Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 245 - 244 Celebrating the New Year

Chapter 245: Chapter 244 Celebrating the New Year

Lin Dong pursed his lips. He truly had mixed feelings about the person before him, but when faced with questions about his eldest brother, he couldn’t just stay silent.

"Pretty good!"

Lin Aiguo pressed on, "Is he coming back for the New Year’s?"

Lin Dong shook his head, "I don’t know!"

Lin Aiguo had spent half a day in the greenhouse, but Lin Xia and Lin Dong hadn’t let slip any mention of going to the ravine for the holidays.

Moreover, as more customers arrived later, he felt jostled and bothered by chest tightness and a headache.

So, he left directly.

After he left, Lin Xia and Lin Dong speculated whether he was still hiding somewhere, waiting to follow them later.

Lin Xia and Lin Dong’s guess wasn’t wrong; Lin Aiguo hadn’t gone far. He wanted to follow them like he did last time to see if he could find out where they lived and then visit them during the holiday break.

However, this time he was wise enough to find a warm place to wait.

When he reckoned it was about time for them to pack up, he went to the greenhouse.

Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time, they never appeared.

He slipped in quietly and saw that only a few stalls were still packing up inside the greenhouse; there was no sign of Lin Xia and the others anywhere.

Lin Aiguo thought, did they pack up early today?

He had no choice but to rush to the bus stop to catch a ride home, thinking about coming back after the night shift.

But by the time he returned after his night shift, many had already stopped operating their stalls.

Lin Xia and Jiang Mingyuan were clearly among those who were not running their stalls.

Lin Aiguo gazed at the empty stall, feeling angry but helpless. The vendors next to Lin Xia’s stall recognized Lin Aiguo and knew who he was, so he couldn’t glean any useful information from them.

He could only return disappointed!

The thought of going to the ravine to celebrate New Year’s and facing his brothers vexed him to no end.

Originally, Lin Xia and Jiang Mingyuan didn’t have much stock and planned to just take a break from the stall.

Lin Xia’s break had something to do with Lin Aiguo, while Jiang Mingyuan, on the other hand, was thinking of going away after the New Year and wanted to spend more time with his family before leaving;

Moreover, he hadn’t yet told Zhao Da Nainai and the others about his trip. He anticipated it would take some convincing, especially since last time he was late returning home, which had scared Zhao Da Nainai.

Jiang Mingyuan still had some goods left, which he had stored at Lin Xia’s, tidily packed and ready to take home.

Before leaving, Lin Xia asked him to take some New Year’s gifts back to his family on her behalf.

If the three siblings went to Zhao Da Nainai’s house to celebrate the New Year, encountering the Lin family members was bound to cause friction. It was better to stay home and enjoy a peaceful and happy New Year.

Jiang Mingyuan did not decline; he said he would come over on the third day of the New Year to hang out with them.

This was the second New Year that Lin Xia and her siblings spent together.

Last year, they celebrated in that old house, but this year they had a home of their own, neatly arranged and comfortable to live in.

This year Lin Xia had earned quite a bit, so shopping for New Year’s goods came naturally.

Food and drinks for the holiday were a given. If Lin Xia hadn’t considered that Lin Aiguo might find their place after the New Year, and that having a TV would be too conspicuous—a sure sign that they hadn’t made little money—she would have really liked to buy a black-and-white TV!

This year, there was also the first broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala on the central station!

On New Year’s Eve, Lin Xia and the others dined early, chatting while they ate.

Listening to the successive sounds of firecrackers outside, they inevitably started talking about their eldest brother Lin Chun, who was far away in another place.

Lin Qiu picked up a piece of rib and, gnawing on it, said, "Sis, I have no idea when big brother will come back! I really miss him!"

At least her sister had seen their brother when he was injured, but she and their little brother hadn’t seen him at all.

The last time they went to the provincial city wanting to visit him, they didn’t go because he had written to them not to. Afterwards, everyone was too busy, and they had never again thought about going to see him.

"I miss him a lot too! I don’t know when he’ll be able to come back!"

When it came to Lin Chun, Lin Xia put down her chopsticks and took a sip of soda, feeling a tinge of sadness in her heart. Now that life was better, she wished even more that their big brother could enjoy it too.

She wondered how he was doing for the New Year’s Eve dinner; at this time of the year, the standards shouldn’t be bad.

Lin Dong casually said, "Big sis! Didn’t you ask Lu Zheng the last time he came?"

"I asked, but he didn’t give me a straight answer!" Lin Xia had indeed asked Lu Zheng last time, but he hadn’t given her a definitive answer.

Speaking of Lu Zheng, Lin Xia smiled faintly.

After he returned, he had sent her a letter, telling her that the watch had been delivered to Lin Chun and also wishing her an early Happy New Year.

That time, because she had expressed her apprehension about his family and her concern for Lin Chun’s safety over there;

He had seriously said that he wouldn’t press her to agree anymore, they could stay as friends for now, which was also a way of evaluating him.

However, as time went by, she knew she had to give him a definite answer...

Just past noon, bursts of firecrackers started to sound from the nearby villages where Lu Zheng and his colleagues were on a business trip, stirring emotions like a tide.

Lu Zheng, accompanied by a colleague from his unit, walked and talked about the plans for the evening.

During festive times, the longing for family grows stronger, and those like them staying behind on the project and not going home for the New Year had to make it a good one.

He kept busy and didn’t find himself homesick, yet he couldn’t help but be distracted as he thought about Lin Xia, wondering how she was spending her day.

He knew that Lin Xia and her family were not getting along well and definitely would not spend the New Year together; fortunately, she had her younger siblings to keep her company, otherwise, she would feel lonely and pitiful.

But when it came to Jiang Mingyuan, Lu Zheng frowned slightly, unable to fully shake off his concern despite his nonchalant words.

Watching everyone decorate, hanging lanterns, colorful banners, and couplets, the atmosphere of the New Year was effusive.

Lin Chun was among them, both appearing to act very normally.

Lin Chun hadn’t gone home for the New Year last year because he had just joined his unit and this year, he was away on a business trip and stayed at the project office, still not making it home for the New Year.

In fact, he was also missing home very much at the moment, longing for his younger brothers and sisters, longing greatly!

He looked down at the watch that Lu Zheng had sent over from home recently, caressing it with a complicated expression on his face.

He wasn’t foolish; regarding Lu Zheng who had brought things to him from home twice, there was nothing he couldn’t guess.

Back when he was hospitalized, he had noticed something unusual between him and his eldest sister but had not dared to think deeply about it, knowing that the other party was well off.

However, even though he might have guessed something now, he dared not reveal it, and he didn’t dare to write about these things in his letters to Lin Dong, fearing that it might inadvertently be known to others.

He just hoped for the time when he could take leave and go home to have a proper talk with his eldest sister.

If she really liked Lu Zheng, he, as the eldest brother, would definitely support her wholeheartedly, but he still needed to discuss the importance and possible consequences with her.

The more well-off a family is, the more they care about social status, and he feared his eldest sister might end up with a broken heart.

Thinking of home, Lin Chun inevitably thought of his father, Lin Aiguo.

In the letters from Lin Dong, he could tell that, like him, they only shared good news but never the worries, and he had no idea how his eldest sister and the others were spending their New Year...

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