When the Zhang family came in again, not only did they get broken silver slots, but they even got a string of copper plates. She was naturally happy to get the benefits, so she suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart, said a lot of good things to Liu, who was pretending to hold her mother-in-law's shelf, and even diligently picked up a few dirty clothes that Liu had changed out of the house.

As soon as he got out of the house, seeing that there was no one around, Zhang couldn't help but happily took out the copper plate and the silver horn from his sleeve pocket and looked back and forth for a long time, as if he could see the flowers.

Catch up with Ming'er and let her mother send some back to save it, anyway, in a few days, she asked her son to find her mother-in-law to complain again, and she can pick out some of it.

As for the pile of dirty clothes in the basin, she didn't have the patience to wash them. Left and right, the second mother washed the people outside, and adding a few more pieces is nothing.

Zhang made up his mind and turned around and went out to find his own success. At that time, she specially kept two extra bowls of sugar water, just enough to drink some with her son.

As for Lin Youcai, the youngest son who stayed in the main house and let his mother-in-law take him, he would not be treated badly by virtue of his mother-in-law's rarity with his grandson.

Lin Youcheng, who was playing with the village full of people outside, was suddenly shouted back by his mother, and he was naturally a little unhappy. It wasn't until he saw his mother bring out the white sugar water that the pouting expression became a little happier.

"Mother, give me some more copper plates." Lin Youcheng drank the sugar water with satisfaction, threw the slimy bowl on the table, and stretched out his hand at Zhang.

Zhang Shi frowned and looked at him, "Didn't I just give you twenty wen the day before yesterday?" I haven't seen you buy anything......"

Lin Youcheng saw that his mother didn't want to give it, so he was a little unhappy in his heart. People outside say that my mother and grandmother are the most partial to the eldest brother, not only sending the eldest brother to study, but also always subsidizing the eldest brother's silver, just like offering to the ancestors. Now I look at it, every time the eldest brother comes back, he buys good meat and vegetables, and he buys pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Thinking of this, Lin Youcheng pursed his lips, lowered his face unhappily and said, "What can I buy for only twenty yuan?" Brother Dongzi is going to enter the city, and I asked him to take me to see the scenery outside! ”

As soon as Zhang Shi heard this, his brows furrowed, "That Dongzi is not a good one, he has been doing everything for these years, don't get mixed up with him." ”

Lin Youcheng is also fourteen years old this year, and he always feels pressed by his eldest brother on weekdays, and he feels that his younger brother Lin Youcai is more favored, so he is not close to Liu and Zhang.

At this time, when he heard that the Zhang family was about to preach again, he couldn't help but sneer: "Earlier, when Brother Dongzi sent things to grandma and you, why didn't you say this? ”

Zhang Shi was stunned by his words, and thought of how to continue for a while. At the beginning, I and my mother-in-law were indeed greedy for a bowl of chicken or a dog leg that Dongzi often sent, so I often praised him for his ability.

But who would have thought that this son of his own family would take it seriously, and he would be called a brother and a brother with Dongzi!

Lin Youcheng didn't want to listen to Zhang's chatter, so he simply got up and said with a cold face, "If my mother doesn't want to give it, forget it, anyway, I also know that the money you and grandma are also saved for the eldest brother and younger brother......

As soon as he said this, Zhang was a little confused. After reacting, she said with anger on her face: "What are you talking nonsense, tell your mother who is chewing your tongue in front of you, and my mother will tear her mouth!" ”

Lin Youcheng snorted coldly and asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?" Every time the eldest brother comes back, you bring him silver and copper plates, for fear that he will not have enough money to spend in the county. Why did you come to me, just ask you for twenty yuan, and you have to interrogate! ”

"Okay, okay, if you don't give it, give it a happy word. If you don't give it, forget it, I don't have to ask for it, it's a big deal not to leave the village for the rest of your life, and be a mud leg as you wish! Lin Youcheng waved his hand a little impatiently, and seeing that his mother hadn't said anything, he simply turned his head and walked out.

Zhang's heart was a little uncomfortable, it could be seen that her son was really annoyed, she quickly took out the copper plate she had just gotten from her mother-in-law, counted it, and then handed it over, "Although the ten fingers are not ordinarily long, it hurts to bite any of them." You are a piece of meat on your mother's body, how can your mother not hurt you? ”

In fact, Zhang's words are really from the bottom of my heart. She often thinks of ways to get money from her mother-in-law, but the money she secretly saved is not reserved for her three sons?

She opened her mouth and wanted to say something more, but unfortunately Lin Youcheng's patience had run out, so she continued her words very perfunctorily, dropped the sentence "Find Brother Dongzi" and opened the curtain and left.

Lin Youcheng went to find Dongzi with the copper plate he had just gotten, but he didn't know that Dongzi was anxious that he couldn't find the wronged man. At the end of the year, the strong laborers in the village have returned, and it is difficult for him to do something like stealing chickens and dogs.

It's been days, he hasn't improved his life, and he has itchy hands to go to the casino, and he doesn't have any money to bet. Just watching others play dice, his heart was already scratching his heart, not to mention that when those people shouted to be big or small, he could only watch uncomfortably.

When Dongzi was pondering about it, when he heard in the village about the Lin family's second room and getting silver, he heard someone outside the house calling him.

He tugged at his shoes, put his hands in his sleeves, and walked out with kicks and feet.

"What's wrong?" Dongzi saw that it was Lin Youcheng, and quickly welcomed the person into the house.

Lin Youcheng rubbed his hands that were a little numb from the cold, and when he had eased up, he said, "I asked my mother for some copper plates, and when you want to go back to the process tomorrow, call me." I'll follow you to open your eyes and see for a long time! ”

When Dongzi heard this, his eyes lit up and he quickly responded.

"Brother Lin, don't worry, we have a friendship, I don't have to say that." As he spoke, he couldn't help but grin first, "Ming'er, you also get up early, I'll take you to see the place where only the young master of the rich and noble family goes, and keep you a rare look." ”

His words were obscene, and Lin Youcheng hadn't heard it yet, and he still felt that Dongzi's stinky farts and braggings in the village in the past were true. Even now, he feels that Dongzi has not worked for so many years, but he can still live a life of eating meat and drinking a lot, so there must be a real means.

Dongzi said obediently, poured tea for Lin Youzhi, and said: "This is the tea I got from a good place, you can taste it, don't talk about your family, even Li Zheng probably hasn't drunk this tea." ”

Lin Youzhi walked along, he was also a little cold and a little thirsty, and when he heard Dongzi's words again, he was also surprised by this tea.

He took a sip of the bowl with the opening in his hand, and after a moment he felt a little hot on his body, which was more comfortable than wine, and it was really different from the tea he had drunk before.

Although his grandmother Liu is reluctant to buy tea, his family is in Zhangjia Village, and he is also a large family, and he prepares some good tea all year round. Sometimes he can eat a few bites when he goes back with his mother, so he can naturally taste something different.

"Brother Dongzi, this tea is different, I only drank half a bowl, and my body was hot." Lin Youcheng said as he poured the rest of the tea into his stomach.

When he wanted to drink the second bowl, Dongzi held his hand and said, "You can save some drink, I will take you into the city in Ming'er, and you will drink it." ”

When he saw that Lin Youcheng wanted to ask something, he was afraid that he would reveal his stuffing, so he quickly changed the subject, "I heard that your second aunt's family was separated and got a lot of good things?" ”

Lin Youcheng thought for a while, nodded and said, "Listen to my mother, I gave two taels of silver, and I also gave two acres of fertile land, and next to it was a jar of grain." ”

He was not so thick-skinned that he said directly, that grain not only contained buds and rice grains that had been eaten by insects in previous years, but also wheat that had been mixed with sand by his grandmother. So he only couldn't make sense, and briefly said the news from the words of beating his mother and scolding his grandmother.

"But listening to my grandmother's words, there are also shallow eyelids, and after only two taels of silver, they buy meat and cotton, as if they have become nouveau riche. I'm afraid that the two taels of silver have already been cleaned up...... "Lin Youcheng has no defense against Dongzi, and he already looks down on a few people in the second room, so when he talks about it, his tone is naturally not good.

But he didn't want to think about how every piece of clothing and quilt in the family that could keep out the cold would survive this winter.

The twenty yuan in his hand is not a problem, for the second family, but he may not be able to earn it after gritting his teeth and carrying firewood for two days.

The two of them muttered for a while, and Dongzi had a bottom in his heart, so he sent Lin Youcheng away.

"Phew, it's really unlucky, I finally have a man in the family who fights, but I didn't expect it to be a person who can spread money!" Dongzi leaned on the kang, drank a few sips of the tea he had just brewed, and felt that his body was light and comfortable, so he hummed twice and fell asleep satisfied.

Lin Baoru had a few, but I didn't know that Lin Youcheng's unintentional words allowed them to avoid a disaster.

After the Wang family went out, Cairu and Caihe also planned to go to the back mountain with their eldest brother to chop firewood. Of course, Xiaoshan was also put into the basket by Cairu.

Lin Baoru saw that the basket was going to be so pressed that Cai Ru couldn't straighten her waist, so she hurriedly came over and hugged Xiaoshan out, and said with some reproach: "Didn't you let Cai He and Cai He take Xiaoshan to the village to play?" Why did you carry it again! ”

Cai Ru blushed and said with some embarrassment: "Eldest sister, if we don't do anything else, let's cut some wool grass as a match." ”

It doesn't take much effort to cut the grass, and the left and right just get the dried dry grass back in the basket. In the past, they did it almost every day, and it was the easiest job in the family.

Lin Baoru put the hill down and took the basket off Cairu's back, "In the future, you two just take the hill with you, if you feel idle, you can make a fire for me...... Beside me, there is my mother and me, and no matter how bad it is, I have to do manual work and my eldest brother. ”

"Yes." Lin Mancang simply responded and agreed with his eldest sister's words.

Cai Ru and Cai He looked at their eldest sister and eldest brother who didn't seem to be fake, looked at each other, and grinned for a long time. Suddenly they stopped working, and they were really a little unaccustomed to it.