After dressing as a widow

The Gu family's house is the only one in the village other than the village chief's house. In the middle is the main room dedicated to the ancestors. Behind the main room is a slightly narrower room. On both sides are two rooms of the same layout.

This is the most common house style in the village. The older generation lives behind the main house, and the son and daughter-in-law live on both sides.

But other people are not rich enough to afford bricks and tiles, nor can they build such a large building. I don’t know how many people are so envious that their eyes are red.

When Lin Zhen entered, the food was already set on the table. Zhou Tao sat on the stool on the left, and Ma Shi and Gu Shuanzi sat on the stool on the right. He took a look and sat down on the next seat.

The meals were all leftovers from the banquet, but everyone present did not dislike it.

It is oil and meat, they are not landlords and lords who eat meat all the time, how can they not like it, for a while, there is only the sound of eating in the room.

Madam Ma had something on his mind, and looked at Lin Zhen while he was eating.

In the past, Gu Shuanzi's mother-in-law died, and Gu Da married him again, so Ma Shi and Zhou Tao never visited.

But now that Gu Da is gone, leaving only my sister-in-law's only son, Ma Shi's idea intensified.

And she is really worried about Lin Zhen, look at that face...

She bit her chopsticks and said to Lin Zhen: "His aunt, I want to discuss something with you."

Lin Zhen, who was eating sullenly, looked at her: "What's the matter?"

Mrs. Ma looked at Gu Shuanzi who was sitting next to her, and then looked at her husband who also stopped eating, and said, "I discussed it with Uncle Shuanzi, and I think it's hard for you to live with Shuanzi, why not?" Tell Shuanzi to follow us."

"First, there are three children in my family. The youngest one is as big as Shuanzi, and they can play with each other. Second, the two older ones love Shuanzi's mother and miss him very much."

"Look at this..."

Lin Zhen didn't expect that someone would take over Gu Shuanzi, who was so cheap that he hadn't put things in order.

He did have this idea, let the relatives of Gu Shuanzi's natal family take over Gu Shuanzi, and then went out to take a look.

But if you have a thought, you have a thought. His body is Gu Shuanzi's stepfather. He can't see a hole and plant Gu Shuanzi's radish in it, regardless of whether the hole fits well or whether the radish grows well.

It's not that he has any "mother-child" affection for Gu Shuanzi, it's that his education prevents him from doing that.

That was a child, that was a person's life.

So when he heard Ma Shi's proposal, he didn't agree, but looked at Gu Shuanzi: "What do you think?"

Ma Shi quickly said: "He is a seven-year-old child, what ideas can he have, it's not us adults who give him ideas."

Lin Zhen shook his head: "The child's thoughts are also thoughts. If he is willing, the rest of the matter will be handled according to the process of raising him. He is Gu Da's son, and Gu Da's family wealth should belong to him, but He is still young, and it is not safe to hold money in his hand, and he should find some safe ways to ensure that he can use the money safely in the future."

"If he doesn't want to, then forget it."

Ma Shi and Zhou Tao were vaguely uncomfortable by his words.

It was as if they adopted Gu Shuanzi for his money, but he was their own nephew, how could they covet such petty profits!

Mashi's face was a bit ugly: "His aunt's words are so chilling!"

Lin Zhen blinked, and said seriously: "His aunt, it's better to say something first, so as not to make everyone unhappy in the future." And what he said was clear enough, he didn't want the money left by Gu Da, except Gu Shuan Son, no one should touch that silver.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Gu Shuanzi: "Did you hear what your aunt and I said?"

Gu Shuanzi nodded while holding his chopsticks.

Lin Zhen asked him, "Then what do you think?"

What did he think?

Gu Shuanzi was a little dazed and at a loss.

He is Gu Da's precious son. In his dictionary, besides bringing a group of younger brothers to make trouble from the village to the village every day, he just went to town with his father.

He knew that his father was rich, so he didn't have to wear tattered clothes and eat rough food that made his throat worse like those younger brothers in the village.

But no matter how much, he couldn't think of it. There were too few things he could understand about the place where he was born and raised. When he was asked by Lin Zhen, he even felt a little wronged and complained a little.

Isn't Lin Zhen his stepfather? Why did he let him go with his uncle and aunt?

The seven-year-old child pursed his lips and stiffened his neck stubbornly. The chopsticks in his hand were almost broken by him.

Seeing the situation, Mrs. Ma quickly hugged his shoulders: "Shuanzi, your father is gone, no one in this family can take care of you, you follow me, your cousin Fangfang, cousin Xiaocao and cousin Wen They are all the same age as you, and you will have a lot of fun together in the future."

As she said that, she said: "And it's not like you won't come back in the future. When you grow up a bit and can support a family by yourself, you will come back to live here."

"You see, your father built such a nice house for you, and he will definitely marry a beautiful wife in the future."

Zhou Tao, who has always been taciturn, looked at Gu Shuanzi, who looked a little like his sister, and was moved with compassion, and nodded: "What your aunt said is that your cousins ​​and cousins ​​all like you. You didn't Have you ever been there before, they still take you to catch crickets and dig frogs.”

"And your grandpa and grandma always talk about you."

It has to be said that Zhou Tao and Ma's environment is not bad for a child, there are friends of the same age, and there are elders who miss him.

But here, there is only the annoying Gu family, and according to that family's pissing nature, there will be troubles in the future.

But Gu Shuanzi still didn't say a word.

Lin Zhen called Zhou Tao and Ma Shi to stop: "Since the child didn't speak, let's let this matter go, and let's talk about it after his father's first seven."

Ma Shi was still a little unwilling, but thinking about Gu Shuanzi's father's death, he still felt sorry for his nephew, so he stopped talking.

It was a delicious meal while eating, but at the end of the meal, a few thoughts arose.

But Lin Zhen is fine, after eating two bowls of rice, he forgets about other things.

Although the funeral has already been held, there are still a lot of things that need to be put back in the house. The linen and white cloths that have been worn will also be set on fire, and the bowls and chopsticks borrowed from the village will also be returned from family to family. A little bit of people let them know and let them come to help when Gu Datouqi is in trouble.

The first seven days are no more than a funeral, you don’t need many people to come, just seven or eight people are enough, and when the time comes, go to Gu’s grave to carry a few baskets of soil to cover the grave, and cook for the master who is chanting sutras.

So Lin Zhen invited Aunt Lan and Aunt Lu who were in the kitchen when the funeral was held.

He knew in his heart that these two people were good-natured. Although they took some things they bought at the time, the quantity was very small, and they worked quickly, which was much better than the others.

Aunt Lan was still blushing and embarrassed when she was found, and said nonuo: "It's okay to go, I'll go earlier that day."

I know what they did, they bullied Gu Da for having no roots in the village, and Lin Zhen’s family was far away, but Aunt Lan was always upset after taking it, and she worked very hard for the next few days, just thinking about her Be more comfortable.

What she didn't expect was that Lin Zhen still looked for her and didn't mention anything about her taking things.

Lin Zhen said: "Then it's settled, Aunt Lan, and I'll go find Aunt Lu again."

"Okay, I must not miss your business."

Lin Zhen fell asleep almost every day after he was busy, so he didn't notice that little brat staring at him from time to time, with gloomy eyes.

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Soon, it was the day before Gu Datouqi.

After buying everything that should be bought, and inviting the people who should be invited, Lin Zhen finally took a breather, sat by the stove and looked out the window at the snow that was falling more and more heavily.Mi frowned slightly.

This snow rice is different from snow. If there is too much snow rice, it will freeze. Now these dirt roads, let alone Gu Dalei's grave, will fall when walking.

If it's better to go to Chengda University, at least it's soft and not so slippery to step on.

"Beep--"

A piece of firewood of unknown type exploded a string of small sparks, which fell on Lin Zhen's knees and calf pants.

As soon as he reached out, a pair of small black hands stretched out and knocked the sparks away.

He turned his head to look at Gu Shuanzi who hadn't spoken more than five sentences these days, grabbed those hands and looked through them.

Gu Shuanzi wanted to break free, but Lin Zhen was an adult anyway, so he held his hand firmly, looked at it, and said: "It's fire, not anything else, next time don't just reach out to shoot it, carefully burn your hand." .”

His hands and fingers are long and slender, and his skin is fair. The first man he married was the son of a landlord, and the second man was a wealthy Gu Da. They didn't need him to work hard in the fields, so they didn't have any calluses. Same as tofu.

Although Gu Shuanzi was only seven years old, his palms and fingers were not small, but they were black, with some mud in his nails, and the backs of his hands were a little chapped, which formed a stark contrast with his hands.

After confirming that his hand was fine, Lin Zhen let go of him, Gu Shuanzi put that hand behind his back, and rubbed his clothes vigorously.

In the past few days, Ma Shi and Zhou Tao have been telling him to let him go back with them.

Gu Shuanzi didn't agree, but he didn't speak either.

He is not familiar with those cousins, but he has an impression of the grandparents who have been here several times.

But he was reluctant to part with the house his father built. There are many memories of his father and him here, so he didn't want to leave.

Yu Xi and this stepfather has also changed a lot, especially the words he heard that day made Ma and Zhou Tao's words less alluring.

He has already made up his mind, if Lin Zhen really does what he says, he will honor Lin Zhen and provide for Lin Zhen in the future.

Staying up late for more than half a month made Lin Zhen and Gu Shuanzi sleepless, and he washed his feet and went to bed soon after the sky darkened.

In the middle of the night, Gu Shuanzi was woken up by urination. He got up wearing cotton trousers and a cotton coat. Relying on his familiarity with the snow shadows outside his house, he walked towards the hut without even turning on the lights.

Just after passing the left side room, I heard a familiar male voice say: "My darling, didn't you say that you would wait for me at the entrance of the village with his silver box when Gu Da was buried? Tell me to wait for a while." I haven't seen your shadow for a few days, did you encounter some difficulties?"

Gu Dayou had a silver box in his mouth, and Gu Shuanzi knew that his father showed him many times, saying that the things in it would be his in the future, marry him a wife, buy him land, and let him live as a landlord .

And the only one who knew about the box, apart from their father and son, was Lin Zhen, the bedside person.

After all, Gu Da is a somewhat proud person, he doesn't think that Lin Zhen can sneak away his things, and he didn't hide it from him when he went in and out.

Gu Shuanzi just crawled out of the bed, and instantly fell into the ice cellar with his warm body.

With light steps, he walked quietly close to the wall, and saw a tall man standing beside the old pear tree next to the wing, and standing opposite him was him at that night. For Lin Zhen, the stepfather who made sparks.

He was wearing a light blue cotton robe, with a pair of cotton trousers under the cotton robe. Others wore bloated robes and trousers. He was wearing them just right. His white face was reflected by the shadow of snow, and he called the man in front of him. Lost.