The heroine eavesdropped on her heart, and my villain's character collapsed.

People of the same age have already gotten married and have children.

He couldn't wait any longer. His father's health was obviously not as good as before. He often woke up in the middle of the night listening to him coughing. There were more and more gray hairs on his mother's head.

Knowing that his son was willing to start a family first, Lin's father had a rare smile at the dinner table that night, and even bought a pot of wine and drank two glasses with his son.

With the drink in his throat, Lin Xuan felt his heart heavy.

The next day, Lin Xuan went to Xiaomei's house to propose marriage.

The two parties settled on the marriage, and a few days later it happened to be a good day to get married.

The wedding was arranged quickly. At the wedding banquet, Lin's father and mother Lin laughed very happily. Lin's father also got drunk because he drank too much.

That night, Lin Xuan lifted his wife's red hijab, saw her slightly shy eyes, and blew out the candles to have a romantic relationship with her.

Half a year after the marriage, Xiaomei finally became pregnant amid the expectations of her father and mother.

In order to welcome her unborn child, Lin Xuan completely gave up the idea of ​​going to Beijing to take the exam.

Relying on his extensive reading of poetry and books, he took over his husband's class and became a teacher in a private school.

The gentleman said he was going to travel to the West and had a meal with Lin Xuan before leaving.

The two of them were in a well-known restaurant. Tang Yu asked for a bottle of daughter's red. Lin Xuan took the initiative to take the wine and pour a glass for herself and her husband.

After the two clinked glasses, they talked about some things from their childhood.

After the meal was finished, the gentleman smiled and patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder.

"Now that you have a family and a career, you should put down some things. Naturally, it is great for a scholar to be able to wear white clothes. If not, it is also true to be a man to take good care of the family."

“Sir’s teachings should be kept in mind by students.”

"Just remember, you and I will say goodbye."

The gentleman waved his hand, left the restaurant and disappeared into the crowd.

Lin Xuan sighed, drank the rest of the drink, and headed to the private school with a bit of drunkenness.

In addition to being a teacher, he now also does some work such as writing letters for others.

Just to make more money and make life easier for my family.

I borrowed some money from relatives before my wedding, but I still haven't paid it back. Now that I have a child, my family will have to pay more.

After being busy in the private school until dark, Lin Xuan stayed up late at night and continued writing what he was writing.

"Husband."

When Xiaomei's voice came from outside the private school, Lin Xuan came back to his senses, stretched, rubbed his sore shoulders and walked out.

"Didn't I tell you to rest at home? Why did you come out?"

"Seeing that you haven't come back for dinner so late, I brought you food. It's already dark, haven't you finished the work?"

Xiaomei handed the bamboo basket to Lin Xuan. When Lin Xuan opened it, there was hot food inside.

He held the bowl and started to devour the rice, talking as he ate.

"I'll just give it another hour. If you don't wait for me, I'll finish my work and spend the evening with you later, so that you won't feel uneasy walking at night."

"it is good."

Xiaomei smiled softly and agreed, sitting aside with her slightly bulging belly and waiting silently.

Spring passes and autumn comes, and half a year flies by.

As Xiaomei's belly grew heavier, the smiles on Father Lin's and Mother Lin's faces grew stronger.

They go to burn incense and worship Buddha every month, praying to have a grandson to inherit the incense.

While Lin Xuan was excited, he also felt that the pressure was increasing. He would go out early and come back late every day, doing any kind of work just to earn more copper coins and lighten the burden on his family.

Although I am extremely tired every day, seeing my wife's belly getting bigger day by day makes everything seem worth it.

In the hope of the family.

One sunny afternoon, the baby in Xiaomei's belly was finally born.

What the family didn't expect was that Xiaomei gave birth to twins: a boy and a boy.

After hearing the news, Father Lin and Mother Lin were so excited that tears filled their eyes. They knelt down and thanked the gods of heaven and earth on the spot.

Lin Xuan went in to see the child and then took his wife's hand to greet her.

Xiaomei's face was covered with sweat. She smiled gently after seeing the two children, but then she sighed softly.

"what happened?"

Lin Xuan quickly expressed concern.

"Nothing. Have you decided on a name for your child?"

Xiaomei shook her head and asked.

"I've thought about a few, and I'll discuss it with dad later to see which one is better."

Lin Xuan answered with a smile, but he already understood why his wife sighed.

The house at home is not big to begin with, but now that there are two more children, it will be difficult to live in it when they grow up a little.

But to buy a house, you need a lot of money.

A few days ago, there was a small yard in Nancheng that was selling it. He asked out of curiosity and learned that it cost about 120 taels of silver.

This amount is not a small amount for their family.

With a heavy heart, I went out to confirm the name of the child with my parents, and also exchanged greetings with the relatives who came to congratulate me.

The birth of two children brought a lot of laughter to this family.

It's just that the slightly crowded room made the smile on my wife Xiaomei's face fade a little.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Xuan finally went to find the house and discussed it with the owner for a long time.

Because he is somewhat famous for teaching in the city, and he is a serious scholar.

After discussion, the family finally decided to sell the house to Lin Xuan.

It's just in the form of installments, and you need to pay back money every month.

After signing the contract, Lin Xuan, who was finally able to move into his new home, felt a lot more relaxed, thinking that it would be fine if he just had to endure the hardship a little longer.

In this small courtyard, Xiaomei planted a plum tree. Every year the plums grow, and the family enjoys eating plums under the tree.

Five years later.

The baby could now run around the yard and follow Lin Xuan in reciting poems and sage books.

However, Lin's father's health collapsed. He stayed in bed all year round and took medicine. He invited a doctor to come every three days, which increased the family's expenses.

Lin Xuan also had a lot of white hair on his head.

But as a son of man, how could he let go of his seriously ill father?

But it is too heavy for one person to carry the burden of the whole family.

One winter two years later, Lin's father still couldn't make it through and left.

In the second year after Lin's father left, Lin's mother also left with Lin's father due to health reasons.

The departure of his parents made Lin Xuan's shoulders feel a little lighter and at the same time he felt like he had lost something.

As a middle-aged man, on his way home after attending classes at a private school, he walked to the arch bridge where he and Xiaomei often had trysts.

He looked down at himself in the river.

That face, which was slightly bleak and desolate, no longer looked like a person compared to the young man who was once high-spirited and determined to become a marquis.

Because he has been hunched over all year round, he is now somewhat hunched over.

Fortunately, his two children at home grew up smoothly, which made him feel a little relieved.

In particular, his son Lin Feng has achieved academic success and is better than himself in the past.

If he could obtain a meritorious service and become an official, that would be a wonderful thing that he could never even imagine.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Lin Xuan coughed heavily.

Look at the palms with dots of scarlet.

Lin Xuan smiled bitterly and returned home to continue making money. After two more years, the money to buy the house should be paid off.

Another ten years have passed.

Lin Xuan, who has gray hair, is writing couplets. Now that he is too old to be a teacher, he relies entirely on this income.

His two grandsons were running around and making trouble beside him.

The son also failed to pass the exam and instead inherited the ancestral business and started selling meat.

Along with a dull pain in his chest, Lin Xuan dropped the brush in his hand, and he fell to the ground clutching his chest.

When the grandson found out, he ran to call the adults.

Lin Xuan had already lost his breath.

His soul stood next to his body, watching his relatives kneeling and crying, with a sad expression on his face but also a bit happy that he was freed.

He started thinking about it a long time ago.

Why is this life so mediocre and tiring?

Why can't he see the beauty of the world in poetry and the prosperity of mountains and rivers?

Tang Yu, who was standing on the rooftop in the distance and silently watching this scene, lightly stamped his foot.

Lin Xuan's soul memory was erased again.

In a fuzzy house in the town, a baby came into the world crying.

Everything starts over again, as if it never happened.