Chapter 140 Sister Lin will become Sister Lin if she cries again
After Qiao Jinling finished eating the wontons, she originally wanted to chat with Uncle Jin at the door and listen to him tell old stories from the past. For example, the slogan of the criminal gang in their time was "If you don't break the big law, you will often break the small law; if you make the police mad, it's hard to kill the court."
Some people don't commit serious crimes, but they only commit petty thefts. They are like a nest of flies, which can't eat people to death. They buzz around every day and can annoy people to death.
"Grandpa Jin, what are you doing?"
As soon as Qiao Jinling walked into the guard room, he saw Jin Sanlu pouting, sticking his head out of the window and looking out, his ears perked up not knowing what he was listening to.
"Shh, little ancestor, please keep your voice down. If others know that Grandpa Jin is eavesdropping, this old man will be completely embarrassed."
Jin Sanlu retracted his body.
"Grandpa Jin, what are you eavesdropping on?"
Qiao Jinling also poked her head out of the window and saw Lin Xiaoxu talking to two old people.
"It's not like Lin Xiaoxu's parents are here. They have been running to the door every day to blackmail people and insist on seeing their daughter. But Lin Xiaoxu begged me not to let them in. I don't know what happened today. She ran out on her own.
I've been talking at the door for a long time, but I don't know what I'm talking about."
"Actually, I don't care about these things, Grandpa Jin. We all live behind closed doors. No one's family is in trouble."
Jin Sanlu said this, but his eyes still glanced over there from time to time.
Qiao Jinling looked over and saw Lin Xiaoxu frowning. Like a green pine tree, her feet had taken root and were deeply rooted in the ground, unable to move. On the contrary, her parents were spitting and pointing from time to time.
She could guess some of the reasons. When Ding Meilan cursed, she had said that Lin Xiaoxu changed her name by herself. Her previous name was Lin Yingdi.
These Yingdi, Zhaodi, Pandi, Niandi, and Xiangdi all come from the same family that values boys over girls. Lin Xiaoxu's parents came here just to ask for money to support their younger brother.
After a while, Lin Xiaoxu suddenly became excited, yelled and said something, and ran back crying.
Qiao Jinling was afraid that she might have something to think about, so she hurriedly followed her.
"Woooooooo..."
Lin Xiaoxu ran to an uninhabited corner, squatted down, hugged his legs, bit his arms, and tried not to cry too loudly.
Qiao Jinling squatted next to her silently. Sometimes comfort was pale and weak, but after crying, she would feel better.
The autumn afternoon was crisp and bright, with white clouds floating in the blue sky. The surroundings were quiet, and only Lin Xiaoxu's sobs could be heard.
"It's a joke for you, Lingling. A girl like you who lives in a honeypot with such good parents shouldn't be able to understand my feelings."
Lin Xiaoxu didn't understand why he had such parents.
"Sister Lin, I understand. I will be eight years old soon, and I understand everything."
Qiao Jinling stretched out her little hand to wipe away the tears still hanging on Lin Xiaoxu's cheeks.
"I have an older friend whose father passed away when she was more than five years old. From then on, she and her mother lived together. She studied hard since she was a child and worked hard when she grew up, hoping to give her mother a better life."
Qiao Jinling looked at the floating clouds in the sky, thinking of those years of life, as if it was a lifetime ago.
"Then what? Is her mother doing well?"
Lin Xiaoxu stopped crying and asked curiously.
"No, her mother was seriously ill. She gave up a lot in order to treat her mother, but she still failed to save her mother. She was betrayed by her best friend and lost her own life."
Qiao Jinling's words were calm, as if he was talking about someone else's affairs. The indignant mood he felt at that time was even a little blurry in his memory now.
"He is also a pitiful person. There are so many poor girls in the world, and their fate is not up to them. If you are young, you may not be able to understand "Dream of Red Mansions". There are many cute and pitiful girls in it."
Lin Xiaoxu sighed, if he were a man, wouldn't he have these worries?
"Sister Lin, did you change your name to Lin Xiaoxu because you like Chen Xiaoxu, the actor who plays Lin Daiyu?"
Lin Xiaoxu likes "A Dream of Red Mansions", and his surname is Lin. If he didn't change his name deliberately, how could it be such a coincidence?
"Yes, I like Chen Xiaoxu and think her role as Sister Lin is really great. If I can see her in person once in my lifetime, I will be so happy."
Lin Xiaoxu's eyes lit up when she talked about Chen Xiaoxu. The other girl became a light in her life.
Qiao Jinling knew that the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" caused a huge sensation when it was first aired in May. After all, it is one of the four great classics. In the 1980s when material was scarce, everyone was shocked by the extravagant and wealthy Jia family.
"Sister Lin, the road for us girls will become wider and wider in the future. Although it will still be difficult, it requires our efforts."
Qiao Jinling actually wanted to tell Lin Xiaoxu that her idol Chen Xiaoxu passed away at the age of 41 and became the eternal sister Lin in everyone's mind.
"Well! Lingling, you look young, but why are you so good at talking? I always feel that you are older than you are. None of my friends can say such things about you. They all laugh at me, thinking that I like feudal and decadent things.
That way, when people say that I have the style of an official lady, I just smile and think that they don’t understand, but you are the only one who understands me.”
Lin Xiaoxu's voice was choked as she spoke. From "Lin Yingdi" to "Lin Xiaoxu", no one knew how difficult it was for her to leave. Now that she finally climbed out, her parents are forcing her to go back and get married.
"Sister Lin, if you continue to cry, you will really become Sister Lin."
Qiao Jinling's words made Lin Xiaoxu couldn't help but laugh. This little girl is really quirky, and her way of persuading people is so special.
"Okay, sister, I won't cry anymore, so I will cry in front of you. Don't tell anyone about this, otherwise it will be too embarrassing."
Lin Xiaoxu stood up, stretched out his hands to pull Qiao Jinling up, patted the dust on his pants, and the two walked away hand in hand.
This is a little secret between the two of them.
As night fell, the moon moved in the black and white clouds, and the leather shoe factory was dim. The moon was very yellow, like a cake with too much alkaline flour. It was almost August 15th.
Qiao Xiangqiang asked Qiao Jinling to go to bed first. He had to sort out the orders. The small leather shoe factory was managed by Qiao Xiangqiang and looked like a multinational company.
Qiao Jinling was lying on the folding bed in the office, looking at her father who was frowning at work under the desk lamp, and really wanted to tell him.
——Dad, let’s go to Hainan to buy land and a house. You don’t have to work so hard anymore. Isn’t it good to just sit back and make money?
She was thinking about how to get her father to accept her suggestion. As she was thinking about it, she fell asleep in a daze. She didn't know what time her father went to bed. When she woke up, it was already bright outside the window.
"What are you doing?! You are making such a fuss so early in the morning. Get out of here! This is not your family's one-third of an acre of land for you to do whatever you want. Didn't I meet my daughter yesterday? She said she didn't want to see you."
Qiao Jinling was sleepy when she heard Jin Sanlu's loud voice shouting.