Chapter 149 Ancient Farmer (6) (1/2)

As soon as Li Lanlan was old enough to understand, she knew how to make money. As a result, every time she earned money, her father would cheat her and coax her into doing good deeds. She had never received money from her father since she was a child.

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It is useless to stop him from doing good deeds. Only by showing his weakness and telling him how hard his life is can it be effective.

Li Lanlan used to think that her father was sick. She hated his habit of sacrificing himself to help others without caring about his family when she saw someone in need. Moreover, Li's father was particularly presumptuous. He thought that helping others was a good thing. Since it was a good deed, relatives should also join in.

The reason why Li's relatives did not associate with him was because of his habit.

At the beginning, he would persuade his relatives to do good deeds with him. , if the relatives were unwilling, he would start to borrow money and use the borrowed money to do good deeds.

Father Li did not think of not paying back the money. If he was a hateful person, he was not that hateful. From the heart, he was indeed full of kindness.

If you borrow money, you must pay it back. Father Li thought very clearly.

But where did he have the money to pay it back? Every time he sold the crops in the field, or earned money by working for others, before he could pay it back, he would spend it on various people in need.

Over time, the relatives who borrowed money naturally did not want to associate with him.

Even Li Lanlan The family of Li Lanlan did the same thing and cut off contact with Li's father. In order to avoid Li's father's entanglement, they also stopped contacting Li Lanlan, their granddaughter.

Li Lanlan did not blame her grandparents. She still remembered that when she was a child, her uncle would always come to the village from time to time to stuff her with food. The food was only enough for her to eat a full meal. Her uncle would always stand by and watch her eat before leaving.

She knew that her family of Li's mother could not bear to see their granddaughter suffer, and was worried that if they gave her food directly, Li's father would give it to others. That's why they endured the trouble and specially prepared the food and sent it to her to watch her eat it. Go.

It was obvious what kind of image Father Li had among his relatives when he had to go through so much trouble to send food to his granddaughter.

And now, he, who always gave money to others but never to his family, gave money to Li Lanlan.

She held the money and felt like crying and laughing.

Li Lanlan naturally knew that her father gave her money not because she was his daughter, but because she was "pitiful".

As long as it was "pitiful", he would give the money to anyone.

But maybe because she was hurt enough before, after realizing this, Li Lanlan's heart was not much shaken.

She didn't push the money back, but took it, wiped her tears and said, "Thank you, Dad."

What Father Li likes most is people saying thank you to him, and now his own daughter's thank you is the same, so he immediately smiled: "Why be polite, come back to me if you have anything in the future."

In the past, Li Lanlan felt sorry for him. He ran outside all day and came back tired like a dead dog, so she did all the hard work silently by herself. People are all kind-hearted. Father Li treated her much better than those fathers in the village treated their daughters, so she naturally wanted to take good care of him.

But she didn't realize until she got married that what her father wanted was not to be taken care of, but to take care of others.

No matter how he developed this problem, Li Lanlan, who had always been helpless with him, immediately had a bottom line in her heart.

She was the son and he was the father. If he had a good life, it would be okay for them not to interact for the rest of their lives. If Father Li had a bad life and came to her for help, could she watch him suffer?

At that time, I am afraid that I will feel distressed and embarrassed.

Now, she has found a way to deal with her father, and this matter that has been like a huge rock pressing on Li Lanlan's heart should also be solved.

After leaving Li's house, Lin Shiheng said bluntly without waiting for Li Lanlan to ask: "Take this money. I won't ask whether it is kept or used."

Li Lanlan looked at him gratefully: "Husband, thank you."

Lin Shiheng turned sideways and held his wife's hand with a smile, "You and I are husband and wife, why bother to thank me."

The villagers don't speak in a literary way, nor do they do like Lin Shiheng, who pulls his newlywed wife to say sweet words on the street. Li Lanlan's face turned red, and she felt as if there was a heat bumping in her heart.

"Oh! What is the scholar doing?"

She was shy, and a loud voice suddenly appeared, with a strong sense of watching the fun. Li Lanlan was frightened and trembled, and her hand was strong enough to pull it back.

Lin Shiheng didn't let go, but held it tighter, with a calm expression on his face. He looked up at the village woman who was walking towards them, smiled, and said casually: "Take Lanlan back home."

"Oh, look at my memory, today is the day Lanlan returns home, Lanlan, you are so lucky, the scholar will love you!"

What the village woman actually wanted to say was that Lin Shiheng held Li Lanlan's hand and kissed her in broad daylight, but seeing that Lin Shiheng looked calm and didn't let go of his hand, she didn't feel embarrassed to say that she was not talking about this, so she just continued to talk along with Lin Shiheng's words.

She just passed by, said a few words casually, and left here with her farm tools, leaving Li Lanlan, whose face was as red as a roasted shrimp, feeling the thumping of her heart.

"Husband, please let go..."

"Why should I let go?"

The white-faced scholar smiled at her and said in a gentle voice: "We are husband and wife. It is normal to be affectionate. There is nothing to be shy about."

Li Lanlan still felt shy when she heard him say that, but she still obeyed and did not try to pull her hand back.

One of them was delicate and beautiful, and the other was handsome and elegant. They walked on the road together, holding hands, attracting many people's attention along the way.

Li Lanlan was shy, but Lin Shiheng had an expression of "this is normal". He held his wife's hand and walked all the way, greeting the villagers calmly.

"Third uncle, good morning."

"Seventh uncle, have you eaten?"

"Fifth aunt, me? I'm taking Lanlan back to my parents' home. I'm going back now."

Even if it was because the Lin family split up and Lin's father was bedridden, Lin Shiheng, a scholar, was in a low position in many families looking for sons-in-law. He was still a scholar.

A precious scholar greets you so kindly, so of course you should greet him in a nice way.

The people in the village who were called were a little flattered. After watching the two people leave, they walked towards the field excitedly while gossiping.

"Mr. Lin looks different today than usual."

"Yes, isn't he usually quiet? But today he greeted me from a distance and smiled at me."

"Is it because he got married?"

"I'm sure it's because I didn't realize it before. This girl from the Li family is really good-looking. They look quite good together."

The men just said a few words, but they mainly discussed whether Lin Shiheng's cheerful appearance was because of Li Lanlan.

The women's focus was very different.

"Did you see the way Mr. Lin looked at Li Lanlan? My husband has never looked at me like this. He is indeed a scholar. He loves his wife."

"I didn't expect it. I heard that Mr. Lin was not a good relative before. I didn't expect that he loves his wife. He looks like he doesn't dislike Li Lanlan's father for having a mental problem."

Yes, in the eyes of the villagers, Mr. Li, who has to let others eat even if he has nothing to eat, is a mentally ill person.

Originally, when Lin Shiheng married Li Lanlan, many people said that there would be friction between the two. The Lin family needed people to work now. How could Li Lanlan, a newly married girl, do so much work? And the Li family had a father-in-law who was confused. If they bothered the Li family for no reason, the Lin family would definitely have an opinion.

Unexpectedly, the two got along well.

The women didn't care much about Li Lanlan's obedient appearance as a young wife. Their focus was still on Lin Shiheng.

"I haven't seen Mr. Lin for a long time. Why do I feel that he seems to have changed a little? He looks like the officials in the county."

"Have you seen an official? I think Mr. Lin hasn't changed. He just got married, so his mind is inevitably on his wife. He seems to be a little easier to get along with than before."

"That's right. My husband went out to carry firewood this morning and told me that he saw two people walking this way. It was Mr. Lin who was carrying the basket. His wife wanted to carry it but he refused, saying that he was afraid that she would be tired. She said that the Lin family had a lot of work to do, but now looking at the face of the girl from the Li family, she doesn't seem to have suffered."

The woman who said this had an expression of regret and envy that could not be concealed. Her daughter was in her prime and had fallen in love with Lin Shiheng before, but she was afraid that the situation of the Lin family was complicated now, and her daughter would suffer if she married there, and follow in the footsteps of Mr. Wang's wife, so she refused to agree. Now that she saw that Li Lanlan was living a good life, she felt a little uncomfortable.

It was a bad feeling, but there was nothing he could do. Now that Mr. Lin had married Li Lanlan, there was no point in regretting it. He could only sigh and say, "I never thought that Mr. Lin, after getting married, was still considerate. Miss Li is so lucky."

The women in the village were not all those who liked to laugh at others. If something good happened, they would be happy. Especially since everyone had seen how Li Lanlan had lived before because of her father, and now that she had a good husband, they were relieved for her.

"That's right. There are so many families in our village. There aren't many who are as handsome and loving as Mr. Lin. In my opinion, Mr. Lin is a scholar after all. If he passes the imperial examination in the future, Miss Li will still be blessed."

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A group of people were talking and laughing, and Zhou Daya came out holding a washing basin.

As soon as she approached, she heard a group of people envying Li Lanlan, and mixed in a few words about how thoughtful Lin Xiucai was, so her steps immediately stopped.

These women who were discussing marital affairs were all married. After all, unmarried girls were thin-skinned and would avoid hearing them from a distance, but Zhou Daya was different. She had always been upset about Li Lanlan marrying Lin Shiheng.

She knew in her heart that even if Li Lanlan didn't marry Lin Shiheng, her mother would not agree to her marrying him, but she was not convinced. If it was someone else, it would be fine, but Li Lanlan, her family was so poor, and she had such a father, why? !

Now when she heard the names of these two people, Zhou Daya didn't care about anything else, and approached and asked: "What are you talking about? Isn't Li Lanlan's life good after marrying into the Lin family? "

The expectation on her face was too obvious. The married women all took a look at this little girl who put her thoughts on her face. The women with men of the same age at home shook their heads in their hearts.

No one wanted their son to marry a wife who had another man in her heart. Zhou Daya did not hide her feelings at all. Even if her family doted on her, it would be difficult for her to find a husband.

Some women saw Zhou Daya asking questions and told her how Lin Shiheng cared for Li Lanlan and how they held hands in public and looked very affectionate.

Zhou Daya's face immediately turned from sunny to cloudy.

She loved to be serious and was very vain on weekdays. Some women in the group could not stand her. Seeing that she did not like to hear these things, they became excited. "I heard that Mr. Lin studied at home every day. Maybe he could really pass the exam and come back. By then, Li Lanlan would be the wife of a juren, wearing gold and silver. That would be the first in our village."

Zhou Daya's face darkened.

"I don't think so. "

"You little girl don't understand. Once a man has money, he wants his woman to dress up beautifully. Mr. Lin is a man who loves his wife. Li Lanlan's good days are still to come."

Zhou Daya was unhappy.

Zhou Daya was very unhappy.

When she thought of Li Lanlan, who was inferior to her in everything except appearance, wearing gold and silver and being cared for by Mr. Lin, she felt a kind of irritability rising from the bottom of her heart.

If it weren't for Li Lanlan, she would definitely be able to persuade her mother to agree.

Why does Li Lanlan live so well.

"Even if Mr. Lin passed the imperial examination, he still has to take higher exams. If he really has money, it's not enough to be filial to Aunt Lin. How can he buy jewelry for Li Lanlan?"

Zhou Daya insisted, and then with a little pride, she turned sideways to show her ears with silver earrings.

"Besides, men in the village don't like to buy jewelry. Many people don't have silver earrings like mine. "

She has been showing off the silver earrings her family bought for her for a long time. Some people would envy her at first, but they would get annoyed after a while.

Everyone knows that it was the dowry brought by Zhou's wife. It was originally a silver bracelet. Because Zhou Daya had a bad temper, her mother melted her own silver bracelet to make earrings and a necklace in order to make her look up to others and find a good in-law.

She shows off every day, making these women who originally had no jewelry jealous and unhappy, but now they are full of them.

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"Me too, let's go together."

Zhou Daya was even more unhappy when she saw that everyone had left after she showed her silver earrings.

In the first place, which woman in the village could be as lucky as she was.

That Li Lanlan was not even as good as one of her fingers.

The next day, Lin Shiheng went to the county.

He copied a lot of books during this period, but the money he earned from copying books was still not enough. After leaving the bookstore, Lin Shiheng walked around the street and went to the county government.

The county government had to settle accounts every year, and the accounts to be cleared had been accumulated for a whole year. It took a lot of people to calculate and settle for a long time. It was a hard job.

I guess the clerks in the county government who are responsible for clearing the accounts don't mind spending some money to hire someone to do it.

Before taking the exam, I still have to show off my ability to make money to appease my family and relatives.

It was already dusk when I returned.

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The scholar in white had a smile on his face, and in his slender hands, he held two wooden boxes for jewelry.