jdhmnovel Chapter 102: A Brother
Chapter 102: A Brother
The first large blue brick and tile house was built in Shanglin Village.
On the day of raising the beam, people of Shanglin Village, young and old, all came to watch.
Lin Dajiang and Lin Da stood together, their shoulders hooked. Lin Da couldn't help but teased, "Dajiang, why don't you build a big brick and tile house? You must have made a lot of money selling food in the town these few months? And there are things sent by Master Gu and his son before. I see there are also quilts?"
"Brother Da, you really think highly of me. I just run a small business. How much money can I make?"
"Don't be so modest. If you can hide it from the villagers, you can hide it from me too!" Linda said with a smile.
The things sold by Dajiang’s family are fresh. Take the juicy dumplings for example. Many restaurants have tried to copy their techniques but none of them succeeded.
And the sauce for the pancakes, the ones others imitate always taste almost the same.
He heard from his son that the two favorite foods of the students in Mingyi Hall were juicy steamed dumplings and fried pancakes.
After a few months, I earned at least ten or twenty taels.
But it was enough for him to keep these things to himself, and he only talked about them with his wife, and didn't even tell his father.
"But then again, Dajiang, it's not easy for you either." Lin Da patted Lin Dajiang on the shoulder, "Back then, you and Dahai supported Dahe's education. Now that you have separated and are living separately, have you ever thought about letting Jingzhe go to a private school for two years?"
Lin Da's voice was not loud, but it struck Lin Dajiang's heart directly, leaving a thorn in his heart.
In the next few days, Li Taohua always felt that the head of the family was unhappy and had something on his mind.
However, the family was busy, and the radishes and cabbages that had been harvested earlier were still lying around the house. Li Taohua was busy making pickled radishes and cabbages these past two days.
We made several jars at home, enough for making pancake fillings for the next year.
The remaining fresh radishes are sold to Ruyi Restaurant.
Li Erli and Lin Dahai made one or two jars of sauerkraut from their own radishes and cabbages, and sold the rest to Ruyi Restaurant in batches.
Li Erli would pull a cart loaded with radishes and cabbages to the town every few days. After doing this so many times, the villagers knew that he was selling them to Ruyilou.
In addition, Lin Dahai and Lin Lichun also went to the town with their shoulder poles, and now everyone knew that this matter was related to Lin Dajiang.
Many people complained that Lin Dajiang, who was from the same village, did not inform them.
Someone immediately objected, wasn’t it Lin Dajiang who said that they caught fish and sold them to Ruyilou?
Besides, Li Erli and Lin Dahai did not hide the fact when they planted cabbage and radishes. Four or five other families in the village also planted some, and now they have all been sold.
The families that are complaining now are nothing more than those who didn't plant the cabbages and radishes in the first place and who found fault with the fish they caught.
Many people in the village have privately wanted to establish a good relationship with Lin Dajiang so that they can grow whatever the Lin family grows in the future.
They are vegetables anyway. If you can’t sell them, you can keep them for yourself and eat them. You won’t lose money.
Two days before Xiaohan, Boss Gu booked Ruyi Tower to entertain his guests.
After announcing that his only son recognized Lin Dajiang as his godfather, Gu Changsheng began to treat the Lin family's children as siblings.
The head of Shanglin Village, Old Man Lin, Old Lady Lin, and even Lin Dahai from the second wife and Lin Dahe from the third wife were invited.
Everyone who comes to drink is given a generous gift.
Before the banquet started, Old Mrs. Lin opened the bamboo basket covered with cloth, ignoring the strange looks from others.
Inside was a can of tea, two hard-boiled eggs, two packets of sugar cakes, and a two-pound packet of brown sugar wrapped in red paper.
Farmers cannot afford even a pound of brown sugar in the whole year.
Rich people are really particular.
Gifts are given at banquets.
It's not like in the village, if someone does something for you and gives you two copper coins, how can there be any return gift?
Halfway through the banquet, Old Lady Lin noticed that there was an empty table on the first floor, but the return gifts were placed aside.
She really likes brown sugar.
Young Master Gu acknowledges Da Jiang as his godfather, so doesn't that mean Young Master Gu has to call her grandma?
Old Mrs. Lin was very happy. She grinned with her yellow teeth and stared at the return gift from downstairs.
The best brown sugar cannot be wasted.
Old Mrs. Lin didn't care about anything else. She grabbed the meat with her left hand and picked up the vegetables with her right hand.
Old Mrs. Lin, who hadn't tasted meat for a long time, didn't care about her image at all.
She ate the meat in big mouthfuls, making loud smacking sounds.
He typed frantically, causing the head of the village who sat next to him to glare at him repeatedly.
"cough."
"cough."
After coughing several times, Lin Gui and Hu Axiu continued to do their own thing as if nothing had happened.
However, Lin Dahai saw the headman's dark face and tugged at his mother's clothes.
"What are you doing? Why are you pulling at my clothes? Are you bored?" Old Mrs. Lin rolled her eyes at Lin Dahai, stood up, tore off a duck leg, put it in Lin Dahe's bowl, and then tore another one for Old Man Lin.
Lin Dahe was busy eating. The food at Ruyilou was really delicious. No wonder the business was so good.
At first, Zhou Mei wanted to eat the golden soup pickled fish, but stopped at the door after seeing the price.
Now he finally got a taste of it.
He must eat more and eat enough!
I don’t know when I can have another meal here in the future.
But since Young Master Gu has become the eldest brother’s adopted son, doesn’t he have to call him Third Uncle?
I wonder if there will be any filial piety during festivals?
Also, next time he goes to Jixiang Bookstore to buy pens, ink, paper, and inkstone, can he get a 50% discount?
Mr. Gu has many shops, so just let him be the shopkeeper.
It just so happened that his master was stingy and difficult to deal with, and he would deduct money from him from time to time.
It’s different being the shopkeeper here for Boss Gu.
He is Master Gu's third uncle, and he has the final say in the entire shop. Let's see who dares to make him angry!
Lin Dahe was so happy that he didn't even notice that the headman's mustache was sticking up from anger.
Boss Gu and Lin Dajiang at the main table were still toasting with the guests, while the food on Shanglin Village's table was already leftovers.
The head of the village was snorting and glaring, and the reputation of Shanglin Village was completely destroyed by them.
He didn't know where to put his old face.
Fortunately, no one paid attention to this place, and even if someone noticed, no one would recognize them.
Boss Gu can drink a lot, but Lin Dajiang can't speak clearly after just a few drinks.
Since they were already relatives, Boss Gu was very considerate and let Lin Dajiang drink tea instead of wine.
After that, there were toasts at every table. Lin Dajiang felt better after drinking some tea, but he had to go to the toilet every quarter of an hour.
The stepping stone of the toilet was almost broken by him.
"Brother Lin, Changsheng will call you dad from now on, so you have to let Xiaoman take good care of him!"
"Boss Gu..."
"Why call me Boss Gu? I'm three years older than you, just call me Big Brother."
Lin Dajiang has been feeling dizzy and always feels that it is unreal.
In a rush of excitement, I called out "Big Brother".
After shouting, I was still confused, as if I had just had a long dream.
In the dream, he was still in the old house, Xiaoman was still stupid, and Jingzhe was still going up the mountains and down the rivers with Li Erli.
In the dream, he was still the lazy Lin that everyone despised...