Chapter 29 has just begun
"Eat it quickly, this is a reward for you."
Lin Heng mixed the cooked offal with some flour and cornmeal to make a small bowl of dog food.
“Awoooooo~”
Xiongba called out, and then came to eat it, smacking his lips as he ate, and it seemed to be very delicious.
"Eat, eat. I'm starving. Let's have a couple of drinks tonight."
Father Lin shouted and brought the dishes to the table.
There are more than a dozen people at home, so we can only put a round table on top of the square table.
Because of my uncle's insistence, braised bamboo rat was added to the dinner.
There were nine dishes in total, large and small. Among them, rabbit meat and bamboo rat meat were naturally the most eye-catching, and they were the only two meat dishes.
The rest were all vegetarian dishes, but they were not bad either, especially the cold-mixed greens and bracken, which also contained perilla, which Lin Heng liked very much.
In his opinion, it tastes better than ordinary meat.
Father Lin picked up the jug and poured wine. Lin Heng also took a glass and drank with everyone. Xiulan and others drank rice wine.
Huangjiu is made from rice and has a relatively low alcohol content, but it is very precious and is only served when there are guests.
"Come, have a drink first. Third brother, pick it up quickly, everyone pick it up..."
Father Lin raised his glass and urged everyone to drink. Then everyone picked it up and took two sips.
"Eat vegetables, everyone, try this fried rabbit meat with yellow raisin."
Father Lin is now urging everyone to eat.
"Well, it's delicious." My uncle-in-law Li Baiquan praised after taking a bite.
"This bamboo rat is also very good, and it is more beautiful than a big rat." Third father Lin Xutao also nodded repeatedly.
"Hey, the rat meat is from a big rat. I ate it last year and it tasted really good..."
Everyone at the table was having a great time, drinking and chatting.
In this era of material scarcity, everyone was easily satisfied and could be happy for a long time if they could have a meal of meat.
The competition among relatives is not that serious. They help each other a lot and are full of beautiful aspirations for the future.
Lin Heng chatted and laughed while picking up some gray vegetables and putting them into his mouth, and he talked and laughed with everyone from time to time.
Xiulan sat next to him and watched for a while, then she picked up a large portion of gray vegetables with chopsticks and put them into Lin Heng's bowl. She smiled and looked at him and said, "Eat more vegetables."
"Xiu Lan, have some rabbit meat."
Lin Heng immediately remembered what he had said before, smiled and picked up a piece of rabbit meat for his wife, and quickly took a few big bites himself.
Xiulan was satisfied when she saw Lin Heng eating the meat, and she picked up a piece of boneless rabbit meat and fed it to her daughter Xiaoxia.
Crunch! ! Everyone was eating happily when the door to the yard suddenly rang, and then a middle-aged man walked in.
"It smells so good, there's actually meat in it. You must have made a lot of money from selling ginseng, second brother. You're really rich."
The person who spoke was Lin Heng’s father, Lin Xuping.
After entering the house, he was a little shocked when he smelled the aroma of grease all over the yard.
Then I saw dried grass carp, rabbit skins and bamboo rat skins hanging not far away.
Looking towards the kitchen, I saw smoked grouse and rabbit meat.
How come my second brother's family has become so rich and has so much meat after just a few days of not seeing him?
Did they buy it with money? How much money would it cost? How come I didn't find the wild ginseng myself?
He was so jealous.
"What does this have to do with you, big brother? Why are you coming to my house at this time?"
Father Lin said coldly, his tone was very impolite.
The lively dinner table became quiet because of his arrival.
"I am your brother after all. How can you talk to me like that? What's wrong? Can't I come to dinner?"
Lin Xuping said something unhappily and walked to the main room by himself, but no one offered him a seat, and no one invited him to have a bite.
This shows how bad his behavior was in the past.
"Uncle, go back quickly and don't cause trouble." Lin Heng knew why his uncle came just by thinking with his feet.
"Lin Heng, how do you treat your elders? If it weren't for your father's sake, I would have beaten you!"
Hearing Lin Heng's words, Lin Xuping became angry.
"You try it!" Lin Heng sneered.
Then the whole family looked over, and Lin Xuping was so scared that he quickly took two steps back.
"Tell me, why did you come to our house? If you have nothing to do, leave immediately. You are not welcome here." Mother Lin's tone was even colder than Lin Heng's.
"Don't talk about brothers. If you really treat Xuan as a brother, our relationship wouldn't be like this." Mother Lin added with a sneer.
Even though everyone hated him so much, Lin Xuping still looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, grinning: "Whether you welcome me or not, I am here to talk about things.
Mom is sick, each of you should take out five dollars to pay for her medical treatment."
The reason he found was legitimate. In the countryside, if you are not filial, you will be criticized and scolded. He believed that his second and third sons would not dare to refuse to take the money.
"What disease did you have? What medicine did you buy? You were full of energy just two days ago, but you got sick today?" Lin's mother frowned and asked.
This is a very difficult matter to handle. It is normal for the elderly to have some minor ailments. If they come to you and ask for money for medical treatment and you don't give it, people will definitely say that you are unfilial.
"I haven't seen it yet. If you keep coughing, you can decide whether to give it to me or not." Lin Xuping laughed, looking very cruel.
"No, get out of here right now. If you want to see it, we will come to your house and see it in person some other day. How can we just give you money? If people hear about it, they will think we are unfilial."
Lin Heng said coldly.
His father was a little angry at this remark, and shouted angrily: "You have no right to interrupt."
"What? Did I say something wrong?" Lin Heng stared at him.
"Brother, please go back. We will go to see mom some other day. We must go if mom is sick."
Reminded by Lin Hengyi, Lin's father hurriedly said.
He couldn't help but look at Lin Heng twice. He thought that he had a bright mind and his two years of study were not in vain.
"Yes, brother, we will go and see it in person in a couple of days. There is no reason for us to ask you to come here." Third father Lin Xutao also said hurriedly.
After hearing this, Dad Lin Xutao suddenly didn't know what to say and looked at Lin Heng angrily.
"Well, I've been notified. If you don't go, I won't be the one being laughed at."
Finally, he said something and left embarrassedly.
After he left, Lin's father looked at Lin Heng and said, "Thanks to you, otherwise I would have to spend a few dollars today."
"Yeah, Lin Heng, you're really quick-witted. We don't know what to do after hearing what you said. Come and have a drink."
After Sandie said this, he raised his glass and insisted on drinking with Lin Heng.
"Third father, you are too polite." Lin Heng helplessly took a sip with Third Father.
In fact, if his father insists, his family will really give him some.
But, he is obviously shameless, but he cares a little about his reputation, just like a warm-hearted man, he flatters and pretends to be a gentleman, so it is easy to deal with him.
On the other side, Li Ping, who was hiding under a tree in the distance, saw her husband Lin Xuping coming out and asked, "How is it going? Did you give the money?"
"No, they said they wanted to go and see it in person."
Lin Xuping said in a rough voice.
"Humph, you're useless. You can't even get this little money. I'm so unlucky to be with you."
When she heard that there was no money, Li Ping's face instantly turned cold and she started cursing.
"If you have the guts, why don't you go by yourself?" Lin Xuping also got angry.
After a few arguments and pushing, Lin Xuping started talking about the food at Lin Heng's house and the new clothes hanging at the door. Li Ping's eyes widened when she heard it.
"How much did this ginseng sell for? God must be blind to waste it like this."
As she scolded her husband, she became angrier and angrier, wondering why he was so useless.
"Maybe someone shot it while hunting. Why are you complaining?"
Lin Xuping was so confused. This crazy woman had no ability and just kept scolding him all day long. He was so angry that he wanted to hit her.
“Humph, he must have bought it. No one in his house knows how to hunt. It’s all because of you, a useless thing. You can’t even dig up a ginseng.
Just wait and see. In a few days, the money for building a house will be gone, especially since Lin Heng is a second-rate guy. They have their own poverty. "
Li Ping cursed her husband and Lin Heng's family at the same time. Seeing others living better than herself was more painful than killing her.
Two people living together tend to look down on each other more and more.
Lin Heng didn't know any of this and was happily picking up food for his wife.
If he knew, he would definitely laugh out loud. The days that would make his uncle's family envious and jealous had just begun.
(End of this chapter)
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