Escape from the desert

Chapter 229
Collecting mountain goods is not an easy job, especially now that he is going to more and more villages and the places are getting farther and farther away. Sometimes he sets off before dawn, and returning home in the middle of the night is even more common.

When loading the goods, he still had to move and lift. He couldn't remember when he had bruises on his body. He was afraid that he had made a mistake in his account, so he took the time to study with Lin Feng...

Seeing Lin Cong blushing and about to cry in front of her, Jiang Yan patted his forehead speechlessly, and said earnestly: "Why don't you let people finish talking, you child! I'm looking at the cold weather, who They are all wearing thick autumn clothes, no matter how bad they are, they will wear a few more rooms to keep warm, why are you wearing such a thin, rotten autumn clothes?"

"The monthly salary that Linxi set for you is two taels of silver a month. The salary is not low. If you are reluctant to buy ready-made clothes, you can buy some cloth and find a woman in the village who can do it for you. Said, all the money was given to your mother?"

Two taels of silver a month is enough to catch up with Qiao Le's monthly money as a wife. In the past few months, not to mention buying new clothes, it is enough to build a new house in the village.

Lin Cong heaved a sigh of relief in surprise. Thinking of Aunt Jiang's words, he couldn't help shaking his head helplessly, frowning and deliberating for a long time before he stumbled and said: "When the monthly money is paid out, the money has not been warmed in my hands, so I will give you money." Let my mother take it away, and I will buy some clothes for me with her... Hey... I can't help it, she is my mother..."

Lin Cong began to cry again as he spoke. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy was crying unbearably and choked up. His mother renovated the family house and added two rooms. She bought new furniture and bedding. She and she also changed into a brand new and beautiful fine linen satin dress, while he had nothing but these two coarse linen clothes...

Sometimes he was dissatisfied and quarreled with his mother a few times, and every time he was greeted with abuse or beating with sticks, if he was too tough, she would start crying again, saying "I can't help my mother" and "not filial" He was speechless.

But even Aunt Jiang can care about whether he is cold or not, why does his own mother turn a blind eye to him...

Seeing that his eyes were swollen from crying, Jiang Yan sighed, "Xiao Cong, you are no longer a child, you can start talking about kissing at this age, a son should be filial to his parents, but he can't be filial, my It doesn’t mean that you and your mother should sever ties until you die. As the saying goes, marry and obey your husband, and your husband die and obey your son. When your wings are not yet full, what your mother says is what it is. Now that you have grown up, since your mother said No, you should stand up too."

In ancient times, filial piety was great, and the indoctrination they received from childhood was filial piety to their parents. Whether they are scholars or these barefoot rural areas, they always put filial piety to their parents first.

Just like the brothers of the Lin family before, the original body beat or scolded them, dare not eat if they are not allowed to eat, dare not speak if they are not allowed to speak, and don't care whether the original body is right or not, as long as she wants to do something, the brothers of the Lin family No matter how uncomfortable or unwilling, you can only obey.

Submissiveness has been a habit they have developed since childhood, and it is very difficult to change suddenly.

"In a while, I will ask Tao Bai to pay you this month's wages first. You go to buy two ready-made clothes. You keep the money yourself. Don't let your mother take it away. Otherwise, I am afraid that you will freeze before you get through this winter." Died in that corner."

Lin Cong nodded. After crying so presumptuously, his mood improved a lot. Yinhong eyes looked at Jiang Yan gratefully, and said hoarsely: "Auntie, I don't know how to do it. I want to change, but I dare not resist me. Mother, last time the trouble was serious, and she threatened me by biting her own tongue..."

Jiang Yan: ...

Would she be willing to eat a person who bought clothes and repaired the house instead of buying food, drinking and hoarding food the first time she got money?
Jiang Yan sneered, only a fool like Lin Cong would be really scared. Although she was not familiar with Lin Cong's mother, according to Yuan's memory, everyone was so poor that they couldn't solve the problem in the famine years. Sometimes, she still has spare money to buy rouge and gouache to dress herself up. Not only will this kind of person not commit suicide, but he is also more afraid of death than anyone else!

The breath changed in an instant, and the expression on Jiang Yan's face became much colder. She said indifferently: "Don't worry, your mother is not the kind of person who can think about it. I can assure you of this. If you are a trustworthy aunt, you can Do as I say."

"Auntie, tell me, I believe you!" Lin Cong nodded immediately, subconsciously moved a lot closer, and waited seriously for Jiang Yan to give him an idea.

"In the future, you should leave some food expenses for her every month. Don't leave too much money. The village can't spend much. You leave five hundred cash for her every month, and keep the rest for yourself. Scolding and making trouble, you go straight away, you can sleep with Linxi if you have nowhere to sleep."

There is no tax in the village this year, and Lin Cong's family has enough food, not counting the newly harvested food, five hundred cash is enough to feed two people, one big and one small, and there is still some leftover.

A woman and a child eat a catty and a half of brown rice a day, and the price of brown rice has now been reduced to 8 yuan a catty, which is more than 300 yuan a month.

Lin Cong nodded hesitantly, and said nervously: "Auntie, what if my mother really bites her tongue and kills herself?"

"Don't worry, he won't. If she threatens you like this again, you just leave. Besides, you won't really die if you bite your tongue and kill yourself. If you are really worried, pretend to leave and go back secretly to have a look. If she really bites her tongue, come to me, and I can cure her."

In ancient times, it was always said that one would kill oneself by biting one's tongue. In fact, one would not die immediately. She had seen many people with missing parts of their tongues still alive and well.

It is actually very difficult to kill yourself by biting your tongue. The reason is that in ancient times, there was a tongue biting suicide. After biting off the tongue, the pain will make you unbearable and you will pass out, and the blood vessels at the root of the tongue are large, and ancient medical treatment is backward. People lose too much blood and die after enduring extreme pain.

There are also lucky ones, for example, the pain directly passed away at the beginning, or the back of the tongue blocked the organs and blood caused suffocation and death.

But no matter what kind of pain it is, Lin Cong's mother will never really try it. Even if she really bites her tongue, Jiang Yan can rescue her immediately with the cheat of the mall.

"I know Auntie."

Lin Cong was also very sure in his heart. He knew his own mother, and she would throw a tantrum that would hurt even a small knife wound. It should be...it is impossible to commit suicide...

"By the way, auntie, do you want me to do something?" After clearing up his emotions, Lin Cong couldn't hide his shyness, and scratched his head in embarrassment, only then remembered that his aunt had something to do with him.

(End of this chapter)