Surrounded by the great river and facing the sea, the Great Wei Dynasty has abandoned the system of closing the country from the previous dynasty since the founding of the country, attaches great importance to overseas trade, and has established friendly trade exchanges with the countries of the South Seas, the ships are docked at the wharf, the sails are flying in the wind, and the hunting sounds.

Lin Renzhong, the fifth elder of the Lin family, worked as a partner in an oil shop on the wharf, salt and oil are indispensable daily necessities for navigation, so the business of the oil shop is also relatively prosperous, but the owner of the oil shop is stingy and the salary is average.

Lin Renzhong is diligent, hard-working, and never chews people's tongues behind his back, and his eyesight is good, so he is deeply valued by the boss, and the boss is still thinking about whether to marry the black girl of a distant relative in the countryside to this Lin Renzhong!

Lin Renzhong is good at learning, and has mastered the process of oil entering and exiting the oil in the oil store in a short period of time, and often fantasizes that if he also has an oil store, his birthday will definitely be more prosperous. But Lin Renzhong has a shortcoming, that is, he has a good face, and he is not allowed to say a bad word about him, if someone says it, Lin Renzhong will immediately blackface.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the ships in the distance have returned to the harbor wharf, and there is no plan to go to sea again. Lin Ren finished the work at hand, thinking that he could go home before Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and his heart blossomed, as if he had eaten honey.

Lin Renzhong thought in his heart, thinking in his mind, he reached out and took out the clothes pressed at the bottom of the box to change, can he let the eldest sister see the patched clothes on her body, buy some New Year's goods, eat dumplings, hehe, life is enough. Some time ago, someone came over and said that the family had prepared cotton clothes, and Lin Renzhong told a lie and said, "The owner of the oil shop has prepared cotton clothes." "Actually, there is no shadow of cotton clothes.

Lin Renzhong is a contented and optimistic person, but he also has his own troubles. Lao Wulin is in awe of the eldest sister Lin Wan'er, admires the second brother Lin Chengping, respects the third brother Lin Qianyi, and loves the seventh and eighth brothers, but he has the greatest opinions on the fourth brother Lin Hanlin and the sixth brother Lin Bao.

The fourth brother has a good head and is also smart, he should have devoted himself to studying, gaining fame, glorifying his ancestors, helping the Lin family, and pulling the Lin family out of the sea of suffering, but he is usually lazy, idle all day long, loves to watch romances, and is determined to be a ranger. The third brother is not smart, but he is diligent, and Lin Renzhong can't be like the third brother, so he respects him very much.

And the sixth brother Lin Bao is stupid and demented, it is purely a burden, he can't help at all, and he has to drag down the eldest sister and the whole family, and even pleasing the eldest sister is not as good as the seventh and eighth brothers.

After several years of study, Lin Renzhong learned to judge the situation, understood the situation at home very clearly, and also thought of solutions. The reason why the Lin family is still poor after several years of hard work is not that the family does not work hard enough, and the root of the problem lies in Dabao, Dabao is stupid, he doesn't know how to endure it, he can't bear it, he wants to drink when he's thirsty, he wants to eat when he's hungry, he wants to wear it when he's cold, and he doesn't know how to be considerate of his eldest sister, so the solution is ......

Lin Renzhong thought of this, his heart spread his wings, packed up his things, ate a little food, and hurried back to Lin's house like a wind, and as soon as he pushed the door, he saw Lin Wan'er who was cleaning, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and shouted with trembling lips: "Sister! ”

Lin Wan'er was stunned, raised her head suddenly, and saw the fifth child who was in the dust, and her face rippled: "Fifth child." ”

At this moment, the three of Dabao ran out of the house and pounced on Lin Renzhong, Lin Renzhong smiled and touched Baoyu's head, then touched Yubao's head, and stuffed the gift in his hand into the child's hand.

Lin Wan'er stretched out her hand to pat the dust on Lin Renzhong's body, her eyes were red, and she led Lin Renzhong into the house, and asked about it.

Lin Renzhong replied with a smile, took out the silver money from his arms, put it in Lin Wan'er's hand, and said, "The eldest sister has worked hard, this is the silver money that the fifth child earned in the oil store." ”

As soon as Lin Wan'er saw the silver, her eyes also turned into silver.

Looking at the happy eldest sister, Lin Renzhong was even more happy, stood up cautiously, pondered the words, and said softly: "Eldest sister, you see that our family has been dilapidated since the fire. The second brother went to the border, the third brother and Hanlin were studying, I was an apprentice, and I had money left over every month, although the seventh and eighth were young, but they were obedient and sensible, and could take care of themselves......"

Lin Wan'er had silver in her heart, listening to a lot of chatter from the fifth child, and she didn't know what the other party wanted to express, so she asked: "Old five, don't mother-in-law, mother-in-law, what do you have to say, don't hinder the eldest sister from counting the silver." ”

"Eldest sister, don't blame the old five for talking a lot, in fact, there is a way to get the Lin family out of embarrassment." Lin Renzhong walked up to Lin Wan'er, lowered his voice and said, "Although Dabao is stupid, he has the strength to go to the dock as a laborer, and he can eat and drink." ”

Before Lao Wu's mention was finished, Lin Wan'er's two eyes that turned into gold ingots suddenly became cold, and her hands holding the silver were also stiff in the air, and suddenly the silver on the table was all overturned to the ground with a snort, and the silver ingots were like dumplings boiling in a pot, rolling on the ground, and finally falling at the feet of Lao Wu.

Lin Wan'er had a cold face and said angrily: "Old Five, you get out of here!" ”

Lin Renzhong rarely sees the eldest sister angry, even in the poorest years in the family, the eldest sister is very optimistic. Lin Ren couldn't take care of the new clothes on his body, and knelt in front of Lin Wan'er with a plop, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his mention, and said, "Eldest sister...... Me too....... ”

Lin Wan'er stretched out her hand to stop Lin Renzhong, who was about to speak, and said coldly: "Old Five, your heart has been blinded by lard. I asked you to be an apprentice, not to let you learn to pursue profit and forget righteousness. Let Dabao go to work as a dock laborer? If you think about it, is that a human job?!!! You also know that Dabao is stupid, but he still mentions yì like this. The eldest sister doesn't want to say anything to you anymore, take your money and get out of here! The Lin family should not have you as the fifth child. ”

Lin Renzhong knew that the eldest sister was really angry, and knocked down his head with a heavy bang: "Eldest sister, I was wrong, you forgive me." Although he admitted his mistake, Lin Renzhong felt that his mention was right, it was all for the Lin family.

"For the Lin family?! Hmph, what a big hat! Lin Wan'er heard the dissatisfaction in Lin Renzhong's tone, and was even more angry in her heart, an arrow rushed to Lin Renzhong's body, raised a kick and kicked Lin Renzhong over.

Lin Renzhong knew that the eldest sister had the reputation of "evil girl", and she was more familiar with her actions than her mouth, but she had never seen the eldest sister reach out and hit her brothers, and for a moment, Lin Wan'er slapped her face a few times, and Lin Renzhong's face was swollen.

Lin Wan'er was especially puzzled, and slapped her twice, and then said in disappointment and viciously: "Old five, old five, you think Dabao is useless, but you don't know that the most simple-hearted person in this family is Dabao." Think with your coppery heart that if you're going to be hit by a carriage on the street. The first reaction of me, the second, the third, and the fourth must have been to remind them that the seventh and eighth were young, and they must have been scared and cried. Only Dabao, and only Dabao will fight for his life for the first time. But how can you come up with a great treasure coolie. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Wan'er's voice unconsciously became louder. Lin Renzhong thought about it along Lin Wan'er's train of thought, thinking of his stupid brother who was dragging down the whole family, and knew that he was indeed wrong, Dabao was not a burden, but my brother, a brother who flowed the same blood as me.

Hearing a sound in the hall, Dabao, Baoyu and Yubao ran to the hall in a panic, and the three heads peeked out from the side of the door, looking inside in a little confusion and panic.

Dabao was the first to act, ran into the hall, hugged Lin Wan'er's waist with a hand, and shouted loudly: "Brother, run." ”

Lin Wan'er was stunned for a moment, knowing that Dabao thought that she was beating the fifth child, and wanted to drag herself and let the fifth child escape quickly.

Lin Renzhong looked at this scene, tears finally fell, he stood up from the ground, broke Dabao's hand, and said to Dabao: "Dabao, it's okay, I'm playing with my eldest sister." ”

Dabao will be suspicious and let Lin Wan'er go.

Lin Wan'er sighed faintly, as if changing the topic, and said: "The third child doesn't go home at noon, so in order to read more books in the private school, I brought lunch in the morning." The fourth child doesn't know where he went crazy again, and he probably won't come back for dinner at noon. I'll cook now, let's have a little reunion dinner at noon. With that, the man went into the kitchen, leaving the two brothers behind.

Dabao saw that Lin Renzhong's clothes were dirty, and reached out to help the other party play soil, hehe silly: "The clothes are dirty, they don't look good." ”

Lin Renzhong also reached out to help Dabao tidy up his clothes, swollen half of his face, and said, "Dabao, no, brother will come by himself." ”

Dabao watched Baoyu and Yubao's two heads disappear at the door, and mysteriously took out a piece of pastry from the sleeve of his clothes like a trick, and the pastry was secretly taken in the smiling painting boat, Dabao has been hiding in his sleeve and is reluctant to eat, but after a long time, it has become damp and moldy.

The big treasure thief stretched the pastry to Lin Renzhong's mouth and said, "Brother, eat." ”

Lin Renzhong looked up at his stupid brother Dabao, opened his mouth and took a bite, feeling that he had never eaten such a delicious pastry, as sweet as honey, but his swollen face was hot and painful after being beaten by the eldest sister, and he grinned again.

Dabao suddenly laughed, the stupid Dabao's laughter was different from ordinary people, the heartiness of the laughter, even the laughing laughter could not hear the teasing feeling at all, but it would make everyone feel a little inexplicable.

Lin Renzhong also laughed with Dabao, stroked Dabao's head with one hand, and asked, "Dabao, what's so funny, tell my brother." ”

Dabao pointed to Lin Renzhong's face and said with a smirk: "Brother, the face is like an ass." ”

Lin Renzhong's face immediately darkened.