Of course Mr. Lin is not satisfied, what can he do with only one hundred and twenty taels of silver a year
But what can an elder like him say in front of almost the whole village
He could only keep his head down and say nothing.
Li Zheng looked at Mr. Lin's appearance, his face was not obvious, and he sneered in his heart, he really is not greedy enough, and a granddaughter is not satisfied with giving one hundred and twenty taels of silver a year
"The work of Gospel is already the only one in our Hulu Village. Brother Lin, just talk about it when you see it. Otherwise, when she gets married, do you still think she can subsidize you?" said one of the oldest clan members. The old man touched old man Lin's arm and said softly.
Mr. Lin still remained silent.
Li Zheng looked at Lin Dalang, laughed and said: "Dalang, you are a scholar, you know the truth, please persuade your grandfather, your sister, a thirteen-year-old girl, can give your grandpa one hundred and twenty taels of silver every year Retirement, I really say a lot!"
Lin Dalang frowned when he heard Li Zheng's words, but he was even more dissatisfied in his heart, one hundred and twenty taels of silver a year, how about sending beggars
He ignored Li Zheng's persuasion, stared at Lin Fufu sternly, the corners of his lips trembled, and said slowly: "Gospel, you also said that Mr. Liu earns a few thousand taels a day. , since you are doing business with him as a partner, even if you are not as good as Mr. Liu, you earn a lot of money, so you only give me a little over a hundred taels a year plus pension money, isn't it justified?"
Lin Fufu smiled, and said calmly: "Brother Dalang, I'm just a teenage girl. I have no money and no backing. I rely on my brain to earn some money. See how capable you are as I said. , I'm even embarrassed."
The implication is that there is not much money.
Lin Dalang refused to believe it.
Mr. Lin didn't believe it either.
"At least add some, Gospel." At this time, Mrs. Zhao came over with her stomach full again, and said with a shy face.
Lin Fufu chuckled, looked at Mrs. Zhao and said, "There's nothing I can do. The money left by my mother and part of the money I earned later were used to buy a house in the town and two shops. The rest has to be used as capital, and I still want to buy land. My uncle may think that it is wrong for me to spend money like that, but you have to know, I have younger brothers and sisters to support, my mother has gone, and my father has disappeared. Raise the two of them? The eldest sister is like a mother, so I have to plan for them in the future, right?"
When Lin Fufu himself admitted that he had bought a house and a shop in the town in such a short period of time, the people in Hulu Village all exclaimed, and then they all bowed their heads and started talking.
Mr. Lin also stared at Lin Fufu with wide eyes.
"What? You spent money to buy a shop and a house in the town?" Mrs. Zhao jumped three feet high excitedly. Lin Fufu was really worried about the child in her belly. What kind of mother is this...
"Have you already bought a house and a shop in the town?" Lin Dalang's eyes flashed, and he quickly made several calculations.
"I bought it." Lin Fufu nodded and added, "There is still money left by my mother."
Hearing Lin Fufu mentioning that the house was bought and that there was money left by the deceased Chu family in the shop, several clan elders nodded first.
The oldest clan elder looked at the big guy and said, "Actually, what Gospel did was right, very right! Her younger siblings are still young, and they can't make money if they stay at home. It's better to buy a house and a house in the town." The shop can be leased to others and can be returned with some rent. This is also her heart for her younger siblings."
The villagers all nodded in agreement after hearing what the clan elder said, and their jealousy towards Lin Fufu who bought a house and a shop in the town so quickly disappeared.
Don't look at her having the money to buy those, but it's also difficult for her. There are still a few months old siblings at home to raise.
As Lin Fufu himself said, the eldest sister is like a mother, and she can consider such considerations for the two children, which is her advantage.
The villagers of Hulu Village are simple and simple, and they naturally feel that Lin Fufu is doing the right thing and that she is a kind elder sister.
At the same time, I have some indescribable feelings about Lin Dalang, a scholar.
Seeing him blaming Lin Fufu for neglecting the old couple of the Lin family, what about him? Did he give a son
Isn't he the eldest grandson of Mr. Lin
"Okay, you can spend the Gospel money as you like, and you people in the old Lin family house have no reason to interfere. Are they all separated?" A hot-tempered elder stood up and said.
Then he looked at Lin Dalang again, "Dalang, it's not my old man who said you, it's a good thing for you to do for your grandma, but you should also look at yourself, you gave your grandma a lot of money?"
Everyone in Calabash Village laughed when they said this.
Lin Dalang's face turned red up to the base of his ears.
Lin Fufu smiled secretly. In fact, this was also the result she wanted, which was to pass the town's houses and shops across Ming Road in Hulu Village.
Originally, she wanted to talk about this matter on the first day at the running water banquet, but because of the fight between Wu Shi and Yuan Shi, and because she was busy with various things and couldn't find a good opportunity, she put it on hold for the time being.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Lin and Lin Dalang gave her this opportunity today.
With the help of several old elders and Li Zheng, Mr. Lin and the people in the old house did not benefit at all.
Lin Fufu was very satisfied.
Lin Dalang lowered his eyes, his heart was spinning fast, suddenly he raised his head suddenly, pointed at Lin Fufu and said, "Okay, since the elders are all looking for you, we don't care whether you buy a house or a shop. But you What about forcing the second uncle and the second aunt not to interfere with Lin Fen and Lin Fang's marriage?"
Seeing Lin Dalang using this to attack Lin Fufu, Mr. Lin felt uneasy.
He was afraid that if Lin Fufu was pushed into a hurry, he would reveal that Lin Dalang wanted Lin Fen to be a concubine for rich man Zheng.
So, he winked at Lin Dalang, then shook his head slightly.
But Lin Dalang looked fanatical. He thought that Lin Fufu was so kind to the second wife of the Lin family, so he would definitely not tell the story that he wanted to sell Lin Fen to rich man Zheng to be his concubine.
After all, if you really want to say it, people will say that Lin Dahe is a fool, what does Lin Dalang care about him
Lin Dalang also thought that even if Lin Fufu forced the incident on him, he could still get away with not knowing about it...
But as soon as his words came out, Li Zheng and several clan elders tried not to mention this matter deliberately, but it didn't work.
Li Zheng secretly blamed Lin Dalang for being a monster, he was not as frank as a scholar at all, so he insisted on talking about Lin Fufu, what did he want to do
Haven't you taken a fancy to other people's money? What are you pretending to be
But since Lin Dalang mentioned it again, he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore, so he asked Lin Fufu with a smile, "Gospel, what's going on here?"
After a pause, he added: "It's impossible to interfere with the marriage of other people's daughters."
"That's right, she's the only one who has a lot of things to do, and she doesn't care whether the girl is married or not." Zhao took a chance to interrupt Lin Fufu.
Lin Fufu slightly hooked his lips, neither arrogant nor impetuous, calmly moved his eyes to Mr. Lin's face, and asked with a smile: "Master, you know this matter best, do you really want me to say it?"
Mr. Lin clenched his fists, looked up at Lin Fufu, but didn't speak.
"You can say what you want, what's the point?" Lin Dalang said disdainfully.
Lin Fufu sneered, this Lin Dalang really didn't cry when he saw the coffin, he took the lead in making an idea to sell Lin Fen, and he hasn't settled with him yet, so he's going to die now, right
Although Lin Fufu still had a smile on his face, there was a cold smile in his eyes.
"Then please ask Lin Fen to explain why I stopped her from getting married in front of the big guy. Can the big guy say it?" Lin Fufu turned around suddenly, and everyone in front of him asked loudly.
Then I heard the people from Calabash Village answering loudly.
Farmers usually don't have much gossip for entertainment, and finally there is an old Lin family house that often provides some jokes. Everyone loves to listen to the gossip of the Lin family's old house.
Accompanied by Lin Fang, Lin Fen walked towards Lin Fufu quickly.
She wants to expose Lin Dalang's sinister intentions more than Lin Fufu, in order to avenge her almost being sold as a concubine!
But when Lin Fufu came, Mr. Lin had already been frightened, and his face turned pale all of a sudden.
At this time, he was looking at Lin Fen nervously, but when he saw Lin Fen's eyes were full of hatred, he knew in his heart that something was going to go wrong.
He quickly pulled Lin Dalang, and said softly: "Dalang, stop making trouble, let him pass this matter, look at Afen's expression, he must destroy you before he is willing!"
Lin Dalang was already frightened, and looked at Lin Fen quietly, and it happened that Lin Fen was staring at him with hatred, so he immediately lowered his head in fright, not daring to look at Lin Fen.
Lin Fen smiled contemptuously, and cursed: "You bastard!"
"Why don't you talk anymore, you all talk about it..." Lizheng's curiosity was also aroused, he looked at this and that.
Mr. Lin gave Lin Fufu a hard look, forced a smile that was uglier than crying, and cupped his hands at Li Zheng, "Li Zheng, these children's jokes can't be taken seriously, can't be taken seriously. "
A clan elder laughed and said, "But the old man doesn't look like he's joking. I read the Gospel, and I don't know how to joke around to make us happy."
Mr. Lin's face froze, and then he persuaded the food and drink, "Come on, everyone, drink and eat food, the food is cold."
Lin Fen looked at Mr. Lin who was protecting Lin Dalang like this, and the anger in her heart was getting hotter and hotter. She raised her eyebrows, and asked Mr. Lin in a cold voice: "Master, I was almost sold out by Mr. Lin Daxiu today. The rich man Zheng who killed someone has become a concubine, and you still say it’s a joke? Are you my grandfather? Am I your granddaughter?”
Lizheng's group was originally interrupted by Mr. Lin to think about it, but the villagers in Hulu Village were unwilling to ask any more questions when they saw Lizheng. Although they were disappointed in their hearts, they thought they were really children I just laughed it off.
Who would have heard that the eldest girl in the second bedroom of the Lin family suddenly made such a big news.
All of a sudden, the bowls and chopsticks collided, and the extremely bustling water mat fell silent.
The older ones knew what it was about the rich man Zheng who beat someone to death, and the younger ones also knew what it was about being sold as a concubine.
The big guy looked at Lin Dalang with weird and disdainful eyes.
Is this really what scholars do
Although they are all peasants, as long as the family is not really hungry, the first one is that they will not marry their daughters to rich people as concubines!
Second, as long as the girl in the family looks decent, she will not be sent to a rich family to be a maid!
"But really?" The oldest elder of the clan was the first to react. He looked at Mr. Lin with a somewhat ugly expression, "Brother Lin, is your boss really thinking that way? Don't want to be famous?"
Mr. Lin was ashamed and angry, and now he wished he could kick Lin Fufu and Lin Fen to death one by one.
When the people of Hulu Village saw Mr. Lin's appearance, why didn't they understand
I felt disgusted in my heart, and felt that the food was not delicious.
Mrs. Zhao rolled her eyes, patted her thigh and said, "Oh, what's wrong with everyone? You should eat and drink. The matter of Lin Fen is actually a good thing. Her father agreed and said yes. Send it to the rich man's house to enjoy the blessings, who would have thought it would be ruined by Lin Fufu!"
After hearing her words, the women with children looked at her with unfriendly eyes, and the good aunts with bad mouths spat at Mrs. Zhao, "I said, sister-in-law Zhao, you also gave birth to two daughters." Why don't you send your two daughters to the rich man's house to enjoy the blessings? Even counting the daughters of other people? People like you are really terrible!"
"That's right, I still have the face to blame Gospel. I'm sure there is Gospel! Otherwise, Lin Fen's child would have fallen into the fire pit! I'm afraid that Lin Fang's child will not be able to please him later, who let them share such a family. "
"That's right! The second child of the Lin family is also confused. No wonder the Gospel forced them not to interfere with Lin Fen and Lin Fang's marriage. I think it's a good job, and this time I stand on the Gospel."
Several enthusiastic aunts and sisters-in-law were there to mock the people in the old Lin family house.
Everyone else is chiming in.
"Brother Lin, your old house is really outrageous about this matter, hey..." Li Zheng's face was also red with anger, and the matter of Mr. Zheng beating up the poor girl in Hulu Village was still in front of his eyes. , Lao Li was also guilty of that incident, and died long ago...
Because when that incident happened, the reputation of Hulu Village was also affected a lot. After being talked about and ridiculed by people in several surrounding villages for several years, Lao Lizheng died in depression.
People need face and trees need skin. Isn't it worse than animals if you don't have skin
"The old couple are confused! Brother Lin, your old couple is becoming more and more confused!" The oldest clan elder slammed the table, pointed at Mr. Lin angrily and asked, "Did you forget what happened back then?" Isn’t it? Because of that, our Calabash Village has been ridiculed by people from the surrounding villages for several years, it’s getting better these days, and you want our Calabash Village to be ridiculed for several years?”
Several other clan elders and elders all stood up one after another, looking at Mr. Lin with unfriendly expressions.
"I won't eat this meal, I can't eat it!" The oldest clan elder shook his sleeves and walked away.
Everyone else followed.
Mr. Lin's face has turned livid, angry and ashamed.
From now on, the people in Hulu Village will probably look down on him. He will be strong all his life, and he will be scheming all his life, and he will be shrewd all his life. ... Instead, I lost all my old face!
"Brother Lin, let me tell you that it is right not to allow anyone to interfere in the marriage of your second daughter's two daughters! In my opinion, let me and a few clan elders watch over their marriage, and let the Gospel help us to get involved." Watch it. Don't worry about it... I'm going back too, I still have things to do at home!" Li Zheng explained and left.
But his voice was so loud that everyone present heard it.
Lin Fufu breathed a sigh of relief. She was a little worried before, but now that Li is hearing what the big guy said, she is no longer worried.
Sisters Lin Fen and Lin Fang are truly safe.
Mr. Lin looked at Li Zheng's leaving back and opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say it.
After being dazzled for a while, his body softened and he fell onto the table of the flowing water mat.
Lin Fufu rushed forward with a stride and helped him up, but Lin Dalang stretched out his hand and pushed her fiercely, shouting at her with red eyes, "Don't touch me! It's all because of you..."
"Hey, I said Lin Daxiucai, you are still a scholar, can you be reasonable? Human Gospel is kind enough to help your master, what do you say?" An old lady couldn't stand it any longer. .
"That's right, are you blaming other people's Gospel? Isn't Lin Fen the one you're trying to sell?"
Lin Dalang's footsteps were flimsy, helping the dull-faced Mr. Lin to walk into the gate.
Lin Fufu heard Mr. Lin muttering to himself: It's all over, it's all over, the face of decades is over...
Except for the few helpers and the young children who ate the water mat, they all left in twos and threes.
Lin Fufu turned around and looked at Lin Fen and Lin Fang standing behind her, and heaved a sigh of relief. This matter was successfully resolved, thanks to Lin Dalang's own death. Not only did he not get any advantage, but he also lost his reputation. It really deserves it!
"It's all over now, no one can interfere in your marriage anymore." Lin Fufu smiled and looked at Sister Lin Fen.
Lin Fen and Lin Fang were still a little worried, so Lin Fen said softly: "But isn't Li Zheng and the elders watching?"
Lin Fufu smiled, shook his head and said: "Don't worry about them, they are all people who want face, at least they won't do excessive things. But you can't find me a brother-in-law casually, I have to see it and think it's okay Just do it!"
Lin Fufu's last sentence was not a joke. Seeing her serious expression, Lin Fang and Lin Fen laughed, then blushed and nodded, "If you don't agree, we won't marry..."
Lin Fufu nodded in satisfaction.
Since she decided to bring the Lin Fen sisters under her wing, it naturally included worrying about their future life events.
"Let's help put away the bowls and chopsticks, wash them and let's hurry back to town. I'm in a bad mood here." Lin Fufu took a look, only a few tables were still eating, and the other tables were empty. Yes, I said to Sister Lin Fen.
Both of them are hardworking people, and they both nodded in agreement.
Although there is such a disturbance with the old house, what should be done is still to be done, and it will save Zhao and Wu from saying that they are not.
After Lin Fufu and Sister Lin Fen took the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen, Feng entered the kitchen with red eyes. As soon as she grabbed Lin Fen, tears fell down her cheeks.
Lin Fen frowned, and pulled his arm out of Feng's hand.
"A Fen, did you blame your mother?" Feng Shi panicked, grabbed Lin Fen with both hands again, looked into Lin Fen's eyes, and asked with a sob.