Chapter 624 Sun Rong 1
As soon as Lin Yu walked into the living room with little Lin Zhou in his arms, Zhou Xiu, who was drinking tea with Huang Ying, asked anxiously, "How was the New Year's greeting today? Did it go well?"
Lin Yu sat down on the armchair next to the Eight Immortals Table and said with a wry smile: "New Year's greetings went quite smoothly, but after going around in circles like this, my face is stiff from smiling."
Huang Ying, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh softly after hearing this.
Zhou Xiu rolled her eyes at her son and said, "Every family celebrates the New Year like this? You are the only one who has too many things to do."
Lin Yu couldn't help but think back to his previous life, when he was a child, he followed his older sister and brother, and a large group of half-grown children of similar age in the village to pay New Year's greetings to neighbors, relatives and elders. As he grew older, New Year's greetings became simpler and simpler. Later, just making a phone call or sending a text message was considered New Year's greetings. After having a smartphone, he just sent New Year's greetings via WeChat, and the feeling of the New Year became weaker and weaker.
Lin Yu glanced at the living room and couldn't help but ask, "Mom, where are Lin Nan and Sun Yong? I'm still waiting for my nephew to kowtow to me and wish me a happy new year."
Zhou Xiu smiled and said, "Not long after you left, Lin Nan and his wife came with their children to pay New Year's greetings. Today, her eldest sister-in-law who works in Tianjin and her family came to Beijing to pay New Year's greetings. She told me that I had to go home to cook and entertain her eldest sister-in-law."
Lin Yu put little Lin Zhou on the armchair next to him and said with a smile: "Lin Nan is a person who eats everything and does everything well. She even cooks for her elder sister-in-law. Can she tell the difference between salt and sugar? I hope her elder sister-in-law and her family don't get upset after eating the meal Lin Nan cooked today."
Zhou Xiu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Lin Nan seldom did housework since she was young. Isn't it because you, her big brother, spoiled her? Ever since I asked seven-year-old Lin Nan to help light the fire and she almost burned her hand, you never let her do any housework. You would rather be too busy to take care of your own business and let your sister play on the side. It wasn't until you joined the army that I was too busy to handle everything, so I asked her to help out. But now Lin Nan's cooking is OK. At least she can tell the difference between salt and sugar."
Lin Yu picked up the cigar on the Eight Immortals Table, lit it and took a deep puff: "So many years have passed, and the little girl back then is now a mother. You must let Lin Nan practice as much as possible in the future. At least her cooking skills should be decent, right? Don't just ask for everything for you all the time."
Huang Ying, who was standing next to her, felt extremely complicated. She thought about her eldest brother Lin Yu, and then looked at her two brothers from her mother's side. They were both brothers, so why was there such a big gap between them?
In the Beijing People’s Armed Forces Family Compound, the house on the left side of the third floor is the home of Vice Minister Sun.
At this time, the Sun family had finished lunch. Deputy Minister Sun, his son-in-law and his son walked into the study. Lin Nan was sitting on the sofa in the living room, and next to him was a young woman in her twenties. Her face was somewhat similar to Sun Yong. Sun Yong's mother was sitting on a single sofa next to the coffee table with her grandson in her arms. A boy of five or six years old and a girl of six or seven years old were huddled around the coffee table, picking candies from the fruit plate and occasionally putting their favorite candies into their pockets.
This young woman was Sun Yong's eldest sister, Sun Rong. She glanced at her mother, who was talking to her grandson in her arms, then turned to look at Lin Nan, who was sitting next to her. After hesitating for a while, she smiled and said, "Lin Nan, I heard from mom that you are now the deputy director of the Dongcheng District Government Office, and Xiaoyong is also the assistant secretary of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. You two are both deputy department-level cadres at such a young age. You have a bright future and will definitely surpass our father."
Lin Nan couldn't help but wonder in her heart. When she was in Tianjin before, every time her elder sister-in-law came back to her parents' home, she would search for good things everywhere like the Japanese invaders entering the village, which made her father-in-law angry several times. Her mother-in-law felt that the conditions of her eldest daughter's family were not very good, and she wanted to help out a little. She probably gave them a lot of money in private. However, Lin Nan didn't care too much about it. Anyway, she and Sun Yong both had salaries, and their salaries were relatively high among their peers. She worked as a deputy section-level secretary in the Tianjin Women's Federation, with a monthly salary of 72 yuan, plus various subsidies of more than 80 yuan. Sun Yong's salary plus subsidies were even more than Lin Nan's. Her parents-in-law didn't let them pay living expenses home, so the couple was not short of money. In addition, her mother Zhou Xiu was a section-level director in the street office, with a salary plus subsidies of more than 100 yuan, and her eldest brother was in the army, so there was no burden on both sides.
Speaking of Sun Rong, the elder sister-in-law, Lin Nan could only say that she was speechless. Sun Yong had told her privately that the elder sister-in-law worked as an accountant at the Tianjin Seafood Company. According to his father's wishes, he had wanted to introduce her to the child of an old comrade-in-arms. The man was a deputy section chief in the municipal government, so they were considered a good match. Unfortunately, Sun Rong firmly disagreed and instead started a relationship with a buyer at the seafood company.
This made her father furious, and he even beat his eldest daughter. Unfortunately, Sun Rong was stubborn and determined, and in the end, he could not persuade her and had to agree to their marriage.
Things were relatively peaceful in the first few years after their marriage. After all, they were his daughter and son-in-law, and Sun's father could not ignore them. So in the third year, the eldest son-in-law was promoted to deputy chief of the purchasing department of the seafood company.
Unfortunately, after becoming the deputy section chief, my eldest brother-in-law had more social engagements and actually gambled with others. After losing money, he embezzled public funds. After the matter was exposed, it was still Sun's father who came forward to find someone for help. He was only dismissed from his post, expelled from the party and fired from his job. He was not further investigated, but it did make Sun's father lose face.
Later, it was the grandson's mother who used her connections to find another job for her eldest son-in-law, working as a driver at the Tianjin Bus Company.
In Lin Nan's impression, she was somewhat contemptuous of her elder sister-in-law's husband Xu Dongfang. Although he was handsome, he was a bit slick. It was precisely because of this guy's eloquence that her elder sister-in-law was bewitched by him that she insisted on marrying him despite her family's opposition.
After hearing what her elder sister-in-law said today, Lin Nan just smiled faintly: "Sister, you have been working in the company for so many years. You should know that if you want to get promoted now, you must have excellent work ability and make considerable contributions. In addition, although it is always said that women can hold up half the sky, we have to admit that many jobs are not suitable for female comrades, especially here in Beijing. Although there are more opportunities than other places, the competition is also more intense. I don’t have too many ideas now. In addition to working hard at my job, I will try my best to take care of the elders and children at home."