Chapter 22

This time, Lin Qiulai went to work in Haipu County, which is about [-] kilometers away from Nantou County.

Haipu County is a coastal county with many cargo ships, so the chances of finding a job are high.Lin Qiulai also learned some characters because of Fang Xiaolian, which made it easier for him to find a job at the dock.It's just too far away, and it takes five days to go back and forth on the road alone.

But all the money in his hand was stolen by his mother Zhang, Lin Qiulai had to save money for the tax before the autumn harvest.Xiao Lian's health is not very good, and Xiao Ming is still young, so he also wants to earn more money to buy meat for their health.

Lin Qiulai almost spit out blood when he thought of his mother, Mrs. Zhang, rolling around in his house.He didn't understand why his mother was so partial to a son born to the same mother?Well, because I didn't marry a marriage she liked as she wished?But what's wrong with Fang Xiaolian?Virtuous and gentle, but also filial to in-laws.

This time they only had more than 100 essays left, which were originally left by Lin Qiulai for his wife and children, and because of Zhang's mischief, Fang Xiaolian couldn't stand it, so she gave them all.

Lin Qiulai was really going crazy. On one side was his beloved wife and son, and on the other side was the mother who gave birth to him and raised him.His wife is thin and his son is immature. Lin Qiulai wanted to resolutely protect them, but his mother is a rascal.The rogue is not scary, what is scary is that he is her junior, and she is also her son.

Due to the long distance, and in order to earn more money, Lin Qiulai stayed away from home for about ten days longer than before.As soon as he got his wages, he couldn't wait to rush home.

The corn field at home is going to be irrigated, Xiao Lian and Xiao Ming have no money and don't know what to do?It is okay to eat, but it is certain to eat poorly.Alas, Xiao Lian has a relatively introverted personality, plus she is an outsider, so she is not very close to the villagers, and her home is a little far away from the village, so don't let anything happen to her.

With all kinds of worries, Lin Qiulai only hated having only two legs, so he ran back and forth day and night.As soon as he arrived in Nantou County, he didn't bother to buy anything. Anyway, if he bought something, his mother might blackmail him.He ran directly to the east wall of the city gate, trying to try his luck to see if he could catch up with Uncle Gui's car, which would be faster than walking.

As expected, Lin Qiulai breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stepped forward to say hello, "Uncle Gui. That's great, I caught up with your car."

Uncle Gui also smiled when he saw Lin Qiulai's dusty appearance: "Qiulai, you just arrived, don't you look like this? Missing your wife and son? Ha ha."

"Yeah, I've been away from home for a long time this time. How are my Xiaolian and Xiaoming?" Lin Qiulai nodded. He had been away for more than two months this time, and he was very worried about him. He couldn't wait to see Uncle Gui to ask.

"They're all pretty good." Uncle Gui thought to himself, if your daughter-in-law let your mother bully her like before, it would be very miserable.

"Then I'm relieved, thank you Uncle Gui." Lin Qiulai listened, his heart was relieved, he let out a breath, and smiled happily at Uncle Gui sincerely, showing his white teeth.

"It's Qiulai, you're back." The assembled villagers who came back one after another saw Lin Qiulai, their eyes lit up, and they hurried up to greet Lin Qiulai warmly, with gossip factors in their hearts ready to move.

Lin Qiulai was very happy, and when he saw everyone gathered around, he nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, I'm back."

"Why did you come back so late? Your wife has taken care of your cornfield."

"Ah?" Lin Qiulai was stunned. With Xiaolian's small body, wouldn't she be exhausted?
"Little Lian is capable!"

"Yes, look at her smiling so happily while being busy every day. She greets everyone with a sweet mouth."

"Yes, yes, Xiao Ming too, it's so cute to smile every day."

"Yes, she is obedient and sensible."

Bala bala bala
Listening to the conversation of the villagers, Lin Qiulai opened his mouth wide open, and then asked with difficulty: "You guys, are you talking about my daughter-in-law Xiaolian and my son Xiaoming?"

"Of course, otherwise, what do you think? Going out for two months is a fool."

Lin Qiulaimo...

"Autumn? Are you back?"

Lin Qiu came to see that it was Grandma Jin, so she stood up and moved her place: "Yes, Grandma Jin, you are also here to go to the market."

"Well, there are too many puppies at home. I heard that someone in the city might want to buy them back and raise them. Come and have a look. Ah, by the way, your daughter-in-law, Xiao Lian, has brought two puppies back to my house to raise."

"Really? Thank you, Grandma Jin." Lin Qiulai thanked her with a smile, feeling confused. Isn't Xiaolian afraid of small animals?Why would you want to have a puppy?
"Just a little thing. Qiulai, your mother went to trouble Xiaolian again a few days ago, and made a big fuss."

"Ah? Didn't you just say that Xiaolian and the others are fine?" Lin Qiu was in a hurry, and his mother did this kind of thing again!

"Xiao Lian is fine, but your mother hasn't gone out for several days, this time the commotion is really big."

"Ah? Are you all right?" Lin Qiulai opened his mouth wide again.Lin Qiulai felt that it was unusual for Mrs. Zhang not to go out for a few days, but they said that Xiaolian and the others were fine, which made Lin Qiulai even more incredible.Xiao Lian's health has always been poor, and his mother is very arrogant and unreasonable, why is it the opposite now?
"It's okay, I'll tell you the details later." After Uncle Gui put all his things away, he got on the bullock cart and prepared to return.

After Lin Qiulai sat beside him, Uncle Gui turned his head to meet Lin Qiulai's eyes, sighed softly, and said, "Qiulai, listen to what Uncle said. Although this is your family matter, your daughter-in-law I asked your aunt to accompany her to deliver pigs to your father and mother. As an elder, I will say a few words. To put it bluntly, your mother bullies the good and fears the evil, and picks soft persimmons. In Linjiacun, Who doesn't know this? You are her son, yes, but at the same time you are also the pillar of the family, and you have the responsibility to support your own family. You really can't follow your mother and let her mess around, otherwise your family will be destroyed. We're leaving."

"Uncle Gui, I know all about it. But my mother can't help but blame me. Tell me, can I fight her?" When Zhang Cuihua was mentioned, Lin Qiulai also had a painful expression on his face.

"Xiao Lian and I grew up together. They are kind-hearted and kind. I don't know why my mother just gets along with her and always picks on her. You see, my elder brother's family, my second brother's family, who is better than my family? But My mother just came to knock on us. My mother is unreasonable. Before she said a few words, she rolled to the ground, crying and scolding. I just thought, let’s talk to my father, but little Lian stopped me and refused to let me go. She was afraid that my relationship with the family would become tense. Xiao Lian was too soft-hearted, and said that she must be not doing well enough, so my mother didn't like her. She said that people's hearts are all fleshy, But is my mother an ordinary person? I think her heart is like a stone. Later I thought, if I give my mother some money, she can calm down and stop making trouble for Xiaolian, and it doesn’t matter if I work harder. But ... Oh, you saw it too. Uncle Gui, I feel like I'm living a miserable life! Can you teach me how to do it?"

"I understand your situation. If your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not compatible with a man, you will be troubled. But let me tell you, no matter how they make trouble, you have to distinguish right from wrong. Your daughter-in-law and your mother, everyone knows who is right. If you still If you can't keep your wife and children in the family, then you will be a husband and a father in vain." Uncle Gui was not polite at all, "Xiao Lian and your mother have completely quarreled this time, it depends on what you do."

"What the hell is going on?" Lin Qiulai was shocked. This time, he was away from home for a while, and such a big thing happened.

Uncle Gui didn't say anything, but a villager came forward and asked gossipingly: "Qiu Lai, this time you made money and came back, your mother probably came to see you again?"

Another villager nodded when he heard this: "Yes, you won't give all the money to your mother again, will you? Your Xiaoming is so thin at the age of five. Last time your wife cried so pitifully that your mother bullied her even at home. gone."

"Yeah, yeah..." Everyone kept talking again and again, but they didn't tell Lin Qiulai the whole story, which made Lin Qiulai jump in a hurry: "What the hell is going on? What's wrong? Tell me, what's the matter with Xiaolian and Xiaoming? What's the matter with my mother?"

"It's like this, come on, let me tell you, bala bala..."

The journey home was long, and everyone was happy to chat to pass the time, so they told Lin Qiulai about the day's events in detail and vividly.

"You said that Xiaolian scared my mother away?" Unexpectedly, the later development was not the previous version of the weak daughter-in-law who was bullied by the wicked mother-in-law and could only cry, but the daughter-in-law changed from her previous cowardice and dared not scold the wicked mother-in-law away. go out.Lin Qiulai was stunned.

"Yes, Qiulai, your daughter-in-law is so powerful now." A villager lamented that Fang Xiaolian won everyone's sympathy for her weak image that day, but after thinking about it later, she felt that she was really not simple!
"After the incident that day, your mother didn't dare to go out for several days. I heard that your father was also angry."

"Ah? My father too..." Lin Qiulai was even more surprised. His father has always been indifferent, but he also intervened?
"Yes. I heard that last time your daughter-in-law went to deliver pigs to your mother. I don't know what happened. It is said that your father became angry with your mother, and he never saw your mother go out after that. You have to ask about this matter." Uncle Gui. Aunt Gui accompanied Xiao Lian that day. Uncle Gui, please tell me too."

The villagers in the car immediately pricked up their ears.

Uncle Gui smiled heartily: "Why are my old men meddling in this business? If you want to ask, ask my mother-in-law. That day she accompanied Qiulai's wife and Xiao Ming, so she knew better."

"Your aunt is secretive, so she refuses to tell. Sigh." All the aunts sighed with regret. They all really wanted to know what happened that day?

Lin Qiu came to silence, is this the Fang Xiaolian he knew?

"Also, Qiulai, the last time I went to the market, Chunlai's daughter-in-law scolded Xiao Ming for being a short-lived ghost, and even tried to beat him, but your daughter-in-law slapped her hand swollen as soon as she pulled the pole. She was so scared that she didn't dare to follow Xiaoming Lian went to the market together."

"Huh?" Lin Qiulai was startled. Fang Xiaolian dared to hit Hu Shi, who was as aggressive as his mother?

"It's good that you go home now. Your daughter-in-law goes to work in the fields every day. Although your family only has seven acres of land, it's not easy for her to work alone in the family."

"Yes, yes." Lin Qiulai nodded hurriedly.

"Xiao Lian's body is not in good health, so she will suffer from illness after working so hard?"

"Well, let me tell you, as long as Mrs. Zhang doesn't come to make trouble."

"Yes. Qiulai, you must not follow your mother this time."

"All you earn is hard-earned money. Don't give it to your mother anymore. She doesn't need your money. This time, you can buy more fields, or open up wasteland. Xiao Lian said that day, your mother Xiang Xiao Lian's mother asked for a dowry of ten taels of silver, and even ran to your house to take away the pig Xiaolian made into the water. Sigh, it's impossible if there is no man in the family, you have to protect them."

"Is there such a thing? Xiaolian never mentioned it to me."

"Yes, yes. I see."

Lin Qiulai could only comply, and was no stranger to Fang Xiaolian, who the villager said had changed 180 degrees.

"Qiu Lai, the pork offal made by your daughter-in-law is really delicious. Look, I brought these three pairs specially for her, and these big bones. It's only six coins in total." Uncle Gui recalled the last time he sent a large The pigs in the earthen pot couldn't help swallowing their saliva. This time I helped Fang Yumin bring them, and I will inevitably send them to eat again. Wow, the saliva is flooding again.

"Really? I haven't seen her do it before." Lin Qiulai thought and thought, but she really hadn't done it.Fang Xiaolian followed her mother to learn how to read and write, and she was not good at farm work, even cooking was so-so.It would be disgusting to clean a chicken's internal organs, let alone a pig's offal?

Lin Qiulai felt that what he heard should not be his daughter-in-law Fang Xiaolian.Fang Xiaolian has always been gentle and weak, how could she be the woman everyone is talking about?
But when he entered the Lin Family Village, everyone surrounded him to say hello, and what he heard was the heroic deeds of his wife Fang Xiaolian.Lin Qiulai's heart was in a mess, and he answered with a smile while thinking: Is the woman they talked about really Fang Xiaolian who grew up with his childhood sweetheart and married for six years?

(End of this chapter)

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