After dressing as a widow

"Xiao Yao also told me about this at the time, and what he meant was that he was not too old, and he wanted to learn to do business from me, earn some money by himself, and talk about it after two years of marriage. Confess this clearly to my father."

"After thinking about it, my father followed his will. When Li Zhaodi came to the door the next day, he refused her and gave her two packs of sugar cakes."

"Our family thought that this was the end of the matter. After all, the Li family is a respectable family in the village. How can it be Xiaoyao? I didn't expect that when we learned about it again, it turned out that our two families were getting married? Get married, get married What kind of dear?"

Lin Zhen explained the entanglement between the two families clearly in a few words. He looked at the villagers who didn't know whether to believe it or not, and looked at Li Zhaodi whose eyes were about to burst into flames: "The folks in the big hometown should have heard what Li Zhaodi said before. Well, if you want to find a good-looking girl for your kid, why did you suddenly change your mind and want to find a brother?"

"Besides, Xiaoyao was fifteen last year, and Li Jiu is two years older than him. If Li Zhaodi really wanted to get married, why didn't she go to my house to propose marriage a year earlier, and only now does it."

"Not to mention the nonsense of my father using sugar cakes as tokens, no matter how poor my Lin family is, I won't be so shabby."

The reason why a rumor is a rumor is that there are people who believe it. Lin Zhen has already seen this in his own case. He does not expect his words to completely turn the situation around and make everyone believe him.

He just wants to plant a seed of doubt in everyone's hearts. It is a fact that Li Zhaodi himself said that he is looking for a girl. When the token is also a fact, all he has to do is to keep watering the seed, waiting for it to break out of the ground and grow into a towering tree.

After finishing what he wanted to say, Lin Zhen said to Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Lin: "Let go of Aunt Li, we have already talked about this, and our attitude is here. The left and right Lin and Li will never become in-laws, and Xiaoyao will never become relatives." I will never marry Li Jiu, and from now on, we will go on each side of the road."

As soon as she was let go, the furious Li Zhaodi rushed up to beat Lin Zhen, cursing: "Why is a little whore who has been divorced by a man talking nonsense here, all the men in the Lin family are dead, there is no one left! "

"Let me tell you, Lin Xiaoyao has to marry if she doesn't marry. He was born to my Li family and died as a ghost of my Li family. If anyone dares to go to your house to propose marriage, I will disturb him once."

She jumped up so fast that Sister-in-law Lin and Second-sister-in-law Lin, who were pulling her up, didn't react. Lin Zhen stood at the front again, and the others behind her had no time to make a move.

Suddenly, Gu Shuanzi, who was standing next to Lin Zhen, kicked Li Zhaodi's chest at an unknown time, with an unknown force, until Li Zhaodi sat on the ground with his buttocks, clutching his chest and screaming.

Lin Zhen was taken aback, and felt that this kid reacted too fast and exerted too much force, he was born to fight.

He pulled Gu Shuanzi behind him, and said to Li Zhaodi who was on the ground: "Li Zhaodi, you're so hard on my brother Lin, if you don't know it, you think your son has some hidden disease and has to find someone to fill in the hole." .”

"Fart!" Li Zhaodi would not let others think that there is something wrong with her son, "My son is very good, and he will be full of children and grandchildren in the future!"

Lin Xiaoyao, who was standing behind Lin Zhen, said: "Since he wants to have a whole family of children, why do you insist on him marrying me? My pregnancy mole is so light, and heirs are destined to be difficult. I'm afraid I won't be able to have children for the rest of my life. How can he have a whole family of children?"

"Xiaoyao..." Lin Zhen didn't want him to say that, it was tantamount to spreading out his unchangeable shortcomings in front of others.

Lin Xiaoyao shook his hand: "Third Brother, it's a fact that I'm pregnant. What kind of calculations do they think the Li family really thinks we don't know? Isn't it just watching our house produce compost again, and you're doing it again?" There is a shop in the town, and they want to get these things for nothing by marrying me."

There was another discussion among the crowd. Some people who had been shaken by Lin Zhen's words felt that this statement was true. After all, Li's family was a rich family in the village, so there was no reason to help the poor and marry Lin Xiaoyao.

Just like what Lin Xiaoyao said, his pregnancy mole is too light, similar to his third brother Lin Zhen, Lin Zhen has nothing to do in the Qian family for a year, and he has not been pregnant for two years after marrying Gu Da, maybe for the rest of his life It is impossible to have children of their own.

What can the Li family plan?

After much deliberation, only the shop in Turin's hands and the prescription.

Suddenly, just as everyone was swaying, Li Jiu who didn't know where to go appeared. He looked at Li Zhaodi on the ground, then at the menacing Lin family, especially Lin Zhen, and walked over to help Li Zhaodi up.

Li Zhaodi slapped him on the back: "Where did you and your father die? I was bullied to death. They still don't recognize your marriage with Xiaoyao, and let you guard for a year for nothing!"

Last night she explained to Li Jiu that if the Lin family asked someone to tell her, he would kill herself and wait for Lin Xiaoyao for a year, and don't say anything else.

Seeing that the situation was not good for her, Li Zhaodi was glad that Li Jiu came and could break the game for herself. After all, her family Xiao Jiu is a well-known good boy in the village, and no one doesn't feel sorry for a good boy who is bullied.

Li Jiu knew what his mother meant, but looking at Lin Zhen, he couldn't say what his mother told him, and couldn't help but said: "Mother, I never wanted to marry Xiaoyao, I like real brother."

"Mother, let's forget about our marriage with Xiaoyao, let me marry a real brother!"

"!!!"

"My God!"

"This, this, what does this kid say, who does he want to marry!"

"Isn't his family engaged to Xiaoyao of the Lin family? Why is he marrying a real brother again!?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Lin Zhen in an instant. Lin Zhen looked at Li Jiu in front of him, thinking that he had heard wrongly. Li Jiu was going to marry him. What are you kidding, just such a white chicken?

Li Zhaodi also froze, she didn't expect that the help she thought came to stab her, she slapped Li Jiu across the face: "You are fascinated by this coquettish fox, aren't you, a little scum who married twice You are the only treasure, but fortunately I still want to marry you a good girl—"

Lin Zhen raised her eyebrows, and the people next to her heard it. Li Zhaodi suddenly realized what she said, and her hand softened a little when she hit Li Jiufa.

Lin Zhen smiled and said: "I have to marry a good girl for my son, so don't worry about other people's things anymore. Although our Lin family doesn't like to cause trouble, we are not afraid of trouble. If there is another time, I don't mind what happened today Do it all over again."

The people around are fools if they don't understand now, it's clear at a glance which one is lying and which one is messing up the water, looking at Li Zhaodi with inquiry and displeasure.

It's over, it's over.

Li Zhaodi knew that her plan was in vain, and her shop and recipes were all gone.

This matter has been raging in the village for several days. Aunt Ma, Uncle Ji Aunt and Aunt Liu, who are familiar with the Lin family, have all come to ask about it. After learning the whole story, they all clapped their hands and applauded. .

Aunt Ma treated Lin Zhen as her own child, and even loved Lin Xiaoyao, she whispered: "It's just that Li Zhaodi is definitely not reconciled, according to his temperament, it will be difficult for Xiaoyao to get married in the future."

There is no need to do anything, as long as Li Zhaodi publicizes that Lin Xiaoyao admits that she is pregnant, that she may never have children in her life, and that she has been involved with Li Jiu, no good boy will come to her door.

Those who come may be physically handicapped, or widowers whose husbands and wives have died.

Lin Zhen looked at Lin Xiaoyao, Lin Xiaoyao didn't have the slightest dejection on her face: "I've been doing business with my third brother for a few years, saved more money, and then I will do some small business by myself. Maybe there are many men who can't compare to me."

"It's good if you think like this." Seeing Lin Xiaoyao like this, Aunt Ma felt relieved in her heart. The most fearful thing for a person is to lose his energy, that is the real sinking in the mud, no matter what others say, it is useless.

After a few days at home, Lin Zhen took Lin Xiaoyao, Lin Shitou and Gu Shuanzi back to the town. Before leaving, he talked to Lin's father and Lin's father for a while, and asked them if they had any money. How much, do you want to push the house and rebuild it?

When he mentioned this matter, neither Qian Lin's father nor Lin's father had thought about this problem. The family was used to being squeezed into two houses, and they were also used to being poor, so they had no idea of ​​building a house yet.

Lin Zhen saw that they were not unmoved, and said that as a married brother who went home to live, he was willing to pay the same money as the two elder brothers to live in the house, and it would be more convenient for him and Gu Shuanzi to leave two rooms when they came back.

Father Lin and Father Lin's heart was heated up by what he said, and immediately called Brother Lin, Second Brother Lin, Sister-in-Law, Sister-in-law Lin, and asked what they meant.

In fact, the two families have long wanted to have a place of their own, so they made a decision immediately. Lin Zhen asked them how much money they had, and then made an estimate: "Since we want to start, let's start with a big one. Zhuzi Shishi and Huaixiang Chunxiang have grown up and should have their own houses."

"In this way, the eldest brother and the second brother and I each pay 20 taels of silver. First, the walls are built of stones, and the roof is covered with thatch. Later, the eldest brother and the second brother have more money, and they will remove the thatch and replace it with tiles."

Adding up to 60 taels, it is not a problem to build a four-room house in Liyu Village. According to what he said, there is no need for tiles and thatch, which is more than enough.

Father Lin next to him wanted to say something, but Lin Zhen quietly held his hand under the table.

He knew what Father Lin wanted to say. According to what he said, the three brothers paid the same amount of money to build a house, and Lin Zhen suffered the most. He has only one step-son, and his future destination is uncertain. A good house will most likely be owned by Brother Lin and Brother Lin in the end.

But Lin Zhen didn't feel that he was at a disadvantage. He didn't lack the 20 taels of silver, so it was as if he had bought a share for the two old men. The most important thing was the prosperity of family and everything.

Besides, his elder brother, second brother, and two sister-in-laws are all nice people, so he doesn't need to hold them back.

After explaining the matter, Lin Zhen took the three of them back to town.

And the news that the Lin family was going to build a house caused a tornado in the village. Who would have thought that two years ago, the Lin family was a lower middle family in their village. It’s time to start building a house. It’s really 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

Elder brother Lin and elder sister Lin and sister-in-law Lin were also very moved. They all understood that they could live such a good life and spent 20 taels of silver to build a house, all thanks to Lin Zhen.

In the early days, I hired them to deliver small trolleys to the town. The two of them took turns to deliver once a day, and they could get fifteen yuan each time. The family's sister-in-law Lin also collected vegetables and strings, and got ten yuan.

Last year, the business of the shop was better than that of the cart. The more they were busy, the more they earned. Coupled with the bumper harvest of grain in the field, they had this wealth.

On a good day, the Lin family pushed down the original old house, and the family temporarily built a shack to live in, and began to dig the foundation to build the house intensively.

In a blink of an eye, Lin Zhen has been in the town to open a shop for two months. During these two months, Gu Shuanzi almost never left his pen and eyes for the upcoming county examination in February. Eyes, he can stick in them all day.

At the end of January, the county examination that attracted the attention of several schools in the town was finally notified. In previous years, it was only necessary to pass the county examination to be granted the status of a child student, but this year there was a change. The top [-] of the five results will go to Fucheng to take three exams, and they will be Tongsheng after passing.

As soon as I heard it, I knew how difficult it was. Lin Zhenxin felt a little bit drummed inside, feeling that his little boy was out of luck.

Gu Shuanzi was quite calm. He said: "There are still about ten days left before the county examination. I'm afraid I'll go to Fucheng right away after that. Uncle Lin...he's in town."

"Hey, what are you thinking, boy, how can I let you go to Fucheng as a child, I will definitely go with you, your little uncle is doing things very quickly now, I will be fine if I leave for a month or two."

"Besides, I also want to visit Fucheng. Maybe I will do business there in the future."

"Uncle Lin, I'm already nine years old. I'm ten years old. I'm not a child." Gu Shuanzi looked at Lin Zhen and said.

He is only ten years old, even though he is still a child in his eyes, but Lin Zhen, based on the idea of ​​not hitting children, nodded: "Okay, our Shuanzi has grown up and is a big child, Nuo, this is for you Take the little cake, you can eat it with Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen in the school, they liked this little cake very much when they came last time."

"Okay." This year there are several students who will take the examination for children. Gu Shuanzi himself, Wang Qin, Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing, Liang Pinxiu, and the student surnamed Yu study and study together every day. Gu Shuanzi gets along with them I have more time than before, and I can barely be regarded as acquaintances.

Soon, the county examination kicked off in full swing, and all the students who referenced had to enter the examination room in the county government office to take the exam. There were two exams a day in the first two days, and one exam in the last day.

Lin Zhen got up early that day, and prepared a neither spicy nor cold breakfast for Gu Shuanzi, and while filling him with warm water in a bamboo cup tied to a tie, he said, "We will be in the examination room later. Don’t drink too much water, you know, I looked at your exam time, it’s not too generous, it’s not good if you delay going to the toilet.”

"Also, don't be nervous when answering the questions. If you encounter difficulties, skip them first, do what you know first, and then turn back and think about what you can't."

Lin Zhen's birthday is in mid-January, he is already 20 years old this year, and he looks the same as when Gu Shuanzi first met.

Gu Shuanzi ate the breakfast he made for himself, looked at him filling himself with water, and his voice was very different from that of other people: "Well, I know."

"Okay, I have checked the pen, ink and inkstone, and there is no problem." Lin Zhen looked back and saw that he had finished eating earlier, and said, "Let's go, we can't be late."

Gu Shuanzi took the things by himself, and walked out side by side with him.

At this moment, the morning light is faint, and there is a faint line of gold in the sky.

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Dayu's Spine

Gu Shoufu

Marquis of Dingjun