creek crossing bridge

"Lin Anqiao, you have finished the college entrance examination now, should you get on the right track?" Lin Wenhu squinted at Lin Anqiao, puffing on a cigar in one hand.

Lin Anqiao was taken aback for a moment.Then, she understood what it meant.Originally, when the second uncle said today that he wanted to celebrate his victory in the college entrance examination, she wanted to decline.After all, the smell of gunpowder in this meal will make him breathless.

But Lin Wenhu was soft-hearted, and let Lin Anqiao come to the newly opened Chinese restaurant in Xinan District for a banquet.After the dishes were served, Lin Anqiao didn't dare to relax at all, and carefully ate the dishes in front of him.Of course, Lin Qiu and Lin Dong also came, under the pressure of Lin Wenhu.

After hearing Lin Wenhu's questioning, she understood that what should be confessed should be confessed.

"I want to finish my university studies." Lin Anqiao said this sentence as if she had made up her mind.

Upon hearing this sentence, Lin Wenhu's face became a little mocking and embarrassed: "Are you still confused about the priority?"

"Dad..." Lin Qiu, who was diagonally opposite, stared at his father worriedly.

Lin Wenhu rolled his eyes at Lin Qiu, ignored her, and turned his gaze back to Lin Anqiao as before.

"Cultural accomplishment is also very important to a person. If a person has money and power but no culture, it is the scariest thing and the most empty." Lin Anqiao said directly with courage from nowhere.

Lin Wenhu raised his eyebrows, touched the beard on his chin with his fat hand, and said in a sour tone: "Yes, we are uneducated, empty..."

Lin Anqiao looked at the second uncle coldly, but still smiled politely.She didn't know what to say, and she didn't want to.

Lin Qiu next to him had a very ugly face, feeling very embarrassed by his father's rude and unreasonable behavior.She lowered her eyes and dared not look at Lin Anqiao.It's just that the tall and thin Lin Dong beside Lin Wenhu still looks around shyly, without saying a word, and his expression is not obvious.

"But Lin Yuan will be gone, you can't do it, you can't just throw the blame on us." Lin Wenhu looked like a victim, which made Lin Anqiao feel sick.

Lin Anqiao narrowed her eyes slightly: "I also participated in the management of Lin Yuanhui while I was in school, but the power mainly belongs to my sister. My sister's ability is also very commendable, so don't bother you."

"You mean that girl Lin Anlan? What a joke!" Lin Wenhu laughed wildly and patted the dining table.The whole table shook a few times.

"What?" Lin Anqiao already guessed what the second uncle would say.

"What can a girl's family do? You plan to let her control Lin Yuanhui and create a feminist society?" Lin Wenhu's eyes were frighteningly wide.

"With all due respect, the idea of ​​patriarchal patriarchy is too feudal. If you, Second Uncle, have gone to college, you may be able to improve your thinking." Lin Anqiao felt that he could not control his mouth.

Lin Wenhu sneered: "Feudalism? The tradition that has lasted for thousands of years has its reason..."

Lin Qiu next to him couldn't listen any longer, he slapped the table, and stood up abruptly: "Father!" Her always gentle face seemed to be able to spew fire at this moment.

Lin Wenhu didn't feel wrong at all, and raised his head proudly: "Why?"

"Why can't we girls become leaders? How can I be worse than Lin Dong? Can you tell me!" To Lin Anqiao's surprise, she, who had never seen Lin Qiu cry, actually saw Lin Qiu's eyes red today. Be like a rabbit.

"Dong'er has been to high school, have you?" Lin Wenhu sneered at Lin Qiu's rebuttal.

Hearing this sentence, Lin Qiu trembled all over, not knowing whether it was anger or sadness.

"You think I don't want to, can't I? You said that going to high school is useless and forced me to work directly, but now you are oppressing me with academic qualifications? What's the point?"

Lin Anqiao on the side just looked at Lin Qiu who clenched his fists like that.For the first time, she felt that Lin Qiu was so pitiful.The gentle Lin Qiu, the upright Lin Qiu—why do you have today?

"Do you ever talk to elders like this!" Lin Wenhu lost his patience and yelled directly.

Lin Qiu froze in place.She stared at Lin Wenhu for a long time with red eyes, her thin lips trembling uncontrollably.Her round eyes were full of sadness and anger at this moment, which made Lin Anqiao's heart ache.In the entire Lin Yuanhui, Lin Anqiao dared to say that Lin Qiu was the best person, and he was the last person who seemed to have such an angry attitude.

Lin Anqiao felt that his blood was also surging, and his whole face felt feverish.She wanted to protect Lin Qiu.

But in the next second, before Lin Anqiao could speak, tears welled up in Lin Qiu's eyes.Immediately afterwards, she picked up her handbag and rushed out of the private room.The whole process was very quick and sudden.

The moment Lin Anqiao saw Lin Qiu galloping, his whole heart collapsed, and the last line of defense of hope was also taken away.She was dominated by a suppressed sense of dread, and her limbs seemed to lose their strength.She could only sit where she was, and for a moment, she could barely lift her chopsticks.

But Lin Wenhu just snorted coldly, and continued to eat his meal: "Lin Anqiao, why do you have to do those useless things?"

Lin Anqiao bowed her head in silence, silently eating her favorite squirrel mandarin fish.

"Hey, it's a pity that Dong'er was not born well and didn't become the eldest son of the family." Lin Wenhu patted Lin Dong's thin back sourly.

Lin Dong coughed in embarrassment, not daring to raise his eyes to look at Lin Anqiao.

But Lin Anqiao was just calm, like an iceberg that would not melt for thousands of years: "If Lin Dong is interested, I can give up the seat to Lin Dong."

Lin Wenhu looked at Lin Anqiao with disdain, and said in an extremely sarcastic tone: "How can I do that? It's not right, it's a big treason."

Lin Anqiao didn't speak.She suddenly felt a churning nausea in her stomach.The food here was exquisite and delicious, but the smell of smoke and gunpowder made her feel so uncomfortable that she didn't want to stay any longer.

After walking out of the restaurant, Lin Anqiao felt dizzy for a while, probably because the sun was too glaring.She thought carefully about the scene just now, feeling that her brain was in chaos.

Lin Anqiao sat on a bench by the side of the road, leaning against the back of the chair.Although the sun in late summer was very dazzling, she didn't take too many sun protection measures, so she clumsily exposed herself to the strong ultraviolet rays.She felt her skin was very hot, but she didn't want to move her body.

She seemed to see another self from Lin Qiu.If there is a parallel world, maybe he looks like Lin Qiu?Because of a gender issue, I will always be treated differently, no matter how strong my ability is... even the current situation, the current funny and forced situation, is more or less caused by changing my gender of.

Lin Anqiao wished so much that he could escape from Lin Yuanhui!She likes Lin Qiu and her sister, but hates everything else.However, I have no way to escape, no reason to escape.She wished she could immediately grow a pair of wings and fly away from that abominable circle, even if the result was poverty and busyness, as long as she could live freely.

When she thought of Lin Yuan's smoky environment and pedantic atmosphere, she felt even more disgusted.

Forget it, no matter what, I must go to university—the Tsinghua University that so many students dream of.I only got this honor after a year of hard work in the third year of high school. Wouldn't it be a shame to waste it in vain.Lin Anqiao has made up her mind that no matter how many obstacles she encounters, she must complete her undergraduate studies and become a truly knowledgeable and cultivated person.Even if Lin Wenhu is bitter or against it, it has nothing to do with him.Walk the path of your own choice, so who can?It's nothing more than mediocrity.

Nothing will change her desire for college.Nothing can kill her confidence in life.This is Lin Anqiao, Lin Anqiao who is so strong that he seems to be omnipotent.

She thought of the admission notice of Tsinghua University in the bedside cabinet, and hope was rekindled in her heart.