Rebirth: My Mother is a Virgin Mary

What a ridiculous day.

Dinner was a wild vegetable feast prepared by Ms. Lin, including a variety of steamed, cold, and fried vegetables with eggs.

"Mom, I haven't seen you for a month, and your cooking skills have improved a lot!" I tasted the scrambled eggs and steamed vegetables and couldn't help but praise her.

"That's right!" Ms. Lin showed a proud expression, "Your mother still loves to study!" She kept putting vegetables into my bowl, "Lin Lin, you haven't recovered from your illness yet, eat more! These wild vegetables are all good things, we loved eating them when we were young!"

She looked at the three boys who were busy eating with disdain, "You said these three people are easier to feed than pigs. They don't care whether my cooking is delicious or not. Anyway, you can't hear the truth from them, and they will eat everything."

"That's not bad! You feel so accomplished!" I covered my mouth and laughed.

"You, it would be great if you could eat more than half of what one of them does!" Ms. Lin tapped my forehead.

"I'll try..." I took a bite of the mixed vegetables and put down my chopsticks. "I've already eaten a lot today."

Ms. Lin snorted, "I knew it..."

After dinner, Yao Yuan was going home. He had a wedding the next day. As he was leaving, he couldn't help but complain: "I'm either attending a wedding or on the way to a wedding... day after day, why are there so many people getting married!"

Ms. Lin patted his head and said, "If your mother heard this, she would beat you! Why don't you go to the banquet?"

"I don't really want to eat expensive meals... The gifts here are too expensive." Yao Yuan shook his head, "Who knows how much they will go up when we get married."

Qin Luotian teased him: "Are you planning to get married?"

"Bullshit!" Yao Yuan sneered, "Do you know how many weddings our family will attend during this holiday season and how much money we will have to give as gifts? Although I don't have the ability to make money now, it still hurts to see that money being given away."

"Consider it an advance investment. You will pay it back when you get married," said Cheng Xinyuan.

"Who knows by then..." Yao Yuan sighed, "Oh, no, let's just give a card to one of us when we get married first. It doesn't matter whether there is money in the card or not. Whoever gets married next time can return the card to save us the trouble!"

"Good idea!" Cheng Xinyuan agreed.

"Okay~" Qin Luotian also nodded.

I munched on an apple and watched with amusement as the three minors chattered about the issue of gift money for future weddings. These little brats were thinking quite far ahead.

"But if I get married someday, you two won't have to give gifts." Qin Luotian said again.

"What?! Are you looking down on us?" Cheng Xinyuan punched him.

"No..." Qin Luotian smiled shyly, looking away, "If we really get to the point of getting married, I won't dare ask for your share of money."

He patted Yao Yuan and said, "Okay, go back. Let's see how much weight you can gain from attending weddings and eating at wedding banquets these few days."

Yao Yuan waved his hand and rode away on his electric scooter.

"Have you called your parents?" Cheng Xinyuan turned and asked Qin Luotian.

"I have called them. The National Day holiday is their busy peak period. They don't have time to take care of me. I feel so disappointed."

"Just pretend, you wish they would just ignore you." Cheng Xinyuan complained, hugging his shoulders, "You were so happy in my house, it's so... Why don't you change your last name to Cheng Luotian? No! Cheng is not a good last name, take after my mother, Lin Luotian!"

"Okay, I have no objection if Auntie agrees~" Qin Luotian was also polite.

Cheng Xinyuan looked at me who was still chewing an apple on the chair and said, "No, you've been chewing on an apple for half an hour and you haven't finished it yet."

I smiled bitterly: "This apple is too big, it's hard to eat..."

"Hey, eat! Replenish your vitamins!" Cheng Xinyuan came over and rubbed my head.

"I say..." I put down the apple in my hand, "Do you guys have an obsession with rubbing other people's heads? Do you think it's sweet? Will girls fall for it?"

"Who else rubbed your head?" Qin Luotian grasped the key information.

"Chen Jingxing?" Cheng Xinyuan became excited. "How far have you two progressed?"

“There is no progress, no progress at all.”

"What about Song Chenyang?"

I tilted my head and looked at him: "What kind of progress do you hope for? Do you really want a brother-in-law? Don't worry, I promise you won't have a brother-in-law within five years!" Five years? Haha, never in my whole life.

"Really?!" Qin Luotian raised his head with an excited look on his face.

Cheng Xinyuan hit Qin Luotian fiercely: "What do you mean? You are quite happy that my sister hasn't found a boyfriend for five years!"

Cheng Xinyuan looked at me and said, "You are in your prime years, so just date. Don't waste your youth. I see my classmate's brother-in-law buys him all kinds of things. I envy him so much!"

I collapsed back in my chair. "I have such a great time that I can do anything. Why should I waste it on a man? You envy others for having a brother-in-law, but I envy you for having a sister who is unique in the world. I'll buy you whatever you want!"

"That's different!" Cheng Xinyuan retorted, "You bought it for me because I'm your brother and you love me unconditionally; it's different if it's bought by your brother-in-law, because it represents your love for me and your respect for you!" After saying that, he touched Qin Luotian's arm for approval, "Don't you think so?"

Qin Luotian didn't know why he was so happy all of a sudden: "That makes a lot of sense!"

Ms. Lin came out after cleaning up the kitchen. "What are you talking about so happily?"

"About my future brother-in-law."

Ms. Lin's eyes lit up and she sat down next to me: "Something's going on!"

"No…"

"Who are you with? Jingxing or Chenyang?"

"No..." He frowned, "What's going on? Why are you calling me so intimately?"

"That's nothing. I'm so familiar with their mothers. They're both good kids. I'll be happy no matter who you're with!"

"Do I have to choose one from the two of them?" I really don't understand...

"That's not what I meant. As long as you think the person is good, you can be with whoever you want. I believe in my daughter's vision. No matter who it is, your vision in choosing people is definitely not bad!" Ms. Lin looked confident.

I am speechless…

"Actually... I have something else to say..." Ms. Lin lifted her hair and hesitated.

"Go ahead and talk, everyone is here." Cheng Xinyuan pulled Qin Luotian to sit opposite us.

"Tomorrow... is actually your grandparents' anniversary..."

"I thought you were going to talk about my sister's boyfriend..." Cheng Xinyuan pouted. He didn't expect Ms. Lin to bring up this matter. The topic change was so abrupt...

"Then...should we go back?" Cheng Xinyuan scratched his head, not knowing what to do.

"I really don't want to go back... but I have no choice but to say it now..." Ms. Lin sighed and looked at me cautiously.

The first anniversary, or the third anniversary...

According to the custom in my hometown, the third anniversary of the death of an elder should be celebrated with great ceremony, the first purpose is to comfort the elder’s spirit in heaven, and the second is to show the filial piety of the children.

To put it bluntly, it is done for outsiders to see.

Grandpa and grandma died in the same year, so Cheng Xingmin and his friends decided to take care of both of their affairs together, saving relatives and friends from having to visit twice a year. They consulted the elders in the village to calculate the date, and decided to hold it on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are in the same period, so everything is held together and it is very lively.

Ordinary people suffer because no matter what kind of gift it is, it never ends.

In my previous life, the third anniversary of my grandparents' death was celebrated with great fanfare. Cheng Xingmin and his friends invited two opera troupes to perform at the entrances of two villages for two days and two nights, and the buffet was set up for more than a day. It was so well-received...

But these have nothing to do with me, I never came back in my previous life~

Ms. Lin said this not because she wanted to go, but because she was watching my attitude.

"No." I said bluntly, "Why do you want to cause trouble? When you divorced, those people didn't have a good attitude towards us, let alone now? Cheng Xingmin already has a new wife and a new daughter, so let them do their own thing~"

I took a breath and said, "Grandpa was a reasonable man when he was alive. I believe his spirit in heaven will understand us."

Ms. Lin nodded: "I'm glad you think so. I'm just afraid that you'll miss the kindness your grandfather showed you when he was alive..."

"There's no need... Just think about it in your heart. Why bother going there to pay respects in person? If we go, it won't be the anniversary of grandpa and grandma's death, but a struggle session for the three of us. I still cherish my life very much~"

I can understand why Ms. Lin thought this way. Even if she had to ignore grandma, she had to consider grandpa's face.

After all, my grandfather and I have a special relationship.

She thought I would forgive everyone for one person like she did before.

But it can also be seen that Ms. Lin doesn't know about my rebirth.