After dressing as a widow

When Gu Da was around, he was the little overlord in the village. If he got into trouble, Gu Da would take care of him, and he could get whatever he wanted with a groan.

But now the father who was good to him was lying on the ground, he was bullied by Zhou Tao and Ma Shi, and no one supported him, even calling him, he only dared to call him in his heart.

The incense was inserted from one end to the other, just in time to complete the place in front of the tombstone.

Gu Shuanzi picked up the paper money, tore them apart one by one and put them in the middle, the flames that sprang up quickly seemed to engulf his fingers like a snake.

The sickle in Lin Zhen's hand was very sharp, and the lush weeds fell down, and then he carried them to the side to form a pile. After cleaning up the surrounding area, he repaired the top of the tomb.

He kept his head down, as if he didn't see Gu Shuanzi's red eyes.

In the face of life and death, no matter how much you say, it will be pale. It is the most unmeasurable thing in everyone's heart.

A little half of the incense was burned, and the paper money was turned into ashes. When the firecrackers sounded, this year's grave visit was completely over.

Lin Zhen looked at Gu Shuanzi and said, "After going down the mountain, I will first ask the wife of the village chief to take care of the house as before. You and I will go back to Liyu Village, go to Zhou Tao and Mrs. Ma, and get your household registration and deposit. Bring back the banknotes of the money."

"By the way, where did they move these days? I went to Tianwan Village several times but couldn't find them."

Gu Shuanzi said: "A few months ago, Mrs. Gu brought her family to make trouble, so Mrs. Ma and Zhou Tao rented a house in the town."

"In the town?" Lin Zhen didn't expect Zhou Tao and Ma Shi to go to the town so neatly, and he didn't expect that he hadn't met them in half a year of doing business there.

He asked Gu Shuanzi: "I gave them four taels of silver, and you only have 13 taels of silver with you. This silver is not enough for them to live in the town for a long time..."

"Did they take you to Huiyin Bank to get the money?"

Gu Shuanzi said coldly, "I didn't go."

Lin Zhen: "Then how do they live in the town?"

Gu Shuanzi said: "Mr. Ma sold all the fields in the village, and got a total of more than 30 taels of silver. He rented a house in the town and started a small business at the same time."

Hearing this, Lin Zhen didn't know whether to say that Zhou Tao and Ma Shi had the guts or were blinded by something. In the town, they had to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation. How long can 40 taels of silver be used?

At that time, it will not be easy for them to go back to the village to live. All the land in their hands will be sold, and the northwest wind will not be able to drink.

It is conceivable that if Gu Shuanzi hadn't run out from there, what would the desperate Ma Shi and Zhou Tao do to him.

Lin Zhen put the basket on the ridge, and carried Gu Shuanzi in: "The downhill road is very difficult to carry, so don't sway in it."

Gu Shuanzi frowned, and just as he opened his mouth, Lin Zhen squatted down with his head pressed down: "If you still want your two feet and don't become a cripple in the future, just listen to me."

Due to the severe cold on his feet, layers of chilblains developed. The most serious little finger swelled several times its size.

Gu Shuanzi: "..."

The back basket is not big, and it is a bit crowded to squat in it, but it is also very comfortable to lean on the back.

He looked at the back of Lin Zhen's head and stopped moving.

The snow in the sky was getting bigger and bigger, and the downhill road was covered with snow, and it was slippery and thin to step on.

Lin Zhen was careful with every step, pulling the shrub branches on both sides of the path and sliding down slowly, a thin layer of sweat soon appeared on the back of his neck.

But Gu Shuanzi was young and thin, so he got down safely after all.

Back home, Lin Zhen followed what he said on the mountain, first packed up all the things at home, and then went to the village head's house to return the ox cart, and asked the village head's wife to continue watching the house for him, planning to return early while the weather was still Carp Village.

The distance from Liyu Village to Datianzi Village was far, and it was snowing, making it more difficult to walk than usual.

But Lin Zhen didn't like to procrastinate, so he went to Lan Da's mother's house to buy two old clothes, wrapped himself thickly, and put the other clothes in the back basket by the way, and then tucked the edge of the clothes into Gu On the embolus.

"Thank you, Aunt Lan, I'm taking Shuanzi home." Lin Zhen picked up the pannier that contained Gu Shuanzi, and waved to Aunt Lan.

Aunt Lan looked at Gu Shuanzi on his back and felt a pain in her shoulder. Such a child weighed at least a few dozen pounds.

She couldn't help but said to Gu Shuanzi who was in the basket: "Shuanzi, your father is good, please listen to your father's words from now on."

Gu Shuanzi nestled in the back basket without saying a word, just quietly looked at the back of Lin Zhen's head.

Lin Zhen smiled heartily: "Let's go, if you don't go, you won't be able to get there in the dark."

He didn't take Aunt Lan's words to heart, he had never really raised a child, and he didn't know how to get along with the child.

Anyway, he won't be short of Gu Shuanzi's food and drink, I'll talk about the rest later.

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Dozens of miles of mountain roads, from bright sky to gradually dark.

It gets dark earlier in snowy days than in summer, and it is much brighter when it is illuminated by snow alone.

Since the landmarks on the road were almost covered by snow, Lin Zhen didn't know where he had gone, so he just walked forward humming.

At the beginning, he was quite energetic, but he gritted his teeth every step of the way. When he finally saw the village of Liyu Village, his whole body looked like he had been fished out of the water, and the top of his head was steaming.

Lin Zhen didn't even have the strength to speak, his feet were trembling like he was sifting chaff, he walked towards the Lin's house with his neck choked, just outside the fence, Lin Xiaoyao, who was holding a pot of hot water and was about to pour it, saw him, Seeing that he was pale, but flushed again, he quickly put the basin and ran up.

"Brother!" Lin Xiaoyao reached out to pick up the pannier on his back.

Lin Zhen knew that he was strong, so he let him take it with a short body, and then sat down on the snow.

"The ground is very wet!" Lin Xiaoyao put the basket on the ground, and hurriedly called out to the people in the house, "Brother San is back!"

Wow, Father Lin, Adie Lin, two brothers, aunts, and a few younger ones all ran out. Seeing Lin Zhen who was sitting on the ground sweating, Adie Lin pushed the eldest daughter-in-law next to him: " Go make a bowl of sugar water! What's the matter, why are you so tired?"

Gu Shuanzi, who was tightly covered in the basket, trembled faintly, holding the clothes covering his head tightly with both hands.

Lin Zhen took the warm sugar water that Aunt Lin rushed over quickly, gulped it all, and sighed deeply. He patted his back basket, and said to the Lin family in the yard: "I found Shuan Zi, and I carried it back. .”

He pulled his clothes, and found that the clothes were pulled tightly by Gu Shuanzi. He was stunned, and leaned his face to the side of the basket: "This is my house, your grandpa, grandpa, and your uncles and aunts are in the yard, do you want to come out?" Say hello to them?"

Father Lin and Father Lin met Gu Shuanzi at Gu Da's funeral, he looked like a little wolf cub, why can't he come out now hiding in the basket?

Several people are a little puzzled.

Lin Zhen winked at them, and made a hissing gesture with his finger on his lips.

Lin's father, Lin's father, and the others stopped asking any questions, and just stood quietly.

After a while, the clothes covered in the basket were slowly removed, and Gu Shuanzi sat in the basket with his head hanging down. Lin Zhen combed his dry hair into two small bags and tied it on his head, revealing his extremely thin face. And the horrible bruises on it.

His eyes were drooping, his eyelashes trembling.

The Lin family's eyebrows frowned all of a sudden. They have many children in their family. No matter how hard life was, they never treated their children badly, let alone left such marks on their children.

The child lived with his uncle and aunt before, and the couple...

Lin Zhen didn't seem to notice the pity and distress that everyone in the Lin family felt for Gu Shuanzi, so he took him out of the basket and said to Father Lin, "He has severe frostbite on his feet, and he can't walk these days. Father, look at the house. Whose feet are similar to his, put more cotton in the shoes."

Father Lin nodded again and again: "Okay." He glanced at Gu Shuanzi's feet and said, "Shuanzi has a big frame, I'm afraid he has to wear the fourth brother's."

Lin Xiaoyao immediately said: "I just made a new pair of shoes a few days ago and gave them to Shuanzi to wear."

The Lin family is also tall in the village, and none of them are short.

But Gu Shuanzi was even more so. He was only eight years old, and his feet showed that he would not be short in the future.

Lin Zhen said: "Okay, I'll buy you a new pair after the embolism is ready."

"Brother, what are you talking about? He is your... son, isn't he also my nephew, what's the big deal about a pair of shoes."

"You can't say that," Lin Zhen hugged Gu Shuanzi, "We, father and son, live here as guests, so we can't be so casual, lest we develop bad habits."

"Okay, okay, buy it if you want, I can't say no to you."

The Lin family only had these two rooms, and because of doing business these days, they collected a lot of things, and the room was even more full.

As soon as Gu Shuanzi came in, he realized that this place was different from his home and Zhou Tao Ma's house. This place was too narrow, so narrow that it was difficult to fit him.

He lowered his eyes, thinking aimlessly where he would be called to sleep.

Lin Zhen put Gu Shuanzi on the chair next to the fire pit, Father Lin and sister-in-law Lin hurriedly brought out the dinner and dishes for tonight.

Lin Zhen looked at the two bowls of sorghum rice mixed with white rice, raised his head and said, "Father, Shuanzi has a weak spleen and stomach, and he has to eat something that is easy to digest. You can cook a bowl of poached eggs."

Suddenly, he remembered the things in the back basket, and asked Lin Xiaoyao to bring the back basket, and took out the well-packed medicine and ginseng slices: "This is his medicine, and I will fry it later. Put three medicines in a bag." A bowl of water, fry until there is only one bowl of water left."

"Also, this is ginseng slices. I will also take another small pot later. It is fried in the same way as the medicine. I will also drink it tonight."

Father Lin felt sorry for Gu Shuanzi's grandson, but he was afraid of the light and the heavy at the same time, which made Gu Shuanzi feel uncomfortable, so he didn't say anything at all.

Lin Zhenyi said that Gu Shuanzi wanted to eat poached eggs and drink medicine, and without a word, he handed over the work in hand to Mrs. Lin's sister-in-law, and asked Lin's father to burn the stove hole over there.