Old things in Nancheng

From Lin Zhilan's difficult way of buying a shop, it can be seen how powerful Wang Zimo is in business. She was able to buy a huge shop on the most prosperous street in Xingyuan Mansion in a short time, and the price was not expensive. It's not something ordinary people can do.

Lin Zhilan didn't know that Wang Zimo was desperately earning money in the Xingyuan Mansion and making friends with powerful people. She only knew that she was a man of property and had a foundation in Yanguan County. Although this foundation came inexplicably, she was just happy, happy She grinned every day. Of course, her smile was beautiful and contagious, which made the customers who came to the store to eat wontons feel the joy of the Chinese New Year, but there was one person who was not very happy.

In the entire store, only Wang Xingen had a sullen face, because Lin Zhilan told him that he would be 14 years old after the new year, and he would no longer be a child. Living with her in the Yang family would not be good, and Lin Zhilan planned to let Wang Xingen live in the store Firstly, it was to avoid suspicion, and secondly, after the opening of the two shops, it was not a small shop, and there were a lot of things in it. Wang Xingen lived in the shop and watched, so she was relieved.

Wang Xingen knew that what Lin Zhilan said was reasonable, but he felt awkward in his heart. Thinking that he would never be able to go in and out with Lin Zhilan, eat and live together, and play with Bao'er again, he felt like being kicked out of the house by Lin Zhilan Feel.Looking at Lin Zhilan's bright smile, Wang Xingen felt a little cold all over his body.

The two went home together this day, and they were silent all the way. Lin Zhilan was now devoting herself to the planning of expanding her business. She didn't understand Wang Xingen's complicated mood, and she didn't realize that Wang Xingen, who was always cheerful and talkative, was particularly quiet today.

"Miss Wang, you're back, there's someone from your hometown."

"My hometown? Who is it?"

Lin Zhilan felt strange, her hometown should be counted as Wangjiazhuang, but people in Wangjiazhuang would not come to her, could it be the Liu family?

However, when a strong man appeared in front of Lin Zhilan, she knew that she was wrong. She had no idea that it was Chen Wangshu after all her calculations.

"Brother Shu, why are you here?" Lin Zhilan asked suspiciously, Wang Zimo was not here, she felt that with Chen Wangshu's attitude towards her, it was impossible to come here, could it be that something happened to the Chen family?

But this time, Lin Zhilan's guess was wrong, Chen Wangshu really came to look for her, it's one thing not to like Lin Zhilan, but another to take care of his brother's wife and daughter.

"This is the harvest in Xiaoer's field this year." Chen Wangshu said lightly.

After the corvee was over, Chen Wangshu hurriedly brought Wang Zimo's rice. He didn't know that Lin Zhilan had already opened a wonton shop, so he was afraid that Lin Zhilan and her daughter would starve to death here, and he would not be able to explain to Wang Zimo later.

Lin Zhilan looked in the direction Chen Wangshu pointed, and there was a cart on the open space, with rice bags stacked like hills on it.

"Brother Shu, when we left Wangjiazhuang, Zimo made it clear that you will plant her land without rent." Lin Zhilan reminded.

Lin Zhilan understood Wang Zimo's decision, and Chen Wangshu also understood that the output was a dowry for Yan'er. Moreover, Lin Zhilan vaguely heard that the Chen family had proposed marriage to the Shen family when she returned to the Wang family manor this time, so I thought it was a good thing. Not far away.

"That's what she said. I didn't answer at the time. I rented the land from you. If you don't want the rice, I won't plant your land next year. It's getting late, so I'll go back." Chen Wangshu said inexplicably Angry, he walked out.

"Brother Shu, the city gate is closed now. Where can you go? If you don't mind, you can stay here tonight." Lin Zhilan hurriedly chased after her and said, passing through the door is just a guest. Home is very close.

"You woman, you really don't have any sense of shame. We are alone and widowed in the same room, and we won't be drowned by saliva!" Chen Wangshu taught with a serious face. He rented the house here for Wang Zimo, so why didn't he know? The house is so small, with only one bedroom, how could he live with Lin Zhilan.

As soon as these words came out, Lin Zhilan's face flushed with shame and anger, while Wang Xingen's face turned pale with anger. Mrs. Yang saw that the two of them were having an ugly fight, so she couldn't help explaining: "My little brother, please be careful. Wang Xingen The lady strictly abides by women's morals, she is not that kind of person. She rented another woodshed from me for Xing En to live in, and you and Xing En will squeeze together tonight."

"I don't want to squeeze with him!" Wang Xingen was young and vigorous, although his figure was only half of Chen Wangshu's, he choked on Chen Wangshu directly as if he had eaten the guts of a leopard.

"Who are you!" Seeing Wang Xingen standing in front of Lin Zhilan, Chen Wangshu couldn't help but wonder again.

Husband has only been away for half a year, and this woman dares to make a fool of herself, which is really infuriating.

"You don't care who I am, you go right away!" Wang Xingen couldn't understand Chen Wangshu's attitude towards Lin Zhilan. In his heart, Lin Zhilan was the best woman, and he would never allow Chen Wangshu to insult Lin Zhilan.

"Xing'en, don't talk about it!" Lin Zhilan was extremely troubled by the scene in front of her, but Mrs. Yang was by her side, so she couldn't explain Wang Xing'en's identity to Chen Wangshu.

"Brother Shu, I've always been in your heart. I'm afraid I'm just a shameless woman. Before Zimo was here, I never argued with you. Today, I have something to say to you." Lin Zhilan said with a sullen face. : "You said I was shameless, then when did you see me flirting with other men! You said I was lazy, did you see how I maintained this family after Zimo left? Yes, you humiliate me so recklessly, do you know that you are humiliating Zimo!"

"Zimo and I are a couple in need. We will be together in this life. She lives, and I accompany her. She dies, and I am a widow for her. She saved my life, and Bao'er's life was given by her. In my life, I was born as a member of the Wang family and died as a ghost of the Wang family. The scar on my face is my loyalty to Zimo. If you don’t believe me, let’s go and see if Zimo is blind or not. You are blinded by lard!"

As Lin Zhilan spoke, her voice became high-pitched. She had already got rid of the shadow of Wangjiazhuang, but why did the people of Wangjiazhuang always follow her as shadows? She hated how the people of Wangjiazhuang treated her and Wang Zimo. Discrimination, hate their ignorance.

Chen Wangshu looked at Lin Zhilan, whose eyes were red and excited, and didn't know how to answer.He is just an illiterate mud leg. His lifelong pursuit is farming, marrying a wife, having a baby, and inheriting incense. The ancestors in the village have also thought so for generations, and they have never changed.In his cognition, this is the most correct thing.

After the husband died, the daughter-in-law naturally had to observe the festival for her husband's family, but Lin Zhilan's deep love for Wang Zimo radiated from her eyes, which made him extremely puzzled.Isn't marrying a daughter-in-law just to give birth to a baby, isn't it just to let the daughter-in-law take care of the old and the young at home? No affection, no love, is too far away from him, so far away that he doesn't even realize it.

This is the confrontation between open thinking and conservative thinking, this is the confrontation between modern thinking and ancient thinking. It is vividly reflected between Lin Zhilan and Chen Wangshu. Lin Zhilan is so lucky to meet Wang Zimo instead of Chen Wangshu. Wang Zimo understands her , understand her, respect her, although she is an ancient person born and bred, but she has an ideological realm that transcends the times.

Wang Xingen's face became paler with every word Lin Zhilan said, especially Lin Zhilan's bold and subtle confession made his heart inexplicably sting. He didn't understand why he was so sad, the pain in his heart even It surpassed the death of the godmother.

The courtyard was eerily quiet, and all three of them were staring at Lin Zhilan. Her words were nothing in modern society, but they were shocking in this world.Lin Zhilan was so angry that she didn't want to talk to anyone, so she hugged Bao'er and turned her head back to the room.

The dinner table was rich, but the people who dined were silent, only Bao'er hummed from time to time during the dinner.Chen Wangshu stayed after all, because the city gate was closed, he couldn't go home, if he left Yang's house, he could only spend money to stay in the inn, and he couldn't bear to let him spend such a waste of money.

After eating, Lin Zhilan went to the room to get two copper coins, handed them to Chen Wangshu and said, "This is what Zimo entrusted to Yan'er to do the dowry, you can take it."

"It's not suitable for me." Chen Wangshu didn't answer, but said embarrassingly.

"Then I will trouble you to take it to the Shen family."

"I...I will never go to Shen's house again." Chen Wangshu said with his head down, his expression extremely lonely.

What he said made Lin Zhilan puzzled, didn't she already propose a marriage? Could it be that the Shen family disagreed?No matter how much Lin Zhilan disliked Chen Wangshu, she still felt that it was a good choice for Yan'er to marry Chen Wangshu.I am from time travel, so it is common sense that my thoughts do not agree with the local people, but Yaner is born and bred, and has accepted these unfair treatment in his bones. Although Chen Wangshu is very stubborn, he is a responsible person. Marrying him is better than suffering in the Shen family day.

Lin Zhilan gave the money to Chen Wangshu because she was afraid that Liu would swallow Yan'er's dowry. Who would have thought that Chen Wangshu would say that.

"What happened?" Lin Zhilan asked.

Chen Wangshu rubbed his thighs with his hands, feeling a little cramped, his head hung even lower, and he was not manly at all. Under the influence of Lin Zhilan's rare gentle temperament, Chen Wangshu finally opened his mouth.

"Last month, I finally persuaded my mother to agree to this marriage, and I also asked a matchmaker to come to the door to talk about the marriage, but Yan'er's mother heard that Xiaoer gave me the land somehow, and insisted on adding the three acres of land to my family. It was only during the dowry that she was willing to accept this marriage. After hearing the matchmaker's reply, my mother never let go." Chen Wangshu said dejectedly.

It turned out that money was at fault.Not to mention that the land belonged to Wang Zimo, even if it belonged to the Chen family, the Chen family would not agree to take the land as a dowry. The land is the sky above the farmers, and it has always been passed down from generation to generation. If I can't survive, I will never give the land to others.

"Yan'er's mother also let go, saying that after the Chinese New Year, she would betroth Yan'er to the landlord of Lu in their village as a concubine. After my mother heard about it, she asked the matchmaker to go to Uncle Xian's house to propose marriage that day, and she wanted to marry his wife. The second daughter. That Lu landlord, who is almost 50 years old, is worthy of being Yan'er's father, isn't Yan'er's mother degrading her own daughter!" Chen Wangshu said angrily.

Lin Zhilan was completely speechless about her mother-in-law. For the sake of her youngest son, she tricked Wang Zimo and even sold Yan'er.It's just that Chen Wangshu doesn't care whether Yan'er marries Lin Zhilan, but she can't accept Yan'er marrying an old man who is nearly a hundred and a half years old. It's just that this shit is a matter between the Chen family and the Shen family. I can't get in.

"Is your marriage with Fifth Uncle Xian's family settled?" Lin Zhilan asked sympathetically, after all, Chen Wangshu will be eighteen after the Chinese New Year, and here, unmarried men are very rare.

"If you don't go to the Shen family to propose marriage, Uncle Xian should be very willing, but now the matter between my family and the Shen family is full of turmoil. Although Uncle Xian didn't reject it outright, he didn't agree either. He just said wait." Chen Wangshu said softly No one is happy when the marriage is messed up like this.

Chen Wangshu fell in love with Yan'er when he was fifteen, and he has been waiting for her all these years. Who would have thought that his wife would be lost when he was getting old.Chen Wangshu has a younger brother named Chen Wangcao, who is fifteen this year, and his younger sister, Lanhua, is also thirteen. If Chen Wangshu doesn't get married, not only will he not be able to start a family, but he will also implicate his younger siblings. Liu's move Very vicious.

This tragedy that seemed to be a foregone conclusion was nothing in Lin Zhilan's eyes. Although she had no status to take care of it, she had a solution.