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"If brother is tired, he can rest on his own. Why did he come to find me uncomfortable?" That kid Lin Chunqiu is not a master who is willing to suffer, and he is not afraid of facing his elder brother. Father Lin's mother has the final say, as long as Lin's father and Lin's mother support him, he will not be afraid of others anyway.

These words are really unpleasant to listen to. There is no place where farmers can rest when they are tired. No matter how hard or tired they are, they always have to do the work that needs to be done.According to what he said, Lin Dalang and others worked so hard to make tofu and sell tofu, as if they were themselves guilty.

"What are you talking about?" Lin Dalang was already suffocated, but now he said that, he reached out to grab the clothes on his chest, and dragged him to beat him.

"Aye, Auntie, come and save me! My brother is going to beat someone!" Lin Chunqiu was a little panicked at this moment. With his pampered and spoiled body, how could he be the opponent of Lin Dalang who often worked as a farmer? He is 16 years old, and he has been beaten up by 14-year-old Qiao Junlin.

"Da Lang, what are you doing?" The old man of the Lin family hurried out of the house at this moment.

"This kid is getting more and more outrageous, I, the elder brother, will teach him a lesson today!" Lin Dalang was really angry at this moment.

"Ye Niang is still here, so it's your turn to teach me a lesson." Mother Lin's heart skipped a beat when she heard Lin Dalang's questioning of Lin Chunqiu before, but now she saw that he was going to hit him, what did she do immediately? I can't even take care of it, just stop the person first and then talk.

Lin Dalang felt anxious when he saw that the old couple were all partial to Lin Chunqiu.

He and Erlang Wulang work all day long, but it is also necessary to raise Ye and his mother-in-law, but all the savings in the family are in the hands of the old couple. With their partiality, they don't know how to help them in private in the future As for Lin Chunqiu, it was all their hard-earned money, and it was actually given to this guy for nothing, the more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became.

Lin Dalang was speechless for a while, but Lin Erlang also stood up at this time, and only heard him say leisurely: "Ye Niang is still there, but brother wants us to take care of her."

"There is also the Chinese New Year. Whose family's Xiaolang doesn't work all day and needs others to support him." Lin Dalang also regained his strength at this time, stretched out his hand to push Lin Chunqiu, and let go of his hand, because Lin His father was holding Lin Chunqiu's arm, but he didn't dare to push hard.

"I also farm land and make tofu. Who said I want you to raise it? I was just tired from doing it just now. Let me rest for a while." Lin Chunqiu is eloquent, seeing Lin's father and Lin's mother coming The elder brother didn't dare to do anything to him, he immediately became more talkative, and even cried while talking.

"If Da Lang is tired, he will stop and rest. How can he vent his anger on his younger brother? He knows a lot now, and he knows that you have worked hard. In this cold day, he didn't even enter the house..."

Seeing Lin Chunqiu crying, Lin's mother was really distressed, the words in her mouth became more and more unreasonable, and Lin's father next to her knew that she was going to be bad when he heard her words, and hurriedly wanted to interrupt, but in the end he was still His eldest son was preempted.

"Since he is so sensible and capable, why don't we split up and live together, don't let us brothers drag him down." No matter if you are disheartened or premeditated, there is a reason for this separation. .

Their so-called separation is not a separation in the legal sense. It is just that the brothers live separately, the household registration is still in one place, and the household tax is only paid. Such a harmonious family often does the same thing. If the people don't raise officials and don't investigate, usually no one cares.

"Da Lang! What are you talking about?" Father Lin asked quickly.

"Ouch! Ouch!" Lin's mother was also quite quick-witted. Seeing that things were not going well, she hurriedly pretended to be dizzy, clutching her head and about to fall to the ground. How could she really be told to fall to the ground, Mrs. Luo A few of them were standing at the side at this moment, the three of their daughters-in-law came out as soon as there was a commotion in the yard here, and at this moment they hurriedly helped Lin's mother into the house.

In this era, those who are the head of the family, who would like to separate the family, what else do they have?

As it is now, the family lives together, and all the money and food are in the hands of the old couple. In this family, the couple can do whatever they want, and they will agree to divide the family when their brains are flooded.

There is a saying in the law of the Tang Dynasty: "If the grandparents and parents are here, but the children and grandchildren have different origins and wealth, they will only live for three years."

The law at this time stipulated that the children and grandchildren could not have other wealth while their parents were alive. Who cares about how little ordinary people save a few private houses.

In the case of the Lin family, when the son made a fuss at home, no two hundred and five parents would sue their own son to the government.

The quarrel was over, the old couple went back to the house, Lin Chunqiu wanted to hide in, but was driven out by Lin's father, so he had to work in the yard too, Lin Dalang and Lin Erlang didn't give him good face, He didn't dare to go there, so he had to follow Lin Wulang.

In fact, Lin Wulang didn't like this younger brother very much. Ye Niang was partial to that. It's no wonder he still likes it. It's just his temper. He has lived for 20 years and has never shaken anyone's face. , but didn't say anything.

The brothers made tofu all afternoon, and when it was getting dark, they cleaned up the yard, and it was time for dinner.

It was a coincidence that day, it happened that it was Mrs. Lin's turn to cook, and Mrs. Lin was dissatisfied, so she made rough meals. Normally, if she dared to do this, Mother Lin would definitely give her the first meal, but this time she didn't. He didn't speak, and just ate with a blank face.

In the next few days, no one mentioned the separation of the family, but the atmosphere there was very bad.

On the fifteenth day, Aunt Luo and Lin Wulang still came to help Luo Yong make date bean cakes. While Lin Wulang was going to hold firewood, Aunt Luo also talked to Luo Yong about the Lin family.

"Sister, do you want to be separated from them?" Luo Yong asked her.

"It's not that easy." Mrs. Lin sighed, and said, "I think brother and sister-in-law have wanted to separate for a long time, but this time they will make a fuss, but they still have a sense of proportion and dare not make it too hard. , in case you get a reputation for being unfilial again."

"Sister, if you want to separate, I will help you find a way." Luo Yong said.

"It would be the best if they can be separated." Aunt Luo also said.

There was a noise outside the door, and Lin Wulang came over with a bundle of firewood, and the two siblings stopped talking.

It stands to reason that in this era of backward productivity, there must be a large number of people. The so-called brothers who fight tigers fight father and son, and there are as many males as their Lin family. Making tofu together doesn't require the efforts of their female relatives. A few brothers can make a lot of tofu in one afternoon. If they are alone, it is not so easy.

It's just that Lin's father and Lin's mother are too partial. They are working hard to earn money now, and the little family money they have accumulated will probably go to Lin Chunqiu in the end.Mother Lin likes to look at others when she is not feeling well, Aunt Luo is also depressed living in the yard, especially Lin Chunqiu is lazy and waits for others to support her, not to mention being irritating.

Luo Yong said to help her find a way, that is, he will really help her find a way.

It was the fifteenth day, and the year was approaching. On the sixteenth day, Luo Yong didn't work at home, but drove a donkey cart into the city. He wanted to find Xu Erlang to calculate his recent expenses and income. Also discuss one more thing with him.

Luo Yong has been thinking about it for the past few days, so he doesn’t have to worry about the money for the sapling in Kaichun. If he doesn’t have any money at home, he can ask others to borrow it. The Wang family of the Ma family must be able to borrow a lot, if not. , and every household in their Xipo Village now has savings.

If those people are unconscionable and refuse to borrow money from him, he will sell all his technology to other places. In the future, regardless of whether it is date bean cake or wool felt or whatever, the price will be raised if it can be raised. If you earn money by yourself, you can do it, and the local economy doesn't care anymore.

After thinking about it, Luo Sanlang suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter, and he no longer worked day and night, and could free up his mind to think about other things.

When they arrived at Xu Erlang's place, the master and the apprentice still went to ship the goods first, and when the goods were finished, they went back to the Xu family to carefully calculate the accounts for this period of time, then the Xu family was originally a merchant, others may not, but they can't count. No, Xu Erlang did a good job of calculating the accounts, and the accounts were very clear.

After finishing the calculation, the two master and apprentice closed the door and talked in detail for more than an hour.

Luo Yong planned to open a guest house at the entrance of Xipo Village, but he had just received the emperor's reward not long ago, and he was told to farm the land well. He couldn't get himself a business registration so quickly. As a businessman, Xu Erlang is a shrewd and capable person in charge, and his father and son are also of the same mind, so Luo Yong asked them to cooperate.

This cooperation method is very simple to say, it is nothing more than that Luo Yong first went to the village head, Li Zheng, and asked for a homestead at the entrance of Xipo Village, and then the Xu family built a large yard on it to serve as the wine shop and concurrently. Guest house business.

Luo Yong didn't care about it, and let his sister and brother-in-law sell things like date bean cakes and Dongpo pork at their place. Both parties made their own money and developed together for mutual benefit.

This matter is of great benefit to the Xu family, and Xu Erlang can trust the character of his master. Xipo Village is quite popular, and he built a guest house there, nothing else, just what to do The business of porters and merchants can never lose money. It is estimated that it will not take long to earn back the money for repairing the yard.

If Luo Yong’s date cake Dongpo meat is sold in the store, it will surely attract many diners. Those Chang’an people are willing to eat it, and their money is better earned. Thinking of this, Xu Erlang pondered I want to make this guest house more exquisite and high-end.

In the afternoon of the next day, Luo Yong came out of the county town with a cart full of copper coins and silk cloth, and went back to Xipo Village with Wang Dang and others.

With so many belongings in the car, if he didn't have so many acquaintances with him, he really wouldn't dare to walk that far alone, and it would be troublesome if he encountered robbers.

After returning to Xipo Village and resting overnight, Luo Yong went to the Lin family early the next morning.

"Why is Sanlang here today?" After not seeing him for a few days, Mother Lin looked rather haggard.

"Today I have something to discuss with Mrs. Weng." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Lin's mother suddenly became a little nervous, afraid that he would also come to mention the separation of the family, thinking that if this kid dared to mention it, she would push him back on the spot.

Luo Yong smiled and said: "Yesterday my disciple discussed with me that he wanted to open a guest house at the entrance of our village, and he also asked me to sell things like jujube cake and Dongpo meat at his place. But for a while, he was unwilling to pass it on to him, and he didn't have the time to do this business, and he couldn't trust others, so he thought of my sister and brother-in-law. If they are willing to help, I will rest assured. It's a salary of [-] wen for the two of them every month, but this matter still needs to be approved by the adults in the family, I don't know what Ah Weng and grandma think?"

Mother Lin really guessed right, Luo Yong came here for the separation of the family, but Mother Lin didn't have the courage to push it back to him in person anyway.

That's two hundred wen, a month is two hundred wen, and a year is two hundred and four hundred wen!

"Sanlang really has a heart. He always thinks about his sister and brother-in-law in everything. Let us think about it carefully, and I will talk to you later." At the critical moment, it must be Mr. Lin who has more ideas. See him As soon as the auntie heard someone say [-] Wen a month, she couldn't even speak, and hurriedly said.

"So, Aunt needs to make up his mind quickly. If it doesn't work out, I'll have to look for other candidates early." Luo Yong didn't force it.

"That's natural, Saburo just go back with peace of mind, I will have a decision in these two days." In fact, there is no need for any decision, the reason why I say this is just to save some face.

For Yu Lin's father, this matter is not only the benefit of the [-] Wen per month, but also the craftsmanship of the jujube cake and Dongpo meat.

Aunt Luo is Luo Sanlang's elder sister. She has been helping him in this business for a long time, and she should be able to teach her skills. Aunt Luo is now his wife. No matter how you think about it, this business is a net profit. .

The next day, Aunt Luo and Lin Wulang went to Luo's house together, and told Luo Yong about Lin's father and Lin's mother's decision, and there was no suspense, saying that the old couple had already agreed, but they still had to go home to help when the farming season was busy.

Luo Yong knew that the latter words were just lip service, no matter how busy the farming was, no matter how expensive the hired labor was, it should be no more than two hundred cash per month, and it was such a hard job that it would not be necessary to find someone else to do it. If you spend more money, unless you have a grudge against your son and daughter-in-law, you can't tell them to go back and suffer that burden in vain.

After this matter is settled, the happiest person is Mrs. Luo. The life in the Lin family's yard is so boring. How can it be refreshing outside? I heard that Xu's family members are also easy to get along with. Just work there, and only come back to sleep at night, which is no different from going out alone.

Only her family Saburo wanted to give the Lin family [-] Wen a month, as if he was taking the money to redeem her. I didn't expect that he said before that he would help him find a way, but he thought of such a way.

Her husband and wife will definitely help him manage the business in the future, don't let the two hundred Wen be wasted.

But she didn't know that what Luo Yong thought about was not in front of her eyes.At present, the Lin family is already in trouble, and if Aunt Luo and the others are asked to stay at home, life will definitely not be comfortable. In short, let the people out first, and the rest of them can do whatever they want.

The eldest son and the second son of the Lin family had already accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts. At this time, Wu Lang and his wife were sent out to work outside, and the family lost two laborers. The dissatisfaction will only increase in the future, and there will only be more troubles. will become more and more powerful.

In the end, Lin's father and Lin's mother must compromise. As long as the children and grandchildren make up their minds about the separation of the family, the parents will not be able to handle it. It's just a question of how and to what extent.

At that time, Mrs. Luo and her husband can go back and pick up the ready-made, and the two of them don't need to participate in the middle process.

Luo Yong can be regarded as spending money to buy a quiet place for his sister. Besides, the money is not wasted, and he even helps with the work. Aunt Luo, Lin Wulang, is something he can trust. There is really nowhere else to find such a person. .

The author has something to say:

Luo Sanlang: As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

Author: Are you short of money?

Luo Sanlang: I can still borrow it.

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