Chapter 147 Ancient Farmer (5) (1/2)

Li Lanlan's eyes were still a little swollen. She just took the money subconsciously, and was stunned after hearing what her husband said.

Her father gave it to her?

Her first reaction was that it was impossible. Li Lanlan knew what kind of person Li's father was better than anyone else. From childhood to adulthood, this man only took money from home. When did he give her a penny? Even when she got married, she didn't take a penny.

Seeing Li Lanlan's expression, Lin Shiheng smiled and said softly: "Father-in-law saw that our family was poor and my father was in poor health, so he kept giving me money, saying that we should live a good life."

If he said that Father Li gave the money because he felt sorry for his daughter, Li Lanlan would definitely not believe it, but if he said that Father Li saw that the Lin family was poor and the elders were in poor health, she would believe it in her heart.

Father Li's problem has always caused the family to suffer countless losses, both openly and secretly. At the beginning, Li Lanlan was so hungry that her father gave away all the food in the family, but he didn't leave her any food. Unexpectedly, after getting married, she felt his sympathy.

After thinking about Father Li's temper, Li Lanlan believed in the money completely. She was about to hand the money to Lin Shiheng again. Because she had cried before, her voice was still slightly hoarse, "Husband, please take it."

"This is the money given by my father-in-law. How can I take it? You take it."

The scholar smiled and didn't take the money.

Li Lanlan respected him. Since he said so, she didn't push the money over.

This money was not much. After all, Father Li was busy doing good things every day, so how could he save money, but Li Lanlan was already satisfied.

Which child doesn't hope that their parents will treat them well? Even if Father Li did this because of his overflowing sympathy, Li Lanlan wanted to burn incense and worship Buddha to thank God.

She didn't ask her father to treat her as well as he treated others, but only asked him to stop coming up with the surprising idea of ​​"asking the son-in-law to lend him money to do good things" for the sake of the poor situation of the Lin family.

Thinking about it, Li Lanlan adjusted her hair: "Is my father still outside?"

"No, just now I said I would leave food for him, but my father-in-law said he didn't want to stay and left in a hurry."

Li Lanlan didn't think it was strange. Her father was like this. Even if he helped others with a big thing outside, he would consciously not trouble them. Even if he gave the other party most of his own food just now and his stomach was growling with hunger, he would not eat at the other party's house and would go home hungry to eat.

As the other party who was cared for, he must be grateful, but as his family, it was a disaster.

Because of Li's father's character, Li Lanlan has had a firm mindset since she was a child. She believes that people should treat each other well. If you treat me well, I will treat you well. Even if you do good things, you should do it within your ability. Those who are like her father, who has no relatives or friends with him, and who even didn't ask him for help, but he is eager to help, and who would rather give up his own wife and daughter than his family business to help, are stupid.

Knowing that Li's father is gone, the heavy stone on Li Lanlan's heart seemed to be taken off. She breathed a sigh of relief, put the money away, rubbed her eyes again, and continued to work outside.

While she was doing things with her mind put down, the first and second wives were waiting in front of her door early.

They came out when they heard someone knocking on the door before, and they were afraid that the world would not be in chaos when they saw Li Lanlan driving her father away, so no one went up to stop her.

Before the family was divided, the third brother loved face. If he saw his wife beating his father-in-law, he would be furious.

The two of them had wishful thinking, but unfortunately Lin Shiheng came out, and there was no anger on his white jade face. He even invited Li's father into the house calmly.

The first and second wives wanted to eavesdrop on what the father-in-law and son-in-law said, but they were afraid of being discovered, so they could only stretch their necks and stand together to watch.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think Li Lanlan's father is doing here?"

"Li Lanlan is so angry, maybe I really said it right, he came to borrow money."

"Is he really so shameless?"

The first wife affirmed: "I have said it a long time ago, he is like this, and everyone in the village knows it. Only mother, no matter how dirty or smelly, dare to marry such in-laws."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help feeling a little proud. Her family conditions were not very good, but her father was not a fool like Li's father. Even if he didn't give her any subsidies over the years, he asked her to give them, but at least he didn't make her lose face in her husband's family.

The second wife's thoughts were similar to hers. In fact, the two of them were not valued much in their natal family. After all, they were women, and they were definitely not favored as much as the men in the family. When they married, they didn't bring anything with them, just a new set of clothes. The betrothal gifts given by the Lin family were taken by their natal family without a penny.

But they didn't think it was a big deal. Isn't it the same in the village? Those who love their daughters and buy dowries for them are the outliers. Therefore, although they don't have much say in their natal family, the two of them are loyal to their natal family. During festivals or when they have enough money, they always think about taking things back.

For this, Lin's mother also talked to them several times, disliking that they only think about their natal family and take things from their husband's family to make up for it.

Now, the third brother's wife has come, with such a father, let's see how the mother-in-law will still favor the third wife.

The more they thought about it, the more excited they became. It was time to cook, but no one moved. They stared at the third room with their eyes wide open, afraid of missing it.

After a while, the curtain over there was lifted, and Lin Shiheng came out and politely sent Li's father out.

They were a little confused for a moment.

Did he borrow money or not? Why did the third brother still have a smile on his face?

They were anxious to know what happened, but they couldn't ask their brother-in-law. They could only watch Lin Shiheng turn around and go back to the house after sending people away.

"Sister-in-law, do you think this third brother lent money to the Li family?"

The wife of the first room still wanted to know.

After a while, Li Lanlan came out. Although she wiped her eyes and patted them, she was fair-skinned and her red and swollen eyes could be seen at a glance. Sister-in-law Li, who didn't know the situation, immediately calmed down.

"It must have been borrowed. Look, my third sister-in-law is crying."

The second wife also went to see Li Lanlan. Seeing that she looked better than herself because of her fair complexion, even with swollen eyes, she was jealous and gloating: "My parents favor my third brother, and they married him such a wife."

"I wonder what will happen when my mother comes back to know about this."

When the two of them said this, they looked at each other and could clearly see the excitement in each other's eyes.

They were just brought home to bring some things and were scolded by their mother-in-law for a long time. Now my third sister-in-law's father came to borrow money the day after she got married. I'm afraid my mother-in-law can't stand her.

The third room was unlucky and the mother-in-law was angry, so they were happy.

As they were happy, the second wife's smile suddenly stopped.

"I forgot to cook!"

The first wife's smile froze: "Me too."

They were both lazy and tired to work in the fields, so they didn't go to the fields. They asked their husbands, sons, and daughters-in-law to go, and they only cleaned up at home and cooked.

As a result, they were so busy watching the fun today that they forgot to cook.

They were busy in a hurry, but unfortunately they delayed too long before and still couldn't catch up.

When Lin's mother came back, she saw the first and second wives busy cooking in a mess. The elder and second wives, who were tired in the fields all day and just wanted to have a hot meal, looked unhappy. They didn't care about the younger generation and scolded their wives for not working at home.

Since the separation, she has been disappointed with these two wives. She looked at them coldly and didn't pay attention to them anymore.

Here, Li Lanlan had prepared the meal early and was busy putting it on the table. Because there was a patient at home and a scholar who consumed energy, Lin's mother never bought the eggs from the chickens she raised, and saved them for cooking and soup.

Li Lanlan had suffered too much and had long been accustomed to being diligent. After she brought all the dishes out of the kitchen and cleaned them up, she took two bowls to serve porridge and dishes and said meekly, "Mom, do you want me to feed Dad?"

When Lin's mother returned home, she didn't have to do anything but wait for dinner. The house was clean and tidy everywhere. It was completely different from before when she worked in the fields all day and had to come back to cook and clean the house. Compared with the two rooms next door, which were in a mess, she was immediately satisfied.

If it were before, she might be satisfied, but not as satisfied as she is now. After all, the new daughters-in-law in the village, unless they are too weird, are all like Li Lanlan.

But after experiencing two daughters-in-law who were arrogant and no one cleaned the house because her husband was sick in bed and her son was busy studying, now when she came home and saw the hot meals and the clean yard, Lin's mother's favorability towards the third daughter-in-law was almost increased to 150%.

This is how a daughter-in-law should be. Look at the two guys next door, they can't even cook a meal.

If the daughter-in-law is good, the mother-in-law doesn't mind returning the favor. Mother Lin stood up with a smile, "No need, your father and I have always eaten together in the house, I will feed him, you and Shi Heng will eat outside."

"Hey."

Li Lanlan responded crisply, and without Mother Lin saying anything, she picked up more dishes and put them in the bowl.

The more Mother Lin looked at her, the more satisfied she was. She was afraid that they would eat too much and her son and daughter-in-law would not be full, so she stopped them and wanted to take the dishes into the house, but Li Lanlan had already taken them and sent them into the house.

She was used to it. Before, Father Li was always away from home, and she had to do everything by herself, so she was not like other daughters and daughters-in-law, who followed the instructions of the elders.

In Mother Lin's eyes, the third daughter-in-law was filial.

She was immediately more satisfied, and once again glanced coldly at the big and second wives who were secretly looking at her, and turned to go into the house.

Lin Shiheng had been sitting in his seat, eating slowly.

As the only scholar in the family, he had never worked since he was a child. If he worked, it would be strange.

When Li Lanlan came out, he naturally put some food into her bowl and said in a calm voice, "Eat more."

Li Lanlan blushed a little at the concern of her husband. She responded with a low and embarrassed voice and buried her head in eating.

She had just married and was still a little embarrassed. She didn't dare to pick up food even if her mother-in-law was not at the table. Lin Shiheng ate slowly while picking up food for her from time to time.

The young couple ate one by one, and they both looked good, which was very pleasing to the eye.

However, the people in the first and second rooms were not looking at them. The attention of the people in the two rooms who had no food to eat was attracted by the dishes on the table.

Li Lanlan's cooking skills were not good, but not bad. She also received Lin Shiheng's instructions that the family needed to be supplemented, so she was willing to put oil and salt. The dish was fine when it was placed in the kitchen before, but when it was brought to the yard, the fragrance of the dish drifted all the way to the second room with the wind.

When the family was divided before, because no one in the third room had the money to build a new house, they still lived together, but at that time, they had a bad relationship. In order to show that the three brothers were not together, they picked up mud and built a short wall.

It was very short, and people could pass it with a light step. Therefore, even if Lin Shiheng and his young wife were sitting to eat, the other two hungry rooms could still see clearly what was on their table.

Rice porridge that was not thin at all, yellow eggs...

——Gudong!

Anyone who looked over from the two families swallowed their saliva.

The four-year-old grandson of the eldest family stood on the steps, looking over there eagerly, and shouted to his mother: "Mom, I want to eat eggs too."

"What are you eating!!"

The eldest wife was busy, anxious and irritated. When she heard the embarrassing words of her grandson, she yelled back: "You shallow-eyed thing, is that something you can eat? Do you think everyone is as rich as them!"

She originally wanted to hint that Lin's mother still hid the money for her beloved third son and didn't share it. As a result, when she said this, the tired and hungry eldest brother Lin got angry first.

"What are you yelling about!!! Do you think I'm useless? You worked outside all day and didn't even cook a meal. Who can have such a lazy wife like you? Don't stay at home tomorrow. Let your daughter-in-law cook and you go to the fields with her!"

The first wife, who wanted to blame someone but ended up getting burned: "..."

The second wife, who pretended to be a sister-in-law, just showed a gloating look when she heard her husband with a stinky face say: "What are you looking at! You too! Let's go to the fields with me tomorrow!"

The second wife: "..."

Lin Shiheng turned a deaf ear to the farce next door. The third wife was not like the other two wives, who had families with children. With Li Lanlan, there were only four people. The food that could feed their family was just a base for any of the neighbors.

Therefore, Lin's mother could take out eggs to nourish the family with peace of mind. If the first and second wives did the same, they would be eaten out of money.

After the meal, Li Lanlan ran to wash the dishes diligently, and then went to wash clothes.

The next door finally had a meal, but the first and second wives couldn't help looking over there.

When they saw Li Lanlan actually boiling water to wash clothes, they immediately showed an expression of watching the fun.

It takes firewood to boil hot water, and it is obvious that cold water can be used for washing, but she insists on using cold water. This third daughter-in-law is still a spendthrift. Just wait and see how the mother-in-law scolds her.

When Lin's mother came out and saw the third daughter-in-law washing clothes with hot water, she was indeed stunned, "Why use hot water?"

Lin Shiheng, who was sitting under a tree reading a book, said lightly, "I asked you to do that. Cold water can't wash clean. I will go to the town often in the future. I can't wear dirty clothes. I will wash them with hot water in the future."

He turned his head and smiled at Lin's mother, "Mom, now that Lanlan has come in, you can enjoy a peaceful life. Let her wash the clothes in the future. When our son is successful, we will hire someone to wash clothes for us."

The first and second daughters-in-law who were listening to the noise here: Just listen to him, he is still successful.

Moreover, a daughter-in-law should wash clothes after she comes in. If she doesn't wash them, she is unfilial and undutiful. She can only wash them by herself during the confinement period, because the clothes are dirty during the confinement period. If she lets her mother-in-law wash them, she will definitely be laughed at by the whole village. Why does it feel completely different from before after the third brother said that?

They felt something was wrong, but Lin's mother was happy, thinking that her son was indeed filial to her. As soon as the new daughter-in-law came in, she couldn't wait to ask her to help share the burden, so she happily accepted the hot water to wash clothes, "Okay, Lanlan, is there enough hot water? Mom will help you boil some more?"

The first and second wives who have been washing clothes with cold water since they were teenagers until now, and washing clothes with hot water during confinement, and were also disliked by their husbands for wasting firewood: "..."

They originally wanted to see the other party's excitement, but in the end they didn't see the excitement, but got angry, and even lost the original treatment of "not working in the fields and cooking at home".

But fortunately, when the mother-in-law knew that Li Lanlan's father came to borrow money, she would definitely be angry.

They kept this hope in their hearts, and always paid attention to the third room in everything they did. As a result, until the evening, the third room was calm and there was no movement at all.

This shouldn't be.

That night, the two of them tossed and turned like pancakes and couldn't fall asleep.

They always thought that Li Lanlan would come back the next day.

She was nervous when she got married, and now she was going to return home. If her mother-in-law made a scene, she would become the laughing stock of the whole village.

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. But when she wanted to sleep, she couldn't fall asleep.

When the two of them woke up the next day with two big dark circles under their eyes and in a trance, they saw Lin's mother next door handing a basket to Li Lanlan with a kind smile: "Lanlan, today is your day to go home, take these things back to your father-in-law and tell him that our family is doing well, and tell him not to waste his energy. How can a daughter who is married come to her son-in-law's house to give money?"

That being said, Lin's mother was very happy in her heart.

Look, what a good daughter-in-law, not only is she diligent, but the legendary unreliable father is also awesome.

Although she is not a person who likes to take advantage of others, it is better to have a father-in-law who heard that her son-in-law's family is not doing well and took the initiative to come and give money than those father-in-laws who are bent on sucking the blood of their daughter's in-laws.

Compared with the two guys next door, this is simply a unique good daughter-in-law!

The two people next door who only took some things when they went home and didn't even take eggs: "..."

Why! !