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

After returning to the old house, Mrs. Lin became angrier and angrier the more she thought about it.

"Old man, today I finally understand that we have raised this eldest son in vain. Do you know what I heard the villagers say today? They said that the eldest son only listens to his wife and gives all the good things to the Li family." Old Mrs. Lin listed Lin Dajiang's faults one by one.

"I think it's true. When they built the house last year, they called all four brothers from my wife's family. They also called the wives of the four brothers to work in the workshop. Why didn't they call the wives of the second and third brothers?"

"Look, the third brother is missing now, and no one knows where he went. If the eldest brother had a conscience and tried to persuade the third brother, would the third brother do such a deceitful thing?"

Lin Gui felt that the old woman was being unreasonable again.

The third brother lost his job as an accountant, and no one in the village knew about it.

How can the eldest brother help the third brother?

But he couldn't say these words when the old woman was angry.

Seeing that the old man said nothing, Mrs. Lin continued to criticize the eldest brother's family.

"Now the life and death of the third brother is uncertain. Have you seen the eldest brother go out to look for the third brother? He never asked about it. I think he doesn't care about the Lin family at all. His heart is all for the Li family."

"Didn't the bailiffs find the third brother too?" Lin Gui said.

Mrs. Lin insisted, "The yamen runners are just going through the motions. We have no connections and no money, so why would they help us look for it?"

Lin Gui remained silent again.

The old woman is old and talks too much. I'm feeling depressed, so just let her talk.

"No, I have to ask the eldest brother to go out and find the third brother, otherwise I will always feel uneasy."

"Old lady, why do you let the boss look for it?"

Mrs. Lin said arrogantly: "Just because I am his mother, I can tell him what to do."

"The key is that the eldest brother doesn't know where the third brother ran off to. The third brother has hands and feet. He's in one place today and another place tomorrow. How can you ask him to find him? If the third brother leaves Lin'an Prefecture, how long will it take for the eldest brother to find him? Don't make trouble unreasonably, or else the eldest and the second brother will become alienated from us."

Mrs. Lin refused to give up, "Why? You still don't recognize us old couple."

"Forget it, don't cause trouble to the eldest and second brothers." Lin Gui was tough for once, "The third brother has hands and feet. Since he has done something deceptive, if he returns to the village, ask him to pay the money back himself, and don't ask the eldest and second brothers for help. Be a man, take the consequences of your own actions, and don't always expect your two brothers to help you pay it back."

You know what, Old Mrs. Lin actually had this idea.

Let the eldest and second oldest brothers pool their money together to pay back the money that the third oldest brother owes to the villagers.

Seeing that Old Lady Lin said nothing, Lin Gui asked, "You don't really have this plan, do you?"

Without waiting for Mrs. Lin to answer, Lin Gui said angrily: "Old woman, don't be confused. If you do this, I will never forgive you!"

Old Mrs. Lin was already full of anger, and when she saw the old man blaming her, she was so angry that she trembled, "Why are you still not done with me? Lin Gui, I have been working like a slave for the Lin family for the past few years. Now that I am old, I can't even make decisions for my two sons? Besides, how much money does the eldest brother make every month now? Li Taohua's four brothers have all built houses, and they may have taken money from the eldest brother."

"That's the couple's money." Lin Gui reminded.

The boss didn't say anything, so is it their turn to speak?

"Don't let the boss lose what's left of his favor!"

"What? Can Lin Dajiang refuse to acknowledge you as his father? This is extremely unfilial. We can sue the authorities."

Seeing the old woman's stubbornness, Lin Gui turned his head away and said in a muffled voice, "Listen carefully, old woman. If you go to the boss to make trouble, we can live separately!"

"Old man, you!" Old Mrs. Lin was so angry that she couldn't speak.

One by one, two by two, all helped the boss.

Isn't it just that he can make money now and made a few new coats for the old man?

The old man was bribed with just a little thing.

See what he can do.

The more Mrs. Lin thought about it, the angrier she became.

After a while, Lin Gui fell into a deep sleep, but Old Mrs. Lin was still tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Thinking of the third brother, and then thinking of the eldest brother, it was obvious that the third brother was the scholar she supported with money, so why couldn't he be as good as the eldest brother!

The eldest brother ignored his brothers and only took care of the Li family. How could Grandma Lin swallow this?

The next morning, while Lin Gui was out working in the fields, Mrs. Lin went out from the backyard and ran straight to the end of the village.

"Bah bang bang."

I knocked on the door but no one answered.

Mrs. Lin was turned away.

The villagers passing by were surprised and said, "Mrs. Lin, your boss is doing business in town at this time."

Mrs. Lin withdrew her hand in dismay, feeling totally humiliated.

"At this time, Xiaoman should be in the house where they used to live, that is, Li Dali's room. Aunt Lin, if you have something urgent, just go there!"

Old Mrs. Lin felt extremely uncomfortable, but as a mother she didn't understand it as well as outsiders.

What's the point of talking to a little girl? If it gets out, people will think she is a grandmother bullying the younger one.

Let’s wait until the eldest couple comes back.

Mrs. Lin had no intention of going back. She carried a bamboo basket and walked along the bamboo fence of Lin Dajiang's house all the way to the back mountain.

Passing by a chicken coop, I saw hundreds of chicks pecking at the grass inside.

Wow, boss, you raise so many chickens, how much money does you make?

Old Mrs. Lin didn't think at all that raising chickens and ducks would cost food. She was only thinking about how much money she could make from selling the chickens and ducks.

As I was thinking about it, I saw hundreds of ducks and I suddenly felt jealous.

Why weren't the eldest couple so diligent when they hadn't separated? !

They are really smart. The whole family combined are not as smart as the eldest couple.

She was really blind to agree to divide the family, otherwise all the money earned by the eldest brother and his wife would be hers now.

It makes me angry just thinking about it. I regret that I should not have divided the family!

I wandered around the mountain for the whole morning and dug a basket of wild vegetables.

Looking down from the foot of the mountain, the chicken, duck and rabbit coops in the old house are better built than the old house. It's really true that people are inferior to animals.

Later she will definitely accuse the eldest brother of being unfilial, but if he can help the third brother pay back the money, she will forgive him this time.

Old Mrs. Lin was thinking in her mind, and before she knew it, it was past noon.

She saw that it was almost time, so she went downstairs with the bamboo basket on her shoulder.

I happened to meet Lin Dajiang unloading things from the donkey cart at the door.

When she saw the donkey, Mrs. Lin felt envious again.

Half of her body was buried in the ground and she had never ridden in a donkey cart!

The eldest brother doesn't even know how to show respect to her.

"Mom, why are you here?" Lin Dajiang saw the angry look on Old Lady Lin's face and felt something was wrong. He thought his mother was going to make trouble again.

Sure enough, his mother's next sentence went straight to the point.

"Boss, your third brother is currently unknown whether he is alive or dead. As the eldest brother, you only care about yourself. Do you still act like a brother?"

"Mother, I don't know where my third brother has gone. Even the bailiffs can't find him. How can you ask me to find him?"

It’s not that Lin Dajiang doesn’t want to take care of this brother, but now he doesn’t even know where he is, so how can he take care of him?

"How about this, you pay off Da He's debt, and we'll let this matter rest!"

what?

Lin Dajiang thought he had heard it wrong.

Why should I ask my third brother to pay back the debt he owes?

We have already separated, this doesn't make sense!

Three or five taels would be fine, as we would just pay it back because we were born from the same mother, but my third brother probably owes more than a hundred taels.

Lin Dajiang's face suddenly darkened, and he said in a cold tone, "Mom, you really think highly of me. Do you know how much debt my third brother owes?"

Mrs. Lin had no guilt at all. She stiffened her neck and said, "It's just over a hundred taels of silver. As the eldest brother, you have hundreds of chickens and ducks, and so many rabbits. I saw them all. You must have made a lot of money from selling bacon and preserved eggs last year, right?"

When Li Taohua heard the noise, she was so angry at Old Lady Lin's shameless words that she was about to rush out to help argue.

Lin Xiaoman grabbed her and said, "Mom, don't be impulsive. Wait, I'll let Guyu sneak out and ask the village head to come and administer justice."

After saying that, he pulled Guyu out through the back door.

There is a side door in the backyard, which is usually not opened, but it came in useful today.

Lin Xiaoman whispered something in Guyu's ear, and Lin Guyu nodded immediately, "Sister, I know what to say."

After saying that, she blinked suddenly, and thinking that her elder sister would never make delicious food for her again, she immediately squeezed out two tears.

He ran crying and soon reached the village headman's house.

"Grandpa Lizheng, Grandpa Lizheng!"

Lin Guyu cried loudly.

Goudan and a few others who were standing by were all surprised to hear Guyu crying.

If I could make Guyu cry, that would be a big deal.

Guyu is fearless and they have never seen him cry!

So everyone started to follow Guyu and call the village head grandpa!

The landlord was taking a nap inside and was awakened by a knock on the door.

As soon as the door opened, several little kids started crying and shouting. What was going on?

"Hey, why are you all crying? What's wrong?"

Maowazi looked at Niudan, and Niudan looked at Goudan.

The three little kids were confused.

Goudan didn't know what happened, he pointed at Guyu and said, "Grandpa Lizheng, Guyu came here crying, I don't know what happened either."

"Guyu, why are you crying?"

Guyu's tears flowed down like raindrops, and she sobbed, "Grandpa, my grandma came to our house and said, she wanted my dad to return the money to my third uncle! Wuuuuuu... our family doesn't have any money either... Will I be unable to eat in the future and have to starve?"

The kid didn't understand, but Lin Dazhu understood it as soon as he heard it.

This old lady Lin wants the eldest son to clean up the mess for the third son!

"You're still making such a fuss even after splitting up the family!" Lin Dazhu cursed angrily, closed the door and ran to the end of the village.

"Guyu, come on, I'll go take a look!"

Along the way, Lin Guyu continued to sob.

When Goudan saw Guyu crying, he also started to howl like a ghost.

The villagers heard the noise and went out to see what was happening.

Huh?

There were three crying cats following the village head. What was going on? Did Goudan and his friends beat Guyu?

Guyu is Lin Dajiang’s precious daughter. Why did Goudan hit Guyu when he could hit anyone else?

The curious villagers hurried to follow.

The Lin family's yard was wide open, and the villagers could hear Mrs. Lin's sharp voice from a distance.

"Lin Dajiang, if you don't agree to return the third brother's money today, I will go to the county government to sue you for being unfilial! By then, I will see if Master Gu will still protect you, and if the young master of your restaurant will still let you make sausages!"

The head of the village was stunned for a moment!

What is this all about?

How can there be such a vicious mother?

Since ancient times, filial piety has been more important than anything else. If Mrs. Lin really makes a fuss, whether it is true or not, Lin Dajiang will be in trouble.

The villagers looked at each other, and those who worked for the Lin family suddenly became anxious.

If Mrs. Lin makes trouble, they will not be able to work in the village in the future. Making sausages is not tiring and the money is quite good. Where can they find such a good job?

Those who were cheated of their money by Lin Dahe don’t think so.

Although Mrs. Lin went a bit too far, their money didn't come from the wind, so isn't it a good thing that someone is here now?

Everyone had their own plans in mind.

The head of the village has seen more of the world than the villagers. Seeing that Lin Dajiang's workshop is getting bigger and bigger, it is possible that in the future someone from every household in Shanglin Village will go to work for the Lin family.

This is great news for Shanglin Village!

Making sausages takes four or five months every year. After four or five months, one person can earn three or four taels of silver!

If it were up to Mrs. Lin's temper, Lin Dajiang would be brought down by her sooner or later, and then the villagers would continue to live a miserable life!

Lin Dazhu looked at the villagers who all had their own thoughts, each of them short-sighted, alas!

If it weren't for the whole village, Lin Dazhu really wanted to give up!

"Sister-in-law, are you going to harm all the young people in the village?" Lin Dazhu walked into the yard with heavy steps, followed by a dozen villagers.

"Sister-in-law, you two separated the family business in the beginning, and the government has put a seal on it. It doesn't make sense for you to ask Dajiang to pay Dahe back!"

Mrs. Lin was not afraid of people coming. Anyway, she had no money now, and her third son was missing, so she had no hope in life.

"What's the matter? I raised them all with my own hard work. What's wrong with the eldest brother helping the third brother out with the money he made?"

Lin Dazhu's eyes widened. "The amount your Dahe owes is not a small amount! It's more than one hundred taels of silver!"

"It's because the amount owed was so large that the eldest brother was asked to pay it back. Otherwise, the third brother would never come back. My poor Dahe, you must be suffering out there..."

"How can your Dahe suffer when he has more than 100 taels of silver? Old sister-in-law, please stop making trouble!"

Mrs. Lin started to whine as soon as she got into a disagreement: "Village head, please stop interfering. This is our Lin family's family affair."

"Old woman!" Lin Gui, who had hurried over from the door, shouted angrily, "Go home!"

"No!" Old Mrs. Lin thought that the situation had already gotten out of hand, so she might as well just throw the jar into the ground.

"You, you!" Lin Gui already felt humiliated because of Lin Dahe, and now the old woman made a fuss about it in public. He felt that the eyes of the villagers were like a knife, cutting his flesh bit by bit.

"Mom, I'm your son too! Why don't you think about me? The sausages and preserved eggs we make are all for the young master. Even if I earn some money, I have to spend money to build a house, right? I need to feed chickens and ducks, right? Mom, making sausages costs money, right? Mom, you're asking me to pay back the debt for my third brother, so do I have to raise two children for him in the future?"

"The eldest brother is like a father! You should help the third child!"