Chapter 49: 90: A Family by the Spring Chapter 49 That Bed Was the Only Thing Grandfather Left Behind

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"Sell the bed?"

"Which bed?"

Cousin and Cousin didn't dare meddle in the adults' business, silently pretending to be invisible people, but hearing about selling the bed they couldn't sit still and ran out from the inner room.

"Which other bed is there?"

Aunt Da frowned: "Apart from that old antique, the other furniture in this house wouldn't fetch much even sold together."

"No."

Cousin was anxious: "That bed is our family heirloom, it can't be sold."

Aunt Da was furious: "You little brat, what do you know, stand aside."

"Mom, that bed is the only thing Grandfather left behind."

Cousin was also reluctant, and with a stiff face advised: "Even if we're short of money, we can't sell the bed."

"Not sell the bed, you go borrow money?"

Aunt Da was repeatedly contradicted by her children, feeling sour and distressed in her heart, and couldn't help but add a sobbing tone: "Your younger sister doesn't understand, don't you understand either? Don't you know where the money Mom and Dad saved over these years went? For your tuition, living expenses, your mom hasn't bought a new piece of clothing in four years, her shoes are all hand-me-downs from your younger sister......."

Cousin's face turned red with shame.

"Forget it, don't say anymore."

Da Yifu couldn't bear to watch, patted his wife's shoulder.

"Why not say it?"

Aunt Da shook off his hand, her eye sockets red: "The bed is dead, people are alive, do you want to drive someone to death over a dead object?"

"You don't need to feel wronged, Mom won't drive you to death."

Grandmother wiped the corner of her eyes, forcing back her tears: "If you want to sell the bed, then sell it, as long as you have the ability to sell it, sell more or sell less as you like, Mom won't care anymore."

"No, I don't agree."

Cousin stamped her feet anxiously, turned and ran without finishing: "The bed can't be sold, isn't it just borrowing money, I'll go find Sister Juan to borrow, I won't do the work at the Soy Sauce Factory anymore, I'll follow her to Guangzhou to wholesale clothes......"

"Come back, you dead girl, who let you quit your job?"

Aunt Da trembled all over with anger, just about to stop her, but Cousin had already lifted the curtain and run out.

"Liu Jian, hurry and......"

Da Yifu pushed Cousin from behind: "Call your younger sister back, don't let her do something stupid."

"Got it."

Cousin didn't want to take the blame either, and with long legs slipped away very fast.

The brother and sister ran out of the yard one after another, and in the blink of an eye their figures were gone.

The room fell silent, the atmosphere even more oppressive.

"Sigh."

Da Yifu sighed deeply, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and also using smoking as an excuse, hid alone in the yard.

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Lin Xiyu returned from the Vegetable Market, and as soon as she entered the door she felt something was wrong, Aunt Da's family were all not there, the yard was quiet enough to make one inexplicably uneasy.

"Meow."

A tabby cat jumped down from the eaves, circling around her. She held a plastic bag in her hand, containing over a dozen Maju Shaobing.

The Maju Shaobing were fresh out of the oven, crisp and flaky, with an aroma that hit the nose. The tabby cat was drooling, meowing nonstop around her.

"Is this your family's cat?"

Li Yan became interested, bent down wanting to pet the cat's fur.

"Meow."

The tabby cat didn't like strangers touching it, meowed in displeasure, and bared its claws.

"No."

Lin Xiyu feared she would get scratched, broke off a small piece of Maju Shaobing and threw it out.

The tabby cat went "meow" and darted over, grabbing the Maju Shaobing and jumping onto the eaves.

"Xiaohua is the cat kept by Grandma Yang next door."

Lin Xiyu saw it run away, so felt relieved, smiling and explaining: "Often sneaks into our yard to play, Grandmother says having a cat means no mice, every time she sees Xiaohua she feeds it something to eat, over time it became familiar with our family."