Depressed little landlord

It's the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the weather is getting colder. Fortunately, there are enough charcoal fires at home.The brothers Lin Xuan and Lin Xun stayed at home for almost a day, roasting sweet potatoes and peanuts every day. They also planted a lot of these this year, so they don't have to eat them with their fingers or rice grains like other families.

Although the land was taken back when the rice was preparing to harvest, Lin Xuan was still calm and lived every day as usual, just standing on the edge of his own fish pond and watching from a distance when harvesting—— —The people who came to collect them were indeed people from the government. Naturally, the villagers also saw them, so they were very sympathetic and worried about their family, and came to comfort them both openly and secretly.

Lin Xuan is very grateful for this, and sometimes he will turn around and explain to them, saying that the land, their family will earn it back if they work harder.Everyone thinks that they have seen his ability with their own eyes in the past two years, so they are finally a little relieved, but when they see it later, they will still lament the loss of so much food in vain, and then secretly scold those officials for their inhumanity, and then can't help it With a sad face, he wondered whether the government would increase taxes if this trend continued. If so, God didn't want everyone to live a good life.

At this time, Lin Xuan could only smile without making a sound.He is neither God nor the emperor, and he can't say for sure and can't do anything about it. In fact, everyone understands it. He just wants to whine and complain, as if this can relieve the worries in his heart to some extent.

After all, the weather changes this year are indeed a bit abnormal, and this kind of disaster, large or small, will often follow. Although it is a little bit low down from generation to generation, no one wants this to be the case. It is everyone's expectation to live a safe and smooth life. Isn't it?

The closer to the end of the year, the more the north wind blows straight, so that people don't even want to step out of the house.

Due to the cold weather, the charcoal-burning kiln run by Lin Xiang and his two partners became popular.Although people have been burning charcoal since the beginning of the year, this year's winter came early, coupled with the cold, not only the small town on their side, but also Fucheng got the news, and it was also sold from Xiangqing's side. Part of it, and the demand is getting bigger and bigger... Even if Xiang Qingshi opened his mouth and raised the price twice, there will be no shortage of people coming to buy it with silver.

The business is good, everyone is happy, but the charcoal that was stored before is gradually not enough, so in the past two months, Xu Yang has started to go out for this matter.

Besides, it's cold, and the barbecue hot pot that has been cold for half a year has heated up again, so Xiang Qing naturally has to be busy with the store in the town, and Xu Yang can only run away with the charcoal.

Lin Xuan can't rest assured that Xu Yang is running outside alone, but he has to do business. I believe no one wants to give up such a profitable business now. It is because the weather is really bad that he is so worried.

What's more, he didn't want to be separated from the other party for too long... In the end, Xu Yang was persuaded, so he simply took him out together. Anyway, he could borrow Xiang Qing's carriage, bring more quilts and hug the hand warmer, I wasn't too worried about catching cold along the way.

Xiang Qing was somewhat ashamed of letting Xu Yang go out in the cold weather. Besides, they were good friends, so there was nothing to say about using the carriage. Make that for them.That's why Lin Xuan just mentioned it, but he didn't express his meaning clearly. Qi Ling sent someone to get the carriage and things ready without saying a word. , took another carriage and followed to the town.

After the autumn harvest, he and Xiang Qing got married as they wished, and moved to the village to be neighbors with Lin Xuan and the others. The relationship between the four became better and deeper.

Although there are some people who broke up their friendship because of business cooperation, but I don't know if it's because they really get along well, so far there hasn't been any conflicts.To study nearby, he would take Lin Xun by his side to go back and forth to the town and the village from time to time. Although Steward Hua was a little worried, but for the sake of his young master's better study, he did not object to Qi Ling taking Lin Xun with him. The act of going to town.

After winter, a restaurant started to get busy again. Although the price of grain, oil and cloth has not dropped, the barbecue hot pot that was popular last year is still popular after the cold weather, but the audience is less.However, under Lin Xuan's deliberate preparation this year, there are more choices of dishes, so even if there are fewer ordinary customers, the business of the restaurant is still not much worse. Qi Ling, who has become a serious family, naturally will not let him alone in town He was busy at work and had to rush back to the village to accompany him in the evening, so he stayed with him in the town early in the morning, and only went home once every three or five days.

Seeing Xiang Qi and Xiang Qi who both returned their home every time, Lin Xuan got a little hot-eyed, so when Xu Yang also returned again, he proposed that he also go out together, but finally Xu Yang agreed to him.

Lin Xuan just came back recently, in order to prepare for the next Chinese New Year in advance, and Xu Yang had to wait a few more days before coming back with Mu Mu.

But to be honest, as soon as he came back, he started to miss someone again, alas——

After practicing big characters with Lin Xun for a while, Lin Xuan put down his pen to drink water, and turned over the charcoal fire again. He didn't want to just hold the cup and stare at the fire in the basin, and was lost in thought until his younger brother called him out.

"Brother, Grandpa Hua is looking for you."

Lin Xuan turned around and found Steward Hua standing at the door looking at him, he couldn't help but smiled awkwardly, and said, "Grandpa Hua is here, come and sit down."

Although he just came from behind, the temperature is very low today, and there is a drizzle - the hat on Butler Hua's head is shining a little bit, and he can see it immediately when he sees it, so he hastily greeted him People come over to warm up by the fire, so don't make the old man sick.

Butler Hua didn't refuse either. He took off his hat and shook it vigorously towards the open space. After a few steps, he came over and sat down on the stool that Lin Xuan had brought, and put the hat on top of the brazier.He first stretched his head to look at the writing that Lin Xun was writing, and seeing that the young master was still writing seriously, he nodded and smiled with satisfaction, and looked away for a while before looking away.

Lin Xuan also looked at them with a smile, and when he turned to look at himself, before he could open his mouth, he took a baked sweet potato that was not too hot to touch and handed it over, "The freshly baked, Grandpa Hua will eat a sweet potato first to pad his stomach." Well, Mama Xu and the others probably will take a while to cook dinner."

"..." Butler Hua paused, and finally took the sweet potato peeled and ate without a word. "Kid Yang, did you say when you will come back?"

Although his identity has changed, he is still used to calling him by his previous address in private.Of course, he stubbornly followed the rules at the beginning, but even Lin Xuan and Xu Yang felt awkward, so he asked him not to change it, and it was only recently that he slowly changed it again.

Lin Xuan also picked up a sweet potato to eat, and there was another one beside the brazier - it was reserved for Douding who would finish writing later - the sweet, soft and sweet potato heart was biting into his mouth, and he didn't need it After chewing and biting twice, you can swallow it. Although it is a bit dry, after you finish eating one, take another sip of warm water, and the feeling of fullness will also drive away the cold in your body.

Although there is no shortage of rice for the time being at home, but thinking that other people in the village only eat two meals to save one meal... Even if their family does not need to follow other people's food, they just think that others are hungry and patiently waiting for the cold winter to pass. The family still eats three meals a day, so it can't be justified... The village is too small, even if there is less walking because of the cold, the neighbors still know the situation of each family.

The village also knows some of their family's situation, but before because of the land issue, they all came to comfort their family, and now they "eat and drink" and feel a little bit unbearable...

After eating a sweet potato and drinking some hydrolysis solution to relieve dry mouth, Lin Xuan began to answer Hua Steward's words.

"Grandpa, don't worry, Xu Yang will be back in two days. It's colder this year and it's a special time now. I don't think there will be a fair in the town... There is no shortage of things at home, so there is no need to prepare too many things this year. ,what do you think?"

Steward Hua listened carefully to what he said, pondered for a while and said, "Your master, this is what you discussed?" Seeing Lin Xuan nodding, he no longer objected, "In that case, let's do as the master said, but before the young master When Qi went to pick up the young master and came back, he said to the young master that they might not be able to come back so soon, and maybe they will celebrate the New Year in the town... Let's talk about it when Boy Yang comes back."

"Well, that's fine." Lin Xuan didn't refute after thinking about it. Anyway, the last day before the year was the market day, and it would be the day after tomorrow. At that time, Xu Yang also came back. If there is anything to add, they will go to town again. Just make up for it and come back.

"By the way, do you want to fish the fish in the pond once? It's better to sell it for the last time when the time comes."

Hearing this, Lin Xuan thought for a while and finally refused. The fish at home have only been raised for a few months. Although the earthworms were quite successful and the feed was sufficient to make the fish grow fast, there was still not enough time. In addition, because of the recent hot pot, the half-sized fish in the pond have been harmed a lot... How many are left now?

I don't know if he can have fish to eat during the Chinese New Year!Although it is true that he is very happy to get the white money, but it is still - distressed~

He hasn't seen it since he came back! "Let's dig a bigger one next year and raise it sooner." Lin Xuan touched his chest and said.

Butler Hua glanced at his movements a little strangely, but finally listened to his statement.

Two days later, Xu Yang arrived as scheduled.

I haven't seen him in the past two months. Douding is even more attached to Xu Yang than his elder brother. Even at night, he still doesn't want to let go. Xu Yang also let him go, holding him and making Lin Xuan stare at him, but it's not good for everyone. Whatever he said or did in front of him, he sent people away early at night when it was dark, and put Douding to sleep before holding on to them.

Although the two of them also went out together before, and they only separated for two or three days, it seemed like they had been separated for two or three years. Not to mention Xu Yang, even Lin Xuan took the initiative...

The enthusiasm lasted until midnight, and the cold wind was still outside, but the two people in the room were still sweating and sticky because of too much exercise... Fortunately, there was a brazier burning in the room, with a small iron box on it. The pot cannot be rinsed, but it can be wiped with some cold water.

When the body was dry again, the two of them also moved over. Douding had already slept blushing, and the bed was warm. As soon as Lin Xuan was put in, he hugged the soft little Douding and sighed comfortably. He smiled unkindly.

Well, it’s actually not bad to sleep with a bun!

Xu Yang was about to turn around and blow out the candles, when he saw him hugging the child and rubbing his face with a satisfied face, he couldn't help smiling.He wasn't in a hurry to blow out the candles, so he lay on his side with his long arms around him in this posture, and pressed both of them under his body.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Xuanzheng felt weak from the previous exercise, and now he almost fell asleep holding the warm Douding. Suddenly, a heavy object was placed on him and he regained his consciousness, so he raised his face and asked in a daze.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the face turned up, a warm light kiss fell on it, and then felt that the other party shifted, and the same movement fell on Douding's forehead in his arms.

While he was in a daze, the man moved over again, and this time it touched his lips quickly, and then almost murmured, "Have a good dream."

"..." Lin Xuan pursed his lips, then closed his eyes and raised his chin slightly, and quickly imprinted on his lips, then turned his head to find a comfortable position and fell asleep for a second, Douding in his arms also fell asleep at this time What's the matter with him rubbing over here, he clicked his mouth and continued to sleep deeply.

"Good night~" the man with his eyes closed murmured in a low voice.

Xu Yang stared at the person below with half of his mouth curled up, and smiled along with his lips. He raised his body slightly and stared at the two of them for a while before getting up to turn off the lights.

The night was indeed deep enough, and he was quite tired after driving for two days.I picked up a few large pieces of charcoal and put them into the brazier to let them burn slowly. I checked the window carefully to see that it was not closed, so I went back to bed in peace, carefully carried him into my arms and gave Douding After tucking in the quilt to prevent him from catching a cold, he fell asleep contentedly.

Outside the house, the cold wind was still blowing, and the brazier in the house occasionally leaked a little red dim light from the cracks in the new charcoal, and the rest were dark.Besides the occasional crackling of charcoal, the breathing of the three people on the bed was also very shallow, even Lin Xuan and Xu Yang, who were extremely tired, did not snore, and seemed extremely quiet.

***

In the end, Xu Yang Linxuan still went to the town on this day to see if there was anything new and strange that could be added, and it happened to ask Xiang Qing whether they were going back to the village to spend the New Year together or in the town.

It's Chinese New Year, and Xiang Qing and the others don't need to open a store anymore, and it's good to have a rest. When did they not make money?

But obviously this is exactly what Xiang Qing wanted. He just got married this year, and he didn't want to spend all his time on business. The main reason was that Qi Ling was busy with him, so just as Lin Xuan started to talk, he nodded in agreement. To put it bluntly, it will be open until today, and the restaurant will be closed tomorrow, so that everyone can go home to celebrate the New Year, but the enthusiasm of the guys has been raised to a higher level.

There were guys in the store to take care of them, so Xiang Qing led Lin Xuan and Xu Yang to the rear, and then took the abacus and started to calculate.

During this period of time, the restaurant business is good, and there is still a charcoal account-it happens to be settled at the end of the year, and everyone will have a happy New Year with the money.

Lin Xuan was most interested in this time... He was not very good at counting beads, so he sat next to him and flipped through the ledgers, and Qi Ling followed him to flip through the books, while Xu Yang and Xiang Qing were responsible for dialing the counting beads.

Two-two cooperation, one to fight, one to memorize, it is also fast.

"By the way," Xiang Qing flicked the beads quickly, because he often did this, so the speed was very fast, while Xu Yang was a little slower, and the sudden sound would immediately attract the attention of the other three.

He didn't stop working, but his mouth was a little mysterious and excited: "You two haven't been here recently, so you probably don't know that something big happened in the town, right?"

Lin Xuan gave him a strange look again, and then turned to Qi Ling, obviously wanting to know more safely from him.

Qi Ling obviously understood what Lin Xuan meant, and couldn't help laughing out loud, but Xiang Qing couldn't help but feel a little depressed when he saw that they didn't believe what he meant, and seeing Qi Ling laughing made him feel even more wronged, and looked at his family pitifully. spouse.

Qi Ling couldn't stand his small eyes the most, he coughed and smiled and said, "I'd better tell you about this to Qinglai, I don't know much."

The author has something to say: There are still one or two chapters where π_π is thinking about changing jobs...