Chapter 18: The Lazy Aunt
Even many of his relatives are stammering, although Erniu is an honest person, which people are sincere and which people are fake, or they can be distinguished, but after all, it is not good for people to congratulate them, and they just say, "The greetings are not thoughtful, everyone should eat and drink well." ”
After the lively banquet, it was afternoon, the people in the village came home after a word of congratulations, and the rest were some relatives of their own family, when Lin He was busy helping Huang clean up the table, he saw his aunt He and his aunt Lin Hongxia coming over as if they were talking to Lin Erniu, Lin Erniu's face was not very good-looking, but it was not easy to have a seizure because the other party was his sister-in-law and sister-in-law.
Lin He's little aunt Hongxia married in the next village, Hongxia's man is a lazy and lazy product, and the family is quite good. There are several acres of fertile land in his own family, and he is the only son in the family, and several sisters also married early, and Hongxia also gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl.
Originally, the life of the family was very beautiful, but since the death of Hongxia's father-in-law and mother-in-law, Hongxia's men have no one to control, they are not as diligent and willing to work as before, drinking all day at home, and when they have money, the whole family eats and drinks, and their own fields are also deserted.
Hongxia is also a lazy to do, her own man doesn't do things, she doesn't want to do it, every day the head of the family is short, the family is often engaged in no rice under the pot, usually know that Erniu's family is poor, and he doesn't come and go much, today I know that Erniu's family builds a house to eat wine, so I drag the family to take advantage.
All the relatives in the family are helping to do things, just their family of four sat at the table early in the morning and ate melon seeds, until they ate, and sat on the table earlier than anyone else when they ate.
Lin He walked to a nearby table, only to hear Hongxia say, "Second brother, you can lend me more or less, my family has no rice to cook, if you don't lend me, my two children will starve tomorrow." ”
He Shi also fanned the flames on the side and said, "Erniu, this is your mistake, your family can even afford to raise outsiders, and it is too much to say that you are so affectionate to the people in your family." You see that your sister is so pitiful, and you are embarrassed. ”
Lin He understood the general meaning, Hongxia came to borrow money from Erniu, and he didn't want to borrow it because he didn't want to borrow it, this He family came to muddy the water, and the outsiders he said were the two grandchildren of Father Qin.
This He family is not a good person, Lin He thought to himself, since the little aunt is so short of money, she must have borrowed money from the He family, and the He family must not have borrowed it, so she instigated Hongxia to come to their house to borrow money.
Lin He walked there, called sweetly "Auntie, little aunt", and then said, "Dad, my aunt's younger brothers and sisters have no food to eat, and it is indeed pitiful, otherwise, there are still a few steamed buns in our kitchen, we will take them to our younger brothers and sisters to eat, and our family will not eat at night, so we have built a house, and the family has no money." ”
After a while, he turned to Hongxia and said crisply, "Little aunt, why don't you borrow money from the eldest mother, the eldest lady's family is rich, and she can still open a store in the town,"
He Shi listened to it and suddenly his face was ugly, his face was ugly for a while, and he didn't know what to say, but Lin He is a seven-year-old child, so he can't worry about a child, everyone says that what children say is the truth, and it is indeed true, the Erniu family has just built a house, and no one in his family eats at night, leaving the steamed buns for his aunt's younger brothers and sisters to eat, and he is indeed a little embarrassed that the eldest lady does not say anything at all.
But Hongxia knows what kind of person her sister-in-law is, because she can't borrow it, she will come to the second brother to borrow it, and Erniu doesn't want to help this sister, if the sister's family is really poor and can't even afford to eat for children, the uncle must help.
But now Hongxia is a lazy and lazy person, and she is not angry, but she is afraid that if she borrows this time, there will be a next time, this is not helping him, she is harming them, and she is harming herself.
Lin Erniu suddenly had an idea and said, "Hongxia, you also know that my family has just built a house, and the money is not enough, and we have to spend the rest of the winter, which is also tight, and there is still some food at home, wait for you to bring some back to the two children to eat, I said that you two should also be diligent, don't do nothing all day, your family also has a few acres of land, plant it well, and the year's rations will always be less, you said that you don't do the business of Zhang's family Li Jia all day long, and it is not a matter to borrow money everywhere, and the borrowed money always has to be repaid. You plant the fields well, and if the two of you can't do it when the farm is busy, I'll help, and there's only so much I can help. ”
When Hongxia heard these words, her face was also flushed, and a trace of shame flashed in her eyes, but it was only for a moment. Knowing that there was no hope for the second brother to borrow money here, he went to the Zhao family again.
When Zhao saw her like this, he also knew what had just happened, and sighed, these children are really worrying, but his daughter, his grandson, how to help her, called Hongxia to the house, talked for a while, or gave her five hundred dollars, Hongxia got the money and ran to the kitchen, Huang packed some food for her to take back, and then went back happily.
These Lin Erniu naturally saw it, and just shook his head helplessly, this sister is not saved.
The He family's face here is not very good-looking, her mother-in-law usually eats and lives in her house, and sighs all day long that she has no money, but her daughter is rich, and she is really uncomfortable. But after all, the money is her mother-in-law's own, and she can't speak no matter how uncomfortable she is.
There was still some food and some snacks left in the kitchen, which were bought for the masons to bring back, and everyone should know how to be grateful for the work they had worked for so many days.
Lin He asked the Huang family to give an extra hundred dollars and a snack for one person to take back to the children to eat, and a hundred dollars said that it was a rush to work, and those workers went back with a thousand thanks, and the foreman also said that if there is anything to do at home in the future, remember to find him, and he will definitely give them priority to finish, Lin Erniu responded.
Lin He feels that things in this world are strange, some people who are obviously very close to them, but they do things that make people hate, they are strangers, but they can make you feel very warm.
After the house is finished, but can not move in immediately, said to let the house empty for a while, there will be some lime and other unpleasant smells left when building the house, plus the ground is not dry and there is moisture, the moisture is still easy to do, you can go to the street to buy some carbon, each house put a basin in the middle of the house can remove moisture. But those smells are also going to be a few days before you can move in.