Brother so proud

For the next three days, He Ze swept up the town.

Some things in the old yard are already old, and since they are going to move to a new house, they are simply replaced with new ones.After discussing with Mr. He and Mrs. Li, He Ze brought back several beds and large cabinets from the town. As for the small tables, chairs and benches, Mr. He let Mr. He do it slowly. Anyway, he is not in a hurry. .

After all the furniture and living utensils were arranged, and the new yard finally looked less empty, He Ze began to prepare the bride price.

In fact, according to the customs of the village, there is no need to be so particular about it.For the poor, a few sacks of rice, a few bolts of cloth and one or two chickens and ducks are enough. For the wealthy, the chickens and ducks are replaced by pigs and sheep. To my brother, this is already a great value.

He Baoer got ten taels of silver as a bride price when he married into the town as a concubine. I have to say that the man really didn't treat him badly, after all, it was the price of two little calves.

After all, Hejia Village is too poor.

He Ze couldn't bear to wrong Lin Yu so much.

The only person in his two lifetimes that he wanted to marry back, naturally had to give him the best.He Ze discussed with Father He, and divided the almost 300 taels of silver earned on the opening day into four shares, and took out all of his share.

But when he took the silver and went to the town, he didn't know what to buy.Father He and Mrs. Li have never seen a wedding of a rich family, so after thinking about it for a long time, they only asked him to watch and buy it.He Ze had no choice but to go to Yu's restaurant to ask the shopkeeper.

When he returned to the village in the afternoon, He Ze brought back three or four ox carts and a dozen large boxes, including four boxes of silk and satin cloth, and four boxes of exquisite porcelain, and some necessary items with There are symbolic rulers, combs, shoes, mirrors, ruyi scales and other trivial things, as well as two boxes of candied dried fruits and tea wedding candies.

Although He Ze was a little surprised that these meals should be included in the betrothal gift, but after hearing what the shopkeeper said swearingly, he followed suit.

Some people are happy and some are worried. When He Ze is so busy, some people's life is not so easy.

Lin Tiangui walked on the field ridge with his hands behind his back and his waist bent. His steps were heavy, and the strands of hair half hanging on his shoulders were already turning white.A villager bent over to farm raised his head to recognize him, then patted the shoulders of those around him and pouted, "Look, isn't this Lin Tiangui? Retribution!"

"Who says it's not? People are doing it, and the sky is watching. If you have committed sins, you have to pay back."

"How can there be such a cruel parent? I heard from Eminem that his second son was out of shape when he died."

"So now I'm homeless, my family is ruined! The elder brother surnamed Liu is blind, the eldest son of the remaining two sons is in prison, the third child is dead, and the two daughters-in-law can also run away and sell them. The two grandchildren are not good at all. I won’t talk about the good things... This old man Lin was so arrogant before, look at him now! Tsk!” There were more and more echoing voices, and some people laughed twice, and the voices also became louder.

"I heard that his eldest son was brought in by the boy from the He family? Did he let it out? What's going on?"

"Then Lin Da is not a fun thing. He pulled out the whole medicinal field of He Youcai's family. It is the kind that we hired to plant. I heard that it is worth a lot of money. If you ask me, this kind of person will be worthless in his life." Don't let it out! lest... hey, why are you dragging me, I haven't finished yet."

The man who was caught by his wife glanced at Lin Tiangui, and seeing that he was staring at him, he suddenly laughed, stood up straight and spit to the side, "I dare say I'm afraid of people listening, then Mr. Lin What kind of junk is it? Our Lord Qingtian is clearly aware of what is going on, and he is clear in his heart. He must not be released. I heard that there are everyone in the prison. Maybe there is something unexpected and someone will go to the King of Hades !"

"You, you..." Lin Tiangui was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

"Come, come, you have planted it!"

This man in his thirties is tall and strong. Seeing that Lin Tiangui has not moved his legs, his voice is even more joking, "I planted this place today and it looks familiar. Now think about it, this place was not your hometown before." Is it? It’s a pity, it’s someone else’s now, just that one, the one who sent your son to jail, he’s doing something good now, he builds a house and opens a shop, and he’s going to talk to your brother Yu in two days It's about marriage proposal, oh, by the way, I forgot, brother Yu doesn't recognize you anymore, it has nothing to do with you long ago, haha..."

The man laughed together, and many people around couldn't help laughing, and began to talk about how cruel and stupid the Lin family was.

"You, you..." Lin Tiangui's eyes were red with staring, and the veins on his neck like old bark were bulging, but he didn't dare to go down. After uttering a few words, he left in disorder, as if there was a ghost chasing him behind. of.

Back at the thatched hut, Lin Tiangui finally couldn't hold back his stomach full of anger. He kicked over the stove and an old dining table, and even trampled on the bamboo mat for sleeping at night.

The medicine pot on the stove was shattered into pieces, and the medicine dregs fell all over the place. The dining table was missing a leg, and the only few dishes left in the house were not spared. The aroused soot was still flying all over the room. ,a mess.

When Lin Shou brought Lin Fu back to collect firewood, what he saw was such a situation.

"Grandpa, what's the matter? Our family..."

"Your dad can't be saved."

Lin Tiangui had calmed down by now.He sat on the edge of the bed, looked up at the two grandsons when they came back, his tone was calm, but his voice was very cold.These days, he went to the county government every day, and he searched for everyone he could find, but he didn't even see the face of the magistrate, so he tried his best.

"Ah, ahh..."

Mrs. Liu, who didn't make any noise just now, stretched out her hand and grabbed Lin Tiangui's cuff tightly.The family has no money, and it has been a long time since he bought medicines. Now the medicines that Mrs. Liu takes are all bought in the past, and she boils them over and over again with the dregs of the medicines. Now it is like drinking water, so that his body is getting worse and worse. Poor, I can't even speak.

"I've thought it through. Don't worry, our Dalang has only been sentenced for three years, and he will be released after three years. Nothing will happen." Lin Tiangui pulled Liu's hand away, and his nails dug into his flesh, " However, our Dalang can’t save us, those who harmed our Dalang and our family are living so well, we have to take revenge, take revenge!”

Lin Fu was so frightened by the sinister expression on Lin Tiangui's face that he backed away again and again.

"Grandfather..." Lin Shou's face turned pale.He also hated Grandpa for making their family into such a He family, but he was more afraid that their family was already in such a miserable state, and even Mu was gone.

"Grandfather, we, we..." He muttered and wanted to say something, but when he met Lin Tiangui's eyes, his voice became hoarse.

Mrs. Liu wriggled restlessly on the bed, and yelled "Ah, ah" twice.Lin Tiangui patted him on the back, "Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid. I'm going to be drafted soon, do you think that if the He family's son went to the battlefield, how many lives would he come back with? I'm going to find Li Zheng , this matter belongs to him."

Hearing this, Lin Shou heaved a sigh of relief. Lin Tiangui glanced at him, stood up, and dug out a cloth bag from the corner of the room, which contained some broken silver and a few copper coins.

"I figured it out, recently it cost almost two taels of silver to invite the people in the yamen to eat and drink, and there are only five taels of silver left at home." Li is a person with a big appetite, and five taels of silver may not be enough to satisfy him.

Lin Tiangui looked at the faces of the two grandsons, and then fixed on the eldest grandson Lin Fu, and said meaningfully, "You say your elder brother is not a brother?"

His voice was so low it was almost inaudible.

However, Lin Shou stood very close.He met Lin Tiangui's dark pupils, his heart was pounding, he quickly blocked Lin Fu behind him, and pulled the corner of his mouth upwards forcefully, "Grandpa, brother, brother, he is not a brother in the first place, his brain It’s also stupid, and recently I often ask me why you don’t catch crickets for it.”

Lin Tiangui didn't answer, just stared at Lin Fu for a long time, many things flashed in his eyes, too fast for Lin Shou to catch.

……

He Ze naturally didn't know what Lin Tiangui's family was doing, and maybe he wouldn't care if he knew.

In the past few days, the betrothal gifts have been almost prepared, with a total of sixteen boxes filled.

In addition to the cloth and porcelain that he had prepared first, He Ze carefully selected some clothes and jewelry, as well as hairpins and pendants. Li also insisted on putting a pair of chickens, a pair of geese, and two big red flowers in it. Very festive.

On the last day before the marriage proposal, He Ze took Lin Yu's bow and went up the mountain, and finally brought back a pair of live geese that were fat and strong.

On February 28, the sky was clear and the sun was shining.

The He family got up early, and Father He changed into a gray-black robe with patterns, his hair was meticulously styled, and he wore boots on his feet. He dressed more luxuriously than the day the flower shop opened.

He Ze's clothes were chosen by He An, a royal blue scholar-style Confucian shirt, with a belt of the same color around the waist, and a ring-shaped white jade on the buckle, which is nothing more than the so-called Zhilan Yushu.

Mrs. Li helped straighten He Ze's skirt, his eyes turned red, and just as He An called him, he sniffled and laughed again, "Ah Mu is happy today, look, my son looks really good..."

"Of course, my son will follow me, haha!" Father He was happy, and his dark face looked extraordinarily energetic at this moment, showing his white teeth when he smiled.

"You shameless old man!" Shi Li gave him a reproachful look.

The two young ones looked at the two old ones arguing, and smiled at each other, until the villagers who came to help pick the boxes knocked on the door.

To propose marriage, Father He took He Ze to go, and the two went out under Li Shi's instructions. After walking a few steps, the villagers in front began to beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers. The whole Hejia Village was shocked. Was alarmed.