After dressing as a widow

Lin Xiaoyao took the candy and looked at Lin Zhen.

He turned his back and licked the candy quietly, and was instantly fascinated by the sweet taste, but he didn't continue to eat, but put it in the purse he sewed after the water stains on the candy dried.

He wants to keep it and eat it slowly until the Chinese New Year.

There are six children in the family plus one elder brother, and only one tip is missing from a bag of candy.

Lin Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to Dad Lin: "It's not just children who want to eat candy, adults also want to eat it, Dad, you also send it to your brothers and fathers, and you, don't let it go."

"Whatever adults want to eat, it's better to keep them for coaxing them. After the new year, I can also pack some to your uncle's house. It's a good New Year's gift."

"..." Lin Zhen almost bumped his head against the pillar, just such a bag of candy has already been counted as a New Year's gift!

He hurriedly said: "Daddy, daddy, when I bought it, I thought our whole family would be able to eat it. Don't father, daddy, elder brother and sister-in-law belong to the same family?"

"The days will be long in the future, and there will still be opportunities to eat candy in the future."

Father Lin, who was about to put the candy into the house, looked at the third son with bright eyes, the eldest son, the second son, and the family member, who had been planing food all year round, and said, "You're right, we are a family." You have to eat together." He opened the oiled paper and gave them candies.

Brother Lin, Lin Changgui waved his hand: "What kind of candy do we grown-ups eat?"

Lin Changshun, Lin's second brother, also shook his head: "Just give these little ones."

Father Lin, who had changed his mind, didn't listen to them, and just stuffed the candy into their hands: "The things were brought by your brother, if you want to talk about it, tell him."

Then I took two pieces for the two daughters-in-law, another piece that looked a little bigger for Father Lin, and a small piece for myself, and put it in my mouth happily.

This is the first candy given by my son in so many years, he must have a good taste.

A piece of candy made everyone in the room smile, and even the room brightened up a lot.

After chatting for a while, the Lin family who had done farm work for a day yawned from time to time, Aunt Lin thought about it, called Lin Xiaoyao to him and said, "From now on, your brother will sleep with you, squeeze for a few days, Tomorrow, I will discuss with your father to see if we can build a hut next to it for your brother to move in."

Lin Xiaoyao is 15 years old this year. He is the youngest son of Father Lin and Father Lin. But like Lin Zhen, he has very light pregnancy moles and is tanned from working every day. His marriage has not yet been settled.

He thought about the candy he had only licked in his purse, looked at Lin Zhen who was dressed neatly and thickly, and nodded: "Okay, then I'll make the bed first," and then said to Lin Zhen, "In the pot There is hot water for washing feet, third brother, soak your feet."

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the room behind the stove that was separated by a mat.

Father Lin said to Lin Zhen: "The family is no better than the Gu family, you can deal with it for a few days, your father and brothers and I will figure out a way."

Lin Zhen looked at Father Lin, who was only in his forties with half a hundred hair and fine lines around his eyes, and felt a little uncomfortable: "Father who is not in the way, I was ignorant in the past, and I made you worry about me and feel uncomfortable for me."

"I've already made up my mind. I'll go to the town in a few days to see if there is any cheaper business to do. Not to mention making a lot of money, but I will definitely not make you worry about me."

"Business is so easy to do, I'm afraid you'll put all your money into it." After half his life, Father Lin wanted to be safe and sound, and he said, "It's better to buy some fields and land, this is what our farmers do. People's decent way of life."

Lin Zhen knows that this is what many people think, but he really can't do farming honestly.

But the matter hasn't been done yet, and he won't tell Father Lin what he can definitely do, he just said: "Look slowly, life will always go on."

"Father doesn't ask you to be rich, as long as you are safe and well, everything goes well."

"Okay, I'll be fine."

After washing his feet in the ancestral wooden basin, Lin Zhen stepped on his cloth shoes and went to the place where Lin Xiaoyao slept.

I saw that the separated space was only about six square meters, facing Chunxiang Xingxiang, who was sleeping in my sister-in-law's house, on the side of the aisle.

On the other side are Huaixiang and Lin Xiaoyao, the younger brothers of the second sister-in-law's family. As soon as he entered, the already small space became more and more cramped, and it seemed that it was difficult to even turn around.

Huaixiang still had the taste of sugar in her mouth, she saw him call out in a low voice: "Uncle."

Chunxiang and Xingxiang also called, "Gu Da."

"..." Auntie is just auntie.

Lin Zhen smiled slightly, and walked to Lin Xiaoyao's side with a promise.

Lin Xiaoyao, who has already made the bed, took the initiative to sleep with Huaixiang in the innermost place, and let the outside out: "Brother, you can sleep outside, Huaixiang will roll around at night, and you are afraid of falling when you sleep outside."

"Yes." Lin Zhen took off the coat he wore from Gu's family, and after sitting on the bed, he realized that the bed was made of stones, with wooden planks and a layer of straw on top, and it made a clicking sound when he sat on it.

And the three children and one young adult in the room looked at him unconsciously, he was different from them, his skin was so white, his hair was so smooth, and it was as black as if soaked in oil.

His clothes also didn't have a single patch, and looked fitted and nice.

Several children involuntarily pulled the quilt up to their chins, covering their patched shoulders and sleeves.

Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and sat on the bed with the tung oil lamp on the extremely small table beside the bed to untie his burden.

Inside were his clothes, three cotton robes and trousers, and seven or eight thin summer and autumn clothes.

He beckoned to Chunxiang Xingxiang on the other stone bed, turned his head to Lin Xiaoyao and Huaixiang and said, "This dress was made last year, and it's a little too small for me this year. I'll ask your grandpa to change it tomorrow. It should be able to change it." The two clothes are for Chunxiang and Xingxiang."

The winter clothes are made too big, Chunxiang Xingxiang is thin, and it is more than enough to change into two bodies.

Chunxiang Xingxiang's eyes widened, she just shook her head desperately: "No."

Lin Zhen said: "That's the deal, I'll tell you guys about it tomorrow."

Then he took out another cotton gown and put it on Lin Xiaoyao's quilt: "This one was also made last year. I wear it a little smaller. You can wear it just right. You can wear it even next year."

Lin Xiaoyao frowned and pursed her lips: "This is yours, what will you wear if you give it to us?"

Lin Zhen patted his head: "I have some, at worst, go to the town to buy some cotton and some cloth, and ask daddy to make me two."

"You should save your money, don't use it indiscriminately." Lin Xiaoyao said righteously, the tone of her words was exactly the same as Lin's father, and while speaking, she pushed the cotton robe on the quilt towards Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen pressed down the cotton robe: "Do you dislike the one I wore?"

Lin Xiaoyao immediately said: "No—"

Lin Zhen: "Then take it!"

"..." The thick cotton robe was pressed against her body, Lin Xiaoyao's lips moved, as if she was a little embarrassed and said, "Thank you bro..."

"That's right." Lin Zhen snorted his head, took out the last cotton robe and said, "Huaixiang is the same age as Chunxiang Xingxiang, this cotton robe can also be changed into two, let's see which one I give it to. .”

There are six children in the family, Chunxiang Xingxiang is a girl, Huaixiang is a younger brother, and his younger brother is also a brother. It’s not a big deal to wear his old clothes, after all, they are all married _(:з」 ∠)_

But other children are different. They are all boys, so we still have to avoid suspicion.

They got new clothes as soon as they arrived, and the joy on the faces of the children couldn't be suppressed. Their eyes almost bloomed when they looked at Lin Zhen. If it wasn't for the fear of disturbing the adults at night, they would all want to rush Go up to him and call him loudly.

Even in their dreams that night, they were extremely happy.

Lin Zhen stood up and turned off the oil lamp, and shrank his legs slightly under the quilt.

There is no way, if it is stretched out, it will be stretched out of the quilt. Whoever said that this bed is prepared for the children of the family, I never thought that it would welcome him as an adult.

But maybe returning to this place made him feel at ease, the drowsiness came faster than expected, and he fell into a dreamland in a daze.

The next day, Lin Zhen was woken up by an unstoppable voice although it was lowered a little.

He looked at the roof with some thatch leaves hanging, and his thoughts of indulging in dreams slowly came back. He put on his clothes, pants and shoes and walked to the stove for boiling water.

Mrs. Lin, who took the child at home and didn't go out, saw him get up, and said with a smile in her voice: "Did you wake up from the child? If you are sleepy, go back to sleep."

"I haven't been disturbed, I have slept enough," Lin Zhen glanced at the house, and saw that the people who packed the room to the brim last night were not there, only Mrs. Lin and the child in his arms, as well as the second sister who snuggled up to Mrs. Lin yesterday. There is a toddler who is more than one year old and can walk.

Lin Zhen said: "Father, they all went to the field?"

"Well, we have to plow the ground well before the Chinese New Year, so that the snow can freeze all the bugs in the ground to death, and there will be less pests in the coming year."

Farmers eat hard food. They have to plant, sow, and harvest, and they have to plow the land after harvest. There is no rest all year round.

Even so, it is still impossible to avoid the harm of production reduction caused by bad weather, and it is even more unfortunate that a year's hard work has been in vain.

Lin Zhen went over to scoop up water to wash his face, and scooped up water to wash his face. After washing his face, he said to Mrs. Lin: "Last night, I told Xiaoyao and the others that I changed my two cotton robes to Chunxiang Xingxiang and Huaixiang. , I'm not good at needlework, it depends on my sister-in-law."

"How can this be done!" Mrs. Lin is not the kind who is greedy for petty gains. Her first reaction when she heard this was not to take advantage of her own child, but to feel that it was inappropriate.

Lin Zhendao: "There's nothing wrong with this. Besides, I've told the children. Whether I can talk doesn't count."

"But this-"

"Okay, sister-in-law, that's the deal. I'll bring the clothes. You can see how you can change them. Anyway, you know my sewing work, so you don't have to see it!"

He was so determined that it would be useless even if Mrs. Lin's words were worn out.