Chen Qing looked up at Lin Zhi for a moment, then lowered his head, took out a pair of small gold pendants from his purse, and sent them to Jing Xiaotian and said, "Uncle came in a hurry, he didn't prepare a gift, this pair of gold pendants was handed down by his ancestors, so give it to Tian'er." ”

As he spoke, he gently put the things in his hand into Jing Xiaotian's hand, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had finally fulfilled his wish.

Lin Zhi was about to push it back, but Chen Qing had already put on a straight face and said, "Cousin, does you think this gift is too light and too thin?" ”

Lin Zhi had to suppress the words on the tip of his tongue, turned to look at the half-grown man beside Chen Qing, and said, "Cousin, this kid is Liangmo, he has grown so big in a blink of an eye, he doesn't dare to recognize him." ”

"Yes, it's Xiao'er, call my aunt quickly!" Chen Qingyi pushed Chen Liangmo to the front.

Chen Liangmo's dark eyes flashed, and he called out with a smile on his face: "Auntie." ”

Lin Zhi immediately took off the golden lock from his neck and put it on Chen Liangmo's neck. He put his hand on Chen Liangmo's head very lovingly and rubbed it gently.

Jing Xiaotian saw that the golden lock that his mother had been wearing on his body was not given to himself, but given to Chen Liangmo, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and immediately grabbed Lin Zhi's arm and hugged him in his arms, looking up at Chen Liangmo, as if declaring sovereignty.

Chen Liangmo was very friendly, looked at Inoue Tian and took the initiative to say: "Sister, my name is Chen Liangmo, and I am from Beijing. ”

Jing Xiaotian rolled his eyes and looked at Chen Liangmo, unconvinced: What about those who came from Beijing, what about those who came from Beijing? It's not that I can't get along anymore, so I go to the countryside to beg for a living!

Lin Zhi saw that Jing Xiaotian was speechless for a long time, so he reminded: "Tian'er, my brother is talking to you." ”

"Oh, I heard it, my brother came to Beijing, and he is a person who has seen the world, which is really enviable! Also, my name is Jing Xiaotian, and my friends call me Sister Jing! ”

At this time, Azhong's sister-in-law came over and urged: "Please come to the house, there is no hurry to recognize relatives, sit down and drink some tea, and talk slowly." ”

Lin Zhi smiled slightly apologetically: "Look at me, I was so happy to patronize that I forgot to let you sit in the house." Sister-in-law Azhong, you are waiting for your cousin and nephew to wash, and I will cook, they must be tired after walking on the road for so many days. ”

As he spoke, he let Chen Qing and Chen Liangmo into the house, and he turned around and went into the kitchen, listed some ingredients for Ah Zhong to buy at the market, and arranged for Jing Xiaotian's two subordinates to kill chickens and pick vegetables.

At noon, a rather sumptuous meal was served.

Jing Xiaotian saw that there were squirrel carp, white chopped chicken, garlic chrysanthemum, braised pork, glutinous rice mutton, mixed three silks, money cucumbers, tiger vegetables, so many delicious things, my mother had never made them for her before!

I couldn't help but feel a little angry in my heart. For the first time, I wondered if she was the only person she loved in her mother's heart.

Despite this, Jing Xiaotian refused to let go of this rare delicacy, she turned all kinds of dissatisfaction in her heart into hard work, and deliberately made the appearance of eating very ugly, wanting to make Lin Zhi lose face.

But Lin Zhi just smiled indifferently, and also picked up some food for Jing Xiaotian from time to time and wiped his sweat, which slowly eliminated Jing Xiaotian's hostility towards the Chen family's father and son, and began to laugh with Chen Liangmo.

It turned out that Chen Qing was also a native of Dalinzhuang, and Lin Zhi was a childhood sweetheart since childhood, but Lin Zhi had already married Jing Fushun, so he went to Beijing alone to seek fame on the day of Lin Zhi's marriage, but he was repeatedly unable to go to high school.

After the early death of his wife, he was alone with his children, and his life became more and more difficult, so he wanted to return to his hometown and live on the few acres of thin fields left by his ancestors.

However, when I came back, the old house that had fallen into disrepair was too dilapidated to live in. Only then did he come to the Lin family's old house, intending to find a place to live temporarily.

"It's very convenient here, Tian'er just bought the West Courtyard not long ago, the houses there are very tidy, and the things are complete, you father and son can live with confidence, let Sister-in-law A Zhong cook more meals every day, it's okay."

Lin Zhi heard the difficulties of the Chen family's father and son, and hurriedly said a solution.

"Thank you, cousin, then our father and son are welcome. I plan to open a private school in the township, earn some money, collect some land rent, and save up for a few years, so that I can take the exam and seek a future. ”

Chen Qing said his plan, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but speak: "Cousin just said that Tian'er bought the West Courtyard?" What does that mean? ”

When Lin Zhi heard this, a trace of unconcealed pride immediately appeared on his face, and he deliberately pretended to be very casual and said: "Alas, it's Tian'er, this kid, who has nothing to think about making some gadgets, and I can't think that there are still people who like it, so I made some silver, and it just happened that the family in the West Courtyard moved away, and I was in a hurry to sell the house, so I bought it." ”

"Tian'er is really amazing, he knows how to make money to support his family at a young age, he is worthy of being a businessman, and his mind is still flexible, unlike me, at a young age, except for being able to memorize some books, he is good at nothing, and he is useless as a scholar."

Chen Qing's face was full of shame, and he shook his head and said.

"What do you say about this, how can the future of a scholar be compared to that of a businessman." Lin Zhi said very politely.

When Jing Xiaotian heard this, he couldn't help but snort secretly, and the corners of his mouth also twitched subconsciously, and his face was full of disdain.

I secretly retorted in my heart: Reading dead books, living a poor and sour life, not taking the next meal, relying on others to help, living so badly, what's the point, making money to support yourself, living comfortably, that's the real ability, what's wrong with my mother today, talking and doing things, all to outsiders.

So, he opened his mouth and said, "Mother, you have already arranged your uncle's affairs, so when will we leave?" ”

Chen Qing couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when he heard Jing Xiaotian's words, and felt that he had taken the liberty to come and delay Lin Zhi's affairs.

Lin Zhi glanced at Jing Xiaotian and said in his heart: What's wrong with this kid today, why did he reject the Chen family's father and son so much?

Turning his head and smiling faintly, he said to Chen Qing: "Cousin doesn't know, Tian'er, this kid has made some friends in the north, and he has become a lord of what territory, I am not very relieved here, and I am planning to go over to take a look." ”

Chen Qing hurriedly said: "Cousin, even if you have something to do, our father and son now have a place to live, so they will naturally take care of themselves." If you delay your cousin's business, then you really can't go away. ”

At this time, Ma Qin from the Ziyang Territory sent someone over, saying that many affairs in the territory had to be decided by consulting the lord, so he sent someone over and wanted to ask the lord to go back earlier.

Jing Xiaotian was proud in his heart, but he complained in his mouth: "Really, can you live a quiet life for two days, you have to ask me everything, what else do you want you to do?" ”

After all, early the next morning, Jing Xiaotian still got up early, loaded the brocade chicken cubs with a flat round shallow basket with a lid, put them on the carriage, and led the bantam horse, and took Lin Zhi and Li Dahan and his wife straight to Ziyang Mountain.

Jing Xiaotian is high-spirited, ambitious, and full of strength inside, and he is single-minded to build a paradise in that territory. I want to give my mother a stable happiness.

However, she didn't think that no matter how hard she worked alone, she couldn't fill her mother's entire life!