Chapter 173: Looking forward to the wedding that was originally just a formality, she actually...
After Lin Dashan's excitement, he was left with only joy.
He had no ideal pursuits after suddenly becoming rich. His poor knowledge made him only think about using the money to buy a few more acres of land, and then these lands would be passed down from generation to generation, so that they could save more and more land for their descendants.
However, the land was not so easy to buy. Compared with other villages with more mountains, the land in Tianshui Village was considered to be quite a lot. But these lands all had owners and were not idle or for sale.
Farmers make a living from farming, and what they value most is their own one and a half acres of land. No one will touch their fields unless they have no other choice.
After Lin Dashan came up with this idea, he decided to go to the village head's house and ask him to help him keep an eye out for any families in the village who wanted to sell land. If Tianshui Village didn't have any, then neighboring villages would also be fine. However, that would make the land farther away and more difficult to cultivate. His priority was to get land within his own village.
When He Guixiang finished preparing the pancake and served it to him, Lin Dashan stuffed several big mouthfuls of it into his mouth and said proudly, "Tomorrow I'll roast the pheasant at home and ask Brother Liao to bring back a few pounds of pork belly!"
When Old Man Liao was mentioned, Lin Dashan realized that Old Man Liao had not returned today.
Old man Liao has been out for the past two days. Although he usually seems to be a loner, he actually has many relatives. The one who invited him to visit this time is a cousin who married into another village.
Over the years, more than one person has tried to get close to Old Man Liao. After all, Old Man Liao has fields and cows at home, but no son. If it were someone else, Old Man Liao would not even give them a good face. But this time, this cousin had some feelings for him, so he did not refuse, and then he stayed for two days.
If the other party just wanted to reminisce about the past, he wouldn't have waited until today to call him Old Man Liao. It's obvious that he had other plans.
Although it shouldn't be like this, but by comparing it with other people's troubles, Lin Dashan feels that his life is going better and better.
When the family adds a few more acres of land in the future, if they cannot cultivate all of it, they will ask people in the village who have less land to cultivate it. Hehe, wouldn't he become a landlord by then?
Lin Dashan, who was having a very good time, started to show off the next day. The villagers all knew that Zhou Ye had carried the black bear to the town to exchange money, and they asked him how much money he had exchanged. Lin Dashan was an honest man, so he told them directly when they asked him.
When the villagers heard about the fifty strings of cash, they were shocked and then filled with envy. With these fifty strings of cash, Lin Dashan's family was definitely the richest family in the village!
Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, after hearing what they heard, the villagers all congratulated Lin Dashan and showered him with compliments.
Lin Dashan held his head high, feeling very proud. Of course, he had not forgotten his wife's instructions, saying that the fifty strings of cash were Aye's betrothal money. Aye had hunted the black bear two days ago just to save up for the betrothal money.
After these words were spoken, not only Lin Dashan but also Lin Shu became envious.
Look at the son-in-law that Lin Dashan picked. Not only is he capable, but he's also very kind to his daughter. But it's not Zhou Ye's fault. Lin Dashan's daughter is well-born, and she's been raised as a rich lady in the Marquis's mansion for more than a decade. It's not a loss for Zhou Ye to marry such a young lady!
"Dashan, when will you slaughter the wild boar in your house? I'll go to your house to help!" a villager asked.
Lin Dashan laughed heartily, "Aye said, we'll take a day off today and start killing them tomorrow. Come tomorrow morning. If you want to eat pork, bring something you can exchange for meat."
"Okay!"
When He Guixiang learned that the boss had told everyone about the fifty strings of cash, she remained calm and didn't seem surprised.
She had been married to Lin Dashan for many years, but she didn't know his personality. So she knew Lin Dashan would tell others, so she only told him that he sold it for fifty strings of cash.
The fifty strings of cash were the betrothal gift from Aye. Even though she felt that fifty strings of cash was a bit too much, she still told Lin Dashan the amount truthfully.
He Guixiang was thinking that she couldn't let Aye down, so she wanted to let the villagers know how much the betrothal gift Aye had given, even though they would definitely be envious or even jealous after knowing it.
The Lin family's old house.
When Lin Datian's wife Zhang Lamei learned about this, she was so jealous that her heart ached and she lay on the bed groaning.
The eldest daughter-in-law came into the family at the beginning of the year, and two months later, she was found to be pregnant. Now her pregnancy is obvious. Ping'er's men are busy working in the fields, leaving only Ping'er and her mother-in-law at home. At first, when she was pregnant, she didn't have to do anything at home, and her mother-in-law looked at her belly and kept saying she was going to give birth to a big grandson. But since her mother-in-law became unwell and had heartaches at the slightest thing, she has to do many of the chores at home. How can she be tired when she is pregnant?
"Mother-in-law, the chicks at home haven't been fed grass yet, but my waist is sore and I really can't do it anymore." The eldest daughter-in-law shouted into the house with her belly bulging.
Inside the house, Zhang Lamei cursed a few times, but finally came out to work, holding her heart. Her eldest daughter-in-law was still pregnant with her great grandson, so for the sake of her great grandson, she endured it.
When the baby is born, she will make this lazy woman make up for all the laziness she had hidden away before!
"Mother-in-law, are you sick again?" The eldest daughter-in-law asked with concern, but she knew in her heart why her mother-in-law was sick. Her mother-in-law started to look bad after she heard that her second uncle's family had hunted a black bear that week and sold the bear for fifty strings of money.
Zhang Lamei snorted inwardly. "Lazy woman, you know, only do the work for show. Even though she knows she's hurting, she doesn't do more." "So you can't work while you're pregnant?" She'd still worked even when she was pregnant with her second and third children.
"My heart hurts whenever it hurts. I have to work even if it hurts like hell. Why is my life so miserable?" After saying that, he beat his chest and howled twice.
The eldest daughter-in-law looked unhappy. It wasn't that she didn't work, she was just tired, so she asked her mother-in-law to do the rest of the work. Her mother-in-law's words made it seem like she was doing nothing. But she didn't say anything after hearing this, pretending not to understand.
"Tell me, how come Lin Dashan is so lucky? He bought a strong man for a bag of grain, and he actually made the right choice. Look at how capable Zhou Ye is. He goes to the mountains from time to time to bring back some mountain products. In the past, it was okay, at most he brought some mushrooms and hunted pheasants and rabbits, but this year it's a big deal, he caught a wild boar and a black bear! Now everyone in the village knows that he sold that black bear for fifty strings of copper coins! Fifty strings of copper coins! When have I ever seen so much money?"
After hearing this, the eldest daughter-in-law advised: "Mother-in-law, it doesn't matter to us that my second uncle's family is rich. Don't think about it. It will hurt your heart if you think too much."
If she were to tell it, her mother-in-law's constant annoyance was caused by her own impatience. This family had already split up, so why was she still staring at other families?
Zhang Lamei said, "How can it not matter? Even if the family is divided, I am still Lin Dashan's sister-in-law!"
The eldest daughter-in-law knew that her mother-in-law would not listen to her advice. If she could listen, her worry would not become more and more serious.
Zhang Lamei rubbed her chest thoughtfully. After a moment, she suddenly asked, "Tell me, if I ask Lin Dashan to borrow money for medical treatment, will he lend it to me?"
The eldest daughter-in-law's eyelids twitched when she heard this.
No, mother-in-law, how can you have the nerve to ask my second uncle's family to borrow money?
When she married into the family, her father-in-law and his three brothers had already split up, but she knew with a casual inquiry how unhappy the split had been. Her mother-in-law had particularly offended her second uncle's family, and she still had the nerve to ask for money? Her cheek was truly thick.
Zhang Lamei, however, spoke as if it were a matter of course. "After all, Datian is his elder brother. How could he watch me, his sister-in-law, die when I'm terminally ill? The reason I haven't recovered yet is because the doctor in town is so poor. If I had gone to see a doctor in the county, maybe I could have been cured. But going to the county would cost money. We have nothing but a few acres of land, so how could we afford that? Lin Dashan got fifty strings of cash, and I won't lend him more than that. I'd just borrow two or three strings. Do you think there's any hope?"
Eldest daughter-in-law: ...
She said with a forced smile, "My daughter-in-law has never been with my second uncle's family. I don't know their personalities and can't give my mother-in-law any advice."
"Humph, you don't know that I do. I've lived with their family for more than ten or twenty years. Dashan just wants to save face. I hit him hard when I said he had no son, but he's a sentimental person. As long as your father-in-law and I are willing to apologize to him, he'll be my brother again. Zhang Qiaohua is smart. She went to your second uncle's house when I wasn't paying attention. Now look at how good the relationship between brothers Lin Dashan and Lin Dashui is! Zhang Qiaohua and He Guixiang are also as close as handkerchief friends. Bah, Zhang Qiaohua used to throw a lot of work to He Guixiang in the past, but she was just good at saving face and giving small favors to fool people. He Guixiang, that spineless woman, would forget about it the moment she turned her head."
The eldest daughter-in-law didn't respond. Second and third aunts were elders after all, and she couldn't gossip about them behind their backs.
Zhang Lamei cursed for a while, then her eyes lit up as she thought of something. "I heard Lin Dashan's family is going to kill that wild boar tomorrow, so I'm going to ask the eldest brother to get some. You're pregnant and need some food. This is Lin Dashan's great-nephew, how can he not give him some pork? He won't kick the eldest brother out in front of so many people. If you teach the eldest brother to play the victim, Lin Dashan will definitely relent."
The eldest daughter-in-law suddenly looked constipated, but she could only agree verbally, otherwise her mother-in-law would nag incessantly.
She couldn't do such a shameless thing, but she really wanted to repair her relationship with her second uncle's family. Who wouldn't want a promising relative who could help the family? In the past, it was her mother-in-law who went too far, otherwise the two families wouldn't have quarreled for three years without saying a word.
On the day when Lin Dashan's family slaughtered a pig, the good thing that Zhang Lamei had imagined did not happen. Although Lin Datian had no opinion and Zhang Lamei was the one who made the decisions at home, when he learned about his wife's plan this time, he was so angry that his face turned red, and he refused to let anyone in the family ask for this meal no matter what.
Although his wife's words were harsh, he agreed with them. He felt that since his second brother had no sons, he should get less land. Besides, it was also his mother's wish, after all, they had more sons than his own family. As a result, the second brother refused to acknowledge him as his eldest brother because of the small amount of land he was given. The third brother also followed his lead and made a scene, making their family a laughing stock in the village.
The second one ignored him and he ignored the second one, let's see who is tougher.
He had never expected his wife to have such thoughts. Lin Datian would never do such a shameful thing! It was useless for Zhang Lamei to beat her chest and throw a tantrum.
Lin Shu, of course, was unaware of the incident at her uncle's house. After slaughtering the wild boar, as before, villagers offered their wares in exchange for pork. Lin Dashan stayed behind to distribute the pork, while Zhou Ye took the remaining half pig to the town to exchange for money.
If he hadn't hunted the black bear, Zhou Ye would not have planned to share the spoils with the villagers, because he wanted to save as much money as possible.
Now that the black bear pork is selling well, he is also happy that Lin Dashan mentions his marriage with Ashu when distributing the pork.
"The more I look at Ah Ye and Ah Shu, the more they seem to be a perfect match. Ah Ye is capable, and Ah Shu is smart. Second Brother Lin, you can enjoy happiness in the future!"
"The baby Ah Shu and Ah Ye have will definitely be the most handsome in the area!"
"Dashan, your family is rich now. When you hold a wedding for Ah Shu and Ah Ye, do you need to find someone to play music? There are two people in our neighboring village who can play gongs, and I also know someone who can play drums. I can find someone for you!"
"Uncle Lin, my mother said that she can come here to help on the day when Sister Shu and Brother A Ye get married."
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Zhou Ye had already left and could not hear any of this, but Lin Shu hid in the house, watching through the window as the villagers talked and laughed with her father, listening with great interest.
Lin Xiaopu also hid in, and seeing her expression, he immediately said happily: "Sister, what are you beautiful about?"
Lin Shu said happily, "I was listening to the villagers' praise. Everyone said that Aye and I are a perfect match."
Pleasant words can really make people feel refreshed. No wonder so many people like to hear flattery. However, after listening to the villagers' words, she actually felt a little excited about the wedding that was originally just a formality.
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