After dressing as a widow

Aunt Ma was stunned for a moment, "You don't know about this marriage?"

They all belong to the same village. Even if Aunt Ma doesn't go out to visit the house very often, she should know it. Most people in the village are holding their heads up, ready to eat the wedding wine of the Li family and the Lin family.

The Lin family made a lot of faces in the surrounding villages by relying on compost. The most frequently asked questions about composting relatives in Liyu Village were about composting, and even themselves had face.

There is also the real brother of the Lin family who opened a shop in the town. For farmers like them, it is really amazing to be able to make a living in the town, and get rid of the life of digging food from the dirt.

The Li family is a well-known rich family in the village. The family has more than 20 acres of good farmland and land, and they live in a stone house that is not much worse than a blue-brick house. There are many families that my mother married into.

Many people were optimistic about this marriage, but it was because the Lin family didn't want to make it public.

Lin Zhen's face darkened, as if it was inconceivable: "My father and I only heard about it when we went home. To tell you the truth, Aunt Li came to my house after the Chinese New Year and mentioned it to my father, but my father wanted to Keep Xiaoyao by your side for a few more years, and get back to this matter soon."

"Our family thought it was over, but we didn't know that after so long, it would suddenly be reported that Xiaoyao was going to marry Li Jiu."

Aunt Ma frowned. She believed in Lin Zhen and the Lin family. She would never think that he was lying. What about the marriage between Lin Xiaoyao and Li Jiu, which was rumored in the village.

Lin Xiaoyao is a brother, it is not beneficial to spread such news, and it will hinder the future marriage, so it must not be spread by the Lin family.

Thinking of this, Aunt Ma understood that the Li family should be determined to marry the Lin family and wanted to strike first.

"What, what are you doing, you don't have to marry so forcefully." Aunt Ma frowned.

"Auntie, tell me what you heard in the village, how can everyone believe that our two families are going to get married."

Aunt Ma said: "It's a bit early to hear some things. It is said that Li's family went to your house to find out. Although your family didn't expressly agree, they immediately returned the gift, and since then, the relationship between the two families has also changed. too much."

"And Li Zhaodi, when others asked about it, she just laughed and didn't speak."

"When you come and go, everyone thinks that the matter between your two families is over, but it's not easy to tell everyone."

"But if you say that now, I'm afraid Li Zhaodi did it on purpose, just to make everyone think so."

"Nine times out of ten it's what my aunt said," Lin Zhen restored the matter after hearing it, "My father's temperament and aunt know that he is the most hospitable and enthusiastic. If someone comes to him, even if he has a job in hand I have to finish talking with my son."

"Then I have to clarify it quickly." Aunt Ma lives in the village, and she knows more about the marriage between the Lin family and the Li family than Lin Zhen. She heard that there are several families Originally planning to come to Aunt Lin to inquire about Lin Xiaoyao's marriage, she withdrew.

After all, the Li family's family conditions are good, and Li Jiu is also a young guy. Most of the people they want to talk about are not as good as the Li family, so they dare not go to the Lin family to make trouble.

"That's right, the rumors of the obvious disappearance have become like this, Li Jiu is nothing, Xiaoyao has caused a lot of trouble for nothing." Lin Zhen asked about some things in it by the way, said goodbye to Aunt Ma, and took Gu Shuanzi back.

Lin Atai, Sister-in-law Lin and Second-sister-in-law Lin have already finished the meal, washed the cabbage and radishes of this season, and dried fungus and bamboo shoots that are not missing at home.

Lin Zhen was afraid that the oily smoke would smoke the new clothes made by Aunt Ma, so he told Aunt Lin to change them by himself.

Father Lin looked at his brand-new clothes and asked where they came from. When he went out, he was still wearing a half-worn piece of clothing, but when he came back, it was a new one.

Lin Zhen smiled and said: "Aunt Ma made it for me. I made money by giving away the things this time. The money to buy those things is even worse than this robe."

"Aunt Ma made it?" Aunt Lin knew that Lin Zhen had a good relationship with Carpenter Ma. Sometimes Carpenter Ma went to the town to deliver bamboo cups, and he would ask Carpenter Ma to bring things back, and he even sent the pillars to Carpenter Ma to learn the craft.

But I didn't expect it to be better with Aunt Ma, and Aunt Ma could make clothes for him. To put it bluntly, his father hasn't made a winter coat for Lin Zhen yet.

"Aunt Ma is good at craftsmanship, and the clothes she makes fit you well," Lin Zhen said to Father Lin as he walked to his room, "By the way, Father, before Li Zhaodi came to tell you about Li Jiu and Xiao Yao, you Did you give her something after the refusal?"

The information I got from Aunt Ma was the one that was given the most widely after the new year, and it almost became a token of the marriage between the two families.

Father Lin frowned, "Yes, after I rejected her, I took two packs of pastries you bought and gave her to her, thinking that there was something wrong with our family, and she is a good-natured person."

"I found out from Aunt Ma's. She said that the two packs of pastries you took were a token of your promise to her family, and distributed them to the people in the village."

"Later, she often came to talk to you, and it became a logical relationship between the two families."

"This... this..." Aunt Lin didn't expect that his kindness would become the source of the Li family's scheme against Lin Xiaoyao, and his chest heaved violently, "Li Zhaodi, you are playing me like a monkey together!"

"Since she dared to do this, she must have made a plan for the future. If our family ran out to talk about this matter with great fanfare, she might beat her up. Let's watch first and see what she has behind her." Guan Lin Xiaoyao's reputation, no matter how cautious she is, Lin Zhen changed into the new clothes made by Aunt Ma and came to the kitchen.

He looked around and prepared to make a must-have meal in winter, hot pot.

Heat lard and sesame oil, put in the onion and garlic and fry for a while, wait until the aroma of the onion and garlic is fried, the two become slightly browned, then remove it, then add water and pound the fine cornel fruit, stir-fry for a fresh and spicy taste put water.

Then cut the pork that was just brought back today into thin slices, add egg whites and seasonings to marinate, and when the pot is opened, scoop it into two portions with a small pot: "It's time to eat."

There are many adults and children in the Lin family, and there can't be too many people around the hot pot, so they are divided into two tables, one table is for Gu Shuanzi, Lin Shitou, Huaixiang, Chunxiang, Xingxiang and others, and the other is for adults.

Since Lin Zhuzi had gone to work with Carpenter Ma and didn't know what to come back, he didn't wait for him.

The hot pot, the unique spicy smell of dogwood in the air, and the sound of brother Lin and second brother Lin going to the children's table to put a pot on the brazier for them, and Father Lin asking Father Lin to pour them a glass of wine The sound, as well as the joyful shouts of the children, are very lively, and the smoke and fire that is pressed into the heart.

Lin Zhen watched with a smile on his face.

After a meal, everyone put away their things in a hurry. Those who washed the dishes washed the dishes, those who cleaned the table wiped the table, and then chatted around the fire pit. When there was a little space in the stomach, they went to the sack in the corner Take a pot of sweet potatoes and bury them under the bright charcoal fire. After a while, the sweet aroma of sweet potatoes floats into the nose.

Father Lin and the others also used compost when they planted sweet potatoes, so the size of the sweet potatoes was much larger than before. Although it cannot be compared with modern ones, it is still good enough now.

Lin Zhen dug out one, patted off the ashes and handed it to Gu Shuanzi, and by the way told Lin's father, Lin, and the others about Gu Shuanzi's preparation for the Tongsheng exam next year: "Master Xu in the town said that Shuanzi's studies are not bad, so call him He will try it next year to practice his skills."

All the people in the room looked at Gu Shuanzi at once. Studying and taking the imperial examinations were too far away for them. As long as they could recognize how to write their own names and be able to read the names of the things they sold, it would be very good in their eyes. .

Father Lin stopped the fire stick in his hand to pull firewood, "Okay, our family is going to have a scholar, it doesn't matter if he doesn't pass the exam, he's still young, just study for a few more years."

Lin's father is a typical taciturn character. If there is work to be done at home, he will do it boringly. Lin's father will tell him to do what he does. It is because composting has spread in the past two years, and many people come to him to chat and chat. some words.

Father Lin also said the same thing, and added an extra sentence: "Although your father's shop in the town can't make you rich, it doesn't matter what you eat and drink. If you fail the exam, you can go to the shop to have sex with your father." Business, if you have read the book, you can definitely do it.”

Gu Shuanzi was still holding the burnt soft sweet potato in his hand, the gray-black skin was torn off, and the inside was soft yellow meat, as if the sugar juice was about to drip down. He turned his head to look at Lin Zhen, and said, "I will test it. Shangtongsheng."

Tongsheng is just the first step, he still has to take the examination of scholar and juren, he never forgot his state of mind at that time, and from then on, he began to read and write seriously.

Hearing his firm tone, Father Lin and Father Lin looked at the grandson a few more times.

After chatting for a while, when Lin Zhuzi came back, it was completely dark outside, and everyone washed up and went to bed.

Lin Zhen was still squeezed into the same bed with Lin Xiaoyao Huaixiang, and the two daughters of Mrs. Lin's family were sleeping on the other side of the bed.

Lin Zhen and Lin Xiaoyao both slept on the same bed in the town, and they were not used to lying together. When Lin Zhen was about to fall asleep, he thought about it: "When the New Year is over, ask Dad How much idle money is in my father's hand, it is best to rebuild the house, seeing that the children have grown up, it will not be a problem to squeeze in such a narrow place..."

Before he finished thinking, Lin Zhen completely fell into a dark dream.

The next day, Lin Zhen woke up as soon as it was time to open the shop, and did not move. Lin Xiaoyao, who was next to her, also opened her eyes on time. The two looked at each other, leaned on the pillow and smiled relaxedly.

After opening the shop for a year, it has become a habit.

The two stayed in bed for half an hour tacitly, and didn't get out of bed until they heard someone else got up.

As soon as I opened the door, I found that the yard had been covered in white snow in just one night, not only the yard, but everything that could be seen from a distance was covered with white snow.