Chapter 99
As soon as Wang Honghua said this, everyone in Linjia Village burst into laughter.
Old Lady Qi laughed especially loudly.
"Li Aifeng, what evil things have you done? How are you going to be reborn as a dog in your next life?!"
Li Aifeng's face flushed red. Wang Honghua had been going crazy from time to time recently, and with the rumors coming out of Old Wang Manor, the news that the daughter of the Wang family was a lunatic could no longer be concealed.
Although Lin Daguo was shameless, he also wanted to save some face in the village. At least he didn't want to let the villagers know that his daughter-in-law was a lunatic. In the past, the villagers always scolded Lin Daguo's family for being immoral, ruthless, and unkind. After a long time, no one scolded them anymore.
Now, Lin Hongwu has married a crazy woman, and the people in Linjia Village have new things to talk about. Those gossipy women in the village have nothing to do every day after dinner, so they gossip outside, saying that the Lin family is immoral and this is retribution, and that God is watching what you do, and they deserve it, and so on.
Li Aifeng felt even more annoyed when she heard Old Lady Qi laughing like a pig. She had not been on good terms with Old Lady Qi for more than ten years. This old hag was a big mouth in the village, and most of the troubles in her family were told through her mouth. She was so angry that she started cursing, "This damn old hag has been trying to harm me every day. I'm going to tear her face apart!"
Lin Daguo's face was gloomy. Seeing his wife cursing non-stop and wanting to fight with Old Lady Qi, he pulled her back.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Aren't you afraid that your family hasn't been embarrassed enough? Have you forgotten what Hongna said? If there's another disturbance at home and the news gets out to the town, don't even think about getting a penny from her in the future!"
Lin Hongna hit the snake at its weakest point, and this is what Lin Daguo cares about the most.
How could Li Aifeng not know this? Isn't it because of the anger in her heart that she feels uncomfortable?
She looked around and didn't see Lin Hongwu, so she was even more angry and beat her chest and stamped her feet.
"Where's that bastard Hongwu? Such a big thing happened at home, where is he hiding again!"
Lin Hongwu has been feeling really aggrieved recently. He was scared by Wang Honghua's beating and couldn't stand it. He ran to the town without even saying hello to his parents.
Lin Daguo and his wife originally thought that they would have a son to raise and take care of them in their old age, but they didn't expect that their son was a useless person and actually ran away, leaving his parents behind.
"Okay, forget about that evildoer, close the door quickly, why do you still want to make a fool of yourself?"
Li Aifeng's mind became clear, and she didn't care about anything else. Together with Lin Daguo, the couple went to comfort Wang Honghua, while the other one smiled and said something to sneer at others.
"Look, it's getting dark today, it's already half past twelve, Aunt Chen, Aunt Li... We won't keep you here anymore, we'll talk later when we have time."
The Lin family closed the door, shutting out the inquiring eyes of the gossipy old ladies in the village.
Seeing that there was nothing to see, the villagers yawned and dispersed one by one. Only Mrs. Qi was unwilling to leave. She moved her old legs to the outside of the Lin family's mud wall and listened again and again. She didn't hear anything big, so she let her old man call her back.
Lin Hongwu, who was hiding in the town, was kicked and kicked back by Lin Daguo the next day.
Now it was the busy farming season in the village, which was related to the food supply in the second half of the year. The team leader had already said that no one in the village could be lazy and ask for work.
Lin Hongwu didn't want to be lazy, and it was useless. Now Lin Daguo and his wife were cold to him and didn't love him as much as before. If other men could work in the fields, why couldn't his son?
So, Lin Hongwu was thrown into the field to pull weeds with a hunched back. It was a hot day and he was exhausted. He patted his back and wanted to take a break. When he looked up, he saw the eldest son of the team leader's family, who was leading a shiny wolfhound, staring at him covetously not far away.
Lin Hongwu: "..."
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During the Dragon Boat Festival, the fragrance of zong leaves wafted in the air. Every household in Yunshui County was washing zong leaves and soaking rice at home to prepare for making zongzi.
The people of Yunshui County prefer sweet zongzi. These days, glutinous rice is expensive. Most people want to eat zongzi, but they can't afford pure glutinous rice zongzi. At most, they use white rice mixed with glutinous rice to make a few small zongzi to satisfy their children.
Families in the county who have the conditions will also wrap some dried red dates in the zongzi to make it sweet.
While the old Gu family was busy soaking glutinous rice, Gu Shian and his group, who had been away from home for more than half a month
, returned home exhausted. The group of young men who were full of vigor and vitality before the departure, all had unshaven beards and lost a lot of weight when they returned. Xu Xiangqian walked with a limp. Don't ask, he just sprained his ankle during training.
Gu Shian also had a scratch on his shoulder, but he was wearing clothes to cover it. Zhang Cuilan and her husband couldn't see it, but that didn't mean Lin Yao couldn't see it.
Someone came back at the wrong time, and his fat son was sleeping soundly on the bed.
Deputy Director Gu was dirty and had injuries on his body and couldn't take a bath. Lin Yao brought in a basin of water, found a new towel from the closet, wet it, twisted it dry, and passed it to him to wipe his body.
Gu Shian wiped his body, put the towel on the washbasin, and changed his bandage while Lin Yao was not paying attention.
As soon as Lin Yao turned around, someone was about to put clothes on him.
Lin Yao was suspicious, "Gu Shian, what are you doing?"
Deputy Director Gu shook his body and said insincerely, "It's okay, I'm wiping myself."
Lin Yao didn't believe it, and ran over to take a look. There was a palm-sized wound on Gu Shian's right shoulder with distinct muscles. It looked like it was about to heal, but for some reason, there were some signs of cracking at this time, and the blood seeped through the gauze.
Lin Yao's face turned stern. While he was busy applying medicine to Gu Shian, he questioned, "Look at you. You didn't tell your family that you were injured. What's the point of having a mouth like a saw-mouthed gourd?"
Deputy Director Gu was good-tempered and just smiled. He took Lin Yao's hand and kissed it, and said something coquettishly.
"Yaoyao, I'm hungry."
Okay, after Deputy Director Gu said this, Lin Yao was no longer angry.
In order to get home before the Dragon Boat Festival, Gu Shian and his friends traveled all the way back by car overnight. They didn't get a good rest for two consecutive nights. Lin Yao made the bed, pressed Gu Shian to let him have a good sleep, and tiptoed out of the house.
Zhang Cuilan was sifting rice in the yard, picking out the small stones inside. After sifting the rice, she couldn't stay idle, so she picked up the dirty clothes thrown on the ground, drew water from the well, put soap beans on them, scrubbed them clean, and hung them on bamboo poles in the yard to dry. Then she sat under the pomegranate tree to weave straw sandals. She worked quickly and skillfully, and could weave a new pair of straw sandals in half an hour.
Lin Yao washed her hands with water, tied an apron, went into the kitchen, and came out with a small basin. Zhang Cuilan looked at her and said, "Yaoyao, it's not time for dinner yet, what are you doing?"
Lin Yao took a sip of barley tea and said with a smile, "Mom, I have nothing to do if I have nothing to do. Why don't I prepare the meal in advance."
The old lady felt distressed and said that it was hot right now, so why not wait until it gets cooler in the evening? Do.
"Make it earlier, and Gu Shi'an can eat it earlier."
These words sounded so comfortable to the old lady's ears. No matter how pleasing her daughter-in-law was, she felt happy in her heart, not because she had rice dumplings to eat during the festival in the evening, but because her son The affection a daughter-in-law has for her boss is better than anything else if her daughter-in-law has a boss in her heart!
Gu Shidong squatted in the yard, staring at the glutinous rice soaking in the small basin, looking forward to eating sweet rice dumplings early.
Gu Mancang scrubbed and washed the fat reed leaves and horsetail grass, and called his old son to take out the pork belly hanging in the well. The family was reunited. Today was another festival, so the family had a big meal.
Lin Yao told him "There's a grass carp in the basket. Keep an eye on Daju and don't let him steal it."
Just now, Xu's mother sent a grass carp. Daju saw it and meowed beside him with his tail wagging.
Lin Yao A piece of meat was hung in the well to prevent Daju from stealing it.
"Okay."
Gu Shidong agreed, and ran to the well to pick up the meat and fish.
Grass carp meat is tender and fresh. A fish is not enough for a family. Lin Yao cut a piece of tender tofu and planned to cook a pot of delicious tofu fish soup. The vegetables he grew at home were fried eggs with leeks and stewed potatoes. meat, a dish of homemade pickled sour bamboo shoots, and the staple food was freshly steamed Erhe noodle steamed buns.
This meal was not very rich, but it was already one of the best.
In addition, there were also sweet rice dumplings, which Lin Yao was very eager to eat . After a while, the Xu family of five also came to the big courtyard.
The two families had agreed to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival together.
Gu Chunmei brought a basket of sweet rice dumplings and greeted Lin Yao, "I didn't come empty-handed. I specially made the sweet date rice dumplings that you like. Smell them and see if they are delicious."
Lin Yao smiled and patted her, " It's not even on the stove yet, do you think I'm a dog? "
"Haha, that's not what I said."
The two sisters chatted and laughed, and in less than half an hour, they prepared a table of delicious food.
The old Gu family usually They ate in the big house. There were many people at home and the weather was hot, so they simply moved the table to the yard to eat.
In order to catch the drug dealers, Gu Shian and Xu Xiangqian slept in the open air in the deep mountains and old forests, eating one meal and then eating another. Sometimes I have nothing to eat and I just have to survive by drinking water.
Now the two of them saw a table full of fragrant dishes, and they felt their stomachs growling.
Deputy Director Gu was fine, he was stable, but Big Head Brother was already in the yard, stretching his head.
As soon as the food was served, Big Head Brother quickly picked up several pieces of stewed potatoes and meat with his chopsticks, and drank two big mouthfuls of the delicious tofu fish soup. It was really delicious . It smells so good!
The adults were eating in the yard, while the two children, Gu Doudou and Xu Tangyuan, were sleeping soundly in their little beds.
Perhaps it was because the food in the yard smelled so good that the two little kids, who usually sleep for two or three hours, woke up in the middle of their sleep and whimpered in the house, asking their old father to carry them outside. , feed him the freshly steamed egg custard.
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After the Dragon Boat Festival, it rained in Yunshui County. The rain lasted for two days. On the morning of the third day, the drizzle still showed no sign of stopping. Gu Shian wore a raincoat. , went to the vegetable garden to cut the first batch of leeks. The leeks were growing strong and lush, and he could get a handful at a time. He was about to turn back when he suddenly felt a pair of eyes looking into the yard. Gu Shian glanced at them and walked forward. Looking out the courtyard, I only saw a pair of big feet disappearing in the rain.
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