Chapter 181 Old Man Lin is dying
After dinner, Lin Xiaoman asked Lu Jin to go to Erhu's room to rest. She and Erhu had something to do.
Lu Jin wanted to ask what was going on, but he swallowed the words and just said: "Okay!"
Seeing Lin Xiaoman taking Lin Erhu to her room, closing the door and closing it again, Lu Jin's heart began to feel anxious.
From time to time, he would come out and walk around the door, but he couldn't hear any sound in the room. Lu Jin knew in his heart that their brother and sister had a secret.
It wasn't until more than an hour later that another sound came from Lin Xiaoman's house. Lu Jin, who was wandering outside the door, took a breath and hurried back to Lin Erhu's house.
Not long after, Lin Erhu opened the door and came in. After saying hello to Lu Jin, he sat down at the table, took out paper and a strange-looking pen, and started writing and drawing on the paper.
Lu Jin wanted to speak several times, but saw Lin Erhu's serious expression, and finally swallowed what he wanted to say, and it was quite uncomfortable to hold it in.
The next morning, Qingshu drove a carriage and brought a cart full of food and daily necessities. He cleaned out two rooms by himself without help from others, one for him and one for Lu Jin.
Lu Jin's room is still sunny, and the sun can shine both in the morning and in the evening.
Lin Xiaoman looked at Lu Jin in surprise. Are you planning to stay in her house for a long time? Aren't you afraid of rumors in the village?
Well, he is sure that he will marry him, and he doesn’t want to avoid people anymore.
The weather is getting colder and colder. Except for the occasional person who goes up the mountain to chop firewood, almost no one in the village comes here. As long as they don't show off, no one will notice that there are two more people in her family.
Lu Jin stayed at home for several days. Except for Lin Dajiao and Xu Qiuliang, and Xiuyu and Xiuxiang who came to clean every day, no one in the village knew about it.
Lin Xiaoman discovered that every time Xiuyu looked at Qingshu, her eyes looked like they could draw strings. Could it be that the girl fell in love with Qingshu? She didn't plan to care about this matter, it was up to them.
Fortunately, after the two masters and servants moved in, they would not disturb Lin Xiaoman and Lin Erhu every evening, allowing them to go to tutoring classes without any worries.
On the twentieth day of the winter lunar month, someone knocked on the door of Lin Xiaoman's house. Lin Dawu shouted outside: "Xiaoman, Erhu, you go to the East Village and have a look. Your father is dying."
This news was too sudden. Old Man Lin has always been strong and strong. Before winter, I saw him going up the mountain to chop a log weighing hundreds of kilograms and carrying it home. Why did he say that it was no longer possible?
Recently, under the supervision of Old Man Lin, Old Mrs. Lin has not been a demon for a long time. If he is gone, who can control Old Mrs. Lin?
The two siblings put on thick cotton clothes and followed Lin Dawu to the east of the village. After listening to Lin Dawu's careful explanation on the way, the two siblings understood that Old Lin was actually hit with a stone by Old Mrs. Lin.
Originally, Old Mrs. Lin was ordered to stay at home and was not allowed to go out. Lin Daqiang and Old Man Lin promised that as long as he took good care of Old Mrs. Lin, they would give him more dividends at the end of the year. Naturally, Old Man Lin agreed.
Old Man Lin's family was originally considered a wealthy family in Hedong Village, but since Lin Xiaoman's sister and brother separated, Uncle Lin's family went to the city again. Only the old man and his wife could not farm the land at home, even if they hired people to farm the land.
As long as people could watch, they rented out the land, leaving only a few acres for their own cultivation.
They agreed to give them one stone of grain for two acres of land a year, and the rent for dozens of acres of land was enough for the old couple to live happily.
Secretly following Lin Xiaoman's family to plant new grains and new species, Lin Xiaoman didn't bother with them, and they also made a lot of money this year.
Unexpectedly, the people who rented the land would also join Lin Xiaoman in growing new grains and vegetables, earning at least a dozen taels per acre of land, and even dozens of taels as much as possible.
The old couple regretted renting out the land. If they had hired people to farm it, they could have earned hundreds of taels from these dozens of acres of land.
After the autumn harvest, people came to their house to pay land rent, and Mrs. Lin and Old Man Lin wanted them to pay more. Some families were disgusted by the old couple's behavior, and the third child was even sent to mine.
I didn’t even say that I couldn’t come back, and I was afraid that they would take advantage of me, so I gave them more if they asked for more.
Anyway, I have planned to open up wasteland and farm my own land next year, so I just won’t rent his land then.
Some families were not willing to give away more of their hard-earned income for a year, so they quarreled with the old man and old lady, but the old man lay down on the floor after the quarrel, and finally gave them more rent.
But one of them was a widowed mother named Cai and her two daughters. Old man Lin didn't know whether he really felt sorry for her or had other motives. Seeing the three mothers crying, he promised not to charge them more rent.
, and promised to rent the land to them at the same price next year.
The three mothers were very grateful. When Old Mrs. Lin found out, she got into trouble with Old Man Lin and cursed her with obscene words. Old Man Lin didn't like it, so he locked the old lady in the room and went out to enjoy herself.
Because the old lady had run away before, Old Man Lin was afraid that she would run away again. The doors and windows of her house had been reinforced, and it would be impossible for the old lady to get out even if she wanted to kick in the doors and windows.
Old Mrs. Lin had been hungry at home for three days, and then Old Lin seemed to remember that there was an old lady at home. When she came back, the old lady was already thirsty and hungry, with only one breath left.
After that, the old lady became much more honest. No matter what the old man did, the old lady never said a word.
The old man became more and more careless in his work. After he stopped farming, he stayed away from home day and night, and he didn't know if he was looking for a lover. He often starved the old lady to death.
In this regard, Mrs. Lin did not dare to ask any more questions.
Seeing that Old Mrs. Lin stopped making trouble, Old Man Lin would occasionally take her out for a walk. As long as he kept an eye on her, the old lady never caused any trouble. She even tolerated being pointed at in the village without getting into trouble.
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Who would have thought that the old lady was holding her breath. Last night, Old Man Lin went out again at night. When he came back in the morning, he was so proud of the spring breeze that he got up early and let Old Mrs. Lin out of the house and asked her to cook for him.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lin had a grudge. When Old Lin was not paying attention, she took a pressing stone from the pickle jar and smashed it at Old Lin.
Old Lin was unprepared and was hit on the back of the head by a stone. He fell to the ground without even making a sound.
If the neighbor next door hadn't happened to come to the house to borrow an ax and encountered this scene, by the time someone noticed that Mr. Lin was gone, winter might have passed.
After Mrs. Lin smashed the person, she started mumbling. She looked really crazy. At this time, she was afraid that it would be too late to call Uncle Lin and his family back, so she could only go to Lin Xiaoman and her brother.
After listening to Lin Dawu's story, the siblings were speechless. Although their grandparents treated them badly after their parents passed away, they have now received retribution. As grandchildren, they should also give the old man a ride.
As for the old lady, so what if she is really crazy? They couldn't kill her even if they had evidence to kill their mother, but now she kills her husband with her own hands, and according to the law, her head must be thrown to the ground.
There is no immunity for mentally ill people here. It seems that this time they can finally get their revenge for killing their mother.
Chapter completed!