Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 29

"Eat quickly, this is a reward for you."

Lin Heng mixed the cooked offal with some flour and cornmeal to make a small bowl of dog food.

"Ouch~"

Xiongba screamed and ate it, smacking his lips while eating it. It seemed to be very delicious.

"After eating, people will be starving. Have a drink or two in the evening."

Father Lin shouted and brought the dishes to the table.

There are more than a dozen people in the family, and they can only put a round table board on top of the square table.

Because of my uncle's insistence, there was another dish of braised bamboo rat for dinner.

There were a total of nine dishes of stir-fried vegetables, large and small, among which rabbit and bamboo rat meat were naturally the most conspicuous, being the only meat dishes.

The others are all vegetarian dishes, but they are not bad, especially the cold gray vegetables and bracken, which also contain perilla, which Lin Heng likes very much.

In his opinion, it tastes better than ordinary meat.

Father Lin picked up the jug and poured wine. Lin Heng also took a glass and drank with everyone. Xiulan and others drank rice wine.

Rice wine is made from rice and has a relatively low alcohol content, but it is very precious and is only drunk when there are guests.

"Come, have a drink first, third brother, pick it up quickly, pick it up..."

Father Lin picked up the wine glass and urged, and everyone picked it up and took a few sips.

"Eat vegetables, everyone eats vegetables, try this stir-fried rabbit with yellow ham."

Father Lin is now urging everyone to eat vegetables.

"Well, it's very beautiful." My uncle Li Baiquan took a bite and praised.

"This bamboo rat is also very good, more beautiful than a big rat." Third father Lin Xutao also nodded repeatedly.

"Hey, the rat meat is a big rat. I ate it once last year and it tasted very good..."

The people at the table were enjoying themselves, drinking and chatting, so happy.

In this era of scarcity of supplies, everyone is easily satisfied. A meal of meat will make you happy for a long time.

Comparisons between relatives are not that serious. They help each other a lot and are full of good yearning for the future.

Lin Heng was joking and putting the Huihui vegetables into his mouth, chatting and laughing with everyone from time to time.

Xiulan sat next to him and watched for a while, then took a large piece of gray vegetables with chopsticks and put it into Lin Heng's bowl. She looked at him with a smile and said, "Eat more vegetables."

"Xiulan, eat some rabbit meat."

Lin Heng suddenly remembered what he had said before, smiled and gave his wife a piece of rabbit meat, and quickly took a few big bites himself.

Xiulan was satisfied when she saw that Lin Heng had eaten the meat, so she took a piece of boneless rabbit meat and fed it to her daughter Xiaoxia.

Crunch! !
  Everyone was enjoying their meal when the courtyard door suddenly rang, and then a middle-aged man walked in.

"It smells so good. It actually contains meat. Second brother, you really made money from selling ginseng. You are very wealthy."

The speaker was Lin Heng’s eldest father, Lin Xuping.

After entering the house, he was a little shocked when he smelled the aroma of grease all over the yard.

Then I saw dried grass carp, rabbit skin, and bamboo rat skin hanging not far away.

Glancing towards the kitchen, I saw smoked grouse and rabbit meat again.

Why haven't we seen each other for a few days? How come my second brother's family has become so rich and has so much meat?

Was it all bought with money? How much does it cost? Why didn’t I discover that wild ginseng myself?

The jealousy in his heart.

"What does this have to do with big brother? Why are you coming to my house at this time?"

Father Lin said coldly, his tone was very rude.

The lively dining table also became deserted due to his arrival.

"I'm your brother after all. Do you talk like this? What's wrong? I can't come to dinner?"

Lin Xuping said something unhappy and walked to the main room, but no one offered him a seat or invited him to have a bite.

This shows how bad his past behavior was.

"Dad, go back quickly, don't make yourself unhappy." Lin Heng wondered what his eldest father was doing.

"Lin Heng, what did you do to your elders? If it weren't for your father's sake, I would have beaten you!"

Lin Xuping became angry when he heard Lin Heng's words. "Try it!" Lin Heng sneered.

Then all the family members stared at him, and Lin Xuping was so frightened that he quickly took two steps back.

"Tell me, why are you coming to our house? If you have nothing to do, leave as soon as possible. You are not welcome here." Lin's mother's tone was even colder than Lin Heng's.

"Don't talk about brothers. If you really regarded Xi'an as a brother, the relationship wouldn't be like this." Mother Lin added with a sneer.

Even though everyone hated him so much, Lin Xuping still looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, grinning: "Whether you like me or not, I'm here to talk about things.

Mom is sick. Each of you should give her five yuan to see a doctor. "

He was looking for a legitimate reason. In rural areas, if you were not filial, you would be scolded. He believed that his second and third sons would not dare not take money.

"What's wrong with you? What kind of medicine did you buy? You were alive and kicking two days ago, but you're sick today?" Mother Lin frowned and asked.

This matter is very difficult to handle. It is normal for an old person to have some minor problems. People come to ask for money for medical treatment. If they don't pay, they will definitely be reported as being unfilial.

"I haven't gone to see him yet. If he coughs again, you can tell me whether to give it to him or not." Lin Xuping chuckled, very cruelly.

"If you don't give it, get out of here. If you want to see it, we can come and see it in person some other time. How can we give money directly? If people hear it, they will think that our family is unfilial."

Lin Heng said coldly.

His eldest father was a little angry at this sentence and shouted angrily: "You have no business interrupting."

"What? Did I say something wrong?" Lin Heng stared at him.

"Brother, please go back. We can go see her some other time. If mom is sick, we will definitely go."

After being reminded by Lin Hengyi, Lin's father said quickly.

He couldn't help but glance at Lin Heng. He had a bright idea and had studied for two years in vain.

"Yes, brother, we will go see it in person in two days. There is no reason for you to come." Third father Lin Xutao also said quickly.

After hearing this, the eldest father Lin Xutao suddenly didn't know what to say and looked at Lin Heng angrily.

"Okay, I've informed you. If you don't go, it won't be me who is being laughed at."

Finally, he said something and left.

After he left, Father Lin looked at Lin Heng and said, "Thanks to you, otherwise I would have had to pay a few more dollars today."

"Yes, Lin Heng, your mind is spinning so fast. We don't even know what to do when we are told this. Let's have a drink."

After the third father said this, he raised his cup and insisted on drinking with Lin Heng.

"Third Dad, you are too polite." Lin Heng reluctantly took a sip with Third Dad.

In fact, if his eldest father insisted, his family would really have to give him some.

But, he is obviously shameless, but he cares a little about his reputation. Just like a warm man, he licks and pretends to be a gentleman, so it is easy to deal with him.

On the other side, when she saw her husband Lin Xuping coming out, Li Ping, who was hiding under a tree in the distance, asked, "How are you doing? Did you give me the money?"

"No, I was told to come and see it in person."

Lin Xuping said in a rough voice.

"Hmph, you useless thing. You can't even get this little money. I've been so unlucky for eight lifetimes that I followed you."

When she heard that there was no money, Li Ping's face instantly turned cold and she started to curse.

"You can go the hell yourself if you can?" Lin Xuping also lost his temper.

After pushing and arguing for a while, Lin Xuping started talking about the food at Lin Heng's house and the new clothes hanging at the door, which made Li Ping's eyes widen.

"How much did this ginseng cost? It's such a waste, God is really blind."

While scolding, she became even more angry when she saw her husband, why was it so useless?

"Maybe someone caught it while hunting. Why are you complaining?"

Lin Xuping's head was so big that this crazy woman was incompetent and scolded him all day long. She was so angry that she wanted to hit someone with her hands.

"Hmph, I must have bought it. No one in his house knows how to hunt. They are all useless things like yours. They can't even dig up ginseng.

Look, in just a few days, the money to build a house will be ruined, especially since Lin Heng is still a second-rate man, and they will be poor when they are. "

Li Ping cursed her husband and Lin Heng's family at the same time. Seeing others living better than herself was more uncomfortable than killing her.

The two people who lived together became more and more dissatisfied with each other.

Lin Heng didn't know this and was happily picking up food for his wife.

If he knew, he would definitely laugh out loud. The days of making his eldest father's family jealous and hateful have just begun.

(End of this chapter)