After dinner, Lin Lan reconciled the accounts with Zhou Shitou and gave the payment to Zhou Shitou: "Cousin, stay here for a few days and let Xiang Yang take you and brother around the city."
Zhou Shitou smiled and said: "No, I have to catch the bus back tomorrow afternoon. If it snows too late, the mountain will be closed."
Lin Lan thought about it and nodded with a smile: "Okay, you guys can come and play again when spring starts."
Zhou Shitou said happily: "Yes, when you and Xiang Yang hold a wedding banquet, we will all come to Lexing to have a wedding banquet."
"My cousin and my cousin-in-law have already received their marriage certificate. My cousin-in-law also gave us a white rabbit to eat. It's milky and delicious." Qiao Hui said with a smile.
Lin Guoliang looked at Lin Lan and Li Xiangyang in surprise: "Why didn't you two tell me when it happened?"
Lin Lan glanced at him sheepishly: "It just happened two days ago."
"Uncle," Xiaodouzi pulled Lin Guoliang and pouted, "Mom and Uncle Xiangyang even took photos, but they didn't even take me."
Li Xiangyang smiled and picked up Xiaodouzi: "When Uncle Xiangyang and mother come back from Yangcheng, I will take you to take pictures and take a few more pictures."
Xiaodouzi looked at him and stretched out his finger: "Uncle Xiangyang, let's pull the hook!"
"Okay," Li Xiangyang stretched out his hand, and Xiaodouzi shouted crisply: "Pull the hook, and the fishermen are not allowed to change for a hundred years. Whoever changes is Zhu Bajie."
Lin Guoliang felt warm in his heart when he saw Xiaodouzi and Li Xiangyang being so close. He patted Li Xiangyang on the shoulder and said, "Thank you Xiangyang."
Li Xiangyang smiled and said: "Brother, this is what I should do." From the day he decided to pursue Lin Lan, he decided that Xiaodouzi would be his child from now on and would be treated as his own.
Li Xiangyang, Lin Guoliang, and Zhou Shitou chatted in the main room for a while before saying goodbye and going home.
Early the next morning, Lin Lan took Lin Guoliang and Zhou Shitou to the city hospital to prescribe medicine, then went to the shop on Limin Road to look at the aniseed they bought from the provincial capital, and then went to the shop in the east of the city.
When she came back and passed by Xinhua Bookstore, Lin Lan bought a copybook for Xiaodouzi and went back to copy and practice calligraphy for him.
After looking around, Zhou Shitou looked at Lin Lan with admiration: "Cousin, you are so capable that you have bought so many houses."
Looking at Zhou Shitou's eyes, Lin Lan blushed: "Cousin, I'm just lucky, I'm not as capable as you said." The really capable people are Xiang Yang, Xu Mingxuan, Zhou Xiaohong and others.
Lin Guoliang said with a smile: "Stone, if you buy more of the things Xiaolan mentioned, you will be able to build a new house soon."
Zhou Shitou sighed: "I don't dare to think about building a new house. I just want to make some money, renovate my family's house, and take the old man and his wife to the city hospital to check for rheumatism. There are three children who can
I’ll be satisfied after attending school for a few years.”
"Don't worry," Lin Guoliang patted Zhou Shitou, "the days will only get better and better."
Zhou Shitou nodded: "Yes! With your help, this year will be better than last year."
The three of them walked around and returned to Lexing. Li Wu sent the salt and homespun cloth to Lin Lan's house, took the money and left in a hurry.
After a while, Li Xiangyang also came with a machete and sickle. Lin Guoliang and Zhou Shitou packed their things on their backs and prepared to go back to Shilian.
Lin Lan thought about going to Yangcheng with Li Xiangyang on Sunday. From Dongshi to Yangcheng, it would take at least five or six days to take the train back and forth. When they got to Yangcheng, they had to purchase goods. If everything went smoothly, it would take eight or nine days to get home.
Yuezhen and Qiaohui have to take care of Xiaodouzi, set up a stall, and make wholesale cakes. They also raise a few pigs at home, so they will definitely be busy.
"Brother, Xiangyang and I are going to Yangcheng. You go home and ask mom to help me here for a few days."
Lin Guoliang heard what Li Xiangyang said last night and nodded: "Don't worry, I'll ask mom to come when I get back."
Lin Lan thought about it and warned her for two days: "Brother, cousin, I heard from Master Chen that there are many three hands at the bus station, and there are also many scammers. Don't squeeze with those people when you get on the bus, and be careful with the money in your pockets."
Lin Guoliang patted his pocket: "We know that the money was in his pocket."
Zhou Shitou looked at Qiaohui and said, "You should learn your skills well from my cousin. Don't be lazy or slip up. If you don't obey me, I will beat you."
"Brother," Qiaohui yelled angrily, "I know, I am already a teenager, not a child of several years old."
Zhou Shitou rubbed her head cheerfully, and said to Lin Lan and Li Xiangyang with his arms folded on his back: "Cousin, cousin-in-law, please excuse me."
Li Xiangyang smiled and shook his head: "No trouble, you can ask someone to take the message if you need anything."
"Okay, let's go." Lin Guoliang and Zhou Shitou waved their hands and strode away.
Lin Lan and others watched Lin Guoliang and Zhou Shitou striding away with their backs on their backs, and then turned around and returned to the yard.
The next day, Wu Shufen came to Lexing to help. When she saw Lin Lan, she pulled her and asked, "Did your elder brother say that you and Xiang Yang received the certificate?"
"Well! Xiang Yang also took it to be framed, and gave it to me to keep. I'll show it to you." Lin Lan led Wu Shufen to the room, took out the marriage certificate like a certificate from the cabinet, and handed it to
asked Wu Shufen, "Take a look."
Wu Shufen took it and gently touched the names of Lin Lan and Li Xiangyang on the certificate: "Okay, okay, Mom is relieved."
Lin Lan pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed and looked at her with a smile: "Don't worry! I will make a lot of money in the future and be filial to you and dad."
Wu Shufen looked at her happily: "As long as you are safe, you are filial." Then she added, "Your third brother is coming back before the Chinese New Year. The letter says that he will change his job and go home next year. It doesn't matter if he comes back, the third brother
It’s time to find a partner and start a family. Children as old as him are already spoiled.”
Lin Lan nodded: "Where is Guoqiang? Is there any letter?"
"You brat, I've been away for so long, and yet here's a letter. The monthly allowance was remitted back on time."
"I heard that new recruits who have just arrived in the army have very heavy training tasks. At the end of the day, they can even fall asleep while walking. They rarely have to take a break and have to do laundry."
"Yeah! It was like this when the third child first went there. In the first few months, the third child wrote home a letter every month. Maybe he got used to it after half a year, so he only wrote a letter back after half a year.
"
"When will the third brother come back? Let him send a telegram and we will pick him up at the station."
Wu Shufen waved her hands repeatedly: "Sending a telegram is very expensive. He is such a big man. There is no need for you to pick him up when he goes home."
Lin Lan looked at her and felt that people of the older generation were like this. They were reluctant to eat and work hard and frugally all their lives, just to reduce the burden on their children.
Lin Lan suddenly remembered what happened to Yang Liying: "Mom, Liying is pregnant. She wants to hide in Shilian for a few months to give birth to the child in her belly."
Wu Shufen said: "It's okay to come and hide at home for a few months. I'm just afraid that the birth will not go smoothly. If something happens, everyone will feel unhappy."
Lin Lan nodded: "The third brother-in-law is also worried that something will happen to her when she gives birth. Let me tell you so that you can be mentally prepared."