"Fifth brother, why don't you get on the carriage? Let's get out of this alley and go in at the front entrance."
Lin Yuanqiu shook his head, "No, I'll just go around from here. Fourth brother, you go about your business first and come pick me up when it's almost time."
When going out, Lin Yuanqiu saw the fourth brother carefully stuffing the letter into his clothes, so it was better not to delay the fourth brother to go to the letter bureau to send a letter to his future fourth sister-in-law.
Lin Yuanbai's wedding day was in November this year, less than two months ago.
To be honest, Lin Yuanqiu was a little doubtful whether the fourth sister-in-law could receive this letter in person. I was afraid that by the time the letter was delivered to her home, the fourth sister-in-law and the others would already be on their way.
Also, the fourth brother must really like the fourth sister-in-law, otherwise, a boy would often go to the mountains to pick some beautiful wild flowers, then dry them and put them into a letter to send to the fourth sister-in-law. Therefore, he is not sincere. Like, who would do that?
As for why Lin Yuanqiu knew so clearly, of course he pieced it together from what the two villains Qing'er and Ying'er secretly told him.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu really wanted to tell his fourth brother that his sister-in-law's family lived in the mountains, and there were no wild flowers in her place. Who would care about your squashed dried wild flowers?
Lin Yuanqiu, who had never liked a girl in his two lives, would have known that as long as it was an object given by the person he liked, even if it was an inconspicuous leaf, the other person would cherish it as a treasure.
At this time, Lin Yuanqiu's thoughts turned to Lin Yuanbai's marriage. He thought that when he passed through, his fourth brother was only six years old, but now he was getting married. How fast these days passed.
Lin Yuanqiu was lamenting how time flies when he heard a "pop" on his head and felt like he had been hit by something. He touched his bun, then looked for it on the ground and found that it was a feather shuttlecock.
I don’t know whose child was accidentally kicked out.
Lin Yuanqiu leaned over to pick it up, wondering if he should help throw it back into the yard. But he looked at the courtyard walls on both sides of the road, and he didn't know which house the shuttlecock flew from.
Therefore, he might as well put it back where it was and let the kids come out and pick it up on their own.
With this thought in mind, Lin Yuanqiu put the shuttlecock on the ground, being careful that it would be stepped on by passers-by. He also specially found a position close to the wall.
But when he stood up and was about to walk forward, he saw a head sticking out of the wall of the Zhou family's courtyard on the left.
This was a girl who was about thirteen or fourteen years old. Because she was so close, Lin Yuanqiu could clearly see her face. There was a small red mole between her eyebrows, dark almond-shaped eyes, a small nose, and her fair cheeks also had... Some baby fat, looks well-behaved and clever.
Thinking that it would not be good for him to be a man staring at girls, Lin Yuanqiu quickly turned his head to the side.
Zhong Yurou, who was standing on tiptoes on the high table, obviously didn't expect that there happened to be someone standing outside the courtyard wall. She immediately wanted to squat down, but she thought that today her uncle's family was coming and going, and Liu Ye went to the kitchen to help out. It would be too inappropriate for her to run out to pick up shuttlecocks. Looking at the way this man turned his head in a hurry, he felt uncomfortable Instead of being frivolous, I might as well ask him to throw the shuttlecock into the wall for me.
Zhong Yurou, who had made up her mind, was about to speak, but she saw that he was already walking forward. She hurriedly said, "Hey, can you help me throw the shuttlecock in?"
Lin Yuanqiu would naturally not refuse something that was easy to do. In fact, if he hadn't seen that the other party was a girl, he would have handed the shuttlecock to him.
Now that the other party has spoken, he has nothing to worry about. Besides, he is just throwing it back, not directly handing it to her, so what should he be afraid of?
With this in mind, Lin Yuanqiu didn't waste any time. He picked up the shuttlecock on the roadside and threw it directly into the wall.
When he turned around and was about to leave, he glanced at the girl on the wall. She had crescent-shaped almond eyes and a bright smile on her raised lips. Under the sunlight, she looked particularly energetic.
Yes, it was vitality. Lin Yuanqiu felt that this was probably because he had traveled back in time to ancient times. Among all the girls he had ever seen, he saw the most energetic smiling face, which gave people a sense of prosperity.
Lin Yuanqiu, who was stepping forward at this time, didn't know that the girl on the wall was stretching her neck out of curiosity to see if the stranger who kindly helped her pick up the shuttlecock happened to be invited by her uncle's family. Where are the guests?
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After the Zhou family's banquet, it was Lin Yuanqiu's turn soon.
Ever since the Wu family had the precedent of lending a table to someone else as a gift of cakes, now no matter what kind of happy event the family holds, they don’t have to worry about borrowing tables, chairs, or benches. No, it’s not even Chen time yet, and the clan members have already carried them. I took my own table, chairs and benches to the ancestral hall, for fear that if I were late, I wouldn't be able to use their table.
Wu is not a stingy person either. A pack of hibiscus cake costs six cents, and a pack for each set of tables and chairs only costs about three hundred cents. It's not that she has a disdain for Sanbai Wen, but her old man said that with Yuan Qiu's current status, it's best for our family not to owe favors to outsiders casually.
Otherwise, in the future, the clan members will use these favors as excuses, and it will be difficult for Yuan Qiu to do so.
In fact, Old Lintou was completely over-worried. His grandson was not the kind of person who would get in the way of human feelings.
For example, at this time, his cousin, the cousin whom his uncle and aunt wanted to kiss and propose to be his wife, was almost frightened to tears by Lin Yuanqiu's sullen face.
When Lin Sanzhu saw it, he didn't say a word. Instead, he felt that he was doing the right thing. He had to scare people away. Otherwise, his dog would be in trouble in the future just because he had the same good looks as his father.
As for Ms. Feng, facing her niece's face about to cry and the displeased eyes of her parents, brother and sister-in-law, she seemed not to notice. There was a banquet at home today, and she had many things to do, so she had no time to take care of them.
Speaking of which, there was another person from her mother's family who didn't want to pay much attention to her at the banquet, and that was Qin Hehua.
Mrs. Qi saw that her daughter was wearing a goose-yellow skirt made of fine cotton fabric, and a pair of silver lilacs on her ears. Looking at her wrist, she actually had a solid silver bracelet on it. God, this must be at least one or two. Five cents is heavy.
There is also the granddaughter, who is only four years old. There is a small string of silver beads hanging on each of the two little locks. As for the little grandson, not to mention, she has already seen the small silver lock tucked into her clothes. arrive.
Mrs. Qi really couldn't hold it back. Seeing that the people sitting at this table were all members of her own family, she lost her scruples and said, "Lotus, my mother saw a pair of bracelets in the silver building in the town a few days ago. They are like magpies climbing plum blossoms. I like them." Oh, but when I asked the price, it actually cost one or two or eight yuan. Oh, how can I have the money to buy it?"
As he said this, Mrs. Qi looked at her daughter eagerly, as if she was hesitant to speak.
Mrs. Qi thought to herself that based on her daughter's filial piety, she would definitely buy her a bracelet with money. After all, how can there be a mother in this world who has nothing but a daughter who is dressed so decently?
Unexpectedly, Qin Hehua said directly, "My daughter doesn't have any money, and my mother knows it. When she left her mother's house, she didn't even bring a penny to her husband's house."
Mrs. Qi didn't expect her daughter to respond to her like this. It took her a long time to find her tongue, "Then where did the lilacs on your ears and the bracelets on your hands come from? And the silver beads on Yinger's head are so small. Girl, what are you doing with all this money?"
Mrs. Qi originally wanted to say that spending money on such a ignorant girl would be too much for her, so she might as well just use the money to buy her a bracelet.
But in the blink of an eye, she saw that her little granddaughter was looking at her. Qi hurriedly swallowed all the words back in her throat. Don't let the little girl learn from her father, and then she would be embarrassed.
At this time, Ms. Qi would have never imagined that whatever her granddaughter had to say, she would tell her uncle directly.
As for Qin Hehua, after hearing Qi's words, it was impossible to say that she wasn't feeling uncomfortable at all, but she had already thought about it clearly on the day she got married. Now she has a daughter, a son, and a husband who loves her, so It is right to keep your own home and live a good life.
Looking at her mother again, her eyes were still staring at her. She was still waiting for her answer. Qin Hehua was not polite and said with a smile, "The beads on Ying'er's head are the birthday gifts she bought for her." , As for my daughter’s lilacs and bracelets, my husband bought them for me. If Mom really likes them, why don’t I talk to my husband later and ask him to buy them for Mom too?”
When Mrs. Qi heard this, she immediately shook her head like a rattle, "No, no, actually, my mother doesn't like these very much, and it's inconvenient to wear them while doing work, so I might as well not buy them."
What a joke, if others knew that she, the mother-in-law, was actually urging her son-in-law to buy a bracelet, she would lose her face.
Ms. Qin, who was sitting at the same table, almost couldn't help laughing when she saw her nephew's wife's embarrassment.
Mrs. Qin thought to herself that it was a good thing that her grand-niece was able to carry things clearly, which made her feel more at ease. Otherwise, she would have felt guilty for the rest of her life just because Wu had known her for so many years.
Originally, Lin Yuanqiu thought that the clan leader and clan elders would ask about the tax-free fields, but in the end, no one mentioned it.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu has already arranged the forty acres of tax-free acres.
No, the gift received included the land deeds for thirty-two acres of paddy fields, and these land deeds must not be left idle before they are returned to others. So you have to transfer them to your own name first for tax exemption.
As for the remaining eight tax-free acres, just keep it for now.
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Soon it was time to go back to school again.
The night before departure, Lin Yuanbai, who had always been cheerful, took a rare moment to linger. Seeing how he stayed in his room and refused to leave, Lin Yuanqiu immediately guessed what the other person was struggling with.
This is because I want him to come back for the wedding banquet, but I am worried that it will delay his studies.
Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't worry, I have remembered the big day of my fourth brother's wedding. It will be November 28th, right. I will definitely come back two days early by then."
"Yes, yes!" Lin Yuanbai patted Lin Yuanqiu's shoulder, "It's November 28th, haha, we have made an agreement, fourth brother will be waiting for you at home then, okay, fifth brother, you have an early morning Get some sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow."
With that said, Lin Yuanbai raised his feet and walked out. The brisk and neat steps were completely different from the coy demeanor just now.
Looking at the happy look on his face, Lin Yuanqiu was sure that after leaving the room, the fourth brother would jump back to the room.
I have to say that from childhood to adulthood, I really need to know a lot about it. After leaving Lin Yuanqiu's house, Lin Yuanbai was really jumping up and down with excitement. The reason why he was so happy was of course because his fifth brother would rush back to eat the wedding wine between him and his cousin.
Also, in more than a month, I will marry a wife.
Hahahahaha...
Ms. Liu: Alas, my youngest son is starting to act stupid again.
Lin Erzhu: It's normal. He was like this when he was about to get married.
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Chapter 103 Tribute Supervisor
It was early in the morning, and the sky was still bright, so Mrs. Zhou got dressed and got up. Today, her little nephew was leaving at almost 10 o'clock, so she had to make breakfast quickly.
Speaking of which, ever since they started doing embroidery at home, Zhou's sisters-in-law had less time to cook. As for Gao Cui, Qin Hehua, and other grandchildren's daughters-in-law, they do embroidery work or take care of children, so they don't spend much time helping with the cooking.
Therefore, the three meals a day at home are basically cooked by Wu and her sons and grandsons.
If you were to do this in other people's homes, you would definitely have a lot of filial and unfilial words to say.
But Wu is different. In her opinion, making money at home is the top priority. She is an old woman who can't do embroidery very well, so it's not a good idea to help with some things she can do.
Besides, she is not too old to move. Although she is over sixty years old, her hands and feet are still nimble when doing work.
As for letting the sons and grandsons cook together, isn't that the right thing to do? The women in the family are busy doing embroidery work to earn money. Are they, a group of old men, waiting to eat ready-made food?
As for Lao Lintou, he almost took care of all the cooking tasks. Looking at the prosperous life of his family every day, he felt indescribably satisfied.
In the past few years, under the leadership of Wu, even Lin Sanzhu, who had a headache when he saw the cooking pot, is now very good at cooking. However, the taste of Lin Sanzhu's food has always been the best among the cooks at home. The existence of the bottom.
There is nothing that can be done about it. As Mrs. Wu said, some people don’t have the talent to cook. Although her third son is smart in business, he is just a fool when it comes to cooking. A pig's head that cannot be cooked.
After breakfast, Lin Yuanfeng took the horse out of the stable, and then hitched up the carriage with Lin Yuansong and Lin Yuanhuai.
Lin Yuanbai, on the other hand, began to be busy cutting forage. He would definitely spend the night in Fucheng tonight, so he had to bring the beans and forage that Hong Zao ate, so he would not have to worry about getting a bad stomach because he was not used to the forage in the inn.
Hongzao is the name of the family horse, given by Lao Lintou. Because it is a bay horse, it was given such an appropriate name.
Having a carriage at home will make it much more convenient when you go out. Unlike before, every time I pack my luggage, I try to pack it as simple as possible.
No, in addition to loading several kilograms of persimmons for her grandson, Wu also carried a newly made quilt to the car.
It won't be long before the weather gets colder. The old quilt will be a little lumpy after being used for a long time, and it will definitely not be as warm as a new quilt.
Mrs. Wu patted the thick quilt and smiled at Lin Yuanqiu, "It weighs eight kilograms. It is made of fine cotton. When winter comes, you can put a thin quilt on top." So we won't be afraid even if it gets colder. By the way, the original bed can be used as a quilt."
Lin Yuanqiu nodded, "My grandson knows, thank you very much."
Mrs. Feng quickly brought out a big package, which contained her newly made coat. My son has grown very fast in the past two years, and every year his cotton robe has to be made anew, otherwise the hem will be several inches too short.
Today, in addition to Lin Yuanqiu and Lin Sanzhu, there are also Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong who are going to Fucheng. They plan to take turns driving all the way, so that the journey of several hours will not be so tiring.
Seeing her little uncle carrying his clothes and getting ready to get into the car, Lin Wanqing, who was following the car, couldn't help but remind her: "When my little uncle comes home, don't forget to buy Qianqianzhuan. Qing'er will draw a little bunny."
Qianqianzhuan is the favorite toy of little girls nowadays. A disc made of wood has an inch-long iron needle erected in the center. Then you twist the iron needle and the disc will rotate.
Lin Yuanqiu said that this thing is similar to the wooden top in the previous life, except that the top uses a drawstring to keep spinning, while Qianqianzhu uses sleeves.
When Lin Wanying heard this, she quickly reminded her, "There is also Ying'er's."
Seeing two pairs of eyes full of expectation, Lin Yuanqiu smiled and nodded, "I know, Qing'er painted the bunny, and Ying'er wants to paint the flowers, right?"
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the two little girls nodded and covered their mouths in joy.
