Even more surprising was that this time Lin Jiaxin came out to thank everyone, he wasn’t using his crutches, but was slowly walking out with the support of sisters Lin Yuan and Lin Wei!
Everyone was astonished; they had never thought that Lin Jiaxin, who had been paralyzed in bed for half a year, could actually stand up and walk again! While congratulating him on the joy of having a son, they could not help but congratulate him on his initial recovery from a serious illness.
While there was much joy and celebration on Lin Yuan’s side, naturally there were those who were not happy. One such example was the old Lin family residence, and another were Chen Zhu and his wife—or more precisely, Chen Zhu’s father, Old man Chen.
It was tolerable for his son to be away in the capital for the examination for so long, and even for their house to remain unrepaired after collapsing due to heavy rain. But now, the neighbors, the cursed Little Disaster Star’s family, were basking under the shine of the Lucky Star, both building a new house and having a son. How could this not make the blind and lonely Old man Chen envious?
So, when Lin Yuan’s family moved tables and chairs to his house’s entrance, he obstructed them in every way, plainly disagreeing. However, given that Lin Yuan wanted to host the entire village, the small space in front of their house simply wasn’t enough. If there had been another choice, she would definitely not have wanted to place the tables at Old man Chen’s front door.
When the villagers heard about this, they silently criticized Old man Chen for being unreasonable, and many speculated that his actions were deliberately meant to trouble Lin Yuan; considering he never liked Lin Yuan, now that she had prospered, who knows how much he regretted it.
In the end, after the village chief intervened, Old man Chen rented out the space in front of his door to Lin Yuan for two taels of silver a day, which finally allowed her to place the tables and chairs there.
With this development, the villagers were even more amused. It turned out that this was Old man Chen’s scheme all along! Seeing someone else prosper, he thought of extorting some silver, such a shameless act he was capable of doing; he truly was old and shameless!
But Lin Yuan just smiled slightly, not taking the matter to heart. What was the use of arguing with a blind old man? If she really wanted to be serious about it, the space in front of Old man Chen wasn’t actually his, but a communal area of the entire village. Besides, her tables and chairs were not in front of his door, and there was plenty of room for even a carriage to pass through.
However, Old man Chen said nothing of this, and Lin Yuan couldn’t be bothered with him, just hoping that Chen Zhu could pass the exam to become a Scholar and graduate and come back to take the old couple away. That way, they wouldn’t have to deal with the strange old man wandering around the village gossiping about everyone.
She had no idea how many families in the village Old man Chen had already offended—if it weren’t for the fact that he was blind and his family was in poor condition, they would have probably beaten him up long ago. And yet the old man remained oblivious, acting as if everyone owed him money, looking down on everyone he saw.
On the day of the full moon celebration, the Liu family came in full attendance. Of course, Liu Siqi and Jeng Ruyue also became the focus, aside from Liu Yongyan.
Upon seeing her daughter-in-law, Lady Fan’s eyes brimmed with tears as she took her hand, choking up, "My dear child, you have finally seen the light after the storm."
Hearing her mother-in-law’s words, Jeng Ruyue, who had calmed her emotions, started to tear up again, "Mother, your daughter-in-law has been unfilial."
"Silly child, don’t say such things," Lady Fan wiped the tears from her daughter-in-law’s eyes and patted her hand with a smile, "Hurry and have a child with our second son; I will help you take care of them."
At the mention of having a child, Jeng Ruyue’s cheeks turned red, and she shyly lowered her head.
Standing nearby, Zhao Suxin was very happy as well. Seeing her , she couldn’t help but tease, "You, after all these years, you’re still shy? Listen to mother, hurry up and give birth to a little nephew, big sister will help you take care of him too."