The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

In front of the clan elders, Old Lady Lin asked each of her sons to give her one or two taels of silver as a tribute every year.

Lin Dahe thought that since his parents always took less money from the money they paid to Zhonggong, they would not take all the money they paid as filial piety every year.

Although Wang Chunxiu felt that one or two taels of silver was a bit too much, she really wanted to divide the family property, so she persuaded Lin Dahai to agree.

Both sons agreed, so there was no reason why Lin Dajiang would disagree.

Lin Dahe had to go to work and was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, Old Lady Lin said something that shocked Lin Dahe for the first time.

"We old couple will live with the third son from now on. The first and second sons' families will have to give an extra stone of rice every year."

Even the two elders were staring at Old Lady Lin.

"Lin Gui, do you think so too?" One of the elders stood up to confirm.

Lin Gui remembered what his wife said in the morning, and nodded to the two elders without hesitation.

Lin Dajiang was shocked and looked at Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin: "Dad, Mom, I am the eldest, how can I follow Dahe and not me! Although I am a little lazy, I will never let you go hungry as long as I have something to eat!"

Thinking of the eldest son finding an excuse to sneak away as soon as he got to the fields, Old Lady Lin said angrily, "You are such a bad person. You don't even take a piss to look in the mirror. Don't let my grandchildren go hungry. We will follow the third son. He is an accountant and has no time to farm. We old couple can help with the farming."

Lin Dahe coughed and said, "Mom, how can I let you be a white child? I will pay my parents for their work in the future."

Lin Dajiang was already very happy in his heart, but his face still looked bitter.

The more he acted like this, the less Mrs. Lin believed him.

I always suspect that the boss is thinking of ways to cheat them with his complicated mind.

If I follow the eldest brother, I might have to rely on the filial piety of the second brother and others to support the eldest brother's family.

"It's settled." Old Mrs. Lin waved her hand, and Lin Gui saw the two elders out.

Lin Xiaohua saw that her two brothers only got one tael of silver, but asked their parents to give them one tael of silver plus a stone of rice as filial piety. So, by this calculation, they had to give two taels of silver as filial piety to their parents in a year.

Tsk tsk, her mother is really heartless.

A tael of silver as a gift of filial piety!

With such a small piece of land, and two older brothers and several children to raise, it would be strange if we could save any money!

Lin Xiaohua didn't know what to say. She originally wanted to get a share of the pie, but she didn't expect to get nothing.

And a lot of saliva was wasted.

When I left, I pulled two bunches of vegetables planted by Old Mrs. Lin from the back garden.

Now that the Lin family has divided up, all the belongings have owners, even the vegetable garden has been divided.

Whenever Xiao Guyu had free time, he would squat in the back garden and look after his vegetable patch.

On the first night after the separation, the Lin family ate together.

Old Mrs. Lin was generous for once. She took out a bowl of dark noodles from the old couple's grain bags and pulled a handful of green vegetables from the ground.

Li Taohua is a good cook. She mixed the black flour with the bird eggs that were not eaten yesterday and added a handful of wild onions.

As soon as the lard is put into the pan, there is a sizzling sound, which is so delicious.

Guyu and Dongzhi stood by the stove, tiptoeing, climbing up the stove, staring at the pot.

The pancakes were put into the pot one by one, and soon the fragrance gradually spread to the noses of the two children.

It made them salivate and greedy.

Li Taohua was in a good mood. She broke off a small piece of the cake, divided it into two halves, and gave one to Guyu and one to Dongzhi respectively.

"To satisfy your cravings."

"Thank you, grandma."

"Thank you, auntie."

Li Taohua smiled and made the remaining pancakes.

I added a small spoonful of lard to the oil in the pan and fried the vegetables.

After a while, the fragrant stir-fried vegetables and black flour pancakes with bird eggs were served on the table.

Except for the third branch's family, all the other members of the old Lin family are alive.

"It would be nice if I could eat bird egg pancakes every day. They're so delicious." Dongzhi finished a pancake and licked his fingers with satisfaction.

Wang Chunxiu broke off half of her cake and gave it to Dongzhi: "Eat it. Mom will make it for you often in the future."

Old Mrs. Lin rolled her eyes and sneered, "Second brother, when you make cakes in the future, don't forget to honor us. We have suffered all our lives, and we have only eaten black-faced cakes a few times in order to raise our children."

"Mom..." Wang Chunxiu paused, she knew her mother was angry.

But now that we have separated, there will be plenty of good days to come, and there is no need to fight with mom.

"From now on, my family will eat cakes. I'll ask Dongzhi to bring them to you."

Old Mrs. Lin glanced at Dongzhi and pursed her lips. It was a pity that she could not buy much black noodles with her three taels of silver!

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Lin Xiaoman's family is moving.

Lin Dajiang rented the house of Li Erli's deceased brother.

Li Erli's family are outsiders. His father is a hunter. Five years ago, he took his son Li Dali to the mountain, but somehow he fell off the cliff.

At that time, Li Dali's wife had just given birth to a baby.

The next day after the funeral, the girl returned to her parents' home and remarried within a few months.

Leaving behind were the disabled old lady Li and twelve-year-old Li Erli.

Fortunately, he had been a hunter and had some money left after selling his goods.

Later, Li Erli went into the mountains to catch rabbits without telling Grandma Li on his back. Grandma Li beat him severely, but he refused to repent.

After being beaten so many times, Old Master Li felt sorry for him and just told him not to go into the mountains and then he turned a blind eye to it.

Every time Li Erli went up the mountain, Old Lady Lin would always close the door and stop talking.

The house that Li Dali built has been cleaned by Old Lady Li over the years, hoping to keep it for her granddaughter to find a son-in-law in the future.

This time, Li Erli had to persuade Old Lady Li to rent the house to Lin Dajiang after much persuasion, because Lin Jingzhe followed Erli every day and was a sensible child.

Li Dali's house is not big. The main room and kitchen are connected, with one room on the east and one on the west.

The house on the west side is larger and is divided into two rooms, both of which are equipped with windows.

Although the walls are made of mud, they were only built five or six years ago and are much better than the old adobe house of the old Lin family.

At least if you buckle it, no mud will fall off.

Lin Xiaoman finally has a room of her own. God knows she was almost suffocated because she hadn't been in the space for these days.

I don’t know if the rice balls have been searched.

Lin Dajiang's family moved in full swing. Although the bed at home was broken, it was still usable. Lin Dajiang and his family went back and forth several times and moved all the broken bed and cabinets away.

Even the table with a missing leg that originally existed in Lin Dajiang's room was moved away.

When moving Lin Xiaoman's bed, Lin Jingzhe was tripped by a pile of dried dog shit, and the bed fell apart without him noticing.

Li Taohua felt distressed when she saw the falling apart bed. She would have to spend another seven or eight copper coins to hire a carpenter to fix it.

Lin Xiaoman had sharp eyes and saw a jade pendant the moment the bed board fell.

She picked it up and took a closer look.

Lin Jingzhe's only pair of shoes was stained by dog ​​shit. He rubbed them in the grass while cursing. When he turned around, he saw his sister holding a jade pendant.

Jade pendant, what a good thing!

"Where did it come from?" He walked closer with interest and looked at the jade pendant in Xiaoman's hand curiously.

He didn't know the value of the jade, but he knew at first glance that it was not cheap.

"It fell off the bed."

Lin Xiaoman guessed that the jade pendant belonged to Gu Changsheng, but she didn't know how this jade pendant in the book ended up in Lin Xiaoxue's hands.

But now that she has found the jade pendant, she will never let Lin Xiaoxue take it away.

"Jingzhe, what are you dawdling about for?" Li Taohua tidied up the bed and straightened up.

Lin Xiaoman hid the jade pendant, actually putting it into the space.

"Mother, Xiaoman picked up, woo..."

Before Lin Jingzhe could finish his words, Lin Xiaoman stepped on the instep of his foot.

"Shh!"

Lin Jingzhe gnashed his teeth and said, "Xiao Man, she picked up dog shit!"