Lin Yuanqiu wondered, cheap daddy didn't go out, so why did he pack the package?
"Go, go, you are a kid. Why are you asking so many questions? Come and play with your cousin."
Naturally, Lin Sanzhu would not tell the truth to his son. He couldn't say that he thought it was too hard to earn money, so he thought of a way to sell cotton-padded jackets directly to buy him books.
How embarrassing.
Also, you must not let me know about it, otherwise you will definitely be scolded for a long time even if you can't sell cotton-padded jackets.
As for selling it, what are you afraid of? At worst, I will eat my rolling pin again.
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A dreamless night.
When Lin Yuanqiu woke up, he saw his father Lin Sanzhu sitting by the kang. He thought it was his imagination. Lin Yuanqiu hurriedly rubbed his eyes and looked again, yes, it was indeed Lin Sanzhu. It was strange, why did the cheap dad behave like this today? Have you gotten up early?
Seeing his son's cute look, Lin Sanzhu felt so soft-hearted. He touched Lin Yuanqiu's head and said, "Get up quickly, daddy will take you to school today."
Oh, Lin Yuanqiu sat up in a daze, wondering why the cheap dad suddenly remembered to send him to school.
While Lin Yuanqiu was dressing and washing, Lin Sanzhu carried the baggage and walked out of the room. He had to take the baggage outside the courtyard first, but he couldn't let his parents see it.
Wu and Lao Lintou had already woken up. After hearing the sound of the courtyard door opening, they were both a little puzzled and wanted to get up to see how the dog could reach the door latch today.
As a result, there was a "pop" sound, and the courtyard door closed again, followed by the voice of the third child, "Dad, Mom, I will come to take the dog to school later, you two just lie down for a while."
When Lao Lin opened the window, he saw his third son standing in the yard, smiling at him.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
Mrs. Wu went to the window and looked again and again. She saw that her third son was wearing the same old patched cotton-padded jacket. He couldn't figure out why he wasn't wearing a new jacket today.
"What are you doing up so early?"
They all crawled out of his own intestines. Even if he turned around, Wu could tell which leg he would move first. She didn't believe that the third child got up so early just to send the dog to school.
"What else can I do?" Lin Sanzhu touched his nose, "I want to go to town later to see if there is any work I can do."
"What? Doing work!" Wu's eyes widened, she must have heard it right.
"Yeah, I earned enough money to buy books for my dog." Lin Sanzhu's face was not red, but he was just buying books, so it was not a lie if he said so.
Old Lintou looked up at the sky, wondering if it would rain red today.
After a while, Lin Yuanqiu came out carrying a book bag.
Seeing this, Lin Sanzhu breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and took his son's hand, turned to Wu and Lao Lintou and said, "Mom, Dad, I'll take the dog to school right now."
"Third brother, wait!"
Old Lintou called to the father and son who were about to leave, and said, "Ask your mother to give you two cents so that you can buy food later."
Although I don’t know whether what Lao San said is true or not, if it is true, I can’t work hungry.
Lin Sanzhu slapped his head, wondering why he had forgotten about eating. Hehe, even though his father usually didn't have a good look on him, he still remembered him at critical moments.
Looking at the father and son walking towards the entrance of the courtyard, Wu couldn't help but ask, "Old man, do you believe San'er's words?"
She hasn't come back to her senses yet.
"Believe it or not, we will find out when the third child comes back from town."
…
Here, Lin Yuanqiu, who had just left the courtyard, soon saw a large package lying on the threshold, the same one he saw last night.
Seeing the cool and unrestrained way in which the cheap dad picked up the baggage and tossed it behind his back, and thinking of the unusual way he got up early today, Lin Yuanqiu suddenly felt uneasy. The cheap dad wouldn't run away from home, would he?
"Dad, a few days ago I saw Goudan being beaten by his uncle again. His nose was bleeding all over his face. His mother-in-law even said that she wanted to sell Goudan to Ren Yazi!"
Lin Yuanqiu felt that it was necessary for him to let his cheap father know how pitiful children without a father were.
Lin Sanzhu thought his son was frightened, so he hurriedly touched his head and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, Yuan Qiu. If anyone dares to bully you in the future, I promise to beat them until they are full of teeth!"
As long as there is a "future", Lin Yuanqiu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the cheap daddy had not run away from home, so he felt relieved.
As for why he went to town with his cotton-padded jacket, since he couldn't figure it out, he shouldn't think about it. As a kid, he should just focus on studying.
After saying goodbye to his father, Lin Yuanqiu walked quickly into the school.
Because of Lin Wenjin's loud mouth, in the past few days, all classmates in the class, including Mrs. Wang, knew that his family could not afford to buy books for a while.
Lin Yuanqiu felt that if Master Wang hadn't recited it verbatim every time he was asked to endorse, he might have been persuaded by Master Wang to go home by now.
It seems that students who study hard are liked by their teachers no matter where they are.
Therefore, he has to work harder.
…
Xiaogaoshan Village is not very far from Hengxi Town. If you walk, you can get there in about an hour. Therefore, when Lin Sanzhu arrived at the town with the package on his back, it was chen hour.
After walking so long, Lin Sanzhu was already hungry. He touched the two coins in his pocket and planned to go to Cloth Village first and then fill his stomach.
The busiest place in Hengxi Town is on Changping Street. There are many shops here, including five or six cloth shops. Lin Sanzhu chose a medium-sized one and walked in because he saw that there were Readymade clothes for sale.
When the shopkeeper saw the visitor, he hurriedly raised his head to greet him. After seeing Lin Sanzhu's old and white cotton-padded jacket clearly, the smile on his face faded slightly, "What do you want to buy, sir?"
Lin Sanzhu was a little embarrassed. After living for more than thirty years, this was the first time he had done this kind of thing of selling clothes, and he always felt his face burning.
Just thinking of his son's longing-for little face, Lin Sanzhu lost all embarrassment. He neither stole nor robbed, so he had nothing to be ashamed of.
Lin Sanzhu calmed down, took off his bag, opened it, then pushed the new cotton-padded jacket in front of the shopkeeper, and said with a smile on his face, "Shopkeeper, I want to sell this new coat."
The shopkeeper of the cloth shop was not surprised when he heard that the visitor was here to sell coats. In addition to selling fashionable fabrics, their shop also sold a lot of ready-made clothes. Therefore, women from the surrounding villages would often bring their own embroidery work. If the craftsmanship is good, their cloth shop will accept it.
The shopkeeper picked up the cotton-padded jacket and took a closer look. It was made of ordinary cotton cloth. Looking at the stitching of the clothes, well, the stitching was quite delicate and could be closed.
The shopkeeper nodded, "I'll give you thirty cents!"
"Thirty cash?" Isn't it too cheap? Lin Sanzhu remembered that his jacket cost more than 20 cash just to buy the fabric and cotton. Plus Feng's workmanship, it must be more than 30 cash. .
"Can the shopkeeper give me more?"
Lin Sanzhu felt that no matter how cheap a book was, it would definitely not be worth thirty cents.
The shopkeeper of Buzhuang was a little impatient, "Thirty cents, no extra cents, it's up to you whether to sell it or not!"
If it weren't for the good workmanship, he wouldn't be willing to get a cotton coat made of this kind of material.
Sell, sell, sell, Lin Sanzhu pushed the package forward, "I sell, I sell!"
The shopkeeper of Buzhuang counted thirty coins, and Lin Sanzhu took it with both hands. After counting carefully, he wrapped the copper plate in layers of wrapping cloth and stuffed it into his arms. Finally, he looked at the new coat on the counter. , turned around and walked out of the store.
It's okay, the old cotton-padded jacket I'm wearing can still be worn for a few more years.
His stomach began to growl, and Lin Sanzhu took out the two coins his mother had given him in the morning from his pocket and walked quickly to the bun shop in front.
Big meat buns cost two cents each, slightly smaller ones cost one cent each, steamed buns also cost one cent, and there are even cheaper thick-wheat steamed buns, two of which cost one cent.
Lin Sanzhu spent a copper plate to buy two thick-faced steamed buns, put the remaining coin back into his pocket, and then walked forward while chewing the steamed buns.
He planned to go to the bookstore first.
You always have to know how much money is missing.
The bookstore is on another street, just a quarter of an hour's walk southward after exiting Changping Street.
When passing by Santingmen, I heard the crackling sound of firecrackers in front of me. I guess some family was having a happy event.
Lin Sanzhu stopped and stretched his neck to find out, only to see many people rushing towards the direction of the loud firecrackers.
"Quick, quick, quick, Mr. He is happy to have a son, so he wants to spend some money on the wedding!"
Spreading wedding money?
As soon as he heard this, Lin Sanzhu didn't bother to chew the steamed buns in his hand, stuffed them randomly into his clothes, followed the crowd in front, and rushed towards Mr. He's house.
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Chapter 8 Buying Books
Mr. He is thirty-five years old this year. Before today, he only had six daughters in his family. Having a child has already become a worry for him. At the beginning of this year, the wife of the family found out her pulse again. I heard that this pregnancy was different from the previous ones. In addition to wanting to eat something sour, it was still sour. This made Mr. He look like a fool. Now he is giving birth to his son. The empress promised in front of the shrine, "If you are happy with Lin'er, you will definitely spread three baskets of money."
Therefore, when Lin Sanzhu ran to the door of He Mansion, what he saw was the three bamboo baskets full of copper plates, and the outside of the bamboo baskets were wrapped with red silk. He looked beaming with joy.
Butler He didn't talk nonsense. When the auspicious moment came, he waved his hand. Immediately, all the servants took action, and the golden copper coins fell like raindrops.
This was the first time Lin Sanzhu encountered such a scene, and he was not comfortable with it for a while. Therefore, every time he stood up and squatted down, he was exactly the opposite of the servant who was throwing money. No, most of the copper coins in the bamboo basket were gone. , he only grabbed four copper coins in his hand.
Fortunately, in the face of money, people's potential is always infinite. Seeing the servant grab another handful of copper coins and scatter them here, Lin Sanzhu changed from squatting to look for them, and instead lay down directly on the ground and picked up the fallen coins. , pressed under his belly.
The people on the side didn't know that Lin Sanzhu had changed his money-grabbing strategy. They just thought that because he was grabbing the coins, he accidentally fell into a dog and gnawed in the mud. So everyone was so frightened that they hid on both sides, fearing that someone on the ground would take advantage of him.
In this way, it was easier for Lin Sanzhu to do things. He stretched his hand under his belly and searched for the copper plates inch by inch, one, two, three. When he touched the ninth copper plate, the corner of Lin Sanzhu's mouth could no longer bear it. The grin reaches the base of the ears.
In the end, Lin Sanzhu's party yielded a total of twenty-three copper coins. Including the four he grabbed earlier, Lin Sanzhu got a total of twenty-seven coins from He's family's wedding money this time.
He patted the dust on his body and felt that he was also covered in dirt, but this work was a thousand times better than going to the ground.
Haha, today is really a windfall.
After the wedding money was scattered, the crowd of people who were still interested gradually dispersed, leaving only a group of ragged beggars still waiting. Lin Sanzhu was also there. Just now, he could hear clearly that the housekeeper of He Mansion said that later, He also wanted to donate white flour steamed buns. His dog had never eaten white flour, let alone big steamed buns made with white flour. Today, I must ask for some to go back to my son to try.
For the people in the town, white-flour steamed buns are just a daily thing, and they are naturally not so greedy that they would compete with beggars for food.
Soon, more than a dozen large steaming steamers were brought out. Looking at the big white steamed buns inside, they were as big as a strong man's fist. It was obvious that Mr. He, who was so happy with his golden bumps, was in a happy mood today.
The beggars formed a long queue under the command of the servants. Among them, some were holding bowls, some were carrying small bamboo baskets, and some simply lifted up the hems of their clothes and prepared to wrap them up directly.
As for Lin Sanzhu, when he was waiting for the steamed buns, he quietly took out the baggage cloth and hid all the copper coins close to his body.
Butler He counted the approximate number of beggars, then compared the number of steamed buns, and finally decided to give each person four.
The beggars who received the steamed buns were all smiling and could not finish thanking them.
Lin Sanzhu was in the middle of the queue, and it wasn't long before it was his turn.
Butler He grabbed two steamed buns in each hand and handed them over. Lin Sanzhu hurriedly shook off the bag and took them, "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"
When he saw the four fat and white steamed buns, the excited Lin Sanzhu couldn't help but add, "The young master of the He family will definitely become a high official in the future."
