Listening to his grandfather's words, the uncle, who has always dared not disobey his grandfather's intentions, also said on the side: "When I asked you to study with Yanshou, I didn't think that someone in the Lin family would get ahead and win the princess, just for convenience, in the future, you don't have to spend money on wine and food to invite someone to write a paperwork, and you don't have to trouble outsiders to read and settle accounts." ”

"Study for two years, wait for your grandfather to retire from the express shop, and say to the yamen, let you make up for the shortcomings, this life is regarded as a stable meal, although it is not rich and expensive, but it can also be regarded as drought and flood to ensure the harvest, it is good to say it, and when the time comes, it is also a scenery to marry a shallow one." After speaking, the uncle glanced at his grandfather's face, saw that he didn't make a sound, and knew that what he said was in line with his meaning.

Lin Qianqian said: "Uncle, third uncle, you agreed to let Brother Chao go to private school for three years, but now it's only two years, why don't you let Brother Chao finish it?" ”

The third uncle said: "Shallow, you don't know, where is it better to be ahead now, the current situation is different, after the autumn is about to go to the handyman, the previous period of the family has passed the water, the summer tax is still owed, this family is waiting for money." ”

Lin Qianqian said anxiously: "There are not enough people, you can ask for a short-term job, and I can also go down to the ground to help?" Brother Chao is only twelve years old. ”

"You can do a lot of work at the age of twelve, and the third uncle went to the ground at the age of ten......" The eldest mother also began to help.

Lin Yanchao was eating quietly, and the family was gossiping, and none of them stood on his and Lin Qianqian's side.

The eldest lady said with a half-smile: "Shallow, you can hide for a while, you can't hide for a lifetime, do you think that your brother Chao can shirk the family's farm work in the name of studying in the school?" Our Lin family doesn't raise lazy people. ”

Lin Yanchao opened his mouth at this time: "Auntie, what you said is not right, I am studying in a private school, but I am studying, and it may not be because of the hard work of the third uncle who farms the land below." If not, my cousin is a year older than me, and he is stronger than me, and I still haven't recovered from this serious illness, what if I want to help the family and let him work in the fields? ”

Hearing what Lin Yanchao said, the uncle, the third uncle and the others stopped talking. Uncle also said: "The tide is just right, it's better to ......"

The uncle was only halfway through his words, and the aunt stepped heavily on his feet, and the uncle screamed, and he didn't say anything at the moment when he suffered a loss.

The eldest lady looked at Lin Yanchao and said with a smile: "It's good for you, if you want to be lazy, you don't have to excuse yourself with a bad body, you have been wandering around the village every day these days, and your body is very good." Besides, the third uncle is all over the world every day, the wind and rain are blowing, when have you seen him sick? On the contrary, it was you, who didn't pick up your shoulders or lift your hands, but you were seriously ill for a while. I think it's all pampered. ”

When the eldest lady said this, she was unforgiving, and she kept continuing: "You and Qianqian don't have to shirk the longevity, the longevity is a long house, can you compare?" Our family is smarter than you, and he reads better than you, of course he is going to continue his studies, if he wins the show in the future, our Lin family will not say that he will be able to give you a hand, but you don't know what to do, don't you even know the elders and young? We are in charge, and we still want you to make up for your grandfather's shortcomings. ”

"Auntie, my father is a showman, and your ancestors are illiterate for eight generations, why do you say that I am not as good as my cousin!" Lin Yanchao pushed back.

The eldest lady was anxious and angry by Lin Yanchao's words, this is the pain in her heart, her father is always good, but he has not read any books. In addition to the side lineage, her Xie family has never been a scholar in her direct line, and when she married the Lin family, she didn't see the Lin family have a show. Originally, he said that the matchmaker would tell her to Lin Yanchao's father, but Lin Gaozhu said that the eldest son was orderly, the eldest son was unmarried, how could the second son marry first. So she came through the door to marry the Lin family's son.

The eldest lady was so angry that she was trembling, and at this time the grandfather said, "Okay, don't say it." Chaoyi, I know you want to go to school, but you can't ignore it at home, you ask for a leave of absence with your husband first, and then go to school after the autumn harvest. Tomorrow, you will follow your third uncle to the field, how much can you do! ”

As soon as Grandpa spoke, he set the tone. Seeing that her grandfather agreed, the eldest lady was humiliated by Lin Yanchao and looked at Lin Yanchao proudly.

Lin Yanchao returned to the house after eating.

Lin Qianqian threw himself on the bed and cried aggrievedly: "Brother Chao, your aunt and uncle's family, according to the favor of your grandfather, relying on your own long house, fight for everything." The uncle is idle, gambling all day long, the eldest mother doesn't do housework on weekdays, and everything is shared with me, but when there is a benefit, she thinks of herself as the daughter-in-law of the Lin family and rushes to the first one. ”

"In the final analysis, eldest mother, the third uncle did everything possible to squeeze out us, not to divide the family property with one less person. Brother Chao, wherever we go, it's better than being angry at home. ”

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said, "We left in a rage, and it was not right to fulfill the intention of the eldest lady to monopolize the family property." Since the eldest mother wants to fight, we will fight her! ”

Lin Qianqian raised his head and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother Chao, we can't fight the eldest mother, you should be patient for a while, and then you will study in the future, and then come to avenge today's revenge." ”

"It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge; The villain takes revenge, from morning till night. I am neither a gentleman nor a villain, and this enmity will be separated by tomorrow. You just wait for me to expel my eldest mother from my Lin family!"

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Yanchao got up early in the morning, and after eating breakfast without saying a word, he went to the ground with the third uncle. The uncle and the aunt thought that Lin Yanchao was so opposed yesterday and would delay it today, but they didn't expect Lin Yanchao to be so neat. The eldest lady thought that Lin Yanchao had softened, and couldn't help but feel proud.

Lin Yanchao and the third uncle walked along the ridge road to the west mountain, and near the north of the village, there were several ridges. There are ten acres of paddy fields here that are the family fields of the Lin family, which are the family fields allocated by the clan after Lin Yanchao's father was a talent in the middle of the show, and there are five acres of fields not far from the eldest mother who came to marry.

Late rice is planted in the family field, which is the rice that many of the big killers in the novel. As early as the five years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Huaizhejiang was in drought, and the imperial court ordered that 30,000 Zhancheng rice should be taken from Fujian and distributed to Huaizhejiang for planting. The biggest advantage of Champa rice is early maturity, which is commonly known as whooping yellow in the mouth of the people of Fujian. In addition to rice, a lot of woad is also grown in the fields. The stem of the woad is short, the leaves are moist, thick and fat, when the Tang Dynasty Zhang Jiuling brought the seeds to Qujiang from Hanjing to plant a large number of plants, so it was called Zhang Xiangxiang in Fujian.

Not to mention the rice in the field, the third uncle picks up the vegetables to sell on the market, and it is also an income on weekdays. Unfortunately, the typhoon caused a significant reduction in the harvest in the field, which made the Lin family's use stretched thin this year.

The summer days are long and the nights are short, and when they arrived in the field, the sky was bright, and Lin Yanchao and the third uncle were carrying a hoe. The third uncle is only in his early twenties this year, and the age difference between him and Lin Yanchao is only ** years, and the relationship has always been the best, but the two have gradually faded in the past two years. The two of them walked for so long, and they didn't talk a word.

When he was about to go to the field, Lin Yanchao pointed to the woad at home and said: "Third uncle, although the rice field has been damaged by a typhoon this year, the woad is growing quite well, and you can pick a market and sell it at a good price in a few days." ”

The third uncle shook his head and said, "How can there be such a good thing?" ”

"What's the matter, the third uncle is not good to sell?" Lin Yanchao asked deliberately.

"How can it be difficult to sell, a few days of flooding, many vegetable fields in the village and township have been soaked in water, fortunately our vegetable fields are high. If you put it in the market and sell it, it won't take half a day, and you can sell it out in one load, and if you put it in the city, it can be worth more. ”

"Then why can't it be sold?"

"No, your aunt opened her mouth, saying that the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, saying that his second uncle's family opened a vegetable shop in the city, and he had to go as soon as he opened his mouth, and the price of the vegetables that the eldest mother got back was not worth half of the outside."

Lin Yanchao pretended to be angry and said, "There is such a thing? Isn't this a loss to our Lin family and a supplement to her maiden family? ”

The third uncle also shook his head helplessly and said, "What's the solution, don't make trouble, just farm well." ”

Lin Yanchao didn't intend to stop the topic and said: "The third uncle asked me to drop out of school and farm at home, is it your aunt, or is it your idea?" ”

The third uncle said with a hoe: "I'll tell you the truth, this is all what your aunt taught me, she said that if you don't go to the school, the family will save a bunch of money for repair, and you can also use more labor to help me farm." That's it, don't blame your aunt. ”

The third uncle said again, the aunt is for your good reason, and she works hard and mud.

"Is that so? Third uncle? Lin Yanchao looked at the third uncle.

The third uncle said unhappily: "Chaoyu, why do you suspect that your third uncle is here?" ”

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said: "Third uncle, I heard that the eldest mother is in front of you, and I have the heart to divide the family, and I want to divide the ten acres of paddy fields that my father earned for the family back then." You agreed to the eldest mother's separation. ”

The third uncle suddenly changed color and said, "Where did you hear about it?" ”

Sure enough, the eldest lady used herself to say a word about separating the family, and took eye medicine in front of the third uncle behind her back. It's easy to guess this, if the eldest mother is not like this, she is not the eldest mother. You must know that the third uncle is the most concerned about these ten acres of land, in order to harvest well in the field, just manure, I don't know how many loads of irrigation. If Lin Yanchao wants to divide his family and get his hard work in the past ten years, he is also unwilling.

The third uncle was silent. Lin Yanchao said at this time: "Third uncle, you were deceived by the eldest mother. ”

"How did she lie to me? You don't want this land? ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Third uncle, our family's ten acres of land, you have been planting for ten years, I have the heart to make a name for me, I will not go to farming, if the family is separated in the future, I will not take an inch of this ten acres of land." ”

"How can this work?" The third uncle hesitated, if he really wanted him to seek his nephew's ten acres of land, he wouldn't be able to do it, "At least three rooms and one for one family." ”

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the division of family and property is divided equally among the sons.

Lin Yanchao smiled, as a farmer, he attaches the most importance to the soil, but in the eyes of modern people, it is not a big deal. His future will not be confined to this small mountain village.

"Third uncle, I said that I don't take an inch of land, that is, I don't take an inch of land, if I haven't reached the age of sixteen, I will make a note for you on the spot. But the third uncle, you are not careful, in case you divide the family in the future, you may not be able to get the ten acres of land. ”

Lin Yanchao was kind-hearted, but the third uncle said with a straight face: "You are not good to give birth to the earth, what are you doing with me about this, don't talk about this gossip." ”

"Third uncle, if you don't believe it, don't regret it then." Lin Yanchao took the hoe as a gesture.

The third uncle said: "Slow down, you can tell me." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled slightly, put down the hoe and said, "Third uncle, if you think that I am a small person, you don't believe what I say, and it is not good, forget it, I will not say it." ”

The third uncle smiled and said: "Chaoyu, how can you say it, you kid, under this illness, it seems that people are much more shrewd, to tell the truth." ”

"Then I said it."

"Say."

"Third uncle, I only want to ask you, if we don't take the ten acres of the second house, will it fall into the hands of the eldest mother or you in the future?"

The third uncle was silent for a while and said, "Her mother's family is powerful, and the eldest brother is obedient to him." I can't compete with my mother. ”

"Exactly, have you thought about it, what is the reason why she is arranging bad things about me in front of you, Third Uncle?"

The third uncle pondered for a while, his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "Yes, this vicious woman is afraid that our uncle and nephew will get too close." ”

"That's right, in order to seek these ten acres of paddy field, the eldest mother is also scheming, the uncle was rubbed by him, if he wants to be round, if he wants to be flat, he will be flat, and grandpa is not at home all the year round, as for the two of us, he is pulling one to fight another!"

The third uncle held the hoe and said in silence for a while: "I'm not confused, why don't I know, but the eldest mother is amazing, I don't dare to speak out when he bullies you and shallow on weekdays." Chaoyu, I know that you have anger in your heart, but you can't fight the eldest mother, even if I help you. ”

Lin Yanchao said immediately: "Third uncle, people are fighting for a breath, even if my father is gone, I must not let my eldest mother be so bullied." Third uncle, you don't have to help me, just don't stand on the side of the uncle and aunt when the time comes. ”

The third uncle shook the hoe and said, "How can this work!" ”

"Third uncle, as long as you do what I say, I want my aunt to look good today......"