After dressing as a widow

Chapter 20

In order to store these things in the past two months, Brother Lin Erge specially built a simple log cabin next to the house. For example, the dried bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, and fungus collected today are all stored there. Keep the valuables in the house, it's a bit crowded, but you can rest assured.

Lin Zhen sat on the bed, took out the silver box, and counted the property inside.

Lin Xiaoyao came in after taking a shower, rubbed her hair and asked, "Is there any big account?"

"No," Lin Zhen put the money back, "Didn't I mention it to you before, I wanted to save some money to buy a shop in the town, so it's still too far to go from the village to the town every day, and I have to go back and forth It's really inconvenient."

"At that time, I thought brother, you were just talking casually..."

"Your brother, I never talk empty words, okay?" Lin Zhen put the box back into the box beside the bed, "It's still halfway there, and I guess it will be the end of this year to get it all together."

"Then..." Lin Xiaoyao's eyes were a little apprehensive, "When the time comes, I can still work for you, brother. It doesn't need fifteen coins, ten coins will do!"

Lin Zhen slapped the younger brother who was thinking about something wildly: "Who will you work for if you don't work for me, go to sleep, and get up early tomorrow."

Although she was slapped, the stone in Lin Xiaoyao's heart fell to the ground.

He hugged Lin Zhen's waist, wishing he could hang his whole body on him: "I'll sleep right away, I'll fall asleep right away!"

After sleeping together for several months, Lin Zhen was already used to his frizzy little movements, so he pushed him away a little to avoid the heat, and leaned over to blow out the oil lamp.

Lying down on the pillow, a thought came into his head, find some time to visit that little brat, after all, he is his "son", and it can be regarded as the cause and effect of his passing through.

On this day, the business was surprisingly good, and everything was sold out after noon.

Lin Zhen took off his sleeves and apron, wiped the sweat from his forehead, suddenly remembered his thoughts that day, and said to Second Brother Lin, "Second Brother, I'm going to the market to buy something, and I'm going to visit Uncle Shuanzi Come and see him."

"The child has been there for four or five months, and he doesn't know how he is doing there."

When Gu Da died, he and Lin Zhen were still husband and wife. Gu Shuanzi was also Lin Zhen's son, so it was only natural to see him. Brother Lin said, "Why don't I go with you? If something happens to me, I will I can still stop it."

Lin Zhen waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm going to see the child, not to snatch the child."

"Second brother, you and Xiaoyao pack up and go home. I'll go home after I see someone."

Carrying a basket on his back, after saying goodbye to Lin Erge and Lin Xiaoyao, Lin Zhen bought a catty of cakes, two catties of pork and a few feet of cloth at a shop he often passed by, and found an uncle driving a car at the three-fork intersection: "Uncle , does your car go to Tianwan Village?"

"I'm from Tianwan Village. I'll leave when my family members come. Why, are you a young man visiting relatives in our village?"

Lin Zhen didn't expect that he was lucky: "Yes, go visit relatives."

"Then you wait—" Before the uncle finished speaking, he saw his wife and daughter-in-law coming, and said, "You don't need to wait, you can leave right away."

Lin Zhen followed his gaze to look at the four or five people who came out of the crowd, took the things from the aunt's hand, put them on the donkey cart, and said to the aunt with a smile on his face, "I'm renting your car. Fortunately, I met you who are also from Tianwan Village, otherwise I would have lost both of my legs."

The aunt was still a little confused at first, seeing that Lin Zhen was born with a nice mouth, a sweet mouth, and was very polite, she smiled and said: "You are very likable, and luck is good, you can go to our village by car at this time, as long as the house is not too We can go back before dark."

"Yeah, if I hadn't met uncle, I might have rented a car alone."

As soon as the aunt heard that he didn't need much money, she raised her legs to get on the car, sat down in the compartment, and pointed to the seat next to her: "Come on, sit here."

"Thank you auntie."

In fact, even if she didn't tell Lin Zhen, she wouldn't sit there. There were four people sitting in a small carriage, an old lady, two grown men and a young daughter-in-law.

Brothers are different from women. Not only can they marry and have children, but marrying a woman can also make their wives pregnant, but the probability of pregnancy is very low.

So not only can he not sit next to his aunt's son, but he can't sit next to his daughter-in-law either. Only the aunt's side is the safest and most appropriate.

"shelf!"

The whip slapped on the donkey's buttocks, and the carriage immediately drove slowly out of the three-way intersection, heading for Tianwan Village.

Lin Zhen was very busy this morning. He leaned on the donkey cart and was shaken to sleep, but he didn't dare to really fall asleep. After all, he is a single brother. Although the family doesn't look like a bad person, they are a little bit defensive. It's still good.

And the family seemed to be tired, they just said a few words from time to time, and as time went by, they dozed off one by one with their heads down.

"shelf--"

On the bumpy dirt road, Lin Zhen squinted his eyes, silently looking at the slowly receding woods and hillside.

The sun above the head is getting hotter and hotter, making people's foreheads hot, and the bean-sized sweat beads can't be wiped off.

Finally, when turning over another small hill, the uncle driving the car pointed his whip at the village ahead and said, "Honorable, we will arrive at Tianwan Village soon. Where are you going? Do you want to show you the way?"

Lin Zhen, who was sunburnt like an eggplant, finally regained his energy. He raised his head and looked at the nearby village and said, "That would be great, uncle, do you know how to get to Zhou Tao's house?"

The uncle who was still enthusiastic just now turned cold in an instant: "So he is a relative of Zhou Tao's family?"

"Go down, I won't pull you!"

The few people in the carriage also looked wary, looking at him like they were looking at a murderer.

Lin Zhen was stunned, Zhou Tao seemed reasonable, why was he so unpopular in the village.

He wanted to ask something, but judging by the situation, he guessed that there was nothing to ask, so he took out the three Wen money that he had agreed with the uncle from his purse, and threw it into the carriage: "Thank you, uncle, for driving this way."

The three pennies fell into the carriage and made a crisp sound, and the family drove away quickly.

Lin Zhen grabbed the belt of the back basket and walked along the only road under his feet. After walking for about four or five minutes, he finally reached the entrance of the village.

The condition of Tianwan Village is much better than that of Liyu Village. A two-foot-wide river passes through here. High embankments have been built on both sides of the river over the years, so there is no need to worry about flooding during the rainy season.

Lin Zhen heard the sound of beating clothes coming from under the bridge. Seeing that it was a few women and brothers who were washing clothes together, Lin Zhen asked crisply, "Excuse me, is this Tianwan Village?"

"It's Tianwan Village." A young woman with bright eyebrows straightened her waist, "Who are you looking for here?"

"Hi sister, I'm a relative of Zhou Tao's family in your village. I want to ask how to get to his house?"

"..." The woman with bright eyebrows frowned, "Are you a relative of Zhou Tao's family?"

Good guy, what kind of outrageous thing did Zhou Tao do? If he asked for any directions, he would bump into people who hated him. Could it be that he offended the whole village?

Lin Zhen nodded: "Yes, I don't know—"

"Go up from here and turn left, the blue brick house is his house." The young woman with a bright face continued to wash her clothes after she finished speaking, and she didn't want to talk to him at all.

And Lin Zhen looked at the young woman squatting down to wash clothes, and thought of the words "green brick and tile house".

If he remembers correctly, the Zhou family's family conditions are average, although they are better off than many other families, but they can't afford to build a blue brick house, unless...

Clutching the straps of the back basket tightly, Lin Zhen walked along the path the young woman said.