Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things

The next day.

When Lin Shaowen woke up, except for Lin Ruoshui, the whole yard was empty.

"Minister Lin... you're up, I'll prepare lunch for you."

"Lunch?"

Lin Shaowen was slightly stunned and looked at the time.

It was already half past twelve, it was not lunch time.

He turned around and sat under the pergola, thinking about whether to go to the factory, but he thought that the approval of the United Front Department would not be so fast, and it would be useless to go, so he might as well skip work.

After a while.

Lin Ruoshui came over with a plate of dumplings and dipping sauce.

"Minister Lin, here are 20 dumplings, if not enough I will cook more..."

"Have you eaten?" Lin Shaowen smiled.

"No... I'll just eat something later." Lin Ruoshui said a little embarrassedly.

"Then let's eat together."

Lin Shaowen invited, "If you feel bored, then go out for a walk... Staying in the yard all day long, there's nothing to do."

"I like to be in the yard."

Lin Ruoshui blushed and said, "If you go to the compound, the aunts will always say bad things about you... and I've been staying at home since I was a child, I'm used to it."

"Then it's up to you."

Lin Shaowen smiled and shook his head and said, "There are books in my study, you can read them if you like... If you want to learn medicine, I can also teach you."

"I... Can I learn medicine?" Lin Ruoshui was surprised.

"Sure."

Lin Shaowen smiled and said, "It is said that 'long illness makes a good doctor'... I think you seem to know more about medicinal materials and so on. I can teach you when I'm free, or you can ask Xiaoyue."

"Yeah."

Lin Ruoshui immediately became happy. She looked at the dumplings on the table and ran to the kitchen to cook fifteen more.

But when she brought it out, she found that Lin Shaowen was still waiting for her, and hurriedly said, "Minister Lin, you can eat first..."

"That won't work. You are not my servant. How can I eat first?" Lin Shaowen waved his hand and said, "Let's eat together."

"Yeah."

Lin Ruoshui immediately sat opposite him.

She wanted to talk to Lin Shaowen, but she didn't know what to say, so she had to lower her head to eat.

"Actually, you can find a partner now..."

"Ah?"

Lin Ruoshui was shocked.

"Your illness is actually not a big deal. Although the treatment process is a bit longer, you can find a lover now... By the way, how old are you?" Lin Shaowen smiled.

"Twenty-two."

Lin Ruoshui blushed and said, "Minister Lin... I don't want to find a partner now."

"Don't call me 'Minister Lin'."

Lin Shaowen laughed, "When you call me that, I feel like I'm in the office... No, you can call me by my name, or 'Old Lin', everyone calls me that."

"Old Lin?"

Lin Ruoshui was slightly stunned.

"That's right."

Lin Shaowen joked, "You call me 'Old Lin', and I call you 'Little Lin'... That's so good."

"You are not much older than me, right?" Lin Ruoshui said in surprise.

"Little sister, I will be forty in three years, how much older am I than you?" Lin Shaowen laughed and scolded, "My eldest daughter is only less than ten years younger than you."

"Forty years old?"

Lin Ruoshui was shocked.

She looked at Lin Shaowen, how come he looked like he was only in his twenties? She thought Lin Shaowen was only in his early thirties.

"Yes, in my eyes, you are almost like my daughter..." Lin Shaowen joked, "Anyway, I have one, so it doesn't matter if I raise one more."

"Don't take advantage of me."

Lin Ruoshui rolled her eyes at him, then sighed, "Actually... Minister Xu sent me here to take care of your daily life."

"This old man, he still has evil intentions, right?" Lin Shaowen raised his eyebrows slightly.

"No, no..."

Lin Ruoshui hurriedly said, "He didn't want me to monitor you, he just... just wanted to send me here, because my sister and I and other brothers and sisters were all taken care of by Minister Xu."

"Later, he was promoted, and the higher-ups assigned him domestic staff to take care of him. My brothers and sisters all went out to work, and my sister also went to the army. I was the only one left at home..."

"Then what?" Lin Shaowen said with interest.

"Then he called my sister back to be Mr. Lou's bodyguard... He thought that with my personality, I would be bullied no matter who I married, so he sent me here." Lin Ruoshui said with a red face.

"You are talking nonsense."

Lin Shaowen laughed and scolded, "What's the situation at home? Besides... How much younger are you than me? This old guy is really a piece of shit, don't listen to him."

"I... I actually like it here." Lin Ruoshui whispered, "Sister Jingru and the others are very good to me, and I don't have to deal with others. I just plant flowers and cook in the yard. I likeSuch a life. "

"That's because you are still young."

Lin Shaowen sighed, "Wait a few years... material life will be rich, and the outside world will become very exciting."

"Then I don't like it either. I just like to stay at home." Lin Ruoshui shook her head and said, "Minister Lin... Lin Shaowen, if you don't like me, don't drive me away, okay? I have nowhere to go."

...

Lin Shaowen looked at her and was silent for a long time.

"Wait a few years, your sister will come back... You go live with your sister and let her find you a good partner."

"My sister... she won't find a partner." Lin Ruoshui sighed.

"Why?" Lin Shaowen was surprised.

"She was injured and had surgery, so she can't have children." Lin Ruoshui smiled bitterly, "If a woman can't have children, no one will want her..."

"Nonsense. "

Lin Shaowen laughed and scolded, "Let's not talk about whether she can be cured or not. Even if she can't be cured... When two people are together, each other is the most important. Children are just the crystallization and sublimation of love."

"It's okay if she has one. If not... This kind of thing can't be forced. Isn't it enough to find someone who can accept that she can't have children?"

"Where can you find this?"

Lin Ruoshui scolded, "Minister Xu introduced so many people to my sister... But when they heard that she couldn't have children and had a burden, they immediately rejected them."

"Otherwise, my sister is already 25 years old, why doesn't she get married and have children?"

"That's because she's looking in the wrong direction."

Lin Shaowen pouted, "The ones that Xu Shen introduced were either children of the big courtyard... or young cadres. They have requirements for carrying on the family line, right?"

"You are also a senior cadre... and such a senior cadre, why don't you have requirements for carrying on the family line?" Lin Ruoshui rolled her eyes at him.

"Nonsense, why don't I have any requirements? "Lin Shaowen scolded with a smile.

"You don't like Lin Si and the others at all, I can see that..." Lin Ruoshui said in a delicate voice, "You will only be happy when Lin Yue comes back. You just think they are noisy when you look at Lin Si and the others."

...

Lin Shaowen looked at her, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Don't tell this secret to others. If Jingru and the others start to make trouble, it will be terrible. "