take that piece of meat off the side of the chimney and wash it."
"Why me?"
"Then let your older brother go. Your sister and I are too scared to climb stairs anyway."
He dared not order his older brother around, so in the end he carried the ladder to get it himself.
While he was washing the meat, he suddenly remembered why his sister was afraid to climb the stairs.