Reincarnation in the 60s: My Spatial Supermarket Brings Forth Wealth-Chapter 296: The Guesthouse Has Good Conditions
Every time he asked like this, Lin Chuan always changed the topic with a thoughtful look.
But this time was different; he thought for a moment and spoke.
"If my big sister gets married, she will be part of someone else’s family. I can’t bear that!" he said, with eyes full of reluctance. "Moreover, after they get married, they’ll go to the Capital City, and then it will be hard to even meet!"
After speaking, he looked at his brother, with an expression saying, "Don’t you think the same?"
"Yes, they will go to the Capital City, but we can also work hard to establish ourselves there, so that we can support our big sister! How can we let her be alone in the Capital City!" Lin Shan said seriously, "Do you want to stay in this small place for a lifetime?"
"I... I hadn’t thought about it, but I definitely want to make a name for myself in the future, to give my family a better life. But, I don’t even know what a better life than ours now would look like!" Lin Chuan shook his head. "Look! Before, we didn’t have enough to eat, even wild vegetable gruel, and now, we have meat and refined grains every day, can go to school, Dad has a job, Mom doesn’t have to labor in the fields, the family is harmonious, everyone has bicycles and watches, and we even have a sewing machine, with enough clothes stored up to wear for ages. Brother, tell me, what would a better life even be like?"
Lin Chuan laid out their current life one by one, leaving Lin Shan without a response—it truly seemed their life was excellent upon reflection.
"What are you two boys talking about here?" As the two of them were lost in thought, wondering what was dissatisfying about life, the voice of their uncle Wang Yongsheng sounded from the courtyard entrance.
"Uncle, why are you here? Isn’t it not yet time to get off work?" Lin Shan approached and asked with concern.
"Isn’t it because your little cousin is here? I came to deliver milk powder!" Wang Yongsheng raised the milk powder in his hand.
"Oh, oh, come inside then! Grandma just coaxed him to sleep!" Lin Shan quickly made way for him to enter.
"I’m in a hurry to get to work, you take this milk powder inside! I’ll come back with your aunt after I get off work!" Wang Yongsheng was indeed in a hurry, so after leaving the milk powder, he headed out.
"Uncle, why did you walk over? Where’s the new bicycle you bought?" Lin Chuan asked when he saw the situation.
"Your aunt rode it away, so I walked over!" Wang Yongsheng replied without even turning his head.
"Then take my bicycle, we’re on holiday and I don’t need it!" Lin Chuan said as he ran to the place where the bicycle was parked in the yard, quickly bringing it out.
Wang Yongsheng didn’t stand on ceremony; after all, he would be back for lunch, so he rode away.
After Grandma and Grandpa came over, the cousin from the second uncle’s family went home, and Grandma took care of the third uncle’s child. Anyway, the third uncle and aunt came here for lunch after work, making for a lively big family.
Just as the two brothers were about to enter, Wang Cuihua ran out, "Who’s here? Is your sister back? Didn’t they say she would be back these days? Why isn’t she back yet?"
"Mom, can you not be so startled all the time? It was the third uncle delivering milk powder, and he’s already gone!" Lin Chuan couldn’t help but respond, seeing how his mother had been in this state these days.
If anyone in the family was the least happy, it was him. He heard from his brother that his big sister might get married this winter, which means she wouldn’t be home for the New Year, right?
He didn’t understand what the rush was. Clearly, big sister isn’t even twenty yet, so why hurry to get married? And marrying such a long distance away, he wouldn’t even be able to visit her if he missed her.
"Hand it here! Just in time, I’ll make it for the child when he wakes up later!" Wang Cuihua ignored her second son, took the milk powder from her eldest son’s hands, and turned back into the house.
"Mom’s a bit unstrung, can’t figure why she’s so eager to marry off big sister," Lin Chuan muttered a complaint and then cheerfully headed to his room.
He had gotten into the habit of reading books recently, picking up a book whenever he had free time. He found reading made him feel calm. He used to tease his brother for being a bookworm, but now he himself liked it.
In the afternoon, the bus arrived at Pingyang Town, and everyone got off. Over there, the mothers and children were bustling around, some vomiting, some motion-sick, with only Zhang Yu remaining unfazed. Yet he was irritated by his sister and brother’s antics all the way, keeping his distance to avoid them.
At this moment, Lin Cuifen was supporting Zhang Ting, who was weak from vomiting, with a face full of complaints.
"Grandma, why don’t you wait here for a while? I’ll go find a cart," Lin Xue suggested helplessly, but she could only ask the old lady, as the old lady had the highest authority here; nobody dared to contradict her, as Grandpa would raise his hands at any objection.
"No need, we’ll stroll over. Didn’t you say it’s not far from here? No need for the trouble!" The old lady patted Lin Xue’s hand. "I’m still strong enough to walk this little distance!"
After saying that, she looked at the now swaying mother and daughter and glared. "Don’t forget your roots after eating refined grains for a few days! When I was young, I worked in the fields too!"
These words were obviously meant for Lin Cuifen, implying that if not for the Zhang Family, her father and brothers wouldn’t have been able to become workers in the city, still pegging them as mere farmers.
Lin Cuifen quickly regained her strength, unwilling to go against the old lady anymore, who would never give her any face.
This old hag, how come she’s lived so long without dying? If not for the leverage she had on the old lady, she wouldn’t have to tiptoe around pleasing her, given she had birthed three children for the Zhang Family.
"Grandma, let me arrange for accommodation for them and then go to Xiao Xue’s house!" Zhang Yuan said at the right time. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
"Fine, hurry up!" The old lady waved her hand, a bit impatiently.
By now, she was blaming the old man a little, bringing these bothersome few back.
"Brother, I don’t need to stay at an inn, I’ll stay behind to look after Grandpa and Grandma. You guys hurry and come back!" Zhang Yu sat down beside the old lady as he spoke, putting down his bag.
"Go, the inn has better conditions!" Lin Cuifen was very displeased that her eldest son chose the hardship, but couldn’t speak too harshly, so she just mentioned the better conditions of the inn.
Lin Xue almost burst into laughter hearing this, unable to wait to see what those better conditions looked like.
"If Xiao Yu doesn’t want to go, then don’t!" The old man waved his hand.
Of the children Lin Cuifen bore, only this Xiao Yu was tolerable to the old man, matching just a fraction of his eldest grandson.
"Mom, you all should go quickly! Sister has vomited to exhaustion! Hurry to rest! I’ll come by later to take you to see big sister-in-law!" Zhang Yu insisted, leaving Lin Cuifen with no choice but to agree.
She indeed needed rest; used to the comforts of the Capital City, she struggled coming out like this, facing the cold, exhaustion, and filthiness everywhere.
"Then let’s go!" Zhang Haijun couldn’t stand it any longer, stopping his wife from further pestering Zhang Yu, for fear that soon their grandfather would get violent.
Lin Cuifen had no choice but to support her daughter and go, but with so much luggage, she had to turn back to pick it up.
Zhang Yuan and Lin Xue left the old couple at the station, with Zhang Yu to take care of them, and took their family to the inn nearby.
