Reborn in the 1980s: I became a stepmother in the 1980s

Part 111 We are not greedy either

Sinian couldn't help but roll her eyes at this. It seemed that not only were there characters like this in the Zhou family, but also in the Lin family. And as she interacted more with the Lin family, she naturally encountered more of these kinds of people. After all, in novels, the characters surrounding the protagonist are usually extreme in one way or another, otherwise, how would the story continue?

"Well, sorry, I don't extend credit to anyone. Everyone knows that. It wouldn't be fair to break the rules just because you're related to my family. That wouldn't be fair to anyone, right?" Sinian stated, looking around.

The surrounding people chimed in agreement, "That's right, if everyone did that, then those of us who aren't related would always end up with the leftovers."

"I agree with what Comrade Sinian said. Ten pounds of pork belly is already quite a lot. How can we just give it away like that?"

"Even real siblings have to keep track of accounts!"

Pointed out by the surrounding people, Lin Xue's face flushed red. "Yes, yes, it was my parents who asked me to buy it. It has nothing to do with me. If you want to blame someone, blame them," she said before quickly scurrying away.

After hearing Lin Xue's explanation, some of the onlookers felt a bit embarrassed for blaming her. After all, if her parents instructed her to do it, she didn't have much choice in the matter.

Sinian sighed. "She wanted to take advantage of the situation, but at eighteen or nineteen years old, she should have her own principles. If she didn't want to do it, no one could force her. Blaming her parents for this is really unfair to them."

Everyone agreed with Sinian's words. After all, parents wouldn't foolishly send an eighteen or nineteen-year-old to make such unreasonable demands. They weren't stupid. It was no wonder she hadn't found a match at her age. There had to be a reason for it.

Lin Feng and Lin Yu looked at each other. They didn't like their uncle's family either. They had always come to their house to borrow things and often failed to return them. Now, they even came to their sister's house to ask for meat. It was really shameful as relatives.

But then they heard something interesting. Half of the pig was going to their family? Didn't that mean they would have meat every day from now on? The two children couldn't contain their excitement and hurried home to share the good news with their family.

Seeing that Sinian didn't suffer any losses, Zhou Yueshen glanced over and withdrew his gaze. Half of the pig was left unprocessed and was directly loaded onto the car and sent to the Lin family. In addition, there was the dowry prepared by Zhou Yueshen: 8,888 yuan, along with three pieces of gold, gifts, and so on.

Once Zhou Yueshen's dowry was revealed, it caused a sensation not only in Happiness Village but also in the Lin family's village.

The people from the surrounding villages were all shocked! When they gave Lin Sisi a dowry of three thousand yuan before, they were already amazed. But now, they've added even more, eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight! In addition to that, there's half a pig, various gifts, and three pieces of gold! All those who had chosen not to marry because of Zhou Yuanshen's unwillingness to have children were now regretting it deeply. Soon, the news also reached the Lin family, but before they could react, Zhou Yuanshen had already arrived. Watching a group of people carrying pigs and other things to their house, the Lin family stood there in shock, especially Lin's mother, who was extremely anxious: "Son-in-law, this... this is too much. We haven't even found the three thousand yuan from before..." Zhou Yuanshen shrugged it off, his voice low and steady: "Auntie, this is just a small token of my appreciation. The previous three thousand yuan was for Lin Sisi. Since Lin Sisi didn't marry me, even if it's considered a breakup, let's not dwell on that. But using the missing three thousand yuan as a dowry for Neinei wouldn't be fair to her." So he prepared a new dowry for Sine. This also represented his respect for her. Lin's mother's eyes filled with tears upon hearing this. To see her daughter treated with such importance, as a mother, she was also happy. She thought that all they needed to do was plan the wedding, but she never expected her son-in-law to come up with such a gesture. It was truly touching. Because of this incident, the Lin family's threshold was trampled by visitors.

Not long after, a crowd of people came knocking, curious and peering around. Lin's mother looked at the things placed in the house, feeling excited and relieved. However, to prevent a repeat of the last situation, she didn't accept them; instead, she planned to give all the money to Sinian when they got married. Sinian trailed behind the man, listening to him with a vacant expression. She already had a substantial portion of the old man's estate in her hands. And now, she had acquired so much money again. She actually wanted to do some work to enrich her time-traveling experience, but this man had always shown her, through actions, that it wasn't necessary. So, sometimes, does fortune really come from nowhere? Or is it a golden opportunity? The Lin family lived not far from Lin's family. Just now, after Lin Xue was humiliated at Sinian's place, she immediately went back and exaggerated to her family, saying that Sinian didn't even leave a few pounds of meat for their own family and even scolded them in front of everyone. When the Lin family was undivided, the eldest Lin family was relatively dominant. Lin's father had a simple and honest personality and had always been suppressed. Now, not only did they fail to buy meat, they were also ridiculed as greedy. This made the husband and wife unhappy. Especially when they saw the packages of gifts being taken to the second son's house, their eyes widened.

When Lin Sisi got engaged, they already felt envious of the three thousand dollars. Originally, they thought that since the other party had three dependents and didn't want children, there was no future even if they married. But now, looking at the half pig in the yard, the pile of good cigarettes and alcohol, and the three golden betrothal gifts, their eyes burned bright red in an instant.

This kind of generosity towards the Lin family with so many good things, yet unwilling to leave them a couple of pounds of meat, isn't this intentionally targeting them? This is just too much! Both husband and wife were jealous, envious, and angry! Seeing the second brother and sister being praised in the center, they couldn't help but step forward to mock, with a sour tone, "Oh, the second brother's family is flourishing, forgetting about us poor relatives, huh? Not even a notification, it seems like us big brother and sister-in-law are not worthy of you anymore, huh?" Lin's father, who was originally chatting happily with the people around, froze his smile upon hearing this, "Big brother, big sister-in-law, you're here too." "If we didn't come, how would we know you've become prosperous?" The eldest Lin brother looked at the half pig on the ground with envy, "Just now, Xiaoxue went to the Zhou family and heard that you weren't even willing to spare a couple of pounds of meat. We could have let it slide, but now you've taken this big half pig and didn't think of giving some to mom and dad, right?" Lin's father's face looked unpleasant. He had no idea beforehand that his son-in-law would come over, completely unprepared. And he never expected that as soon as the son-in-law arrived, the greedy older brother immediately came over to demand a share of the meat. Isn't this making the son-in-law a laughingstock? Lin's eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Cui, pointed directly at the pig on the ground, "You decide how much to give to mom and dad, we won't force you. As for me and your older brother, we only need the hind legs of this pig. We're not greedy. You can keep the rest for yourselves." - The End. Everyone, please don't add any more Weibo followers. Let me have a couple of extra days to rest.