40. Vixen
Lin Xiangyi is generous, Zhang Duan is very good, so in just three days, Lin Xiangyi has already found the shop, Zhang Duan is looking for better than Lin Xiangyi's request, the shop in front is a two-story small western-style building, and the courtyard in the back is also a lot of area, Lin Xiangyi took a look, and decided how to arrange.
"Sister-in-law, you haven't finished reading this yard yet." Zhang Duan looked at Lin Xiangyi and was about to go back, and said with a clear smile, "There is another world behind this, when I first came, I was just like my sister-in-law, and I didn't pay attention at all." ”
Lin Xiangyi raised his eyebrows, and some didn't believe that there was another world behind the bamboo forest facing the street and against the wall, so he quietly waited for Zhang Duan's next words. Zhang Duan didn't sell Guan Zi either, and explained with a smile: "The previous owner here didn't know what kind of business he was doing, so he made a lot of tricks here." There is a secret passage under the rockery in this bamboo forest, which is connected to the courtyard across the street. Otherwise, where would I get a few gold bars from my sister-in-law. ”
"You let this tunnel be sealed." Lin Xiangyi didn't want to think about it, this has gone through the hands of I don't know how many people, if she really uses it, then there is something wrong with her brain.
"Listen to my sister-in-law." It was not difficult for Zhang Duan to understand Lin Xiangyi's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Then the sister-in-law in the opposite yard doesn't go to see it?" It's really not small over there, it's enough for several people to live, and I have to get an idea for my sister-in-law to decorate or something. ”
"Cheng, let's walk directly from the main street, this sneaky one, no one should be worried." Lin Xiangyi chuckled, in this world, she doesn't need to hide things outside the soul ring at all, she can't trust anything except herself.
The yard facing the street is really good, there is a small garden, and there is a two-story small building, which Qian Lin Xiangyi thinks is really worth the money. After a rough look at the room, Lin Xiangyi threw the decoration to Zhang Duan again. Zhang Duan was not too troublesome, and carefully asked Lin Xiangyi's thoughts, and then hurriedly took the brothers to find the construction team.
There was nothing to do, so Lin Xiangyi planned to go and see their godmothers. After inquiring about a famous dim sum shop in Shanghai, Lin Xiangyi bought a lot of things, and added a lot of silver dollars to wrap them in the silver dollars given by his godfather, so he hired a rickshaw with his things and walked towards the address of his godmother's house.
It's just that as soon as he walked to the mouth of the alley, Lin Xiangyi heard the noise inside. Lin Xiangyi was irritable for a while, she hated noise the most, so she didn't want to say to the master who pulled the rickshaw: "Can we take a detour?" It's so noisy that it hurts my head. ”
"The girl is not from Shanghai at first glance, so we really can't take a detour." The master smiled, "Don't worry, let's not watch the excitement, just go around and pass." ”
"Done." Lin Xiangyi was a little impatient, but she never expected that the place where the trouble was made was her destination.
The master who pulled the car didn't expect such a coincidental thing in the world, pulled Lin Xiangyi behind, collected the money and left, and before leaving, he asked Lin Xiangyi to have something to say, don't make a big deal out of it, Lin Xiangyi also felt funny when he heard it, he looked like a person who could make trouble so much? But she was curious, which family was not afraid of death who sprinkled his godmother's place? This is for her to catch up, and if she wants to get out, it is not so easy.
With a sneer in his heart, Lin Xiangyi coldly watched two women about fifty years old pulling a slightly younger woman, scolding and scolding, after listening to it for a long time, Lin Xiangyi understood it, it turned out that he was here to ask for money, and he still wanted inexplicable money.
Seeing that the person who was probably the prospective godmother was almost pushed down, the teenage boy on the side was about to rush out of the door when he saw this, Lin Xiangyi saw this, stepped forward and held the woman up, and looked at the other two people very angrily and sneered: "I didn't expect that there are such shameless people in the world, and this food can still reach out to people so confidently, if I remember well, this man doesn't have any living brothers." I don't know where you guys came from? ”
"You little, what kind of green onion is it?" The woman was originally a shrew, and when she saw Lin Xiangyi come out to scold, she pointed at Lin Xiangyi and started scolding without saying a word.
Lin Xiangyi is not a soft persimmon, and he stepped forward and gave the scolding woman a mouthful: "Believe it or not, if you say another dirty word, I will make you unable to speak for the rest of your life." ”
Lin Xiangyi's momentum was too strong, except for the little boy on the side, everyone else was stunned in place, and no one dared to say a word.
"You don't have to think about money from now on, if I run into you and bully my godmother again, I'm not a good temper." Lin Xiangyi glanced at the two of them coldly, and seeing that the two of them came back to their senses and wanted to spill again, Lin Xiangyi kicked the woman who wanted to do it with her to the ground with a direct kick.
"Hey, I've killed someone, in broad daylight, is there any royal law." The woman simply sat on the ground and cried, "I, a widow without a man, am bullied everywhere I go, this Chen Laosan was also eaten by a dog with a conscience, I think that when his family was poor and couldn't open the pot, if there was no food from my family, could he still grow up?" Now that I have married my daughter-in-law and given birth to a child, I have gone out to do business, and I have forgotten my great benefactor when I have wealth and wealth. ”
"Sister-in-law, our family really has no money, and Lao Liu hasn't sent money back for two months." Master Liu's wife also came back to her senses, and watched the neighbors come out to see the excitement, and hurriedly said, "I have already given you a lot of money, and our family is still nervous about not having rice to cook these days." ”
There has been no news of her husband for more than two months, Chen Yue is also anxious, this will see that Lin Xiangyi is godmother when she opens her mouth, and she also has some expectations in her heart, this will make her not think much, she just wants to send people away and ask Lin Xiangyi about the situation.
Lin Xiangyi heard that his godfather's family had not had rice in the pot for several days, so his heart tightened, and he waved his hand and beckoned the little boy on the side and said, "Your name is Liu Bangguo, right?" ”
"Hmm." The little boy's eyes were very bright, but he didn't look like he was twelve years old as Master Liu said, and Lin Xiangyi felt that he was even younger.
"You can take these home and eat them with your grandmother first, and when your sister finishes dealing with the things outside, I invite you to eat out at noon, okay?" Lin Xiangyi touched the little boy's head and said, "You can think about what you want to eat first, how about taking your sister there later?" ”
"But, my dad said you can't ask for other people's things." Liu Bangguo was a little entangled, and the gluttonous worms in his stomach were about to be hooked out by the dim sum, but he still couldn't bear to accept what Lin Xiangyi had in his hand.
"In the future, I will be your sister, not someone else, go ahead, my sister will come in and explain to you." Lin Xiangyi smiled at Liu Bangguo and said, "Your father is also my godfather, and we will be a family in the future." ”
Liu Bangguo looked at his mother and saw her nodding, so he said thank you and entered the house with a snack.
"Godmother, let's also enter the house, and I'll handle these things in the future." It's useless to deal with scoundrels, it's useless to be reasonable, Lin Xiangyi didn't plan to talk to some people who were messing around.
"You're afraid you can't do it here." Master Liu's daughter-in-law hesitated a little and said, "My two sisters-in-law are not very easy to talk to. ”
"As long as your fists are good at talking." Lin Xiangyi said this loudly, she stood on the steps by the door, and looked condescendingly at the two people who were standing and sneering, "When my godfather was not in this house, you didn't bother with the old and the young families here, I met today, then let's settle the score." ”
"Your green onion, he Liu Laosan ate our family's life-saving meal, so he should support our orphans and widows." The woman standing boldly pointed to Master Liu's daughter-in-law and said, "You ask Chen Yue yourself, if it weren't for us, would the third child of her family be able to survive?" ”
"Second sister-in-law, you were indeed kind to our family back then, but I have done my best to repay you all these years, and this time my family really has no money. The second brother can do work again, why should the second sister-in-law bother us. After all, she also knows that it is not easy for her husband to save the money for their mother and son, but this eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law always grasp the kindness of the year, and after a long time, Chen Yue herself is tired of it. The eldest sister-in-law is a widow, so she put up with it, but the second sister-in-law's family obviously has a source of income, and she makes such a fuss all day long.
"You have taken the money for so many years for the grace of a meal, and it will be enough to pay it back." This family is ugly, and she is still worried about her husband's situation, Chen Yue rarely got angry, pulled Lin Xiangyi into the door, and closed the door with a snap.
Lin Xiangyi didn't say anything when she saw this, it was very easy to solve the problem of two people, but she had not casually asked for someone's life for many years, and it was difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, she just had to ensure that her godfather's family was not bullied.
"I'm smiling at you, I don't know what you call it!" Chen Yue was a little embarrassed to let Lin Xiangyi, who came to the door for the first time, look at the troubles at home, which would be quite embarrassing.
"Godmother, my name is Lin Xiangyi, this is a letter from your godfather, you still have the old rules after reading it, burn it." Lin Xiangyi took out the letter from his body, handed it to Chen Yue with a smile, and said, "What happened just now?" I haven't heard my godfather say he has other relatives. ”
This is exactly where Lin Xiangyi is puzzled, with her understanding, if this godfather has really received favors from others, he should also be a person who remembers his kindness, and he didn't mention anything to her when he shouldn't have come.
"These things are a long story." Chen Yue smiled bitterly and said, "Go into the house, let's talk about these things slowly." ”
After entering the house and reading the letter, Chen Yue had a spectrum in her heart, and after introducing Lin Xiangyi to Master Liu's mother-in-law, she talked to Lin Xiangyi about the bad thing just now. It turns out that this so-called kindness is really a bit groundless, Master Liu did eat the food of those two families, but Master Liu did not help them less in those years, but people only remember what they paid, and they can't remember that they take what they take from others. This so-called life-saving meal is really ridiculous in Lin Xiangyi's opinion.
"You and your godfather are really good-tempered, obviously they occupied you before, if it weren't for grandma's illness, my godfather checked out that his heart was a little bad, otherwise how could he ask those people's houses, it's ridiculous." Lin Xiangyi was very speechless, what a life-saving meal, it was really ridiculous, "No wonder I said why I haven't heard my godfather mention it, over the years, my godmother has given them a lot of money, right?" ”
"Hey, your godfather is also a kind person, he said that the family was difficult at that time, if it wasn't for the lobby brother and the second cousin to send a bag of rice, we wouldn't have survived that time, now the lobby brother is gone, and there are orphans and widows left, I can help if I can, but outsiders don't know these after all, listening to them shouting all day long, pointing and pointing all day long, this day is getting more and more difficult." Chen Yue sighed and said, "Your godfather is really thanks to him, he wrote to say that his heart has improved a lot." ”
Lin Xiangyi just smiled, the letter must be a good news or a bad news, she had long felt that her godfather's heart might not be just a matter of bullets, but now she actually knew that this disease was there before she participated in the revolution. Fortunately, her medicine has always been adjusted with her physical condition, otherwise it would be really troublesome.
"Bangguo, come here, I've seen your godsister." Chen Yue smiled and beckoned her son to her side and said, "Aren't you always shouting that you don't have a brother or sister, but you also have a sister, are you happy in your heart?" ”
"Happy." Liu Bangguo smiled and called his sister sweetly, "Sister, have you ever studied martial arts?" ”
"What, you want to learn?" Lin Xiangyi smiled and pinched Liu Bangguo's cheeks and said, "Learning martial arts is very hard. ”
"I'm not afraid, when I learn martial arts, I can protect my mother and grandmother." Liu Bangguo's little face was very serious, "Can my sister teach me?" ”
Lin Xiangyi glanced at Chen Yue and saw that she did not object, so he smiled and responded to Liu Bangguo's request. The old lady in the house was in good spirits, and everyone sat on the side with them, talking and laughing until lunch.
"Look at my memory, I'll go cook for Xiangyi." Chen Yue looked at the time, hurriedly got up from the chair and said, "But the food at home is also simple, so don't dislike it." ”
"Godmother doesn't have a good memory, today I can promise Bangguo to go out and invite you to eat, and we will eat at home another day." Lin Xiangyi smiled and took out the prepared silver dollar from his body and said, "In this world, what fiat currency and gold yuan coupons are depreciating, this is given by the godfather when he leaves, but the godmother is going to put it on hold, those individuals come again, just shut people out of the door, don't mess with them, those people are just messing around." ”
The shouting outside was long gone, and the two of them couldn't stand such a big day, and they both went home at about eleven o'clock.
"I didn't say anything about this letter from your godfather, I can't take it." Chen Yue hurriedly excused herself.
"Godmother, what are you doing, this is indeed from Godfather." Lin Xiangyi stuffed Dayang into Chen Yue's hand, "Quickly clean up, let's go have lunch, otherwise there will be a lot of people, and we will have to wait hungry." ”
Chen Yue couldn't refuse, so she could only turn around and go back to the house to hide Dayang, thinking of Lin Xiangyi's affection in her heart, and feeling her husband's good vision.