On the outskirts of Yushi, one or two drunken men can be heard carrying wine bottles, swaying from side to side, shouting to find their way home. People hadn't gotten up yet, and the house was pitch black, and a dim yellow light flashed in an old courtyard house.

"I said, do you sleep or not? Will you be able to work tomorrow? Is a poor boy worth the wait? Look what time it is, the rooster is about to crow, hurry up and put the old lady to sleep. Hao Youde's wife's name is Zhang Xiaolan, and she was lying on the kang at this time, shouting, and kicking Hao Youde who was sitting on the edge of the kang angrily.

With a "plop", Hao Youde sat on the ground, quickly stood up, patted his clothes, walked slowly to the pot, lifted the lid of the pot, looked at the food with hot air, and then looked out the door.

"Lin Mu is a good offspring." Hao Youde sighed.

"him, you might as well pity yourself, he'd better never come back, and save money for food." Zhang Xiaolan still complained loudly, and she didn't want to see Lin Mu.

"No way!" Hao Youde couldn't get angry with his mother-in-law's words, put on a coat, opened the door, squatted at the door, lit a cigarette and smoked, as for what he shouted in the house, he didn't hear anything, just looked at the courtyard door with straight eyes.

It happened that there was a sound of the door opening outside, Lin Mu saw through the crack in the door that the light was on in the inner room, the old couple had not slept yet, and hurriedly reported that they were safe, he shouted: "Uncle Hao, Aunt Lan, why haven't you slept yet?" ”

"It's not waiting for you, the turtle son, who has learned badly within a few days of coming to the city, and you dare to go wild, don't come back if you have a kind, the old lady will be annoyed when she looks at you." Zhang Xiaolan's shouts came from inside the house.

Hao Youde ran over quickly, grabbed his hand tightly, Lin Mu didn't say anything, endured the pain all over his body, followed Hao Youde into the house, saw Zhang Xiaolan laughing heartily, and suddenly took out a red ticket from his arms and handed it to Zhang Xiaolan.

Zhang Xiaolan was not ambiguous, immediately accepted it, glanced at Lin Mu, thought that this kid still had some conscience, and then shook his body to make himself more energetic.

She suddenly changed her state, got up from the quilt, walked down the kang herself, served food to Lin Mu, and deliberately bumped into him when she passed by Hao Youde.

Lin Muhan looked at Hao Youde with a smile, and Hao Youde also looked at Lin Mu with a smile, and then took out a bottle of Xifeng wine from the box and poured it for Lin Mu.

Lin Mu saw that there were three vegetarian and one meat on the table, so he said with a smile: "Xiaoqing has taken the first exam again, this first glass of wine, I respect you." ”

Lin Mu picked up Hao Youde's wine glass and handed it over, and then raised his own wine glass, and after the old and young people clinked glasses, they drank it all.

"I was guessed by your clever ghost again, this time Qing'er put gold on our old face again, not only the first place in the school, but also the third place in the province. If this is in ancient times, the third place is Tanhua. Hao Youde mentioned the girl's achievements, and smiled happily.

"Look at you, you are happy, Tanhua is the third in the country, we Qing came out of the ravine, and if you can be admitted to an ordinary university in the future, it will already be your old Hao family's ancestral grave with green smoke, and you will talk nonsense if you don't understand anything." Zhang Xiaolan retorted, this would be much more pleasing to the eyes of Lin Mu, so she took the initiative to talk to her.

"There is still more than half a year before the college entrance examination, and it is not good to say that Qing'er will work hard, and it is really the third in the country, bah bah, look at my mouth, it is not necessary to get me a champion back if I don't say it is good." Hao Youde was beautiful in his heart, and he kept drinking.

By the time Lin Mu's face turned red, Zhang Xiaolan had already fallen asleep, snoring slightly on the bed, and there were three empty bottles on the ground, Hao Youde wanted to open the fourth bottle of wine, but Lin Mu stopped him, pointed to the completely bright sky outside, and explained that his state at this time was in place, and he was not allowed to continue drinking, so Hao Youde let him go.

Lin Mu walked drunk and walked into the inner room, and walked on the small bed that originally belonged to Hao Qing, he casually pulled a thick pink quilt over himself, and the whole person lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, losing the golden time of work, Lin Mu's brows were furrowed, he was worried that Zhang Xiaolan would blame himself again and insult Hao Youde by the way.

But when he walked around the house, he felt a little strange, Hao Youde should be setting up a stall at this time, but Zhang Xiaolan should prepare a meal for the two of them at this time, and he was not in the house at this time, making the forest elusive.

He usually divides the money he earns into two parts, one is used to honor Zhang Xiaolan, and in order to reduce the right and wrong of the family, so as to prevent Hao Youde from being treated unfairly because he is always treated, this part of the money is basically fixed at about 30 yuan a day.

The rest except for Lin Mu's negligible cigarette money, all of which were prepared for the gifts of Old Man Huang, Erfat, and Sanmao, Lin Mu thought that this money must be saved without moving.

But if she didn't do her job in advance, then when Hao Youde came back, she would be furious, scolding herself for being lazy.

Lin Mu shook his head, sighed, and could only stare at the tricycle again to collect the rags, he found that the injuries on his body were even more sore, but when he looked closely, the wounds seemed to be much better, which made him a little strange.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaolan walked in from the door holding the hand of the neighbor's aunt, followed by the neighbor's uncle who sold tofu for a living.

The two families have business contacts all year round, and they are fellow villagers, and they usually take care of each other, and the emotional foundation is very good.

Zhang Xiaolan saw that Lin Mu was about to ride a tricycle out, so she actually changed her attitude in the past, and said with a loud laugh: "Look at our family's forest tree, it is a dead eye, I worked overtime yesterday, slept a little more today, and I have to go out to work persistently, I said you just hurry down, don't toss, you can't delay you to make a fortune for a day." ”

Lin Mu sounded a little aggrieved, if it wasn't for you to earn filial piety money, he wouldn't want to go out with pain.

Zhang Xiaolan politely pulled Lin Mu off the tricycle, and the four of them came to the back room.

It turned out that Zhang Xiaolan went to the neighbor's house to buy tofu, and the neighbor's aunt took the initiative to mention Lin Mu, thinking that Lin Mu was serious, down-to-earth, and looked good, the same age as her daughter.

But the girl in the neighborhood is more handsome, and she has been studying in the city, although her academic performance is not as good as Hao Qing, she can be regarded as the elite of the Olympiad class, and it is absolutely no problem to be admitted to a university, and her future is still guaranteed.

Look at Lin Mu again, the poor sour boy is still an unpopular and tattered man, with a slim future, and under his identity, he can't have anything to do with the neighbor girl.

But Zhang Xiaolan's three-inch incorruptible tongue can be regarded as kung fu, not to mention bargaining, no one can bargain on Zhang Xiaolan, even if it is the kung fu of scolding, Zhang Xiaolan can also ask the other party to beg for mercy, but she doesn't dare to continue to be mad with her anger.

She used this kind of ability to move the neighbor's aunt with a ghostly message, but she had to discuss such a big matter with her old man.

Zhang Xiaolan was quite resolute in doing things, so she had to wait for the neighbor's uncle to come back, and the three of them thought about it carefully.

The neighbor's uncle felt that what Zhang Xiaolan said was right from beginning to end, they were all poor families, and how rich and wealthy they had to be to be happy, it was better to let their daughter marry Lin Mu, live a down-to-earth and stable life.

Besides, the neighbors' uncles and aunts also like Lin Mu's kid, carefully analyzed Lin Mu's character, and felt that Lin Mu would have great things in the future, and he couldn't lose his daughter financially, so he agreed to Zhang Xiaolan ruthlessly.

But this is only the idea reached by the three of them, they are not old antiques, and they have to ask the children's opinions, which is why the scene just happened.

Lin Mu was completely speechless, he still had self-knowledge, and felt that he was not worthy of the neighbor girl at all, besides, he was young, except for thinking that he could live a life when he got married and had children, he didn't understand anything else, in his own situation, he would have to die of shame if he lost other people's girls, Lin Mu thought that Zhang Xiaolan was messing with the mandarin duck score, so he shook his head at the three of them.

Zhang Xiaolan and the three looked surprised.

The neighbor's uncle was loyal and honest, and he didn't think that Lin Mu was a little arrogant, but thought that he was suffering in his heart, so he kindly asked: "You are a good baby, uncle approves of you, but my daughter is also good, why did you shake your head?" If you have any ideas, just say them, let's talk in broad daylight, and we will be there. ”

If it is in the village, a leper dog soft grinding hard bubble girl, eighty percent can still work, but this is the city, that is, the identity is equal, he has also seen a few times between boyfriends and girlfriends quarrel over money.

Lin Mu absolutely didn't believe that he and the neighbor girl could get together, and he was embarrassed to fall on the kindness of the three elders in front of him, and said embarrassedly: "Your daughter doesn't want to look down on me, a poor and sour boy, you all know my situation, if your uncle has this idea, it's best to communicate with your daughter first, don't let her think that I am a toad and wants to eat swan meat, I want to do this family affair but hurt her heart." ”

Apparently Lin Mu kicked the ball to the neighbor girl.

Zhang Xiaolan and the three of them immediately understood Lin Mu's thoughts, Lin Mu shook his head not to refuse, he felt that he was not worthy of others, and whether the neighbor girl recognized him was the most critical step.

The neighbor's aunt didn't speak again, and felt that what Lin Mu said made some sense, this matter should be discussed with her daughter in advance, and her mind should be explored, her daughter is also older, if she has her own ideas, she can't hurt her heart, and now it's the college entrance examination, this kind of blow is unacceptable.

But the neighbor's uncle doesn't think so, they are all people who pull dung trucks and plant crops, and their daughters should be as simple as themselves, if they marry a rich man, it may not be true happiness, and living a solid life is the style that villagers should adhere to.

The neighbor's uncle was just about to speak, when a girl walked in outside the gate and shouted to the inner room, "Aunt Lan, are my parents at your house?" ”

Zhang Xiaolan said excitedly: "Xing Rui is back? Your parents are at our house, so come in quickly. ”

Xing Rui walked into the house and saw the forest tree sitting on the kang, the two had seen each other a few times, and they were not strangers, they looked at each other and nodded.

It's just that Lin Mu found that Xing Rui was wearing leather shoes on her feet at this time, a coat on her body, and a pure white sweater inside didn't look like a bargain, which was obviously incompatible with the neighbor's uncle and aunt.

Even Zhang Xiaolan was taken aback, looked Xing Rui's handsome appearance up and down, and then pulled her to her side, stroking the girl's coat in her hand, looking like she couldn't put it down.

"Xing Rui is getting more and more beautiful, look at these clothes, look at these leather shoes, they have to be worth a lot of money, right?" Zhang Xiaolan said with a smile, her eyes still looking at Xing Rui's clothes.

Xing Rui said with a smile: "I work part-time at school to tutor my classmates, and my classmates don't have much money, so this dress is my make-up fee." ”

"Amazing, we Xing Rui have such skills, prepare well for the college entrance examination, and be admitted to a key university in the future, and there will be greater skills, auntie can wait to see you come out of the day." Zhang Xiaolan said with a smile.

Xing Rui's parents laughed, very satisfied with Xing Rui, only Lin Mu secretly doubted in his heart, although he was from the countryside, he walked the streets and alleys these days, and he also had a little understanding of the prices of these objects, although the tuition fees are getting higher and higher now, it is impossible to be outrageous to this point.