Chapter 122 Chapter 122——
Lin Chuntao smiled when she heard that. It was none of her business how the Chai family's sauce was sold. As long as Chai Xingyu could handle it and it wouldn't affect the sales of her sauce, then it was up to her.
The Chai family's affairs will be resolved by themselves. If Chai Xingyu fails to resolve the issue and his shop goes out of business, then her sauce is already well known to everyone, and she can continue to sell it by setting up a stall, but she will have to work harder.
But after hearing what Chai Xingyu said, it seemed that his parents were still on his side to help him, so the situation that Lin Chuntao imagined should not happen.
After they got home, Chai Xingyu and his companions did not rest for long. They loaded the sauce jars and tied them up, then hurried back to weigh and count them. Lin Chuntao followed them again.
When she finished her work, Pei Ying and Lin Chunxing were almost done as well. Lin Chuntao decided to wait for them and went to the market with a basket on her back. When no one was around, she exchanged five dou of rice from the system and some spices.
When she came back after a walk, Lin Chunxing had already packed up her stall, and Pei Ying and the others were washing their hands outside.
On the way back, Lin Chuntao and Pei Ying talked about making boots.
"Two hundred and eighty wen a pair. I paid a fifty wen deposit this morning. Tomorrow morning we'll go and measure your feet and make a pair for each of you."
They had talked about making boots before, but the shop was closed when they went there, so they bought cloth shoes. Lin Chunxing thought they would no longer make boots, but unexpectedly, Lin Chuntao went to order again.
Speaking of which, I still can’t bear to wear those two pairs of cloth shoes. It’s a bit of a waste of leather.
"Sister, we just have two pairs of shoes to change and wash, right?"
"Don't you still need to save money to open a shop?"
Lin Chuntao said, "It's okay to open the shop a few days early or late. It's fine to wear cloth shoes on sunny days, but they get wet easily when it rains. If the shoes are wet, your feet will definitely not be warm. I think I should make a pair and keep them."
Lin Chunxing felt that she had no way to refute Lin Chuntao's words, and still felt that it was a bit too expensive.
Pei Ying looked at Lin Chunxing's furrowed brows and knew that Lin Chuntao had not told her sisters about their silver note. If she had known there was so much money, she would definitely not be so reluctant to part with it.
After thinking for a moment, he said to Lin Chunxing, "Your sister is right. Leather boots are more comfortable to wear in winter when it snows and rains. I have some silver here, so don't worry about the money. Just do it."
Lin Chunxing nodded.
She wasn't worried about the money, but she felt it was too expensive and it was a bit painful to spend it.
But it was Lin Chuntao's arrangement, so they did want it, so they just accepted it.
Lin Chuntao also said, "We'll go to Chai Xingyu's sauce shop tomorrow to settle accounts. He should give us some money. We sold quite a bit of sauce this month."
Pei Ying didn't care much about Jiang's affairs. Chai Xingyu had given him an advance payment of fifty taels before, and he still wanted to pay some money back?
"Did they sell so much sauce in their shop this month?"
Seeing Pei Ying's surprise, Lin Chuntao said, "I heard Zhang Qingqing mention that people from other counties have also come here to buy sauce. We can't sell that much in our county alone."
Pei Ying said, "I see."
Lin Chunxing was happy when she thought about the money coming into the family again, and temporarily put aside her reluctance to part with it.
At this time at home, Lin Chunhe had already steamed the rice and washed the vegetables. Lin Chuntao fried the vegetables and started eating.
Lin Jialang and his friends cleaned the backyard this morning and dug up some yellow clay and brought it back.
The villagers watched them carry the clay and asked curiously, "Jia Lang, are you going to build a wall?"
Lin Jialang replied, "No, I want to dry some mud bricks."
The person asking the question didn't pursue the matter any further. Every household in the village made mud bricks and used them to build stoves, walls and chicken coops. It was nothing new.
Lin Chuntao said he would teach everyone how to make charcoal. Of course, he also had some selfish motives. He wanted to build the kiln early so that he could make charcoal and take it to the county town to sell.
Even if many people in the village burn charcoal to sell, he can find some buyers in advance, which may make it easier to sell it later.
So no one asked, and he didn't explain what he was doing with the mud bricks.
At that time, they had a quarrel and split up the family, so they built a stone wall in the middle. They worked in the backyard for the whole morning. Lin Miaomiao and the others nearby were very curious, but the wall was just a little bit higher. If they hadn't stood on the stools, they would have seen this side. Lin Miaomiao called Niu Hongxi over to take a look. Niu Hongxi took a quick look and said unhappily, "You're just cleaning up the backyard. What's so interesting about it? I guess you just dislike the backyard being so dirty."
Lin Miaomiao thought that they were not setting a trap, so she didn't pay any attention to it.
In the afternoon, Lin Chuntao went to take a look at the charcoal kiln. The kiln was still hot to the touch, the temperature was still very high, and the seals were still very tight. It should be possible to open the kiln after waiting for two or three days.
In ancient times, although there were no telephones or internet, there were many lazy people running around the village to bask in the sun.
Before Lin Chuntao had the chance to tell Aunt Guizhi about Lin Shuilian's ex-husband's family, people in the village knew about it.
When she came back from visiting the charcoal kiln, a woman looked at her happily and asked, "Chun Tao, is your Aunt Guizhi in there?"
Lin Chuntao said, "She's at my house. Aunt, what's going on with her?"
The woman smiled and said, "It's a great joy. Let's go to your house and tell you about it."
Lin Chuntao didn't want to take them to the backyard where they were working to chat, so after leading them in, she called Aunt Guizhi and the others, "Aunt, take a break and go to the front yard to drink some water."
Sun and the others looked at the person who came in. Although they didn't know if it was something important, they didn't say much after Lin Chuntao called out. They packed up their things and followed her to the front yard.
There were still some corn tortillas made a few days ago, so Lin Chuntao took some to steam and brought out some melon seeds for everyone to sit down and eat.
As soon as everyone sat down, the woman said to Aunt Guizhi, "Guizhi, I have good news for your family. Do you want to hear it?"
Aunt Guizhi frowned, "What good news is there in my family that I don't know about?"
"I heard that Shuilian's husband was beaten and thrown down, his legs were broken, and now he's paralyzed in bed."
The woman said this, baring her teeth and looking at Aunt Guizhi with excitement on her face.
However, Aunt Guizhi's face changed as soon as she heard the first sentence, and Lin Shuilian, who was sitting in the back, also looked over with a confused expression.
It does sound good that the scumbag got his comeuppance, but are these words so harsh coming from this person?
Lin Chuntao chuckled when she heard this. "Aunt, what are you talking about? What do you mean by Shuilian's wife? They're divorced, and they'll each marry someone else. They have nothing to do with each other. They're just strangers."
The woman looked at Aunt Guizhi and Lin Shuilian, who looked unhappy, and said awkwardly, "I just thought that he was the biological father of the two children."
The grandmother next to her waved her hand when she heard this. "Old Mu's family, what's the difference between a biological father and an unrelated father? Both children now have the surname Lin, so there's no biological father."
The woman paused, noticing everyone's displeasure, and said, "Aunt, that's not what I meant. I'm just thinking that the unfaithful man is finally getting his comeuppance. Come tell Guizhi that the Tian family has been defrauded of everything. I heard the old lady jumped into a cesspool last night and was dragged to the city to be rescued. Don't come back to look for Shuilian again."
Aunt Guizhi twitched her lips when she heard this, "Thank you for taking the trouble to remind us."
The woman said, "We are all from the same village, why are you being so polite?"
Lin Chuntao: “…”
Aunt Guizhi: "Yes, we are from the same village. If you go out and tell others, don't say anything about Shuilian's family. My Shuilian's divorce from that person was witnessed by the village head and the village chief, and the official documents were stamped with the seal. They are two completely unrelated people. You are ruining my Shuilian's reputation by saying this."
Aunt Guizhi spoke calmly, but her tone was not very pleasant. The woman said, "I was quick to speak and said something off topic. I would definitely not say this to anyone else."
Aunt Guizhi looked at her and said, "If I hear it outside, I will come to find you."
The woman waved her hands. "No, I certainly wouldn't say that."
She talked about this matter with great enthusiasm, but ended up annoying Aunt Guizhi. Everyone was unhappy to hear her, and she was embarrassed. She left without waiting for Lin Chuntao to finish steaming the corn cakes. Lin Chuntao sent everyone away and locked the door before coming back.
Grandma and Aunt Guizhi said, "The Tian family deserves retribution. Even if they regret it, the child's household registration is in our family, and their family can't take him away."
Aunt Guizhi took a deep breath and said, "I'm so angry and disgusted just thinking about it. Why didn't they throw him to death? Even if he died, it wouldn't be this disgusting."
Lin Chuntao listened to Aunt Guizhi's words, thought for a moment, and then said, "How could this person be so well-informed? When we went to the county town this morning, we saw the old lady being taken there. I even saw her. She looked like she was about to die. At that time, I was wondering why her good son was not there."
"It turns out he broke his leg."
After listening to Lin Chuntao's words, Aunt Guizhi took over the conversation, "This family is so black-hearted and rotten-hearted that even God can't stand it."
Lin Chuntao said, "I heard the people who went with them trying to persuade the old woman to be more open-minded, saying that the woman was a swindler. The old woman had saved more than ten taels of silver, and not only was it all taken away from her, she cried and said that even her chickens were taken away from her."
When Aunt Guizhi heard this and thought of the old woman's face, she felt relieved.
Lin Chuntao said, "You all stay here during the day. Let Huzi and the others play in the yard. Don't go outside."
Sun said, "It should be fine in the next two days. After all, I can't move. In a few days, maybe that damn woman will really want to come and ask for grandchildren. Tell the child."
As everyone was talking, the corn tortillas were steaming and Lin Chuntao brought them out. Everyone ate two before going back to the backyard to work.
In the evening, the two children came to the backyard. Aunt Guizhi talked to the eldest child and asked them to play at home or here for the time being. If someone from grandma's side came to look for them, they were not allowed to follow them. They had to come back and tell the adults and take good care of their younger sister.
Lin Hu nodded. In the past, his father always beat his mother over there. When he tried to stop him, he would get beaten too. His grandmother always called him stupid, saying that he didn't know to stay away when his father was angry. Now it was his mother who was beaten, how could he stay away?
After their mother took them back to their grandmother's house, some children in the village scolded them for being fatherless. He didn't care. Their grandparents were very good to them. Their great-grandmother would often cook sugar-water eggs for them. Their grandmother and mother would earn money from their daily chores, and their third aunt Chunhe would also give them candy. They knew they could live such a good life without a father, and they would never want a father in their entire lives.
The child's thoughts were only in his mind. He could see that his grandmother was afraid that they would be taken away, so he spoke to comfort her, "Don't worry, grandma. I will take good care of my sister. Even if they come looking for her, my sister and I will definitely not go back with them."
Aunt Guizhi looked into his eyes and felt relieved. She touched his head.
"Hu'er has grown up now. Look after your sister. In a few days, when grandma has time, she will take you to the county town to make winter clothes."
In the evening, the sun sets.
Aunt Guizhi and Lin Shuilian, mother and daughter, each holding a child, returned home in the setting sun. Lin Jiahui pulled the mule and walked beside Sun, with a happy smile on his rosy cheeks.
Lin Chuntao watched them walk away, closed the backyard gate, checked that the stove fire was out, and then returned to the front yard.
Tomorrow she has to settle the bill and also take Lin Duoer, Lin Chunhe and others to have their feet measured to make boots.
Lin Chunxing knew about it, but Lin Duoer and Lin Chunhe didn't know yet. When Lin Duoer heard her say that she had paid the money and would do it tomorrow, she almost jumped up.
I was very happy making boots and clothes. I tried out the clothes after they were made, and the same went for the shoes. I put them away after trying them out.
Lin Chuntao looked at them and smiled, "I'm going to wear new shoes tonight after washing my feet. Do you want to wear them?"
The three sisters looked at each other, and finally looked at Lin Chuntao and nodded vigorously.
"If big sister wears it, we'll wear it too!"
Lin Chuntao: "Then bring a basin of water and wash your feet."
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