Chapter 729 Old Shadows of the Republic of China (16) Three in One(2/2)
On New Year's Eve, some people had lunch early and simply gave me a sacrifice, and then quickly posted the couplets.
When Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master went out to paste couplets, there was a man wearing a fur coat and a fur hat standing in the yard. He rubbed his hands and looked at the door of the house. Behind him was a young man in his twenties, like a young man. The master and servant didn't even talk about the Lin family, and they didn't know what they were doing in the yard.
The two of them also saw the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, so they came up with a smile on their faces: "It's the Fourth Master Jin and Mr. Lin?"
The Fourth Master nodded: "I don't know who you are looking for?"
"Oh!" This man looked bitter, "You don't know how difficult this business is now. We are also doing business that supports two companies, but by the end of the year, the money cannot be collected. You said that you asked me to pay the debt with other creditors? Look, every household has posted a couplet and closed the door and started the New Year. What does this mean? According to the rules, you need debts at the end of this year, but you can't ask for debts at the end of the year. When you enter the twelfth lunar month, I come to urge you every day. I said that I can't pay back the debts, and at least I will pay the profits. These people agreed well, but they just push them back day by day
, tell me that I will definitely pay it back before the end of the year. Look, it’s only noon, and the New Year has been posted. Where do I need debts? They have the New Year, and I can’t spend this year. How can I explain to others? They want to borrow money again next year, so where can I buy them for money? It’s not difficult to borrow well and borrow again. Is this the truth? "His voice was loud, as if I was afraid that those who borrowed money and didn’t pay it back could not be heard. Then he whispered, "Secret Master Jin, we know that you are rich. In this way, if you have spare money in your hand, you will definitely not let you suffer a loss."
"Oh! Who am I thinking?" Lin Yuhuai came out of the house, stood on the steps and leaned against the wall and sneered, "So it's your donkey dung! What does it mean to shout at my doorstep with such a big voice?"
"It's Master Huai!" Lu Fen knew the best who could offend who could not offend him. He always stayed away from those who dared to die. He hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Happy New Year! Isn't this errand done yet? What's the solution? A miserable person. If you have spare money, you will give it to me. You will understand it. It's a short position, add five systems, seeds, and the price is good, that's fine!"
"Enjoy the short position", "add five systems", "seed profit", "goods" and "accurate prices" are all the current forms of usury loans. The interest rate of the five systems is to add five tens a year. If you can't pay it back, just calculate it. It is what everyone says that the profit is calculated. "According to the price" is even more cruel. The price rises and does not fall. The price is returned in March, and the price is returned in May, and the price is not returned in May. For example, a landlord lent a farmer two stones and five dou of sesame seeds last year, and it is immediately converted into five stone corn. The second year of the summer harvest is high, the price of salt is low, and the price of salt is low, and the price of corn is high. In the autumn of the same year, the price of salt is low, and the price of corn is high, and the interest rate of salt is four times that of the debt. The popular sayings of "one year to complete" and "one year to light" are the ones that are at the price. Because of this loan, there are many families who have lost their families.
Lin Yuhuai snorted and said, "I said donkey dung, you have done less dirty things over the years. Be calm and don't really give birth to a son without an asshole."
The annoyance on Lu Fen's face flashed, he smiled awkwardly, bowed to the Fourth Master and left quickly.
Lin Yuhuai said to the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong this time: "This bastard is so stupid. The profits you make in our area are all about fighting profits. Who can resist this thing?"
Fighting with profit means double when paying back.
"Double in a year?" Lin Yutong asked.
Lin Yuhuai shook his head: "It depends on how much you borrow. If you borrow less, he will double in a month."
In other words, if you borrow one dollar this month, you have to pay back two dollars. If you can't pay it back, it will be four dollars in the third month, eight dollars in the fourth month, and so on.
This is too cruel!
"At the beginning of the year, I forced the family to death." Lin Yuhuai pointed out, "The old Zhao family at the entrance of the alley, borrowed three yuan when they were sick, but in half a year it became a huge amount. This thing forced the wife to go to the kiln to make money to pay off the debt, and also sell her daughter and daughter. The wife agreed that day, but she went to the pharmacy to buy a pack of rat medicine and feed the man's children. She ran to the door of the donkey manure house. It is natural to pay back the debt. The police station went to see the two of them and looked at it. The matter was here. There was nothing wrong with donkey manure. Every year, there was no money to earn a lot."
Yang Zi flashed out from behind Huaizi and asked the Fourth Master: "Is this what Mr. Bai calls for exploitation?"
Mr. Bai, it means Bai Kun.
The Fourth Master nodded. If this is not considered exploitation, what is considered exploitation? It is not that the Labor Party is good at inciting people's hearts. If their ideas resonate with each other, it would be useless for anyone to say anything. I have not suffered any harm and I don't know how hard it is!
Now, this Lin family’s school has become a propaganda base for Bai Kun. Children like Yang Zi have obvious tendencies to hate them.
Lin Yuhuai smiled and patted Yang Zi, "Did you send the dumplings for Ama?"
Yang Zi nodded: "I've sent it. The life there is quite good. When I went there, I saw Aunt Liu making dumplings, which were made of mutton." But when she saw him coming in, she quickly covered it with a lid.
Lin Yuhuai said to the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong: "You guys hurry up and go back too. It's so cold outside. It looks like it's going to snow again."
Don’t look at the two families next to each other, they will have their own New Year’s Eve. The old rules cannot be broken. The Lin family is the Lin family, and the Yin family is the Yin family. There will definitely be no son-in-law who celebrates the New Year at his mother-in-law’s house in the future.
Lin Yutong returned to the house and then divided the dumplings, cut meat, and prepared dishes, and asked the Fourth Master to deliver them to Bai Kun and Uncle Bai Yuan and Nephew.
When it was evening, snow began to fall from the sky. Every household was celebrating the New Year at home. But the sound of firecrackers rarely heard. Occasionally, it seemed that it was very far away from here. Now during the Chinese New Year, even if there was a dinner of dumplings, many families did not say that the New Year’s Eve dinner was. Keep some good ones and have to wait for the first day of the New Year.
Did Lin Yutong feel wronged herself and the Fourth Master? Recently, she has been smelling braised meat and is very fucked. She only packed her own leek filling and sauerkraut filling.
The two sat opposite each other, occasionally taking a sip of wine. The fire in the room was strong and the kang was warm.
"Living like this is good, everything is good, it's a little lonely." The Fourth Master took a few sips of wine and felt a little drifty. "You said it would be great if you had children, and the room would be so lively now."
People live a life, they are hope. If they do not have the heart to work for their children, they will no longer see the hope.
Lin Yutong looked at her belly: "I want a child? I am really frightened in this world."
"I just talk casually." The Fourth Master waved his hand, "It doesn't matter whether there are children or not."
Lin Yutong pinched her fingers and calculated that if she had to have children after peace, she and the Fourth Master would be in her thirties at that time, and it would not be too late. It was completely too late.
When she said this, the Fourth Master laughed, "Why are you still taking it seriously?"
This was just a momentary sigh, and it was thrown behind in a blink of an eye.
When it was noisy outside, Lin Yutong looked at her watch and it was only three o'clock in the morning. There were already children laughing outside. It was really early to greet the New Year at this time.
After getting up and washing, the Fourth Master went to open the door. At this time, there were already a group of children outside. They didn't bother with the heavy wind and snow, and they all shrank in the corridor, waiting for the door here to open.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Jin." He shouted unevenly, calling the Fourth Master to feel sad, "Get in. Go in quickly."
These children stay here to pay New Year's greetings because they know that life here is good and can make some delicious food. Now they go out to pay New Year's greetings, which is not like in later generations. No matter how poor the family is, there are melon seeds and candies. As long as people come, they can eat them. This is different now. Even if they live, they will not put things outside. They always come to someone close to them and open the cabinet and grab a little for the children. This is a sign of this. As for giving New Year's money to the children of neighbors, there is even less. They can't even fill their own stomachs, so what are the details?
Children have their own wisdom. They can always ask for something if they choose families with good families, good tempers and kind hearts.
Lin Yutong put all the melon seeds and peanuts in the main hall, and the children grabbed them. Then, in the kitchen pot, the buns with white flour and large meat filling were about to be released. She did not give the children New Year's money, and only gave one bun per person, which caused a burst of cheers. Some children couldn't wait to take a bite, while some children quickly covered their jackets, saying that they were brought by their elders and left for their younger siblings.
Waiting for a group of children to go, the Fourth Master laughed: "You are catching a wolf. If you don't believe me, wait, and another group will come in a blink of an eye."
The bun was steamed from Lin Yutong and asked the Fourth Master to take it to the Lin family to pay New Year's greetings. There was no need for any snacks and drinks, and nothing better than white flour meat buns. As a result, seeing the children guarding the door, I don't know how long it took, just for a little food, she felt soft and she was so worried! She really told the Fourth Master that the group of children came one after another. Some of them came from a long way after hearing the news.
Yang Zi was about to chase the person, but Lin Yutong stopped him. He called Xingzi and Lin's mother to come and work with him, and the pot was steamed constantly. There was no meat, but it was steamed buns with big white flour. Anyway, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I used six bags of flour.
"Oh! You are a prodigal!" Lin's mother has been muttering for a day. Today, American flour costs 2.6 yuan per bag, and six yuan. There are also some meats that cost more than twenty yuan a day.
From this day on, Jin Fourth Master has another nickname called Jin Da Shanren.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I went back to my parents' home. When I woke up early in the morning, the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong carried steamed buns and walked the Lin family's slums, and then returned to the wing room where the Lin family lived.
Unexpectedly, Lin Dehai, who hadn't come back on New Year's Eve, came back today.
"My son-in-law comes to the door for the Chinese New Year in the first year, how could I not come back?" Lin Dehai sat on it, looking a little fatter than before. It seemed that Widow Liu served him very carefully.
Perhaps it was because of the fact that Lin's mother didn't complain to Lin Dehai, but she was just busy in front of the stove and ignored him.
The Fourth Master took a few more dollars and handed them to Lin Dehai: "I don't know what my father-in-law likes, so I didn't buy those that are not usable. You can take these money and buy them if you like them."
The smile on Lin Dehai's face immediately became strong, and he even scolded Lin Yutong with a stern face: "Don't always run outside, my son-in-law doesn't care, but you can't go too far. It's better to have a branch and a leaf early."
Lin's mother agreed with this: "You are right." She whispered in private: "Where can you find a son-in-law like your son-in-law? If you don't have a child quickly, he will tie his heart to you. What should I do in the future?"
Why did I always become a role that must capture the Fourth Master, not a role that the Fourth Master must capture.
For the son-in-law to come to the house, the Lin family really put their heart into it. The table of dishes was spent several pieces. The atmosphere at the dinner table was also good. After drinking two glasses of wine, they were all relaxed. Huaizi asked some things about the Fourth Master in the United States, and Lin’s mother and Xingzi asked Lin Yutong how he had lived in the past few years. The Fourth Master picked up some things about the United States, and Lin Yutong only picked up the world and heard about the world, and when the story started. As he was talking, the topic was about Yang Zi going to school again. Lin Yutong felt that Yang Zi was getting into middle school at the moment. As he was talking, Yang Zi suddenly looked up and said, "Brother, brother-in-law, I don’t want to go to school, I want to go to the army."
Become a soldier? What you are most afraid of is these two words!
The chopsticks in Lin's mother's hand suddenly fell off: "As a soldier? What kind of soldier? If you want to be a worker, can't you ask your elder brother to do a job in the police station? It's all over the world and messy everywhere. You're killing me."
Lin Dehai looked at Yang Zi unexpectedly: "Oh, this really underestimates you boy! I always thought he was a puppy, but I didn't expect that he was quite manly. OK! You have courage! If you really dare to carry a gun, I will recognize your son. Remember it in the Lin family's genealogy, you are my Lin family's seed!"
Chapter completed!