20 years of teaching

Chapter 148

The weather will be sunny and cloudy, and it will not be static.

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Wang Tangchang first reported Lin Zhongting's private possession of gold and silver anonymously, and later reported it with his real name.

In addition to selling kiln goods, Lin Zhongting also buys gold and silver. He learned this business from his father.

Before liberation, Lin Zhongting's father was in the transportation business on the Yangtze River. He did not accept banknotes, but only gold and silver.

Lin Zhongting sold a load of kiln goods, and the buyer spent less money, and did not need to take out gold and silver to buy kiln goods, and besides, many people did not have gold or silver.

But Lin Zhongting still insisted on buying gold and silver. Whenever he went to a place, he went to every house to ask if there was any gold or silver.

Gold jewelry, silver jewelry, gold ingots, silver dollars, as long as it is gold or silver, he accepts it.

A few poor families also had a little bit of hard currency, and sold the hard currency to Lin Zhongting in exchange for some money to subsidize their lives.

Occasionally, I could run into a rich family. The previous generation basically had a special status before liberation. They hid some things privately and sold them all to Lin Zhongting for fear of being found out.

All the money Lin Zhongting earned from selling kiln goods was exchanged for gold and silver.

And all this, Wang Tangchang knew, he saw Lin Zhongting received four gold ingots from a family with his own eyes.

So many people came to the door.

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But at Lin Zhongting's house, he didn't find a tael of silver, let alone a speck of gold.

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Lin Zhongting refused to admit that he was in the gold and silver business.

Later, there was no further information, and Lin Zhongting and his family were allowed to continue selling kiln goods by boat instead of doing farm work in the fields...

At that time, there was no private sale or purchase of kiln products. The buyers were all collectives or state-owned factories. The demand for one shipment was almost one shipment. The business of selling kiln products was even better.

So the life of Lin Zhongting's family is still more moist than ordinary people...

Wang Tangchang, who was burning with anger, reported Lin Zhongting again, saying that Lin Zhongting had not handed over all the money he earned.

But the higher-ups ignored it this time. They said that Wang Tangchang was spreading rumors and slandering him. He had no good intentions and didn't put the collective interests first...

It's not that Lin Zhongting has gained trust, but that he has earned too much money, and his value is irreplaceable...

The money that Lin Zhongting handed over can cover the income of dozens of families from working...

In fact, before Wang Tangchang reported it, the higher-ups became suspicious and used the excuse of helping Lin Zhongting sell kiln goods. Every time the higher-ups sent someone to sell kiln goods with Lin Zhongting, the essence was to think of the role of supervision.

Moreover, the people sent are different every time. The young and middle-aged people in Jinghu Village take turns to sell kiln goods with Lin Zhongting.

On this day, the weather was fine, Lin Zhongting took his wife and youngest son Lin Youdao, loaded a ship of kiln goods, and sailed to Song'an County opposite Jinghu Lake. Carrying a load to sell.

Lin Zhongting's eldest son, Lin Youde, was not on board this time.

Three days ago, Lin Youde ran away from home, and no one knew where he went...

This time the higher-ups arranged for Wang Tangchang to go with the boat to sell kiln goods.

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In the middle of the night, Wang Tangchang swam ashore with a life buoy on Lin Zhongting's boat, ran to the relevant department, knocked on the door, and reported that Lin Zhongting's boat sank into Jinghu Lake because of a "dragon sucking water".

Early the next morning, searchers found three members of Lin Zhongting's family in different places on the lakeshore, all of them were so swollen that they couldn't tell what they looked like...

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People in Jinghu Village talked a lot. Many of them knew that there were four life buoys on Lin Zhongting's boat, just enough for Lin Zhongting's family of four.

Why was Wang Tangchang the only one who escaped with the life buoy and came back?

The relevant departments did not investigate the cause in detail, because that evening, the "dragon sucking water" did occur once in ten years in the very center of Jinghu Lake.

When a boatman encounters a "dragon sucking water", nine times out of ten, the boat will be destroyed and people will die.

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People from the Lin family carried three coffins, preparing to bury Lin Zhongting's family in the ancestral graveyard...

Unexpectedly, Wang Tangchang brought a group of people from the Wang family to prevent the Lin family from carrying the coffin into the ancestral grave.

The Lin family was smaller and couldn't compete with the Wang family, so the three of Lin Zhongting's family had to be buried in a mass grave.

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A month later, when Lin Youde returned to the village, he found out that his father, mother and brother had all died.

After asking what happened, he picked up a hoe and tried his best to find Wang Tangchang, but was beaten all over his body by more than a dozen members of Wang's family...

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When Liu Huihui finished speaking, Lin Feifan's jaw dropped in shock.

He didn't even know so many family secrets, and his parents never told him.

The grandfather who was buried in the mass grave turned out to be such a capable person, and he did something that could be called earth-shattering in that era.

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He actually had an enmity with that fat pig Wang Weiyong in the previous generation!
So many past events were actually told by the innocent sister Huihui. I thought she didn't understand anything, but she knew everything!

"Huihui, how do you know these things?" Lin Feifan said facing Liu Huihui, putting his hands on her shoulders.

Liu Huihui smiled sweetly, and said softly: "My parents told me, and your mother."

"My mother told you?" Lin Feifan opened his eyes and grabbed Liu Huihui's shoulders.

"Ah!" Liu Huihui grinned and shouted.

"What's wrong?" Lin Feifan asked.

Liu Huihui said angrily, "Brother Fanfan, you hurt me by scratching me!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Lin Feifan gently rubbed Liu Huihui's shoulder.

Liu Huihui said: "The reason why your parents didn't tell you about these things is because they hope you live happily and don't be troubled by these family things, let alone hold grudges! They are worried that you will make trouble for Wang Tangchang, They are afraid that people from the Wang family will hurt you!"

When she was very young, Liu Huihui heard some stories about Lin Zhongting from her parents. When she grew up, her parents would often mention some details to her and warn her not to tell Lin Feifei.

When she was just on summer vacation this year, once she chatted with Lin Feifan's mother, she unintentionally mentioned the story of Lin Feifan's grandfather. That time, Lin Feifan's mother told her more mysterious past events.

Wu Xiulan also told Liu Huihui not to tell Lin Feifan about these matters, and to keep them secret.

Wu Xiulan understood her son's character, and she was worried that her son would pursue the truth of the year and seek revenge.

The reason why she told Liu Huihui about these old events was because she regarded Liu Huihui as her daughter-in-law. She felt that in the next generation, someone must know these things, and she should be wary of the people of the Wang family and stay away from the people of the Wang family. , and stay away from the water to ensure Lin Feifan's safety.

In Lin Youde's and his wife's mind, the Lin family could not beat the Wang family, and if their son went to fight the Wang family, it would be hitting a rock with an egg.

Lin Youde, who lost three relatives at a time, cared more about the safety of his relatives than ordinary people. He regarded his son as his life and treasure. He didn't want his son to live in the shadow of the past like him, so he never mentioned a word about the past to his son. .

Wu Xiulan felt that Liu Huihui was the best candidate to protect Lin Feifan. She knew how much Liu Huihui liked Lin Feifan, even more than her.

She told Liu Huihui all the grievances and grievances of the family, so that Liu Huihui could better protect Lin Feifan.

(End of this chapter)