Lin Jiaojiao looked at the figure in front of her and felt helpless. What a fate! She could always see him walking every time she took a bus.

Uh...it made her feel a little too chaste.

"Ahem, Aunt Lin, please ask Lin Shen to come up and sit down later."

Lin Dadan was stunned, then looked at the figure in front of him and sighed in his heart. This child is not easy. He is already 24 and still not married. There is someone willing to marry him, but his mother asks for a very high price, saying that he is the eldest brother of the future scholar, and the betrothal gift must be at least ten taels of silver.

I am almost 25 years old. If I don’t get married, I will either become a slave or a military prostitute.

"it is good."

Lin Jiaojiao quickly said again: "Don't say it was me who called you."

Lin Dadan drove a bullock cart past Lin Shen and called out, "Brother Shen, come on up and sit on it."

Lin Shen turned around and saw that only Lin Jiaojiao was sitting in the back of the ox cart. She was facing away from him, holding a bamboo basket with four pieces of linen on it.

Sure enough, she was in the carriage that passed by earlier.

He turned around and continued walking forward, "No need, Aunt Lin."

Lin Dadan continued, "Auntie Lin doesn't charge any money. Come up and sit for a while. You've been gone all day."

Lin Shen looked down at his dusty cloth shoes. Indeed, his feet had begun to ache after walking for so long, but today was much better than before and he walked an hour less.

Lin Jiaojiao secretly looked at Lin Shen who was walking forward silently. Such a rough and cool guy was born in the wrong era. He should have lived in the literary era. Tsk tsk, what a pity.

Before she could hide her expression, she was caught by Lin Shen who suddenly turned around and looked at her.

She quickly turned her head away with lingering fear. Damn, why do I get caught every time? This is too unlucky.

Lin Shen looked at Lin Jiaojiao who turned her head hurriedly, her eyes deep under the black veil, and stopped.

"Okay, thank you Aunt Lin."

When Lin Dadan saw that Lin Shen agreed, he stopped the ox cart.

Lin Shen got on the ox cart and sat opposite Lin Jiaojiao. Because of the cover of the veil, he looked at everything in front of him unscrupulously. However, the woman in front of him lowered her head and pretended nothing had happened.

interesting.

Lin Jiaojiao endured the agony and made it to Linjia Village. Lin Shen thanked him and got off the car first. Lin Dadan drove Lin Jiaojiao to her doorstep. Many people passed by on the way and thought that the things in the car were all bought by Lin Dadan.

When people he knew joked with him, Lin Dadan just smiled and said nothing.

It was just past 3 p.m. when Lin Jiaojiao got home.

Lin Yizhi, who had been guarding the door, suddenly saw the ox cart driving towards the front of the yard. He shouted excitedly, "Dad, my wife is back," and ran towards the gate.

Lin Jiaojiao waited for the ox cart to stop and got off.

Looking at Lin Yizhi at the entrance of the yard and Lin's father who was rushing out of the house, my heart felt warm.

"Dad, you also know that I'm back."

When Lin Dadan was about to leave in his ox cart, he was stopped by Lin Jiaojiao.

"Thank you, Auntie Lin. Take these two buns back and try them."

When Lin Dadan saw her take out two meat buns wrapped in oil paper from the basket on her back, he quickly shook his head to refuse.

"Aunt Lin, please keep it. Thank you for the journey."

Father Lin happened to come over and heard it. Although he didn't know what happened, he followed Lin Jiaojiao's words and said, "Sister Lin, ahem, just accept it. You have helped us so much. This is a little token of my appreciation."

After hearing what Lin's father said, Lin Dadan felt too embarrassed to refuse, so he thanked him, accepted the gift and left.

"Dad, let's go back to the house and talk."

"Good good."

The three of them returned to the main room, and Lin Jiaojiao divided the four pieces of cloth between Lin's father and Lin Yizhi.

"Just make me two sets of clothes, and the rest can be divided among the three of you."

Lin Yizhi held the cloth with a look of surprise, while Lin's father looked distressed, as he didn't know how much silver these four pieces of cloth had cost.

Before Lin's father had finished feeling distressed, he saw Lin Jiaojiao take off the bag in front of her chest and open it. Inside were three hairpins, three pairs of earrings, four combs, two hairpins, and a hairpin.

Father Lin was surprised and asked, "Jiao'er, why are there so many jewels?"

"Dad, I bought this for you. Don't be suspicious. I earned this from legitimate business. Just use it with confidence."

Lin Jiaojiao picked up a hairpin, a pair of earrings, a comb and a hairpin and handed them to Lin's father.

"Dad, these are yours, take a look and see if you like them."

After she finished speaking, she picked up another set, but the hairpin had turned into a hairpin and handed it to Lin Yizhi.

She kept the remaining comb for herself and said to Lin Yizhi, "Yizhi, the remaining ones are for big brother. You can give them to him when the time comes."

Lin Yizhi glanced at Lin Yiyan's door, then at Lin Jiaojiao, lowered his head to look at the jewelry in his hand and said softly: "Wife, you should give it to brother. Brother is already up at this hour and is embroidering."

Lin Jiaojiao understood as soon as she heard it. The house was so small and the sound insulation was poor. I'm afraid that everything she did after returning would have been heard by Lin Yiyan.

Father Lin also echoed, "Ahem, Jiao'er, go ahead. Yan'er will definitely be very happy to receive a gift from you personally."

Lin Jiaojiao had no choice but to pick up the remaining jewelry, walked to Lin Yiyan's door and knocked. After a while, the door was half opened.

She looked at Lin Yiyan standing in the shadows, his pale face looking at her quietly.

She was stuck for a moment and didn't know what to say.

He handed the jewelry in his hand directly to Lin Yiyan, "Big, big brother, these are for you."

Lin Jiaojiao appeared calm on the surface, but she was screaming like a groundhog inside.

Why do I stutter? I want to cry but I have no tears.

Lin Yiyan stretched out her fair, translucent, slender hand and slowly took it.

"Thank you."

Lin Jiaojiao watched him take it and close the door, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Father Lin came over and said, "Jiao'er, please return all these to dad. He's old and doesn't need them anymore." Although these were simple pieces of jewelry, they must have cost a lot of money.

Lin Jiaojiao looked at the jewelry she had carefully selected, thinking that she should keep it low-key, fearing that if she showed off too much, they would not want to wear it.

"You can't return it. Dad, just wear it with peace of mind. I'll buy you something better later."

After saying this, Lin Jiaojiao took out another tael of silver from her pocket. She had 18 taels, 800 coins left of the 30 taels she earned today. She didn't dare give too much to Lin's father at once, for fear of scaring him and making him think that she had done something shady.

"Dad, this little bit of silver is what's left over from this time. You can keep it for yourself and don't give it to me. I've also kept a few hundred coins for myself, which is enough for my use."

Father Lin wanted to say something, but Lin Jiaojiao interrupted him directly: "Dad, I know there are food in the kitchen basket. Remember to take out the cakes and eat them. I bought them especially for you. There are also meat buns. If you are hungry, heat them up before eating."

"Oh, right, let's cook rice tonight, and then make some potatoes and pork ribs. First, cut the ribs into pieces, put them in a pot with cold water, and add ginger to remove the fishy smell. Boil them for a cup of tea, then take out the ribs, discard the water in the pot, and then boil the pot dry, add lard, and add rock sugar when the oil is slightly hot."

"Rock sugar?" Lin Yizhi asked.

"Yes, there is a jar in the basket which is filled with rock sugar. Put six or seven pieces in it and boil the sugar until it bubbles." She later went to the mall and exchanged it for three points.

"Then add the pork ribs and stir-fry, then add the scallions, ginger and salt and stir-fry, then add enough water to cover the pork ribs. After the water boils, turn to low heat and simmer for two or three cups of tea, then add the diced potatoes and simmer until the potatoes are soft, then turn to high heat to reduce the sauce, sprinkle with chopped scallions and serve."

"I understand, my wife, do you want to cook anything else?"

Lin Yizhi carefully remembered what Lin Jiaojiao had just said. These past few days, his wife had been guiding him in cooking. The food he cooked was so delicious that even his brother often came out to eat.

The wife said that these were secret recipes told to her by her friends.

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