Wu Xiang gently opened the door, looked at Lu Yan who was sitting under the lamp and read a book and said, "Reading again? Do you want to stop doing this all the time? No one like me, who is about to take the exam, is like you."
Lu Yan raised his head and looked at him quietly for a moment, then breathed out gently: "I'm not as smart as you. If I don't work hard, how can I beat you?"
Wu Xiang paused for a moment, then laughed: "We didn't take the exam at the same time, so how do we calculate it? You studied three years more than me. Even if you beat me in the end, do you think it's fair?"
Lu Yan said calmly: "Talents vary, and there is no fairness. Life is still long, so I'm not in a hurry. Even if you win the top prize, don't think you've defeated me. There's still a future."
Wu Xiang stood for a moment and laughed: "Yes, the days are still long." Then he put a few plain white jasmine flowers in front of him: "To wake you up! Be careful to spoil your eyesight. You will see it later.
I can’t even see the list clearly!”
Lu Yan smiled slightly, took the jasmine flowers in his hand, looked at the light for a moment, stood up and took an empty tea cup, filled it with water and kept it: "I remember that there is only one place where jasmine is grown in this inn, can anyone help?
Did you pinch it?"
Wu Xiang lay down on his bed and said lazily: "My cousin and my fourth sister." After being quiet for a while, he suddenly laughed: "Lu Erlang, you are quite lucky. You are so lucky."
Lu Yan slowly looked back at him: "What?"
Wu Xiang's eyes were fixed on the blue-grey tent roof of the inn: "I said, you are very lucky to be engaged to your fourth sister. You are so lucky. I always thought that you were either Lin Wu or Lin Liu. It turned out to be true.
It's beyond my expectation. There are few people who can play Xun and share tea. They also know how to manage accounts and do business. I don't know how the fourth sister was born. If she were a man and had a stronger temper, we might both have to give in.
."
Lu Yan pursed his lips slightly: "I am quite lucky."
Wu Xiang stood up and patted his shoulder, turned around and walked out: "If you want to surpass me, you have to work harder!"
Typical Wu Xiang style arrogance.
Lu Yan looked at the jasmine flowers in the tea cup in silence. After a long time, he firmly stretched out his hand, held the book and continued reading.
Wu's funeral was extremely lively, and the bright heads of the monks chanting sutras in the courtyard were dazzling. Tao Fengtang, who was wearing hemp and mourning, with red eyes, reported to Mr. Wu and others one by one: "Do Buddhist services forty-nine times."
"Tian. The longevity wood is made of nanmu, and the cemetery is not bad..." In short, he expressed to everyone in the Wu family that the Tao family did their best to bury the Wu family.
Lin Jinyin was so thin that she told Yang and others, "I only found out the exact figure at the end because my mother-in-law had already ordered that the burial objects should not be too thick. I roughly estimated that the cemetery, longevity materials, Buddhist rituals, and burial objects would cost about seven dollars."
About Wan Guan."
After hearing this, Mrs. Yang and others all said that the funeral was done decently. Mrs. Wu wiped her tears and sighed again: "My aunt knew that she was not good, so she was busy sending Fengxiang out at the beginning of the year. Again.
I have never seen anyone who is more thoughtful and considerate of others than she is."
This was unanimously approved by the Wu family's female relatives, who all began to praise Wu, and then burst into tears.
Lin Jinyin breathed a sigh of relief. This was considered a pass. Luxurious burials were common, and marriages were about wealth. Many people lost their entire family because of this. Within two years, the Tao family married a woman and had children, married two daughters in a row, and held funerals, which cost a lot of money.
It’s really astonishing. This is because my family has a rich financial background and has saved up for a long time. Otherwise, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to support it.
After all, they are mother and daughter, brother and sister. Tao's feeling is completely different from that of Yang and others. Hearing this, he took a breath, but he couldn't express anything in public, so he could only touch Lin Jinyin's arm and cry.
: "Why are you so thin?"
Lin Jinyin smiled extremely tiredly and said nothing. Her mother-in-law was gone, she was the eldest daughter-in-law, and she was the only woman in the family to manage the back house, take care of them, and be responsible.
When the female relatives greet and send them off, they have to kneel down before the spirit to fulfill their filial piety. How can I not lose weight?
Lin Jinrong didn't say anything nonsense. He directly took Badger Lang from the nurse's arms, smelled the familiar milk fragrance, held him in her arms and kissed her twice, and then asked Lin Jinyin: "I'm here to help."
Yes, if you have anything to do, just give me your instructions." This was the main purpose of her coming to Qingzhou.
Mrs. Tao had never experienced a funeral, nor had she ever shouldered such a burden as Lin Jinyin. She didn't know, or had not personally experienced, how unbearable this feeling was. But Lin Jinrong clearly remembered that that year when Mrs. Lu died, the Lu family
A thousand monks were invited to perform Buddhist services for a full hundred days. One hundred thousand dollars were spent on the Buddhist services alone, not to mention other expenses. From then on, the Lu family began to decline.
At that time, Mrs. Lu fell ill and could not afford it. The women of the Lu family had to take care of the patient, feed and drink all kinds of family members who came to express their condolences, and go to the funeral to perform their filial piety and kneel down and kowtow. The feeling was indescribable.
.After being tortured for a full hundred days and finally going to the funeral, even a strong person like the Song family had lost a lot of weight due to the torture. Not to mention Lin Yuzhen and Tu family, they fell on the bed and did not get up.
It took nearly half a month to raise her. After a long time, she still felt like she was floating when she walked. Once she tasted that kind of feeling, she didn’t want to taste it a second time.
Lin Jinrong's wish was good, but Lin Jinyin really didn't dare to let her take charge of things casually, so he immediately gave her a task: "Keep an eye on Badger Lang for me. He is the one I worry about the most." It seemed that he was determined that Lin Jinrong was not capable of doing anything.
Will refuse, Lin Jinyin went on in one breath: "Badger Lang has been a bit bad these days, I don't know if it's because I'm too busy and don't pay much attention to him. The wet nurse takes good care of him, but he still needs someone to keep an eye on him."
OK……"
Lin Jinrong's arms suddenly weighed a thousand pounds. She actually knew how to care for and coax children, but...she smiled with difficulty and pushed Badger Lang into Tao's arms: "I don't know how to do this job.
It's too difficult. Change it to something simple, such as asking me to take care of the kitchen or things, entertaining distant guests, etc. Or, it's the same thing if you ask me to do some chores for you."
It is normal for young girls to like to tease children, but it is normal to be afraid of taking care of children. Neither Lin Jinyin nor Mrs. Tao took it seriously. Mrs. Tao took care of her: "Okay, Badger Lang will follow my grandmother and be a good boy."
Badger Lang, who was passed on twice in a moment, looked at the room full of strangers with his mouth open, and started crying loudly. Lin Jinyin hurriedly picked him up, held him in his arms and comforted him softly. Gradually, Badger Lang couldn't help but cry.
After crying, she lay in Lin Jinyin's arms with tears in her eyes and held her hands quietly, looking at the others curiously.
Lin Jinrong looked at Lin Jinyin's mother and son in silence for a moment, then turned around and quietly walked out of the room, unconsciously walking along the path. When Li Zhi saw this, he quickly followed.
There were fewer and fewer maids and women in the yard. Lychee grabbed Lin Jinrong's sleeve and asked, "Girl, why are you here?"
Lin Jinrong raised his head and realized that he had walked in front of Wu's house unknowingly. Seeing that Li Zhi was a little scared, he couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you afraid of? My uncle and wife are the best people." After that,
I walked to the door and was about to salute, but I saw that the door of the room was ajar and there seemed to be a noise inside.
Usually when the owner of the house is gone, the house will be locked up and left to be cleaned later. If such a situation occurs, it is very likely that there is a dirty servant fishing in troubled waters. Lin Jinrong and Li Zhi looked at each other, took a step back, and gathered courage.
He shouted: "Who's in there?"
"Is it Nannan? Come in." It was Tao Shunqin's voice that came from the room.
Lin Jinrong breathed a sigh of relief, pushed the door open and went in: "Uncle."
It was almost dusk at this time, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone slantly through the window. The room was half hazy and half gray. Tao Shunqin sat alone in front of the photo booth, staring blankly at the bronze mirror Wu used during his lifetime, and whispered:
"A group of people just asked how much the funeral cost, and I didn't want to hear it."
Lin Jinrong did not answer, but went to sit on the soft couch in front of the window and listened quietly to what he said. In her opinion, everyone in the Wu family may not be sad, but that is how the world is. Now that the person is dead, it is even more important.
Tao Shunqin may not understand this truth about caring about his wife's death, but it's just because the pain of losing his wife is too severe. He only needs someone to listen, not to persuade.
"You don't know, Nannan, what your aunt has become and how much she has suffered in the past few days. She still thinks about it all the time. She wants to give Feng Ju a wife, but she is worried about my future... Sometimes when I see her so uncomfortable, I just
I can't help but think that it would be better for her to be freed as soon as possible. But when I think about being alone, I feel even more uncomfortable. No matter how much money is spent on the funeral, what will happen? I just want her to be alive and spend the money."
"Nanny, your aunt is such a good person, she is so blessed..."
The sky gradually darkened, and the old man and the young man in the room remained as they were before. The old man spoke in a calm tone, and the young one listened quietly without moving. Somehow, Li Zhi suddenly felt a little hairy, and again
I didn't dare to interrupt, so I had to ask Lin Jinrong in a low voice: "Girl, do you want to hold the lamp? I haven't been out for a long time, and I'm afraid my wife will find me."
Tao Shunqin seemed to wake up from a dream. He touched the fire sickle from the lighting stand, lit the candlestick, looked back at Lin Jinrong and said kindly: "Go, uncle is fine."
Lin Jinrong stood up and whispered: "Uncle, aunt is also reluctant to let you go. She must hope that we can all live better."
Tao Shunqin smiled sadly and raised his voice: "I forgot to ask how the business of your shop is? If I had known that the court would release these kinds of fragrant medicines, you should buy more wood incense and cloves."
Lin Jinrong's heart trembled, and he lowered his eyes and said, "I am lucky enough that the shop's business can be maintained."
"Just be content. It will get better in the future." Tao Shunqin was silent for a moment and whispered: "Nanny, thanks to you, my uncle has made a lot of money. Otherwise, just these few major things at home, plus mine, would not be enough."
If you have Fengju's marriage, you will have to let your eldest cousin die a bitter death."
Lin Jinrong felt warm in her heart. She looked at Tao Shunqin and said softly: "Uncle, that's just a coincidence. What I can do is too little compared to what you can do. I just hope that you can all live a good life. My sister is busy alone.
But come here and let me help you with some trivial tasks, just take it as my heart."
Tao Shunqin said gently: "Okay."
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