Lin Lan came out of the old lady's house, took two bags of brown sugar, two bottles of wine, salted eggs, rice dumplings, and put the fat meat sent by Li Xiangyang into her back, greeted Lin Yuezhen, and carried it to Yang Liying's house.
After returning the money to her, the aunt and sister-in-law walked towards Yang Liqun's house together.
There are three teams in the Lexing Brigade, and the third team is farther away from the city.
The Yang family originally betrothed all three sisters to a brigade because of the good conditions in the city, and also to allow the sisters to take care of Yang Lao nearby.
After walking along the canal for more than an hour, I turned right onto the field ridge, which was just big enough for two people to walk side by side.
The courtyards with earthen walls and wheat straw roofs face west to east. Behind the houses are green bamboo forests. In front of the houses there is a ditch about one meter wide, and there are green rice fields as far as the eye can see.
Arriving at the door of Yang Liqun's house, Yang Liying said with a smile: "Although eldest sister is further away from the city, the foundation here is wider and the yard is bigger."
Lin Lan nodded: "The yards here are quite wide."
When the two arrived at the house, they heard noises coming from inside, as well as the sounds of children rolling around and crying at the top of their lungs.
"I want to eat meat rice dumplings, I want to eat meat rice dumplings..."
Everyone turned to look at the door, and several aunts from the Wang family also shut up.
The aggrieved voice said: "Brother, we won't come next year. We won't say anything when we come, and we will be looked down upon by others!"
Bang! Yang Liying suddenly pushed open the courtyard door and saw Yang Liqun leaning against her youngest son Zhidong with tears on her face.
Wang Zemin looked at the big ball in Lin Lan's hand and the eyes of his three sons, unable to reach out.
Yang Liqun burst into tears looking at the two of them: "I..."
"Sister, borrowing and taking are two different things. Also, my Yang family has always borrowed and repaid, and I have never thought about relying on any relative's money." Lin Lan took out the money owed to the Wang family from her pocket.
, handed it to Wang Zemin, "Brother-in-law, thank you for your help. This is the eighty yuan I borrowed from your family at that time. Please order some of it."
Yang Liqun hurriedly wiped away her tears and faced her with a smile that was uglier than crying: "Lin Lan, Liying, why are you here?"
Wang Zemin glanced at Yang Liqun and nodded in agreement.
Wang Zhixue nodded, and the three brothers walked towards the room.
Yang Liying choked and said: "Then why didn't you tell Aunt Wang and the children the reason for this just now? Let them think that my sister's hands and feet are dirty!
All the money the family had was spent. The money to buy salt was borrowed from the second brother's house. Where could the money come from to lend it to them?
Wang Zhixue covered his face angrily and glared at Wang Zemin angrily.
"Third sister!" Wang Zemin blushed: "I agree with your eldest sister to take the money."
Zhixue and the others want to find wives when they grow up. If you ruin my sister's reputation like this, how will they find partners and find wives in the future?"
"Pa!" Wang Zemin slapped Wang Zhixue, "Son of a turtle, if you dare to yell at your aunt, I'm not dead yet and it's not your turn to chase people away. Go and take out those things for Hong Ming to eat."
Some of the sisters knew about this from some source. They thought his family had a lot of money, so they came to him to borrow it.
"Ah!" The aunt of the Wang family pointed at Wang Zhixue, "God, my nephew is chasing my aunt, it's like thunder from the sky!"
"That's it, is it easy for me to save some money? If you dare to steal my brother's hard-earned money to support your parents' family, don't blame us for speaking harshly..."
"I know, I was there that day."
Wang Zhilin also covered his face and looked at the crying boy sitting in the yard with disgust.
"My mother, it's not your turn to talk!" Wang Zhixue's roar came out, "Let's go! You go!"
Yang Liying said and turned to look at Wang Zemin: "Eldest brother-in-law, I remember that you took the lead to find my family Dehai, and the second brother-in-law discussed to advance the money first, and agreed to pay it back to us when Lin Lan has money.
When he saw his brother-in-law die there and didn't even have money for burial, he was the one who took the lead in borrowing money to organize the funeral for Young Lao Yang.
Yang Liqun reached out and took the money from Lin Lan, stuffed it into his hand, and looked at him proudly: "Wang Zeming, take it and count it clearly and hide it. You'd better keep a record of whoever you lend it to in the future, and stop talking nonsense."
Who stole your money?"
Yang Liqun didn't want to stay at home to serve her three sisters, so she took off her waistband, put it on a high stool, and said to her three sons with a smile: "You guys go in and change your clothes, and we girls will go to our uncle's house to celebrate the festival."
Put on your schoolbag and go to your uncle's house to go to school."
Wang Zeming looked at the money in his hand and listened to Yang Liqun's words. He wished that there was a crack in the ground and immediately got in and hid.
Lin Lan glanced at them and didn't intend to give the boxing gifts in her pocket. She smiled and said to the three brothers Yang Liqun and Wang Zhixue: "Sister, take Zhixue and the others home for the holidays."
The eldest aunt of the Wang family stared at the big unity in Wang Zemin's hand with shining eyes.
Lin Lan smiled and said to Wang Zemin: "Brother-in-law, I will pick up my eldest sister and go back to play for a few days."
The aunt of the Wang family did not dare to respond when she saw that her brother was in the wrong. She looked at Yang Liying with dissatisfaction and said sarcastically: "Whether it's borrowed or stolen, you can't rely on my eldest brother to pay for your Yang family's funeral."
The three women sat across from Yang Liqun, looking strange.
A high-pitched voice sounded: "Why don't you come! This is my eldest brother's house. She is allowed to use her family's money to build the graves of her natal brothers and hold funerals. We can't even come for two meals!"
Wang Zemin knew he was in the wrong. The muscles on his face twitched a few times, and he muttered a word, unable to speak.
At that time, the elders in the family all praised you as the eldest brother for taking the lead and being kind and righteous! Maybe I remembered it wrong. I went back and called Dehai and my second brother-in-law. Let’s explain it to them face to face!” After that, he turned around and walked out.
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Seeing her sallow complexion, Lin Lan and Yang Liying stepped forward to support her and looked at the Wang brothers and sisters coldly: "Sister, I was groggy when Yang Laoyao left, and I didn't know the situation at that time!
I only remember that you and my eldest brother-in-law lent me the money for the funeral. Why did I just hear them say that you stole the family’s money to build the youngest’s grave for the funeral? Tell me what happened?”
Since Wang Zhilin ate the rice dumplings and pastries that his elder brother brought back from his aunt, he had long wanted to go to his uncle's house. After hearing this, he looked at Yang Liqun and said, "Mom, let's go to uncle's house."
Who would have known that the sisters would sneer at Yang Liqun whenever they saw her, saying that she had stolen money and ruined the family.
He was so noisy that he couldn't do anything, so he claimed that Yang Liqun had stolen all the family's money to pay for Yang Lao's funeral without his consent.
The sisters cried and complained that he was cruel and partial.
After a while, the three brothers changed into clean clothes and came out. Yang Liqun carried the basket, glanced at Wang Zemin, and followed Lin Lan and the others with her son.
As soon as they walked out of the yard, the aunt of the Wang family stepped forward and asked: "Brother, isn't your brother-in-law's family extremely poor? Youngest Yang has only been dead for a few months? Where did his wife get the money to pay you back?"
"Her mother's family is rich." Wang Zemin hesitated for a moment and did not tell his sister about Lin Lan and the others setting up a stall.
Second Aunt Wang stepped forward and stared at the money in his hand: "Brother, lend me twenty to pay back the money you owe the brigade, is that okay?"