Chapter 37 Backer
After Lin's father caught up, Fang Ning didn't feel comfortable following Lin Mo home. Seeing him looking back every few steps, Lin Mo smiled helplessly, "If there is something good, I will bring it to you tomorrow."
Fang Ning smiled, "Okay."
Father Lin looked at Fang Ning as he left, then looked at his son and shook his head, "After sending wild fruits, everyone knows that Qiqi has good things."
"You can't always send back good things. She should keep them for herself."
"You write to her and she listens to you the most."
Lin Mo retorted, "She is not obedient. She looks well-behaved, but she is actually very opinionated."
Father Lin didn't respond. If he were to say, each of the three children has his own ideas.
Lin Mo carried a big bag into the yard, and everyone in the yard looked at him.
"Oh, what is this? Such a big package?" an aunt asked curiously. She walked a few steps to Lin Mo and reached out to touch the package on Lin Mo's shoulder.
Lin Mo wanted to hide, but failed.
"Hey, it's in lumps, like dried sweet potatoes." The aunt's eyes were fiery. With so many dried sweet potatoes, it would take a long time to cook sweet potato porridge.
"I'm back. Let's eat first." Mother Lin came out of the house, took Lin Mo and walked into the house. She said to the aunt, "Have you eaten yet? Do you want to come in and have something to eat?"
"No, no, we've cooked it too." The auntie waved her hand. No one was full, so who would have the nerve to go to someone else's house for a meal?
But who sent such a big bag of dried sweet potatoes? Such a generous gift!
The door was closed, blocking out the curious eyes outside.
Lin Miaomiao, who was setting the table, saw Lin Mo carrying something in and immediately ran over, "Brother, what is this?"
"Qiqi mailed it back. I haven't opened it yet, so I don't know what's in it." Lin Mo said as he put the package on the ground and turned to get the scissors.
When Lin Miaomiao heard that it was something mailed back by her silly sister, she immediately curled her lips and stopped talking.
"Why does Qiqi always send things home? Didn't we tell her not to send anything?" Mother Lin said the words of blame, but her eyes were smiling.
Lin Mo carefully cut a hole in the hole and found two bags inside. The pockets of the bags were tied with straw ropes, so there was no need to cut them, just untie them.
He opened one of them first, and when he saw the white flakes, he looked a little strange, "It's not a sweet potato, and it doesn't look like a potato either."
"Let me see." Mother Lin also took a piece. She first put it to the tip of her nose to smell it, then bit off a little with her mouth, chewed it carefully, and then said, "It's yam."
"Yam? So many yams?" Lin Mo was shocked. Yams were not grown on a large scale and were rarely sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives. Besides, it was not the season for eating yams.
Mother Lin weighed the bag of yam and said, "It must be about 20 to 30 kilograms. Your sister is worried that we have nothing to eat, so she is trying to find a way to get us more food. Open the other bag, and I see that this one seems to be in large pieces. I wonder what's inside."
As soon as Lin Ma finished speaking, Lin Mo opened the bag.
When they saw what was in the bag, the four members of the Lin family were all shocked. This was, smoked pork?
There is more bacon than yams and it weighs twice as much.
"Where has your sister been? Why did she bring back so much smoked meat?" Mother Lin's voice trembled a little, for she was afraid that her little daughter had done something bad.
Lin Mo and Lin's father also looked a little solemn.
"There is a letter under the bag." Lin Miaomiao pointed to the bottom of the big bag.
Lin Mo quickly picked up the letter, opened it, and after reading it at a glance, he breathed a sigh of relief. "It's wild boar meat. She caught it in a trap she dug with others."
When they heard that it was a wild boar caught in a trap, Lin's father and mother felt relieved.
Mother Lin sighed, "She mailed so much back, I'm afraid she didn't keep any of it herself."
"The letter said that she could hunt prey from time to time, but I don't know if it's true or not." Lin Mo said. The last time he went there, his sister didn't say that she could dig traps and set traps.
"Write her a letter tomorrow and ask her more clearly," said Father Lin.
Lin Mo nodded, "Okay."
"These bacon..." Mother Lin was a little conflicted. She didn't want to share them, but she had to. "Give one pound to your grandmother's house, and five pounds to your grandmother's house. Give half a pound to each of the families who lent us money."
"Mom, grandma, grandpa, and my uncle's family don't like my sister." Lin Mo said. He didn't want to share his sister's things with people who didn't like his sister.
"But they are your father's parents. It's impossible for your father to eat the meat while your grandparents don't even get to taste it." Mother Lin said earnestly.
Dad Lin: “….” Should we say that his wife is very considerate?
Lin Mo made a concession, "Then one pound."
As he said that, he turned around and warned Lin Miaomiao, "Don't tell grandpa, grandma and second uncle's family how much bacon we have at home."
Lin Miaomiao rolled her eyes, "Do I look stupid?"
She is obviously more protective of food than anyone else.
The next morning, Fang Ning deliberately waited for Lin Mo at the gate of the machinery factory. When he saw Lin Mo, he greeted him with a smile like a puppy seeing a bone.
"What's in the bag?" Fang Ning leaned close to Lin Mo's ear and asked in a low voice.
Lin Mo was carrying a black cloth bag, and there seemed to be a lot of things in the bag.
"It's some smoked wild boar meat. My dad said to give half a pound to each person who lent us money. I specially saved one pound for you." Lin Mo also lowered his voice.
"Wild boar meat!" Fang Ning was shocked. "Our sister actually sent back this delicious thing!"
Lin Mo raised his lips, "In addition to wild boar meat, there are also dried yams. But my mother kept the dried yams and didn't share them with me. I packed a small bag for you."
"That's very nice!" Fang Ning punched Lin Mo in the chest. "Next time you send something to your sister, tell me. I have something for our sister too."
"It's my sister." Lin Mo corrected.
Fang Ning waved his hand indifferently, "Your sister is my sister. What does our sister like to eat?"
"My sister is not picky about food. She eats everything." Lin Mo said.
"This is not a easy task. I have to choose a good return gift." Fang Ning thought seriously.
Lin Mo did not refuse. He wanted more people to like his sister.
On this day, Lin Qi did not go to the mountains. At night, two bird calls were heard from the educated youth site.
Lin Qi, who was originally planning to go to sleep, got out of bed, put on her shoes, left the room, and went straight to the door.
Next to the vegetable field outside the educated youth center, there was a dense holly tree. Xu Hexiao hid behind the holly tree, and his eyes, darker than the night, stared straight in the direction of the entrance of the educated youth center, watching the girl walking towards him.
The girl walked closer step by step until she was less than half a meter away from him. Xu Hexiao then asked, "Have you had dinner?"
Lin Qi nodded and looked at the earthenware jar in his arms, "Wolf meat?"
"Hmm. It's been stewed for a whole day and it smells very good." Xu Hexiao said. He was rewarded for saving people last night, so the captain gave him and his grandfather two days off, which gave him just enough time to process the wolf skin and meat.
Lin Qi swallowed and said, "I can eat another bowl."
Xu Hexiao looked at her greedy look, and the corners of his lips curled up. He came to the right place.
Xu Hexiao not only brought a clay pot, but also brought chopsticks. He held the pot while Lin Qi used chopsticks to directly pick food from the pot. The meat was stewed until it was so soft that it almost melted in the mouth.
"I forgot to ask you this morning, so I took it upon myself to salt the wolf meat and then smoke it." Xu Hexiao explained.
Lin Qi nodded, "Yes, it's time to smoke." The weather is hot, so she has no choice but to smoke.
Xu Hexiao: "We still have dozens of kilograms of pork. Do you want to sell the wolf meat?"
Lin Qi: "We won't sell it. We'll keep it for ourselves. Eat more every day to grow taller and gain weight."
In her previous life, she was about 1.7 meters tall, so it made no sense that she was less than 1.6 meters tall in this life. And her parents in this life were not short either.
When talking about his height, Xu Hexiao felt a little sad for a moment because he was a short man.
It seems that I have to eat on time, eat more, and work hard to grow taller in the future.
Xu Hexiao: "What about the wolf skin? Should we keep it or sell it?"
Lin Qi thought about it seriously, "What do you think?"
Xu Hexiao: "Sell it. The cave is cold and damp all year round. If the wolf skin is left there for too long, it will go bad. But if you have another place to put it, you can keep it. It's rare to find such a large and intact wolf skin."
"Then sell it. Help me replace it with a men's watch." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao froze and looked at Lin Qi in disbelief, "Why not a female version?"
Who is she going to give the watch to?
"I don't need it. I'm giving it to my brother." Lin Qi said.
Hearing that it was for his brother, Xu Hexiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, in the last few seconds, he felt an unprecedented panic in his heart.
"Help me get a good one." Lin Qi said seriously.
Her existence made her brother's marriage difficult, and the watch was her apology to her brother.
Xu Hexiao also became serious, "Okay, I will definitely ask Brother Tan to find the best one for you."
"Thank you." Lin Qi said.
"There's no need to say thank you between us." Xu Hexiao didn't like her thanking him, it was too awkward, so he changed the subject, "You're getting more and more fluent in your words."
Lin Qi raised her eyes and glanced at him calmly, "I will be more efficient in the future."
On the day of the market, Xiaomei, Hongmei and several other girls arrived just as the educated youths had finished their breakfast.
Seeing this, Lin Qi hurriedly speeded up her eating.
"Qiqi walks slowly, please bear with her on the road." Jian Tongyi is like an older brother, and Lin Qi is his beloved sister.
Xiaomei agreed readily, "No problem. If she gets tired on the way, I can carry her on my back."
Lin Qi had no expression on her face. “…No need.”
Lin Qi's speed was still slow, but it was obvious that she was trying hard. She had tried her best to take the biggest steps.
The girls were not in a hurry and chattered all the way, talking about village gossip. Sometimes they picked wild flowers on the roadside and made flower crowns as they walked.
"The captain came back from the county last night." Hongmei lowered her voice, "I heard that all eight people survived, but four were seriously injured. One had a head injury and is still unconscious; two had leg injuries and fractures; and one had an arm injury. When he jumped, his hand was crushed and his wrist was broken."
"Who are they?" Xiaomei asked.
Hongmei shook her head. "I didn't overhear it. But it should have been known in two days. According to the captain, if it had been found a few hours later, I'm afraid someone would have died."
"In fact, it was all thanks to that black five category. If it weren't for him, who would have known that Luo Fu and his men had fallen into the cave. Moreover, Luo Fu and his men were injured and hungry, and they couldn't even shout for help. Without that black five category, they would have died underground."
"So, the Black Five did a good thing."
"It's a great thing! Those seven families will definitely remember his kindness. From now on, if anyone wants to bully him in the village, they will have to see if those seven families will give in."
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