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

When Lin Dajiang and his family arrived at Lin Dahai's house, Lin Dahai had just finished cooking the last dish.

"Brother, you are here."

Lin Dahai rubbed his hands. The honest man didn't know what to say. He just stood there, moving a stool and then remembering that the tea had not been brewed yet.

After making tea, I remembered that the fruits had not been served yet, so I took out the peanut candies.

In the past, Wang Chunxiu was just a bully at home and couldn't be tough outside.

Compared with Lin Dahai, this is not much better.

"Brother, sister-in-law, the Dongzhi incident was all thanks to Xiaoman. Alas, as an adult, I am not as clear-headed as Xiaoman." Wang Chunxiu said embarrassedly, "Before I got married, I was bullied by several sisters-in-law from my natal family, and I didn't dare to resist. After I got married, I was ignored and looked down upon by my mother-in-law, and I could only feel sorry for myself and complain in front of the head of the family and the children. Now that Dongzhi has been bullied, my first reaction is to keep the peace and not cause any trouble."

"Xiaoman's words today, although they were said to Dongzhi, opened my eyes."

"The boss and I have thought about it. Although we can't change it in a short time, we have to stand up, otherwise anyone can kick us."

Lin Dahai quickly expressed his opinion: "Brother, for the sake of the children, I have to stand up."

Li Taohua nodded, "That's right! What you think is tolerance is not magnanimity in the eyes of others. Instead, they think you are easy to bully."

Lin Dajiang was very pleased to see that his second brother finally got the point, and said with relief: "We don't bully others, but we also don't let others bully us. When you go out to collect eggs and rice straw in the future, you have to stand up straight."

Lin Dahai nodded repeatedly.

Afterwards, he and Wang Chunxiu started to serve the food.

The table is not big, and it is difficult for children to sit down without it.

Lin Xiaoman grabbed Lidong who was running around and said, "Sit on your sister's lap and eat."

Li Taohua also hugged Guyu and said, "It's cold, it won't be cold if we hug each other."

Seeing this, Lin Dahai also picked up Dongzhi.

Wang Chunxiu said embarrassedly: "Brother, sister-in-law, the food is simple, and my cooking skills are not as good as yours..."

"Sister-in-law, I don't like to hear this. Before the family split up, we enjoyed brown rice porridge. Now we have fish and meat, isn't that good?"

Wang Chunxiu was touched. She was afraid that her elder brother and his wife would dislike the food, so she said, "Sister-in-law, you should eat more meat. This bowl is braised pork. It is the pork belly that Dahai just bought in town today. It is fresh."

Li Taohua took a bite and said, "Let me see if my sister-in-law's cooking skills have improved."

After a few bites, it tasted okay, not too salty or bland, but the meat was a little hard.

"Not bad, much better than before the separation."

Wang Chunxiu laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, at that time, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were all locked in the cabinet by mother. I couldn't use my great cooking skills. Just think about it, sister-in-law's cooking skills were also limited by small seasonings."

The two sisters-in-law chatted with each other, and the previous gap between them was much reduced.

Lin Dajiang drank a glass of wine prepared by Lin Dahai and refused to drink, "I can't drink much, second brother, drink less, drinking too much will cause trouble."

"Okay, listen to big brother!"

Lin Dahai put away the wine and started to pick up food for his elder brother.

The bowl in front of Lin Dajiang was full again soon after he finished eating.

"That's enough, second brother."

"Brother, eat more, eat more, finish all the food."

"No, no, I really can't eat any more."

The aroma of food spread to the next room, and Zhou Mei kicked Lin Dahe.

"Boss, the second brother is inviting the eldest brother to dinner, why doesn't he invite you?"

"You already said that it was Second Brother who invited the eldest brother's family, why did you ask me to come? Didn't you also not invite parents? Do you still want to join in the fun?"

"You are such a loser. Second brother has come to his senses and knows to treat eldest brother to a meal, but you don't care about anything. When eldest brother hands over everything to second brother, you will regret it."

Lin Dahe ignored Zhou Mei's instigation and said, "I want to treat you. My family is so poor that we can't even afford to eat, but you still want to treat me, big brother, to a meal."

Zhou Mei didn't take it seriously, "It's good enough as long as the affection is there. There's no need to treat brothers with lavish food and fish."

"You make it sound so easy. If you want to entertain, why don't you arrange it yourself?"

Zhou Mei was furious. "He's your brother, not mine. Do you really want me to run around for him? Besides, I'm doing this for you. Otherwise, you'd have to farm for the rest of your life."

Lin Dahe didn't like what he heard. He sat up and looked at Zhou Mei. "You're not doing this for me! You're doing this for yourself. Now you think I'm poor and I'm just a farmer. If you go out and everyone in the village laughs at you, you won't be able to stand it. If it wasn't for the drought last year and you almost died of thirst, you wouldn't have come to this old house!"

Zhou Mei said sarcastically, "Lin Dahe, it's good that you know it! You know you are useless, but you don't work harder on your eldest brother. Otherwise, among the three of you brothers, your second brother will be better than you, and you will have wasted all the extra years of studying."

Lin Dahe hated it most when people said that he was studying in vain.

I was so angry that I couldn't speak, "You..."

After a while, he pointed at Zhou Mei and said, "If you can't make it, just leave. No one will keep you."

"You! Lin Dahe, ask yourself honestly, have I ever done anything to let you down? When you were deceived, I was still waiting for you to come back with your two daughters. Since you said so, I want to ask you, do you have a clear conscience?"

Lin Dahe was stunned for a moment, then his eyes turned and he stared at the ground angrily, "Zhou Mei, what do you mean by this!"

"I just asked you if you have a clear conscience, why are you so angry?" Zhou Mei said aggrievedly.

Lin Dahe knew he was in the wrong, so he said in a rough voice, "What could I do to let you down? I was deceived and bullied in prison, and I was exhausted. Have you asked someone to come and investigate? If we can get together, then we can. If not, then forget it!"

Zhou Mei was secretly annoyed. She was giving advice with good intentions, but for whom?

It’s just to let the head of the family have a decent living.

Although I have my own little thoughts, aren’t those just human nature?

How can you blame her?

Zhou Mei's eyes were complicated. The young scholar who was full of vigor and vitality had now become a down-and-out farmer.

It's not pleasing to the eye no matter how I look at it.

Originally, among the three sisters-in-law, she was the most favored by her mother and had the most face in the village.

But now, she dared not go out, for fear that the villagers would laugh at her.

This makes it clear how frustrated she was as a town girl for choosing a poor scholar.

Lin Dahe turned his back.

He also wanted to get close to his elder brother.

But he didn't have the face to approach him. He had used the money earned by his elder and second brothers' hard work to support their studies. Later, he took advantage of his mother's love to "bully" others. Although his elder brother didn't say much, he must have resented him in his heart.

Now that he's feeling lonely, he approaches her, which makes him seem spineless.

-

Welcome the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first lunar month.

Li Taohua made preparations early.

After praying to the Bodhisattva, the family went to the county town to attend the market.

Li Taohua bought a lot of bright cloth and planned to make spring clothes for her four children when she returned.

He also bought the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone that Lin Jingzhe needed, and a gold hairpin for Lin Xiaoman.

I stayed in the county town for another two days, wandered around, and returned to Shanglin Village after lunch on the seventh day.

Lin Dajiang bought two sets of ready-made clothes for his parents each, put the four sets of clothes into a bamboo basket, and also put a can of lard and a bag of brown sugar. He went to the old house with Li Taohua to give them to his parents.

Zhou Mei was washing children's clothes. When she saw Li Taohua, she was about to greet her with a smile. However, when she saw the shining gold hairpin on Li Taohua's head, she felt uncomfortable.

She's not afraid of losing such a big gold hairpin even when wearing it. She really loves to show off.

Zhou Mei's smiling face fell, and she said in a sour tone: "Sister-in-law is so lucky, wearing gold and silver, almost more luxurious than the wives of officials."

"My third sister-in-law is joking."

Li Taohua didn't want to deal with Zhou Mei, so she turned and went into the old house.

"Father, mother."

Seeing that it was the eldest brother and his wife, Lin Gui stood up with a smile and said, "I heard from the second brother that you went to the county town?"

"Yes, Dad. This is the clothes Taohua and I bought at the shirt shop in the county town. You and Mom and Dad can each wear two sets."

"Your mother and I have spring clothes that you gave us last year that we can still wear."

"Old man, just keep it if the boss tells you to. Why are you talking so much?" Old Mrs. Lin took a look and touched the material. It was cotton.

"Now that the boss has his own business, he doesn't need the money."

Lin Gui felt uncomfortable after hearing this, "Old lady, that's not the case. Before the family split up, the old man sewed our own clothes."

Old Mrs. Lin curled her lips and said, "I just said it casually. Why are you so dissatisfied? I didn't say anything bad about the boss!"

After saying that, he took the basket from Li Taohua's hand, and only when he saw a can of lard in the basket did he smile.

"Lard is good. With such a big jar, I don't have to boil lard for half a year."

Li Taohua curled her lips.

Four sets of ready-made clothes are much more expensive than that can of lard.

Seeing the old woman couldn't let go of the lard and brown sugar, Lin Gui relaxed his expression and smiled, "Da Jiang, don't mind it. Your mother just doesn't know what's good."

The next second, I heard Mrs. Lin say, "Now we can give Dahe some nourishment. Poor Dahe, he was released from prison last year and encountered drought, so he hasn't recovered yet."

Lin Gui's face darkened again.

Darker than Guan Gong.

Li Taohua didn't care at all. All she wanted now was for her mother to stop acting like a demon.

As for whether the things they sent were eaten by her parents themselves or given to others, she didn't care at all.

It's just something you're giving away anyway, so why bother with so much?

If I care about it, I will get angry.

Li Taohua turned around and advised Lin Gui, "Dad, Mom is just like this. She can't change after so many years. If you and Mom live well, Dajiang and I can focus on the workshop."

Lin Gui was so angry because he was afraid that the old lady would feel unbalanced.

Seeing that the old man didn't care, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, your mother won't be careless about important matters. If she does do something stupid, I'm here for you."

Lin Dajiang smiled and nodded, "Dad, then I'm leaving first. I just came back from the county town, and my things are not yet in order."

Lin Gui was very touched. Among his three sons, Lin Dajiang was the most filial. He brought the gifts to him the first thing he did when he came back from outside.

"You must be exhausted from all the traveling. Hurry up and go. We don't have much to do here. Go get busy!"

The days are short in winter, and when the two of them went out, it was already dark.

Zhou Mei took a stick and banged the clothes, muttering to herself.

Li Taohua treated her as air. When passing by Zhou Mei, she saw her third brother busy in the kitchen, Lixia was making a fire nearby, and another little one was spinning around holding the corner of the table.

Li Taohua couldn't stand Zhou Mei's arrogant attitude from the beginning. She was obviously lazy and relied on the third brother to bully her and Wang Chunxiu.

Wang Chunxiu is at most stupid, but Zhou Mei is a real bad person.

The white flour and eggs that I ate secretly were all coaxed by my mother-in-law.

If the family was divided, it would be none of her business, but before the family was divided, everything in the family was earned by the head of the family and the second brother.

Even the bird eggs and sparrows found in the mountains were obtained by Jingzhe.

He lives by sucking the flesh and blood of his brothers, and he has no guilt at all, instead he acts as if it's a matter of course.

She just couldn't stand it.

-

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the two workshops of the Lin family started operations.

The village brother who made preserved eggs and sausages was in high spirits. He put on new clothes and reported to the workshop.

Lin Dajiang and Zhou Laosan ordered pork. Zhou Laosan collected pigs from everywhere, but still could not meet Lin Dajiang's needs.

Zhou Laosan then came up with the idea of ​​raising pigs himself.

It’s just that the cost of collecting and slaughtering pigs is lower, but the cost of raising pigs yourself is higher.

This idea took root in his mind and was about to break through the ground.

The soap workshop has not started operation yet because the temperature is not high enough.

Lin Xiaoman then planted rose cuttings in the space.

As for the rose cuttings that had been grafted years ago, she asked Zhou Quan to help plant another piece of land where Lin Dajiang had originally planted several ridges.

Zhou Quan worked hard and opened more than ten ridges in one go.

The rose seedlings planted last year have become seedlings. Lin Xiaoman had already pruned them before the New Year, and now they have full buds.

Rose is a plant that eats fertilizer, so it is necessary to apply fertilizer in early spring to promote the growth of thick branches from the buds.

When the branches are flourishing, fertilizer is also needed to promote the growth of flower buds.

Before roses bloom, they also need plenty of water and fertilizer to produce large, beautiful flowers.

Only then can you collect more petals.

Lin Xiaoman also planted the rose seedlings that had been grafted in the space into the ground, watered them, and covered them with a thick layer of rotted soil.

-

In a blink of an eye, it is the second day of the second month, when the dragon raises its head.

Green buds are sprouting from the rose, and the buds at the top are growing particularly lush.

Lin Xiaoman wiped out some of the less strong buds and supplied nutrients exclusively to those buds that grew strong.

As for the roses in the space, a batch of roses had already been harvested and were dried and ground into powder by Lin Xiaoman.

What follows is repeated pruning and cutting operations.

Looking at the five rows of rose seedlings grafted from cuttings in the space, Lin Xiaoman looked very happy.

It won’t be long before you can grow roses in large quantities at home, and then you can supply the raw materials for making soap yourself.

Lin Xiaoman also specially picked out the rose branches with strong fragrance and marked them, and cultivated more of these strong-fragrant roses. Later, the soap made with the petals of strong-fragrant roses will have a natural rose fragrance, and bathing with it will leave a fresh rose fragrance.

Li Taohua knew that Lin Xiaoman was taking care of the rose she mentioned, also known as the Yueyuehong.

But what I didn’t expect was that after not paying attention for a few months, my daughter’s rose seedlings had already filled ten rows of land.