Chapter 47 Adding insult to injury
Shen Guihua and Lin Xiangxing had just helped clear away the dishes in the kitchen, and they didn’t know what happened outside the hospital.
Seeing Lin Xiaoman come in, Shen Guihua packed all the dry marinade ingredients she brought and put them into the big basket Lin Xiaoman carried, "I will take these back when I go back later. It will easily attract people's attention when placed outside."< /p>
"Okay, Aunt Guihua, don't forget to discuss with Master Qi tonight whether you want to go to the city to have a barbecue."
"I will never forget it. Even if he doesn't let me do it, I still have to do it. When the time comes, I will share with Xiao Man."
"I don't want it. If I take Aunt Guihua's share, my mother will scold me in her dreams if she finds out."
Shen Guihua was amused by her statement, "You, then I can't use your materials in vain."
Lin Xiaoman smiled, "I don't want to use my materials for Auntie Osmanthus in vain. My parents bought these materials from outside. It's too late to plant them this year. I still have a lot of them on hand. I will teach Osmanthus to me when the time comes. How do you do it with the apricots? The money you give me to buy materials will be enough. When spring comes next year, auntie can also grow osmanthus flowers by herself. Then you don’t have to buy them from me if you can grow them."
"Yeah, this is best. Fortunately, I have you, otherwise Xiangxing and I don't know if we would be able to survive."
Shen Guihua was moved. The greatest luck in her life was to have a good relationship with Xiao Manniang and to treat Xiao Man and her sister as her own children. Otherwise, her daughter's reputation would be ruined today and she might not be able to live. If her daughter is gone, let her What should I do as a mother?
Lin Xiaoman glanced at Lin Xiangxing, who was washing dishes, and signaled Shen Guihua to stop talking. Shen Guihua nodded calmly.
Lin Xiaoman went to the pot and filled a pot of mutton soup. Lin Xiaoman planned to cook noodles with Lin Erhu at night.
When he returned home, Lin Erhu also worked with him. Lin Xiaoman was very satisfied to see that he was not addicted to his mobile phone.
Most of the main house has been built, and the wall in the east wing has also been built.
Lin Xiaoman calculated that he could finish building the wall tomorrow and put up the kang the day after tomorrow, so he would not be in a hurry to do the remaining work of plastering and beaming.
Seeing Lin Xiaoman coming back, Lin Erhu ran over with dusty hands, "Sister, sister, I heard that Jin Hu's mother falsely accused you of selling private salt and was arrested by the county magistrate. Is it true? of?"
"Well, it's true. The county magistrate is a rare good official. He won't let bad people get arrogant and good people be wronged."
Lin Erhu raised his eyebrows at the people who were building the wall in the west wing, "I just said that our family does not sell private salt, but some people insist that our family is in trouble and cannot afford the wages. Tell everyone to stop doing it. Now the county magistrate says we don’t sell private salt anymore, what else can we say this time?”
Lin Xiaoman looked over there and saw that two of them had their heads lowered. The people next to them also looked at these two people, and he knew what was going on.
One of these two people is called Lin Shuanzhu and the other is Lin Tianci. They are Lin Xiaoman's cousins by seniority. They are both good at work in the village and are regarded as honest. However, they did not expect that when something happened to her family, they would be the first to add insult to injury. .
Fortunately, nothing happened to her today. If something happened to her today, would these two people take the lead in robbing her things to pay for their wages?
Although this kind of person is not a treacherous and evil person, he must be guarded against.
Especially this time she plans to teach people in the village how to play Kang, which can be regarded as giving money to people's pockets. She should choose the one that is pleasing to the eyes and makes herself comfortable, right?
People like this who start to gloat about misfortunes even before they get started are just bad characters. She is not the Holy Mother mentioned on the phone. If she recruits such people to make money, she will die of frustration.
Lin Xiaoman said loudly: "Erhu, our family is building a house. It's a good thing that everyone comes to help, but we are also paid. I haven't heard of anyone who comes to work. If the owner is in trouble, he will jump out and say
What a sarcastic person. We can’t afford to use such people, and we don’t dare to use them!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Shuanzhu looked indignant, "Xiaoman, we are your cousins after all, why do you slap us in the face in public just because of a few jokes?"
Lin Tianci looked embarrassed, "Xiaoman, I didn't say anything. I just heard people said that you were selling illegal salt and would be caught, so I asked how the wages were calculated. It was really not a bad idea."
Lin Xiaoman smiled and said, "Uncle, if I are really arrested and sent to jail today, and my brother can't get his wages, what will you do? Should you give up the wages? Or let my brother use the things at home to pay for it? Or go in by yourself.
Take it?"
Lin Tianci was speechless when asked, and his eyes rolled around to look at Lin Shuanzhu.
When Lin Shuanzhu saw him looking at him, he threw the brick in his hand on the ground, smashing the stone next to it into several pieces, "I worked for your family just to make money. You were arrested and your brother is still here. He has no money."
What's the point of exchanging things? Just earn a few bucks from your family. As for slapping people in the face like this? I quit!"
After saying that, he walked away angrily, walked to the front door and then came back, "I worked at your house for two and a half days, and I paid for it!"
"Erhu, give it to him!"
"Hey!" Lin Erhu agreed, went back to the house and counted ninety-nine cents, divided it into two bunches and carried it out, "Uncle, I have money. My sister left all the money at home to me. You really don't have to worry about not being able to get it.
Get paid."
"Oh, I don't want to work for your family anymore, okay?"
"Okay, okay, anyway, my sister said, I can't afford to use it, and I don't dare to use it! This is forty-nine cents. Uncle Gang smashed a brick in my house, and I will deduct a cent from you. Uncle, please don't say less if you turn around.
Gave it."
Lin Shuanzhu was so angry that he glared at him, took the money and left without counting it.
Lin Tianci looked at Lin Xiaoman in embarrassment, "Xiaoman, look..."
Twenty coins a day was about the same as working in the city, but this was close, and he could get another hundred coins if he finished his work early. He really wanted to continue working. But with Lin Shuanzhu in front of him, Lin Xiaoman did not take the initiative to ask for help.
Man, he has no shame to stay.
Lin Xiaoman just looked at him coldly, without even a word of intention to save him.
Lin Shuanzhu sighed, looking at the bunch of money handed over by Lin Erhu with a smile, he could only take it and leave.
Some of the remaining people were immersed in their work, while others secretly glanced at the siblings.
Lin Xiaoman saw everyone's expressions in his eyes and raised his voice: "Uncles and uncles, Erhu and I are young. When my parents were here, nothing happened to us. Maybe we didn't do some things well, and we can't say anything.
If you don’t like it, please ask your uncles and uncles to forgive me.”
After saying that, Lin Xiaoman bowed to everyone, and everyone said, "Can we still care about our children?"
"Yes, Xiaoman, don't say this. You are a child of the Lin family. We should all protect you. How can you care about your child?"
"Hey, don't feel bad, we can feed all kinds of people with the same rice. We are not all like that."
Lin Xiaoman smiled and said, "Thank you uncles for your understanding, but I also have something to say. Just like what happened today, Aunt Wang jumped out and slandered us because I didn't do her any favors. Fortunately, the county magistrate saw clearly and told me
He Erhu did not sell private salt, otherwise we would all have to go to jail. We are also afraid. If we do something wrong in the future, will someone come out to harm us? We are all members of the Lin clan.
Chapter completed!