Lin Yilong and Katie did not stay at Katie's house, but sought romance in a family hotel in Cardiff Bay. On Sunday morning, I accompanied Katie to a nearby supermarket for shopping, and then returned to the center of Cardiff by train. The Yeon sisters worship in the Rose Orthodox Church in Cardiff. He met not only the Ye'ang sisters but also the Ye'ang couple at the door.
In addition to visiting his daughters in Wales, Mr. Yeon came here for the last reexamination two years after the operation. If recurrence and spread are not detected in the next three years - the so-called clinical "cancer cure" - there are still many years of life expectancy to live. This kind of post-operative reexamination is not to choose a hospital for surgery, but to find a hospital with qualifications and equipment. Since there are excellent conditions created for them by the Yeon sisters, it is impossible not to use them.
After suffering from cancer, the church has become the spiritual sustenance of the Yeon family. The misfortunes of Nadia, Vera and Mr. Yeon have been seen as the challenges set by fate for the family - in their view, the suffering of life has passed and everything is beginning to improve.
"You're back!" Nadia saw Lin Yilong at the gate of the meeting and greeted him with a smile. However, because of some obvious feelings, I can't fly to his side like before.
"I'm back," said Lin Yilong, and then cautiously greeted the Ye'ang couple. "Welcome, father-in-law."
There is no such word as "father-in-law" in English, but there is such a word in Russian, so Lin Yilong can't call Mr. Yeon's nickname "Sasha" according to the British custom, but calls Mr. Yeon with the proprietary title "тестж".
"You are very busy," Mr. Yeon said meaningfully.
"Well, there are some trivial matters." Lin Yilong replied, deliberately avoiding the implication of Mr. Yeon. "Since we are all in Cardiff, I know there is a very good barbecue lunch nearby, if you like..."
"Let's go home and prepare roast beef," Nadia countered. "And Yorkshire patches, potatoes and vegetables."
"Go home then." Lin Yilong smiled, and then found that the layout of Nadia and Vera's scooter was only enough for two people, so they had to take the train back to Bleken Forest Farm embarrassed.
When Lin Yilong finally arrived, everything was ready in the garden - meat, vegetables, potatoes and Yorkshire pudding with gravy had been placed on the plate; Even Lin's father and mother, knowing the news of Lin Yilong's return, appeared at the table; Just wait for him to take his seat.
Lin Yilong picked up the big cup with dark brown Gevas and filled it with water. "Best wishes for everything."
After dinner, Nadia and Vera are cleaning up in the kitchen. Mrs. Yeon and Mrs. Lin go for a walk in the garden. Mr. Yeon falls down on the couch to bask in the sun. Lin's father and Lin Yilong are talking about the arrangements for Uncle Lin Yilong's trip to England in the study, and then they go to the relatives.
"You know, your Uncle Yingjie has a miserable life in North America," said Father Lin. "In Edmonton, you can't even burn a boiler in winter."
"What?" Lin Yilong shouted, "How did they survive?"
Edmonton is located in Alberta. The average temperature in winter ranges from minus 13 to minus 30 degrees. If the boiler is not turned on, people stay indoors like ice cellars. If the average temperature in South Wales in winter is about four degrees centigrade above zero, it is hard not to turn on the boiler, then Edmonton's failure to turn on the heating is almost suicidal.
"In winter, wear cotton padded trousers under the warm quilt, which can maintain body temperature." Lin Fu explained.
"What are you still doing there?" Lin Yilong asked. "They won't get to that point, will they?"
The "Yingjie Uncle" they talked about was Lin Fu's cousin, the first group of immigrants to western developed countries at the end of the 1990s. The rumor mixed well. Even when Lin Yilong studied in the UK, it was rumored that this was the case. However, after Lin's father slowly got the impression of western life in the UK for half a year, he slowly learned what the life situation of Uncle Yingjie was like in Alberta.
Similarly, after graduating from college, Lin's father and mother said that although they were a little ordinary in China, they could not only ensure that Lin Yilong could go abroad to study, but also save a modest but reasonable family background. In the worst of times, it was not necessary to wear thick cotton clothes and pants wrapped in thermal insulation quilts in winter.
"I remember, didn't it say that Alberta has relief funds?" Lin Yilong asked. "It's so bad that I can't even apply for relief funds."
"They will not. If you apply for relief, everything will be discounted in half." Lin Fu said, "because they receive relief, it is difficult to apply on some issues: the bank will not approve your loan application, the immigration office will not accept your immigration guarantee for your relatives, and the rent will not be good...... If you, will you accept it?"
"It's hard to say. If I were to get to that point, I wouldn't have asked for relief." Lin Yilong heard about this and thought it was normal. No matter how poor it is to get relief, it is much better than being declared bankrupt by creditors. The former has at least a time limit, and the impact of bankruptcy has no time limit until the day of death. Legal practitioners like Lin Yilong and Katie, and immigrants like Lin Yilong and Yeon sisters who have never obtained permanent residence status are the most important, "It's hard because I could apply for permanent residence at that time. I really couldn't stay in the immigration prison and then return to work."
"They don't have the courage!" Father Lin retorted. "If they really come back, there is nothing in China. Don't people point at their spines?"
"It's really sad. If you don't go abroad and work steadily in China, you can become a professor in my uncle's university now." Lin Yilong commented, "Opportunity is really a wonderful thing."
"If you can... forget it, I shouldn't mention it." Father Lin swallowed it back after half saying it.
"To change the subject, I was just about to ask Dad how you think Nadia and Vera's father are." Lin Yilong asked.
"You mean Alexander?" Lin Fu hesitated. "If I can be a teacher in a university in Moscow, I think my level will not be poor."
"What about the fact?"
"Actually, I didn't know that I had been away from teaching and sitting in the office for many years." Father Lin asked doubtfully, "What do you want to do?"
"Nadia and Vera have always wanted to keep their father in the UK and want to find me as a guarantor." Lin Yilong replied, "If you want to return to academia, I can write a recommendation letter for you to find a position in the technical department of Talbot iron making."