Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 10 The Unfair Son-in-Law Arrives
Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu were carrying their luggage and came out of Yanjing Station when they saw the car sent by Yanda to pick up the new students. Lin Chaoyang was going to get a ride, but Tao Yushu was embarrassed because she was now a senior.

The two got on the bus. The domestic articulated bus had a very long body, and when it turned a corner, the centrifugal force made people feel uncomfortable.

When they arrived at Yenching University Station, the two got off the bus carrying large and small bags. Tao Yushu walked along the way and explained to Lin Chaoyang about every plant and tree in Yenching University.

She was a student of Yanyuan and was very familiar with the place. The two of them entered the campus from the west gate of Yanyuan University, and after walking through the lotus pond in midsummer, they saw the iconic Huabiao inside the west gate.

Heading north, the trees are lush in midsummer, and the buildings of Yan University are hidden among the greenery. The scenery is unique, but it is completely incomparable with the grandeur of later generations.

Langrun Garden is located to the north of Wanquan River, and opposite is Qichun Garden, one of the three Yuanming Gardens. In the first year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign, it became the second home of Yixin, the sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, and was named Langrun Garden.

After Yi Xin died in 1898, this place was given by the last emperor Puyi to Zaitao, the brother of Emperor Guangxu. Shortly after Yenching University was founded, Zaitao rented Langrun Garden to Yenching University as a teacher's residence.

After the lease expired in 1952, Yenching University bought Langrun Garden. Between 1957 and 1960, it built six faculty and staff residences and a guesthouse on the east and north banks of the garden. Since then, Langrun Garden has become one of the "Nine Gardens" of Yenching University.

Circling the circular Langrun Lake, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu came to a four-story building on the east bank of the lake. Lin Chaoyang knew that this was one of the residential buildings built in the 1950s as mentioned by Tao Yushu, and it was also where Tao Yushu's family lived.

Before entering the unit door, Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang to put down the luggage in his hands and carefully sorted out his clothes.

Lin Chaoyang had just changed into his new clothes before getting off the train. It was a navy blue Mao suit with a white Dacron shirt underneath and a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet.

She looked at him for a long time and was quite satisfied with Lin Chaoyang's outfit, but she always felt a little annoyed by the pair of cloth shoes on his feet.

She originally wanted to buy a pair of leather shoes for Lin Chaoyang, but unfortunately the big purchase before returning to the Northeast had used up all the pocket money given by her father and the subsidy money she had saved.

"I'll buy you a pair of leather shoes in winter." Tao Yushu muttered.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Both leather shoes and cloth shoes are worn."

Tao Yushu stopped paying attention to the topic of shoes and asked, "The ugly son-in-law is about to meet his mother-in-law. Are you nervous?"

Lin Chaoyang looked into her eyes that were as clear as water, the nervousness in them almost overflowing, but he pretended to be relaxed and even asked himself if he was nervous.

He said with a relaxed expression: "You know how thick-skinned I am. I think you should be the one who is nervous, right?"

Rolling his eyes at him, Tao Yushu picked up his luggage and said, "Let's go!"

As I climbed the stairs, I heard childish voices singing and the aroma of food wafted through the corridor.

Tao Yushu's home was on the third floor. She knocked on the door and someone came to open it after a while.

A young girl version of Tao Yushu appeared in front of the door, young and beautiful.

"sister!"

"This is Yumo, and this is Lin Chaoyang. Yumo, call me brother-in-law." Tao Yushu introduced.

On the way, Tao Yushu introduced her family situation.

The girl in front of her is her youngest sister Tao Yumo, who is 17 years old and in her second year of high school.

Tao Yumo looked at the man in front of her. He was dressed neatly, but unfortunately he had an ordinary appearance and was not worthy of her beautiful sister at all.

"Hello."

Her voice was flat, which was fine under normal circumstances. However, when Lin Chaoyang's new son-in-law came to visit, Tao Yushu asked her to call him brother-in-law, but she just said "hello", which showed that she was very dissatisfied with Lin Chaoyang.

Without waiting for Tao Yushu to speak, Lin Chaoyang seemed not to notice Tao Yumo's unfriendly attitude, and said with a smile: "Yumo, hello!" Tao Yushu glared at his sister implicitly, and at this time another female comrade in simple clothes came out of the room.

Just now I saw that Tao Yumo was the young version of Tao Yushu, and this female comrade was like the old version of Tao Yushu. I knew without thinking that she must be the mother-in-law.

Lin Chaoyang's smile widened. Just as he was about to say hello, he saw his mother-in-law just nodded, turned around and went back to the kitchen.

It seems that my mother-in-law is more dissatisfied with me than my sister-in-law!

According to Tao Yushu, all the letters she wrote to him in the previous six months were "intercepted" by her mother-in-law, which shows how much she despised her rural son-in-law. Therefore, before entering the house, Lin Chaoyang had already made sufficient mental preparations.

He was not angry, but Tao Yushu's face was as cold as ice.

After entering the house and putting down her things, she asked in a cold tone, "Where's Dad?"

"It's class!" Tao Yumo replied to her, then turned around and went into the room.

Tao Yushu was upset by the cold reception from her mother and sister. She looked at Lin Chaoyang and said, "Don't mind..."

"fine."

Lin Chaoyang looked calm and composed, so Tao Yushu couldn't tell whether he was pretending or not.

She couldn't help but think of the psychological preparation she had given him on the train before. It seemed to have some effect, but Tao Yushu felt that what was more important was Lin Chaoyang's good attitude.

The two got off the car at around nine o'clock and arrived at Yanda's home in Langrun Garden. It was already past eleven o'clock. Tao's mother Du Ruohui had been staying in the kitchen, pretending to make lunch, and had not come out.

"I wonder how long she can hide!"

Tao Yushu packed his luggage with Lin Chaoyang in a huff. The two of them brought back six packages of various sizes, three of which were gifts prepared by Lin Erchun and his wife for their in-laws.

Just as they were cleaning up, there was a noise at the door. It was Tao Yushu's sister-in-law Zhao Li who came back with the child.

Zhao Li is not tall, has a round face and short hair, and looks very friendly.

When greeting, Zhao Li's attitude was much better than that of Tao's mother Du Ruohui and sister Tao Yumo.

Mr. and Mrs. Tao had three children, one boy and two girls. Zhao Li's husband Tao Yucheng was the eldest in the family.

He was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama in 65, and was one of the last batch of college students. A few years later, he was recruited to work in the local area, and then by chance, he married Zhao Li, who came from a cadre family.

Last year, Tao's parents were living an ordinary life. The two families worked together to transfer Tao Yucheng's job back to Yanjing. He is now a teacher in the Department of Drama and Literature at the Chinese Academy of Drama.

But Zhao Li was not so lucky. In order to follow her husband, she had to give up her job in her hometown. Now she is a full-time housewife, taking care of two children on a daily basis.

Tao Yucheng and Zhao Li have two sons. The eldest is Tao Xiwen, who is five years old and is now in kindergarten. The second is Tao Xiwu, who is in Zhao Li's arms and is only 23 months old, and is still learning to speak.

During lunch, Tao's mother had a sullen face, Tao Yumo's eyes were rolling around, always glancing at Lin Chaoyang, and sister-in-law Zhao Li was observing the situation, and the expression on her face was not as bright as before. The atmosphere at the dinner table was very subtle.

"Chaoyang, eat more!"

Tao Yushu showed his affection to Lin Chaoyang by picking up food for him without any scruples. He could vaguely see that the muscles in Tao's mother Du Ruohui's eyebrows were twitching.

This girl!
Lin Chaoyang smiled helplessly, he knew that Tao Yushu did it on purpose.

(End of this chapter)