To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Lin Qingping spent the Spring Festival in the capital.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Lin Jiagui and Wu Axiu were sentenced. This time, not only did Lin Jiagui go to jail again, but he also dragged his mother into it.

Lin Qingping's father was very angry, so he brought his grandson and daughter-in-law to the capital to make a scene.

He dared not approach Lin Qingping for two reasons. First, he was afraid of Gu Juncheng. At home, Lin Jiagui and Wu Axiu had talked about how ruthless and heartless Gu Juncheng was many times, and he dared not provoke him. Second, he also knew that his son and daughter-in-law had almost buried Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng alive. Given how ruthless and heartless Gu Juncheng and Lin Qingping were, how could he expect to get away with it?

So he went to find his second sister.

In his memory, his second sister was honest and easy to control. As long as Lin Qingping didn't cause trouble, his second sister would obey him.

But to his utter surprise, the place where his second sister lived was far more frightening than Lin Qingping's house. There were guards there, and you needed a pass to get in!

I stayed in the capital for several days, but I didn't even get to see my second sister!

Lin Qingping's father was filled with resentment. "If only I had known, I should have married her off to the cripple in the county back then! At least we could have found someone to support us!"

The cripple in the county is still quite wealthy, but I heard he hasn't found a wife yet! He's made it known throughout the county that he'll give a bride price of 2000 yuan if someone can help him find a wife!

Two thousand! With a heart full of regret that "these two thousand yuan were originally his," Old Man Lin finally boarded the train back to his hometown.

This trip to the capital not only failed to recover a single penny, but also resulted in a complete loss of travel expenses. To make matters worse, halfway through the train journey, they discovered their daughter-in-law was missing!

No wonder I let him put the child to sleep at night! Turns out he was planning to sneak off the bus!

However, Old Man Lin didn't realize this until the next morning. By then, the train had already passed several stations, and he had no idea which station his daughter-in-law had gotten off at! Even if he did know, what could he do? People are alive and have legs. Would they just stay in one place and wait for someone to come looking for them?

Looking at his grandson sleeping in his arms, Old Man Lin felt a surge of hatred that he didn't know where to vent. In the end, he hated his two daughters! It was all because of these two unfilial daughters that the Lin family had ended up like this. Thinking about it, and then thinking about how he, an old man, would live with a child in the future, he burst into tears on the train.

Lin Qingping didn't know her father had come, but her second sister did.

Yunqi has now secured a job and been provided with housing. Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng have also largely recovered and their lives have returned to normal. So, Ermei and Yunqi have moved to the family compound together.

When my second sister came back, she naturally told her who had come to the family compound and who had come looking for her.

She knew who it was as soon as she heard it, and immediately instructed that no one should be allowed in without a pass, no matter who came looking for them.

She also wondered if she was being too cruel, and even asked Yunqi if what she was doing was right.

Yunqi naturally said that he would support whatever decision she made!

The second sister sighed. There's no way to have it both ways, so let's just leave it at that!

Not long after Old Man Lin passed away, it was the Lunar New Year.

Lin Qingping hadn't experienced the local New Year atmosphere for several years. Before the New Year, she would go on all sorts of shopping and stocking up, filling every cabinet in her house to the brim. She also bought new clothes for the whole family and made a lively preparation for the New Year.

Surprisingly, Xiaoqin came to visit before the Lunar New Year.

This greatly surprised Lin Qingping.

After graduating, Xiaoqin returned to the garment factory and is now a key designer there.

"I've never been able to catch you when I came to the capital before, but I'm so glad I did this time!" Xiaoqin said happily.

Lin Qingping smiled and asked her how the factory was doing.

Xiaoqin told her that those annoying people were still in the factory, but they no longer dared to cause trouble, and she took over the factory smoothly.

"It's all thanks to your solid foundation. Otherwise, how could someone as young as me be tolerated?" Xiaoqin laughed. "If it were me dealing with them, I wouldn't have your courage."

Lin Qingping laughed, "You can't throw a tantrum like me, can you?" Recalling the days when she threw swill at them at the garment factory, it felt like it was just yesterday.

"That's not what I meant! That's really not it!" Xiaoqin said anxiously.

"Alright, I was just kidding!" Lin Qingping pressed her down. They were already heading into the 1990s, and state-owned factories would face new challenges then. Lin Qingping wondered if Xiaoqin could lead the factory through it all. She wasn't sure if she should remind her, but after thinking about it, she decided against it and decided to wait a few years.

Xiaoqin had lunch at Lin Qingping's house and then went back home, politely declining Lin Qingping's offer to stay a few more days. She was catching the evening train back home because she had just settled the payment for the goods and needed to rush back to give the workers bonuses for the New Year!

As Lin Qingping listened to Xiaoqin reciting the names of those workers, many of whom had been kind to her in the past, she felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

Xiaoqin needs to pay the workers' wages, and Lin Qingping's cake factory also has an end-of-year banquet.

Before the Lunar New Year, she took her family to the cake factory and celebrated another prosperous year with the workers.

The cake factory's setup remained the same as before. He Qiancheng went to the factory on his own and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the product, earnestly fulfilling his promise without a trace of falsehood.

The factory is thriving, mainly because people are more united than ever before. Everyone is working hard and wholeheartedly for the factory. How could things not be good?

Moreover, Wei Zhonghua and Shen Hai both enrolled in night school to obtain university diplomas, and Cheng Yuanyuan was no exception. She worked hard with them, spending her days in the factory and her evenings at night school.

Cheng Yuanyuan also met a boy at night school who seemed to treat her very well, making the factory director and his wife very happy.

Wei Zhonghua planned to marry Song Qiuyun after the New Year. Song Qiuyun also came to the year-end banquet, and she was poised and cheerful.

There's also Zhong Xiaoxiao, who is very capable now. As the only female person in charge in the factory, she is better at marketing than Wei Zhonghua and the others.

As for marriage, Zhong Xiaoxiao said she doesn't resist fate, but she doesn't necessarily need a man. Now, she is raising her daughter and is living a better life than ever before! In fact, it's getting better every day, and that's enough for her.

Lin Qingping was genuinely happy; everyone was doing better and better!

After the year-end banquet at the cake factory, Expert Shen returned and came to visit her at home. He said he was there to see her, but he inevitably brought up the seafood farming company, which was progressing slightly slower due to her illness.

The two chatted for a long time.

That evening, Gu Juncheng interfered with Lin Qingping's career for the first time, telling her to quit.

Lin Qingping remained silent.

“You are made of flesh and blood, not steel. How much can you do by yourself? Your health is the most important thing,” Gu Juncheng said to her.

Lin Qingping admitted that Gu Juncheng made sense, and she sighed, "Let's talk about it after the New Year."

Indeed, let's celebrate the New Year first. And what about Gu Juncheng himself? We don't even know what his plans are after the New Year...