Chapter 23 The Lin Family’s Thoughts
Mother Lin looked at Lin Qingqing lovingly: "Ni'er, there is still one day for the wedding banquet. The time is a little short, but I will prepare everything for you."
Father Lin looked around at everyone and began to assign tasks: "Boss, don't go to work today. Go to your eldest aunt, second aunt, and third aunt to inform them of the date of your younger sister's wedding. You are also responsible for entertaining the relatives on the wedding day."
"Little one, please inform your mother's relatives."
"Old man, please inform the people in the village and your uncle's family."
"Third brother, count the number of people and borrow tables, bowls and chopsticks from the well-connected families in the village."
"Old Four, you will be in charge of the banquet menu and shopping."
"Old Five, you take care of the other chores. Those who are not busy can go to work in the afternoon. The whole family won't have time to rest."
After the brothers understood the matter, they got up and went out to do their work. Especially Brother Lin Da and Brother Lin Xiao, they had to travel to several places today. If they didn't leave now, it would be dark later.
Mother Lin grabbed Lin Qingqing's hand, her eyes full of doting: "Ni'er, didn't Xiao Song say that he would go to town tomorrow? You two can go together. I'll give you money. You can go to town to buy a few feet of cloth and ask your sister-in-law to make you a dress to wear on your wedding day."
My sister-in-law, Lanying, is skillful and the clothes she makes have fine stitches and are durable. Many people in the village will ask her to make clothes for them during the slack season.
Lan Ying nodded: "Well, his aunt's wedding dress was given to me."
The eldest sister-in-law smiled and said, "I will make a pair of pillowcases for his sister-in-law." The sister-in-law will marry a soldier in the future, so she has to curry favor with her quickly.
Third sister-in-law Zhang Guilian also pleaded, "Auntie, I'll give you five yuan as a dowry."
When Mother Lin heard this, her face was full of smiles. How much wealth did everyone in the family have? How much money did the third son's wife spend this time on?
Fourth sister-in-law Liu Daxiu lowered her head and didn't say anything.
Liu Daxiu was of weak character and was usually taciturn, which made it easy for people to ignore her existence. When she married into the Lin family, she only brought two sets of tattered clothes and didn't even have a jacket. This was also ridiculed by Zhaodi for a long time.
In the past two years, Liu Daxiu gave birth to twins for Lin Laosi, and she only became more familiar with them in front of her sisters-in-law.
Fourth brother's family is not well-off, so Fourth sister-in-law naturally has no money or things to give to Lin Qingqing. Fifth sister-in-law has a kind personality and has a good relationship with Fourth sister-in-law.
She came to the rescue and said, "Then my fourth sister-in-law and I will send a pair of shoes together. Our family is not well off, and I can't afford so much money by myself." After saying that, she poked Liu Daxiu's arm.
Liu Daxiu looked up, looking bewildered. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "Okay."
Seeing that her daughters-in-law had all expressed their opinions, Mother Lin also said, "Your sister is our only daughter. Although our family is not well off, we need to make some provision. When your sister gets married, I will give her ten yuan for her to use, and there will be some left for your father to marry off. Do you have any objections?"
When Zhaodi heard the number ten, her face turned dark. Her betrothal gift back then was only ten yuan.
Lanying, Zhang Guilian and others didn't react much. The mother-in-law loved her sister-in-law like the apple of her eye, and it was good enough that she didn't say that she would give all the family fortune to her.
Besides, now that my father-in-law is in charge, they have no say.
Lin's mother had some words with her daughters-in-law, just to let them know how much she had given, and not to gossip about them behind their backs and say that she was biased towards her daughters.
After the women of the Lin family finished their discussion, Mother Lin packed up her things and urged her daughters-in-law to go to the fields.
Everyone in the field asked Lin's mother what the Lin family had done today. Half of them had not gone to work yet, and they came so late after going to work.
Captain Dashan is very strict and will not allow leave unless it is urgent during the busy harvest season.
Mother Lin smiled as brightly as a flower and said casually, "His father rescued a soldier from the Aishan Mountains the other day. He's fallen in love with our daughter, and today we're discussing the wedding at home."
Someone interrupted: "Are the villagers telling the truth? Your daughter is going to be an official's wife."
A man asked, "Which soldier did your daughter marry?"
Mother Lin looked at the envious eyes of the crowd, raised her hands and smiled, "This man is from Kyoto, in the army in H City. After he got married, my daughter followed the army."
Everyone sighed, thinking how unlucky this soldier must be. They had watched Lin Qingqing grow up since she was a child. She was lazy and loved to peek at men taking a bath. Why did this soldier fall for her?
Some people with quick minds began to have evil thoughts.
The temptation of being an official's wife is too great. For rural people, it means they can reach the top in one step. Or if they marry someone from Kyoto, they may even be able to live in Kyoto in the future.
There was a female educated youth in the crowd with a sarcastic look on her face. Her name was Zhang Xiaolan. She went to the countryside with the educated youth Chen Yu. They were both from Kyoto.
Before, Lin Qingqing went to the educated youth point to look for Chen Yu every day. She stopped Lin Qingqing from entering the point several times, and Lin Qingqing scolded Zhang Xiaolan for being sour grapes. After the two had several quarrels, their relationship became incompatible.
She looked at the complacent mother Lin and was so angry. She had seen how Lin Qingqing pestered Brother Shen, and how she acted like a shrew when arguing with others. She was just a typical ignorant rural woman.
A shrew like this can be a military wife. I'm afraid that soldier has no idea about Lin Qingqing's true face. She must find a chance to tell the soldier that she can't bear to see him being deceived like this.
The more Zhang Xiaolan thought about it, the angrier she became. She picked up her sickle and slashed another row of wheat.
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