The old lady of the Lu family looked at the small basket in her hand, and said critically: "This basket is so small, what can it do?"
Mrs. Wang was very upset with Lu Lin, and it was not pleasing to see what the other party did. However, Lu Lin had already married and left. Although Mrs. Wang was upset, she couldn't point fingers at Lu Lin's affairs. Before being accused by Lu Lin of stealing money, Mrs. Wang was outnumbered by her family, so she was a little more afraid of Lu Lin.
Lizheng also approached Mrs. Wang and told her not to cause trouble. Chen Xiaomi is not easy to mess with, and he didn't take anything with him. It's almost equivalent to selling someone.
"I heard that Lu Lin asked Uncle Lin Wen to do it, and it costs five cents a piece."
Lin Wen is an old bamboo craftsman in the village. He is very good at weaving bamboo. He can also make bamboo stools and chairs... Many people in the village have asked him to order bamboo baskets.
When Chen Xiaocai was looking for someone to pick wild berries, Lu Songshi, the son of the fourth son of the Lu family, was also there.
When Lu Lin was married out, Lu Songshi felt that Lu Lin was incompetent, he was a good man, and he had no ability to beg for a wife, so he could only marry in.
Once Lu Lin's mother died, Tang and Lu Songshi's mother, Lin Xiu'er, was responsible for feeding pigs and chickens, cooking, and doing laundry.
When Mrs. Lu Lin was around, Mr. Tang and Mrs. Lin didn't touch the matter of feeding the pigs. Now that Mrs. Lu Lin is dead, Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Tang shirk each other's excuses and often fight Yes, even Lu Songshi's life is not as easy as before.
After Chen Xiaomi got rich, Mrs. Lu often spoke ill of Lu Lin at home, and Lu Songshi also regarded Lu Lin as an enemy.
When Chen Xiaocai was looking for someone to pick wild berries, Lu Songshi was there, and when dividing the baskets, Lu Songshi took a basket out of the chaos.
The other children picked wild berries and went to Lu Lin to exchange money, but Lu Songshi didn't go.
In front of Lu Lin, Lu Songshi was always condescending. If he was asked to pick wild berries and exchange coins with Lu Lin, he couldn't bear this face at all.
Seeing that the basket was exquisite, he picked a basket of wild berries, sent them home, and left the basket behind.
After Lu Songshi passed away, he heard a few playmates say how many copper coins he had given to Lu Lin, and his heart was sour. It was clear that his friends had agreed not to play with Chen Xiaomi, a stalwart younger brother. However, his few friends at this meeting all ran to Chen Xiaocai to make friends.
Lu Songshi felt that his playmates were really spineless, they were just a few copper coins, and they all changed their minds.
Listening to his son's words, Lu An said in confusion, "What does Lu Lin want so many wild berries for?"
There are a dozen or so children working for Lu Lin, and Lu Lin should have paid nearly 200 copper coins to go out that day. What can a few little kids do! Lu Lin is really frivolous when he has money, so it is not appropriate to spend money like this.
Lu An was lucky, he found a job in the town with the help of the old man of the Lu family, and he earned two taels of silver a month, which is already very respectable. Because of working in the town, Lu An always felt that he and the countryside Lu An's muddy legs are different. Lu An seldom goes back to the village, and rarely does field work.
Chen Xiaomi sold a glove and made dozens of taels of silver in one go, and compared Lu An in a short while, which made Lu An feel very uncomfortable.
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Chen family.
Chen Xiaomi looked at the piles of wild berries, frowned, and said, "Why do you need so many wild berries?"
Spring is a beautiful season. There are many delicious foods in the mountains. Chen Xiaomi has also eaten wild berries in the mountains. They are sweet and sour and taste good, but they are too small to be full. When the wild berries mature, they are basically a piece of ripeness. It will rot within a few days and cannot be preserved. It is a pity.
Lu Lin smiled and said, "It's for making jam."
Chen Xiaomi asked curiously, "Jam, is it delicious?"
Lu Lin nodded, "It's delicious!"
Chen Xiaomi said happily, "I'll help."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Okay! When the time comes, you can help to light a fire." Chen Xiaomi's craftsmanship is not very good, but it is still possible to light a fire.
Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi washed a kind of purple wild berry and put it in a bowl.
Lu Lin took some sugar from the canteen and poured it into a plate with blueberries.
Chen Xiaomi's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Lin bring out the candy. Candy is still a very precious thing here. Chen Xiaomi is not willing to buy it on weekdays. Xiaomi was so happy that he ate it all at once.
Chen Xiaomi asked Lu Lin for it again, and Lu Lin said he didn't have it.
Chen Xiaomi felt that what Lu Lin said was definitely not true, but there was nothing Lu Lin could do if he didn't take out the things.
Chen Xiaomi blinked and said, "What a big bag of candy!" Such a big bag of candy should cost a lot of money to buy.
Lu Lin smiled and said, "It's okay."
Brown sugar is not worth much. In the previous life, it was sold by the pound, and a large bag was only five yuan.
Lu Lin poured the wild berries mixed with sugar into the pot, boiled over low heat, and kept stirring until it became thick.
Seeing that it was almost cooked, Lu Lin put the jam in a ceramic jar to cool down.
Taking advantage of Lu Lin's inattention, Chen Xiaomi dug some brown sugar with his fingers and put it in his mouth.
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiaomi, and said helplessly, "Just eat this, and you won't get tired of it."
"Not greasy!" Chen Xiaomi felt that Lu Lin was acting hypocritical again, and he still felt greasy when he had sweets.
"If you like it, make some sugar water to drink." Lu Lin said.
Chen Xiaomi quickly reached out and hid a large bag of sugar, for fear that Lu Lin would take it back.