This year is the fifth year of Huangyou of the Northern Song Dynasty. A.D. 1053.

This year is the year of the Lunar Calendar, a year of the snake.

In the first month of this year, the Changhua Festival made the general Di Qing defeat the thief army on the West Guangnan Road, and in February, he was promoted to the envoy of the Protectorate and the deputy history of the privy council.

In the same year, Ouyang Xiu, a university scholar, finally finished compiling the "History of the New Five Dynasties". And the great poet Liu Yongyan died of illness and was buried in the suburbs of Beijing by a group of famous prostitutes.

In this year, the Emperor Kang Jian, along with his dynasty, shone the world like the midday sun. The Great Song Dynasty, all countries come to the dynasty. Although there are still strong enemies around, they are still the hegemon of the world.

This is one of the prosperous times of the Chinese nation, an era of famous talents, an era of prosperity and prosperity, and an era of dreams.

However, Lin Zhen didn't understand these and didn't care about them.

It was already afternoon, she sat under the eaves, looked up at the sky, and then looked at the undemolished spiritual shed in the inner courtyard, but her mood was not soothed by the cloudy and sunny weather.

In the courtyard in front, there were workers dismantling the funeral shed, and there was a faint sound of rough voices from workers. Behind her, in the main room, was Ruyu's low cry:

"Lady, you just don't think of me and Zhenniang, you have to think of Brother Jing! He is now the only male in our Lin family, and you will be counting on Brother Jing in the future. He is still so young, dressing and eating, studying and learning, why can't he use money? Why do you bother to ...... for the sake of a moment?"

Whispering, although not half of the sentence is accusation, but it is more damning than accusation. Lin Zhen frowned when she heard this, finally stood up, patted the ash on her buttocks, and walked directly into the main room.

"Auntie, I threw the silver over, if you have any opinions, just come to me......"

"How dare I!" Ruyu, who was crying, raised her head, although her voice was still full of grievances, but the eyes that caught her glance could not hide her resentment.

"The little lady has been wronged, and the aunt doesn't know it. It's just that what you did today is still over, if this matter spreads, who else will dare to come to the door to propose marriage? Ruyu lowered her eyes and muttered: "Being dismissed is already pitiful enough......"

"Auntie!" Lin Zhen raised her voice and sneered: "Auntie, relax your heart, even if I can't get married, I won't work for my aunt to raise ......."

"Zhenniang!" Chen snorted, looked at Lin Zhen with disgust, and said, "Why are you so rude? Don't hurry up and apologize to your aunt. ”

Lin Zhen pursed the corners of her mouth, but did not apologize to Ruyu as she said, but sneered: "Auntie, don't worry too much, even if I become an old aunt who never marries, it is my brother who raised me-yo, I'm afraid that my aunt is aggrieved for my brother, and I think he shouldn't worry about my sister?" ”

The corners of Ruyu's mouth twitched, although there was a hundred hatreds in her heart, she couldn't really answer like this, she just turned to Chen's and muttered: "The lady knows me, I'm just worried about Brother Jing'er's future." I-our Lin family is full of women, but they are all counting on him. ”

"I know you're worried about Brother Jing, why shouldn't my mother-in-law worry about him?" Chen pinched the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, "It's because of Brother Jing'er that we can't do anything that is looked down upon." Although the ten gold are heavy, they are not as important as Brother Jing'er's character. If Brother Jing knows that he is an elder and does not return the gold of others, I am afraid that I will laugh at you and me in the future. ”

Ruyu opened her mouth, but did not speak again. She also knew that things had reached this point, and they had long been irreparable. said so much, just for: "Lady, these days, I am always unstable in my heart, and I am always afraid in a trance - now I am even more bottomless and panicked......"

After seven or eight years of getting along, how could Chen not hear her words? Her eyes lowered, and after she was silent for a moment, she opened the box under her hand and took out a silver ingot weighing ten taels, "You can accept these ten taels of silver, just save it for Brother Jing'er!" ”

Seeing the silver, Ruyu immediately showed joy, and without being polite, she stepped forward quickly and took the silver in her hand. Leaned down again, "Lady, then I'll go back and look at Brother Jing first, I just took the medicine in the morning, and I don't know if I'm ......getting better at this time."

Watching Ruyu turn around and go out with cold eyes, Lin Zhen couldn't help but complain a little, "Mother, my aunt's monthly money is only one and a half taels of silver, isn't it too cheap for you to give her so much money suddenly." ”

"It's all my own family, what's cheap or not?!" Chen sighed and beckoned her to sit down, "Zhenniang, my mother knows how much you have grievances against your aunt, but you must know that from now on, our Lin family will only be a family of four." Without your father's care, we can only take care of each other, otherwise we will ...... in the future" As he spoke, tears oozed from the corners of Chen's eyes.

"It's all bad to blame my mother, I didn't give birth to a son......" Halfway through the words, she closed her voice and smiled with a disguised smile: "Brother Jing is your brother and mother's son, in the future, he will definitely take care of his mother and take care of you." ”

"In the future?! Who knows! Lin Zhen sneered, and was still about to speak. Chen had already hugged her shoulders and took her into his arms like that.

Lin Zhen's shoulders stiffened, and she felt that at this moment, even her brain was empty.

She has such a memory now, but this feeling, she feels both familiar and unfamiliar. Being hugged by her mother, Lin Zhen, who was lonely and helpless in her previous life, dreamed of it - such a warm embrace, such undisguised care......

Suddenly, she had a sour nose. For herself, but also for the girl who lost her father in her heart, was divorced again, and was occupied by her in a dream.

"Mother," she whispered, leaning her head against Chen's arms, and said softly, "I will take care of you and this family...... Mother, I am your daughter, it is your daughter - Lin Zhenniang! ”

From then on, she was no longer Lin Zhen, but just the girl Lin Zhenniang who lived in Dingtao, Shandong Province in the Northern Song Dynasty.

"This girl ......" Chen chuckled and patted Lin Zhenniang's back gently, but only two times before she cried.

Mother and daughter clung to each other, weeping silently until there was a knock at the door.

That is Dongbo, the only labor force of the Lin family now, but not a slave, but the savior of Lin's father.

That year, Lin's father returned to his hometown, but he encountered a bandit on the road, thanks to Dongbo's rescue. Half of it was to repay the favor, and half of it was because Dongbo said that he had nowhere to go, so Father Lin took Dongbo home, and since then, he has become a member of the Lin family.

Usually look at the door, sweep the yard, feed the donkey, buy vegetables, that is, when Lin's father collects rent, he will follow him to the countryside.

No one in the Lin family regarded him as a slave, but when he was asked for his name, he said lightly, "Follow the master's family name, surnamed Lin Mingdong." But in fact, why did Father Lin ever give him a surname? It's not everyone's wealthy. What's more, since Father Lin, everyone regards Dongbo as half a relative.

For three years, no one knew who Dongbo's surname was and where he came from, but he vaguely guessed that Dongbo should be from the military.

"Lady, the mourning shed in the front yard has been demolished, now are you coming to demolish the mourning shed in the backyard?"

The small two-entry courtyard has set up a mourning shed before and after according to customs, but in fact, there are not many girls in the backyard to rest.

Lin Zhenniang sat up straight, looked at Chen's moist eyes, and couldn't help but reach out and gently hold her hand, "Mother, I'll go and watch people tear down the funeral shed...... After hesitating, she said again: "No matter what it is, it will pass—yes, after demolishing the spiritual shed, everything will be in the past!" We have better days to live......"

Her voice was hoarse, and Lin Zhenniang didn't even look to see if Chen had heard what she said. She just clenched her fists and said in her heart: "Since you are alive, you must live well......

No matter how bitter and painful it is, this year, this month, will eventually become a thing of the past, the year and the month in memory......