cool autumn

Since the Lin family has been able to gain a firm foothold in the big Xunyang City, and has stood there for over a hundred years, it is not without reason for its existence.

During the great revolutionary turmoil and the rampage of the Red Guards, anyone with a little money would suffer and be dragged into the street for criticism.The ancestors of the Lin family have been in business for generations, and the money accumulated by several generations is naturally not comparable to those small landlords who rely on digging and searching for small farmers. When the turmoil is in the limelight, these families are the first to be counted. Fortunately, the Lin family is always kind and beneficial to others. , I made friends with a lot of young talents, and I had more help from others, so I escaped a little bit of disaster.However, this revolution is not over, and the country has no real reform and opening up. After all, it will not matter if things go on like this. The current Patriarch of the Lin family immediately sent some of the direct descendants of the family abroad, dismantling more than half of the family's assets and money, and bringing them with them. I hope to seek development overseas and continue to spread the branches and leaves to continue the blood of incense.

On the other hand, people of the older generation are conservative. Even if they know that leaving is the most appropriate way, they are unwilling to go far away and abandon their homeland. Ups and downs without a foothold.Therefore, after they sent some members of the family abroad, those who stayed at home were looking for opportunities on the one hand, trying to find a good entry point, taking advantage of the empty space, and continuing to do business; He spent a lot of money on his official career, and sought a few positions that were not high enough or low enough, which was not a big job, but it was more than enough to keep his family.

At that time, no matter who, who was not cautious, walked on thin ice. Even after the reform and opening up, most of them were timid and did not dare to act, for fear that they would fall down if they were not careful, and they would not be able to get up again.

Of course, compared to those people's indecisiveness, the Patriarch of the Lin family seized the big opportunity and made a fortune, and the second wife of the overseas direct line is also developing well abroad, and it is the hot season when it is in full swing , when I heard that the atmosphere in the country is not as tight as before, I specially entrusted someone to bring a letter back, intending to come back for a meeting.

In fact, if the Lin family hadn't been too popular back then, attracting strong winds and powerful enemies, I am afraid that the second wife of the direct line overseas would have sent someone back to meet with them.It's just that you learn a lot of wisdom by eating a ditch. After such an incident, the head of the Lin family has deeply realized the truth that eggs should not be put in one basket.

It was also because of the big losses that followed, so the contact with overseas was more closely. Except for some important members of the family, basically no one knew the existence of the overseas Lin family. home together.

Our country of China has a history of more than 5000 years, and the wisdom of more than 5000 years is naturally not something that white-haired people can understand. Our ancients often say that the combination of offense and defense complements each other, and brothers work together to cut gold. We must do it inside and out If there are no flaws in the outside world, it is basically impossible, but this does not prevent us from using this simple truth effectively and improving it.

In order to achieve a better centralization of power, the ancestors of the Lin family also spent a lot of thought on it back then, striving to complement each other and seek a balance between the two sides.After so many years of constant changes and development, both the domestic Lin family and the overseas Lin family have already formed their own system and can be treated as an independent entity.It's just that the struggle for power has become more and more fierce in recent years. It has developed to Mr. Lin's generation. Only he and Lin Kuofeng are left who know the overseas forces. The meaning of different individuals, in their opinion, the fat of the Lin family is too eye-catching. If they can't control it well, they may end up taking advantage of those direct relatives overseas.

And the key in Lin Jingxian's hand is a small certificate of overseas power. This old man Lin originally had one, but he hastily stuffed the key into Zhou Ran's hand when he passed away, without even a word of explanation. Just left so hastily.

Zhou Ran felt that his throat was thirsty, and after hesitating for a long time, he took out a key from his pocket. The small black and gold key was very similar to the one in Lin Jingxian's hand. Since he had space, this key The key has been thrown away in the small space room, Zhou Ran doesn't know what is the use of this thing, or what can it open?Except for Mr. Lin's phrase 'it will be of great use, it is the last gift for him', he knows nothing about the value and usefulness of this thing.

"What does aunt want to say?" Zhou Ran stared at the key in his hand in a daze, and asked in a daze.

Lin Jingxian stretched out her hand to take the key in Zhou Ran's hand, smiled, and closed it lightly in front of Zhou Ran. The strange key shape turned into a relatively abstract "Lin" character. The key that got up was placed in Zhou Ran's hand, and he seemed to be nostalgic and emotional, "Second brother really did this." Facing Zhou Ran's puzzled eyes, he smiled and said, "Actually, before your grandfather passed away, he called me."

Zhou Ran paused, and suddenly heard someone mentioning his grandpa, he would feel as if he was out of this world. After a long silence, he finally found his voice, "What did grandpa say?"

"You probably don't know that the power of the Lin family is far more than what you see in front of you. We have a clear division of labor. The second brother is in charge of the family business, the eldest brother supports and guards the family, and I am in charge of overseas forces," she said. His tone was a little low, "At that time, the family was extremely competitive. If your grandfather and uncle hadn't put pressure on me to send me abroad, I'm afraid I wouldn't be the one standing in front of you now," Nayou sighed, It is true that time is ruthless, and things have changed.

After a while, when she calmed down, she said again: "But in fact, now the overseas forces and the domestic forces are basically integrated, and it is a little impossible for your domestic forces to interfere with foreign forces. On the contrary, the foreign forces can't touch the old roots of the domestic forces. Although the current situation is like this, we both complement each other and are connected with each other, so," Lin Jingxian raised her eyes suddenly, staring at Zhou Ran's eyes and said every word Said: "So, the second brother hopes to send you abroad as the head of his family, so that you can develop abroad, instead of being trapped in this rotten pond where you can't move."

Zhou Ran was able to see his somewhat bewildered look from the eyes of Lin Jingxian on the opposite side. He really had too many doubts in his heart. For example, since Mr. Lin had arranged his way early, why did his grandfather die? But this little aunt did not show up for a long time, and she didn't even show her face from the beginning to the end. Even when the crisis of the Lin family in China was approaching, did this overseas force show any sign at all?He had too many questions, but the Lin Jingxian in front of him was not the person in her previous life, even if she asked, she couldn't explain it.

In fact, Zhou Ran didn't know that Lin Jingxian in her previous life had really returned to China, but at that time Zhou Ran had been forced to get together with Huo Wendong, and even had a fierce fight with the Huang family. Not long after that, Lin Kuofeng also fell. After observing the reactions of the Lin family and Zhou Ran's actions, she really gave up hope, just like what the surviving Lin Kuofeng said at the time, "Since the Lin family has been divided and eaten, then don't let it go." Then post those overseas forces, after all, far away water can't get close to fire, as long as everyone lives in peace and nothing happens, there is nothing else to ask for. 'It was also because of Lin Kuofeng's words that not long after Lin Kuofeng died, Lin Jingxian quietly withdrew from the country and returned to the original headquarters---Germany. Since then, she has never set foot in the country. never showed up.

After gathering her mind, Lin Jingxian corrected her posture, looked at Zhou Ran seriously, and asked word by word: "Aran, are you willing to follow me to develop abroad?" Fearing that Zhou Ran would not be able to abandon his relatives in this country, he said again : "If you are worried, you can also take your mother and younger sister to go abroad together, so that the family members will not be separated."

go abroad?Zhou Ran lowered his head in thought, and unconsciously tapped a few times with his right index finger. It stands to reason that if he heard such words when he was in distress in his previous life, then he would be really grateful and agreed without hesitation.It's just that, after two life journeys, his state of mind is no longer as clear as a mirror, pure and flawless. Now he has too many fetters. Although going abroad for development can avoid all the sources of troubles in this country, it is only when facing the crisis of attack. It was what he was good at, and it would be too cowardly to run away.

He was very contradictory. On the one hand, he felt that going abroad would be of great benefit to him, but on the other hand, he felt that it was impossible for him to cut off all the ties so simply and neatly, and leave everything behind and leave for another country.

Xu could see Zhou Ran's hesitation, Lin Jingxian just glanced at him quietly, lowered her head to play with the keys in her hand, opened and closed, closed and opened again, separated and closed again, Playing like a child, "Think slowly, don't rush to give me the answer, we still have time."

Zhou Ran was silent, but also heaved a sigh of relief.

"I remember that my second brother had an amethyst ring before, have you seen it?" Lin Jingxian asked Zhou Ran eagerly as if she had just remembered it.

Thinking of that ring, Zhou Ran felt a little guilty, "Hey, I put that ring away, why, does my aunt need it?" The inconspicuous little purple spot on the base of the ear is the purple one Lin Jingxian mentioned. Is it the illusion of the crystal ring?

"Oh~", Lin Jingxian actually just asked, didn't care too much, and even discussed the origin of the amethyst ring with Zhou Ran enthusiastically, "You won't be fooled into saying that it is some inheritance ring, right? Seeing Zhou Ran's puzzled eyes as she wished, Lin Jingxian smiled proudly, "Let me tell you secretly, in fact, this thing is not a ring of inheritance at all, it is just jewelry left by the wife of the Lin family. When I was young, your second brother used it as ordinary jewelry for me, but later I couldn’t take it abroad, so I just left it for my second brother to think about.”

Zhou Ran was speechless, and Jiongjiu listened attentively to Lin Jingxian revealing this rather speechless truth with a little complacency. If she said these words in her previous life, it would make people vomit blood.Because of the amethyst ring in his previous life, he was kidnapped many times by his father and Huang Kaili and forced him to hand over the ring. He didn't know that the ring never came to him, and he didn't even know that it was so The truth is so cruel, just thinking about it makes Zhou Ran feel powerless.

After Lin Jingxian got into the car of the old housekeeper, Zhou Ran sat in the same place for a long time and couldn't recover. Nima's truth smashed his heart to pieces. If he wanted to reassemble it, he might need to some time.

After a while, the ringing of his mobile phone interrupted his contemplation. Zhou Huaning on the other end picked up the phone and asked him, "Ran Ran, will your aunt stay for dinner? Mom is going to start cooking?"

Zhou Ran glanced at the place where Lin Jingxian left just now from the corner of her eyes, and said unhappily: "She has gone back and won't eat at our house."

Zhou Huaning probably had this idea before he called to ask, so he didn't ask too much, and just asked Zhou Ran to buy some fresh fruit and drinks when he came back, because there were guests at home.

Looking around, Zhou Ran could still see Si Yue squatting at the door holding Erbao not far away, playing happily with one person and one cat, and then sighed, Shi Shiran went to the canteen to buy a few cans of frozen pasta. Drinks, along the way, he found an unoccupied place and brought out a lot of fresh fruits from the space. After the matter was settled, he slowly swayed and swayed back home.

Si Yue sat at the door for a long time, if Zhou Huaning hadn't told her that Zhou Ran had gone to buy some fruit and drinks, she might have taken Er Bao out to find someone at this time.Seeing Zhou Ran's figure from a distance, she hurriedly jumped forward, smiling with joy in her brows and eyes, and took the bag of fruit in Zhou Ran's hand, and entered the room with a smile .

Si Yue has been raised very well recently, her two big eyes are bright and full of spirit, her cheeks are rosy and shiny, her crooked smiling eyes have long since faded from their original sallow and skinny appearance, and there is a comforting simplicity all over her body Lovely breath.

Zhou Ran watched her enter the door with cheerful steps, and couldn't help but feel amused. He shook his head, and he still entered the house with three big bottles of drinks.

It was none other than Xu Sizhu and Yuan Dingbang who had returned to the team for a long time, and more than a dozen other tall and strong men. When they saw Zhou Ran, their eyes lit up and they were a little surprised.

Zhou Ran nodded slightly to Xu Sizhu and Yuan Dingbang as a greeting, and then took several large bottles of drinks and put them directly on the table, letting them drink upside down by themselves, while walking into the kitchen by himself. Just now I only saw a dozen or twenty rough men outside, never thought that there are five or six beautiful girls standing in the kitchen, probably with the people outside, sorry to eat Well, at any rate, it can help me a little bit, but I can't help it.

Siyue went into the house early, washed the fruit and brought them out. Zhou Huaning took a break from his busy schedule, turned to look at Zhou Ran, and said with a smile: "Ah Ran, I'm back, mom is busy now, you go out and help mom entertain guests, ah. "

Before Zhou Ran could answer, the big girls next to them covered their mouths and kept laughing, and asked curiously: "Sister Ning, this is your child, ouch, this child is really good-looking, and he is very good at school. Have a little girlfriend, haha."

Zhou Huaning smiled and wiped the drops of water on his hands, ignored their jokes, and just waved his hand to let Zhou Ran go out first. She had experienced the toughness of these big girls just now, Zhou Ran was quiet, and she I'm really worried that he won't be able to handle it.

The group of big girls laughed heartily, even if Zhou Ran walked out of the kitchen, he could still hear their voices teasing him, thinking of a lot of rough guys in the outhouse, who seemed to be Xu Sizhu's comrades-in-arms or something, although they were all strong They look like cows, but you can guess from their neat sitting postures that they must have something to do with the army.

As soon as Zhou Ran came out this week, the eyes of the group of rough men suddenly looked over, their eyes were fixed on Zhou Ran like a searchlight, a little thin-skinned, and a little shy.

They heard Xu Sizhu say that their team leader was chasing a woman recently, and she was a woman with a child. They all knew about it, and they were a little puzzled before. How could the team leader bring them such delicious pickles? It's all from that woman's hands.

It's not been a year or two since they followed their captain. With Yuan Dingbang's background power, which girl wouldn't stick to her? It's over, this procrastination turned out to be in the thirties, and in the end, they picked a woman with a child, so they were curious, how could that woman be so attractive, that she even killed the captain of her own team? The hook has become enlightened, and he would even ask them for some common sense of dating when he is free. When he had time, they led a large group of brothers to come and see people.

Before, they only heard that she was a woman with a child. When they came to the pastry shop, they were a little dizzy when they saw this person. This, this, such a beautiful girl is actually the mother of a child. , look at the tender skin, look at the pretty face, the group of rough men who were originally aggressive and energetic suddenly withered, and all of them shrank and shouted at Zhou Huaning 囧囧, "Sister-in-law", don't Dare to speak, afraid to frighten this Jiaojiao daughter's family, with a smirk on his face, he wanted to chop Xu Sizhu's shit into [-] pieces in his heart, you bastard.

Who knew that Zhou Huaning was blushing because of being called sister-in-law. Although she could feel Yuan Dingbang's affection, she didn't dare to let go of her mind to provoke them easily. This group of careless rough guys are really straightforward. So he called his sister-in-law, and Yuan Dingbang was a little stunned, but he just looked at Zhou Huaning with a smile and didn't say anything.

You said that this pastry shop is open, ouch, the pastry is so beautiful, exquisite and small, and smells delicious. When those rough guys come, they don’t forget to bring their girlfriends. They are tall and beautiful in a row. Looking up, Zhou Huaning looked more and more exquisite and beautiful.Girls like to eat desserts, so Zhou Huaning brought out a lot of pastries of various flavors to entertain people. After a while, those girls worshiped Zhou Huaning more than ever, and those rough guys felt that this was even more so. 'Sister-in-law' is really virtuous, hey, the captain is blessed.

Only Yuan Dingbang sat in place from the beginning to the end, but the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and his proud appearance was really funny.

If it is said that Zhou Huaning's existence surprised these rough guys, then Zhou Ran's appearance simply raised this surprise to an even more extreme height. The rough guys rubbed their chins and looked at their captain, deeply feeling his shit luck. It's so good, how come both mother and son are so rare, ouch, this is really, tsk tsk tsk, so blessed.

Zhou Ran didn't seem to have heard these gazes, he just brought a drink up, sat in the middle of the crowd, and listened to them quietly, occasionally asked himself, but only answered a few words on his face, pity those rough people. All the men lowered their voices and dared not speak loudly, for fear that if they raised their voices, they would frighten the young man who was full of immortality.

It's just that this situation didn't last long, when Zhou Huaning led the girl with a ticket to bring up the food, the group of rough guys showed their true colors after a while, and they all scrambled to grab the food, trying to save face up.

At this moment, they only hope that their captain can marry this sister-in-law early, so that they don't have to worry about food in the future, and the height has more than doubled.

Holding a glass of boiled water, Zhou Ran sipped small sips. When she had time, she didn't forget to pick up a few dishes for Si Yue. She didn't eat fast, and if she slowed down, all the food on the table would be swept away.

During the long night, Zhou Huaning added more dishes several times to satisfy the beasts on the dinner table, and the whole room was filled with laughter all night.

When he looked up at Zhou Huaning and Yuan Dingbang, Zhou Ran couldn't help feeling a complicated thought in his heart. If Zhou Huaning had another family, wouldn't he miss her so much.