After dressing as a widow

Everyone in the village lived close to each other, and with just a few words, the neighbors heard that Lin Zhen was going to the town to do business. Uncle Ji, who happened to be carrying buckets to the well to fetch water, heard, Squeezing out from the crowd, he hurriedly asked: "Brother Zhen, do you still collect dried bamboo shoots?!"

A few days ago, Uncle Ji took the family member and the children to dig bamboo shoots every day in order to make more money, and finally dried them in the sun, and planned to send them to the Lin family in two days.

Who knew that Lin Zhen was actually going to town!

Seeing that Uncle Ji'a was so anxious that his head was on fire, Lin Zhen said to him and to other villagers who had the same idea: "I still do Malatang business. Dried bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms and dried fungus are indispensable. What you want to sell is as good as Same as before, send it to my home, and the elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law at home will take it and send it to me."

"What about the price, is it still the same as before?" someone in the crowd asked.

Lin Zhen nodded: "As long as the item is good, the price will remain the same."

After getting the correct words, Uncle Ji and the others felt at ease. Uncle Ji was really happy for Lin Zhen. At the beginning, he looked down on Lin Zhen, who had a bad reputation. He felt that Lin Zhen was not like a brother. Married one after another.

But now he doesn't think so anymore, but feels that the Qian family must be bad, and he has divorced such a good brother Lin Zhen, and he doesn't know what kind of official lady to find, and he doesn't look at his own family. There is no such fate.

He said to Lin Zhen: "Then I will send it to your house tomorrow, Brother Zhen, Uncle first wishes you a lot of money."

"Brother, don't forget about us in the future."

"Fuck you, you are a real brother, why should I remember you."

"I, can't I live in the same village as Brother Zhen!"

The neighbors around Lin Zhen's house are all pretty good, and everyone smiled and congratulated Lin Zhen for going to the town to open a shop.

Lin Zhen said a few words to them, then turned and walked towards the entrance of the village.

Lin really walked the road from Liyu Village to the town for a year and a half, and he knew exactly where there were rocks and pits, but he never felt as relaxed as he is now.

Almost three hours later, when the sun was at its strongest overhead, the family arrived in town.

Lin Zhen was so hot that his face was red, he opened the door of the shop with the key, and greeted Father Lin and the others: "Father, father, put your things in the backyard first, Xiaoyao, come with me to the next shop to buy a bucket of water .”

Father Lin's mouth was dry, and he said: "Isn't there water in the yard behind you, drink it as soon as it comes up."

"That well has not been used for a long time, and it hasn't been cleaned yet. What should I do if I drink it and get sick?"

"Father, I'll be back soon." Lin Zhen took Xiaoyao to the next shop. At this time, there were no customers in the shop, only the shopkeeper was lazily leaning on the counter, fiddled with each other. Abacus beads.

Lin Zhen bowed his hands to the shopkeeper: "Hello shopkeeper, I'm Lin Zhen who just moved next door, because the well in the yard hasn't been washed for a long time, I want to come to your place to buy a bucket of water, I wonder if it's convenient."

This shop sells rice, noodles, grains and oils. As soon as you walk in, you can smell the unique fragrance of husked grains. The shopkeeper looked at Lin Zhen and remembered who he was: "So it's Boss Lin who sells spicy soup. We will be neighbors from now on."

"What is a few sips of water worth? Boss Lin just drinks it."

"There are still seven or eight people waiting at home, and I'm afraid I have to borrow the bucket from the shopkeeper." Lin Zhen has a good memory, so he can naturally see that he has bought Malatang at his own stall, and he is a person who is not talkative, otherwise Would not come here to buy water either.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "What's the matter?" He called out loudly, and Xiao Er, who was busy in the backyard, came out. He pointed to Lin Zhen and Lin Xiaoyao and said, "Take Boss Lin to fetch water in the backyard, by the way." Bring it to Boss Lin."

"Hey." Xiaoer agreed bluntly, and turned around to take Lin Zhen and the others to the backyard.

Lin Zhen hurriedly said: "You can't bother the shopkeeper so much, my brother and I carry it by ourselves."

"We are so close, maybe we will have to bother the shopkeeper in the future."

The shopkeeper didn't insist, and said to Xiao Er, "Listen to Boss Lin."

Xiaoer lived on money, so naturally the shopkeeper said what he said, lifted the curtain and said: "Boss Lin, I'll fetch water, you wait here."

Lin Zhen glanced at it. The backyard here has the same layout as the shop he rented. There are three rooms with an open space in the middle and a well in the corner.

But because he was in the business of rice, flour, grain and oil, a stone mill was placed in the yard, and a mule was tied to the mill, and there was still unmilled wheat on the mill.

There is also wheat here, but it is a refined grain. Few families in Liyu Village eat it, and most of them eat sorghum and buckwheat.

Seeing wheat, Lin Zhen thought of a series of pasta, and he planned to come here to buy some in a few days.

Xiao Er quickly came out with a bucket of water and put it in front of Lin Zhen: "Boss Lin, let me carry it out for you, but be careful."

Lin Zhen waved his hand: "It's okay, I will mention it with my brother."

After finishing speaking, Lin Zhen and Lin Xiaoyao took it aside, and went back with a bucket full of water.

Lin Zhen and Lin Xiaoyao put the bucket on the ground inside the house, and said, "Father, father, elder brother, second brother, and second sister-in-law, come quickly and drink water."

There is a clean and spare bamboo tube on the trolley, so there is no need to bother looking for bowls and cups. Brother Lin first poured a bamboo tube full for Father Lin and Dad Lin, and then gave it to Gu Shuanzilin Stone Lin Zhuzi fell, Lin Ersao did it herself.

Drinking the ice-cold well water, even a strong adult like Brother Lin, Brother Lin, would feel like he was alive.

They looked at the empty shop, but the roof was covered with tiles and the walls were made of bricks. They liked it and felt uneasy. They still couldn't believe that Lin Zhenzhen would do business here in the future.

After drinking the water, Father Lin, who had never spoken much, said, "Xiao Zhen, you can see where these things are put. I, your eldest brother and my second brother and I will help you dig out the well first."

Cleaning a well is a heavy job. You have to stick branches in from the mouth of the well, scrape off the moss that grows on the walls of the well, and then pump out the water stored in it, and wait for it to be filled with clean water again.

Lin Zhen swallowed the last sip of water, wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "Okay, then I will trouble my father and my eldest brother and second brother. I will first put the things brought by my second sister-in-law and Xiaoyao into the house, and then clean the house. one time."

"Yes." Lin's father rolled up his sleeves, and took Lin's eldest brother, Lin's second brother, to the well in the backyard.

Lin Zhen turned around and said to Lin's second sister-in-law, Lin Xiaoyao, Lin Daddy, and Gu Shuanzi, Lin Zhuzi: "I live with Xiaoyao, and both of us put our clothes in the main room. Zhuzishitou lives in the right wing, and Shuanzi Live in the wing room on the left, and separate things into three rooms."

"There are also dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms that will be used in a few days, and take them to the corner of the yard where the sundries are placed."

Everyone is not lazy, they will start quickly when they have something to say, and after putting away the things, they will use the water that Father Lin and the others will pour out to clean the doors and windows, and then clean the yard and the shop in front.

"Second sister-in-law," said Lin Zhen, who was carrying a bucket of water with a handkerchief on her wrist. She could reach the top of the window without using anything, "put the handkerchief on your head, there is a lot of dust on it, and there is a lot of dust on it. Get dirty in your hair."

Second Aunt Lin's strong nerves didn't expect this, she smiled naively when she heard this, took the handkerchief from his wrist, and put it on her head honestly.

He has a heroic appearance, and his silly smile looks...really handsome and cute...

The one next to him was about the same size as Lin Zhen, who couldn't reach the upper part of the window. While cleaning the lower half of the window, he said to Lin Zhen with bright eyes: "It's really a good house. I just saw it. The tiles are still new and there are no seams. , no need to pick it up again.”

"There is also this window, which is well made. It can be opened in hot weather and closed in cold weather."

Unlike the one in the Lin family, they just dug a blank space on the wall and didn’t like pasting paper. It’s just that they don’t need to be blocked by anything when it’s hot. When it’s cold, there are tall sorghum stalks piled up outside. It’s so dark that you can see everything. less than.

"It's just that the rent is too expensive, more than two taels of silver a month." Two taels of silver, if the Lin family couldn't earn so much money all year round in previous years, now they can only rent a house in the town for one month.

Lin Zhen twisted a handkerchief and cleaned the windows together with Father Lin, saying, "Although it's a bit more expensive, you can open the door early in the morning to do business until it's dark, so you can earn a little more than the previous month."

Father Lin put the dirty handkerchief into the bucket and kneaded it: "Father knows that you have a plan in mind, so the family counts you as the most capable."

"It's just that Dad feels empty in his heart. In the past, you would go back every day, and when the time came, you would look at the door. You could always see your back, but now you can't."

The house that has not been lived in for a long time is very dirty, full of floating dust, and the veil will be black after a few wipes.

Lin Zhen also put the handkerchief in the water and washed it, looked at Father Lin and said, "I'll go back when I have free time, Father, you don't have to worry too much."

"You are Father's child, so how can you say that you don't worry about it?" Father Lin twisted the kneaded veil, and said, "But Father is happy that you are promising."

"By the way, do you still remember what I told you before?"

"what's up?"

"You child," Aunt Lin whispered, "that young man who wanted to marry you, dragged his relatives to ask questions the day before yesterday, and said that he still liked you very much, and asked if he wanted you to meet him first. Anyway, you are all people who have been married before, so you don't need to marry blindfolded like those who were married for the first time."

"..."

Lin Zhen almost fell over.

God, why is that buddy still thinking about it? Do you just want to be Gu Shuanzi's stepfather?

He hurriedly said to Father Lin: "Father, do you think I have that kind of thought now?"

Father Lin looked at Lin Zhen, who had a ruddy complexion and said he only wanted money, and understood.

He said: "I'll tell you about this too. It's up to you to make it happen, as long as you live comfortably."

"Hey, thank you daddy." Lin Zhen found that since Xiaoyao said in front of Dad Lin that she didn't want to marry Li Jiu and wanted to do something first, Dad Lin didn't pay much attention to the brothers in the family. tight.

He no longer told Huai Xiang to learn needlework, and didn't say anything to Huai Xiang to follow him to learn the thousand-character prose.

Father Lin didn't understand the reason, he just saw Lin Zhen and Lin Xiaoyao smiling more and more on their faces, and changed some deep-rooted thoughts.