Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Father’s Proposal_1 Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Father’s Proposal_1 Lady Liu was already seven months pregnant, and this was the ti when her body felt heaviest.
After lunch, Lin Yuan hurried her to the bed for an afternoon nap.
Lin Jiaxin had been lying on the bed the whole ti and naturally did not want to sleep, so Lin Yuan told him about the mooncake molds she wanted to make.
Ever since Lin Jiaxin injured his leg, he had been confined to the bed, either lying down or sitting up.
No one ca to him for work anymore, and he could not even do his favorite carpentry.
So, upon hearing that his daughter needed his skills, he was naturally overjoyed.
But suddenly, sothing crossed his mind, and the light in Lin Jiaxin’s eyes dimd imdiately.
Lin Yuan understood his concerns.
In the past, when he was working, the family would have leftover wood materials.
However, after injuring his leg, Lady Yang had moved most of these materials away, and now the only pieces left were so small scraps piled in the corner of the kitchen.
Many pieces too small for work had been burned by them as firewood.
“Dad, are you worried about the wood materials?” Lin Yuan tenderly covered his legs with the thin quilt, “Don’t worry, Dad, I don’t need much.
The wood in the kitchen will be enough.
I’ll pick a few larger pieces for you later.”
Besides, even if there were no large pieces, it didn’t matter.
She could use small molds to make smaller mooncakes which would look more delicate.
Wealthy families liked such fine and delicious treats, didn’t they?
Ah, she had just thought of another way to make money.
However, Lin Jiaxin shook his head and sighed, “Da Ya, Dad isn’t worried about those pieces of wood.
With my craftsmanship, even with just so scraps, Dad can still make a complete mold for you.
It’s just that…”
“Just what?”
Lin Jiaxin struggled to say, “It’s just that all the tools I use for work, they’ve all been taken away by your grandmother.”
The tools, aning those planes, chisels, and such that Dad used for carpentry, had all been taken away by those people?
“They can’t do carpentry work, so what do they need those tools for?” Lin Yuan was sowhat speechless.
Her grandmother had gone too far, she thought.
Her own son was in such a state, and not only did she not care, but she also took away their ans to make a living.
Was she resolved to abandon them completely, to watch them starve to death?
Thinking this, Lin Yuan considered discussing with her father the possibility of going to the old house that afternoon to express his desire to separate from the family.
However, she didn’t hold out much hope, as in her mories, her father always adhered to an unreasonable level of filial piety.
Apart from not repudiating her mother to remarry, he had never done anything against his mother’s wishes.
Yet, before she could bring up the matter, she saw her father with his head bowed, pinching his legs over and over, then suddenly said in a muffled voice, “Da Ya, if, I an if, Dad were to separate from your grandparents and live alone—what, what would you think?”
Lin Yuan was sowhat surprised, never expecting her father to be the one to bring up separation after all his internal struggle.
Lin Jiaxin thought Lin Yuan disagreed and quickly said, “It’s all right, it’s all right.
We don’t have to separate.
If we run out of food, we can still ask your grandparents for so…”
“No, Dad, I agree,” Lin Yuan stared into her father’s eyes and nodded firmly, “Dad, I was actually planning to discuss this matter with you.”
“You also know what Uncle did yesterday, it’s because we haven’t divided the family that they dare to brazenly interfere in our affairs.
Even if he really had sold and Da Ya yesterday, at most he would have been scolded by the villagers a few tis; the Governnt Office wouldn’t care, would they?” Lin Yuan was right, in this era, there were plenty of families who couldn’t feed their children and sold them, and no one really managed child trafficking.
“Moreover, to say sothing a daughter shouldn’t, our family is already in this state, have you seen grandma and grandpa help us at all?
Anyway, it’s been over a month since I last saw grandma and grandpa’s faces.”
Lin Yuan’s words were sowhat heartbreaking, and Lin Jiaxin was aware of this himself, but he just didn’t want to admit it, after all, they were still his parents.
“Once we’ve divided the property, we can get a piece of land and won’t have to rely on the relief of the village sisters every day like now.”
Perhaps touching on Lin Jiaxin’s sore spot, he suddenly looked up, smiled and patted Lin Yuan’s head, but his eyes were red, “My girl, Dad, I’m sorry for the hardship you’ve endured.”
“Dad, I’m not suffering, don’t worry, I will definitely make sure you and mom have a good life, and about your leg, I will find the best doctor for you.
You’ll definitely be able to walk around on the fields again!” Lin Yuan firmly believed she could earn a lot of money.
For no reason, her heart ached suddenly, and her nose felt sour.
In her past life, she had left her parents early to struggle on her own; this ti, she swore that she would stay by her parents’ side and fully enjoy the happiness of being a child.
“Good child.” Lin Jiaxin affectionately scraped his daughter’s nose, smiling and said, “About your grandma, never mind, if they don’t divide the land for us, so be it, but the tools that belong to Dad, I will definitely take them back.
Dad still has to make good and nice molds for Da Ya.”
Lin Yuan smiled and nodded, but she was determined in her heart that she wouldn’t divide the family so easily without making the other side pay.
Now it seed, dividing the family was all advantageous for them; they could get a piece of land and take back what originally belonged to them.
More importantly, she was going to do sothing big, and without these people who were only interested in money hindering them from behind, she could spread her wings and strive without restraints.
Upon stepping out of the eastern room’s door, Lin Yuan unexpectedly saw Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang lying at the doorway, eavesdropping on the conversation between father and daughter.
Seeing that both of their eyes were sowhat red, Lin Yuan knew that dividing the family was what they had been wishing for, day and night.
“Big sister, after dividing the family, we can live better, right?” Lin Wei rubbed her eyes, looking at her big sister with a face full of hope; she always believed that what big sister told Dad about living a good life was true, and she trusted that her big sister could make it happen!
“Big sister, after we divide the family, grandma won’t call a loss anymore, and she won’t scold mom and make her stay up all night doing embroidery, will she?” Xiao Linshuang was still young, and dividing the family was sothing she couldn’t fully comprehend, but she did understand that once they divided the family, they wouldn’t have to look at grandma and grandpa’s faces when speaking, and her mom wouldn’t be so tired anymore.
Lin Yuan crouched down, gathered her two sisters into her arms, and whispered yet vehently promised, “Believe in your big sister, if she said she can make your lives better, she will definitely achieve it.
Once we’ve divided the family, we won’t have to look at their faces anymore, nor beg them for food, and nobody could sell us to separate us from Dad and Mom, not even grandma and grandpa.
One day, I will make them all regret it, and have them co back pleading with us!”
The three sisters hugged each other tightly, and in the inner room, Lady Liu’s tears slowly flowed—her Da Ya had grown up.
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