Quick Travel: Saving the Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Role

Chapter 18 Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Lin Yansui (18)

Lin's mother sent the hundreds of dollars she had saved and the leftover meat to the countryside for her third son. She went to the academy to inquire, but she heard that the students at the academy had gone home for the Dragon Boat Festival break a few days ago and would not return until tomorrow. Academy.

Mother Lin was a little dumbfounded.

Sanlang of the Lin family had never said anything about taking a nap during the Dragon Boat Festival. They all thought that Sanlang Lin was studying in the academy. However, he was not in the academy and did not go home. Where did he go?

With doubts, Mother Lin asked the servant at the door again. After the man knew Lin Sanlang's name, he suddenly realized.

"You're talking about that Tong Sheng. He probably plays in the gambling house. Now, in the entire academy, he is the only Tong Sheng who is of the same age as him. The rest are all scholars. Even Wan Jia Erlang, who is barely able to dance spoons, Better than him, if I were his parents, I would have let him go home and farm a long time ago."

"You fart!" Mother Lin became angry when she heard this, and rushed towards the doorman with bared teeth and claws: "My son is the smartest in the village. Even the fortune teller said that he will be the number one scholar in the future."

Seeing her acting like a shrew, the doorman immediately took a few steps back, closed the small door, and said sarcastically: "You may not be able to succeed in your next life if you return to the top of the list. If you want to find your son, go to Jiuyi Gambling House to find him."

He said he wanted to walk away, but Mother Lin scolded her for a long time. No one paid any attention to her, so she could only carry the basket and walk away in despair.

She didn't know where her son had gone, so she had no choice but to wander around, looking for someone to inquire about the news. Before that, Sanlang of the Lin family loved to follow the eldest young master of the Wu family as a henchman. Of course, what Sanlang of the Lin family said at home was that he had made good friends. , the other party also intends to facilitate his marriage with another wealthy daughter, so he needs a banknote to please that wealthy daughter.

Mother Lin then wanted to go to the Wu family to inquire about her son. As soon as she arrived at the gate of the Wu family, she saw the servants of the Wu family moving things out.

Mother Lin approached and grabbed a slave and asked, "What's wrong with this house?"

"We are moving to Qingfeng Town. Madam, what can I do for you?"

"Moved?" Mother Lin was a little dazed, and then she asked: "My son is a friend of this young master. He hasn't been home these days. I came to see him. My son, my son's name is Lin Bao... …Jinbao.”

The servant thought for a moment: "The eldest young master of the Wu family went crazy and left the country a few days ago. As for the person you are talking about, I don't know him."

Lin Jinbao obviously didn't like this name. The names of several sons of the Lin family were originally chosen by the Lin clan according to the rules. Lin's mother had high hopes for Lin Sanlang and insisted on changing him to "Lin Jinbao". He was already eighteen years old and weak. , the teacher changed the name, and now his name is Lin Yanwei. The teacher and classmates all call him Lin Yanwei. Who knows Lin Jinbao?

Mother Lin couldn't remember her son's name, so she had to describe her son's appearance while pulling the servant. The servant originally felt some sympathy for her when she was in trouble, but lost his patience when she annoyed her.

"My young master is not here, and all the wild cats and dogs on the roadside are here to visit relatives. There is no one here who has not heard of your son. Please let me go."

They made a big fuss, and the Wu family's housekeeper heard the noise and came out. Mother Lin had never been here before, and he didn't know her. At the critical moment, Mother Lin finally remembered her son's name, and the housekeeper suddenly realized.

"You are Lin Tongsheng's mother."

Mother Lin laughed: "Yes, yes, my son is a child born. Apart from the scholar in the village, my Jinbao is the most knowledgeable."

The housekeeper was disdainful in his heart but did not show it on his face: "Lin Tong did come to Wu's house a few days before his death, but my young master had already gone to Qingfeng Town at that time. He left without seeing anyone."

"Gone, where did you go?"

The housekeeper shook his head: "I don't know, but he said he came to invite my young master to a gambling house."

Only then did Mother Lin believe that the man before had not lied to her. The housekeeper asked people to move things quickly, and Mother Lin walked aside in despair.

She wanted to go to the gambling house to find her son, but she couldn't find the way. She finally asked the gambling house, but the gatekeeper saw that she was old and shabby, so he refused to let her in.

Finally, Mother Lin walked back to Linjia Village in despair.

Before she got home, a woman who was friends with her ran over and said, "Hey, where have you been? I told you that your family is in big trouble. Your family, Saburo, owes money to someone from his gambling house in the countryside. , and now people are coming to his door asking for money, and they say they will chop off one of his hands if the money is not paid."

When Mother Lin heard this, she was so frightened that she threw the basket to the ground and ran towards home.

Before I entered the door, I heard a crying voice coming from inside: "Dad, save me, big brother, save me! I will never gamble again..."

Mother Lin rushed in. Several thugs from the gambling house were holding her most precious heart, trying to cut off his hand. Lin Jinbao kept crying and crying, and Mother Lin rushed forward and knocked away one of them in distress. Two thugs.

"What are you going to do? Come at me, don't hurt my son! Jinbao, mother Jinbao, how are you?"

Lin Jinbao was so frightened that he almost peed his pants. When he saw the mother who loved him the most coming back, he hugged her and continued to cry: "Mom, mother, please save me! I don't dare anymore, never again!" "

Each of the thugs was strong and strong, and the flesh on their faces showed that each one of them was not easy to mess with. One of them sternly said: "If you don't get the money today, we will cut off one of your hands and go back to work. This matter, I, the King of Heaven, It’s useless even if you come!”

Mother Lin was so frightened that she trembled and asked tremblingly: "How much money does my son owe you?"

"Twenty-six taels with principal and interest."

Lin Jinbao was suddenly dumbfounded, stared at the other party and said loudly: "You are talking nonsense, I obviously only borrowed eighteen taels of silver!"

"Humph." The fat man smiled and said: "Who doesn't know the rules of borrowing money in our gambling house? Nine out and thirteen back, Mr. Lin, you borrowed ten taels twice, and it is written in this account book But it’s obvious that you want to default on your debt?”

Of course Lin Jinbao didn't dare to default on the debt, but he couldn't come up with so much money. He had just taken the 26 silver coins his second brother had earned from selling himself on the pretext of making friends with the ladies in the village. Now that the family was bare, how could they still pay for it? Can you afford taels?

Mother Lin was already frightened by the number 26.

Their family digs food in the fields and does odd jobs in the town. They work hard and only earn about twenty taels of silver throughout the year. Now the court's tax will be adjusted according to the annual harvest. When the harvest is good, the tax is high, and when the harvest is poor, the tax is high. Low, ordinary farming families like them are stuck with just enough to eat almost every year.

Lin Jinbao was able to study in the countryside only because he exploited his other brothers and sisters. The two sisters who suffered the most were the two sisters who were married off before him, and Lin Yansui, his brother who was sent as a son-in-law.

It was the sacrifices of these three people and the hard work of his parents day after day that supported him to study in the town academy. His extra expenses depended on Wu Yaozu's reward. But now that Wu Yaozu couldn't protect himself, how could he have the energy to take care of him?

Lin Jinbao was so frightened that he could not speak.

The thug slapped the knife on the table and said sternly: "Stop being wordy and get the money quickly, or we won't be polite!"

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