Chapter XII

In any case, Lin Baosheng's death is not unrelated to the child who set off firecrackers.

Meng Bo didn't want to hide it, and recalled seriously at the moment: "That kid ...... I heard that the surname is Jiang, but I don't know which Jiang character, I heard that the servant who was holding it was called Xiaolang, as if some people came to their family that day to buy fruits in our village. After the incident, I followed your father's car to the city, and when I returned, they were gone. “

He also inquired about it at that time, always thinking that something happened to Lin Baosheng in his orchard, and it was better to inquire about this matter clearly.

The village where Meng Bo is located is called Mengjiawan, there are many orchards on the mountain, not only Meng Bo's family, there are always more than a dozen families who make a living by planting fruit trees, every year the servants of the shops in Beijing or the rich and noble families will go to Mengjiawan to pick and sell fruits, not to mention one or two families. Besides, I heard that the child went from Beijing, and there are at least a million families in the capital, where are they going to find it?

After the four sisters and brothers asked Meng Bo, they never mentioned the matter again in front of the He family, only hoping that she would get better every day.

After 37, the shop was about to open, but the guy Xu Liang came to quit.

The owner died, and the owner's wife was sick and crooked, Xu Liang went home to discuss with his family, so that now the wages have been paid, if he continues to work, the shop will lose money in the future, and maybe he will have to work in vain.

His family is small, and he can't afford to make up for it, and he is counting on him to make money to go back to marry his daughter-in-law.

People go to high places, and water flows to low places, Lin Biluo is not surprised that Xu Liang has such a choice. On the contrary, Lin Biyue didn't follow, and the contract signed by Xu Liang would not expire until the end of next year, how could he let him go now?

Lin Biluo comforted the second sister who blew up Mao: "Even if he stays behind, he steals and plays tricks when he works, and another one, our family sells food, in case he does something on food, wouldn't he smash his own signboard when something happens?" Why don't you take advantage of the fact that everyone is now harmonious and let him go? ”

The heart of guarding against people is indispensable, Lin Baosheng felt that the three girls were guarded, but he was not wrong at all.

"That'...... Who will sell the goods in the future? Although Lin Biyue felt that there was nothing wrong with her little sister's words, there was a big problem in front of her.

There is still a little stock at home, the shop is open, and there is nothing to sell after the New Year. But it's only early August, and who's going to see the shop in the intervening months?

Although Lin Biyun and Lin Biyue have no problem with things in the backyard, they are not good at bookkeeping and selling goods.

"It just so happens that I can't go to the school anymore, so let's just watch the shop at home." Lin Biluo comforted the two sisters, "Brother Nan must go to the school to ask Mr. for teaching, I am a girl, and I am not going to take the top prize, so I will come to see the shop in the future, there are always Ying'er and sisters who can't move, and I can always go over with a hand, so let's clear the goods stored at home first." ”

After the New Year, I want to come to A-Niang's recovery almost, and then I will worry about it separately.

As soon as the three sisters discussed, the matter was decided. Lin Nan is a child, and many times Lin Biluo's opinions are the main ones, even if they oppose it, it is invalid. It is equivalent to four votes passed.

Lin Biluo also deliberately stayed with Xu Liang for a few days.

"Brother Xu, you also know that I don't understand anything in the shop, and I want you to work in the shop for half a month more, and I will pay you a month's salary, and I will teach ......me the price of the fruits in the shop and how to sell them."

Xu Liang thought about it in his heart, anyway, he hadn't found a new buddy at the moment, and it was cost-effective to do half a month and get a month's job, so he stayed for the time being and taught Lin Biluo to sell goods.

Lin Biluo was afraid that he wouldn't be able to remember, so he took a small notebook, wrote down Xu Liang's instructions one by one, and praised him: "Brother Xu, thanks to your willingness to teach me, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do." ”

Xu Liang originally had a trace of guilt in his heart, seeing that she was so attentive and studious, and she was well-behaved and sensible, she taught more attentively, and in about ten days, she was already able to weigh and sell goods by herself, keep accounts and take care of the shop.

He was in a hurry to go out and look for a living, but seeing that Lin Biluo sold the fruit in an orderly manner, and the accounting was clear, and it was better than what he did, so he formally submitted his resignation, and Lin Biluo generously paid him a month's salary, and wrapped four candied fruits for him: "Brother Xu, we don't have any other good things in our family, just this fruit tastes good, you take some back and give it to the Xu family aunt to taste." ”

In fact, Lin Baosheng has always been generous to his friends, Xu Liang has been working in the Lin family's shop for several years, and the snacks that the family eats are all Lin Baosheng's words and asked him to take them back from the shop. Unexpectedly, before leaving, Lin Biluo was also so generous, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and thought that if Lin Baosheng was still alive, he would definitely stay in the Lin family's shop and work hard.

But God doesn't bless people.

When Xu Liang left, Lin Biyue came out from behind, looked at his back and got angry: "Third sister, why did you not only let him go in advance, but also gave him food?" Not to mention that there are two coins of silver. ”

Lin Biluo took Lin Biyue's hand and shook it lightly twice, and asked like a coquettish: "Second sister, do you think that the guy who went out of our house and let him mention our family in the future, is it to praise our family for treating the guy well and not being harsh on people, or is he scolding our family behind his back for being stingy and slamming the door and not being able to keep people?" ”

The interpersonal relationship in modern society is much more complicated than this small shop. As long as it is not a deep hatred, or a strange person with a bad character, Lin Biluo has always adhered to the principle of "leaving a line when you meet, and seeing each other in the future".

Xu Liang is just a young man, he wants to leave the Lin family at this moment, and he always plans for his own life. When there is no hope for the Lin family's life, they can't ask unrelated people to accompany their families to get through this low point.

If Xu Liangken insists on staying, it is his righteousness, he wants to leave, it can't be regarded as disloyalty, to put it bluntly, it's just a salary relationship, where can he ask others to sacrifice desperately?

Lin Biluo's thoughts, although his views on the guest-host relationship of this shijie are different from those of the time, but he is better for himself and is wary, which is sometimes not a bad thing.

Lin Biyue nodded her forehead: "What you say is always reasonable!" She asked, and there were more than a dozen sentences behind the little girl waiting to fix her, and every sentence was to the point.

And she also found that since Daddy's death, the little sister seems to have grown up all of a sudden, and the immaturity of the past is gone, and many times, she thinks more thoughtfully than her and her eldest sister.

Lin Biyue told Lin Biyun what she thought in private, and asked her if she felt this way. Lin Biyun smiled softly: "Speaking of which, when there is such a big event in the family, I should have done many things, but I don't know how to keep accounts, and I can only rely on the third sister in the shop." Although she is young, she has read books, has a lot of ideas, and is reasonable, so it is right to listen to her more. ”

Unconsciously, Lin Biluo has been recognized by Lin Biyun.

When He was able to get up and walk a few steps, he was still walking a few steps in the yard at first, and then he was persuaded by the two daughters to go back to the room to rest, and then as the days grew, she cleaned up Lin Baosheng's old things in the room. What clothes, shoes and socks, all kinds of daily utensils, always increase sadness in front of you, not in front of you, but feel that the room is empty, empty people are out of breath.

The three daughters take turns to sleep with them every night, but the children are young, even if they experience the loss of their father, they can still fall asleep when they are tired, listening to the light breathing of the girls different from Lin Baosheng, He feels that he can't sleep anymore.

She didn't sleep well at night, and her spirit was not good during the day, but she just walked a few steps around and slowly sorted out Lin Baosheng's old things in the room. When the things in the main room were almost cleaned up, only one or two things were left for souvenirs, and the rest were all put away, and when I remembered to tidy up the outer courtyard study, the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Lin family this year, everyone never mentioned the holiday.

Therefore, all the families outside are preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, making moon cakes, buying fruits, melons, incense candles, etc., but the Lin family is surprisingly quiet. He himself has no concept of the passage of time now, but it is still early, and when he remembers it, he asks Ying'er: "What day is it today?" Ying'er was cleaning up her room with a feather duster, and stopped with a smile when she heard the words, "Mrs. can remember to ask, she is twenty-one today." ”

"July 21?" No, July should have passed.

"Is it August 21?"

It turned out that unconsciously, she was sick and groggy, and the time had passed until the end of August.

He looked around the house, everything seemed to be in order, there was one person missing, and when she was sick, there was no sign of chaos in the house. What about in the shop?

"These days, Xu Liang can come to work on time?" There are guys who are cooked, and there is always a little more reassuring.

Ying'er shook her head, "Xu Liang has already quit his job, and now the three ladies are taking care of the shop." ”

"Third sister?"

Ho couldn't believe it. The third sister is not on her shoulders, how can she take care of the shop? The other two daughters in the family are older, but they can't keep accounts and can't take care of them.

She hurriedly got up: "Help me to take a look." As soon as she was in a hurry, she panicked and shortened her breath, which was a new problem after the death of her husband.

Ying'er didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly put down the feather duster, helped her hand, and the master and servant went to the front shop to take a look.

There is a small door behind the Lin family's shop, which is connected to the front yard, which is convenient for picking up goods and entering and exiting from the family. There was a curtain on the small door, and through the curtain, you could hear Lin Biluo's crisp children's voice, greeting the visitors in the shop.

"Auntie, the two taels of licorice apricots you want, two taels of golden silk dates, a total of fifty dollars."

He quietly lifted the scurry to look around, and across the high counter, the third sister seemed to have grown a lot taller, and was smiling and handing the bag of haode candied fruit to the woman opposite, and counted the money handed over by the woman, and put it away. Her eyes followed her hand to collect the money, and her eyes suddenly turned red, and she was relieved and amused for a while.

――Where is her third sister growing taller? There's a little stool under her feet.