Chapter 62
Early the next morning, Lin Baoru's brothers and sisters packed up. A few people happily ate dumplings again, and went to the old house to pay New Year's greetings.
On the morning of the first day of the new year, I walked around the house, and most of them kowtowed to the New Year, and they were not considered relatives, so I didn't need to take objects.
When a few people entered the Lin family's old house, they looked at the deserted courtyard, and they were all a little surprised. When he saw the somewhat haggard Liu, the stuffy Lin Laohan, and the Zhang family sitting on the hot kang and drinking hot soup and a few children, Lin Baoru guessed a rough idea.
She secretly raised her eyebrows, and her heart was really wicked, so she was afraid of the wicked. Now, Zhang's has the upper hand, but it makes the grandmother, who has always been unreasonable and partial, suffer from a loss and dare not make a fuss.
However, she changed her eyes with Wang, but she didn't even see any clues in the house.
said that he was here to pay New Year's greetings, but Lin Laohan also knew that a few people in the second room were going through the motions. In previous years, the second room would come early in the morning to cook dumplings on the first day of the new year to help take care of the family, and when the reunion dinner was at noon, they would be busy with the meals of the whole family.
But now, he really has no face to keep people.
But if he doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that Liu doesn't have this idea.
Liu looked at Wang and said affectionately: "Old. Second daughter-in-law, let's take the children to eat in the yard today, and save yourself a trip back. ”
Wang hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, he felt his sleeve being pulled. She turned her head in confusion, and she heard her own. Baoru said: "Grandma, we still have to pay New Year's greetings to the clansmen and uncles in a while. ”
"There are also a few people in the village who used to help us in our lives, and they should also go to give people a New Year's greeting and say an auspicious word."
"It is estimated that it will take more than half a day to turn it down." As she spoke, she paused and smiled, "If Grandma really thinks of us, then let's wait for dinner to have a ready-made one, okay?" ”
She said it rightly, and people can't find fault with it.
Liu Shi was choked by her, and his face became a little gloomy. She was bullied by the Zhang family, it was the Zhang family, but a few things that didn't work in the second room dared to give her soft talk?
"What year are you going to worship? A fool and a wild seed, is it possible that he still has to give people flowers? Liu muttered, waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "An Ansheng stays at home, and the province is embarrassed to go out." By the way, the people in the village said that you made money from the market, and bought a lot of food, so bring it over in a while, and our family will have a good New Year. ”
As soon as these words came out, Wang stopped doing it first. She smiled reluctantly, stood in front of her daughter and said, "Mother, we still have a good time going home by ourselves." After all, if the family is divided, it is two families. In previous years, it was the eldest brother who went to kowtow to their parents with aspirants, but we lacked a lot of reason. After all, this year is separated, and it stands to reason that I, the mother, should also take a few small walks. ”
This is the first time that the Liu family has been confronted by the Wang family, so can he be happy? She snapped. snapped a few times on the kang table, became angry, pointed at Wang's nose and opened his mouth to scold a few words.
But before she could say anything unpleasant, Lin Laohan on the side had already gotten up. He got off the kang, stretched out his hand and rubbed Xiaoshan's head, coughed a few times and said, "Okay, old . . The second daughter-in-law thought about it thoroughly, and this should be the case. After a pause, he took out a few copper plates from his sleeve pocket and stuffed them into Xiaoshan's hand, "Xiaoshan is young, grandpa will give you a New Year's money." ”
As soon as he makes a move, Liu's will wilt. It's just that the old man actually took out the money, and the boss in her heart was not happy.
Not only was she unhappy, but Zhang's also spoke in a weird way, "Dad, the second brother and sister are now able to endure and make a lot of money, she doesn't say that she respects you, why do you still send money to Baba?" ”
"Pity our big house, there is no income at the moment, I still have a debt collector in my stomach, I am afraid that it will be sad in the future."
Lin Laohan glanced at her, straightened up, and said in a salty tone: "If you feel that life is sad, then you can also divide it." In the future, you will give me the same money as the second room, and you will be the same as the second room, not partial, and you will mumble and complain! ”
What he said was still lethal, after all, the Zhang family knew that his mother-in-law must still have some private money in her hands. And there is no separation of families, there is a mother-in-law to take care of and serve, and there is a father-in-law who supports the family's big and small matters and the gift money exchanged with the gifts, and their big house will only make a steady profit.
If the family is separated, not to mention the side, even the bad consumption of the third son will not be able to eat the money that Lin Dachong earned.
Thinking of this, she laughed twice, "Dad, where are you talking about?" The second brother and sister are unwilling to serve you and your mother, so I and Da Chong can't help but serve. ”
Lin Laohan saw that she didn't forget to step on the second room at this time, and he didn't like her even more in his heart. But looking at his son's embarrassed appearance, as well as his mother-in-law's deflated look, he didn't say anything in the end.
"Okay, it's not early, you should go to pay New Year's greetings. If a few of you are still asleep, you will not leave together. Lin Laohan felt sour in his heart, sighed and waved his hand at the Wang family and Lin Baoru.
Lin Baoru was naturally happy that she was not here to be an eyesore, so she said a few words of pleasing words to a few small ones, and then walked out holding hands.
However, Lin Mancang hesitated for a moment, and said in a light tone: "I see that there is not much firewood in the firewood room, and I will pick two bundles for my master in a few days." ”
The more he was like this, the more uncomfortable Lin Laohan felt in his heart. After all, he didn't treat this grandson very well at the beginning. Even when she saw her mother-in-law and eldest daughter-in-law tossing this child, she never said anything to stop it, let alone beat and scolded and spat on the child.
The more Lin Laohan thought about it, the more his old face was about to be unable to hold on, so he could only reluctantly respond and let people go first.
As soon as a few people in the second room left, the house fell into a strange and deserted atmosphere again.
Lin Youzhi still hasn't gotten up yet, and the Liu family has long lost his domineering energy after being tortured for several days. As for the Zhang family, he still has his own little abacus in his heart, and as for Lin Dachong's sandwich cake, both sides dare not offend.
Zhang leaned on his stomach, leaning on the stack of quilts stacked on the kang and eating melon seeds, not at all planning to move.
Later, there were scattered people who came to pay New Year's greetings, but I didn't see her come up to help say hello. But what she said was also beautiful, she only said that she had a tire gas and was tired, so she could only rest.
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, they can't care about her anymore. However, most of the mother-in-law who has heard the rumor that Liu beat her daughter-in-law will take her sign and persuade her to relax. Of course, there are also people who come to the door under the guise of gossiping and deliberately come to give Liu a few words.
Liu was aggrieved, but he didn't dare to say anything unpleasant at the beginning of the New Year. So, regardless of whether it was the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who came to the door, whether she said it to her with a sound or deliberately said it to her daughter-in-law, it hurt her heart and liver anyway.
For most of the day, people came and went, and when it came to the next day, there were several waves of idle chatter. So when the mothers-in-law looked at the sky and beckoned the men who came to talk to Lin Laohan to go home, the ground in the main house of the Lin family was already full of melon seed skins and big footprints with mud marks.
Of course, it was impossible for the Zhang family to clean up, so she shirked her own tiredness, and went directly off the kang and turned around and went back to the wing house to rest.
In the end, Lin Dachong took a broom and dustpan and cleaned it up.
Lin Laohan squinted at the mess in the house, and then remembered the past Chinese New Year, but everyone who came was old. The second daughter-in-law and a few children served tea and poured water, cleaned up. Sensei said that it was their own family, but outsiders were full of praise when they came.
But now, the second room is divided out, and let's see what kind of life this family is doing! The mother-in-law of the partial birth has not woken up, obviously she should have thought through the good of the second room, but she didn't admit it, and planted the reason for her own suffering on the second room.
He let out a long breath, put away the cigarette holder, and said to Liu, "I'll give you a hand and make the meal first." ”
This year has passed in the old house, and it is as bad as it is. But Lin Baoru is living more and more comfortably day by day.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, their family went to various homes to pay New Year's greetings and visit the door. Originally, Lin Baoru was a person in two lives, and some obedient words could come with his mouth open. And Cai Ru and Cai He learned a lot of auspicious words from her, plus Xiaoshan is a coaxing character, and after a circle, several people not only got a lot of sugar melons and melon seeds, but Xiaoshan also got a lot of New Year's money.
Although Lin Mancang has few words, if he encounters a question from a senior who is suspicious of him, he can also answer a few words. This made many uncles, who were already pitiful in the second room, nod their heads and praised them again and again.
After the first day of the new year, after all the families were gone, the Lin family's old house was noisy for a while. It's just that this time, Lin Laohan closed the door early, but he didn't provoke a group of people to come and see the excitement.
But even so, a few people next to Lao Lin's house can hear it clearly across the wall.
So the old Lin family's New Year's Eve but the family's jingling bells made these families sigh again.
Liu's daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law of the big house are embarrassed to say that they are old. The two daughters are disaster stars, but they are old in the past. When the two families were not separated, they didn't see the old Lin family's chicken feathers.
It's only been a few days, and the people's side has become more and more decent, but the few people in the Lao Lin family who occupy the house and land have become a joke.
It's embarrassing to say with a face that people are not filial, tsk......
On the other side of the old house, the noisy fighting and scolding lasted until half the night. It's just that it's the New Year, and no one wants to come to the door to find bad luck, and the door of the Lin family has been closed, people can't open it, and others can't get in, so no one knows what happened inside.
But the more they did this, the more the people outside who heard the noise stared at each other. I just want to wait to see how the people of the Lao Lin family go out during the second day of the new year.
When he returned to his parents' house in the second year of junior high school, the Wang family was not prepared. But Lin Baoru felt that since the concubine could acquiesce to her uncle to help them, then she should not be the dirty lord over there.
Thinking so, she discussed with the Wang family that even if she didn't go back, she should go to her uncle's house to bring some food to eat.
In fact, after so many years, the Wang family may not have missed the good of his mother's family in the past. It's just that she is stubborn in some things, and feels that since her sister-in-law looks down on her and wants to kick herself out of her parents' house, then she doesn't need to go back.
Now that her daughter has given her the next step, she is naturally a little moved.
Wang hesitated for a moment, and said in a somewhat uncertain tone: "Mother is afraid that your concubine is unwilling to let us go to the door, after all, I went with your father, and she didn't give a good face." ”
What's more, in the past few years, the two have not had any contact.
Lin Baoru thought for a while and said with a smile, "Mother, when I say this, it doesn't mean that we have to go. It's just that I don't want to talk about the past, after all, my uncle has helped find my father for a long time, and we have to think about it. At this time, even if people don't go, they can bring something to the past. ”
"Or let the eldest brother take the younger sister to pay a New Year's greeting, if you can continue to be in love, it would be great. If it can't be continued, we won't feel indebted. ”
If it were just an ordinary relative, Lin Baoru might not think about it so much. But when Prince Niang's family mentioned his uncle's family that day, he was obviously thinking about it.
In Lin Baoru's previous life, she tasted the bitterness of her relatives, and in the end, she didn't worry about it when she was cold. Now the Wang family is at that stage, and he wants to move around again, but he is a little timid in his heart, and he wants to completely break off the relationship, and he has some thoughts in his heart.
So she thought, just take this opportunity to test it. It should be all of Wang's thoughts, at least in the future, this matter will not become a piece of her mother's heart.
Wang only moved slightly, and then said with a wry smile: "Forget it, our family doesn't have anything to take now." And your eldest brother has just recovered, so why bother to let him suffer the cold eye again. ”
Lin Baoru saw that Wang's mood was low again, and she didn't know how to persuade her. However, she couldn't bear it when she saw that when the Wang family coaxed Xiaoshan to sleep, she would be stunned.
After thinking for a while, she said hello to the Wang family and said that she was going to Aunt Lu's house, and then she brought a few wrapped soap beans and a large piece of cloth left over from making the quilt before.
She didn't tell a lie, she did go to Aunt Lu's house. It's just that she didn't send objects to Aunt Lu, but went to ask Aunt Lu if there was a daughter-in-law of the Wang family's family in the village.
Aunt Lu has lived most of her life in the village, and after thinking about it for a while, she said that the ginkgo biloba, the daughter-in-law of the Shuigen family in the village, is from Wangjiazhuang.
When she listened to Lin Baoru's plan, she patted Lin Baoru's hand again and again and said: "Good girl, your mother can be regarded as having survived, and now there are people who are hurt and protected." After speaking, she smiled and took Lin Baoru to look for ginkgo.
It is also common for the village to carry objects with each other. So as soon as Lin Baoru finished talking about her plan, Sister-in-law Ginkgo patted her chest and responded.
As soon as Lin Baoru came home, she saw someone constantly looking outside her thatched house. It doesn't look like a farmer in a dress, but the key is that there is a guy behind him.
In an instant, Lin Baoru remembered what Mrs. Liu said at the beginning, Zhao Lixu did not dare to retaliate against the Liu family, but he would not necessarily let go of the second room of the Lin family, who had no power.
Just as she hesitated, the man had already tried to push open the rickety wooden door on the fence, and then the little black in the house screamed frantically.
Lin Baoru's heart suddenly became nervous, and she casually pulled a thick stick from someone else's firewood stack on the side of the road. Son, he rushed to the dirt slope of his house.