Chapter Thirty-Eight: Heavy Snow Arrives
Although Lin Yanniang didn't know what Mother Lin had made up her mind to do back then, when she raised her head after stuffing the silver to Mother Lin, the expression on Mother Lin's face revealed her attitude.
"Mother, this silver is An Jinyun, your son-in-law asked me to send it back. ”
Although Lin Yanniang explained so, Lin's mother still insisted on not wanting Lin Yanniang's silver, "You and your son-in-law have just gotten married, and you will have to raise children in the future, how can you do without silver." ”
Mother Lin didn't know how much money An Jinyun had, and Lin Yanniang was not ready to tell Mother Lin about An Jinyun going to take her away in a few years.
"The family bought land, and there is no need to buy grain next summer, I will plant the vegetable field in the spring next year, raise a few chickens, An Jinyun can go to the mountains to hunt, and there is a school at home, almost no money. ”
Although Mother Lin knew that Lin Yanniang was telling the truth, she was still reluctant to ask for the silver she gave, "No, I said no, I don't want it!"
Mother Lin had a tough attitude, and Lin Yanniang was also a little angry, she didn't understand why her mother didn't want her silver.
The mother and daughter argued about this matter in the house, and their voices became louder and louder, until they were heard by Father Lin outside.
Father Lin walked in, looked at the arguing daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, and after hearing what was going on, he laughed, "I'll just say that our Yan Niang's temper is like you, you still don't believe it." ”
As soon as Father Lin's words came out, Mother Lin and Lin Yanniang were stunned, and then they also laughed.
At the beginning, she was squeamish, and her father said that she didn't know who she was with, but she heard her mother say more than once that she must be like his father.
Her father was still staring at her mother at the beginning, but because of her squeamish temperament, her father and mother passed the buck to each other, and she was unwilling to press on herself.
"When I married your father, I made a heavy oath not to want the dowry money of my daughter and granddaughter. ”
Originally, Mother Lin was not ready to say her thoughts, after all, she came to the Lin family with a man who was unreliable and wanted to marry the Lin family with her own private money.
When I say this now, I don't want my daughter to misunderstand her, but this means that we let our own child's father know about it.
Hearing Mother Lin's explanation, Lin Yanniang and Father Lin looked at Mother Lin in shock at the same time, and Lin Yanniang even hugged Mother Lin directly with a sob, "Mother, this is not my dowry, it is An Jinyun's filial piety to you, a son-in-law and half a son, if you don't want this silver, he will definitely think that you treat him as an outsider." ”
"Mother, I know you are for my good, but the eldest brother is my younger brother, An Jinyun and I have raised the younger brother for so long, and the younger brother has learned a lot of An Jinyun's skills, but the eldest brother ......"
Lin Yanniang analyzed An Jinyun's thoughts thoroughly, and analyzed them to Lin's father and mother little by little.
In the latter words, she didn't say that Father Lin and Mother Lin also understood what she meant.
Although Brother Lin is the son of the Lin family, he has an eldest sister above him, and his father and mother are not patriarchals, and there is a younger brother below.
Hearing what she said, Father Lin and Mother Lin glanced at each other, they all knew that what Lin Yanniang said was the truth, and the son-in-law's temperament was really as she said.
Father Lin looked at the mother and daughter and sighed, and continued, "Take it, after all, it was the daughter and son-in-law who gave it to the eldest brother." ”
For this son, Father Lin also owes something in his heart.
Hearing Father Lin say this, Mother Lin finally nodded helplessly, and could only accept the silver sent by Lin Yanniang.
After An Jinyun learned about this, he directly smiled and hugged Lin Yanniang, "Daddy loves us, and I don't have any elders here, so I naturally want to honor them with you." ”
Lin Yanniang had just calmed down her breathing, and was naked and was held in her arms by An Jinyun, and said coquettishly, "Of course!"
She not only wants to honor her father and mother with An Jinyun and teach her two younger brothers in the family well, but also to give birth to a child for An Jinyun as soon as possible.
An Jinyun didn't know what Lin Yanniang was thinking, otherwise he would happily hug Lin Yanniang again.
It got colder day by day, and An Jinyun also went to the town to buy charcoal fire as he said, and he bought half a sheep together.
"I saw a mutton seller today, so I bought half of it directly, and I called my father and mother tomorrow, and our family had a good meal. ”
An Jinyun has loved meat since he was a child, especially this warm mutton.
Looking at An Jinyun's happy appearance, Lin Yanniang cut half a sheep into three pieces, two pieces of two catties and one piece of five catties.
"These two pieces of two catties, go to the village chief's family for a piece, cousin's family for a piece, keep the five catties for my father to bring back, stew lamb chops tomorrow to eat, and I will freeze the rest and keep it for the New Year. ”
Hearing that Lin Yanniang was going to give out nearly ten catties of meat, An Jinyun was a little reluctant in her heart, but when she thought that there was still a lot left, and then thought that the village chief's family and her cousin's family were close to their own family, they agreed.
The next day, the smell of mutton wafted out of An's house, and many people in the village saw An Jinyun carrying half a sheep back yesterday, and now they smell the fragrance wafting from An's yard, and they are even more envious of Lin Yanniang for marrying An Jinyun.
Today, the Lin family ate mutton at their daughter and son-in-law's house, and when they left, they also mentioned a large piece of mutton, which soon spread throughout the village.
Mother Lin came to tell Lin Yanniang about one more thing when she came today, that is, Brother Lin's marriage.
Lin Mutuo's daughter-in-law inquired about the character of Zheng's niece and Xiao Zheng's father, mother-in-law, and learned that Xiao Zheng's family style was very good, and she was also extremely filial at home, and she was very capable, so she was satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
Mother Lin told Lin Yanniang about this, and after Lin Yanniang thought about it, she asked Mother Lin and Father Lin to discuss the next hiring.
The dowry is the same as the original, but Mother Lin used the silver given by Lin Yanniang to buy a pair of silver bracelets, which was requested by Lin Yanniang, so Mother Lin just bought an ordinary bracelet that was less than four taels of silver.
The remaining six taels of silver, Mother Lin returned it to Lin Yanniang, and advised, "You wait for your eldest brother and daughter-in-law to give it to her directly, and when you, the eldest sister, subsidize their little couple." ”
Lin Yanniang knew that Mother Lin wanted Xiao Zheng to remember her well, and for Mother Lin's arrangement, Lin Yanniang could only nod in the end.
An Jinyun naturally knew about this matter, the dowry prepared by the Lin family was eight taels of silver, and they definitely gave less than the dowry, which was just right.
The wax moon in Wankou Village came fast and fiercely, almost after a few snowfalls, and it became unpleasant to go out on this day.
Fengyue became bigger, An Jinyun's school finally ushered in the village head, and he came this time to discuss whether the children could have a holiday.
"I taught them as early as last month, and I haven't taught any new courses these days, but I've been telling them that I taught before, and it's okay to give them a holiday. ”
This is not like the place where he has lived for more than 20 years, every family does not have so much money to pay for repairs, and there is no warm brazier for children to warm up in the school here.
Hearing that An Jinyun had already arranged it, the village chief naturally nodded and said yes.
"I'll ask them not to come tomorrow, and the rest of the days will be piled up until the beginning of spring next year. ”
An Jinyun's school is cultivated according to the monthly teaching, and the original month of Layue was to go up to the small year, at this time, half a month in advance, An Jinyun naturally would not take advantage of the villagers.
Hearing An Jinyun say this, the village chief naturally smiled, "Okay, since you have decided, then I will go back first." After the village chief finished speaking, he stretched out his head to look at his youngest son, who was teaching the children seriously in the school.
The youngest son is not in good health, it would be good if he could open a museum to teach in the future, but there are only so many children in the village who can teach Qi Shuxiu, and he can't let the youngest son dig An Jinyun's corner with a little income.
The school will be closed from tomorrow to the sixteenth day of the first month of next year, and the children were stunned when they heard this, and then laughed.
The children in the whole school were happy, except for two.
Zhang Dazhuan and Lin Xiaodi are very sorry in their hearts at the moment, Zhang Dazhuan is the only one in the family, and if he doesn't come to the school, he will have to stay at home all day.
Before, he came to the school for half a day, and went back to clean up the house or go up the mountain to collect firewood in the afternoon, but now that he has a holiday in advance, he is naturally a lot bored.
Brother Lin was unhappy because he had already been informed that he would have to go home once the school was on holiday
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In the words of Father Lin, after all, Brother Lin's surname is Lin, and he is not without hands and feet, so he doesn't need a son-in-law to raise a son for him.
Although the Lin family has been going to An Jinyun's house to get food, there are still a lot of sour words from the people in the village.
Brother Lin was eating the pimple soup of mutton soup in the bowl at the moment, and his heart was very uncomfortable, Lin Yanniang saw Lin Xiaobrother's expression at a glance, and couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with you?"
Little Brother Lin didn't raise his head, and said directly, "I'm going home tomorrow." ”
Looking at Lin Xiaodi's melancholy expression, Lin Yanniang laughed, "The two families are just a stretch of road, as long as it doesn't snow heavily, you can just come to play during the day." ”
As soon as Lin Yanniang's words fell, Little Brother Lin's eyes lit up, he looked up at An Jinyun, and found that his brother-in-law was also nodding, and Little Brother Lin immediately became in a better mood and was ready to eat more bowls.
Looking at Lin Xiaodi's movements, Lin Yanniang smiled and scolded 'half a big boy eats a poor old man', but still added half a bowl to him.
"Don't hold your stomach up. ”
Holding that his sister had just added half a bowl of pimple soup, Little Brother Lin smiled flatteringly at Lin Yanniang, and then lowered his head and began to eat the pimple soup in the bowl.
An Jinyun raised his eyes and glanced at the pair of sisters and brothers beside him, he had been educated to eat and sleep silently, but now that he had arrived in Wankou Village and married Lin Yanniang, he was used to the laughter at the dinner table.
The school is on holiday, An Jinyun has more time every day, and the longer she pesters Lin Yanniang, fortunately, the New Year is approaching, and Lin Yanniang's things have become more, An Jinyun also knows how to converge, and still pesters Lin Yanniang once or twice every two or three days.
Early in the morning, heavy snow fell again in Wankou Village, and the entire Wankou Village was hiding at home to bake the fire, and no one went out at all.
But at the gate of the courtyard of An's house, a man dressed in black and covered in dirt came to him.