After dressing as a widow

Soon out of the room came a man who was not tall, looked skinny, and older than Father Lin, and his husband, who was similar to him.

"Brother, you're here, come in and sit down." Father Lin's original surname was Guo, and his name was Guo Xiao, while his uncle's name was Guo Fu. The two brothers were five years apart, and they were his father's old sons.

But judging by his appearance, no one would doubt that he is Father Lin's elder brother.

Father Lin was very happy to see his younger brother, and brought Lin Zhen forward, "This is my third son, Lin Zhen, and Zhener, uncle and uncle."

"Uncle, uncle." Lin Zhen is not an introvert, so he immediately called people sweetly. Guo Fu and Fu Lang had heard Lin's father say that he had a good-looking brother named Lin Zhen before, but they didn't expect it to be It's so good-looking, it's different from the people they've seen.

"Hey, you're tired from walking all the way. Come sit and sweat for a while, and you can eat later." According to the rules, the uncle and uncle were going to pick up the things brought by Aunt Lin, and the couple looked at the things on Lin Zhen's back. My heart trembled as the back basket was stuffed to the brim.

Guo Fu rubbed his hands, and said to Aunt Lin: "Why did you bring so many things, you have so many children in your family."

Father Lin waved his hand: "The family has been much better in the past two years. This is also what your brother-in-law meant. If our father didn't like relatives to disturb him, he would come too."

"Hurry up and take the things down, Zhen'er has carried all the way, and I can't hold it anymore."

There is no reason to take the things back. Father Lin knows his younger brother's temperament. Although his family is poor, he never thought of taking advantage of him. He was afraid that Father Lin would treat him badly because of this reason.

After hearing this, Guo Fu and Fu Lang looked at Lin Zhen's flushed face, quickly caught the basket and carried them into the house.

Guo Yu, who was following the helper in the house and came back to pay New Year's greetings, looked at the basket carried by his father, and saw at a glance two pieces of bacon and a bacon with a pig's trotter in it. He was so shocked that he forgot the tofu in his hand : "Father, who sent it."

"Your aunt is here to pay New Year's greetings, and she brought her real brother with her." Guo Fulang, who has been married to Guo Fu for decades, knows a little about Aunt Lin's family. There are two sons and two elder brothers. In a thatched hut, it is only two points better than my own home. How could I know that since I took so much meat this year for New Year's greetings.

And the real brother, the skin is really white, I don't know how to raise it.

He thought for a while, then took out a piece of bacon, and handed it to his brother: "There is no food at home, you wash this piece of bacon, cut it into pieces and fry it, remember to put more cabbage clappers."

Guo Yu is married in the village, and everyone lives in the same way. Even during the Chinese New Year, he has never seen meat. The last time he ate meat was when he got married two years ago. export water.

He couldn't help thinking, what kind of life is his aunt's family living now, even such a good bacon is used for New Year's greetings.

While washing the bacon, he looked out the door, and saw a Fu Lang who looked somewhat similar to his father, but a few years younger than his father, was walking in with his father, and behind them was a brother. .

Guo Yu stopped the work in hand unconsciously, and stared blankly at Lin Zhen.

Guo Yu has never seen such a good-looking brother. His skin is as white as the soft snow on the top of the mountain, his eyebrows are long and curved, his eyes are round, his nose is straight and delicate, and his lips are slightly red.

Moreover, his waist was different from that of the brothers and daughters in their village, it was too thin, as if it was only as wide as his palm.

Guo Xiaohua, who was washing vegetables in the yard just now, also looked at Lin Zhen blankly, holding her hand cautiously.

Guo Fu personally carried two stools and put them on the seat against the wall, and asked Guo Xiaohua and Guo Yu to call someone: "This is your aunt, this is your real brother."

Guo Yu and Guo Xiaohua hurriedly greeted each other. Aunt Lin looked at Guo Yu, who had just married last year and now had a one-year-old child on his back: "Xiao Yu has given birth to a child, why don't you give it to me?" Take a word."

Guo Fu greeted Aunt Lin and Lin Zhen to sit down, and said, "It's the busy farming season at that time, and you have a lot of work, so I don't want to delay you."

"Whatever, no matter how busy I am, as an aunt, I can't miss my nephew's great deeds."

Guo Fu was not good at words, he just sat there and said that Guo Yu was pregnant again, so he must tell him this year.

Lin Zhenyi heard that Guo Yu, who was cooking there, had one on his back and another in his stomach, so he quickly stood up and walked to Guo Yu's side: "Brother Yu, you go and rest, let me come, I'm also at home. used to this."

"That's impossible, you're a guest." Guo Yu didn't expect such a good-looking Lin Zhen to be easy to get along with, he waved his hands repeatedly, no matter what Lin Zhen said.

Seeing his slightly swollen belly, Lin Zhen had no choice but to take a step back: "Then let me hold the baby for you, and you cook."

Lin Zhen wore new clothes made for him by Aunt Ma today, a light blue cotton robe, black cotton trousers underneath, and black cotton shoes on his feet.

They are all made of high-quality cotton cloth, and the materials used are also thick, and they cost a lot of money at first glance.

Guo Yu looked at his clean clothes, wiped his hands with a handkerchief unnaturally, and pursed his lips shyly: "Thank you, Brother Zhen."

He untied the straps, and Lin Zhen reported the child to his arms without any hassle. At a glance, he saw the red mole on the corner of the child's mouth, which was not white and tender.

Guo Yu rolled up the straps of the braces and handed them to Lin Zhen: "I don't usually take him with me at home, and whoever is free will hug him, and I don't recognize anyone."

"...Brother Zhen, why don't you let Xiaohua take her into your arms? The child can't control his eating and drinking, and it will be bad if he accidentally touches you."

Lin Zhen's clothes are so good, if they get dirty, he really can't afford it.

Lin Zhen is not very skillful in holding his little brother, "It's okay, let's wash it when it gets wet, I don't think there is any shortage of water in the village, it's just a little bit of effort." Then, he hugged the child and sat back beside Father Lin , the little brother who can't speak yet, only hums, opened a pair of black eyes, and looked at him with his fists clenched.

Lin Zhen shook his little fist. Even if such a small child is not pampered like a rich family, his skin is slippery and easy to touch.

He looked at Guo Yu's swollen belly, and felt that he was more and more accepting of the fact that his brother was able to have children.

Guo Yu, Guo Xiaohua and Guo Fulang cook together to entertain the guests, Lin Zhen teases the children, and Aunt Lin and Guo Fu quickly chat together.

Father Lin looked around and asked Guo Fu, "Where is Father?"

"I went to look for firewood on the mountain." Seeing his brother's face change, he said hastily, "You also know Dad's temperament, even if there is no shortage of firewood in the house, he can't sit still, and if he stops him, he will be scolded. "

"He went to the back mountain to pick it up, it's fine."

Father Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked what he had been worried about, but didn't have time to ask carefully: "I met Uncle Ping from the village in the town and told him about composting. He told you Did you say it?"

Xiaogang Village is the same as Wayao Village. They also look for soil in the corners of the mountains. There is no flat land, and everyone is eating on the limited land. Naturally, life is difficult.

If there is compost, the rations at home will not be so tight.

Guo Fu scratched his head: "I said it, but Uncle Ping said it was unreliable, so I didn't ask." What was involved was the livelihood of the family, and he didn't dare to change the way the older generation passed on with just a few words. Many years of farming methods.

"You really..." Father Lin was about to die of anger, obviously he explained to that Uncle Ping again and again, and he also explained the effect of compost so clearly, who would have thought that Guo Fu was useless at all.

If it weren't for the fact that he was too busy at that time to spare time, and he had a lot of trust in that Uncle Ping, he would have personally made a trip for everything he said.

Adie Lin said: "It's been two years since my family's ten-acre field has been composted. Originally, one mu of land could only produce more than 100 catties of grain, but now it can produce more than 300 catties, almost four hundred catties."

"Bada—" Guo Fu's body softened and he leaned against the wall, "Many, how much?!"

"If it weren't for the good harvest at home, how could I get so many New Year gifts."

The New Year's greeting pot brought by Aunt Lin's family all saw the real thing, and it was not adulterated at all. They were thinking in their hearts just now, guessing when the Lin family got rich.

Guo Fulang no longer knew what was going on in his mind, he just ran over and stood in front of Father Lin: "There are really so many! Three hundred catties! It's all grain!"

That's food, food that can fill your stomach, Guo Fulang stared at Father Lin.

Father Lin patted his chest to reassure: "Really, my family has used it for two years, and there is no problem."

Also shocked was Guo Yu and Guo Xiaohua, who planed food from the ground and knew the grain output very well. If there were so much grain, my family would not have to tighten their belts in spring and eat a bowl of sorghum rice for a day , Most of the pot is full of wild vegetables, and people are swollen from eating.

Father Lin looked at his younger brother and his sister-in-law with hot eyes, and hurriedly explained the process of composting over and over again. He looked at the two and said, "It's too late for composting this year, and we need to burn the seedlings when the time is short, but you can use manure." Watering the seedlings is not as good as composting, but it is also effective."

The second sister-in-law of Lin, Zhao Xiu, used manure water from her mother's household the year before last. The output was not as much as three hundred or four hundred catties, but there were more than two hundred catties, which made the Zhao family have a good year.

For a while, the room was filled with the sound of Father Lin watering how they made manure water, when they watered it, and how to weed diligently after watering. Not only Guo Fu, Guo Fulang, Guo Yu and Guo Xiaohua also pricked up their ears.

Only Lin Zhen held the child and teased him from time to time.

Suddenly, when Father Lin was talking about how much manure and water to add, an old man with a cane and a stooped back almost parallel to the ground walked into the yard with a bundle of firewood in his arms. Walk over: "Father."