Traveling through the famine years, the best old woman, I was gnawed into the richest man by my children and grandchildren Chapter 170 So Is This? So It Is!
"The heavy snow came suddenly. Don't say that the rich families didn't prepare charcoal. I'm afraid even the charcoal sellers in the town weren't fully prepared!"
Li Er waved his hand to interrupt: "So in previous years, you could burn charcoal and sell it, but you can't do it this year? You still gave it away! How?"
Li Si shook his head and said: "Second brother, you still don't believe me when I say you are stubborn! Do you think there are many snowshoes made by my mother? With this, our family is the only one!"
"That's right!" Li Er looked at his feet and exclaimed: "Without this, those who make charcoal wouldn't be able to go up the mountain. Where would there be firewood to make charcoal!"
This time Li Si felt proud.
"Okay, let's go home! No matter how you shake it, you're not afraid of it falling off!"
Li Si grabbed her and said: "Mom, let's go, these charcoal..."
The corners of Lin Tao's eyes twitched: "Yes, then you can stay here and watch over me all night."
Ignoring Li Si who was stunned on the spot, Lin Tao strode downhill.
"No, mother! You're going to freeze to death if you spend the night here?" Li Si shouted from behind.
Lin Tao had a headache and pinched the center of his eyebrows. Call him stupid, but he has sharp eyes when it comes to making money. But call him smart, sometimes he can really make you spit out your 82-year-old words.
Come blood.
The family went down the mountain, and as soon as they entered the door, Mrs. Xu greeted them.
"Mom, third uncle, you are back!"
Seeing the anxious look on her face, Lin Tao unconsciously started looking for someone in the courtyard: "What's wrong? Grandma is missing?"
"How come I'm missing? Is it okay if I'm not here?"
Seeing the old lady sticking her head out from the stove, Lin Tao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the old lady didn't lose her, there would be no big deal.
"Mom, look at this." Mrs. Xu ran to the stove shed and came out with a basket.
Lin Tao took it and saw that there were more than a dozen eggs!
"Did your Aunt Wang send it to you?"
Mrs. Xu shook his head: "The uncles who came to return our clothes and shoes said they were for my third uncle. I didn't dare to take them away, but as soon as they put the things away, they ran away. I didn't dare to move, either.
I can take it home and deal with it after you and your third uncle come back."
Mrs. Zhu kept taking out the basket from the stove shed.
Lin Taomo counted sixteen baskets, no more and no less than the same number of people who led them up the mountain today.
"Mom? Look, there are eggs, dried wild vegetables, and dried wild fruits. Do we want to return these things?" asked Mrs. Xu.
"Why do you want to give it back?" Lin Tao shook his head: "Those clothes and shoes were also made by you stitch by stitch! Shouldn't you give something back?"
Mrs. Xu nodded to show that she understood, turned around and took the things to the stove shed.
Unexpectedly, the third child came over.
"Mom, everyone has been cutting firewood for a day, can you not collect their things?"
Lin Tao raised her eyebrows and looked at Li San, who was a head taller than her. She stroked Li San's chest and said, "San, don't think you are superior just because you haven't been hungry for a few days."
"Mom! I have never felt that I am superior to others."
"Then you just want to help them?" Lin Tao asked.
Li San nodded frankly.
Lin Tao smiled: "San! It's a good thing to want to help others. But sometimes, good things are not so easy to do. Mom, let me tell you a story about my childhood!"
Li San nodded seriously, helped her into the main room.
Nowadays, a small wooden armchair has been added next to the floor stove. A pot of water is heating on the floor stove. There is a wooden rack for drying clothes next to it. On the wooden rack, there is a solid wood clothes hanger made by Lao San according to her instructions.
Don't tell me, the third child is as meticulous in his work as he is.
For example, she didn't even mention polishing this solid wood clothes hanger, so this guy polished it carefully with a stone before giving it to her.
After sitting down, the third child handed her a cup of hot water.
After taking a sip, Lin Tao said: "When I was a child, there was an uncle from my hometown who left his hometown to work hard. Finally, twenty years later, this uncle finally became famous."
"So during the Chinese New Year, he returned to his hometown in great glory. Not only did he rebuild the ancestral hall, he also gave the elderly people in the village who were over sixty years old a gift of ten taels of silver each. Each of the children in the village also gave one tael of silver as a reward.
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"Do you think there's something wrong with him doing this?"
Li San shook his head: "If the old man has money, he will not be sent to the earthen pot kiln. If the children can receive the reward, they will be fed and clothed. My son thinks there is no problem."
Lin Tao nodded and said: "From that time on, the people in the village admired this uncle very much. And he did this for a whole ten years! In ten years, there was no interruption! The old people were happy and at ease.
, young people are busy having babies. Because there are more babies, the family can receive more money."
"However, the sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortunes and blessings. This year, everyone is celebrating the New Year with lanterns and colorful decorations as in previous years, but this uncle has disappeared. Guess what?" Lin Tao turned around and asked.
Li San frowned and replied after a while: "I'm very urgent. I'm worried that something happened to him while he was out."
"The anxiety is real, and the worry is also real, but it's not what you think. It's the old people who are anxious, because without those ten taels of silver, they may not have another year after this year. The ones who are worried are,
It’s those young people who have given birth to a litter of babies. Because there are so many babies, if they can’t receive the reward, how will they feed them?”
After saying that, she noticed that the third child's brows furrowed even tighter.
"After New Year's Eve, the ancestral home of this uncle's family was stained by someone. However, no one stood up to speak for the uncle. Everyone secretly said that the uncle deserved it. Do you know why?
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Li San frowned and shook his head.
"This is called promoting love and fighting with hatred. If you give someone a small amount of help when he is in crisis, he will be grateful to you. But if you help someone too much and make them dependent, once you stop
If you ask for help, you will make others hate you."
Li San frowned: "So that's it."
After taking a sip of hot water, she felt that at this time, it was the most appropriate time to reveal the true incident of Dong X.
Human nature is the most complex thing in the world.
"But, mother, what does this have to do with uncles bringing you things?"
Upon hearing Li San's question, Lin Tao squirted out all the hot water in her mouth before she could swallow it.
Co-author, all the saliva you have been talking about are in vain?
After coughing for a long time, Lin Tao regained her composure.
"Why doesn't it matter? Mom just wants to tell you that help should be given to others when they need it! Don't let them think that because you are the village chief, all the help you give them is deserved! Otherwise, when
When they need help, no matter what the reason is for you not to help them, it is your fault!"
Li San nodded: "So that's it." This chapter has been completed!