Lin Kangping listened to Lin Kangxiang's words, he was a little surprised, and when he saw that everyone was looking at the two of them, he helped Lin Kangxiang out of the ancestral hall and said, "Second brother, you are drunk, I will help you go home." ”

"The second brother is not drunk, I understand it in my heart, no wonder you are still wary of us, and you always leave three points when you speak, but I am the second brother who is not considerate of you, and I even lose my temper. My dad is right, what you don't owe us is what we owe you. The most hateful thing is that I actually relied on being your second brother, relying on my father and mother to raise you for five years, and wanted you to pull your brother, you say, am I a brute without humanity? ”

At this time, Lin Kangjian and Lin Kangyong also rushed back from home, and when they saw the old man closing his eyes and recuperating, they were not worried about the situation here, and returned to the ancestral hall. happened to meet Lin Kangxiang and Lin Kangping.

Lin Kangxiang saw Lin Kangjian and said with a smile: "Big brother, I'm with the third brother, the third brother has suffered all these years, and those of us who are brothers haven't helped a little, I'm ashamed!" Our father is sick because of this, and I'm still fine, thinking about how to let the third brother help me, big brother, you say, am I a beast that is not as good as a pig and a dog? Big brother, you say, our dad will be fine, right? ”

Lin Kangjian said to Lin Kangyong: "Help your second brother back, and your third brother and I will go in and have a look." ”

Lin Kangyong took Lin Kangxiang over, Lin Kangxiang was still chattering, Lin Kangjian patted Lin Kangping's shoulder, didn't say anything, and the brothers entered the ancestral hall again.

The banquet in the ancestral hall lasted until the beginning of Shen Shi, at this time, the women of the Lin family had already cleaned up the house, and there was no need to make special dinner, and some of the stove room was left.

Ziqing took Yanran to play in the yard and taught her to identify a few greens in the vegetable field in the corner. Hu Shi walked over, Hu Shi picked up Yanran and praised a few words casually, and suddenly asked, "Brother and sister, you tell the truth to your sister-in-law." Isn't it our father, his body is not good, otherwise, how can you rush to the family tree again? Didn't you say next year? ”

Ziqing didn't know what Lin Kangping told their brothers, so he couldn't tell the truth. Then he said, "Sister-in-law, what can I know?" I listened to Kangping, he said that he had done it earlier to reassure the uncle, no, he came back. ”

Seeing that Ziqing refused to tell the truth, Hu Shi didn't ask any more, sighed, and said, "If that's the case." It's better for the eldest son of my family to get married earlier, one is to the old man, and the other is to be happy. The province will have to delay for three years. ”

Only then did Ziqing know that it would take three years for the eldest grandson to mourn, this, Ziqing would not be able to speak, in case, a few days after this woman entered the door, the old man Lin left, and there was an unreasonable person who said that people were mourning stars, so how could people gain a foothold in the Lin family?

At this time, the men of the Lin family all returned. Lin Kangjian and Lin Kangping went into the house to report the situation of the ancestral hall to Old Man Lin, saying that everything was going well, and all the villagers and neighbors were also very satisfied.

Old man Lin nodded and said, "That's good, I don't have anything to worry about." He seemed to be tired after saying that.

"Dad" and "Uncle" Lin Kangjian and Lin Kangping shouted at the same time, and their hearts were cold. The old man's words were like parting words.

"Kangping, if you are in the capital, remember to bring the children back every year to worship your ancestors, these years, it was your eldest brother who completed you, you are going to be far away from home, you really can't take care of it, your eldest brother will also be you, but it is not as good as coming by yourself." Lin Yaozu said.

Lin Kangping bowed formally to Lin Kangjian when he heard this, and said, "Thank you, big brother." ”

"My family doesn't need to say these kind words, that's my second uncle and aunt. Big brother doesn't have any other abilities, he didn't take care of you when he was young, and that's all he can do now. If you don't hold a grudge against the eldest brother, the eldest brother will be grateful. Lin Kangjian said with red eyes.

Lin Kangping's heart was also mixed, and he didn't know how to answer.

Over there, the women of the Lin family were all by the well, washing dishes and chopsticks, and there were also a few mothers-in-law in the village who helped, and Ziqing didn't know them. However, seeing that others were helping her work, Ziqing still took the initiative to smile and say hello to others, and these people talked nonsense.

The only bit of useful information that Ziqing heard from it was that Yu's popularity in the village was not bad, and it seemed that Yu's personality had her own desirable points, but she was a little cooler to Lin Kangping.

"Hey, it's not to blame the eldest mother, who can't hurt their own children? Isn't this all like this? Village woman A said.

"It's not like that, I can't eat enough, who can have spare money to raise a sick seedling?" Village woman B said.

There are several village women who have said such things, probably because they went home and listened to their men talk about Lin Kangping, and they all felt a little bit of emotion, or they were a little exculpatory to the Yu family.

Only one voice said: "There was nothing wrong with selling it at the beginning, and no one blamed him." However, Shuxing's grandfather shouldn't have lied, saying that he was sick. Later, the conditions were better, didn't you think about redeeming it? That's the only blood and bone left by his brother, can he bear it? My family sat around the table and ate lively, thinking of the poor child, I didn't panic in my heart, can I still eat? ”

There is also a little insight and conscience in saying this, Ziqing wanted to take a look at the person who spoke, but who knew that the person didn't look up at all, and Ziqing was embarrassed to talk.

At night, Lin Kangping and Ziqing lay on the kang, Ziqing talked about Hu's words, and asked Lin Kangping: "How did you explain to the eldest brother?" ”

"I haven't said it yet, I'm also frightened today, my uncle's body, it's better not to move for a while, I'm afraid, if something really happens, I can't explain it to them."

In the dark, Ziqing held Lin Kangping's hand and said: "Your uncle is sick with his heart, today he admitted his mistakes in front of a village, but his deeds are commendable, few people have this courage." ”

"There's no way he sells me, people are selfish, and I don't hate it. But when I heard that he was afraid that others would blame him and lied that I was dead, this made me feel very uncomfortable, really uncomfortable. But looking at the eldest brother and the second brother like this, I don't know what to say. Forget it, let's go home tomorrow. After Lin Kangping finished speaking, he hugged Ziqing tightly, and after a while, Ziqing felt that his clothes were hot and humid.

The next day, Ziqing and they had breakfast at Lin's house, and seeing that Lin Yaozu's expression was slightly better than yesterday, they said that they were going to the city, because Shurui had all gone to school.

Lin Yaozu listened and said to Shurui: "Go, study hard, magnify the lintel of our Lin family, your grandfather also studied back then, but, later the family was poor, and he couldn't afford to read, your grandfather was still crying at the time, how can I think that it was like yesterday, then, your grandfather is so big as Shurui, your grandfather is gone, and he is not sick, this family, he will be poor all of a sudden." Hey, it's all fate! ”

Lin Yaozu was only sixteen or seventeen at the time, but he had to support the door of the family, with a teenage brother, and two married sisters were also too busy to take care of themselves, and life was difficult to imagine, but fortunately, there was a mother to rely on, at least mentally not lonely.

When Ziqing and they were leaving, Lin Kangjian pulled Lin Kangping aside and asked a few words about the old man's condition.

How can Lin Kangping be accurate? Even the doctor didn't know what to say, and Lin Kangping only guessed it, so he said a few vague words.

When she returned home and washed away her fatigue, Ziqing climbed onto the kang and fell asleep within a few minutes.

Ziqing returned to the leisure time when she was in Qingyuan, and went to Shen and Zeng Ruixiang every day to ask for peace, everyone laughed for a while, Liu's and their children are busy preparing for the restaurant these days, and the Liu family and the Fu family in the capital are more familiar, every afternoon, these people will find a restaurant to try, look at the dishes, prices, and observe which dishes are more popular.

On this day, Zixi came back from the next court, with an angry face, Ziqing saw it and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" What's the big deal in Asari? ”

"Hey, I only know now, in fact, it's not so easy to be an official, it's not easy to be an official, it's even more difficult for this emperor's, there are too many things to worry about, and you can't be angry for a while, hey, being an emperor also has times of grievance."

Ziqing was puzzled and asked, "Can you tell me the point?" In this world, everyone has unsatisfactory times, do you think the emperor doesn't have one? ”

"Sister, you don't know, in our neighboring sea, there is a Wa country, the most restless, every time I come to provoke trouble, when the first emperor was there, I encountered it, but the matter is not big, the first emperor also fought back a few times, and the Wa country has only been honest for a few years. No, seeing that the new emperor had just ascended the throne and his foundation was not stable, he began to provoke along the coast again, do you say you can be angry? ”

"What's this? Since the first emperor can fight back, can't this emperor? Ziqing asked, there are always striking similarities in this history.

"You don't know, this Japanese country, relying on the silver in its hands, bought a lot of guns from Westerners, and our treasury is still empty. No, there are also a lot of discussions in the court and the central government about this, and today the emperor also asked Wen Shangshu, how many taels of silver can be drawn from the treasury? It's just that there is a drought in the north this year, you don't see the eldest brother worrying about anything, this wheat harvest, I don't know how much I can harvest? ”

This, Ziqing can't help, "By the way, the emperor didn't ask you, how much silver can our glass earn a year?" Ziqing suddenly thought of this and asked.

"That's not true, and there's no reason to scoop up our own property to confiscate it, and it's not that far. I'm in favor of it, let's buy some guns from Westerners, and besides, I really want to go to those countries in the West to see what is better than us? I remember when the previous dynasty was not much different, why did they rise up in the past few decades? Zixi said.

"It's not easy, you make a comeback, propose to the emperor, in addition, send a group of young and knowledgeable students to Westerners to study, how much profit is it to just buy guns? Learning how to make guns and cannons is the real skill, not to mention, our country should also have masters of making explosives, right? Find them all, study them well, gather the strengths of all families, and there will always be a breakthrough. ”

As soon as Ziqing finished speaking, Zi Xixi ran away with a cigarette, saying that he was going back to write an excerpt. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )