Chapter 234: Just No Face
Seeing that Lin Heng hadn’t made any movement for a long time, and the naughty child was crying more and more miserably, his grandmother didn’t know whether to beat him or not.
"Why don't you apologize to your uncle?" She kicked the child on the butt and shouted angrily.
"Wuwu uncle, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I was really wrong wuwu!!"
Liu Hao wiped his tears with his hands and apologized tearfully.
"I can't hear you clearly."
Lin Heng said calmly, I warned you before but you didn’t listen, so it won’t be so easy to forgive you now.
"Don't cry, apologize clearly to your uncle." His mother-in-law said and raised the ruler again.
Liu Hao wanted to stop but couldn't, because it was so painful this time. It was the worst beating he had ever received.
"Wow, uncle, I was wrong." He barely stopped crying and said to Lin Heng.
"Didn't you just say you wanted to take revenge on me?" Lin Heng said unhappily.
"Oh, I don't dare."
"Is there anything you dare not do?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.
Liu Hao stopped talking. He looked at Lin Heng with eyes full of fear.
Lin Heng spread his hands and looked at his aunt and said, "Aunt, where are your grandson's parents?"
"They are all busy working for others, I just stay here during normal times." The woman said embarrassedly.
After a pause, she said embarrassedly: "Well, I don't have that much money right now. I will definitely pay you back when I get back and save some money."
Seeing that Lin Heng didn't respond, she continued, "I was just anxious just now, please don't blame me."
"It doesn't matter whether I'm angry or not. Let the money be given to the child's parents. You can't blame others if he doesn't teach the child. I warned him three times in a row today and he didn't listen. If you still let it go, you have to take responsibility."
Lin Heng spread his hands and took out the calligraphy and painting to show everyone. This painting of plum blossoms was completely useless.
Anyway, the money today can't be reduced by a cent, he won't give in. What's wrong with relatives? He didn't give face.
He was not afraid that this person would gossip about him when he returned. He could say whatever he wanted. It was good that those relatives did not come to bother him. In his previous life, when his family was in trouble, these relatives never helped. There was no point in keeping them.
Lin Heng's words made Liu Hao's mother-in-law instantly confused. He still wanted money. Where could she get so much money?
Mother Lin looked at Lin Heng and said quickly: "Lin Heng, how can you ask your aunt for money? I gave her the money, it's my problem."
Lin Yang ignored his mother and looked at his aunt and said, "I'm not asking for money, but to teach this naughty kid a lesson, don't you think so, aunt?"
"Yes, that's right, you are not wrong." Liu Hao's mother-in-law let out a long sigh and was so angry when she saw her grandson still crying on the ground.
"Then we won't stay any longer, we'll go back now."
After saying this, she pulled her grandson out of the house.
"Then let's go too." The other three relatives also felt a little awkward and didn't plan to stay.
"It has nothing to do with you. Stay and have dinner." Lin Heng grabbed Lin's mother and the remaining three relatives.
Lin's mother looked at Lin Heng with helplessness on her face, thinking that Lin Heng was too cruel.
"That's right, let's go eat, Third Aunt. My brother is so angry that he just bought the painting yesterday and it was destroyed today."
Caiyun and Xiulan also hurried over to smooth things over. After keeping the person, Xiulan went to cook.
Soon a table full of delicious food was served. Lin Heng introduced it with a smile, and the remaining three relatives were all attracted by the food.
After drinking some wine, Lin Heng apologized again and said that it was not targeting them, and he easily pulled them to his side.
The naughty kid was wrong in the first place, and with these relatives testifying, it will not be so easy for them to spread rumors in the future.
On one side are relatives with an annual income of ten thousand yuan, and on the other side are relatives who are as poor as them. Lin Heng believes that he doesn’t need to teach him how to choose.
When the three of them left, he asked Lin's father to give a bigger red envelope, and the matter would be settled.
This fully proved that he was a polite and sensible young man. When they left, the three of them held Lin Heng's hands with smiles on their faces and invited him to visit them when he was free.
His attitude was even friendlier than when he first arrived. This was the result of having witnessed Lin Heng's dominance and ruthlessness, and of his polite treatment.
It is like hitting someone with a stick and then giving him a date. The principle is the same.
After everyone left, Lin's mother and father looked at Lin Heng helplessly: "That naughty kid just needs to be beaten up, why do you have to be so heartless."
Lin Heng waved his hand: "Like son, like father. You can tell a person's character from his upbringing. There's no point associating with such a person."
After that, he smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, believe it or not, this family will not come to compensate us. They will just deliberately forget about this matter and never associate with us again."
Caiyun also nodded and said, "I think my second brother did nothing wrong. Mom and Dad, you just care too much about face and so on."
Lin's mother was still unconvinced: "What if they come to pay compensation?"
"Mom, if they come to compensate me, I will give you ten times as much, and then apologize to them." Lin Heng said with a smile.
His parents are honest and decent people. If they borrow money or owe money, they will pay it back first even if they don't have enough to eat.
But there are too many people who only think about getting something for nothing, borrowing money and not paying it back, and taking advantage of all kinds of small things.
Facing such a person, parents with this kind of personality will suffer. Caring too much about other people's opinions and feelings is just abusing yourself.
"Forget it, forget it. It doesn't matter if we lose a relative. That kid is really annoying." Father Lin waved his hand and turned back.
Lin Heng also turned around and went back home to help Xiulan clean up the dishes.
As soon as Lin Heng entered the room, he saw Xiaoxia coming over, pinching the corner of her clothes with her little hands, looking at him timidly: "Dad, I won't rummage through things."
Lin Heng was amused by her appearance. He realized that she was scared after seeing him beating someone. That naughty kid was beaten so badly this year.
Lin Heng squatted down, touched her face and said with a smile: "I know, Xiaoxia won't touch other people's things. You just need to ask her first, and if she agrees, you can do it."
"I know, Dad."
Xiaoxia nodded and went back to the table to play with her wind-up frog, one of the little toys she had bought for her in town yesterday.
Just as Lin Heng was about to go into the kitchen, Xiulan came out and said with a smile, "I've finished washing. I don't need your help."
"Then I'll go make my little wooden car." Lin Heng nodded, took the tools and continued making his little wooden car.
In order to make this small wooden car, Lin Heng specially bought four bearings in the city yesterday.
The base of this wooden car had already been made, and Lin Heng now only needed to make the shape on top and a steering wheel.
Lin Heng first used mortise and tenon joints, then poured water, striving to make it sturdy, and first made a rectangular truck bed.
The car he made is in the shape of an SUV, one meter long, eighty centimeters wide and twenty centimeters high. Once it is completed, it can be pulled by a dog or pulled around, and can seat up to two children.
Of course, he couldn't do it as exquisitely as a professional carpenter, but it wouldn't be too bad either. He had done carpentry work for a period of time in his previous life.
First install the square body and complete the general shape, then polish the edges and details later.
Lin Heng was busy doing this the whole afternoon, while Xiulan was processing the Jerusalem artichokes she brought back from her uncle's house. She kept some for seeds and peeled most of them and soaked them in the jar used to soak the bamboo shoots.
It is very delicious when it is soaked and becomes sour and sweet and crispy.
After Xiulan finished with the Jerusalem artichokes, Caiyun came and asked her to go out to dig wild vegetables. During this period, the shepherd's purse grew very beautifully.
When Xiulan came back from digging wild vegetables, Lin Heng had finally completed the general framework of the car and polished the edges a little.
The next step is to polish the details and install the wheels.
Lin Heng asked his father for help to saw five pieces of ten-centimeter-thick oak wood, about 25 centimeters in diameter. Four of them were polished to make tires, and one was used to make a steering wheel.
"Aren't you going to your second uncle's place?"
Father Lin asked while sawing wood.
"Let's not go. It's too far and I don't want to run." Lin Heng shook his head.
"That's fine." Father Lin nodded. It was up to Lin Heng himself.
After getting the wood, Lin Heng piled it under the eaves and planned to work on it when he had time. He had been busy all afternoon and wanted to take a rest.
In the evening, Xiulan and I did what we loved to do and were busy for a long time.
The next day was the fifth day of the New Year. The New Year was almost over and all the relatives who were supposed to leave had left.
Lin Heng discussed inviting the village party secretary Tian Dongfu and his family to come over for dinner. Xiulan thought it was no problem and scheduled it for the evening.
What was surprising was that at noon, his second uncle's son, his cousin Lu Zhe and his family actually came to visit and wish a happy new year.
Lin Heng was quite familiar with this cousin, as he had often seen him when he was a child, but he rarely saw him after he turned fifteen because his second uncle sent him to the county town to study.
He greeted them with a smile, took them around the village, played with them for a while, and talked about what they had seen and heard over the years.
Cousin Lu Zhe was very shocked by Lin Heng's current achievements. In his opinion, it was impossible for his cousin to have such ability.
But after talking with Lin Heng, he was shocked again. Lin Heng had changed so much from before, no wonder he could achieve such different results.
After lunch, Lu Zhe was about to say goodbye. They were going up the mountain to visit his grandmother, eldest uncle and third uncle.
Lin Heng sent him away and invited the village party secretary Tian Dongfu and his family to dinner in the evening. Tian Yan came over early to play with Xiulan.
"Your yard is so beautiful now."
Tian Dongfu entered the yard and said in shock.
"I'm just guessing, mainly for my own amusement." Lin Heng smiled casually, and his words did not mean that Tian Dongfu was a leader, but just an elder older than himself.
"It's much more beautiful than my yard." Tian Dongfu said with a smile.
After entering the house, Tian Dongfu noticed Lin Heng's new furniture again. He touched it and asked, "I heard that you picked up some dark wood. Is this furniture made of dark wood?"
"Yes, these are all made of dark wood. This table in the study is also made of dark wood." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Tian Dongfu touched the tables, chairs and benches. He usually didn't envy others, but today he was extremely envious.
He thought to himself: "This kid has a really good eye. The wood had been thrown by the river for who knows how long, but he was the only one who found it."
Some people regretted that if they had known that this boy had such potential earlier, they would have matched him with their daughter. Although Lin Hai was also ambitious, he was still a long way behind Lin Heng.
Lin Heng looked at Tian Dongfu and said with a smile: "Uncle Tian, I heard that you are also very good at calligraphy. Can you give me a copy of your calligraphy?"
"That's no problem." Tian Dongfu agreed happily, and then smiled and said, "I think these two rulers you have are good, how about giving them to me?"
"Uncle Tian, take it if you like it." Lin Heng laughed. This thing was made into five pairs using the sunken wood of the red toon tree with a damaged heart, so there was no shortage of it.
Tian Dongfu sat down, and Lin Heng was grinding ink for him. His father said that Tian Dongfu used to go to a private school, and he had practiced calligraphy since he was a child, and he often practiced it in his spare time these years.
Just by looking at the handwriting, Lin Heng knew that this old man was much better than him. The words were full of grace and elegance.
As he continued to write, a poem "Dielianhua" by Ouyang Xiu came to life on the paper.
"Uncle Tian, you can be a calligrapher." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Tian Dongfu waved his hand: "It's far from the same. I just imitated the calligraphy of my predecessors, and I can't write with much charm."
"I think the calligraphy is beautiful. I will frame it and hang it on the wall later." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"It's up to you, as long as you like it." Tian Dongfu laughed, and he naturally enjoyed it.
After a while, the meal was ready. Tian Yan called her mother Wang Qin over. Wang Qin was even more envious when she saw the layout of Lin Heng's house.
Especially the bluestone floor tiles and dark wood furniture, which made her drool with envy. They were so beautiful and felt much better than ordinary furniture.
But he was too embarrassed to speak up, and Tian Dongfu would not allow it.
"Uncle Tian, Aunt Wang, please try this dish." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay, okay." Tian Dongfu looked at the table full of dishes and couldn't help but sigh that Lin Heng knew how to enjoy himself too much and really didn't save money at all.
Tian Yan also smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, Xiulan's cooking skills are really good, you should try it."
"It's delicious. You should learn from Xiulan carefully. If you can learn half of it, you won't have trouble getting married." Wang Qin said with a smile.
"I won't have trouble finding a husband even if I don't study." Tian Yan snorted.
Everyone was chatting and laughing while eating and drinking. The food from Lin Heng's family undoubtedly made everyone very satisfied.
After eating and drinking, Tian Dongfu invited Lin Hengming to his home in the evening, and then he left with a rosy face and a pair of rulers in his hand.
This old man usually doesn't take other people's things, but he took Lin Heng's ruler on his own initiative, which shows that he really treats him as his own.
After everyone left, Xiulan asked curiously, "You invited the village party secretary, but not the village head?"
"Of course not." Lin Heng shook his head.
"That's good. I don't want to see Zhao Hu coming to our house either." Xiulan nodded. She also wanted Zhao Hu.
"After we have our drink tomorrow, it's time to consider other things." Lin Heng said as he helped pack up.
"What do you want to do? Do you want to start building the warehouse on Red Maple Mountain?" Xiulan turned her head and asked.
"There's no rush for those. We can buy saplings after the Spring Festival. I want us to go fishing in the upper reaches of the Heihe River. There are a lot of plum fish there. Our family can go for a picnic and look at the big river."
Lin Heng said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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