Looking at the silver, Lin felt a little comforted in his heart, put the jade pendant on the table, and asked repeatedly: "Is the silver really given by your second uncle?" ”

When Lin Yingsleeve saw the jade pendant, she grabbed it and pinched it in her palm, her hands trembled with excitement, "A-Niang, where did you get this?" She remembered that this jade pendant was worn by Engong, and a noble person like him was like a golden dragon and jade phoenix, how could they come out of a slum like them, most of them came with her.

Lin glanced at Lin Yingsleeve twice, "This jade is hanging on our window, and there is no one everywhere, but I am afraid that the owner will not know that he has dropped something." Listen carefully, and if someone comes to them, you have to give it back. ”

Lin Yingsleeve wiped the jade with a handkerchief, knowing that it was given to their family by the benefactor, but he had already received the money, how could he sell his things, "This is natural, although we are poor, we can't covet other people's things." ”

Lin had the silver, first bought rice and noodles and came back, made lunch, sent the coffin to bury Lin Xiucai, hung a white cloth, and waited for the monk to come over at night to recite the scriptures.

At dusk, the second uncle Lin and his wife came over in a sedan chair, pretending to mourn two sentences, and sat down on the chair at the door.

"Sister-in-law's Day mourning, now that the eldest brother is gone, you also have to take care of yourself and take care of your nephews and nieces."

The Lin family beckoned Lin Yingsleeve and Lin Xiaofeng to come over and kowtow to the second uncle, and said in a choked voice: "I thought that my uncle and aunt would not come, but it was my villain's heart." Now that your eldest brother is gone, we don't have a principal in our family, so I don't know what to do tomorrow morning? After all, he is a brother, and he knows that his uncle will not care. ”

Second Uncle Lin's eyes widened, he didn't think about what happened to the master, this family is poor, who knows if Ming'er has the silver to send the buried workers.

Just as he was about to refuse, his lady pouted at him Nunu and asked him not to speak, walked to Lin Yingsleeve's side, and looked around twice with a smile, "This is our eldest nephew!" Is it really Peugeot? How old are you? ”

Lin Yingsleeve didn't care, she went to the second uncle's house to borrow money this morning, and she didn't even let her in.

It was rare for Lin to see such affection from a concubine, and he was a little flattered and said: "It's fourteen after August, this girl has a strange temper, don't be like a child." ”

Lin Erniang was not annoyed, but took Lin Ying's sleeve's hand, and said more and more affectionately: "Our eldest brother is a showman, presumably this sleeve girl also knows words?" ”

Lin didn't know why, so he replied: "His father praised this girl for being alert, taught her to learn for a few years, and said the year before last that if it was a man, I was afraid that I would have entered school a long time ago." My daughter's body is useless, now help me do needlework, if her second aunt looks at this girl, why don't you let her go with you? ”

At the beginning, the old father and mother were partial to the eldest brother, so that the second uncle was resentful, and the two families broke off contact. Lin Xiucai also has backbone, even if he starves to death, he will never say a soft word to his brother.

Lin Erniang laughed twice, "What are you going to do with me?" She's my serious niece, and she's a girl, or a miss? But there is a saying to my sister-in-law. As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Yingsleeve twice, and then stopped talking.

Lin understood and asked Lin Yingsleeve to go to the back kitchen to boil hot water to wash the faces of the second uncle and his wife.

Lin Yingsleeve is a junior, although he knows that Second Uncle Lin and the Lin family are discussing their own affairs, it is not easy to stand in front of them, so they go to the back. Walked to the back, lightened his steps again, and came back quietly.

"Sister-in-law, the eldest brother is the one who went, you and the children will have to live in the future, this poor and white, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive the winter...... I have a friend's relative who works as a housekeeper in an official eunuch's house, and I heard that the lady in the house wants to find a girl who knows how to read and etiquette, and gives a lot of silver, and the maid returns to the family after the lady leaves the cabinet. I see that the girl with the sleeves is good, and if you take the silver, your orphans and widows will not starve to death. ”

Second Uncle Lin echoed: "That's exactly the reason, I see that you have people coming and going here, and it's not suitable for you orphans and widows to live, if something happens, don't blame me for not reminding you, now that the eldest brother is gone, I am the longest in the family, don't blame me for being careless if something happens." ”

"However, her father has just died, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to sell my daughter!" The Lin family was a little moved, but it was also difficult, if they went to a big family to be a maid, they didn't know when they would be able to meet, if it really came to this point, it would be better to hire it to the Tang family, so that they could see their daughter when they wanted to.

"Sister-in-law really doesn't have a backache when she stands and talks, I also want you to have a better life, you don't care, Xiaofeng is the only flesh and blood of our Lin family, the eldest brother and in-laws have high hopes for this child, is it possible that you let him be like you in this life, doing hard work everywhere, and he won't even be able to marry his daughter-in-law when the time comes?"

Lin Yingsleeves clenched her fists, when she married into the Tang family, she was counting on Tang Moxing to take Lin Xiaofeng to study together. But Tang Moxing said that Lin Xiaofeng was not the material for studying, and the tuition fee was not enough. If Tang Mo teaches Lin Xiaofeng, it will delay two people. Why don't he get the fame first, and then ask someone to teach Lin Xiaofeng.

She was also stupid at the beginning, thinking that Lin Xiaofeng was still young, and it would be okay to delay for a few years, this delay would be a lifetime, until she died, Lin Xiaofeng didn't even marry a daughter-in-law......

She didn't dare to listen any more, she went to the kitchen to boil hot water first, living in the city is much more difficult than in the country, firewood for cooking, water costs everything.

Although there is still a surplus of silver given by Engong, what is the silver enough for?

When she boiled the water and went out, Lin Er Shufu and his wife had already left, and it happened that their mother and son had washed up and rested early, and Ming'er had to send Lin Xiucai out of the funeral.

"Auntie, I think the second uncle's arrangement is good. It's winter soon, our cotton clothes are all used for my father's treatment, and the rest of this silver has to rent a house, even if our mother and daughter have been washing clothes, Xiaofeng will have to go to school in the future. ”

Lin raised his eyelids, his eyes filled with anger, "Did you hear everything?" ”

Lin Yingsleeve continued: "Daddy is gone, we have to live, and besides, I can come back in the future." ”

Lin Shi pushed Lin Ying's sleeve fiercely, pushed the person to kneel in front of the coffin, and asked angrily, "How did your father teach you in the first place?" We are not willing to be cheap if we starve to death in white families, and if you go to your father's death, you will not be blind. ”

Lin Yingsleeve knelt up straight, looked at the spiritual position, and laughed suddenly: "We're all like this, what backbone do you still have?" If you really want the family to starve to death, I'm afraid that there is no one to collect the body, you don't think about it, you don't think about yourself, you should always think about Xiaofeng. ”

Lin sat on the side, touched the tears on his face with his sleeve, pulled the young son next to him, took him into his arms, and sobbed silently.