Chapter 146 Ancient Farmer (3) (1/2)
When it's just dawn in the morning, the big roosters in every household have already jumped to high places and made loud crows to wake people up.
Mother Lin was happy and excited because her youngest son had married a wife. She tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep well. When she heard the crow of the rooster, she immediately opened her eyes and glanced at Father Li who was sleeping. She moved lightly. Got out of bed.
I don't know what kind of person the third daughter-in-law is, whether Shi Heng likes her or not. Before, I only heard that she was neat at work and good-looking, but not about her temperament.
Mother Lin thought as she opened the door and was about to go to the small kitchen to cook when she saw a pretty figure busy inside.
She was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to take a look, and it turned out to be her newly married third daughter-in-law. She immediately smiled and said, "Why don't you wake up so early and there's not much water?"
Li Lanlan was boiling water when she heard someone talking behind her. She turned around awkwardly and whispered to her mother-in-law: "I ordered this at home before. Yesterday, my husband told me what we eat every day at home. When I got up today, I just thought about cooking.”
Mother Lin's smile suddenly became more kind. It seemed that this third daughter-in-law was different from the first two lazy ones.
"You are the new daughter-in-law, so I will let you cook on the first day."
"It should."
After Li Lanlan finished speaking, she looked at Mother Lin carefully and saw that her face was full of satisfaction with her, and she suddenly breathed a small sigh of relief in her heart.
When a new daughter-in-law gets married, as long as her mother-in-law is satisfied, she will usually be able to integrate into the family very quickly.
Her natal family is unreliable, and she is completely unworthy of her husband in all aspects, so she can only work hard and be filial to her elders.
Mother Lin is indeed very satisfied. She is not a bad-tempered person to begin with. As a mother-in-law, of course she likes hard-working people. There are two other daughters-in-law in front of her who are not hard-working and rely on her for comparison. Even if she originally treats Li Lanlan I only like it three points, and now it has evolved to seven points.
But it’s useless if she likes it, it’s better if her son likes it.
Thinking like this, Mother Lin looked back at the direction of her son's room and asked her daughter-in-law, "Is Shi Heng still asleep?"
"Yes, my husband was still asleep when I got up."
The smile on Mother Lin's face suddenly grew bigger. Lin Shiheng usually got up at this time to study, but he hadn't gotten up yet. It seemed that the wedding last night was quite harmonious.
Moreover, he never liked to talk much, but he was still able to talk to his third daughter-in-law about things in the kitchen. It seemed that he was also satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
As long as she is satisfied, she will feel relieved.
Mother Lin loves her son very much, and she has always followed her son's love. Coupled with Li Lanlan's obedient and sensible appearance, she is more willing to quickly accept the third daughter-in-law.
When the eldest daughter-in-law got up, she opened the door and saw the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law working in the kitchen. When she saw her mother-in-law smiling like that at Li Lanlan, she immediately curled her lips.
It happened that the second daughter-in-law also got married, and she immediately complained to her siblings: "Look, she is indeed my mother's beloved daughter-in-law. Look, when has my mother ever smiled like this at us?"
The second wife's daughter-in-law was yawning, and her face didn't look good when she heard this. She answered in a nonchalant manner: "My mother has always been partial to my third brother. It's normal to like my third brother and sister."
The two of them had forgotten that Mother Lin was so enthusiastic towards them when they first entered the house. The real change of attitude was when they encouraged their husbands to give up their father-in-law.
But even if they thought of it, I'm afraid they wouldn't take the initiative to say it, especially the eldest daughter-in-law. She is now forty-two years old and has given birth to four sons. She has always felt that she is a hero of the Lin family, and all the money of the Lin family should go to the big family. House, but the parents-in-law are holding on to the money. They favor the third brother. If they don't separate the family, the third brother may coax the money away.
So she was right, not only was she right, she also did a good thing.
Thinking about the villagers saying they were unfilial and the cold face of their mother-in-law every time, the eldest daughter-in-law felt extremely aggrieved. She looked at the pretty voice in the kitchen and snorted coldly: "She looks pretty good, but she doesn't know how to take care of her third brother." Will it still look as good as it does now in a few years?”
The third brother is lazy. On weekdays, he only reads and writes. He even has to be brought in to drink water. If their husband-in-law doesn't work all day long and has to be taken care of, they will definitely be in tears.
She was waiting for Li Lanlan to find out that Lin Shiheng was a useless idiot, and then it would be time to laugh.
The second daughter-in-law didn't think as far as her sister-in-law did. She just thought it was her compliment. She was plain-looking and older. Now that she saw the young and beautiful Li Lanlan who she should call her sister-in-law, she suddenly felt a little sour.
"It doesn't matter if she's good-looking. Third brother has a high vision. He might not like her at all."
"That's true. Third brother has always wanted to marry a girl from the city. Maybe he won't even want to touch her with a finger."
The two of them were talking happily when Lin Shiheng came out.
They smiled and saw their brother-in-law, who was wearing a long gown, glance at the two of them emotionlessly and go straight to the kitchen.
"mother."
Lin Shiheng said hello to Mother Lin first, and then looked at Li Lanlan who was standing by the stove fire and saw him coming, and asked, "Why didn't you call me when you got up?"
Even though she had become his wife yesterday, Li Lanlan was still very embarrassed when facing her husband, who was incompatible with the rest of the village from top to bottom. She blushed and whispered: "I see you sleep soundly... "
"You can ask me to join you next time."
After Lin Shiheng said this calmly, his eyes fell on his wife's hand and saw a small scar on it. He frowned slightly on his fair face and directly pulled her hand up, "What's wrong with the hand?"
Qingtian Bairi was held by her husband by the hand, and in front of her mother-in-law, Li Lanlan's face, which was only slightly red at first, turned red. She wanted to pull it back, but she didn't dare to disobey her husband, so she could only reply shyly with a blushing face: "Hug." I accidentally scratched it while making firewood.”
She thought it was nothing. When she was at home, Li's father would go to various houses to help, but he didn't care about his own family. At that time, Li Lanlan, a girl, had to learn to do various things. She had suffered a lot of big and small scars on her hands, so she didn't need to Never mind, the scabs will heal on their own in a few days.
Lin Shiheng didn't think so. The scholar in the long gown just frowned and took his wife's hand to scoop some water to help her wash the wound.
"Be careful next time."
In all her life, Li Lanlan has never seen any husband treat his wife like this. She followed the movements stiffly, her face was so red that she almost bled, her heart seemed to jump out, and she lowered her eyes without daring to raise her head. He said yes.
My husband... was completely different from what she had imagined.
Mother Lin on the side was smiling happily. She was originally worried that her son would not like his third wife, but when she saw Lin Shiheng's appearance, she felt relieved.
Intimacy is good. If you are intimate, you can give her grandchildren sooner.
She was happy, but the second daughter-in-law who was watching from a distance felt very uncomfortable.
When had they ever been treated like this by their husbands? Let alone a small cut on their hand, even if it bled a lot from chopping vegetables, they would only be complained about not being able to do any work.
I really didn't expect that this third brother, who looked so deserted on weekdays, was still very fond of his wife.
No matter how much they disliked Lin Shiheng, they did not deny that as their husband-in-law, Lin Shiheng had good looks and good temperament, and was completely different from other people in the village.
Why did they marry a peasant who was not very good-looking and not considerate? Li Lanlan was so lucky.
The two of them felt sour in their hearts and whispered: "You still think you are a young lady from a rich family, you are so delicate."
"I think it's just that the third brother just got married and is still fresh. In a few days, he will look like his original disgusting self."
"Yes, I heard that Li Lanlan's father didn't even carry her to the village entrance yesterday. Without the support of her mother's family, she might have been tortured into something bad."
As they talked, they felt better.
Yes, Li Lanlan is good-looking, and now Lin Shiheng also likes her, but so what, her father is not good.
The eldest daughter-in-law suddenly clapped her hands: "Second brother and sister, tell me, Li Lanlan's father likes to send his money and food to other families. I heard that when the third brother and sister-in-law were not dead, he would go to other people's homes to ask for it. Money, he said he wanted to do good things, and he was so angry that he broke off contact with her. Now that the third brother and sister are married, will her father come to ask for money from the third brother? "
"No way." The second daughter-in-law doesn't usually like to gossip, so she felt a little incredible after hearing this: "How thick-skinned does it take to do such a thing, and he is not afraid to do it to his third sister at home. Disliked?"
"If he really loved his daughter, he wouldn't have run away yesterday. If you ask me, I'm sure."
The eldest daughter-in-law is very happy. After the last confrontation, her favorite thing now is to watch jokes about the eldest daughter-in-law.
"Just wait. I'll see if the Li family comes to visit. Will the third brother still like the third younger sister so much?"
Her guess was actually correct. On the afternoon of the second day after Li Lanlan got married, Li's father came to the door.
He came to borrow money.
This is a long story, but to make it short, he had been rescuing a family who lived in Changhe Village next door. They had an only son who was a hunter. He made a lot of money every month and married a beautiful woman. His wife gave birth to a son the next year, and she was considered a winner in life.
As a result, one day, the hunter went hunting in the mountains and was bitten to death by his prey. His father was so irritated that he couldn't even come up and left, leaving only an old man, a young man and a beautiful widow in the family.
One day when Father Li was helping others build a house, he saw the widow. She was a beautiful girl. Not only was she beautiful, but she was also pitiful. She was obviously a weak woman, but she had to fetch water by herself pitifully, so he went up to help. .
The widow thanked him profusely, and from then on, Li's father became the all-purpose worker in her family, the kind who gave money to her family.
Yesterday, the widow's mother-in-law fell down. In order to send her to the town, he neglected to take care of his daughter. The widow's mother-in-law fell seriously. The doctor asked for medical expenses. The widow cried so hard that she said her family was poor and could not afford it. , ask Father Li for help.
Father Li cried because of her and promised that he would pay for the medical treatment, but he had no money.
Whenever he has money, he uses it to do good deeds. How can he have the money to pay him for medical treatment now?
I do have some money now, but that money is not enough for medical treatment.
Yesterday, Father Li was busy taking care of the widow's family in the town. He only remembered this matter in the early morning and told the widow in embarrassment.
The widow cried again and again. After she finished crying, she cautiously asked Father Li, "Didn't you say that his daughter got married yesterday?" Can my son-in-law's family borrow some? We are all a family, so it should be okay.
Father Li also has a bit of a conscience. Although his daughter always takes the back seat when doing good deeds, he still has Li Lanlan in his heart. After hearing the widow's suggestion, he immediately rejected it, saying that the son-in-law's family was also in difficulty, so he went to borrow money. It would definitely not be possible to borrow it, and it would cause embarrassment between the two families.
The widow cried sadly, tears dripping down her fair and beautiful face, and wailed in a soft voice: "I have no choice but to beg Brother Li. I just thought that Lin Xiucai is a scholar after all, and he and Brother Li are not the same." He is Weng’s son-in-law, and he must be as kind as you..."
Father Li couldn't bear to see her crying so pitifully, and his mind was immediately shaken.
He is borrowing money, but it is not that he will not pay it back. He can just borrow money to get through the crisis and pay it back later.
This is a human life.
Thinking like this, Father Li immediately set off and arrived at the door of Lin's house in the middle of the afternoon.
When he came, Lin Shiheng was reading in the room, and Li Lanlan was sweeping the yard. He opened the door when he heard the sound, and when he saw it was Li's father, his expression suddenly became unpleasant.
When Father Li saw his daughter, he rubbed his hands and smiled: "Lan Lan..."
It was this smile that seemed to love her daughter that made Li Lanlan blush instantly.
Not moved, but angry.
"What are you doing here!"
Seeing that his daughter was unhappy, Father Li's smile softened: "I'm not here to see how you and your son-in-law are doing..."
Li Lanlan was extremely angry and laughed back: "How can you be so kind? When you left me alone yesterday, why didn't you think about me?"
She was really chilled.
In the situation like yesterday, if anyone in the Lin family had an objection, Li Lanlan would be sent back the way she came, and would never be able to marry.
How could his heart be so filled with hatred that he could even abandon his own daughter?
"I-I wasn't in an emergency. You don't know, Changhe Village is so ancient..."
Li Lanlan held back her tears and was about to close the door, "I don't want to hear this, please leave."
"No, wait, Lan Lan, dad is here today because he has something to do with his son-in-law..."
Under Li Lanlan's disbelieving gaze, Li's father revealed that he wanted to borrow money from his son-in-law in order to save Mrs. Gu.
She was stunned for a second, then tears fell all over her face, and she turned around to get a big sweeping broom to chase people away.
"Are you my biological father?! I|I have just had a better life and you don't wish me well, right? Do you have anything to do with me? I am your biological daughter!! Go away!! Give it to me Walk!!"
"Hey, Lanlan, Lanlan..."
Father Li dodged in embarrassment, feeling aggrieved and confused.
Just when the scene was in chaos and the second room in the main room came out to watch the excitement, Lin Shiheng came out.
He called out to Li Lanlan directly: "Lan Lan, let your father-in-law come in."
Li Lanlan put down her hand weakly, glared at Father Li bitterly, turned around and entered the house with red eyes.
As soon as she entered the room, she threw herself on the bed and cried.
Father Li stared blankly at his daughter's back as she entered the house, then looked at Lin Shiheng and forced a smile: "Is he the son-in-law?"
Lin Shiheng also smiled at him: "Father-in-law, it's me, just call me Shi Heng."
"Come, father-in-law, please come to the house."
Father Li felt happy and quickly entered the house.
As soon as he sat down, before he could speak, he heard the long-robed scholar in front of him sigh: "Father-in-law, you came at the right time today. I was planning to go find you."
"You don't know, I'm suffering. My father is bedridden, and the family is divided. I spend money on studying, and my mother still has to work at such an old age..."
Bala, bala, bala.
When Li Lanlan finished crying, rubbed her eyes to calm down, and was about to go out and tell her husband not to borrow money, the curtain opened as soon as he got up, and Lin Shiheng walked in.
Seeing his wife, the scholar smiled slightly and handed her the money in his hand.
"Lan Lan, this money was given by my father-in-law. You can keep it."