Chapter 58 Uncle
"Okay uncle, I understand."

Lin Guzhi nodded and said.

Lin Guzhi did not explain further to his uncle's concern. He knew very well that it would be useless no matter how much he explained to his uncle. Now he just needed to nod his head with a serious expression to show that he had listened.

He did not doubt the intentions of the village party secretary; the old uncle really did care about him.

The concern of the older generation is often accompanied by a kind of self-righteous stubbornness. They have no bad intentions, but they are used to looking at everything from their own perspective, thus ignoring the different experiences and realities of the younger generation.

Admittedly, sometimes this kind of experience is not a bad thing. The experience accumulated over the years may not be reliable in other places, and may not be the optimal solution, but it is very effective most of the time in survival and the most basic life.

His situation was obviously different from what his uncle thought. But if he kept explaining, his uncle would think he was rebelling and would not listen to his advice. If that happened, his uncle would torture him again.

So it’s better to just be obedient on the surface and do it perfunctorily.

The village party secretary was satisfied after seeing Lin Guzhi's response. He nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said, "But no matter what, I hope you can live a good life. If others can really accommodate you and live with you, then I will definitely be happy. Hurry and bring the fruit over. It's already washed."

As he said this, he drove Lin Guzhi away.

Lin Guzhi took the fruit plate to the main room, while the village party secretary went to the kitchen to get a kettle of hot water.

"Why are you here? Go and greet them."

Xiuzhi saw the village party secretary and waved him away, "I'm heating up some water here. I'll fill the thermos and send it to you when it's done."

The village party secretary glanced at Xiuzhi and said, "What do you know? I came here on purpose. The young people have just come to our house, so they must be shy. With me there, they are too embarrassed to ask anything. I came here to give them some room to introduce themselves. It will be just right for me to go over after the water is heated up."

Xiuzhi said disdainfully: "You are the only one who has more reason than others, what a heresy!"

But the village party secretary had his own ideas, so she didn't bother to intervene. Now she was more interested in something else: "Hey, what do you think is the relationship between Gu Zhi and this big star?"

The village party secretary said sullenly, "What else could it matter?"

Xiuzhi laughed: "Yeah, what else could it be? I never thought that Gu Zhi would be so successful and could even be with a famous star. I don't know if they can get married..."

The village party secretary said: "It's good to be able to get married, but it's also OK if you can't. Ordinary people in our small place are not from the same world as others after all."

Xiuzhi glared at the village party secretary and said, "What do you mean by not from the same world? Isn't marrying someone into the same world a good thing?"

The village party secretary said, "You have long hair but little knowledge. What do you mean by marrying into the family? Look at how many divorces there are nowadays. The couple's lifestyles are too different, and they will break up sooner or later. Look at that Han Yue in the county, he has become a joke."

Xiuzhi still disagreed with him: "I think your knowledge is shorter than your hair! How many Han Yues are there in the whole county? Han Yue's father-in-law is not the only boss, right? Apart from him, have you heard of any other company that is the same as that one? You always take the exception as the rule!"

The village party secretary touched his half-bald head and felt that the sarcasm of his wife's words was a bit too much.

"Uuuuuu——"

The spout of the teapot blew out a sharp sound, and the lid was lifted up by the steam. The village party secretary picked up the teapot, poured water, and went to the main room with the cup. Before leaving the kitchen, he said to Xiuzhi, "Cook two more dishes for lunch."

"I know, you tell me!" Xiuzhi said again. The village secretary finally stopped talking and went to find Lin Guzhi and the other two.

……

In the main hall, before the village party secretary came over, Lin Guzhi did as the village party secretary said and introduced the situation in the village to Xia Qing and Xiaoxi.

There are two surnames in Linzhuang Village, one is Lin and the other is Wu. The Wu surnamed people came from Henan Province when there was a severe drought. After settling in the village, they gradually developed it.

But now, whether it is the Lin or Wu family, there are basically only elderly people left in the village. Young people are either working or studying outside, and they may not come back during the holidays. People like the village party secretary are already considered relatively young in the village.

The village party secretary's name was Lin Anquan, and he was not even five generations older than Lin Guzhi, but they were more distant relatives. Since they were from the same village, they could still calculate their generations, so Lin Guzhi called him "old uncle."

Uncle Anquan is a very nice person, very warm-hearted. When my grandfather passed away, it was Uncle Anquan who helped with the funeral arrangements. Otherwise, how could Lin Guzhi, an inexperienced kid, take care of everything?
After listening to Lin Guzhi's words, Xia Qing was immediately impressed by the enthusiastic uncle and said, "Well, in this case, it would be too hasty for us to come to the uncle's house without preparing some gifts in advance."

Lin Guzhi said, "It's my fault." He didn't want to see anyone at first, he just wanted to finish his work as soon as possible and leave. His job was not stable yet, Xiaoxi was not settled yet, he didn't want to see the people in the village who cared about him and make them worry about him for nothing.

But there is no need to explain this to Xia Qing.

And now it seems that there is no need to worry. Xia Qing drove her car to come here, inadvertently filling herself with appearances, making the old uncle think that she is living a good life and unable to discover her embarrassment.

That's good.

"Here, drink some water."

The village party secretary Lin Anquan lifted the door curtain and came in, put down the cup of water, and said, "We don't have any good tea at home, so you can just make do with this."

Xia Qing smiled and said, "It's okay, uncle. We don't have to be so particular."

As soon as the voice fell, the door curtain was lifted again, and Aunt Xiuzhi's enthusiastic face appeared. She smiled and said, "You sit down for a while, I'll go out to buy some vegetables."

Lin Guzhi said: "Don't bother, Auntie. We can just do whatever we can."

Xiuzhi said, "That won't work. The place to buy groceries isn't far away. It only takes me a few minutes to ride my bike there and I'll be back soon. You guys sit down. I'm leaving." Then she went to the door.

Xia Qing hesitated for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said, "Aunt, I'll go with you. I'll drive you there."

Xiuzhi quickly said, "That won't work. You're a guest, how can I trouble you?"

Xia Qing said: "No trouble. I also want to see the scenery in the village. I have lived in Haicheng since I was a child, and have never experienced such pastoral scenery. It's a good opportunity for me to go out and take a look." As she spoke, she put on a mask and sunglasses.

But Xiuzhi grinned and said, "How can this be called a pastoral scenery? Big stars are really flattering!"

Xia Qing smiled and followed Xiuzhi out.

(End of this chapter)