Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 107 - 106: A Heads Up

Chapter 107: Chapter 106: A Heads Up

Lin Dong wiped away her tears, "Mom! My eldest sister arranged for me to transfer schools, to the city, the school is so nice and the classmates are all especially easy to get along with, from now on I will study hard, get into college... when I start working and earning money I’ll support my brother and sister, never letting anyone bully us again... from now on, just the four of us are a family, let him not count on us to support him in his old age..."

It’s tough being a child without a mother, and they even ended up with that kind of dad and stepmother, having suffered so much humiliation, but no one mentioned it, all keeping it bottled up inside.

Today they took the opportunity to vent, and finally, they all returned from the graveyard with swollen red eyes, but the frustration that had been building up inside them had completely dissipated!

In the future, each of them would march lightly to embrace their brand new lives.

The four hadn’t reached the gate yet, when they saw Old Lady Zhao waiting by her bicycle at the door.

She was holding a small pot, not revealing what was inside.

They quickened their steps, and Lin Chun hurried to open the door.

"Old Lady Zhao! When did you get here? Have you been waiting long? Come in, come in!" Lin Xia asked with a smile, her eyes feeling tight.

Seeing their appearance, Old Lady Zhao asked anxiously, "What happened to all of you? Why are you crying like this?"

These past few days, she had been worried about them, wondering why there hadn’t been any news.

Today being Sunday, she figured Lin Dong wouldn’t have school and might be home, so she decided to make some chive pockets and bring them over, just to see if there was anything wrong.

"Ah! It’s okay! We went to visit my mom’s grave!" Lin Xia said warmly, pulling Old Lady Zhao’s hand and entering the door.

Once they sat down inside, Old Lady Zhao urged them to wash their hands quickly and have the chive pockets while they were hot.

Lin Xia and the others each washed their hands and then joined Old Lady Zhao for a chat.

"Xiaolin, actually I came by a few days ago. Seeing that your front door was locked and no one was home, I left! I’ve been keeping you in mind since that day you delivered baozi to my house and haven’t shown up since," she said seriously.

Lin Xia felt a warmth in her heart and held Old Lady Zhao’s hand, learning from her, "Old Lady Zhao! I haven’t been able to visit lately because I’ve had so much to do; I just returned from picking up goods in the province a few days ago and was busy selling them..."

Old Lady Zhao nodded with a smile, "It’s good to be busy! As long as everything’s fine!"

At that moment Lin Qiu handed Old Lady Zhao a glass of water, smiling warmly, "Old Lady Zhao! Here’s some water for you to drink!" She knew Old Lady Zhao was a truly good-hearted person.

Old Lady Zhao told them, "Good! Stop fussing, just sit down and talk!"

Lin Xia casually asked, "By the way, Old Lady Zhao, how was the matter with Mrs. Xu’s burglary resolved?"

Old Lady Zhao put the water cup on the edge of the kang, "When the theft was discovered, it was Shuxiang who noticed it on her way back from the neighbor’s house. There was no trace of the thief and no losses, so the matter was dropped..."

After all, even if there were losses, there was nothing to be done without catching the person responsible.

"Old Lady Zhao, you have no idea, that day when I left your place, I hadn’t gone far before I ran into Xu Haihua, who even accused us of being the thieves; I didn’t want to deal with her, and she tried to ram into me with her bicycle..." As for what Xu Haihua said about Jiang Mingyuan not liking her, Lin Xia naturally couldn’t mention this to Old Lady Zhao.

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Zhao was taken aback!

She asked with concern, "Xiaolin, you weren’t hurt, were you?"

"No! I managed to dodge in time!" Lin Xia continued, "Old Lady Zhao, I feel like she’s acting crazy! With no proof at all, she dares to shout accusations, and when we used to live in her place, she would say nasty things about me not coming home at night... That’s why we moved out..."

Old Lady Zhao was getting angry as she listened, "This Xu Haihua must be sick! There’s something I’ve felt too embarrassed to mention to you, and I guess your second brother felt the same way.

The day her house was burglarized, she ran into my home all flustered and went on a rant, even saying it was you guys who did it. She claimed that her house had never been broken into before you moved in and told me to pass the message onto your second brother....

I really didn’t expect that she would confront you with this...."

Lin Xia and the others were dumbfounded, as Xu Haihua had once again proven just how severe her ’condition’ was in their eyes.

Lin Qiu’s lips trembled with anger, and she hastened to find an excuse to leave the room and wash some fruit to hide her unusual reaction.

Observing Old Lady Zhao’s righteous indignation, Lin Xia hurriedly said, "Old Lady Zhao! Let’s drop it! Let’s not talk about her!"

She was mentioning this also because she wanted Old Lady Zhao to know what kind of person Xu Haihua was, not to be deceived by her, and even though they were former neighbors, how much could one truly understand about another person;

Xu Haihua fancied her second brother, what if things ended up working out in the end?

One could imagine that if Xu Haihua were to enter Old Lady Zhao’s home, it would spell trouble for them, and they wouldn’t have a single day of peace.

Old Lady Zhao had been so kind to them, Lin Xia didn’t want to knowingly withhold a warning about Xu Haihua’s character.

"Right! No more talking about her! It just makes us angry!" Old Lady Zhao looked at Lin Chun and casually asked, "So your elder brother lives with you all now?"

Lin Xia smiled, "Yes, Old Lady Zhao. Actually, he moved in the last time I brought you those steamed buns!" She hadn’t mentioned it at the time.

"It’s good he moved out! There’s nothing worth staying for in that house! What if something bad happens again? Now that you siblings are together, you’re bound to do better and better!"

Lin Xia and the others repeatedly nodded and smiled, enjoying every word Old Lady Zhao said.

Old Lady Zhao suddenly thought of something, "Then wouldn’t your father cause a ruckus at your workplace?"

Knowing that they were living at the Xu Family’s house and he had already gone there to cause trouble, now with the eldest son moving out as well, wouldn’t he cause even more of a scene?

"Of course he did! My elder brother was beaten by him, and then took leave from work. He came to my workplace to settle scores with me, and afterwards I quit my job too...

I was afraid that he would cause trouble at my younger brother’s school, so I had him transferred to one in the city..." Lin Xia briefly explained to her. She left out the part about drawing a knife to confront Lin Aiguo because she knew his aggressive nature wasn’t any good to talk about.

Old Lady Zhao listened with intense anger, "What kind of person does that?!"

"Then none of you are working now? You can hustle and sell stuff! What about your elder brother?"

"My elder brother is going to work out of town..."

Hearing that Lin Chun was going to work elsewhere, Old Lady Zhao nodded repeatedly, "Good! That way you can avoid those people and get some good experience. And if you do well, you might be able to stand on your own two feet there, and maybe the rest of you can follow.... But with things the way they are, would your father agree?"

Lin Xia didn’t hide anything and told the truth, "He’s already on the registered list and has passed the physical. Once my elder brother leaves, there will be nothing he can do once he finds out..."

Old Lady Zhao pondered for a moment before speaking, "Xiaolin, you all need to be extra careful, I’m just worried that your father might cause trouble after he finds out..."

Lin Xia and the others were deeply touched. They were strangers who had met by chance, getting to know each other through renting a place, and since then she’d kept them in mind, better than their own relatives!

Lin Xia held her hand tightly, "Old Lady Zhao! Thank you, we’ll be very careful."