Chapter 43.1

Chapter 43.1

Its good that you fancy, its good that you fancy.

At first, Grandma Ke smiled until all her wrinkles deepened, then she froze, and looked at her granddaughter with suspicion.

Wasnt this child resisting a blind date just before?

How did she take a liking to him all of a sudden?

Ke Jialing lowered her head, Grandma Ke didnt mind. She always knew that her granddaughter was shy and could be ashamed by doing just anything. Wasnt this a blind date? Being shy was normal.

Doubt stayed in her mind for a second and was quickly replaced by the idea that her obedient granddaughter was finally willing to listen.

As to why she refused to the blind date but changed her attitude immediately after meeting Lin Shiheng, Grandma Ke quickly found the answer in her heart.

Wasnt it because she found a good young man?

As a young girl of such an age, it was time for her to be in love. And now shes found for her a young man like Lin Shiheng who had good looks, whose family circumstances were great with a temper just like a perfect young man. As such, no matter how high Jialings standards were, she would still take a liking to him.

Thinking to here, the last trace of suspicion was completely dismissed out of Grandma Kes mind.

She happily went back with her granddaughter and said towards her daughter-in-law who came over to ask, Jialing is willing. You can go to the Lins in the afternoon to ask Shiheng what thinks.

Mother Ke also didnt expect that her daughter, who had always insisted on not blind dating, would become willing just from meeting him once, but she recalled Lin Shihengs appearance, which she had seen before, and had to admit that the childs appearance was indeed really good, so it was no wonder that Jialing agreed.

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In the afternoon, she listened to her mother-in-law and went to the Lins house. The result was as imagined.

The relationship between the two was thus naturally settled in front of the elders.

Of course, it wasnt a feudal society anymore. So the so-called settling was just openly establishing the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, and only after getting along with each other for a while, they would be officially engaged, and the marriage would only take place after Ke Jialing graduated from university.

Both of them had no opinion regarding this arrangement by their elders. When it was time for Ke Jialing to start school, Lin Shiheng drove her to school. Ke Jialings city just happened to be close to Shanghai, so from then on, when going back, they would go back together.

Grandma Ke was very satisfied with this boyfriend she found for her granddaughter. Having never really enjoyed chatting with the others in the village, on this hard to come by afternoon day, she brought out a small bench from the house to sit outside her familys door and chatted with several old ladies who were about the same age as her.

Still, its old sister, you, who have a good eye ah, who would have thought Shiheng, this child, could become so successful. You wouldnt know, but when everyone saw his small car today, several families with daughters were moved, even my daughter-in-law inquired about it. And so to inquire, weve come all the way here to you.

Eh, dont say it like that. The two children are just getting along for now. Theyre both still young, its not like theyre engaged already.

Grandma Ke waved her hands, but on her face was a big smile, obviously very proud of her wise decision.

This group of little old ladies was still sitting in the sunset and laughing when a short and thin old lady walked up weakly on crutches.

She was wearing oversized clothes, her hair a mess, and her whole face betrayed a sense of shabbiness.

The several little old ladies sitting together looked curiously over but soon realized it was a familiar face when the other person looked up.

Wasnt this Old Lady Lin of the Old Lin family?

Old Lady Lin also noticed the gaze of these several pairs of eyes. She looked down at her broken shoe that showed half of her big toe then looked at the old ladies wearing patterned clothes while sitting comfortably on the bench chatting. She looked down in embarrassment and hurriedly walked away on her crutches.

She naturally recognized that these were the few old ladies in the village who were about the same age as her. Its just that she used to rely on the fact that her family has a lot of sons, and that both daughters-in-law and sons had to look up to up her to live, and so disdained to chat with these people.

She never would have thought that after a year, she would end up in such a state where she was worse off than them.

But this doesnt matter, as long as she gets home, she can buy new clothes and shoes again. At that time, she would still be the most imposing in the village.

You, you!

Old Lady Lin was too upset to say anything, but her eldest son didnt have the slightest intention of worrying about her health, and directly closed the door after saying these words, not opening it regardless of how much she knocked.

Maybe if it was before his mother had been taken to prison, they would have been afraid of her, worried that she might go slander them throughout the village if they werent filial, but after Old Lady Lin had been taken to prison for slander, no one would believe what she says anymore.

Whats more, what he just said wasnt just for living in this big house.

With such a ruthless mother, he was really worried that if he actually welcomed his mother back, if something happened to him, his wife and children would be directly thrown out.

His wife was not as strong as Mother Lin. If she was really desperate, she may end up taking the children and commit suicide.

Between the mother who had so many sons that if one died, would soon forget about them, and the wife and children who were devoted to nothing but remembering him Of course, he would make the right choice.

Old Lady Lin knocked on the door for a long time. Right now, the weather was so cold and she had been so thoroughly weakened during the past year, she could hardly keep standing with the wind blowing at her.

There was nothing she could do, and she shivered her way to the dark and gloomy little house full of mildew.

Although Old Lady Lin had always sent disobedient children here, she has never lived here herself at all.

This was also the first time she has noticed how uncomfortably damp this house was while she continued to shiver.

This was only temporary.

She silently comforted herself in her heart.

Just stay here for a night and wait until tomorrow, then she will go find her other sons. Fortunately, she has many sons. If one was useless, there were still several more.

But the next day, Old Lady Lin had asked them all, but none of her sons were willing to take their mother in.

Their rhetoric was similar to that of the eldest son.

If they welcomed Old Lady Lin into the house now If something happens to them, what should they do if their wife and children were directly driven out of the house? Even if nothing happens, what if theres a disagreement and Old Lady Lin accuses them of stealing and wants to send them to jail?

Perhaps at first, the Old Lin family would want to rescue Old Lady Lin when she was caught, for fear that she would blame them for being late in rescuing her. But after such a long time, everyone realized how wonderful life was without Old Lady Lin.

They could hold onto their own money, they can eat whatever they want, the children in the family were finally able to avoid being oppressed so harshly. They can also send their children to school, and they can even leave to work in the city!

This was truly living!

[E/N: as compared to just surviving.]

Anyway, Mom has so many sons, even if they had to support her, why should they be the only one to support her?

Everyone thought like this, so in the end, no one was willing to support Old Lady Lin.

If she was an old lady who knew a little about the law, she would know to go to court and sue her sons for not taking care of her, but Old Lady Lin didnt know the law. Even if she took a law class in prison, she would rather doze off than listen to a single word.

She only realized now, that she was no longer the young mother who could just throw someone out of the house by pulling on their ear after the child misbehaves.

She was already old, and any of her sons were still stronger than her. It was still good when they were willing to be filial, but when they werent, there was nothing she could do about it.

Old Lady Lin finally thought of the daughter-in-law who was thrown out.

She knew that Mother Lin had a soft temper, and not only a soft temper, but also a soft heart.

As long as she puts on a pitiful act and mentions her son who died young, Mother Lin would definitely be soft-hearted and would obediently support her.