allonlinenovel Chapter 16 Moving
Chapter 16 Moving
When Lin Yan arrived at the thatched hut at the foot of the mountain, she saw her father, mother, and Lin Yu already waiting there. Her father was carrying a quilt on his back, and Lin Yu was carrying a small bundle.
When Lin's father left the Lin family with Lin's mother and Lin Yu, he only took the bedding and his own clothes. Even so, Li Shi stopped him from taking them. Lin Yu inherited his elder sister's fine tradition and gave Li Shi a hard push, although he didn't knock her down.
Li: "Hey, you little brat, you dare hit me? You're just like your sister, a heartless ingrate!" She reached out to hit Lin Yu, but was stopped by Lin's father.
"Li Ping, now that we've separated, I don't need to give in to you at all."
Seeing the cold look in Lin's father's eyes, Li shivered.
"Hmph, elder brother, I heard you're moving to a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain. Can anyone even live there? It's so drafty!" Lin Herui stood at the door of the main room, arms crossed, mocking her brother.
"Lin He Rui, as your older brother, I should have taken on the responsibility of raising and protecting you, but you are not worthy! Your parents have spoiled you so much that you should be more careful!" Lin's father didn't understand either. Although they were siblings, Lin He Rui had been pampered by her parents since childhood, yet she still acted as if she had a grudge against everyone. Not just the eldest son's wife, she actually looked down on everyone.
Seeing the mockery in her father's eyes, Lin Herui's eyes flashed with anger. "Hmph, just wait until I marry into the city and become a wealthy lady, then you'll all have something to envy!"
"Ha! Well... I wish you success!" Lin's father was speechless at her daydreaming, but he didn't need to care about her now.
Apart from Li Shi and Lin He Rui, no one else from the Lin family came out. Lin Lao Er didn't dare to clash with his eldest brother, while Lin Lao Tou knew he had wronged his eldest brother but felt he hadn't done anything wrong and didn't want to come out to see him. Lin Lao Madam, like Li Shi, wanted to stop them from taking anything away, but Lin Lao Tou stopped her and prevented her from going out and embarrassing herself.
In short, after today's parting, the eldest son's family and the Lin family will be two separate households, and no one knows what their future holds.
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Seeing Lin Yan come out, Lin Yu ran over with bright eyes: "Sister, this is the place you and Father chose. It's so beautiful, and it's far away from the Lin family. It's great! I don't want to deal with them all the time!"
Mr. and Mrs. Lin watched with satisfaction as their siblings chatted happily. "Brother Hai, let's pack up. It's getting dark, and we can't just sleep outside tonight!" Mrs. Lin was in a good mood and spoke more lightly, joking with Mr. Lin.
Seeing Lin's mother's long-lost bright smile, Lin's father was filled with hope. "Okay!" he said, taking Lin's mother's hand and leading her into the thatched hut to clean.
Seeing this, Lin Yan and Lin Yu quickly went to help. The four of them worked until dark, finally cleaning up their sleeping area. They would clean up the rest properly the next morning.
Having been busy all day and not having eaten properly, the four of them had no choice but to sit around the table and think about what to eat, now that they were here and there wasn't even a kitchen with pots and pans.
"Sis, how about we go hunting again?" Lin Yu excitedly suggested.
"No, it's so dark, you can't go up the mountain, it's too dangerous!" Lin's mother quickly stopped her. "How about we skip dinner tonight and talk about it tomorrow?"
"Mother, don't worry, there's a river outside! Just wait, let me show you what I've got!" Lin Yan stood up from her chair and went to the riverbank.
She went to the riverbank, put her hand into the water, and waited quietly. When a fish swam by, Lin Yan slowly moved her hand with the fish, tightening her grip. When the time was right, she pinched hard and grabbed the fish by its gills, pulling it up. The fish's tail was still thrashing vigorously.
"Hiss~!" Lin Yan's actions left Lin Yu stunned once again, while Lin's parents stood aside, dumbfounded.
"Yan'er, you... are amazing!" Lin's mother praised her daughter without reservation, looking at her tenderly.
"Hahaha, let's go together! We'll have fish tonight!" Lin's father was also very happy and took Lin Yu to the river to catch fish.
It was already dark, and the river was pitch black. They could only rely on the dim moonlight to see where the fish were. Lin's father and Lin Yu had not practiced martial arts and did not have Lin Yan's perception. They tried several times but failed.
"Ouch!" Lin Yu finally spotted a big fish and waited for the right moment to grab it with both hands. However, the fish slipped smoothly out of his hands, and Lin Yu, instead of catching the fish, fell headfirst into the river and took a bath.
Lin Yan and her father watched from the side and burst into laughter. Hearing them laugh at him, Lin Yu raised his head from the water, looked at them with a pitiful expression, and let out a soft groan, water still dripping from his head.
Soon, Lin Yan caught another fish. "Ayu, look!" Lin Yan held up the fish she had just caught to show him. "I caught another one~".
With his large hands, Lin's father also grabbed a fish from the water, squeezing it tightly in his large hand. "Hahaha, Yu'er, Daddy caught one too!"
Lin's mother, watching from the side, found it amusing: "Alright, you two, stop teasing him!"
The gentle, hazy moonlight spilled down onto the river, making the water shimmer. The splashes of water stirred up by Lin Yan and her father looked like scattered diamonds under the moonlight. In the shimmering light, Lin Yan and her father held up fish and smiled brightly at him, while his mother's gentle voice could be heard beside him.
Lin Yu stared blankly, this scene lingering in his mind for years. Even in the future, when he had grown into the most powerful and influential minister in the Great Liang Dynasty, he still often reminisced about this scene under the moonlight.
In the end, they caught several fish, all contributed by Lin's father and Lin Yan. But this did not stop little Lin Yu from looking forward to eating. Lin Yan used a dagger to remove the fish scales, skewered the fish with wooden sticks, and set up a fire to roast them.
The chef was the older sister Lin Yu had been looking forward to. He stared at the grilled fish in Lin Yan's hand, swallowing hard, getting hungrier the more he looked. Lin Yan found it amusing.
She took out a green plum from her bosom, which she had picked on the mountain that afternoon. "Try it!"
"Green plums! These are so sour, nobody eats them!" Lin Yu grew up in the village, so of course he recognized this common fruit from the mountains.
Lin Yan raised an eyebrow, realizing she couldn't fool Lin Yu, "This is delicious, it's not a green plum. You should try it!"
“But it looks like it.” Lin Yu said, putting it in his mouth. “Ah~ Sister~” Lin Yu’s expression changed drastically as he tasted sour.
"Hahahaha!" Lin Yan slapped her thigh and laughed wildly.
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Tonight, the family of four enjoyed a meal of grilled fish without any seasoning. Perhaps because they were so hungry, they ate with exceptional relish.
After eating, they returned to the thatched hut to rest. Since there was only one wooden bed inside, Lin's father let Lin's mother and Lin Yan sleep on the bed, while he and Lin Yu slept on the floor.
Today had been so eventful that the family of four was exhausted and quickly fell asleep. Only Lin Yan got up in the middle of the night to use her supernatural abilities to soothe her parents' bodies. The ailments caused by Lin's mother's long-term fatigue were slowly soothed by Lin Yan's supernatural abilities and would soon heal.
Lin's father's leg is a different story. His superpower can regulate his meridians and make his leg less painful, but there is a bone deformity in his leg that his superpower cannot fix. Perhaps he should find a skilled doctor to take a look at it in the future.