Rebirth: My Mother is a Virgin Mary

I kicked the door several times before someone inside responded: "Who is it? You're not too hot in the middle of the day!"

Listening to this impetuous voice, it is definitely my dear cousin Cheng Xinlin.

Cheng Xinlin and I are the same age, only two months older than me, and have an auspicious birthday, the 19th day of the fifth lunar month, which is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva in our place. Hum, no wonder we are treated so differently, for the superstitious Cheng family, he is a lucky son blessed by Bodhisattva, while I am a ghost festival evil girl with a curse from the sky.

Actually, when I was little, I was willing to get close to Cheng Xinyuan. I didn't have a brother, and I also hoped to have one. Cheng Xingmin also instilled in me the idea that Cheng Xinlin and I were the closest people. Although he loved to snatch my things, I thought he was not bad by nature at that time. He also said that I was his only sister. Who would he care about if he didn't care about me? Slowly, it began to change. I don't remember when it started. Maybe it never changed. It has always been like this. It's just that they pretended too well before, and I didn't know people well. When we were in junior high school, we were in the next class. We were the same age and grade, and the teachers were basically the same. I don't know who started it first. He rarely paid attention to me, didn't say hello when we met at school, and even didn't admit that I was his sister. A classmate who knew about our relationship asked me: "Are you two really cousins? I think it's worse than strangers." The Cheng family has good genes. Aunt Li Meixian is not short. Cheng Xinlin inherited it. From appearance to height, he is very popular with girls. There was even a girl who came to my classroom door to block me because of him. Just because this girl saw me going home with him, he didn't explain and let this girl make trouble for me. Even when I told this girl that I was just his cousin, this girl said: "Then you are not a good person either. He doesn't even acknowledge that you are his sister. What's the point of having good grades!"

After understanding Cheng Xinlin's nature, I always felt that he had a dark mentality and violent tendencies, and his every move was like he had super male syndrome. In his previous life, he successfully became a surgeon in a city-level tertiary hospital. This was a glorious thing for the Cheng family, who believed that only "doctors, teachers, and civil servants" were serious professions, and they praised Cheng Xinlin to the sky. However, his reputation in the hospital was not very good. He had a violent personality and poor character. If it weren't for his brother-in-law who could cover half the sky...

Cheng Xinlin opened the door, and I gave him my signature smile: "Long time no see, dear cousin!"

Cheng Xinlin would never have thought that it was me standing outside the door. After all, I never come to their house alone.

"You...you...why are you here?" Cheng Xinlin was at least 1.85 meters tall, and his height was very oppressive, but everything was exposed as soon as he opened his mouth. Why did all the men in the Cheng family, except Cheng Xinyuan, stutter and speak indistinctly?

"Why, I can't come?" I walked into the yard with a swagger, "What relative can be closer to us? It's my uncle who comes to our house, and I, as his niece, can't take the initiative to come. That's too ignorant!"

I greeted Li Meixian who was busy in the kitchen and looked surprised when she saw me: "Hi~Auntie, did you miss me?"

Li Meixian blurted out: "Why are you here?!" They are indeed mother and son. The first words they said when they saw me were exactly the same.

Cheng Antai came out of the house when he heard the noise: "Oh, Manni is here! Let uncle see if she's prettier~" Look, this is someone who knows how to hide. Cheng Antai is the same. He usually doesn't teach his wife and son, and each one is more shallow and ostentatious than the other.

I frowned slightly, "Manni'er", haha, I didn't like this nickname before, and now I hate it even more! The nickname "Manni'er" was given by my uncle Cheng Fuqiang. He said that I had no future and it would be good if I could have steamed buns every day in my life, so I got this insulting nickname. Only two people in the whole Cheng family called me like this... I rubbed my temples. Following my eldest brother to call my niece like this, how could I be a good person? I respected Cheng Antai from the bottom of my heart. I was so stupid!

"Uncle, just call me Cheng Lin. It's been so long, I'm glad you still remember this name." I said with a forced smile.

Cheng Antai was stunned on the spot. He felt that this niece was a little different from before, but he couldn't tell exactly what was different. He calmed himself down and said, "Oh, the child has grown up and knows how to be shy. Okay, I won't call her by this nickname anymore. Linlin, have you eaten yet?"

It changed quite quickly, I complained in my heart. Then I put on a harmless smile: "I've eaten, uncle. My mom said that I didn't visit my uncle during the holiday. I'm not sensible!"

"Yeah~ it's OK as long as we are close, what kind of relationship do we have to do this, your mother is also..." Cheng Antai asked me to find a place to sit, I looked at the vegetables, tables, chairs and benches in the yard, and pulled a stool to sit down. "Is your mother's business going well?" He seemed to be chatting about family matters.

"Okay, it works. Ever since my mom has all the money in her own hands, the business has been getting better and better!" I said innocently. Today, my character is "simple, innocent, well-behaved, silly and sweet". Let's see how I can make things difficult for them. I can't stop them!

"Let's talk about your father and mother's matter. What power or no power? We are all family. It doesn't matter who has the money. Why bother about these things? Just live a good life." See, Cheng Antai is "persuading reconciliation" again.

"It's different!" I shook my head. "My dad is so stingy that he doesn't even want to give me pocket money. Who should he give the money to if he doesn't use it on his own daughter and son? Humph!"

Cheng Antai was a little speechless for a moment, so I continued, "It's no wonder that my mother wants to control the money herself. She can't even keep the money from selling clothes herself. If she tells others about it, people will laugh at her! Uncle, you should also persuade my father. He is so stingy with his own family members. What else can we expect from him?"

"I persuade your father? How can I persuade him? He is my brother, I can't persuade him. What's the point of persuading him? He won't listen to me."

I just found it funny to see Cheng Antai lying with his eyes open. "You are just kidding me, my mom said that even though you are the youngest, you are the backbone of the Cheng family! My dad trusts you the most! I have seen his phone, and his WeChat account is pinned to the top. My mom doesn't even have this privilege. You must be in contact with him often, right?"

"Oh, that's because my brother and sister are lenient with me and don't bother with me. I don't contact your father much. Since he went to Dean for work and exchange, we haven't made a single phone call!" Cheng Antai noticed something and hurriedly explained.

"Dean? So my dad went to Dean? I asked my mom and she didn't know. It seems that you contact my dad quite often!" I looked at Cheng Antai with a smile.

I ignored Cheng Antai's guilty look and said, "I almost forgot about this. My mom asked me to bring this. Uncle, these are the chicken feet I made myself. There are some with pickled peppers and some with Sichuan peppercorns. They are selling very well!" I handed the chicken feet to Cheng Antai and said, "Maybe not as good as yours, but it tastes good. You try it. As a professional chef, please give me some pointers so that I can improve my skills!"

"I just heard you say that sales are pretty good? What have you been doing recently?" Cheng Antai asked curiously, looking at the chicken feet in his hand.

"Set up a stall! I set up a small stall in the night market and sell the boneless chicken feet I made!"

"Hmph, a good college student is following others' lead and setting up a stall!" Cheng Xinlin hadn't said a word from the beginning until now, but he was annoying as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What's wrong with setting up a stall? What's wrong with being a college student? I can earn money by myself. What's there to be ashamed of? I can earn two or three hundred yuan a day!" I said proudly with my chin raised.

Cheng Antai laughed: "Look at how capable our Lin Lin is! She can earn money on her own at such a young age! I guess I won't have to give you living expenses when school starts again. Lin Lin, you've been sensible since childhood!"

"No~" I looked into Cheng Antai's eyes, which were full of calculations. The more I looked at this face that was 80% similar to Cheng Xingmin, the more annoyed I became. "My mother said that what I earned was what I earned, so she should give it to me as she wanted. She has been saying lately that I used to trust others too much and owed me a lot, and she keeps asking me to make it up to her! I don't know why, but I just want it if she gives it to me."

Cheng Antai's face turned pale. Without saying anything, he stood up and went into the inner room. Is that all? You just can't stand seeing me doing well?

"Brother, what are you doing now? You just finished your freshman year, are you still adapting?" I asked Cheng Xinlin again "innocently".

Cheng Xinlin looked unhappy: "I... I'm doing internship! At the County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital!"

"Wow, you can do an internship in your first year of college! You're amazing! And it's in my uncle's hospital! That's great, I'll tell him later and ask him to take care of you!" I smiled harmlessly, but in my heart I despised Xin Lin to death. Internship? What the hell! It was so funny.

"No, no, it's just an internship, why bother him?" Cheng Xinlin changed the subject, "You came to our house for no reason, are you okay?"

"Huh? What do you mean by for no reason? You are my cousin, do I need a reason to come to your house?" I pretended to be angry, "We are the closest relatives, we treat you well when you come to our house, but I must have something to do when I come to your house!" I picked up the bag of oranges from the ground, "Look at me, I forgot about this, I bought it on the road, it's still fresh! Do you want me to peel one for you to eat?"

“No, no, no… I don’t want to eat it! Just hold it from a distance!” Cheng Xinlin looked terrified and took a few steps back.

Are you so easily frightened? Are you so guilty? My face turned cold and I said in a distant voice, "Brother, what's wrong with you? This is just... an ordinary orange."

Before Cheng Xinlin could say anything, I heard the sound of dishes falling to the ground behind me. I turned around and saw Li Meixian in a panic. Her hands were shaking and her voice was trembling: "You... why did you buy oranges?"

I understood what was going on. It seemed that the whole family was involved in the conspiracy.

"What's wrong with oranges?" I continued to play innocent. "My uncle gave me orange juice every day during the college entrance examination. I felt close to oranges when I saw them. Can't I buy oranges?"

"Lin Lin~" Cheng Antai came out of the house again and looked at the bag of oranges I was carrying. He had noticed it just now, but he didn't think about it that way. "Your brother was allergic to oranges for a while, and the family hasn't bought oranges since then. Ignorance is not a crime. I appreciate your kindness. You can take these oranges back!"

I pretended to be shocked and blamed myself: "Oh my God, I didn't know about this! It's my fault! If I had made these two trips more often, I wouldn't have known about it! I will never buy oranges again. I just think about the time when my uncle brought me orange juice every day. I felt close to him... I..."

"It's all in the past, let's not mention it." Cheng Antai waved his hand.

"How can I not mention it!"