fruity fragrance

Chapter 172 Resolved
Being dragged out of Wang Liang's yard by Xiucai, Lin Guoxiang heard the dispute between Zhang's family and Wang Liu's family in the house, and she laughed unkindly. Both Wang Liu and Wang Liu were blown up.That's right, five taels of silver is not much in Lin Guoxiang's opinion, but it doesn't mean that Zhang Shi and Wang Liu are not interested.

In this era, life in the countryside is not as good as it is in modern times, and it is relatively backward. It is not bad for ordinary people to have enough food and clothing a month, and some people can’t even have enough food. Two silver coins are used as living expenses for Cui, not to mention Zhang and Wang Liu's family, even Wang Tao is a little tempted, this can catch up with the income of the past four or five months.

However, Wang Tao did not participate in the dispute between the elder sister-in-law and the eldest sister. She felt that serving the elderly wife was something that a child should do. If she was willing to support the elderly for money, then the family relationship would deteriorate, and she did not want to do this.

Wang Tao watched the elder sister-in-law and elder sister fighting for the five taels of silver, blushing and thick-necked, and felt very helpless and a little sad. No wonder the second brother and the second sister-in-law wanted to go out. Want to stay in this house.However, I also disapproved of Xiucai's actions in my heart. It was too detrimental. After dropping a drop of water into the boiling oil pan and making a noise, she ran away. It was not until today that she finally realized that her gentle and talkative second brother actually had This kind of inferiority of playing the whole person.

Besides, Xiucai led Lin Guoxiang slowly to the door of the house where they originally lived, and stood quietly for a long time facing the wooden door that had begun to show signs of decay until he heard Lin Guoxiang's strange laughter. Only then did he finally come to his senses, and he couldn't help but sigh slightly: "I said, although my elder sister and the others are not very good-natured, you don't have to gloat like this, do you?" At least don't show it in front of me. It's so obvious, how can you call me like that?
Lin Guoxiang also knew that she was acting so obviously unkind in front of a scholar, so she quickly put on a face and restrained the smile on her face, but from her slightly shaking shoulders, it could be seen how painful it was for her to hold back her laughter .Xiu Cai turned his face away and pretended not to see it.

"Hey, I'm talking about Xiucai. Do you think your elder sister and the others have discussed it now?" Lin Guoxiang asked Xiucai very rudely. In fact, she wanted to go to watch the fun.

The scholar glanced at her coolly, and it took a long time before he uttered two words slowly: "No." The subtext was, want to watch a play?I advise you to give up your thoughts as soon as possible, I will not agree.

Lin Guoxiang rubbed her nose awkwardly, and looked up at the sky surrounded by sunset clouds. It was already evening, and she probably had to go on a night trip tonight, which was really troublesome.

Just as he was thinking, there was a heart-pounding grunt in his stomach. Hearing the sound, Xiucai turned to look at Lin Guoxiang with a half-smile: "Why, are you hungry?"

Lin Guoxiang was a little embarrassed, but she nodded honestly. Although she ate a bowl of noodle soup and two poached eggs at Wang Tao's house, she had already digested it after such a long period of tossing.

"Be patient, we will go back when the old lady's matter is discussed." Xiucai comforted Lin Guoxiang, obviously he did not intend to have dinner at the eldest brother's house.

Lin Guoxiang couldn't help but rolled her eyes when she heard the scholar's words, how long will she have to wait?She would probably be starving by then.She can not sleep late in the morning, but if she is hungry and does not eat, she will die. If she is hungry for a long time, she will feel weak and sweat and feel dizzy. Although she will not faint from hunger, the feeling will definitely not be good. .

The scholar obviously knew about Lin Guoxiang's habit, so he pondered for a while and said, "Wait for me here, and I'll come when I go." After speaking, he strode away without waiting for Lin Guoxiang to answer, and waited for another time. When he came back, he carried a bundle of firewood on his back, a slaughtered chicken and a few small paper bags with some seasonings in his hand.

"I bought this at someone else's house." Seeing Lin Guoxiang staring at the chicken he had prepared in his hands, Xiucai smiled and explained slowly, "We probably won't be able to go back until very late. So let’s roast a chicken first and eat it.” Then he groped for a while in the crevice of a stone in front of the gate, and took out a rusty key, which opened the lock on the gate with a click.

After opening the door, the smile on Xiucai's face finally deepened: "We are very lucky. I didn't expect this lock to be changed." Their house was blacked out.Although this homestead belongs to the village, they built the house with their own money. If the village wants to take it back, they have to pay. Moreover, although the scholar lives in Linjiacun, he still belongs to Wangjiacun. They have no right to take back their house.

After entering the yard and looking around, everything here is obviously more dilapidated than it was a year ago, weeds are everywhere, and the eaves are even covered with large and small cobwebs and dust. No one came in after they left.Xiu Cai stood in the yard where he had lived for more than ten years and sighed inwardly. The good house was so abandoned.It would be a lie to say in my heart that I didn't have any feelings.

As for Lin Guoxiang, he is not as emotional as he is. All the memories about this "home" in her memory are not very pleasant to her, so subconsciously she still resists revisiting her old place.

After briefly cleaning up the weeds in the yard, Xiucai took out the fire twister and lit a bonfire on the cleared space, and then went to the pot house to search around. Originally, he wanted to find a fire hook for roasting chicken Yes, but the side of the stove is so clean that there is not even a dead tree leaf, let alone an iron fire hook.Apparently, Mrs. Zhang came here to raid again after they left.

Xiucai suppressed the rising anger in his heart, and finally sighed helplessly and walked out. He found a relatively strong stick among the firewood sticks he bought from someone else's house, peeled off the dry bark on it, and picked up a whole chicken. The skewers are put on the branches and a layer of seasoning is applied before they start to be roasted on the fire.

This series of movements is extremely skillful, obviously he is used to being used by Lin Guoxiang at home and has become adept at it.

In return, Lin Guoxiang deliberately moved two clean-looking stones to use as stools, and then sat on them with her hands on her cheeks and stared at the roast chicken on the fire with a trace of silver dripping from the corner of her mouth. out.After taking a sip of her saliva, Lin Guoxiang stretched out one hand to touch her rumbling stomach, and then her whole body fell into a state of fatigue, wishing she could cast a spell like in a magic novel to cook the roast chicken in front of her at once. up.

Xiucai seemed to be turning the roast chicken seriously, but in fact, from the corner of his eyes, he had been glancing at Lin Guoxiang nonchalantly, seeing the corners of her greedy cat-like mouth that couldn't help but slobber slowly curled up slightly, but In the next second, he covered up the past very well.

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After Lin Guoxiang and Xiucai got rid of the chicken, they chatted side by side and slowly walked back to Wang Liang's house. The issue of Cui's support had been resolved. The four families shared an average of three months. During the three months when it was Xiucai's turn to support Cui's family, because it had been agreed earlier that the living expenses would be paid, Zhang and Wang Liu, after intense discussions, finally agreed that the two families would share the expenses equally, that is, each family would help support Cui for one and a half months. Naturally, the living expenses of the 15 taels of silver had to be shared equally between the two families.

Hearing this result, the corners of Lin Guoxiang's mouth couldn't help twitching, she secretly rolled her eyes, thinking: Is this the so-called filial piety?It's really ironic, this is Cui's most satisfied eldest daughter-in-law and the most respectable eldest daughter who was married when she mentioned it, but now she is sick and is willing to fight to support her because of the few taels of silver.Thinking of this, Lin Guoxiang couldn't help gloating in her heart. Fortunately, the old lady Cui didn't know anything now, otherwise she would die of anger knowing that she was so unpopular?
Fortunately, Lin Guoxiang knew how to restrain herself, and didn't show this kind of gloating on her face, otherwise she would become her if she didn't care.

In the end, it was Mrs. Zhang who told Xiucai and Lin Guoxiang. As soon as Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, Wang Liu said anxiously: "It's okay if you don't want to take care of the old lady, or you can let us take care of you, but the living expenses must be paid in one go. Otherwise, we will not agree." Apparently Wang Liu was afraid that Lin Guoxiang and Xiu would renege.

Lin Guoxiang despised her in her heart, she didn't want to use her crooked brain to do bad things like repudiation with such a small amount of money.But it is too cheap for them to take out the money so easily, who knows if they will see the money and want to get it again?Or if you don't give it, you just go to Linjiacun to make trouble?

So she thought about it, and Lin Guoxiang also said, "It's okay to pay the money all at once, but I have one condition, that is, you are not allowed to come to Lin Family Village to bother me and... Wang Hao, otherwise I will have the same money." None will come out."

As soon as Lin Guoxiang finished speaking, Wang Liu was the first to jump up and object: "Why don't you pay for your old lady if you don't want to? Besides, why don't you let us go to Lin's Village? Didn’t the second brother’s family come to visit you?” It can be seen from the fact that Xiucai immediately said that he would give five taels of silver a month for living expenses, and the rumors that their family got rich must be true, and if they were not allowed to go to Lin’s Village, she would still How to reap the benefits?
It is strange that Wang Liu is not in a hurry.

"Eldest sister, that is also Guoxiang's home. Besides, she is the daughter-in-law I am marrying and is your younger brother and sister." The scholar on the side was not happy. Hearing Wang Liu say this, Lin Guoxiang felt a little displeased in his heart, so his face turned The expression on the screen also became a little stiff, and the tone of the speech was more aggressive than usual, "I forgot to say, our family is all headed by Guoxiang." You're not welcome in our house if you're so desperate for the autumn wind.

If he had been a scholar before, he wouldn't have said such hurtful words, but what he has experienced this year has made him see clearly that his family is not harmonious at all, and he only needs to be a little weaker to be able to climb all the way. When it came to him to bully their family, not only the disturbed adults would not be at peace, even the children would not be spared.After thinking about this, he was naturally not willing to let the elder sister and the others bully Lin Guoxiang like this.

Wang Liu was so blocked by the scholar's words that his steamy face instantly turned into a liver-colored color, and his chest was even more heaving. Seeing this, Song Dongdong quickly came out with a smile to smooth things over: "It's all from my family, why bother. Second brother , your eldest sister has such a temper, so don’t take it to heart.” Today’s scholars are not the poor ones who only get a tael of silver a month in the past, they are rich now, not only have orchards, but also live in bright tiles. House, you can't offend people anymore, maybe it will be useful to others in the future.

Then he pulled Wang Liu aside and the couple muttered to each other. At first Wang Liu was still full of displeasure, but soon he smiled happily.The person in charge was right, if she, Lin Guoxiang, didn't let them go, would they really not go?When they come to the door, I can't believe that they are really not allowed to enter the house.

Wang Liu and Song Dongdong's wishful thinking was crackling, but they never thought of the losses and closed doors they suffered a few times ago.In their subconscious mind, they still thought that Lin Guoxiang was still the soft-eared and cowardly Lin Guoxiang, but they never remembered the bad luck that their family was beaten out by Lin Guoxiang with a big stick.

If Lin Guoxiang knew the calculations in the heart of this superb couple at this moment, she would probably sigh: Sure enough, people are shameless and invincible.It is rare to have a thick skin like them.

　Thank you Yanzi Xiaoxiaoxiao, Beichen Yuqian, Pu Putongtong and mayreader for the pink tickets, and the dumplings are here to thank you.

　　
　
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