To the east of Lanzhou, facing the sea, a concave-shaped wharf stands on the seaside, creating the foundation of Lanzhou's foreign economic and trade relations.

The wharf is surrounded by shops, and the small stalls and vendors are dizzying.

In an inconspicuous corner, in an even more inconspicuous oil shop, a young man was busy and sweating.

And the owner of the oil shop sat next to him, holding an inferior teapot in his hand and drinking a dozen pennies to buy a pound of tea, his eyes went back and forth on the young man, and he couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart: "This Lin Renzhong doesn't know what evil he has fallen into recently, he is in a daze all day long, either in a daze, or sighing, and he can't see the cleverness of the past at all." Back then, this kid walked into the oil shop tremblingly, asking for a job, and I thought he was pitiful, so I took pity on him. There is no salary, including food and shelter. After a few years, the kid is still quite diligent in his work. Originally, I thought that I would marry a black girl from a distant relative in the countryside to him, and in the future, it would be easier for my family to deduct their wages. ”

Lin Renzhong recorded the sesame oil he had just purchased, thinking about the frequency of the boss's tea, and estimated that it was almost bottoming out, so he picked up the kettle and refilled it for the boss, a small amount of hot water dripped on the teapot, Lin Renzhong carefully wiped it clean, and went to do his own work again.

The boss nodded with satisfaction, took a sip of the slightly hot tea, and then couldn't help but shake his head, put the teapot down, and thought in his heart: "This Lin has a good job, but he doesn't talk much, and he hasn't seen him say a word for ten days and half a month, and sometimes I really think he's a dumb person." Another thing is that I don't know where this kid comes from, and I never reveal the situation at home. Except for a hint of a smile on Lin Renzhong's face during the New Year's holidays, he has never seen this kid smile. ”

Lin Ren finished the work at hand, crackled and beat the abacus, and checked the oil store bill for the last half a month.

The oil point boss basked in the sun, listened to the rhythmic music played by the abacus, the indescribable comfort and happiness in his heart, the consciousness began to be hazy, and the peace and tranquility brought the oil point boss to sleep.

Lin Renzhong raised his head at this time to look at the boss of the oil point, the sluggishness in his usual eyes was replaced by an anxiety, the second brother went to the border gate, the third brother and Hanlin studied, and came out to find work by themselves, deliberately hiding the origin. According to the words of the eldest sister: "In the past, our Lin family was a big family, and there were many people who were popular, so as not to let anyone know your origins." ”

Lin Renzhong didn't know what happened in the Lin family's courtyard recently, so in his eyes, things showed an extremely bad trend: the eldest sister and Lin Puling competed in the silk business, and the eldest sister also formed a bond with the Han family.

The more Lin Renzhong thought about it, the more anxious he became, and asked people to bring a message to the family to ask about the situation, and every time he brought it back, it was a sentence: Old Five, don't go home, don't worry, it's okay.

"One qiē is good, one qiē is good, one qiē is a good fart! What did the third brother and Hanlin eat, how did they make things the current situation?! Lin Renzhong, who is usually silent and a little wooden, scolded Lin Qianyi and Lin Hanlin many times in his heart, and remembered the hardships of the eldest sister seizing the Lin family's courtyard for the brothers, and the more angry Lin Qianyi and Lin Hanlin were in their hearts for not protecting the eldest sister.

The more Lin Ren thought about it, the more angry he became, and the abacus beads in his hand were like raindrops, faster and faster, louder and louder, losing his previous rhythm.

The oil point boss woke up from his sleep, glanced at Lin Renzhong, and coughed lightly, and this cough drifted into Lin Renzhong's ears along the hot air from the teapot.

Lin Renzhong slowed down, and the sound of the abacus became a lullaby again.

Lin Renzhong lowered his head, watching the abacus beads move up and down under his hands, a little listless, the past few years of exercise have allowed Lin Renzhong to find out the doorway of doing business from actual practice, and also clear how to peek at the market situation from the subtleties, the only pity is that he does not have an oil store to run.

"Boss, ask for a drop of oil." A girl with clear eyebrows didn't know when she stood in front of the counter and said a word.

"A drop of oil?" There are still a drop of oil in this world, obviously there is nothing to do, Lin Renzhong smiled bitterly, and said, "Girl, do you really want a drop of oil?" ”

The girl nodded, and repeated, "A drop of oil." ”

Lin Renzhong looked at the girl's appearance and said, "Girl, wait a minute." With that, the man came out from behind the counter, came to the oil cylinder, opened the lid in front of him, flattened the girl's oil bottle, covered it with a funnel, and the oil ladle slowly tilted, and the oil that should have been viscous and connected together really poured out a drop.

The girl with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes was Xia Cao, and she was also a little stunned at this time, thinking that according to what Lin said, she would tease Lin Renzhong, but she didn't expect to really pour out a drop of oil.

Lin Renzhong handed the oil bottle to Xia Cao and said, "A penny." ”

Xia Cao handed out a penny, Lin Renzhong took the money, and after returning to the counter, he put the money in a fixed drawer and kept the account neatly.

At this time, the winter insect also walked into the oil shop, handed Lin Renzhong an oil bottle in his hand that was exactly the same as summer grass, and said, "I want oil, a hundred drops." ”

It's very simple to ask for a drop of oil, Lin Renzhong can pour it out directly, but if you want a hundred drops of oil, Lin Renzhong will pour it a hundred times, if you pour it wrong, the winter worm will definitely not agree.

Lin Renzhong didn't speak, his eyes wandered back and forth between the insects and the summer grass a few times, he took the oil bottle of the winter insects with a smile, and said to the summer grass: "Girl, please borrow your oil bottle for a while." ”

Natsukusa didn't understand why, but handed the oil bottle to the other party anyway.

Lin Renzhong did not immediately give the insects oil, but weighed the weight of the two oil bottles, returned the oil bottles of the summer grass, and then put the oil bottles of the insects flat, slowly poured half a spoonful of oil, weighed, nodded with satisfaction, and handed it to the insects.

The winter insect was not convinced, and asked: "I want a hundred drops, you weigh it casually, how do I know that it is a hundred drops?" ”

Lin Renzhong asked rhetorically: "Can the girl prove that this is not a hundred drops of oil?" ”

Winter Worm was speechless for a while, snorted coldly, and said, "I can't prove it, do you have a way?" If not, I'll say it's not a hundred drops of oil, you have to pour me a new hundred drops of oil. ”

Lin Renzhong walked back to the counter by himself and said, "I can prove it." ”

"Can you prove it?" Cordyceps and summer grass glance at each other.

Lin Wan'er walked into the oil shop and explained: "If the oil bottle of summer grass plus a drop of oil is two catties, and the weight of the oil bottle of the winter worm is one catty, then the weight of a drop of oil is one catty, as long as you give the winter worm a hundred and one pounds of oil." ”

Cordyceps and summer grass thought about it, and it was true.

When Lin Renzhong saw Lin Wan'er, his eyes turned red in an instant, and he grinned and shouted, "Eldest sister!" ”

Lin Wan'er smiled and patted Lin Renzhong's shoulder, straightened Lin Renzhong's clothes, and said, "People are so big, why are they still the same as children?" That being said, my eyes turned red.

The boss of the oil point woke up in a daze at this time, I don't know when there were three more people in the oil shop, and they were extremely beautiful, especially the woman who rearranged Lin Ren's clothes, her appearance was even more outstanding, although some looked vicious, but her eyes were big and bright, like a bend of clear spring, deep but not shallow. The two girls next to her are also dressed gorgeously, but they are obviously looking at the big-eyed lady in the middle.

The boss of the oil point hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a servile face: "This girl, the work of the small shop is not sensible, and she is a cheap bone from the countryside, don't be surprised, just say what you have to say." ”

Lin Wan'er snorted coldly unconsciously, and asked rhetorically, "Is my fifth brother ignorant?" Is it a cheap bone? ”

"Fifth brother?" The oil point boss was a little confused.

Lin Wan'er took Lin Renzhong's arm, which made Lin Renzhong a little uncomfortable, there is still some etiquette to talk about in the Great Wei Kingdom, the eldest sister looks like this, it is really a bit of that, but Lin Renzhong didn't have the courage to say it, just coughed a little unnaturally.

The boss of the oil point was so clever that he hurriedly slapped his mouth: "Look at my eyes and don't know Taishan, it turns out that the responsibility is your younger brother." I'll just say, a person who has a lot of responsibilities must be the son of a big family. ”

Lin Wan'er doesn't like others to say bad things about her younger brothers, Yang Erxi from Lanzhou should know best, this oil shop owner actually said in front of him that Lin Renzhong is ignorant and cheap, Lin Wan'er is in a very bad mood, and she feels quite worthy of the oil boss without doing anything.

Lin Wan'er took Lin Renzhong's hand and said, "Go." Then he left without looking back.

The boss of the oil point wanted to speak and stopped, but Xia Cao stood in front of the boss, took out a silver ticket and handed it to the boss, and said: "Boss, this is the silver ticket given to you by my young lady, thank you for the boss for taking care of the fifth young master for so many years." Originally, a hundred taels of silver tickets were prepared, but the boss said bad things about the fifth young master, so it could only be halved, fifty taels. ”

The boss of the oil point took the silver ticket with some disobedience with both hands, but fifty taels of silver, and he gave it when he said it? The oil boss asked, "Girl, who is your young lady?" ”

"Lin Wan'er, Lin Wan'er." Winter Worm said with some pride.

The oil point boss said "Mom" and wanted to catch up.

The winter worm held the oil bottle in front of the boss and said, "I advise the boss not to go, otherwise everyone Lin will make a move, and we won't be able to stop it!" ”

The oil point boss knew Lin Wan'er's "prestige" in Lanzhou, and shrunk his neck in fright.

When Cordyceps and Xia Cao walked out of the oil store, they saw Lin Wan'er puffing there, but Lin Renzhong comforted the eldest sister with a few words of bitterness, and said: "Eldest sister, don't be angry, it's all small things, just relax your heart." Besides, I'm not missing a piece of meat, it's fine. ”

Lin Wan'er reached out and touched Lin Renzhong's head, which was half a head taller than herself, and said, "The fifth child has worked hard. ”

Lin Renzhong was scolded and could think of it, but after listening to the words of the eldest sister, tears fell uncontrollably.

Lin Wan'er also shed tears, feeling from her heart that she couldn't live with her younger brothers, especially the second and fifth brothers, the two of them were away all the year round, and they couldn't see each other a few times a year, and every time they met, Lin Wan'er always felt guilty.

Cordyceps and Xia Cao came over and saw that the two of them had red circles, and they both knew the reason.

But Lin Wan'er and Lin Renzhong wiped their tears at the same time, and explained in unison: "The wind is strong and there is a lot of sand, and it blows into your eyes." ”

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