Farmer's Favorite

Xiao Yi has a temperament of doing what he says.

Zhuang Xinyan's previous thought was that he had heard that Wenzheng's handwriting was excellent, and that by taking advantage of the New Year's Eve, Xiaoyi's family could earn some money.

As a result, Xiao Yi did it, but he didn't take his mother there.

It was the people who encouraged them to start the couplet business together.

Among the children in the school, there are people from a good family like Yu Ning, and some from a poorer family than Xiao Yi. The whole family tightened their belts for the people who went to the school, so they were driven by Xiao Yi.

Within two days, there were children selling couplets on many streets in the whole town.

Zhuang Xinyan also secretly helped.

Because they sell flower cakes and salted eggs, they have a lot of regular customers in other villages in the town. When the people in the village go to sell them, let them send a message to these people by the way, and look for these if necessary. Children's couplets to buy.

Most of the people who heard it were happy.

First of all, compared with adults, children still have some sympathy; moreover, these are children studying in the school. Who knows if there will be children and scholars here, and they will be bought and pasted on the door of the house. Bring happiness to your children.

Anyway, you can buy it wherever you buy it, so why not hold some expectations.

in this way.

In just a few days, the wallets of Xiaoyi and the children in the school were getting bigger and bigger.

But on this day.

Village head Lin seemed a little nervous. He was wearing the new clothes that the old woman found out for him last night. He tightened the skirt and asked again: "Is there anything wrong?"

Mrs. Zhou was a little impatient: "Okay, tell me, how many times have you asked, I will say it for the last time, there is nothing wrong with it."

Village head Lin still felt his heart beating violently, he said: "This time I want to meet the county magistrate, how can I leave a good impression if I'm not in good shape, look again, it's that dark blue dress Better, or this one?"

Zhou couldn't help but give him a blank look. She was also very excited when she heard that the old man wanted to see the county magistrate of the town. It's just that I only met those officials, but now the person I want to meet is the county magistrate, so it is naturally different.

However, since yesterday, the old man has been entangled with this and that, which made her a little impatient, and quickly said: "If you don't leave, it will be too late."

Village head Lin's heart tightened, and he stopped talking about things with his clothes, and hurriedly left the door.

This time, I didn't come back from the morning until the sunset.

However, after returning, Village Chief Lin did not return home, but hurried to the Zhuang's house.

Ordinarily speaking, it is time for dinner, and it is inevitable that it would be rude to come to the door at this time, but Village Chief Lin didn't care about it at this time, and when he entered the door, he shouted to the people inside: "Boy Zhuang, you and I Tell me, do you know the nobles in the capital?"

It's no wonder that he was so surprised, but what happened today was really beyond his expectation.

It's just that the unexpected is a good thing, which can be seen from the expression of the village chief.

Excitement, exhilaration and joy.

Zhuang Xinyan put down the bowl and chopsticks, feeling a little helpless, he said: "Village Chief, you haven't eaten yet, sit down first."

Lin Qi was about to get up to serve the village chief, but he just bent his legs, and was pushed down by Lin Mashi next to him. She said, "I'll go."

After saying that, she finished the meal and placed it beside Village Chief Lin, and she said again: "I'm done eating, you guys talk first."

Village head Lin was so hungry that he subconsciously picked up the bowl and chopsticks and ate a few mouthfuls.

But as he was eating, he felt something was wrong, so he quickly asked what he said just now.

Zhuang Xinyan nodded, then shook his head, and said, "I know people in the capital, but I don't know if they are noble people."

Village head Lin glanced at him, then at Lin Qi on the other side, he looked a little anxious and asked: "But the people you knew before, or are they your...family?"

In fact, most people in the village are a little worried.

Zhuang Xinyan treated them well, and they were naturally willing to reciprocate.

It's just that Zhuang Xinyan is not from Xishan Village after all, who knows if he will find his relatives and leave this place.

There is some conflict in my heart, I hope Zhuang Xinyan can find his relatives, but I also hope that he will not leave Xishan Village in the future.

Village head Lin sighed inwardly, and slightly straightened his mind.

He thought, after all, he was still too selfish. With such thoughts in his heart, how could he be worthy of Zhuang Xinyan's actions for the village.

In this way, the worry in my heart slowly disappeared, and calm was restored.

And Zhuang Xinyan explained with a smile: "Lin Qi and I met a person in Xingcheng, and I have some business contacts with them."

He didn't go into too much detail. When he came back from Xingcheng, he had discussed with Lin Qi. He only introduced businessmen to Shi Yu, and did not involve the matter of the theater back then. Said, in the end is not a good thing.

Village head Lin nodded, and said in an exclamation tone: "You don't know, I was really scared today, because you are a businessman, the county magistrate is very pleasant to me, you can never imagine that How polite, even the officials below, I can actually feel that they are flattering me, flattering an old man like me in the country, even the people who accompanied me to Bafang Pavilion, is extremely strange."

As he spoke, he couldn't deny that he could feel the trembling of his palms, not from fear but from excitement.

Village head Lin went on to say: "Later, we found out that a person from the capital visited the county magistrate, and specifically confessed that he should take good care of you, so that I, the head of Xishan Village, can be honored."

Zhuang Xinyan listened quietly, and immediately understood who it was.

Unsurprisingly, it was Shi Yuan's Shi Ying.

A few days ago, he had handed over the sheet music to Shi Ying, and at this time he had hurried back to Shangjing, probably because he helped him to say hello before leaving.

But honestly.

Bafang Pavilion can indeed make people in the government a little bit afraid, but Shi Yuan's face is better to talk about.

After all, the county magistrate's three-year term expires, and the court will have to arrange another position at that time. Shi Yuan has come into contact with many people in the harem. For the county magistrate, it is a great thing.

In this way, there is Bafang Pavilion in the front and Shiyuan in the back. Zhuang Xinyan felt that as long as he did not commit a felony in Genshan Town, no one would be able to control his misconduct.

Zhuang Xinyan straightened his face, and he said: "I have to trouble the village chief about this matter, try not to say it."

Village head Lin restrained his expression, and said repeatedly: "Don't worry, there are some things in my heart. Our village is in the limelight. It's good that the villagers can calm down and do things to make money. I'm afraid some people will be big-hearted. I will not talk nonsense when I am outside.”

Zhuang Xinyan nodded, he also meant the same thing.

At the same time, he became a little more convinced to Village Chief Lin.

To be honest, Xishan Village was able to be brought to where he is today, and Village Chief Lin has indeed contributed a lot in it.

Village head Lin had the bottom line in his mind, and left after eating.

From the beginning to the end, Lin Qi didn't interject a word. After the person left, he asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Zhuang Xinyan shook his head: "For now, it's all good."

It was just a sentence, just from the mouth of his own man, Lin Qi felt very relieved, and he said: "Tomorrow I have to go to town with some cloth, and make two more sets of clothes when I come back."

"Succeed, let's go there together tomorrow." Zhuang Xinyan said again: "For the materials sent by Shi Yuan, you choose the one you like and take it to the town to make clothes. The hem of a piece of clothing was scratched by it."

"The charcoal cake is smart. Look at the meat and bones that are indispensable every day. It knows who treats it best." Lin Qi had a sour taste. Although he was reluctant to scratch his clothes, the charcoal cake hadn't scratched him yet. What about clothes?

Zhuang Xinyan kept his mouth shut, taking it as an acquiesce, but actually he was talking about charcoal cake ghosts in his heart.

If you really want to say that you like it, Charcoal Cake definitely likes Lin Qi more, but who told Lin Qi to restrain him, whenever there is a tendency to clean up Charcoal Cake, this son of a bitch is going to run to Lin Qi's side to act like a baby, so that he can't do anything.

"By the way, Charcoal cake has another rabbit in its mouth today. Who gave it to it?" Lin Qi was puzzled. From the first rabbit to the present, there are almost five or six rabbits, and they are all half-dead. , it is definitely impossible to raise it, but even if you eat meat, you don't get much meat, so you can only get it out of the mouth of charcoal cake and dispose of it.

Lin Qi squinted his eyes suspiciously, "To be honest, it couldn't be you, could it?"

Zhuang Xinyan said very seriously: "I've always been honest with you, besides, I'm not the son of a son of a bitch, why do I get used to it."

Lin Qi couldn't help laughing, even trembling slightly.

The charcoal cake lying on the ground seemed to hear someone calling it. Without even thinking about it, it just got up and raised its forelegs, lying on Zhuang Xinyan's lap, and stretched out its paws for a long time to feel the silk. With a wave of malice, he quickly stopped his claws, turned his head and touched the other person's feet, and there was a whimpering sound in his throat, which was very pitiful.

Lin Qi picked it up, touched Charcoal Cake's chin, and teased: "Let's ignore this bad guy and find your father to deal with him."

With that said, he went out the door with the charcoal cake in his arms.

Zhuang Xinyan was left looking at the hem of his clothes and grinding his teeth, his wolf father didn't know where he was.

……

And this time.

On the bridge built in Xishan Village, an ox cart slowly came.

Three people got on and off the ox cart, and one of them took out five Wen from his pocket and gave it to the driver.

The other two looked at it, and said, "Brother Lin, you shouldn't have come back by car for such a short distance, now we are taking advantage of you."

Lin Li waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I really can't walk anymore, besides, didn't we make money this trip, why spend five cents?"

The coachman was very curious as he collected the money. He asked, "I see that people in your village often travel far away. What good business are they doing?"

Lin Li hurriedly said: "There is no good business, it's all about hard-earned money, bro, hurry back, it's getting late."

The coachman who didn't hear the news didn't care, so he said goodbye and left.

The houses of Lin Li and the other two were in different directions, and they also separated when they made an appointment to go out again the next day.

This trip, Lin Li was tired, but he had really seen it. No one urged him, so he decided to take this trip again in the future.

From going out to coming back, it took almost five days of effort.

When Lin Li entered the house, everyone in the family had already eaten, and they were very happy to see the people who came back.

Mrs. Wang even followed closely, bringing him water and hot food, rubbing his back and beating his waist.

Although she was driving her man out to earn money, she actually felt distressed, especially when she saw Lin Li's tired face, she felt sour in her heart.

But Lin Li didn't feel that there was anything sour. While eating, he talked about Xingcheng, talking about it, and the people listening beside him were also yearning.

It's just longing to return, old man Lin is unwilling to toss his old bones, and seeing Da'er's appearance, he will continue to do it if he thinks about it. In this way, there are people in the family who can earn money, so he can stay at home Rest at home.

Lin Li hurriedly interrupted her son, she asked: "What about the salted eggs, are they all sold out?"

"Of course it's sold out, otherwise why would I come back." Lin Li ate fast, and accidentally choked up when he was speaking. It's too far on the road, and we're still early."

"Really? What about the money, take the money out and have a look." Mrs. Lin Li couldn't wait.

But Wang interjected: "What are you looking at? I'll go to my second brother tomorrow. I'll buy some salted eggs and sell them with the capital and the money I earn."

Lin Li listened, with a strange expression on his face, he just smiled and didn't say anything else.

After several people said a few more words, Lin Li and his wife returned to the house.

Mrs. Wang came in with hot water, and she said, "Soak your feet first, and then go to sleep when it's hot. You've lost a lot of weight in just a few days."

Lin Li chuckled, "Daughter-in-law, you are good to me."

Wang gave him a blank look, and didn't respond to his words, but stretched out her hand, "Okay, quickly take out the silver."

Lin Li reached out, took out the silver from his pocket, and handed it over.

Wang's face was happy at first, but after counting carefully, the expression on his face changed, "Why are there so few? There are still two taels of silver?"

The silver in hand plus the copper plate is just a little more than three taels, which is not even enough for the previous capital, plus the silver earned from selling, it is almost two taels less.

"Daughter-in-law, don't worry." Seeing the angry look on his daughter-in-law's face, Lin Li couldn't help sweating on his forehead. He didn't know whether it was because his feet were too hot or he was frightened. He hurriedly took out a Handkerchief, explained: "Look, what I brought back for you."

The handkerchief was opened, and inside was a thin gold bracelet, very thin but very delicate, especially the pattern on it was extremely beautiful, let alone in the countryside, it is rare to see such a beautiful style in the town .

Wang's nose was sore all of a sudden, and his voice was a little choked up: "This... what is this?"

"Isn't it just a coincidence that a gold shop in Xingcheng has moved, and the jewelry inside is much cheaper than the ones in the town. This bracelet used to cost more than three taels of silver, but now it only costs two taels." Lin Li scratched his head, he She said embarrassingly: "You have been married to me for so many years, and I haven't given you anything yet, just happened to happen."

Immediately, Wang turned her head to the side, raised her hand and wiped the overflowing tears with the hem of her sleeve.

"Daughter-in-law, are you okay?" Lin Li was a little uneasy.

Wang turned her head again, glared at him fiercely, reached out and snatched the gold bracelet and put it on her wrist, said in a rough voice: "What are you shouting for, go to sleep quickly."

"Alas." Lin Li responded again and again, wiped his feet, took off his clothes, and lay on the bed. Before closing his eyes, he said, "Don't ask me to do things these two days. I'm really tired. Wait until I sleep well. In two days, I have to go out with my buddies again."

Wang gave him a sideways glance: "It sounds like you have done some heavy work at home."

As soon as the words fell, there was the sound of snoring on the bed.

Mrs. Wang tuned in, looked at the person on the bed, smiled softly, walked lightly to the candlelight, raised her wrist to look at the gold bracelet on her belt, it was really very thin, and felt a little It seemed like it would break if she tried hard, but the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and in the end she even kissed it a few times.

Afterwards, she thought about it again, and took out a silver hairpin from the deepest part of the closet.

This silver hairpin was her last dowry, and it was also given to her by her mother secretly behind her brothers and sisters back then. She didn't take it out when the family was in trouble, but she was reluctant to take it out, but now it seems that it is true. Can't stop.

Parents are not willing to pay at all. She only has three or two taels left in her hand, and she can't buy many salted eggs from her second brother-in-law. If the amount of salted eggs is small, Lin Li won't be able to earn much if he travels so far. money.

And after all, it was a husband and wife, she also knew that according to Lin Li's temperament, he would be lazy and unwilling to do it if he ran such a long distance without earning much money, and he might become the same again.

At first, I thought that if I added the one or two taels of silver I earned before, I would have more silver in my hands after another trip.

How could he have imagined that this fool actually bought her a gold bracelet.

Heart is both happy and sour.

After shaking the silver hairpin in his hand, Wang made a plan in his mind.

The next morning, while Lin Li was still soundly asleep, Mrs. Wang went to the town.

There are quite a few pawnshops in the town, she went to several of them, and finally chose the one with the highest price. The silver hairpin is heavy enough, and her mother spent more than two taels to buy it back then. One and a half silver.

Wang Shi sighed slightly with reluctance, turned around and left with the silver.

It's just that she didn't find out.

Not long after she left, two people entered the pawnshop and redeemed the silver hairpin she had just pawned.

The silver hairpin has been hidden for so many years, and it has not been carefully maintained. It doesn't look very good-looking. One of them is holding it in his hand, and he doesn't know what he is thinking, and the person next to him asked: "What's wrong?"

The person who was asked shook his head slightly, and he said softly: "This silver hairpin is very important to my sister-in-law, and I don't know why she pawned it away."

It turned out that the people who redeemed the hairpin were Zhuang Xinyan and his wife.

It was also a coincidence that the two came to take the embroidery shop in the town to make clothes, and they happened to meet Wang Shi who was in the pawnshop.

Lin Qi didn't ask his sister-in-law the reason for pawning the silver hairpin, but he felt it was a pity. After all, his sister-in-law had been married into the Lin family for so many years, and he knew very well what this hairpin meant to her.

Zhuang Xin put his hand on his shoulder and said: "When I go back, ask about it. If they have any difficulties, they can help if they want, and there is no need to worry about others."

Lin Qi pursed his lips and smiled lightly, neither nodding nor shaking his head.