Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 116 Relatives come to visit
My aunt said, "Your living conditions are quite good."

Lin's mother remained silent, feeling very conflicted. To be honest, Lin Yi had not benefited from his sister and brother-in-law. But she couldn't ignore her nephew's livelihood. When her father and mother passed away, they told her and her sister to take care of her brother's family in the future.

However, after returning from the countryside, Yan became very independent and could no longer be manipulated by her. Well, this was beyond her ability and she could not make the decision.

Lin Yan nodded, "Yes, I am quite satisfied. Nowadays, many families have several generations living together in such a large space."

Then go out and sit down, Lin Yan continues to sit down and wash the bedding and sheets. It's time to catch the sun! This time, she poured the washing powder and put the washboard to rub vigorously. Just wait for the aunt to speak and explain the purpose clearly.

Mother Lin asked, "Where is Yanyan?"

"Playing next door. Yanyan——"

She raised her voice and called out. Yanyan's head soon appeared between the two doors of the Half Moon Gate, "Mom, why are you calling me?"

Mother Lin said, "Yanyan, grandma is here."

"Oh, I'll be back soon." She said goodbye to the young lady and walked back around.

Lin's mother taught her to call him "aunt" and "cousin".

Aunt Lin Yan said, "Come, have some egg cake. Auntie bought it for you."

"Thank you, aunt. I just had breakfast not long ago, I will eat again later." Yanyan said and stood next to her grandmother's legs. Egg cake is not a rare thing for her now.

Seeing that the elder sister-in-law didn't respond to her, the aunt said to Lin Yan, "Ah Yan, you are the most capable person in this family. You have been admitted to university and are running a business. Your cousin graduated from high school, and it is difficult for him to find a job now. How about asking him to help you?"

Nowadays, the education system is 5+2+2, which means five years of primary school, two years of junior high school and two years of senior high school. So although Zhu Qiming is only 77 years old, this is his third time to take the college entrance examination. He was a freshman in the year when the college entrance examination was resumed in . Unfortunately, he failed three times.

Lin Yan said: "Aunt, you don't even know what our new business is. How do you know that my cousin can do it?"

My aunt said, "Yes, I asked my eldest sister, and she also said that you are secretive. The store is going to open tomorrow, so you can't keep it a secret, right?"

"Not really, not really. Mingche and I are opening a scrap collection station this time. Cousin, are you coming?" Lin Yan asked Zhu Qiming.

Zhu Qiming was the only son in three generations, and he was spoiled since he was a child. And because of his young age, he missed the opportunity to go to the countryside. When he heard that his cousin's family opened a waste collection station, he blurted out: "Dealing with those garbage collectors?"

"Yes, not only do we have to buy the waste they pick up, but we also have to clean it up ourselves."

Zhu Qiming immediately looked embarrassed. He was too lazy to even sweep the floor at home, so how could he be asked to clean up the garbage? He immediately said, "Mom, I don't want to do this."

My aunt's smile also fell. She heard from my second aunt that the flowers were very good and that they had set up a stall in Tiananmen Square before. She thought their new business was also impressive.

But she still said, "Ayan, your cousin is at least a high school student. Can't you give him an office position?"

Lin Yan made a three-sign gesture, "There are only three people in total. One rides a tricycle to go through the streets and collect waste door to door. One is responsible for going out to deliver goods. The other stays at the waste station to collect and clean up the waste. There are no extra positions! We are still in debt and cannot afford to support idle people. There are no office positions. Oh no, there is no office at all."

My aunt asked, "So you, as the elder sister, don't care?"

Lin Yan said, "I am like a clay Buddha crossing a river, I can't save myself. How can I take care of it? I didn't even take care of Lin Yi. How about you, auntie, lend me 2000 first so I can pay off the debt?" Auntie turned to Lin's mother and said, "Sister, what do you say?"

Mother Lin said, "A daughter who is married off is like spilled water. I can't control her anymore."

She herself was forced by her father and mother to let her brothers suck her blood. It was impossible for them to suck her daughter's blood while passing it down from generation to generation.

The aunt left angrily with her son!

Humph, it was a waste that she spent money to buy egg cakes. She was still cursing until she walked out the door.

Lin Yan said enthusiastically: "Aunt, cousin, please have lunch before leaving——"

She said she was warm, but she just sat there washing the sheets as usual, and made no move to get up to keep the guests. She couldn't let the neighbors hear that she was not warm to her relatives and get angry and leave.

In fact, she didn't like her uncle's family very much since she was a child. The whole family was content and never satisfied with taking advantage of them!
Before her mother asked her to go to the countryside, she promised to send her food coupons and other things every month. One month, she stopped sending them, and Lin Yan thought her mother was being cheated by her uncle and aunt again. So she wrote a letter to her father, and the next month, she continued to send them.

If she thought that her family was in trouble and didn't say anything, her share of the "subsidy for going to the countryside" might have been taken away by her uncle's family. Her father was kept in the dark.

Yanyan was surprised. How could this aunt-in-law smile and get angry at the same time? She could change her expression at any time.

Mother Lin said: "Since you can't do anything, let's just leave it like this."

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Mom, you seem to have changed. When you were a child, you always secretly took the money from home to support your uncle's family."

It's not that my uncle's family can't make ends meet, they just like to take advantage. Everything from grandma and grandpa was left to him.

This time, she probably went to her aunt, and her aunt made her niece look very good. She pushed the matter here!
She is not afraid of offending people. It is better not to have any contact with such relatives in the future. I guess my aunt will still have to find my aunt when she returns. Whatever you want!

Mother Lin said, "Didn't your grandma and grandpa hold my hand and tell me that I was the eldest sister before they left? Some time ago, your dad took all the money in the family into his hands. I definitely don't have money to support them. And Lin Yi hasn't benefited from your business."

No matter how close a nephew is, can he be closer than a son? Moreover, although a son is closer than a daughter, a daughter is her own child after all, and is closer than a nephew from her mother's side. Besides, her brother and sister-in-law are not getting any benefits from her, so their faces have changed immediately. She is also very disappointed!
After Lin's mother finished speaking, she hurriedly asked, "Are you and Mingche really going to open a scrapyard?"

"Yeah, the store will open tomorrow. Am I lying? I didn't make it up just to refuse my cousin."

"No, why do you have to go collect waste when there's nothing else to do?"

Lin Yan said, "You had the same attitude when we opened the big bowl tea stall before. What's wrong with recycling waste? And the workers are three educated youths who have returned to the city."

"Isn't that exploitation?" Lin's mother's face changed. The idea that 'employment is exploitation' is still deeply rooted in people's minds.

Lin Yan said, "That's definitely not the case. Could it be that my aunt brought Qiming here so that we can exploit him?"

"He's different. He just wants to get paid."

(End of this chapter)