After dressing as a widow

When eating, the family knew that Lin Zhen had made the table and chairs for Gu Shuanzi. Now Lin Zhuzi was inexplicably in awe of Gu Shuanzi, who was a good reader. He heard that the table and chairs were specially made for Gu Shuanzi. He was reading with sweat on his forehead.

He doesn't want a table and chair, his one is fine.

Both Lin Xiaoyao and Lin Huaihua knew that Lin Zhen made it specially for Gu Shuanzi, so they couldn't understand why he had ideas that I didn't.

In this season, the vegetable field is bare and there are no vegetables, but the wild vegetables in the woods are tender and tender. Tonight, the Lin family cooked a large pot of wild vegetables. The taste is slightly bitter, and it is very good to eat with dogwood.

There is also a pot of pork head meat, pig fat intestines, and pork belly at the bottom of the spicy pot.

After Lin Zhen's development, pork head meat has become a meat dish that often appears on the Lin family's dinner table. It is not only cheap, but also large in quantity, enough for the whole family to eat.

And the family has a bit of a foundation, Father Lin and Father Lin will cut some pork belly back, and the oil in their stomachs will skyrocket.

After dinner, Chunxiang, Xingxiang, Huaixiang and Lin Xiaoyao collected and washed the dishes, and the adults sat under the eaves with stools after a busy day, chatting about their daily routine.

Lin Zhen was afraid of the heat, so he deliberately moved the stool to the yard. He was thinking about the money he had earned these days.

From the Chinese New Year to the present, there are probably more than 50 taels. Adding what Carpenter Ma gave today, it is 60 taels, which is still short of the money to buy a shop.

But he changed his mind. If he bought a shop, he would not have much money in his hands. If something happened to him, he might not be able to adapt.

It's better to rent one directly, and buy it when you have more money in hand.

In this way, he must rent one that can live in, preferably one that can do business in the front and one or two rooms in the back.

And Gu Shuanzi is going to the town to go to school, for the convenience of going to school, he must live with him, and Xiaoyao, a capable assistant, must be brought with him...

Maybe it's because I've been a little tired recently, Lin Zhen felt drowsy just thinking about it.

Suddenly, just when he was about to close his eyes and take a nap, a hand reached out to his ear.

He grabbed it subconsciously, only to find it was Gu Shuanzi when he turned around, "What's wrong?"

Gu Shuanzi opened his hand to show him the mosquito that had been crushed to death.

Lin Zhen was most afraid of these little bugs, they were so itchy, he couldn't help but scratched his ears: "There are such things this day, I don't remember having them last year."

"The weather will be hotter this year." Gu Shuanzi threw the mosquito away.

Lin Zhen was so busy at this time last year that he really didn't have such a careful thought. He stomped on the mosquito thrown by Gu Shuanzi until the mosquito and the soil became one.

He recalled what he had thought about just now, and felt that the family members should be vaccinated in advance, turned his chair around, and faced Lin Adie, Father Lin, Brother Lin, Brother Lin, Sister-in-law Lin, and Ersao Lin under the eaves: "Ah Father, dad, didn't I want to save enough money to buy a shop in the town, but because of not enough money, this matter was delayed."

"But I thought about it just now. In fact, I don't need to buy a shop so quickly. It's the same if I rent a shop first. And there is a fixed place, and you can open earlier and close later, so you have more time to make money in a day."

The Lin family knew beforehand that Lin Zhen wanted to buy a shop in the town, so there was nothing to question.

And Lin Zhen didn't mention it these days, and they also guessed that it was because there was not enough money to buy Gu Shuanzi's medicine to buy a shop.

Lin Adie, who cared most about him, asked: "Then do you have enough money on your body? I don't have enough money here."

"Enough is enough, renting a shop is enough." Lin Zhen can't really ask for old money. Although Lin's elder brother and Lin's second brother have not handed in the money they earned, but the Lin family is not divided, I am afraid that there will be some talk in the future. .

He said: "I've asked this before. If you only rent and don't buy, the monthly rent is about two taels of silver. It's still in a good section like Chazi Street. Other streets are cheaper."

No matter what, it is just a town, and the consumption level is incomparable to those places in Fucheng.

"I've thought about it, Zuo Shuanzi will go to the town to study in two months, and it will be convenient for him to rent a shop." Lin Zhen looked at Lin Xiaoyao, who was in a daze, "When the time comes, let Xiaoyao also go to school." Follow me, he has been working with me for more than a year in Mala Tang, and he knows all the procedures inside, so I won’t be overwhelmed.”

"In addition, the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are still the same as before. They help me collect dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, radishes and cabbage here. After harvesting, they will be washed and threaded into skewers, and sent to the town by the eldest brother and the second brother. The wages are still the same as before."

Last year, relying on sorghum and buckwheat, the Lin family became a family that did not need to go hungry and had surplus food in the autumn harvest.

But Yin Zi's big head still received the goods for him to wear strings, and Brother Lin and Brother Lin took turns to send him to the town.

Hearing that he was going to rent a shop in the town and only took Xiaoyao there, Mrs. Lin felt a little nervous, thinking that Brother Lin's share of wages was gone.

It wasn't until Lin Zhen said that he was still receiving the goods and sending them to him in the town as before, that he didn't feel relieved.

As for Zhao Xiu, she didn't want to, she didn't have any thoughts at all, as long as she could eat enough, she would not leave any traces in her heart.

And Lin Xiaoyao was so happy that she flew into the sky, couldn't help but jumped up from the stool, and hugged Lin Zhen's arm fiercely: "Brother, when are we going to town!"

"Let's wait until this month is over, the thousand-character prose to teach you is still a little short, and the shop has not yet been finalized."

"Okay, okay." Lin Xiaoyao has long been Lin Zhen's most loyal follower, as long as it is what Lin Zhen says, he feels good.

Hearing that he had thought everything over, the others naturally had no objections, and Lin Zhen didn't go to the town for more than half a month, so he still had time to say something.

It was late at night, and the young and old washed their faces and feet and went to bed.

Lin Zhenzhen was standing under the eaves pouring water for washing his feet, when Mrs. Lin suddenly came up behind him and called him to stop.

Lin Zhen knew that Mrs. Lin was quite successful, but she put the basin in the corner and asked Mrs. Lin, "Sister-in-law, what can you do for me?"

Aunt Lin took a look and dragged Lin Zhen to the yard: "Brother Zhen, I know it's a bit bad for me to say this, but..."

"Sister-in-law, just say what you have to say, we are all one family, don't speak two languages."

Aunt Lin looked at him, gritted her teeth and said, "That's right, I thought Xiaoyao also went to town with you, so can my Zhuzi follow you too."

She was afraid that Lin Zhen would not agree, so she hurriedly said: "That kid Zhuzi is still young and can't do anything, you don't need to pay him, just ask him to learn some skills from you."

Sister-in-law Lin was still a little apprehensive. From what Lin Zhen did and said after she came back, she knew that her sister-in-law was not a simple one, and her little thoughts were not enough in front of him.

But she also really wants to find a way out for her children, what can she do in the village, she is so busy all year round, it is still the few taels of silver, after paying the food tax and eating, there is not much left, In bad times, life is even more difficult.

After Lin Zhen's influence over the past year, Mrs. Lin understood that people can't just die in one place, they have to go out to earn money.

Lin Zhen didn't expect Mrs. Lin to talk about this matter. He asked Mrs. Lin: "Sister-in-law, you came to tell me this alone, or you discussed it with elder brother."

Sister Lin lowered her head: "Your eldest brother doesn't know, if he knows, he will definitely not be sure."

"He's afraid to trouble you."

"It's not a troublesome thing, sister-in-law, when I was able to take Xiaoyao to do business and run around the town, I didn't think the child was troublesome."

"It's just that kid Zhuzi, maybe he doesn't want to." Lin Zhen taught them to read, and spent more time with these little ones, and he saw something over time.

When Lin Zhuzi didn't have the right to choose, he followed what Sister-in-law Lin said, farming the land honestly, thinking that he would be able to eat enough and not hungry.

But as the life of the Lin family got better and he didn't have to struggle with food and clothing every day, he had his own ideas.

When he went out this afternoon, he happened to see him squatting in the yard looking at the folding chair of Gu Shuanzi in the cabin, and the things in his eyes were different from usual.

Mrs. Lin thought it was Lin Zhen's evasion, and said anxiously: "Is there anything the child doesn't want to do? You can eat Mala Tang every day, and you teach him how to do things. There is nothing better than this!"

"Sister-in-law," Lin Zhen told her to calm down, not to be so excited, "Whoever said that children don't have their own ideas, I think Shuanzi is very interested in woodwork, you can ask him, if he wants to learn, I and The carpenter Ma in the village has some kind of friendship, let him go there as an apprentice and learn some skills."

"If he wants to, he is willing to go with me to the town to do business, then I will take it with him."

Lin's true words have come to this point, and Mrs. Lin couldn't say anything, so she patted her hair on her temples, "Okay, I'll ask Shuanzi."

As soon as the two finished talking, they turned around and saw Brother Lin standing outside the door.

Brother Lin's face was ugly, and there was some anger in his brows and eyes.

Mrs. Lin knows her man's temperament, and he is easy to talk on weekdays, but once he gets angry, it will be terrible.

She was a little scared.

She also felt that she had done something wrong in coming to find Lin Zhen. Lin Zhen was good enough to their family. If it weren't for Lin Zhen, the family would still be living a life with ups and downs.

but……

Lin Zhen walked up, "Brother, I listened to what my sister-in-law said. I think there is nothing wrong with it. Don't put on a straight face. You don't have to scare people."

Brother Lin said in a low voice, "She is not satisfied."

"This is serious. It's not dissatisfaction. Parents don't think about their children. I've told my sister-in-law everything I need to say. You go back and have a good talk, and tell me the result tomorrow." Brother Lin is not People who know how to do things are also very reasonable, so Lin Zhen let them go.

Some things are better said by the husband and wife, and it will be counterproductive for others to intervene.