After dressing as a widow

"Crack-"

The firewood piled in the corner was trampled off, making a clear sound in the snowy night.

The man standing opposite Lin Zhen turned around suddenly in fright, and in the next second he saw a child a little above his waist holding a polished ax and slashing at him.

The man ran away and hid to the side, and while hiding, he asked Lin Zhen for help: "Zhener! Zhener, hurry up and hold this bastard Gu! Someone is about to die!"

Gu Shuanzi swung his big ax without holding back his hands at all, chasing the man so that he ran away with his head in his arms.

And the expression on his face was very calm, as if he was not holding a deadly ax in his hand, nor was he chopping a human being.

Lin Zhenxin's head tightened: "Gu Shuanzi!"

Gu Shuanzi stopped at his feet for a moment, and Lin Zhen took the opportunity to hug him from behind, firmly holding the ax in his hand: "What are you doing, you are dying!"

Lin Zhen was terrified when he thought about it, such a small child, where did he have such a strong temper, he can greet people like chopping melons and vegetables with an axe.

Gu Shuanzi was hugged and couldn't get out, he turned his head and spit on Lin Zhen's clothes, his eyes seemed to hide two burning flames.

Seeing that he was trapped by Lin Zhen, the man covered in cold sweat who was chased by him came over panting, and was about to slap him in the face.

Lin Zhen kicked him to the ground: "I'll pretend I haven't heard those words tonight, and go back where they came from."

He was a little confused about the situation just now, he didn't understand why he was held by a figure who suddenly appeared and said a bunch of nonsense words when he just came out to go to the toilet, now he gradually came to his senses.

This man should be the concubine that Lin Zhen was looking for, and the two planned to take advantage of Gu Da's death and the chaos in the house, wrap up Gu Da's property and leave.

But now Lin Zhen is no longer his original body, not to mention that he can’t do something like stealing other people’s property, just because this man wants to sleep with him, Lin Zhen has goose bumps all over his body. out.

Roll, roll, roll, roll as far as possible!

The man was kicked in the stomach by him, and he looked at him with puzzled eyes: "What's wrong with you really, didn't we agree?!"

As soon as he spoke, Gu Shuanzi, who was hugged by Lin Zhen from behind, struggled desperately to chop him, rampaging like a calf.

Suddenly, a light was turned on in the dark right wing, and Ma Shi and Zhou Tao got up from the bed when they heard the movement.

The man had a guilty conscience, saw that there were other people in the room, turned around and slipped away without waiting for Lin Zhen to reply to him.

So when Ma Shi and Zhou Tao came out, they only saw Lin Zhen and Gu Shuanzi struggling in his arms: "What are you two doing?"

When Mrs. Ma saw the ax in Gu Shuanzi's hand, he yelled and ran over quickly: "You are a sinner, Shuanzi, give me the ax quickly, what if I hurt you!"

Ma Shi and Lin Zhen fought together, and finally snatched the ax out of his hand, and Lin Zhen let go of Gu Shuanzi only after Ma Shi put the ax back into the pile of debris next to him.

He ruthlessly pushed away Lin Zhen behind him, ran to Zhou Tao and Mrs. Ma, and said coldly: "Uncle and aunt, I will go live with you at your house."

The past few days have been drooling, but Zhou Tao and Ma Shi, who still haven't gotten a word from him, are overjoyed: "Okay, let's go back after you finish your father's business."

Lin Zhen who was pushed away looked at the three people standing together, frowned slightly, and asked Gu Shuanzi: "Have you thought about it?"

The child obviously took what the man said seriously, thinking that he was going to fight with that man for his father's money, so he didn't trust himself and wanted to go with Zhou Tao and Ma Shi.

Lin Zhen didn't think there was anything wrong with him doing this, after all, that was his own father, and he and Gu Da had a deep relationship, it was normal for him not to trust himself after witnessing what happened just now.

Gu Shuanzi stared at him, turned around and went back to the room without saying anything.

Ma Shi and Zhou Tao who stayed where they were, looked at Gu Shuanzi's back as he entered the room, then looked at Lin Zhen, but didn't say anything.

Early the next morning, several families who had been invited to help came. Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Lu washed rice and vegetables, while the men followed Lin Zhen, Gu Shuanzi and Mr. Gu to Da’s grave. This scripture, add another layer of soil to Gu Da's grave.

This piece of land was selected by Mr. Feng Shui. The whole Datianzi Village can be seen in the front, and there are continuous mountains behind.

Gu Shuanzi knelt in front of the grave as Mr. said, and filled Gu Da's grave with his hands.

When the crackling firecrackers sounded, I was pulled up by my husband, and today's work was over here.

Lin Zhen walked at the end of the crowd going down the mountain, and said to Gu Shuanzi who was a few steps ahead: "It's okay for you to live with your uncle and aunt, but the things your father left behind should be kept according to what I said that day. The big head is stored in the silver village in the town, let the trustworthy people keep the bank notes, and make a note that only you can move, just leave some small silver with you."

"Give it to you for safekeeping?" Gu Shuanzi turned around and looked at him gloomily.

Lin Zhen shook his head: "Even if it didn't happen last night, I wouldn't keep it."

"Ask the village chief or the elders with better morals in the clan. They have a lot of experience and are safer than me."

Gu Shuanzi didn't expect that he would dare to mention what happened last night. He had seen it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears. He didn't know how Lin Zhen had the face to say this in front of him.

But he knew that Lin Zhen's words just now were correct. His father left a lot of money, and he couldn't take all the cash to his uncle's house. .

This is also the reason why he planned to live with Lin Zhen instead of going to his uncle's house after hearing Lin Zhen's words that day.

At that time, he thought that Lin Zhen was really planning for himself.

After saying a few words, the two went their separate ways. When they returned home, they greeted the helpers and finished their meal, and sent away Aunt Lan and Aunt Lu who were cooking. Only then did the family completely return to peace.

Because Gu Shuanzi agreed to go to his home, Ma Shi and Zhou Tao both had a little smile on their faces, and they were packing Gu Shuanzi's clothes, pants and shoes.

Gu Shuanzi has never been short of these things, he has several sets throughout the year, and the latest is this year's cotton-padded trousers, which are thick and thick enough to make people feel warm just by looking at them.

Lin Zhen stopped Gu Shuanzi: "Come with me."

Then he took Gu Shuanzi to his and Gu Da's bedroom, took out a wooden box in an earthen jar under the bed, and took the notebooks for the past few days along with it.

He sat on the chair and said to Gu Shuanzi: "This is something left by your father. I will order it for you in front of you."

Ma Shi and Zhou Tao who were packing up Gu Shuanzi's things in the house were also called by Lin Zhen. It is well known that Gu Da is rich.

He looked at Gu Shuanzi and Mrs. Ma and said, "All the money in the family is here. Except for the funeral, I haven't used any of it."

While talking, he opened the box and saw some broken silver pieces on the top. After picking up the broken silver pieces on the table, there were more than a dozen large silver ingots. Below the silver ingots were two ingots of gold ingots and some gold hairpins. Gold bracelets, gold rings, and the title deed to the house.

In this era when farmers and households produced four or five taels of silver a year, and two taels of silver could live comfortably for a year, the gold and silver ingots on the table were no different from a huge sum of money.

Zhou Tao and Ma's eyes fell on it uncontrollably, and then looked at Gu Shuanzi.

Gu Shuanzi estimated the money here and what his father had shown him before, and found that only a very small part was missing, so he didn't say anything.

In ancient times, silver was weighed with a scale. Lin Zhen went to get the scale and weighed the broken silver first: "There are nine taels in total here."

The old-fashioned scale Lin Zhen knew how to use it, and he weighed it impartially. He even put the weighing rod in front of the three of them. After reading it, the three of them nodded and thought it was all right.

Then Lin Zhen put the broken silver aside, and weighed one of seventeen silver ingots of the same size, which was exactly ten taels, and the total was 170 taels.

Finally, it is called gold ingot, which is also one tael, but one tael of gold and ten taels of silver is converted to 200 taels.

The remaining gold hairpins, gold bracelets, and gold rings weighed 12 taels.

All these things add up, a total of 490 nine taels of silver, and the current big tiled house of blue bricks, as long as Gu Shuanzi doesn't do anything prodigal, he can live comfortably for a lifetime.

Lin Zhen took all the ingots back into the box, leaving only nine taels of silver, and said to Gu Shuanzi, "Although you are going to live with your uncle, you are still the son of the Gu family."

As he said that, he looked at Ma Shi and Zhou Tao: "He was a boy, and when he was growing up, his aunt and uncle gave him more food on weekdays, and he didn't need to be too frugal about clothes and shoes—"

Before he finished speaking, Mrs. Ma said: "Don't worry, I won't short him if I short my own children."

"It doesn't matter whether it's short or not," Lin Zhen took her words, "You know his situation, he is the only one of his father, and naturally he is the only one who inherits what is left, not to mention him alone, just Three or five more will be delicious and spicy."

"Yes, yes, we know." No, the money in the box may never be spent in a lifetime.

Lin Zhen continued, "Although he lives there, he will come back anyway, and he can't honor you forever like the children under your knees, so I thought about it and entrusted you to take care of him and give you four taels of silver a year how?"

Ma Shi and Zhou Tao looked at each other, "This..."

Gu Shuanzi also looked at him.

"It's not good," Mrs. Ma regained his composure, "How can we ask for his money, how much he can eat for a child, we can't do it."

Zhou Tao also said the same way: "We don't want it, we raise him out of affection."

Lin Zhen said: "I know you all want Shuanzi to be fine, but there's no reason why Shuanzi should hold the money and watch you eat pickles."

"And I plan to deposit the bulk of the silver in Yinzhuang for Shuan Zi, and stipulate that he can only withdraw it when he reaches a certain age, so as to avoid any trouble in the middle."

"It's safe to keep it in Yinzhuang, so it's safe to put it on yourself," Ma said, remembering what happened in the village before. It didn't take long for the bank to collapse, and many people couldn't get back the money they deposited, and the old lady and the old man almost died of drinking medicine."

Lin Zhen still insisted on his own idea: "There are many large and small banks in the market. We are looking for a big bank that has been opened for a long time, has a long history, and also has stores in other places."

"Otherwise, if you carry so much silver with you, if it is lost or stolen, it will be nothing."

He said one thing after another, neither Ma Shi nor Zhou Tao had ever studied, thinking that it would be fine as long as the money didn't fall into his hands anyway, so they nodded.