After dressing as a widow

The two walked towards the carpenter's house in the village one after the other, Lin Zhen was carrying the plank in front, and Gu Shuanzi was walking on two short legs behind.

When the aunt in the vegetable field at the door saw Lin Zhen and his son coming out, she straightened up and said hello enthusiastically: "Brother Zhen, are you going there with the plug, it's going to rain heavily in the sky, be careful."

Lin Zhen replied: "I want to take these two pieces of wood to find Mr. Ma to smooth them out, and I'll be back soon, so they won't get caught in the rain."

"Then you have to go quickly. When I came over there just now, I happened to meet Ma Carpenter's daughter-in-law and said that she was going to do something in the neighboring village."

"Thank you, Auntie." Lin Zhen quickened his pace and turned around to call Gu Shuanzi, "Come on."

Carpenter Ma's family lives in the middle of the village. Because of this craft, their life is better than most other families in the village. No, the house they live in has three rooms, and the walls are not made of mud and straw. It's made of stone.

When Lin Zhen took Gu Shuanzi there, a woman was feeding the chopped pig grass to a dozen chickens in the side room. Seeing him, the woman quickly put down the pig grass and wiped her hands on the hem of her clothes: "Yes. Brother, come in and sit down!"

The woman had a round face, her skin was considered fair in the village, and she looked very amiable.

Lin Zhen put down the wooden plank on his shoulders: "Hello, Auntie, is Uncle Ma at home?"

"It's a coincidence that you came here. If it's a little later, he's going to go out to watch work." The woman opened the courtyard door, led Lin Zhen into the house, and shouted, "Boss, brother Lin is here to look for you."

"Here we come." The cloth curtain hanging in the left wing was lifted by a thick hand, and a middle-aged man with a rough appearance and a medium build came out.

Lin Zhen nodded slightly: "Uncle Ma."

"I would like to ask you to help me polish these two boards as smooth as possible, and then order a table and a chair to match the table. This is what I want."

Lin Zhen gestured to Carpenter Ma. He described it according to the desks used in modern schools. It is simple, there is a desk, and the chairs are folded considering that the cabin is very narrow.

Carpenter Ma learned his craft in Fucheng, and the things he makes can satisfy people around. At first, when Lin Zhen said that he wanted to make such a table, he thought it was too simple, but when Lin Zhen showed him a folding chair He was a little confused, with a little confusion on his face: "Brother Zhen, how did you stack up the chair you mentioned?"

Folding chairs and tables are very common in modern times, whether they are in business or in residents’ homes. Lin Zhen doesn’t know if they existed in ancient times, maybe there were, but Carpenter Ma didn’t learn it.

He explained the folded structure to Carpenter Ma, and drew it with his fingers on the wall next to him while talking. Carpenter Ma had done the work for many years, and Lin Zhen had drawn it, so he soon understood the principle inside. One eye was shining brightly: "Brother Lin is really ingenious, it is convenient and convenient to distribute chairs without taking up space!"

Lin Zhen waved his hands again and again: "I didn't think of it, I also saw it in other places and copied it from others."

"Hey." Carpenter Ma smiled and said nothing. From the composting incident, he felt that the real brother of the Lin family was an overly modest and good person. He naturally felt that this chair must be Lin Zhen's idea, but he was afraid of being tired by the statement. Say it's someone else's idea.

He didn't poke it, but said to Lin Zhen: "It doesn't take much effort for this table, it can be finished in one day, but I need to study carefully for the chair, it will take more time."

"It's okay, Uncle Ma, when will you finish it and I will come and get it."

"In addition to polishing these two boards, uncle, how much silver do you think it will cost?"

Carpenter Ma said: "The table and the chairs will add up to one tael or two of silver. I will provide the materials here. As for the polishing of the two wooden boards, there is no need for silver. It is a convenient job."

Lin Zhen could see that Carpenter Ma and his wife were the kind of people who were easy to get along with, so he didn't hesitate as soon as he said it, and said, "That's all right, just follow what uncle said, one tael or two silver."

As he spoke, he took money into his purse.

Carpenter Ma hurriedly said: "I'm not afraid that you will be fooled by me from the village. I will give it to you when the things are ready. If there is something that I am not satisfied with, I will change it."

After finishing speaking, Carpenter Ma took the two boards in his hand and took them into the house, and soon there was the sound of planing wood.

Aunt Ma smiled and said to Lin Zhen: "He has such a temperament, he has to do any work immediately, otherwise he will feel uncomfortable all over."

"Brother Zhen, sit and play for a while, and I will pour water for you."

Lin Zhen looked at the dark sky outside, and quickly waved his hands: "Don't bother me, auntie, it's going to rain heavily this day outside, so I'm leaving now."

Aunt Ma looked at the sky, "It looks a little scary, so I won't keep you here, lest you get caught in the rain on the road."

"Well, Auntie, I'm leaving." The clouds in the sky were dark and low, covering the whole village like a thick quilt.

Lin Zhen took Gu Shuanzi away from Carpenter Ma's house quickly, and just as he and Gu Shuanzi ran to the junction of the upper and lower parts of the village, a young man suddenly called him: "Brother Zhen."

Lin Zhen stopped in his tracks, looked at the boy, and searched his head to find out who this person was.

Li Jiu, who was planning to make a pair with Lin Xiaoyao, was a little puzzled, not knowing why Li Jiu called him.

But it is impolite to ignore others, Lin Zhen asked: "What's the matter?"

He was a little out of breath from running, and his white face was blushing, like a peach that had just turned red, tender and beautiful.

Li Jiu has never seen such a good-looking person, and he likes Lin Zhen so much that he wants to make love with Lin Zhen and have many children.

He stammered, and the blue veins on his neck were bulging with excitement: "I, I just want to talk to you."

"..." The brain is sick.

Lin Zhen sighed: "It's okay, I'll go first."

He is a widow with a dead husband, and Li Jiu, who is not yet married, talks to him inexplicably. In a few days, some rumors will probably spread.

Fortunately, now that the Lin family has gained a firm foothold with the compost, others will not spread too much about it, otherwise a bunch of words will annoy people to death.

Just as Lin Zhen took a step, Li Jiu called him again, and stuffed the things in his hand in front of him like sending dynamite: "I went to the town to buy this specially, I don't like Xiaoyao, I, I like it." -"

"Crack!" Gu Shuanzi, who rarely spoke next to Lin Zhen, suddenly reached out and opened his hand, "My aunt doesn't like you either."

The thing in Li Jiu's hand fell to the ground, and the thing wrapped in the handkerchief rolled out. It was a peach-blossom silver hairpin, which was well-made, and it couldn't come down without three or five taels of silver.

Gu Shuanzi's eyes turned cold, he thought of the scene when Gu Da died, he went out to go to the toilet by himself, and saw Lin Zhen discussing with a man and running away with Gu's family's wealth.

He knew that Lin Zhen was a good-looking stepfather, and every time he wandered around the village after marrying Gu Da, he would attract a lot of explicit or covert eyes.

At that time, Lin Zhen seemed to enjoy these gazes very much, he put on makeup more vigorously, and went out in bright clothes.

He didn't tell Gu Da, but Gu Da also knew.

It's just that Gu Da didn't care, there was no one more promising than him in the village, Lin Zhen wouldn't abandon him and go with others.

And when Gu Day died, those eyes became more straightforward, so straightforward that they never covered up in front of Gu Shuanzi, which made Gu Shuanzi nauseous.

But suddenly Lin Zhen changed, and became completely different from the past.

Gu Shuanzi looked at the peach-blossom silver hairpin, and moved his eyes to Lin Zhen.

He saw Lin Zhen sneering and raised the corners of his lips, raised his round eyes, and said to Li Jiu, "Why, do you think you are some kind of peerless sweet pastry, and everyone wants to go up and take a bite?"

"You still say you don't like Xiaoyao?"

"Xiao Yaoke never mentioned you in front of me, do you know why? Because I don't know who you are at all."

Lin Zhen was too lazy to argue with this person, so he called Gu Shuanzi and left.

Li Jiu, who stayed where he was, had his heart broken into eight petals, and he was stunned for a long time to pick up the peach blossom silver hairpin on the ground.

He didn't know why Lin Zhen was so angry, what he said was sincere.

And he also said that Lin Xiaoyao never mentioned himself in front of him, but his mother said that the Lin family had agreed to the marriage, so how could Lin Xiaoyao never mention herself.

Yes, Lin Xiaoyao must have guessed that she likes Lin Zhen and doesn't want them to be together.

Maybe he still speaks ill of himself in front of Lin Zhen, so that Lin Zhen has a bad impression of him.

Li Jiu's head is full of Lin Zhen's face and figure, his mind is like a demon, he is full of thoughts that he must never marry Lin Xiaoyao, but must marry Lin Zhen.

It started to rain halfway through the run, Lin Zhen and Gu Shuanzi were still drenched in the rain, their clothes and hair were dripping with water.

Father Lin and the others who had already come back saw the two of them were drenched, so they hurriedly asked them to change their clothes.

Lin Zhen's lips turned white from the cold, and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay, change it right away."

He suddenly turned around and knelt down to hug Gu Shuanzi's ear and said, "Don't tell your family what happened just now, it will be bad for your little aunt if it spreads."

A brother, who was told that he didn't like it in front of others, spread out that others would only gossip about Lin Xiaoyao.

Labels such as dark skin and light pregnancy moles will definitely be repeated over and over again, but Lin Xiaoyao is the one who suffers the most.

Fortunately for Lin, Lin Xiaoyao has her own ideas, and Aunt Lin is not the kind of elder who doesn't consider the child's ideas, and did not marry Li's family blindly.

Look at what Li Jiu is like today, he is definitely not a good man.

Gu Shuanzi nodded: "I know."

Lin Zhen patted his head: "Hurry up and change your clothes, I'll let your grandma cook some ginger soup to dispel the cold, don't catch the cold."

"Hmm." Up to now, Lin Zhen is the only one in the entire Lin family who can touch him. Even Lin Zhuzi who plays well with him will sometimes overreact if he accidentally touches him.

Feeling the force on his head, Gu Shuanzi turned around and went to his cabin.