Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 13

“On the surface, it seems like our family is inferior to the Qin family in terms of status and power. But don’t forget, you and my dad each have five or six siblings. Even if everyone lives in different cities, at critical times, they can still play different roles. On the other hand, although Uncle and Aunt Qin also have siblings, their relationships are not very good. They frequently scheme against and harm each other. Although family clans nowadays are not as particular about ‘shared glory and shared loss’ as they used to be, when it comes to offering help, they’ll definitely prioritize their own relatives over random strangers. For example, if it weren’t for Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt being our relatives, how could I have confidently resigned from my job? Even if I can’t find a new job right away, I wouldn’t have to worry about running out of money and ending up homeless. Qin Mei and Qin Dong, being natives of M City, have all their relatives and friends there. In S City, a coastal city, they are like rootless floating weeds, easily bullied by anyone. If these siblings encounter any problems in S City, they won’t find a single local relative or friend to help them. They would be completely isolated. Secondly, Mom, you always say our family is powerless and penniless, not even as good as the Qin family. At least, the Qin family has produced two college students. Even though Qin Dong’s college education was funded by Qin Mei’s salary, it still shows that the Qin family values education and does not favor sons over daughters. They allowed both their children to succeed despite not being very wealthy. But have you ever considered if our family is really like that?”

Grandpa Lin was a private tutor, and Great Uncle Lin was an old-generation construction engineer.

Because of this, during the 1960s, these two old men managed to send all their children to high school. If it weren’t for that special era, every member of the Lin family would probably have gone to college!

Even so, Aunt Lin relied on her abilities to become the deputy director of a local state-owned factory in M City.

Lin’s father, being the eldest son, took on the responsibility of prospering the Lin family, repeatedly missing many opportunities for promotion and salary increases. He stayed at the township police station as a small policeman just to be closer to support his younger brothers. At the same time, he shouldered the responsibility of taking care of the two old men.

The two old men had forsaken the bustling city life and chose to live in their old countryside house.

Second Uncle Lin was a technician at a heavy industry factory.

Third Uncle Lin was inherently good but ended up marrying a wife who only caused trouble. She schemed and caused him to lose his stable job, forcing him to move away from M City to work in S City.

Fourth Uncle Lin was a teacher at the town’s middle school.

Fifth Uncle Lin took over from Great Uncle Lin and became a construction engineer.

Not to mention, the children of Grandpa Lin’s siblings were all working in various fields. In critical times, their influence was beyond imagination.

For instance, Fourth Cousin Uncle Lin is currently the Deputy Director of the Finance Department in S City.

As for Yu Fengqing’s family?

Grandpa Lin was a clothing designer, and Grandma Lin was a doctor.

Aunt Lin followed in Grandma’s footsteps and also became a doctor.

Second Uncle was a battalion commander in the army.

Lin’s mother was a clerk at the township government.

Fourth Aunt was an accountant at a state-owned factory.

Fifth Uncle was a platoon leader in the navy.

If Lin Mengting had been a bit smarter in her past life, how could she not have used such connections to pave a smooth path for herself?

Talking about money?

Given Lin’s parents’ government jobs, they could have easily supported Lin Mengting through high school and college without any financial difficulties.

The root cause wasn’t just Third Uncle Lin’s wife, who schemed against the family to support her own family, but also Lin’s father being too honest and persistently shouldering the responsibility of taking care of his siblings.

For example, he supported his brothers’ education, sought favors, gave gifts to secure their jobs, and helped them get married and start families. Where did all that money come from? It was all from Lin’s father’s salary!

Even the troublemaking Third Aunt Lin frequently used Third Uncle’s connections to force Lin’s father into arranging jobs for her family, draining the family’s last bit of savings!

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“By the way, Mom, I just remembered something.” As Lin Mengting recalled this, an unusual look flashed in her eyes when she mentioned staying at Fourth Cousin Uncle’s house. She couldn’t help but ask, “Did you mention our relatives in S City to Uncle and Aunt Qin?”

“I think… I might have,” Yu Fengqing replied, not very sure, feeling a bit uneasy due to Lin Mengting’s suddenly serious tone.

“No wonder,” Lin Mengting scoffed, with both resentment for Qin Mei and Qin Dong’s scheming and regret for having trusted Qin Mei.

“No wonder they call me three or four times a day, even when I’m not around. They must be trying to curry favor with Fourth Uncle and Aunt under the guise of being my friends! After all, even though Fourth Uncle is from M City, he’s long settled in S City. Although he’s only the Deputy Director of the Finance Department in S City, in critical times, even if they don’t look at the monk, they have to look at the Buddha’s face. Today, Aunt even told me to keep my distance from Qin Mei and Qin Dong. I was confused at the time, but they must have said something inappropriate and offended Aunt. Serves them right!”

As she got excited, Lin Mengting didn’t hold back her complaints. “Do they think everyone is as naive as me, easily deceived? Idiots!”

Once Lin Mengting started venting, she couldn’t stop.