Taoxi Village is very remote from the mountains, and if you want to go to the yamen in the town, it will take more than two hours to walk. It takes an hour for a fast-paced man to climb the mountain and take a shortcut.

So when Li Zheng came over, he asked his son to put an iron bolt on the family's ox cart, and went to greet Grandpa Liu in the village to prepare a donkey cart to send everyone along.

Now Lin Baoru and Wang are in a car with a few women who want to catch a ride to the market, while Lin Mancang is following Li Zheng and a few people to Liulin Town.

Lin Baoru made a donkey cart for the first time, and it was a little fresh. It is said to be a car, but in fact it is just a board on the donkey's body, and the car body will rattle a few times when it encounters some bumps.

Lin Baoru, who was a little unstable and couldn't sit still, was a little nervous and supported Wang. When others greeted her and talked, she could only smile back nervously.

A familiar aunt on the side looked at her appearance, only as if she was frightened by yesterday's family breakup. After all, when Liu was dragged away by Lin Youzhi, he was still scolding. So she took Lin Baoru's hand and patted it comfortingly: "Good girl, don't think too much, things have come to this point, you can only look forward." ”

Lin Baoru took a deep breath and smiled back: "What my aunt said is true." ”

At this time, she saw it clearly, and what she spoke was the aunt who beckoned everyone to follow to Lizheng's house to see how to divide the family. The extra nests in the basket they carried when they went home seemed to have been stuffed in by this aunt while she was not paying attention.

When others saw the aunt of the Ma family mentioning yesterday's incident, they naturally couldn't help but laugh. Aunt Ma has always been a big-mouthed person who is not too lively, and after glancing at Lin Baoru and Wang's embarrassed appearance, she simply said it vividly.

Although she didn't see the situation in the house, Liu's loud shouting was transmitted word for word through the blue brick wall to her who was waiting for the excitement with her ears pricked up.

"You haven't seen Liu's appearance, if you are a coward, I am afraid that she will be scared." Aunt Ma was not unhappy when she saw that Wang, and what she said was even more energetic, and in a few words, she said that Liu was a bitter and sloppy mother-in-law.

And several women in the car also followed suit, regardless of whether it was true or not, their impression of the Liu family was getting worse and worse.

"Looking at the Lin family's grandmother on weekdays, she is not a fool, why is she so unreasonable."

"That is to say, when I saw her in the past, I was smiling, but I didn't expect my grandchildren to be so ruthless."

Even if the daughter-in-law is not related, the grandchildren are always the blood left by the second child. She is a grandmother, and she is really embarrassed to ponder, and she wants people not to give her two taels of silver a year for nothing.

Not to mention whether it is such a reason, even if you really want to take the support, you have to have a charter. In the farmhouse, two taels are a lot, and they can be regarded as sky-high. If you want to calculate it, it is the money of one banker a year.

"Bao Ru Niang, how did you survive before." Several women looked at the Wang family and Lin Baoru with pity, and suddenly someone remembered the family affair that the Liu family told Lin Baoru, and couldn't help but shake their heads and said, "This Liu family's heart is too thin and cold, how can he have that kind of calculation with the Zhang family?" ”

Lin Baoru also knows that these people in front of her may have sincere grievances for them, but they want to see their jokes.

She moved her somewhat stiff body slightly, wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "I know that my aunts feel sorry for my mother and me, but grandma and aunt are elders after all, even if they are not good, I can't be blamed for being a child." ”

Lin Baoru said this, but not to cover up the ugliness of the Liu family and the Zhang family. Although she disdained the White Lotus's tricks, she had to admit that sometimes the rank of the White Lotus was indeed much higher than the rank of the Liu family and the Zhang family's crying banditry.

The lively woman who was talking about just now looked at Lin Baoru's eyes and turned a little red, and she couldn't bear it in her heart.

However, their appearance of being so compromised and seeking perfection is compared with the image of Liu, who is used to bullying orphans and widows, and Zhang's image, which is simply high and low.

Look at how sensible this granddaughter is, she is not better than the few boys who don't do anything in the Lin family's big house. Don't talk about the side, if you talk about your grandson, although Lin Mancang is not bright-minded, he will not provoke right and wrong, making the old Lin family a joke in the village.

Hey, the Lin family is also a big family, and they don't know what they have cultivated.

Aunt Ma saw that the atmosphere was gloomy again, and hurriedly talked about the next matter, which can be regarded as temporarily breaking up the family.

After arriving in the town, Grandpa Liu and Lizheng's son went to tie up the cattle first, and the others went to the town together.

Liulin Town is the largest town in Shili Eight Villages, and to put it mildly, this is a place where even the yamen is located. Today is facing the market, so even at noon, it is still crowded.

Lin Baoru took Wang's arm and followed closely behind Li Zheng, while Lin Mancang walked behind several people. Although he didn't speak, he also helped his mother and sister to block the crowd intentionally or unintentionally.

Because Youli is taking it, the matter of several people going to the yamen to file the documents for the separation of the family is also very smooth. It's just that when the Wang family said that they would land the land under Lin Baoru's name, the village scrivener of the Yamen was surprised, and asked the Wang family several times to confirm with Lin Mancang.

Not to mention the township scrivener who handled the documents for a few people, even Li Zheng was also very surprised. He looked at the Wang family, and then at Lin Mancang frowned and said: "Second daughter-in-law, you have to think about it, Baoru is the daughter who is going to marry, if the land falls under her name, then ......"

Wang glanced at Lin Baoru, in her heart, the fact that her daughter was going to marry into the Liu family had become a thorn in her heart, and she felt guilty when she thought about it.

"Lizheng, this is what I discussed with Mancang."

Li Zheng naturally didn't believe it, so he could only look at Lin Mancang, who had been speechless. In his opinion, it is only serious that the land should fall under Lin Mancang's name, after all, if the married daughter spills the water, if the land deed is given to Lin Baoru, then she is afraid that she will have to have a lawsuit if she marries.

Lin Mancang saw a few people looking at him, lowered his hand and said in a deep voice: "One acre of land is worth the girl's dowry, and it should be given to her." There is also an acre of land, and it will be given to the sister as a dowry. ”

He has been speaking differently from outsiders for many years, so such a concise sentence can be regarded as an effort to express his thoughts. But this time, although his tone was still stiff, it was a little less irritable than before.

Li Zheng saw that the main lord had said this, and Lin Baoru was right in front of him, so it was difficult to persuade anything. He sighed, feeling in his heart that the children left by the second family were really more honest than the other.

Lin Baoru didn't expect Lin Mancang to have such thoughts, but she really didn't think that she could get the title deed.

"Mother, big brother, this is not ...... right"

didn't wait for her to finish speaking, Lin Mancang, who has always been a man of few words, said strongly: "That's it." ”

With Lin Mancang's persistence, the next thing went very smoothly. When Lin Baoru successfully kicked the title deed into his arms, he was still a little confused.

Seeing that the business was done, Li Zheng smiled and said a few more polite words to the village scrivener, and then looked at the Wang family and said, "If you want to buy things, just go to the market and go around, and I will find a few errand brothers to eat and drink in a while." After half an hour, you can go back to the part of the town where the cattle are tied outside. ”

Lin Baoru pulled Wang to thank Li Zheng, and then took out a string of copper plates from his arms that he had saved from the laundry and stuffed it to Li Zheng and said: "Uncle Li Zheng, please also have a drink for our uncle who is busy with errands, it will be regarded as a favor we owe you." ”

Li Zheng was just about to resign, but the village scrivener on the side couldn't help but smile and touched his mustache and teased: "Brother Lin, this girl is a clever and sensible person." ”

As soon as the village scrivener was so interrupted, Li Zheng didn't want to say anything, and praised Lin Baoru with a smile.

What Lin Baoru didn't know was that after a few people walked away, the village clerk shook his head regretfully and said: "I have worked in this yamen all my life, and I have never seen such a bold girl." It's a pity that it's a girl, if this is a kid, then you can't live a life with your face facing the loess and your back to the sky......"

The village scrivener didn't mean anything else, but it made a little wave in Lizheng's ears.

Others don't know, but he knows that although the Liu family has an eldest son who can't do anything, there is also a younger son who is sick and uncertain whether he can become an adult. But in the end, it was a skinny camel, and that family background was by no means comparable to that of their countrymen. As long as the Liu family can release water in the collection of grain and rent, the benefits of the village will be available for generations to come.

If Baoru girl is really creative, then maybe she can really help the village in the future......

He had a thought at this time, so he thought that he would have to take a look again in the future to see what the life of the Lin family's second room could be like after the separation.

Lin Baoru didn't care about the right thoughts, she was now pulling the Wang family and Lin Mancang to walk down the street.

Fifteen dollars a pound of fat, Lin Baoru gritted her teeth and bought two catties. She thought that if the oil was fried, it would be enough for the family to eat for many days. The bones that were thrown on the side were not expensive because they had been shaved off, and they cost a big bag of ten cents.

Although Lin Baoru wanted to buy more meat, she also knew the current situation of her family, so she hesitated a little and left the butcher shop.

Next, I added coarse salt, bud rice noodles and brown rice, and used more than 100 yuan. The guy who sold the grain saw that they bought a lot, and found a cloth bag to help them pack all the grain and noodles and put them in the basket that Lin Mancang was carrying.

Lin Baoru thought that the family had been eating dried wild vegetables and dried radish tassels for several days. Now, even if you save more, you have to add some food that can wrap your stomach.

It just so happens that in the current season, there are a lot of stalls selling cabbage and dried vegetables, and there are some pickled vegetables that are common in every household, which are also cheap. So Lin Baoru discussed with Wang and bought a pack of sour cabbage and dried vegetables.

Wang also hesitated for a moment, she watched the vendor wrapping the sauerkraut with her hands and feet, and whispered to Lin Baoru: "Baoru, we have already bought grain, let's buy less pickles." ”

It is said that pickles are cheap, but in the end they are made with coarse salt, and that pack weighs it will cost about 20 yuan. If you calculate it carefully, it is better to buy all the dried vegetables.

"Mother, although pickled vegetables are more expensive, if you boil soup and stew some vegetables, they will taste better than dried vegetables, and they will save salt and seasonings." Lin Baozhu picked up the whole sun-dried cabbage leaves, and explained to Wang, who was still struggling, "Our family now has pepper star anise, but there are no ingredients that can boil vegetables and stew bones. ”

Wang thought about it carefully, and it was really like that. She didn't say anything anymore, just nodded and sighed and said, "That's what you said, we have eaten clear soup and little water for so many years, and now we can live on our own, not to mention eating big fish, big meat, white flour and rice, at least we have to swallow better." ”

But although she figured it out, she saw that the vendor had added some sauerkraut lumps to the pickles, and immediately said with some pain: "Okay, okay, we want these." ”

Next, a few people added some trivial items, and even the washing basin was bought more at Lin Baoru's insistence.

In less than half a day, so much money was spent, but it hurt Wang's heart. However, she also knew that these items were not excessive, and there was indeed no food at home.

Besides, she owes her daughter so much, and now she can make her more comfortable, she is naturally willing.

Lin Baoru knew that her mother was worried about money, and she also knew that it was difficult to change her consumption concept, so she basically bought things vigorously. Fortunately, although the Wang family was reluctant, they did not stop her.