Wearing eighty books, the little widow turns into a rich woman

Chapter 23 Chapter 23
Wu Shufen patted her on the shoulder in relief: "Your father and I don't want your respect, as long as you live well, we can rest assured."

She thought that no matter what they said before, this girl was as stubborn as a cow, and would never admit wrong promises.Her three uncles all said that she had changed, and it seemed that she had really changed.

The mother and daughter chattered for a while before lying down and falling asleep.

The next day, as soon as the loudspeaker sounded, Lin Lan and Wu Shufen made sweet potato porridge, finely chopped salted vegetables and fried the twice-cooked pork from last night.

After the two brothers of the Lin family had eaten, they hurried to leave.

Lin Lan sent them to the entrance of the alley, and the two brothers told her in a low voice to be careful when doing business, and said to find her a puppy when they went back, and then left with the bamboo basket.

When Lin Lan returned home, she saw that Wu Shufen had washed the pots and bowls, fed the pigs, and shut the chickens to eat worms in the freshly dug vegetable patch in the backyard.

Xiaodouzi held a wooden stick and pried the earthworms out of the soil, saying that he was going to feed the chickens

Lin Lan lifted the sling and held a sharpened sickle: "Mom, I'm off to work."

"Okay." Wu Shufen came out of the house holding the mosquito net, "I'm watching Xiaodouzi at home, don't panic and cut it slowly."

Seeing that she couldn't be idle for a moment, Lin Lan went over and took the mosquito net out of her hand, touched a few dollars and put it in her hand: "You come here once in a while, go talk to third uncle and go shopping, let me go Come back and wash."

Wu Shufen smiled and stuffed the money back into her hand: "Mom don't want it now, give it to me after you make a lot of money."

Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "Okay! You go shopping in the street, I'm off to work."

"Go!"

Wu Shufen sent her to the gate of the courtyard, and then turned back to boil hot water to soak the mosquito net with saponins.

Remembering that there was not even a warm water bottle in the house, I called Xiaodouzi to the old lady's house, and the three of them went to the street together.

Lin Lan went to the fish pond with her back on her back, and saw Lao Chen standing on the ridge of the field spreading grass to feed the fish.

When the two passed by, Old Chen whispered, "Xiao Lin, if it's convenient, can you give me a jar of porridge from that day? I'll buy it for you!"

The grain distributed to him by the brigade this time, I don't know where to get it, there is more chaff than rice.His stomach hurts after eating it.

"I'll send it to you tomorrow morning." Lin Lan replied in a low voice, and walked straight to the foot of the mountain.

Zou Zhonggui hid in the bamboo grove at the corner of Niubei Mountain, looked at Lin Lan who had come to the foot of the mountain, his eyes were straightened, and he murmured, "No wonder Liu Jinbao is thinking, that short-lived old man Yang is not blessed!"

Lin Lan put down the strap and felt a malicious gaze looking at her. She suddenly raised her head and saw someone walking past the bamboo forest.

Lin Lan gripped the sickle tightly and chased towards the bamboo forest, only to see a tall man in gray clothes hurriedly walking towards the second team.

Lin Lan turned around and went to the fish pond: "Uncle Chen, did you see a tall man in gray clothes coming here?"

"No, I didn't see anyone coming when I went to cut fish and grass in the morning." Lao Chen looked at her worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Lin Lan shook her head: "It's okay, maybe I'm too sensitive."

She returned to the foot of the mountain and began to mow the grass, but she felt a little uneasy.

She thought of what Liu Jinbao said that day: I don't believe you carry a knife all the time.Thinking of getting a knife and carrying it with me just in case.

It suddenly occurred to her that when she was looking for a quilt in the cabinet that day, she seemed to see a switchblade knife, so she decided to go back and look for it and take it with her.

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Zou Zhonggui walked around Lexing No. [-] Brigade and went to the storage room of Lexing Brigade. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Liu Jinbao holding a tongs and pulling in the enamel basin.

Liu Jinbao looked up and saw Zou Zhonggui, and smiled: "The old man Zhao in the storage room went to a banquet. I got some peanuts and sweet potatoes, and you came just after they were roasted!"

Zou Zhonggui walked in with a smile: "Liu San, you have a good life!"

"If you stay in the storage room, you will eat a lot!" Liu Jinbao pushed some peanuts in front of him, "Did you go to Niubei Mountain to see that stinky bitch?"

Zou Zhonggui nodded: "I can go, but you have to give me half of the money first, you can't go empty-handed for the first time!"

Liu Jinbao thought for a while: "I'll give you half first, and I'll give you the rest when things are done."

Zou Zhonggui nodded cheerfully: "Deal!"

Liu Jinbao looked at him with a smile: "I'll go to your house tonight and give it to you."

"Okay, I'll go and see where Youngest Yang's family lives."

"Go out from the storage room, cross the canal and turn left, the second stone bridge is facing that house."

Zou Zhonggui nodded, grabbed a handful of peanuts, put them in his pocket, took a piece of roasted sweet potato out of the storage room, and walked towards Lin Lan's house.

After passing the canal, I walked to the second stone bridge, glanced at the yard facing the stone bridge, remembered the location and walked straight away.

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Lin Lan sent the cow grass back to the cowshed, went back and packed the wormwood and mulberry leaves into the sling and went home.

When I opened the courtyard door, I saw mosquito nets and clothes drying in the courtyard.

Seeing her coming back, Xiaodouzi ran over happily: "Grandma, mom is back."

Lin Lan took his little hand: "Has Xiaodouzi behaved today?"

Xiaodouzi nodded: "Mom, you squat down."

"What are you doing?" Lin Lan knelt down and asked.

Xiaodouzi took out a mint candy from her pocket and put it into her mouth with a smile: "Grandmother, grandma, let's go to the department store together."

Lin Lan rubbed his head: "Is the department store fun?"

Xiaodouzi took Lin Lan's hand and nodded happily: "It's fun, grandma bought a lot of things."

Lin Lan entered the room and saw Wu Shufen was busy in front of the stove with an apron tied around her waist, and hurried forward: "Mom, take a break and let me come."

Wu Shufen smiled and said, "The food is ready, go wash your face and eat."

"Hey!" Lin Lan felt that the days when she had a mother were different. When she returned home, she no longer had cold pots and stoves. She had food to eat and hot water to wash her face: "Mom, is it lively when you go to the department store?"

Wu Shufen nodded with a smile: "It's lively, it's much more lively than in the town, there are so many things on the shelves that I can't even see them.

There are also a lot of people who buy things. Some people buy TV sets for playing movies and boxes for ice. They say that they can hold meat and vegetables when they are plugged in. "

Lin Lan felt that the ice box should be a refrigerator: "The department stores in the city are incomparable with those in our town. When we make money, we will also buy TV sets for showing movies and boxes for ice."

Wu Shufen shook her head cheerfully: "If anyone buys that thing, it's better to build a few big tile-roofed houses. Besides, we don't have tickets, and we can't buy it even if we have money."

Lin Lan said with a smile: "Maybe we can buy it without a ticket when we earn money."

Wu Shufen nodded and shook her head again: "It doesn't matter if it wants a ticket or not, even if I have money, I wouldn't be willing to buy it."

Lin Lan helped bring the scooped meals to the table: "I don't have any money now, so don't worry about it. You can decide whether to buy it or not when you have money."

The three of them sat down around the small wooden table, and Wu Shufen scooped egg custard into the small bean bowl: "My dear grandson, eat more egg custard to grow taller."

(End of this chapter)