A few years ago, in that inconspicuous small oil shop in Lanzhou.

Lin Renzhong was busy working in the oil shop during the day, and was scolded by the boss, he didn't say a word, and he was always happy, he ate very little, and he was diligent and fast, hard-working, and even the night pot in the morning didn't need to be ordered, he would pour it.

Every day when the business is not busy, he guards the abacus and sings a song of deep longing on the abacus with a pair of dexterous hands.

The fat-headed and big-eared miserly boss of the oil store reclined on the somewhat shabby rocking chair, moved his body comfortably, holding an imitation purple sand teapot with a dropped handle in his hand, and gradually fell asleep in the sound of abacus beads.

As soon as the sound of abacus beads stopped, he frowned, and after a while, he felt that the teapot in his hand was taken out, "coo-goo", the sound of pouring water sounded, and after a while, the teapot full of tea was gently stuffed back into his hand from the new, if the tea will be slightly hot in winter, it is comfortable to hold, if it is summer, the tea is warm, and you can drink it with your mouth open.

Holding the teapot in his hand, his frowning brow stretched, and when he heard the long-lost sound of abacus, his brow was completely stretched, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At night, Lin Renzhong cleaned up the oil shop, closed the door of the oil shop, took out a wooden board from the corner of the stairs and put it on the ground, and laid his own bed, this is his bed, cold in winter and hot in summer, waking up in winter is like sleeping in an ice cellar, and mosquitoes can bite people in the middle of the night in summer.

Lying on it with his arms on his pillow, he listened to the sound of someone walking gently outside the oil shop, and the sound of dogs barking not far away, and the moonlight shining in. Spread all over the ground, the moonlight jumped on his face, a little ticklish.

He got up. He took out a purse from his sleeve, which was full of copper coins, and poured it on the bed, like a hill, and counted them carefully one by one, and divided them into piles and piles, which were for the eldest sister's purchase. This pile is for the third brother......

He happily put the money away, and calculated in his mind what the next holiday would be and how many days he would have to go home. It didn't matter if it was calculated, it turned out to be one more day than before, and he was a little bored in his heart, thinking about it. What an extra day. Later, I found out that I had forgotten to count the 29th day of February in a leap year.

So Lin Renzhong began to hate leap years, muttered in his mouth, turned around, and fell asleep.

When it was the festival, Lin Renzhong got up early and cleaned the oil shop, pretending to be calm and with a strict expression, he must not let the boss see his happiness and excitement, if the boss sees the clues. This oil point boss who can't see other people's good will make it difficult and not let him go home early.

The owner of the oil shop looked at the diligent Lin Renzhong. Squinting, thinking about a distant relative's family, there is also a black girl, she is not beautiful, but she has two strengths, if she marries Lin Renzhong, this kid, won't her own oil store have two free laborers.

Finally endured until noon, Lin Renzhong said to the boss with a regretful expression on his face that he was going home, and he was going to go to the grave of his relatives tomorrow. The boss was very satisfied with Lin Renzhong's expression, nodded, and said let's go.

Lin Renzhong twisted and pinched his burden, and walked back step by step, seeing Lin Renzhong who was so nostalgic for the oil store, the boss was even happier. When he turned the corner and could no longer see the oil store, Lin Renzhong spread his feet and ran wildly, so that he could go home.

When he got to a place where no one was, Lin Renzhong changed into the bright clothes in his baggage, and tidied up his hair in front of the stinky ditch on the street, the most popular bun in Lanzhou, he looked like a hillbilly who had no money at home, had never seen the world, and deliberately filled the atmosphere.

You can take a carriage from the oil store to the Lin family's courtyard, if there are many people in the car, everyone squeezes each other, and five cents can get home, Lin Renzhong kept weighing the money, and finally he was reluctant, and went to the rock sugar gourd stall, a penny a rock sugar gourd, and bought four, of which the two pennies bought for the eldest sister, in addition to hawthorn, there are jujubes, apples and oranges wrapped in syrup, so it is more expensive.

Walking on the way home, Lin Renzhong felt that his whole body was full of strength, and his mood became more and more excited, walking and walking, he felt that his mood began to calm down, and the gifts on his body became heavier and heavier, he stopped, found a stone to sit down and rest, and a few children who were playing approached Lin Renzhong's body with their eyes, and looked pitifully at the gifts and those sugar gourds that Lin Renzhong was holding in his hands.

Lin Renzhong is afraid that these children will come up to grab things, these naughty children are playful and naughty, and the fat son of the fat boss is like this, stubborn and untamable, far inferior to his own brothers. Lin Renzhong held all the gifts in his arms: "Go, if you want to eat, you want to go to your parents, this is what I bought for my eldest sister and my younger brother." ”

He was selfish, he didn't feel how pitiful the children were, and he didn't think he was obligated to give them the sugar gourds. He waved his hand to drive away a few children, eager to kick again, this kind of thing Lin Qianyi and Lin Hanlin couldn't do, but he Lin Renzhong did it, he only thought about one thing in his heart: "This is what I bought for my eldest sister, you can't touch it." ”

In the future, the Lin family made a fortune, and who paid the most money to build dams, rebuild temples, and relieve poor people in Lanzhou? It's not the first Han Qingshan in Lanzhou, nor is it Uncle Lin Puling, it's Lin Renzhong of the Lin family, and he scatters a lot of silver, not distressed at all, Wang Qinian also gave him the title of "Lin Dashan", Lin Renzhong smiled and said: "It's all ordered by the eldest sister, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Lin Wan'er did say so, but she didn't say that she wanted to donate so much, you have donated it, won't our family have no money? If Lin Wan'er knew that Lao Wu had donated so much, she would definitely be distressed and would have to eat a little more chili pepper and vinegar to calm the sadness in her heart.

Lin Renzhong, the fifth elder of the Lin family, has always been generous to himself and selfish for his eldest sister.

After driving away the urchin, the fifth child continued to walk, and he clearly remembered a few turns, a few streets, where there would be a big rock, where there would be a tree, where there would be a small grass, where there would be a well......

The eldest sister fetches water from this well back to the small courtyard every day. When he was a child, he used to shout at the swarthy well, and you asked, "Who are you?" It then asks, "Who are you?" ”

At that time, the eldest sister, who was still soft, once said: "There is a youkai with four eyes open living in the well, and children must not approach it." "But on the night of the full moon. He couldn't help but approach the well, and when he stretched out his head, he saw that there was also a round and bright moon in it.

It dawned on him. This well has no monsters, but it has magic, it can copy a qiē thing, you shout at it, it comes back intact, and today it arrogantly replicates the moon. The Lin family was on fire, and they were most short of money. He stole the family's money behind his eldest sister's back and walked to the well, wanting to copy the money. But it didn't work, and a copper plate was wasted.

So, he decided to leave his eldest sister and brother and go to an oil store as an apprentice. Endure scolding. endure the cold wind that blows through the cracks in the door in winter, and endure the mosquito bites that are ubiquitous in summer...... But when he thought of the small courtyard, the eldest sister and his brother, he felt at ease and happy.

I can already see the smoke in the small courtyard, it is the eldest sister pulling the bellows, the smoke flies up the chimney from the stove, and scatters at the exit, like a flower with a unique color. Waiting for the spring breeze to blow it away.

He could hear the crackling of the campfire rising from under the stove, and he could hear the frolicking of Baoyu and Yubao. Smelling the smell of rice wafting from the stove, there is a warm gathering place, there is a harbor for the soul, that is his way home.

Then, with a smile, he pushed open the dilapidated gate of the Lin family's courtyard in Lanzhou, and the gate sang a song called "Squeak": "Sister, I'm back." ”

Lin Wan'er looked at Lin Renzhong, whose face was full of tears, and opened her mouth to shout: "Old Five, I ......"

In the past, she always thought that she had neglected Yubao, because Yubao didn't like to talk, she was always silent, and looked at what was happening around her with a pair of black eyes, but today she knew that the eldest sister she ignored the most was the fifth child, no matter how old he grew, no matter whether he continued his beard or not, in fact, he was still the one who stood behind the brothers after the fire in Lanzhou, holding Yubao's child, and timidly grabbed the corner of Lin Wan'er's clothes who was leaving with her baggage: "Eldest sister, don't go!" ”

It's just that he can hide his emotions very well, and what he shows in front of others is always the fifth child that others want to see.

In the past, in Lin Wan'er's mind, Lin Renzhong was the happiest among the brothers in the family, because he liked to "calculate" and could know how much money there was in the family from the clues, so the fifth child happily went to the oil store as an apprentice, happily got the first money, and then proudly and happily strode back to the dilapidated Lin family's courtyard, and happily handed over the silver money to himself: "Eldest sister, this is this month's silver money, the shoes on the third brother's feet are broken, it's time to get a new pair." ”

Every time he goes home in brand new clothes, he combs his hair in a bun that only young masters from big families have, and carries large bags of gifts in his hand, so Lin Wan'er thinks he is very happy, so he can care less.

But after saying something tonight, Lin Wan'er suddenly discovered that the fifth child was actually living a very hard life.

She seemed to see that a few years ago, the fifth child carried the prepared clothes on his back, with a smile on his face, and said: "Eldest sister, I'm leaving, I've calculated everything, except for food and housing, I can have one or two dollars of silver left every month, which can support the third brother and Hanlin to study." As for Dabao, Baoyu and Yubao, they will be handed over to the eldest sister. Then he couldn't wait to leave, as if looking for a more comfortable life.

Today, it seems that the fifth child has escaped, he is afraid that he will go slowly, so he never wants to leave again, although the family is bitter, but it is always a family.

The small oil shop is in the east of Lanzhou, facing the sea, and the dilapidated Lin family's courtyard in Lanzhou is in the west, the two are not far apart, Lin Renzhong rarely goes home, Lin Waner thought that he was nostalgic for the life of the small oil shop, and was unwilling to go back to the dilapidated courtyard, at this moment she knew that he was afraid of going back, so he never wanted to come out again.

The brothers all rely on Lin Wan'er, although Lin Chengping is in the Zhenbei Army, but the biggest reliance and nostalgia of this iron-blooded warrior is the eldest sister, which is the letter sent by the eldest sister every month, which is his strong sustenance. Lin Qianyi and Lin Hanlin both rely on the eldest sister, who is the pillar of the family. Needless to say, Dabao needs the eldest sister for everything, and Baoyu and Yubao regard Lin Wan'er as a mother.

Only Lin Renzhong is independent, and he doesn't draw a little from the dilapidated small courtyard of the Lin family, but always pays more and silently guards them.

His care is silent, his care does not want to reciprocate, but in the details of life is unintentional, so he never goes home empty-handed, even if he comes home late, he will walk for a long time to buy some snacks or small toys to go home, so the fruit at home is never broken, and the cupboard is always stacked with the freshest fruit.

Lin Wan'er blamed Lin Renzhong's elm pimple head, she couldn't see the good of Cordyceps, but she never thought that the thoughts of the fifth child for so many years had always been in the hearts of the eldest sister and her brothers, and there was no extra thought to share with others, until Cordyceps left, he suddenly found that he also had people he depended on, and he needed to get care and comfort from others.

Lin Renzhong stood in front of Lin Wan'er, wiped his tears with his sleeve indiscriminately, he was aggrieved like a child: "Eldest sister, the fifth child doesn't know who to choose, so I decided to ......" He exhaled a long breath, as if he had made up some determination: "Cordyceps, no one will marry!" ”

Then, he left the Lin family's courtyard without looking back, turning back from his way home, like a child who couldn't find his way.

Lin Wan'er sat on the chair, she suddenly had some self-doubts, did she really do something wrong? The third is gone, the fourth is gone, and even the fifth is angry with himself.

When she had just crossed over before, she wanted to leave a few brothers behind, but she was stopped, so she stopped, took their hands, and spent four springs, summers, autumns and winters together.

"Squeak", the door of the small courtyard was pushed open, and Winterworm and Xia Cao came back from outside with a smile, carrying a large bag of things in their hands, these two girls were bold, and they were not afraid at all when they walked alone at night, and when they saw Lin Wan'er in a daze, they walked forward.

The two of them knew that everyone Lin liked gifts and secrets the most, and today the secret was gone, but the gifts were much bigger, so they put the big bags and small bags on the table: "Everyone Lin, you see this is a gift that the fifth young master bought for you, he has been busy recently, and it is inconvenient to hold it, so he specially asked us to bring it back." Well? What about the Fifth Young Master, didn't he come back earlier than us? ”

Looking at the table full of gifts, Lin Wan'er felt even more guilty, like a stone blocked in her heart, she said to herself: "Fifth brother, it's the eldest sister who is wrong and ignores you." But Cordyceps, you can only choose one, not all of them. ”

(PS: Actually, among these brothers, Lan Ying's favorite is Lin Renzhong, he is very real, there must be such people around us, who pay equal attention to shortcomings and advantages, selfish and generous.) (To be continued......)