Farmer's Favorite

Chapter 19

Under Zhuang Xinyan's teaching, Lin Qi learned more and more characters.

But the only ones he is familiar with are still the five characters he first started to recognize.

At the same time, during the period of literacy, one of the things he did a lot was to collect money.

The business of flower cakes is getting better and better. In addition to the dozen or so people at the beginning, there are [-] or [-] more people in the village who join in and sell more people. The business in the town is much worse. villages to sell.

Although it is not as good as the beginning, but at the end of the day, the shrewd people can earn fifty or sixty yuan, and even some poor-spoken folks can earn ten yuan, and the work is not tiring. It is nothing more than carrying a burden and walking. It's getting harder and harder.

Early in the morning, Lin Qi counted the copper plates, and when the number was correct, he put the copper plates into the wooden box beside him, drew a few strokes on them with the prepared dried leaves, handed them over and said, "Go in, Uncle Da. "

Holding a dry leaf in his hand, at first he didn't know what it meant.

But after giving the dried leaves to Zhuang Xinyan in the stove house, he knew how many pieces of flower cake each person ordered without even asking, and there was no mistake at all.

Gradually, the people in the village also discovered that Zhuang Xinyan could read and write, and they couldn't help but look at him differently.

However, in the eyes of Village Chief Lin, who can only read a few words, this is a little unclear.

He had never seen the writing on the dried leaves, but seeing that Zhuang Xinyan and Lin Qi were inside the house and the other was outside, there was no intersection at all and no mistakes were made, so he thought it was because he didn't know much.But they didn't know at all that the characters on the dried leaves were the numbers that Zhuang Xinyan taught Lin Qi, and if they were taken outside, even people who had read poetry and books would not be able to recognize them.

Although Lin Qi was a bit older, Zhuang Xinyan admired his intelligence and hard work time and time again after being in contact with him during this period, and at the same time, the more he watched him, the more he liked him.

Through the window sill in the stove house, one could just see the back of the person sitting outside.

Zhuang Xinyan thinks this kind of life is really good. Although the way to make money is fast for others, it is very slow for him, but he enjoys this kind of life very much, and he takes steady steps Moving forward, there was another person by his side.

Maybe it was the heat of being stared at, Lin Qi turned around, smiled slightly after being slightly taken aback, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Is it hot, why don't I go inside instead."

It was a bit chilly early in the morning, but there were several stoves burning in the room, and Zhuang Xinyan was already sweating finely on his forehead.

While talking, he held a handkerchief and handed it over.

Zhuang Xinyan leaned out of the window sill slightly, "Wipe it for me."

"...Wipe it yourself." As he said, he stuffed the handkerchief into Zhuang Xinyan's hand. If no one was around, Lin Qi would really wipe his sweat for him. After all, he had done more intimate actions before, let alone just wiping his sweat. Woolen cloth.

After busying for a while, the sky was already broad daylight. Lin Qi looked sideways at the wooden box containing the copper plates. Although he didn't count them in detail, the ones he handled today were about one or two taels of silver, which was almost his dowry money. At that time, Zhuang Xinyan came to propose marriage. He had wondered whether the dowry gift of two taels would be too much. Although he sold a big worm, he was building a house and buying land, so there might not be much left.

But in just a few days, selling flower cakes has earned almost two taels. He has never thought that money can be so easy to come by.

"Lin Qi, it's really you."

There was a voice, before he turned his head to see who it was, Lin Qi's face sank, even with obvious disgust.

The man was not small, with greed in his eyes, he wished he could directly put the copper plate in the wooden box into his hand, he said loudly: "Lin Qi, you can't be unfilial, look at the money in your hand, can't you The achievement is to see that your grandma is living a hard life and doesn't plan to be filial and filial?"

Lin Qi clenched his hands tightly, his brows were full of disgust, and he didn't even want to look up at this person.

The person who came didn't care about his response. He stepped forward and looked at the copper plates piled up in the wooden box. He couldn't bear it any more. He reached out and wanted to pick it up. The movements were natural and familiar. Thinking about it in the past In this way, there are many times of self-collection without asking.

But before the hand touched it, there was a pain in the stomach, and it was stabbed out by a wooden plank.

"You are so brave, do you know that I am your uncle, you dare to fight your uncle!" Uncle Lin was furious, but he didn't dare to go forward easily, the greed in his mind made him forget that Lin Qi was not It's not that annoying.

But I didn't forget that because of Lin Dong's affairs, Lin Qi beat him up very hard, and even now thinking about it, he left feeling pain in his body.

It's just that no matter how painful it is, I can't bear the thought of wanting to take advantage of it.

He has heard all about it. Lin Qi has set up a husband's family. There is no shortage of silver in this husband's family. If he is as easy to fool as his second brother, then it will be really great. Uncle Lin said in a low voice: " You are the one who is betrothed, and your man sees that you are so rude, you dare to touch your uncle, and you are extremely unfilial to grandma, so you will definitely be divorced."

"Go away." Lin Qi snapped, his whole body was tense, and he could even feel his body trembling slightly, not because of fear but anger.

At this time, the back of his hand softened, and a big hand was inserted between his fingers, holding it tightly.

Facing the middle-aged man who changed his face in an instant, Zhuang Xinyan didn't seem to notice, his eyes were only on the person in his heart, he held his hand tightly, bowed his head and said, "Lin Qi, you have to remember, no matter what You don’t need to be patient with anything, I am willing to accept the good side or the bad side. In turn, you have to do the same.”

With a hint of toughness and domineering, it made Lin Qi feel much more at ease.

After Zhuang Xinyan finished speaking, he let go of his hand and grabbed a handful of copper plates from the wooden box. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Want money?"

"Yes, nephew, your grandma's life is hard, so I'm afraid it's not enough, why don't you give me everything in this box." Uncle Lin was ecstatic. He didn't think too much about it. The guy is so talkative, he can get a lot of coppers if he grabs it.

"Lin Ping, don't go too far, your mother's life is hard, and you still have such a fat brain, who are you trying to fool." Some people next to him looked down upon it, so they opened their mouths, and suddenly The people around were even more upset.

"What does it have to do with you? It's my family business!" Uncle Lin said impatiently, and he was glad in his heart. Fortunately, he held back and didn't sell Lin Qi, otherwise, how could he be so rich? What about the nephew who is easy to fool, "Why don't you give me more?"

Zhuang Xinyan nodded, and he smiled slightly, "Okay, as much as you want."

Like Mu Chunfeng, for some reason, people around Zhuang Xinyan who have seen Zhuang Xinyan's ability always feel chills in their hearts, but Uncle Lin, who is the party involved, narrowed his smiling eyes.

And at the next moment, the eyes really became a slit.

Uncle Lin only felt a sharp pain on his face, and it didn't take long for his face to become bruised and swollen. No matter how wide his eyes were opened, they would be seen as a gap in the eyes of outsiders, which was extremely funny.

A wave of malice surged up, and Uncle Lin didn't think much about it, that he would be slapped suddenly.

When he was about to speak, Zhuang Xinyan threw the copper coin in his hand and said lazily: "It's still the same sentence, one time is ten cents, and I can do as many times as you want, just as As you can see, I have no shortage of money."

"You're crazy, I'm your uncle, you dare to hit your elders, I'm going to the Yamen to sue you."

Zhuang Xin stretched out a finger and waved it, "I have no father or mother, so naturally I don't have any uncles, so don't mess around with me."

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Qi behind him again, with a warm smile on his face, "Even if we marry Lin Qi, uncle must be respectful, but if I make a move on this younger generation, the yamen should not care about it." Right. Or you can send a message to the younger generation of the family. If you need money, you can come to me. You can earn a few tens of pennies if you hurt your muscles and bones, maybe someone will be willing."

"..." Uncle Lin was really a little scared. He had never encountered such an unreasonable person. He swallowed, seeing this tall and mighty man, he really didn't dare to rush up and fight. A person who can hunt big bugs, no matter what, he can't beat them.

After being silent for a while, he finally left a cruel word and left with hatred.

Zhuang Xinyan didn't bother him, looked at the people around, and said: "Everyone, it happens that there are still a few flower cakes left on the stove, let's share them and eat."

"What's the matter, the flower cake is expensive, you just save it and sell it tomorrow."

"That's right, it's not like you can't sell it and keep it."

"It's nothing, it's just a few pieces of flower cakes, just take it as a thank you to the elders for taking care of Lin Qi in the past." While Zhuang Xinyan was speaking, Lin Qi had already turned back to the kitchen to get the cakes.

As Zhuang Xinyan said, sometimes no matter how tough he is, facing his elders, he will inevitably feel helpless.

Over the years, if some elders in the village hadn't suppressed those in the family, no matter how tough he was, he would not be able to escape a tragic ending.

If Zhuang Xinyan wanted to gain someone's favor, it would be very easy.

When Lin Qi came out with the flower cake, the people around were all happy and happy, and they stopped talking politely.

At this moment, a seven or eight-year-old child squeezed in from the crowd. Instead of reaching for the pastry, he stretched out his hand to pull Zhuang Xinyan's clothes, raised his head and said very seriously: "Brother Zhuang!" , can you beat me up?"