"Lin Lan..." Yang Liying covered her face and cried loudly.
Lin Lan patted her shoulder gently and comforted her softly: "Cry! Just cry and it will be fine."
After crying happily, Yang Liying felt that her heart was not so heavy anymore. She took out her handkerchief and wiped her face with some embarrassment: "Thank you Lin Lan, I'm much better."
"Well!" Lin Lan said warmly, "Take good care of your health, and when you are well, go to my place and have a look. I bought a lot of nice clothes. Xiangyang also bought watches, imported goods! Go and see which one you like.
Brand? Choose one carefully."
Yang Liying nodded repeatedly: "I understand."
Lin Lan came home from Yang Liying's house. Wu Shufen went back to her room and took out a thousand yuan: "Xiao Lan, you are leaving. Your elder brother sent some mountain goods down. This is the money to buy a house. Your dad said he would give you some back first."
, the rest will be returned to you after the New Year.”
Lin Lan looked at her: "Mom, didn't dad say he wanted to expand the pig farm? Why did you think of paying me back again?"
Wu Shufen put the money into her hand and said with an angry smile: "Your father and others went to the river to pick stones to build a pig farm. It won't cost much."
Lin Lan nodded: "If you don't have enough, come and get it from me!"
The mother and daughter came out of the room, took out the red beans and large white beans from the steamer, and began to pound the red bean paste and peel the bean skins.
Wu Shufen thought of the electric iron she brought into the house and asked: "Xiaolan, is that an iron in your bag?"
Lin Lan nodded: "It's an electric iron. If you don't tell me, I've forgotten it. I'll have to ask Carpenter Li to make two ironing racks tomorrow."
The irons these days are not steam-type hanging irons. When ironing clothes, you have to brush some water on the clothes. When ironing wool, cloth, and woolen materials, you have to use a wet towel to spread the clothes over the iron.
.
Otherwise, it is easy to burn the clothes, and even if you don’t know how to iron, you will get marks.
Wu Shufen thought of Lin Lan's renovation of several storefronts and looked at her worriedly: "I'm not worried about anything else. I'm just worried that the policy has changed again..."
"Mom," Lin Lan held Wu Shufen's hand, "don't worry, I asked Dongzi to find out more. If we hire two people for each shop, there won't be any problems."
Wu Shufen shook her head: "Why don't you worry? Have you forgotten that Landlord Xu on your aunt's team is gone?"
Lin Lan really didn't remember it. He smiled and shook his head: "I forgot."
"If you forget, just forget it!" Wu Shufen thought about it and warned again: "Anyway, remember, be careful, don't make the stall too big and make people jealous."
Lin Lan nodded: "I will pay attention."
Before the mother and daughter had finished pounding the soybean paste, Lin Yuezhen returned home with two baskets, and the three of them got busy together.
Wangcai in the yard started barking "bark woof".
"Who is here?" Lin Lan walked to the door of the kitchen and saw a middle-aged man with a backpack and a deer-like head and rat eyes standing at the door, "Who are you looking for?"
The man poked his head around, looked at the yard with his eyes, and said with a smile: "Sister, I collect live chickens. Do you have any chickens for sale?"
Lin Lan looked at him calmly: "No." She felt that this man was not a good person, and she thought of the chicken thief Lin Guoliang mentioned last time, and became wary.
The man looked at Wangcai, who was grinning and yelling at him, and said with a smile: "Your dog is really well-raised."
Lin Lan did not scold Wangcai and said coldly: "You can leave! I don't have any chickens to sell."
"Forget it if you don't." The man turned his head and walked out.
Wu Shufen walked out and looked at Lin Lan: "Chickens here are more expensive than in the countryside. Why would anyone accept chickens like this?"
Lin Lan also felt something was wrong: "Maybe it's a chicken thief who came to check on the place."
Wu Shufen thought so. Lin Lan closed the courtyard door and returned to the kitchen to continue making pumpkin cakes.
The pumpkin cake was ready and put into the bamboo basket. Lin Lan looked at the time and said to Wu Shufen: "Mom, I'm going to pick up Xiaodouzi."
Wu Shufen smiled and said, "Are you really going to pick him up?"
"I'm an adult and I have to keep my word, otherwise he won't believe us in the future." Lin Lan smiled and put on her gloves and tied her scarf around, "I'm leaving!"
Lin Lan rode his bicycle to the school gate. The bell rang, and the children poured out of the school gate like sheep out of the pen.
Xiaodouzi ran out with a small schoolbag on his back. When he saw Lin Lan standing there leaning on the bicycle, looking at him with a smile, he waved and ran over: "Mom, you are really here to pick me up!"
"Be happy!" Lin Lan reached out and took out a scarf from his bag and wrapped it around him, patting the back seat with a smile, "Sit in the back, it's windy in front."
Xiaodouzi nodded: "I'll climb up myself." He stepped on the rear seat bar and climbed up.
Lin Lan saw him sitting down, "Have you told Brother Kai that your mother will pick you up?"
"As I said, Brother Kai is on duty today and has to clean the classroom!"
"Okay, let's set off." Lin Lan got on the car and pedaled forward.
Xiaodouzi hugged her waist, rested his head on her back, and hummed happily: "Little boy, pick up your schoolbag and go to school..."
Listening to his cheerful singing, Lin Lan also smiled happily: "Mom is here to pick you up, so happy!"
"Well!" Xiaodouzi held Lin Lan's braid, "Mom, you are gone. I miss you every day, and I also miss Uncle Xiang Yang."
Lin Lan felt sweet in her heart: "Mom misses you too. Once the goods are put in, she will come back immediately."
Xiaodouzi smiled and narrowed his eyes: "I went to the eucalyptus forest on Sunday to help sell cakes, and I also taught my aunt how to settle accounts."
Lin Lan said happily: "Oh! My son is so capable!"
Xiaodouzi pursed his lips and was enjoying himself. Suddenly he remembered something and frowned and said: "Mom, brother Dandan came to see me and said that his mother came to file a lawsuit with Uncle Yao. He also said that the old lady secretly cried and said that he didn't like it.
his mom."
"Mom, why is Brother Dandan's mother going to court with Uncle Yao? Why doesn't Brother Dandan like his mother?"
Lin Lan didn't know how to explain it to him, so she shook her head and said, "Mom doesn't know either. When you grow up and learn more knowledge, you will understand."
Xiaodouzi nodded: "Yeah! Let's go to my uncle's house on Sunday to see my grandma, okay?"
"Okay, mom will take you to see my grandma on Sunday."
The mother and son crossed the stone bridge and reached the farm road. They saw a crowd of people gathered in front of a courtyard, and heart-wrenching cries came from the courtyard.
Onlookers blocked the road. Lin Lan squeezed the brake, stepped on the ground and got out of the car. She pushed the car over and saw Li Guizhi watching the fun inside. She pulled her sleeve and said, "Sister Li, what's wrong?
Already."
"Alas!" Li Guizhi sighed, "The Su family's little grandson was taken away. They said he was playing at the door. He disappeared in a blink of an eye. I searched everywhere but couldn't find it. All the men in the team were gone.
Went out to look for it.”
The man collecting the chickens flashed through Lin Lan's mind: "Have they gone to the police station to report the crime? Did a man who looked like a hozen ask your house to buy chickens this afternoon?"