38: Chapter 38: Knowing It Well 38: Chapter 38: Knowing It Well Lin Chun hardly slept that night, tossing and turning with worries on his mind.
Early in the morning, without waiting for Chunli to finish cooking, he took two cornal pancakes and left the house.
As he was nearing his aunt’s house, he unexpectedly ran into Lin Xia and the others.
Lin Chun asked in surprise, “You three didn’t stay at aunt’s house last night?”
Seeing smiles on his sisters’ faces and realizing they hadn’t suffered any hardship, the heavy stone in his heart temporarily settled.
All three of them ca up, beaming and calling out “big brother” in unison.
Lin Xia looked him over and noticed the poor state he was in, with dark circles under his eyes.
She asked with concern, “Big brother!
We left afterwards!
He didn’t hit you, did he?”
Lin Chun then steadied his bicycle and replied, “No!
Later I wanted to co find you, but dad wouldn’t allow it!
So where did you stay?
Have you had breakfast?”
Lin Dong cheerfully answered, “We stayed at Haizi’s place!
We ate!
Haizi’s mom cooked for us!”
“Why did you go stay at soone else’s place?” Lin Chun asked, “What are you doing at aunt’s now?”
Lin Xia spoke the truth, “I want Sister Hongi to help take leave so I and Xiaoqiu can go look for a house!”
Just relying on Xiaoqiu alone definitely wouldn’t work, and she also wanted to find a place with good location for business convenience—these she must check out herself.
Lin Chun imdiately frowned, “Such nonsense!
All of you hurry back ho and apologize to dad!
We are all family, and there shouldn’t be any overnight grudges!
Besides, what dad said was out of anger!
How could you take it seriously?”
He never expected his eldest sister to want to go house hunting!
Not yet married, and moving out on her own?
What would beco of her?
All three Lin Xia siblings lost their smiles, with Lin Dong and Lin Qiu even subconsciously hiding behind Lin Xia.
Their big brother was usually temperate and rarely lost his temper, but when he did, it was indeed quite frightening.
Lin Xia turned to look at them, then stepped forward and grabbed Lin Chun’s arm, “Big brother!
Calm down first, let explain slowly!”
Lin Chun angrily pulled away from Lin Xia’s grasp, “How can I calm down?”
He knew it all had to be his eldest sister’s idea, and the other two just went along with it.
He couldn’t help but scold Lin Xia, “Lin Xia!
This was all your idea, wasn’t it?
What are you thinking?
Yesterday, I was trying so hard to stop you, but you insisted on being so stubborn!
And you dragged up all those old grievances, wasn’t that just to oppose dad intentionally?
What were you thinking?”
“My thoughts are simple!
I just want to break away from that ho!” Lin Xia, seeing her big brother was about to lose his temper, spoke calmly, “Big brother!
Don’t rush to get angry with !
Let analyze the situation for you, then you can scold afterward if you want!”
Lin Chun took a deep breath, pointed at Lin Xia and gritted his teeth, “Fine!
Then speak quickly.
I want to hear what reasons you could possibly have!”
“Alright!
Let’s talk about you wanting us all to go back and apologize, have you thought about what happens after we bow our heads and admit our wrong?”
“What would happen?
Dad might hit you a couple of tis just to vent his anger, what else!” Lin Chun was really angry, so his tone was harsh.
Lin Xia couldn’t help but sneer, “Him hitting isn’t the issue, why don’t you think about Xiaoqiu?
Why did he co back?
He’s planning to send Xiaoqiu to the large soy sauce factory.
We all said yesterday that Xiaoqiu should rest for ten days to half a month before working again!
What did he say?”
Lin Chun fell silent, realizing that indeed was a problem.
Although a dislocated arm wasn’t a major injury, Dongzi couldn’t do heavy work or stretch it anymore.
In this condition, what kind of work could he do at his job?
In the end, wouldn’t Xiaoqiu suffer the most?
Lin Xia continued, “Also, you know why we fought yesterday!
If we think about going back, it’s not just about apologizing to him, but also to those three!”
Putting aside whether we can swallow that grievance, how could we even live our days afterward?
You know what kind of person Lin Qiang is; what if he did sothing to Xiaoqiu while we weren’t ho?
We would regret it too late!”
Since things had reached this point, Lin Xia had nothing to hide or avoid anymore.
Tears stread down Xiaoqiu’s face; she wasn’t a child and understood so things.
Seeing her siblings quarreling over her, she blad herself while a sense of fear arose inside her.
Lin Chun was rendered speechless by Lin Xia’s words, feeling both ashad and embarrassed.
He really hadn’t thought things through.
He had tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, thinking about bringing Lin Xia and the others back at dawn and how to apologize to their dad.
Lin Chun bitterly regretted his lack of thorough consideration and guiltily spoke, “Xiaoxia!
Xiaoqiu!
Dongzi!
Big Brother really didn’t think this through!
Don’t bla Big Brother!
But when you talk about finding a place to live, where do we start?
And maintaining our own household isn’t easy!
How do we live with nothing at all?”
In Lin Chun’s view, the difficulty wasn’t trivial, but now, to convince his siblings to go back no matter what, he couldn’t bring himself to say those words.
If Xiaoqiu really encountered sothing, he felt like he could kill himself.
Lin Xia sensed her elder brother’s concession in his words, pleased that he always considered others.
“No worries!
Big Brother!
As long as we’re together, our days will surely get better!”
She didn’t dare promise riches and luxury, but at least they could live comfortably and with peace of mind.
Lin Dong also urged, “Big Brother!
Co with us!
It’d be great for the four of us to stick together!”
That ho, in his eyes, had no reason to stay any longer.
Lin Chun quickly made up his mind; he indeed couldn’t let his siblings go back like this, especially since Xiaoqiu’s arm needed more ti to heal.
Plus, their father was still furious, and that anger wouldn’t subside any ti soon.
Although he knew his father would still be furious to find out that Lin Xia and the others weren’t coming back, weighing the pros and cons, he still wanted to consider his siblings more.
“I can’t join you for now, Big Brother.
If we all leave, it really becos their world.”
He pulled out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to Lin Xia, “Take this money, Xiaoxia!”
Lin Xia hesitated before accepting, “Okay!
Big Brother, then I’ll hold onto the money for now!”
She put it straight into her pocket.
She wanted the money because she thought if Lin Aiguo went crazy and found it, it would end up benefitting them.
Seeing that Lin Xia didn’t refuse and accepted it, Lin Chun felt sowhat relieved.
He continued, “How about this?
Dongzi, hurry and go to school; stay there at noon;
Then I’ll also skip work today and help you find a place to live!”
“That works!
Big Brother!
You can even ride your bike and carry and Xiaoqiu!” It definitely would be inefficient to just walk.
After the siblings had agreed, Lin Xia gave Lin Dong fifty cents, worried they might not arrive at his school in ti, allowing him to buy sothing to eat.
After seeing Lin Dong off to school, they arrived outside Yu Hongi’s house.
Lin Xia asked Lin Chun and Xiaoqiu to wait outside while she entered her aunt’s house alone.
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