"Old woman, how can this dish be so light, isn't there salt in the dish?" Uncle Lin sat under the eaves of his house, with a bowl of white rice porridge in front of him, and the white rice was mixed with a lot of yellow rice, and there was only a small plate of radish in front of him, and Uncle Lin spit it out after eating a mouthful of radish.

Aunt Lin was cleaning up in the kitchen, and when she heard Uncle Lin's shout, she shouted: "Where is the money to buy salt in the house now?" You just make do with it, and you won't die of hunger. ”

Aunt Lin didn't dare to say anything when she said this, so she could only gobble up the white rice, but the taste of the yellow rice in her throat was really hard to swallow.

Uncle Lin, who has always been honest, threw the chopsticks directly on the table: "We really raised this forest for nothing." He didn't rescue his brother, and now he ran to the mountains alone and didn't give some silver to the family, and now there is no rice in the house for cooking. ”

Hearing that, Aunt Lin took a nest head from inside, squatted at the door of the kitchen, and snorted: "I really didn't expect to raise a white-eyed wolf." ”

Three hundred taels is enough for a farmer's family, and at the beginning, in order for Lin Nan to be able to pass the Tongsheng examination, they could already be regarded as smashing pots and selling iron, and even the coffin board of the old couple was compensated, but they didn't expect to get this file again.

Originally, Uncle Lin still thought that the Lin family was not doing well, and it was impossible for Lin Zhong not to come to help them, but he didn't expect to make trouble with the patriarch again. Since this forest moved to live in the mountains, he really hasn't taken a tael of silver from home.

Uncle Lin has a variety of diseases, and he doesn't have any handiwork, so naturally he can't earn zero silver, not to mention the two of them, Aunt Lin and Lin Mei.

Thinking of this, Aunt Lin was even more angry, and threw the nest head directly on the ground: "In this forest, I must go to him when I have time, what?" Do you really want to watch a few of us starve to death now? ”

After speaking, he looked at the nest head on the ground, and felt that it was a pity to pick it up again.

Lin Mei sat in the hall and heard her father's conversation, and she didn't dare to come out, and finally crept out of the house: "Daddy, Fengxian said that she was going to play with me today, and I would go out." ”

"Go ahead." Aunt Lin pursed her lips and didn't say anything good.

Lin Mei cautiously came out of the house, Fengxian was one of his several good sisters in the village, little girls, chattering together non-stop, and playing happily.

But this time, Lin Mei didn't feel how happy.

The phoenix took out a rouge and applied it to her face: "This is the rouge that my father brought to me from the town, it is easy to use, and the skin is smooth and smooth after use." ”

"Alas, I also bought your rouge, it's not too expensive, it's just a tael of silver." The other little sister spoke again.

Fengxian put away the rouge box and glanced at Lin Mei: "Lin Mei, why are you still wearing clothes that were only popular last year?" It's not popular anymore. ”

"I ......" Lin Mei looked down at the clothes on her body, they were still clean and tidy, but the style was no longer popular, before hunting in the forest could earn a lot of silver, and she was also raised a lot of squeamishness, and she was the first time to show off her good sisters, but now that there is no money at home, she doesn't even have the silver to make new clothes.

Thinking of this, Lin Mei couldn't help clenching her fists, but vanity still made her continue: "I think this dress is very good-looking, I don't like your style if it doesn't look good." ”

"How could this new popular style not look good? I see that the ladies of the people in the town are all dressed in the same style. The phoenix continued.

didn't expect a word, Lin Mei was angry and stood up directly: "What do you mean?" I can't wear some of the popular styles now, won't I be able to wear them in the future? With that, he went back home.

Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin had already finished eating, and Aunt Lin was doing needlework in her hands, thinking that she could subsidize the family, but it was just a drop in the bucket.

When Aunt Lin saw Li Mei coming back in a huff, she asked, "What's the matter, you have always played well with Fengxian, why are you so unhappy today?" ”

Lin Mei sat on the stool, and her whole body drooped and did not look like everyone else's ladies at all: "How long will we have to live like this?" They all have new clothes now, but I don't. ”

"You...... You work well at home, do some housework, no better than anything else, ask for new clothes and new rouge. Aunt Lin squinted her eyes and scolded.

Lin Mei didn't give up, and began to complain with a muttering mouth: "I see that Fengxian has everything now, but only I don't have it, is our family so poor?" If I had known that we wouldn't have bought a child for my second brother, and now that my second brother has been arrested, there will be no money in the family, and I won't have any money to buy things. ”

"You, you......" Aunt Lin picked up the needle and pointed at Li Mei, but after all, it was her own daughter who couldn't be ruthless, and there was no time to do this needlework.

Aunt Lin can only wrap up the needle and thread, but the situation in the family has become like this, not to mention Lin Mei complaining, there are a thousand unhappy people in Aunt Lin's heart.

She turned her head and saw Lin Mei drinking tea, although Lin Mei didn't look so beautiful and beautiful, but in the village she could already be regarded as taking out her hand, the skin was delicate, a twist braid was bright and bright, and although the eyes were small, they had a unique flavor.

Aunt Lin just remembered that when the family was doing well before, many matchmakers came over and wanted to propose marriage to Lin Mei, but they had rich money in their hands, so they thought that Lin Mei could marry better, so they didn't agree.

But now that the family can't eat, it is absolutely impossible for Lin Nan to stay in prison for a year, so it is the right way to rescue him quickly, thinking that Aunt Lin actually hit Lin Mei with this idea.

Aunt Lin stood up: "You are doing housework at home, and I have something to do when I go out." ”

This Aunt Lin did not go anywhere else, but went to the matchmaker's house.

The matchmaker was eating a snack, and when she saw Aunt Lin coming, although she was unhappy in her heart, she had to get by on her face: "Why did Aunt Lin come to me today?" ”

Before Aunt Lin could speak, the matchmaker said again: "Alas, it's hard to find a girl in Shili Eight Village now, if you want to tell those two boys in your family, I'm afraid it will take some time." ”

A few days ago, I said that the yellow flower girl had a lot of money in her hand, but today I said that there was no more, and the reason was nothing more than that Lin Nan was in prison for fear of being implicated, how could this person really be a crackling abacus.

Aunt Lin didn't have a good voice: "I naturally didn't talk about this issue when I came over, I was thinking about whether I could find a good mother-in-law for our family, Lin Mei, this woman is not in the middle, and sooner or later she will be someone else's person, just think about marrying her off." ”

The matchmaker's eyes widened with joy when she heard this, and she hurriedly invited Aunt Lin into the house: "Alas, Aunt Lin, I'm waiting for your words." ”

The matchmaker hurriedly got a cup of tea: "Do you know that the rich man Li in the town has seen you fall in love with your family's Lin Meimei for a long time, do you want to let Lin Mei marry?" This marriage to the rich man Li must be able to eat and drink spicy food. ”

"Rich Master Li?" Aunt Lin pondered in her heart.

This rich man Li can be regarded as a famous figure in the town, not because of anything else but because of greed for money and lust. is in his fifties, half of his body is buried in the loess, and he still thinks about provoking a beautiful girl every day, and the five aunts in the family are still not satisfied.

"Our Lin Mei is married, so she must be the sixth aunt? Wouldn't this be a little too aggrieved child. ”

Although the reputation of the sixth aunt is better, but if she marries Lin Mei's character, it is good that the five aunts don't put her to death.

"I'm not afraid." The matchmaker took Aunt Lin's hand, as if she was talking about something confidential. "Do you know how much the bride price from the rich man Li is! One hundred taels of silver, what's wrong with letting Lin Mei marry this one hundred taels of silver? ”

"A hundred taels of silver?" Aunt Lin was also shocked, the bride price of an ordinary person marrying a daughter-in-law is already a lot, and this one hundred taels can be regarded as a sky-high price.

"Aunt Lin, I also know what kind of situation you are, just now you also said that this woman is of course going to get married. The daughter who got married spilled the water at the same time, but the hundred taels of silver really fell into your purse, you can think about it. ”

After Aunt Lin came out of the matchmaker's house, she was absent-minded, and after thinking about it for a few nights, she decided to marry this Lin Mei in exchange for a hundred taels of silver, maybe she could save this Lin Nan.

As soon as Lin Mei heard that the rich man was in his fifties, he didn't want to marry, but he couldn't have children, and she had to marry if she didn't want to.

On the day of the wedding, Aunt Lin also knew that this was a disgraceful thing, and she hastily married Lin Mei, who was in the dark.

When Lin Mei's sedan chair arrived at the door of the rich man Li, Aunt Lin saw that her daughter was wearing red clothes, and no one from the rich man's family came to greet her, and she didn't know what it was like in her heart.

And she touched the one hundred taels of silver in her purse and gritted her teeth: "Xiaomei, it's not that your mother treats you badly, but that you will marry out sooner or later, this rich man Li's family will not lack your food and drink, but rescuing your second brother is the most important thing." ”