After dressing as a widow

Lin Zhen walked over to a row of heads, and took out a red bracelet wearing a silver melon seed bracelet from the sleeve bag, and asked the youngest child of Brother Lin's family, Tie Dan'er, to hold out his hand in order from childhood to adult.

"Du Da," Tie Dan said with a pouted mouth. In order to speak clearly, the saliva popped out. His face was plump, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked very cute.

Lin Zhen tugged at his little fat face, and tied the red rope to his hand: "Smooth and smooth, safe and sound."

"Wash and wash~" Tie Dan really likes my aunt, my aunt will cook a lot of delicious food, and even make small toys for them, and everyone in the family listens to my aunt, and my aunt is the most prestigious person.

Next came Lin's second brother's youngest son, Huaixiang, Xingxiang and Chunxiang, and Lin Zhuzi and his brothers.

Lin Zhen tightened the red rope around Gu Shuanzi's wrist, and fiddled with the silver melon seeds on it: "In the new year, there must be a new atmosphere, smooth and safe, safe and sound."

"Smooth and smooth, safe and sound." Gu Shuanzi looked at the red string on his wrist and said in a low voice.

This year the Lin family had a bumper harvest, and besides paying taxes, there was still a lot of grain left.

Coupled with the money earned from doing business with Lin Zhen, this year's New Year's Eve dinner table not only has chickens and ducks, but also a fish that is rarely seen around. Father Lin bought it specially, so it must be a good sign that there will be fish every year.

After the Chinese New Year, only the second day of junior high school, Lin Zhen took Lin Xiaoyao to continue the Mala Tang business.

He got up early that day, quickly braided his hair into a ball, tied it up with a wooden hairpin, yawned and left the room.

Outside, Lin Xiaoyao, sister-in-law Lin, and elder brother Lin are already busy, putting things on the trolley, clay pots for soup base, wooden buckets for strings, and the wooden box for copper coins.

Seeing Lin Zhen, Lin Xiaoyao said: "The road must still be a bit slippery. Eldest brother and second elder brother will discuss it, and both of them will go, so as to avoid any mistakes on the road."

Now there are no cement roads, all mud roads, the road under the rain is like a paddy field, one foot deep and one foot shallow, it all depends on luck.

Lin Zhen knew what was going on inside, and nodded: "Okay, by the way, take more bamboo tubes and sticks today, and get more skewers for wearing. I haven't been there for so long, and the business will definitely be better."

Lin Xiaoyao also felt that her Ma La Tang was selling so well before, those old customers must miss it after a long time, and walked briskly to get things from the house.

When Lin Zhen packed up, ate a bowl of noodles, and was about to set off, Gu Shuanzi, who was sleeping in the cabin, suddenly opened the door and came out with all his clothes neatly on his body. He seemed to have woken up for a long time.

He said, "I want to go with you."

He looked at Lin Zhen and said.

Although he can speak some words now, most of the time he only talks to Lin Zhen and is very cold to others.

Lin Zhen wished for him to go, at least not to stay at home like a mud bodhisattva: "Go if you want, but you have to follow along to work."

"Yeah." Gu Shuanzi nodded, turned around and went back to the room to change into a thicker cotton robe.

Lin Zhen supported the cart and said to him, "Let's go."

They are all on the road they are used to, and there are two big men, Brother Lin and Brother Lin, who are not afraid.

When they arrived in the town, they found a place to wipe off the muddy water on their shoes before pushing the cart to Zhazi Street.

As soon as the trolley was set up, the shopkeeper from the nearby shop trotted up: "Amitabha, you guys are here to do business, you miss me so much."

"Ten skewers of chicken, ten skewers of pork, five skewers of mushrooms, five skewers of bamboo shoots, and five skewers of radishes. Add some more soup, and I'll take it back to make noodles."

The shopkeeper is a regular customer, and Lin Zhen had to open his first business.

He put on a clean apron, put the things the shopkeeper asked for into the spicy soup base, scalded them at different times, put them in a big bamboo tube, and added two spoonfuls of hot soup: " Uncle, take it well and come back after eating, because you are the first customer at the beginning of the year, and I will give you an extra bunch."

"Oh, that's a good relationship." The shopkeeper did not lack these strings of silver, but he was extremely comfortable.

He was just about to pick up a bunch to satisfy his cravings, when the fat body of his old nemesis appeared at the corner of the street, scaring him, clutching the bamboo tube, and running back to the shop like flying.

The fat shopkeeper looked at his back and snorted, and asked Lin Zhen: "What did he want, give me one too."

Lin Zhen, the shopkeeper of the two enemies, had fun watching it once, and said, "Ten skewers of chicken, ten skewers of pork, five skewers of mushrooms, five skewers of bamboo shoots, and five skewers of radishes."

"Did he ask for extra soup and take it back to mix the noodles?" The fat shopkeeper was like a roundworm in the shopkeeper's heart, and he was sure of what he said.

Lin Zhen smiled and said, "Yes, the shopkeeper will take it back to mix the noodles."

"Then ask me for some more soup." The weather is cold, and the fat shopkeeper wears a lot of clothes, making him look more chubby. From a distance, it looks like a ball, which is the most blessed appearance of people nowadays.

Lin Zhen ironed a set that was exactly the same as the shopkeeper who had just left, and also sent an extra bunch of each.

The fat shopkeeper took Malatang and patted the door of the shop next door: "Open the door, open the door, don't stay silent inside, cook me a bowl of noodles."

His body is round and round, and his hands stretch out like a ball with human hands, and it makes people laugh when they look at it.

After receiving two old customers, the front of the trolley was soon filled with other diners who also liked the same food. Those with more money wanted seven or eight boats and ten skewers, and those with less money asked for five or six skewers.

There are also children who just got lucky money, and they also buy them in bunches.

But these one or two strings, Lin Zhen told them first, not to send bamboo tubes.

Several people were very busy, and Gu Shuanzi was also handing over bamboo tubes.

On the first day of the new year, the business went very smoothly, and all the things I brought were sold out before four o'clock in the afternoon. Because the soup bases sold today were boiled with spices left over from years ago, Lin Zhen and Brother Lin, Brother Lin, After saying that, he took Lin Xiaoyao and Gu Shuanzi to the pharmacy to buy spices.

The town has been very lively these past few days, there are stalls set up by hawkers everywhere, and the sound of hawking is endless.

Especially those things that can attract children are simply dazzling.

The only child among the three, Gu Shuanzi, was not interested in these things at all, and just stood behind Lin Zhen silently, helping him with the things he bought from time to time.

Suddenly, when passing by a bookstore, Lin Zhen patted his forehead. His memory, he said before that he would let Gu Shuanzi go to school to study, but he forgot all about it when he got busy.

He turned around and looked at Gu Shuanzi, and said, "I've thought about it for a while, and I think I should send you to school for two years. First, you can learn a few words so that you can live and earn a living in the future. Second, you have seen it too. After the Chinese New Year, I will be busy with business, and I don’t have much time to spend with you at home, so you can at least make a lot of friends when you go to school, what do you think?”

The bruises on Gu Shuanzi's face were completely gone, and his hair was tied into two buns, revealing a complete face.

The face is neither feminine nor feminine, with dark eyebrows, a high and straight nose, and slightly thin lips.It makes people know that it is a handsome face at a glance.

It is also Lin Zhen's favorite appearance. He has always felt that this face of his is outrageous and a bit too bewitching.

Gu Shuanzi looked at him: "You want me to go to school?"

"A person will encounter many things in his life, many people, different things and different people need different ways to deal with them. If you want to go further and have a more relaxed life in the future, go to school now and learn more from books. It is very necessary."

"Okay, I'll go." Gu Shuanzi said, and he quickly answered, "I will pay you back the money later."

"By the way, buy some things for reading today." The bookstore is next to it, and Lin Zhen took Lin Xiaoyao and Gu Shuanzi in, and after entering, he smelled something neither good nor bad. There are books one after another on several tall and long shelves, and pens, inks, papers and inkstones are placed on the other side.

A young scholar in average attire was putting two copied books on the counter, and went to the shopkeeper to look through the books, and said: "The handwriting is not particularly neat, and the two books total forty yuan."

"Thank you, shopkeeper." The young scholar took the money and left, taking two blank books and two books with him before leaving.

Only then did the shopkeeper unhurriedly look at Lin Zhen and the three who were carrying a basket on their backs and who had no taste of books: "What do you guys want to buy?"

Lin Zhendao: "I plan to send my child to school for enlightenment. May I ask what is suitable for me to buy?"

"For Kaimeng, the thousand-character text is enough, and then buy two knives of paper, a pen, an inkstone and a piece of ink."

While talking, the shopkeeper moved the abacus on the counter, raised his head and said to Lin Zhen, "It's five taels of silver in total."

hiss~

Even though he was prepared to spend a lot of money with a scholar in ancient times, Lin Zhen couldn't help but feel in his heart that it was really difficult for a poor family to have a precious son.

But just this basic thing can stump 90.00% of the farmers.

Moreover, pens, inks, papers and inkstones are still consumables, and they will have to be bought again soon.

But he quickly took out the money: "Please wrap it up, the shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows. He has opened this shop for many years, and from the clothes of Lin Zhen and the three of them, he knew that their family background was not rich.

He couldn't help but look at the child who was going to study, and thought to himself, he wondered how long this family could support this kid to study.

Moreover, this kid doesn't look too young, and he doesn't have much advantage compared to those kids who have been enlightened at the age of four or five and are now familiar with the Three-Character Classic.

If you are lucky enough to be admitted to Tongsheng and become a scholar, I am afraid that the ancestral grave will be smoked.

He wrapped the books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and handed them to Lin Zhen: "We have all kinds of classics and books in our store, if you need them in the future, feel free to read them."

"Yes, I will patronize you often in the future." When this little paper is enough, I can't come here often.

Lin Zhen took the things wrapped in oil paper to Gu Shuanzi, and asked him to put them in the basket, and keep a little distance from the spices, so as not to be contaminated with the smell.