Seeing Lin Wen’s expression, Liu Xinyue immediately became nervous.
Lin Hai’s father, did he not like her?
“You old fool, are you dumbstruck?” Song Qin tugged at Lin Wen’s arm in exasperation.
“Huh? Oh, Xiao Hai’s girlfriend, good, wonderful!” Lin Wen finally snapped out of it, repeating “good” several times.
“Well then, old woman, you go buy some more groceries. Today, I’m going to cook personally and properly entertain Xiao Yue!” Lin Wen’s face immediately split into a grin he couldn’t contain.
His son had a girlfriend! His son finally had a girlfriend!
Lin Wen stood there, not knowing what to do with himself, so excited he kept going in and out of the house.
“Can’t you just settle down? What’s with all this coming and going? Isn’t it annoying?” Song Qin scolded with a smile, knowing full well the old man was just overjoyed.
“Dad, Mom, let’s not eat at home. There’s still a whole truckload of soldiers. That would be so much cooking. Let’s just go eat in town,” Lin Hai quickly suggested.
“How can we do that? It’s Xiao Yue’s first time here, we can’t possibly eat out.” Lin Wen glared.
“Enough, you old fool. You’ll have plenty of chances to show off later.” Song Qin also thought eating at home would be inconvenient.
“Uncle, let’s do as Lin Hai says.” Only when Liu Xinyue spoke did Lin Wen grumble and agree.
The three vehicles went directly to the Pearl Restaurant in town. Lin Hai was well-off now, so naturally, he provided good wine and food to entertain the soldiers.
Knowing they still had work to do later, the soldiers barely touched the alcohol. Finally, Lin Hai loaded ten cases of Moutai into the truck. Guo Fei absolutely refused to take them, and only agreed when Lin Hai was about to lose his temper.
Back home, Song Qin brought out the things she had prepared long ago.
Seeing this, Lin Hai couldn’t help but smile helplessly.
“Mom, things like these basins and bowls, you don’t need to bring. I have all that stuff. And that table, I’ve been using it since I was a kid, right? Let’s not move that.”
“How can we not? They’re still in good condition, they can last a few more years. Just leaving them behind like this, wouldn’t that be wasteful?” Song Qin directed the soldiers moving things while she spoke.
Lin Hai covered his forehead, utterly helpless.
“But where would we put all these things once we take them?” Lin Hai threw up his hands.
Song Qin was taken aback. “Can’t you fit them? Didn’t you say the villa was huge?”
“It’s huge, but the house is already fully furnished.” Lin Hai smiled helplessly.
“Huh? Then what do we do? We can’t just throw them away. They’re still usable, it’d be such a waste.” Song Qin finally told the soldiers to stop.
Lin Hai also knew his parents had been frugal their whole lives. Asking them to suddenly abandon all these things was definitely hard for them to accept.
But taking everything back wasn’t realistic either.
For a moment, Lin Hai was truly stumped.
“Big brother, you’re moving away just like that?” Just then, a somewhat unkempt middle-aged man walked in.
“Yeah, going to live in the city villa with Xiao Hai.” Lin Wen said loudly, as if afraid others wouldn’t hear.
“Oh my, Xiao Hai has really made it big.”
“Uncle, you’re here. I haven’t had a chance to visit you yet.” Lin Hai quickly walked out and offered a cigarette to Lin Gui.
When Lin Hai was little, Lin Gui often played with him. The uncle and nephew had a good relationship. It wasn’t until Lin Gui got married and became busy with his own family, and Lin Hai went away to school, that they gradually grew a bit distant.
But seeing his uncle, Lin Hai still felt a special closeness.
“Enough, your cigarettes are too good, I’m not used to them. I’ll stick to my three-yuan pack.” Lin Gui pulled a cigarette from a crumpled pack in his own pocket and lit it.
“Third brother, I tell you, you should do something about your two sons. Stop letting them just play games all day. If they don’t study hard, what will become of them later? Go farm the land?” Lin Wen said in a lecturing tone.
“Sigh, I can’t control them either. Let them do what they want. As long as they can support themselves later, that’s fine. Am I expecting them to become as successful as Xiao Hai?” Lin Gui sighed.
“I’m telling you, it’s because you and your wife spoil them. Kids need discipline when they need disciplining. How can they succeed without it? Look at Xiao Hai when he was little…” Lin Wen lectured Lin Gui.
Lin Hai smiled and lowered his head. His father was just like that, always liking to lecture others, which made his brothers a bit afraid to see him.
“Alright, Xiao Hai has made it now. Let Xiao Hai look after them a bit in the future.” Lin Gui knew his elder brother’s personality and didn’t mind.
“Of course, I’ll look after them, but they also need to strive for it. The way they are now, there’s no way to help them even if I wanted to.” Lin Hai huffed.
“Alright, I’ll talk to them when I get back.” Lin Gui, probably tired of being lectured by Lin Hai, quickly headed inside.
“Oh? Who’s this?” Lin Gui finally noticed the beautiful girl in the room.
“Hello, Uncle. I’m Lin Hai’s girlfriend, my name is Liu Xinyue.” Liu Xinyue quickly stood up and gave a slight bow to Lin Gui.
“Oh, Xiao Hai’s girlfriend! This girl, she’s really beautiful!” As Lin Gui spoke, he reached into his pants pocket, fumbled around, and pulled out 200 yuan.
“Here, Xinyue. Your uncle came in a hurry, didn’t know you were here, didn’t prepare anything. Here’s 200 yuan as a meeting gift. Buy yourself some clothes.” With that, Lin Gui tried to stuff the money into Liu Xinyue’s hand.
“No need, Uncle.” Liu Xinyue waved her hands repeatedly.
“Take it if your uncle gives it to you.”
“I really don’t want it, Uncle.”
“What? You think it’s too little?” Lin Gui’s face fell, and Liu Xinyue immediately didn’t know what to do.
“Take it, Xinyue. It’s a token of Uncle’s affection.” Lin Hai said from the side.
“Thank you, Uncle.” Only then did Liu Xinyue accept the money.
“Alright, you two chat. I’ll go help pack things up.” Lin Gui finished speaking and went to pack with Lin Wen and Song Qin.
Song Qin was just worrying about how to handle all the miscellaneous items. Seeing Lin Gui come in, she suddenly had an idea.
“Hey, brother-in-law, we can’t take these things with us. Why don’t you take them to your house?”
“Huh? You don’t want any of them? But they’re still in good condition?” Lin Gui replied, looking through the items.
“That’s true, but Xiao Hai has bought new ones already. What use do we have for these old ones?” Song Qin didn’t know why, but saying these words gave her a slight feeling of pride.
“Alright, if you don’t want them, give them all to me.” Lin Gui was happy too.
“Mom, why don’t we just give Uncle a spare house key too? If the house is empty for a long time, it’ll get dusty. This way, Uncle can help clean it when he has time.” Lin Hai walked over and said.
“Right, give the key to Third Brother. Let him watch the house for us.” Lin Wen also said.
“Alright, I’ll keep an eye on the house for you.” Lin Gui readily agreed.
Just as he handed the key to Lin Gui, a car horn sounded from outside.
A BYD S6 screeched into the yard, almost colliding with Lin Hai’s Cayenne.
Seeing that car, Lin Hai couldn’t help but frown.
