When Lin Mei heard about it, she immediately asked Xu Rongsheng to hire a carriage and prepare some small gifts, wanting to take Father Lin home immediately.

Unexpectedly, Xu Rongsheng had already hired a carriage on the way back, and was waiting at the entrance of Elm Alley, Lin Mei thought that it was too late for Bo Li, so she just gave the silver directly, thinking that there were more than fifty taels of silver tickets and some broken silver on her body, which should be enough. is not delaying, pulling Zhou Ximei is about to go out, Xi'er is a little unhappy, and wants to go with her, Lin Mei does not agree, and asks her to follow Mama Wu to clean up Daddy Lin's house.

Zhou Ximei took a carriage with a canopy for the first time, thinking that she didn't have to walk back, and she felt so comfortable in her heart.

Xu Rongsheng sat outside with the coachman and asked, "Miss, where are we here?" ”

Finally there was news of Daddy Lin, Lin Mei was overjoyed, looked at Zhou Ximei with a smile and said, "Aunt Zhou's family lives in Zhangjia Village, Aunt Zhou, I remember correctly." ”

"That's right, that's right, it's Zhangjia Village." Zhou Ximei hurriedly nodded to confirm, she was still a little anxious, it was past noon, and she didn't know if the servants in the family had eaten.

The carriage departed, and the carriage began to shake.

Zhou Ximei sat a little nervous, Lin Mei sat opposite her, saw that she was nervous, and said: "It shouldn't be far from the town to Zhangjia Village, and you will need to show you the way when you enter the village later." ”

"It should be, it should be."

Zhou Ximei pinched her sleeves, and wanted to put her hands in her sleeves, but seeing Lin Mei sitting upright, the momentum of the rich lady made her dispel her thoughts, and she followed Lin Mei's example, put her hands on her thighs, and sat dignifiedly.

There were Lin Mei and Zhou Ximei in the car, and there was still a while for this trip, so Lin Mei chatted with her, such as what is the name of Aunt Zhou's house? How many children do you have at home? What does the family rely on for a living? How was my dad saved by his family? Where's the injury? There are no forks in the conversation about such topics.

Zhou Ximei was not very willing to mention the affairs of her husband's family, she only said that her husband's surname was Zhang, and she had been dead for several years, leaving her two sons to live with her, so she didn't want to say more, but who was Lin Mei, she could be found out by asking a corner.

It seems like a few simple questions, but it makes Lin Mei familiar with the basic situation of her family.

Especially Zhou Ximei's mouthful of "Brother Lin", the name is affectionate, Lin Mei chuckled in her heart, and was faintly worried in her heart. Before confirming Daddy Lin's attitude, Lin Mei didn't want to destroy his image as an infatuated man in his heart.

The carriage is much faster than walking, an hour and a half of the road, it took more than half an hour to arrive at Zhangjia Village, Zhou Ximei pointed to the road and said: "Turn left and right in front, and the one at the end is." ”

Lin Mei looked at the environment of the village along the curtain of the car she raised, the farmhouse in the whole village looked more dilapidated than Poplar Village, there were several households that did not even have a yard, in front of the gate was the vegetable field, the children sitting in front of the door looked strange, and chased after the carriage all the way, fortunately, the road in the village was quite wide, just enough for a carriage to pass, otherwise Lin Mei and his party would have to go on foot.

Zhou Ximei's house also has no yard, Dabao and Xiaobao sat on the threshold and guarded, and saw a carriage coming from afar, standing up and sticking out his head on tiptoe, just hoping that his mother was in the carriage.

The carriage finally stopped at the door of his house, and Xiaobao pointed and said, "Brother, look, big horse." ”

The coachman put the stool, Xu Rongsheng lifted the curtain, and the people in the car walked down one after another.

Dabao's eyes lit up and saw that the first person to come out was the long-awaited mother, and excitedly shouted: "Mother, mother, you are finally back." ”

Daddy Lin has been missing for more than ten days, and the father and daughter finally met, Lin Mei saw him lying on the kang, so she guessed that he must be seriously injured, otherwise there would not be no news for so many days, and immediately pounced on Daddy Lin and cried, and shouted that his father would suffer.

Daddy Lin has finally seen the most memorable family these days, and the sick person is already sensitive and fragile, seeing her crying so sadly, my heart is very uncomfortable, the corners of my eyes have been wet with tears, stroking Meizi's head, and the father and daughter cried like this.

Xu Rongsheng almost couldn't help crying when he saw this scene, but he was still sensible, so he persuaded the two masters to quickly take the master back and ask the doctor to re-diagnose and heal.

Lin Mei listened to the persuasion, so she stopped crying, wiped away her tears, looked at Daddy Lin carefully, and saw that he was in good spirits, but his complexion was not very good, his face was gray, and he had lost a lot of weight.

Thinking of this, he discussed this matter with Father Lin.

"Dad, let's go back, Shanzi, Xi'er, and Peaches are still thinking about you."

Father Lin was excited when he heard this, nodded and agreed.

"Dad, Aunt Zhou is our family's life-saving benefactor, I rushed over when I got the letter, and I didn't prepare a thank you gift, I want to give Aunt Zhou twenty taels directly as a thank you gift, and then give the two children five taels of silver as a meeting gift, a total of thirty taels of silver, enough for her three mothers and sons to eat for a few years. Do you think it's okay? Lin Mei said tentatively.

Daddy Lin was so excited that he almost forgot about it, and now that Lin Mei offered to thank him for the silver, Daddy Lin didn't know how to speak.

Lin Mei saw that Father Lin was stunned, and she was even more suspicious, "Does Dad think it's less, then I'll add another ten taels, do you think it's okay?" ”

"No, not about silver?" After Daddy Lin finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Rongsheng and was still standing aside, and suddenly felt that it was even more difficult to speak.

But it was this glance he aimed at that made Lin Mei even more sure that Daddy Lin and Aunt Zhou must have had some secrets before. asked Xu Rongsheng to go out first to lay out the quilt in the carriage, and used the excuse to break people away.

"Dad, what do you have to say, just say it, there are no outsiders now."

"This ...... Meizi, I said you can't be angry......" Daddy Lin sighed long after speaking.

"Dad, just say it, I just hope that our family is safe, and I don't care about other people and things." Lin Mei said calmly.

Daddy Lin ate her reassuring pill, felt comfortable and relieved, and talked about it, but he didn't dare to talk about it when he was drunk.

Lin Mei listened carefully, and was still taken aback at first, but she was also moved when she heard it, it was going to rain and her father was going to marry, this thing couldn't be stopped, but fortunately, Lin Mei was prepared a long time ago.

"Dad, you want to renew the string, I don't object, but now is the national funeral, this marriage has to be discussed for a long time, or we will make an agreement with Aunt Zhou, and after three years, we will ask the matchmaker to have a six-ceremony date." Lin Mei suggested.

Daddy Lin nodded: "Let's go together." I just don't know if Shanzi will object? ”

"Shanzi is filial, and he will definitely not object to it when he knows it, so you can rest assured of this. But now that our family and the Zhou family are in-laws, wouldn't it be inappropriate to give thirty taels of silver as a thank you now? Lin Mei thought, it's not one person who is married, there are two sons, and they will have to rely on themselves to support themselves in the future, and this thank-you gift will have to flow for a long time, and this kindness must be repaid slowly, otherwise it will raise people's appetites, and the family will be restless in the future.