Husband and Father Youwei

Chapter 34 Moving House

She also said thanks, kowtowed her head, and delivered the gift. Mrs. Zhou asked the maid to bring down the cold tea and replaced it with freshly brewed tea, and then asked Tu Lin and Ruan Tang to sit down and talk. Today, Zhou Yan took Steward Wang out to do some errands, but he was no longer at home, and Tu Lin and the others were not ordinary guests, so Mrs. Zhou stayed to entertain them.

Not long after, someone came in again, but it was to settle the money for the charcoal they sent this time to Tu Lin. Tu Lin and the others brought in a total of nearly 360 catties of charcoal this time. Although it exceeded the originally agreed 300 catties, the Zhou family still accepted it, and the money was also in accordance with the original 12 cents per catty. , a total of four, two, three, and twenty wen.

As for the deposit of six qian silver that has been paid before, because the Zhou family will continue to receive charcoal from Tu Lin, it is not counted, but will continue to be used as the deposit for the next batch of charcoal.

After accepting the money, Tu Lin told Mr. Qian that he was about to move from Lijiagou to Zhuxi Village in the east of the county. If there was any problem with the charcoal, he would go to Zhuxi Village to find a family with the surname Ruan, and he would be found. . Mr. Qian immediately wrote it down.

After the money was collected and the words were said, Tu Lin and the others stood up and said goodbye. It was almost noon, and Mrs. Wednesday wanted to keep them for dinner, but Tu Lin politely declined Mrs. Wednesday's kindness on the grounds that there were too many delays at home. Together with Qi, they personally sent Tu Lin and the others out.

Zhou Qi was a little bit reluctant to part with Tu An. Although Tu An said something he didn't like at first, he forgave him magnanimously for the sake of Tu An knowing his mistakes and being able to correct them later. Knowing that Tu Lin would come to Zhou's house to deliver charcoal every three days, he told Tu An to follow him, and then he would take Tu An to play again.

Tu An naturally agreed.

Since today was the day to pick up the clothes as agreed, after leaving Zhou's house, Tu Lin and the others went to the tailor shop where they had ordered clothes and quilts. When he arrived at the shop, Tu Lin handed over the contract he wrote earlier to the clerk in the store, and the clerk quickly found the clothes for Tu Lin and the others according to what was written in the contract.

Tu Lin and Ruan Tang checked the clothes and bedding inside and out, and after confirming that there were no problems, they wrapped them up again, paid the remaining taels, and left the tailor shop.

Because when they left Zhuxi Village before, Tu Xinmei and Tu Lin said that they would go back to Lijiagou with them and help them move, so after leaving the county, Tu Lin and the others did not go back to the county directly, but went to Zhuxi again. In Xicun, they called Tu Xinmei and Zhao Changping who had been waiting for a long time.

When Tu Lin separated, he had nearly three carts of belongings. Naturally, there would only be more things to move this time. If he only used Tu Lin's own mule cart, he might not be able to move them all in one day. In the village, the village borrowed two carts, one of which belonged to Sun Jinlai, the head of the village, and the other belonged to a family selling tofu in the village.

Tu Lin, Ruan Tang, and Zhao Changping drove a car alone. Tu Xinmei sat in Tu Lin's car with Tu An in his arms. The group left Zhuxi Village and headed for Lijiagou.

When we arrived at Lijiagou, the three cars in this row naturally attracted the attention of the villagers in Lijiagou. Although they still didn't dare to talk to Tu Lin, Ruan Tang, Tu Xinmei, and Zhao Changping did. They asked them why so many cars came and what they were doing.

Moving is not something shameful, so there is no need to hide it, so Ruan Tang and the others told the truth to the villagers. But when they heard that Tu Lin was going to move out, they were all surprised and talked a lot.

But Tu Lin and the others didn't have the extra thought to pay attention to them, they walked through the village and went to the old house without stopping for a moment. When they arrived at the old house, they sat and rested for a while, and then everyone began to tidy up.

Tu Xinmei followed Ruan Tang to clean up the clothes, bedding, pots and pans in the house, while Tu Lin and Zhao Changping moved grain and bundled animals in the yard, not wanting Tu's father to come to the old house suddenly.

When Tu Lin and the others entered the village, Tu's father was at home, so he didn't see them. Someone from the village came to Tu's house and told him that he knew that Tu Lin was going to move out of Lijiagou. Kouzi also came, and he came to help Tu Lin move, but Tu's father couldn't sit still at that time.

When they arrived at the old house, they saw that Tu Lin and the others had half loaded their cars, and they really looked like they were planning to move out. They were angry and a little panicked for a while.

Naturally, he was so angry that it was such a big matter to move, but Tu Lin didn't even say anything to himself, and what was terrified was that if Tu Lin left like this, would his son really be gone? This made Father Tu, who was separated from his family, still live in the same village anyway, thinking about going back and forth more in the future, slowly making up for the affection that had been worn away before, and restoring the close father-son relationship as before. How can it be accepted.

Tu Lin wasn't surprised by Tu Fu's appearance, but he didn't have any other thoughts. He just said indifferently: "Father, why are you here?

" With a serious attitude, I couldn't help but feel even more annoyed in my heart. Is it true that I don't take him as a father seriously at all? Thinking of this, Father Tu flicked his sleeves and asked, "I heard people said that you plan to move out? Why don't you tell me about such a big matter, do you still think of me as your father?" Tu Lin asked

. Eyebrow looked at Tu Fu, is this another fault? He threw the grain on his shoulders onto the mule cart, and there was a bang, which made Butcher tremble with fright.

Seeing this, Tu Lin suddenly felt that it was meaningless to argue with an old man like Tu Fu, so he said perfunctorily, "Of course you are my father, and you will always be my father." After finishing speaking, he ignored Tu Fu , Continue to move food.

Tu Fu is of course his father, no matter in terms of blood or ethics, this will never change, so Tu Lin is telling the truth, but does Tu Lin really regard Tu Fu as his father? Of course there is no such thing, but there is no need to tell Father Tu about it.

Father Tu should have been satisfied when he heard what Tu Lin said, but he felt something was wrong and couldn't figure it out for a while, but Tu Lin had already turned around and walked away. He couldn't help but feel a little suffocated as he couldn't ignore his father's majesty and chase after him. Qu, then turned his head, he saw a cold look on the side, and even looked at Tu Xinmei with some resentment.

Although Tu Lin did not suffer from the separation of the family, it does not mean that Tu Fu's behavior can be regarded as never happened. In the past few years, Tu Lin was treated harshly by the Li family, which made Tu Xinmei accumulate a lot of dissatisfaction with Tu Fu. At that time, his attitude towards Tu Fu was worse than that of Tu Lin.

Thinking of Tu Xinmei's rare visits to her mother's house as a daughter, she didn't even go home to see her father, and now she's trying to show him off, Tu's father couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and wanted to reprimand Tu Xinmei, Zhao Changping, who was on the side, hurried forward and enthusiastically He called Dad to Tu Fu, and then pulled and pushed Tu Fu into the house.

He has been the son-in-law of the Tu family for nearly 20 years, and he is very clear about the conflict between Tu Xinmei and her natal family. In the past, almost every time he and Tu Xinmei went back to the Tu family, eight times out of ten, he would have a big fight with the Tu family. But he didn't think there was anything wrong with Tu Xinmei. After all, he knew that his daughter-in-law was a reasonable person, but it was the stepmother of the Tu family who was in charge of the family. She treated Tu Lin, a brother of her natal family, so harshly that even a son-in-law couldn't see her.

But even so, after all, Tu Xinmei is a junior. No matter what the reason is, it is wrong for her to contradict her parents and quarrel with her parents, so outsiders think she is wrong, so he usually stops him as much as he can, so as not to let Tu Xinmei fall into the limelight.

After entering the room and sitting down, Zhao Changping talked with Tu Fu, and Ruan Tang poured tea for Tu Fu again. With the warm hospitality of his son-in-law and daughter-in-law, Tu Fu's anger dissipated a little.

Tu Lin and Tu Xinmei continued to work outside, and it was noon after a while, when Ruan Tang called them to eat, they stopped.



After entering the house, Tu Lin drank some water first, and then asked Tu Fu who hadn't left yet: "Father, do you want to stay for lunch?" To keep food, Tu Lin said that as a son, it seemed like he was driving someone away. But Tu Lin knew that he just wanted to drive people away.

Father Tu also heard the meaning of Tu Lin's words, and felt that the anger that had just been soothed by Zhao Changping suddenly ignited again, and he stared at Tu Lin for a moment but was speechless. After all, Tu Lin didn't say anything else, and it's normal to ask if there is room for dinner when it's time for dinner. If Tu's father was really angry with him, it would appear that he was fussy.

In the end, Father Tu had nowhere to vent his anger. Instead, he held his breath even more. He stood up and said "don't eat", then turned around and walked out with big strides, flicking his sleeves.

Seeing that Father Tu was about to leave, Tu Lin only said "Go slowly, Dad", but he didn't move his feet, and Tu Xinmei didn't go to see Father Tu. In the end, Ruan Tang and Zhao Changping sent Father Tu out.

Before noon, Tu Lin and the others had already packed most of their belongings. After lunch, they loaded the last miscellaneous things into the car, and it was over. During this period, Tu Lin did not forget to go to the forest and destroy the two charcoal kilns he dug. In the end, there were only two large earthen pits left, and no one could see what they were used for before. .

The three cars were fully loaded, and after Ruan Tang finally locked the door of the old house, it was time to leave. Tu Lin and Tu Xinmei are fine, but Ruan Tang is a little emotional. After all, it is a place where he has lived for several years, but after inadvertently looking at Tu Lin with a smile on his eyes, the emotion in his heart was quickly replaced by complexity and bewilderment.

When they left the village, Tu Lin and the others received the attention of the villagers again, but compared to the morning, people already believed that Tu Lin was really going to move out, so no one asked them any more, but their expressions were complicated Watching them gradually move away from the village, among them, the Li family, including the Li family, and the family members of those who had been injured by Tu Lin, their eyes showed more unwillingness and resentment.

But Tu Lin had already left the Tu family and the people in Lijiagou behind at this time, and when he thought that he would be able to live in Ruan Tang's house soon, he smiled unconsciously, and his mood was even better up.

Although Ruan Tang said that he was asked to live in his house temporarily, there is a saying that it is easier to invite God than to send God away. He already had "ulterior motives" for Ruan Tang, but now that he has finally "entered the house", how could it be possible? How about leaving easily?