Xigou Village, Shi Lin’s home.

Shi Zhengang, Ye Meihui and Shi Yuying were very busy processing the honey they had brought back today.

Using the traditional method to squeeze honeycomb is really a troublesome and tiring job.

After working for a long time, Shi Yuying stood up and stretched her body. She looked outside and saw that it was pitch black. She complained:

“The sixth son must know that there is still a lot of work waiting for him at home, so he is hiding at the fourth son’s place.”

Hearing this, Ye Meihui rolled her eyes and defended her son:

“The sixth son has been much more diligent these days, so don’t talk about him all the time.”

“……Okay, how dare I say anything to your precious son? I won’t say anything, just keep squeezing honey.”

Shi Yuying sighed, pretended to be helpless, and continued to work.

Shi Zhengang glanced at her and said:

“Okay, Xiaowu, if you are tired, go and rest. Your mother and I can continue to work all morning tomorrow and should be able to finish it.

You have been tired all day with Xiaoliu today, and you have to go up the mountain tomorrow. Don’t get too tired.”

Hearing this, Shi Yuying giggled, “Hehe, dad still loves me. In an instant, I feel full of energy again, and keep going.”

“You girl, you only know how to play tricks.” Ye Meihui said to her.

The family chatted and worked happily.

“Hehe~”

Suddenly, the sable who had been nestling in Shi Yuying’s arms raised her head and made an excited “hehe” sound.

Seeing this, Shi Yuying put down her work and stood up, smiling: “It must be Xiaoliu who can make Zi’er so excited.”

She walked out of the house.

Shi Zhengang and Ye Meihui also put down their work and looked at the door like her.

Soon, they saw a bright light coming towards their house from a distance.

It was the light of a flashlight, Shi Lin hadn’t escaped.

Looking at the light outside getting closer and closer, Ye Meihui smiled and said:

“Little Sable has really good ears. This bastard, I asked him to sell fish and send something to his fourth sister by the way, but he was gone for a long time. Could he have eaten at his fourth sister’s house?”

“I’m afraid he didn’t just eat at his fourth sister’s house, he brought her back! It seems that Xiao Pan’er was also brought back!”

Shi Yuying had better eyesight. With the moonlight, she could vaguely see that there was not only one person on the bicycle, but also the voice of a child.

“This…”

Ye Meihui and Shi Zhengang looked at each other, and both frowned.

It was already past eight o’clock in the evening, and normal rural people had turned off the lights and went to bed. Shi Lin brought his fourth sister and the child back at this time. I’m afraid it’s not a good thing? !

Shi Yuying, who was standing in front, didn’t think so much, but just said with some anger:

“It’s late at night, the wind is so strong, and the fourth sister just gave birth not long ago, why did he bring her back? Aren’t you afraid that the fourth sister and Pan’er will catch a cold?!”

“… I hope Xiao Lai Di was not brought back with her.” Shi Zhengang sighed and said.

If even the three-month-old Xiao Lai Di was brought back, it means that the situation has really reached a very serious level.

Hearing this, Ye Meihui frowned even deeper, her eyes full of worry.

The three of them waited for a while, and Shi Lin’s bicycle entered the yard.

As soon as Shi Lin stopped the bike, Xiao Pan’er opened his arms and ran towards Shi Yuying and the others.

“Fifth Aunt! Grandma! Grandpa!”

Hearing the little guy’s joyful shouts, Shi Zhengang and Ye Meihui breathed a sigh of relief.

Shi Yuying opened her arms with a smile on her face, welcoming the little one into her arms.

However, when the little one came closer, she found something wrong.

Why was little Pan Di so dirty and malnourished? She was even thinner than when she saw the little one three months ago.

The baby fat on her face was almost gone.

Shi Yuying picked up little Pan Di and asked softly, “Little Pan Di, why are you so thin? Did you not eat enough at home?”

Shi Zhengang and Ye Meihui were distressed when they saw their granddaughter who was as thin as a bean sprout.

When they saw their granddaughter last time, she was also a little thin, but not as outrageous as she is now.

A three-year-old should have grown up in a few months, but now it seems that little Pan Di is not as big as she was a few months ago.

However, before they could ask about it, a sobbing “Dad! Mom!” sounded from the side, which made Shi Zhengang and Ye Meihui feel like they were struck by lightning.

They couldn’t believe their eyes.

The fourth daughter of the family, Shi Yushu, had just given birth to a child three months ago, but she was as thin as a stick, with sunken eye sockets and prominent cheekbones. She became darker and thinner, and looked older than her mother.

If it weren’t for their daughter, her facial contours hadn’t changed much., they almost didn’t dare to recognize each other.

Ye Meihui’s eyes suddenly turned red, and she hugged Shi Yushu with a crying voice, “My daughter, why are you like this?”

Shi Zhengang’s body swayed, and he stretched out his hand to hold the door frame to barely stand.

He didn’t ask Shi Yushu, but looked at Shi Lin who was holding the baby behind him, and asked in a deep voice:

“What’s going on? Why is your fourth sister like this?”

“Let’s go into the house first, it’s windy outside.” Shi Lin sighed and walked into the house holding Xiao Lai Di first.

After entering the house, he made a bowl of honey water for each of them, and waited until everyone’s emotions calmed down a little before he started talking about his fourth sister.

However, even if he said it carefully and always paid attention to the emotions of Old Shi and Old Ye, the two old men were still trembling with anger.

Ye Meihui kept stroking Shi Yushu’s hand, feeling distressed.

After hearing what happened to the fourth girl, Lao Shi stood up, leaned on his cane, picked up the homemade gun hanging on the wall, stuffed gunpowder and steel balls into his pocket, and was about to walk out.

Seeing this, Shi Lin hurried forward to stop him and said:

“Dad, Dad, don’t be anxious. When I came here just now, I beat up Liu Defu. Don’t go there now.”

“Besides, there are only Liu Defu and a few women in their family now. It’s not easy for us men to do things to women…”

“What I want to tell you now is the future of the fourth sister and two nieces. My opinion is that I will take the fourth sister to divorce Liu Defu in two days!”

“After the divorce, the fourth sister doesn’t need anyone to support her. She can make money to support herself. She can help me press honeycombs at home first. I will give her two yuan a day. When I make a lot of money in the future, I will increase her salary…”

As he said this, Shi Lin told his idea. First, let Shi Yushu divorce Liu Defu,

Then let Shi Yushu help him at home first and pay him a salary every day.

Two yuan a day, sixty yuan a month, which is higher than the income of employees in the city, and it is enough for the fourth sister to support two children.

When Shi Lin heard about his plan, his fourth sister objected before anyone else could say anything.

“No, no, I’ll just help at home. Just having a meal is enough. You don’t need to pay me a salary.”

“No, this salary must be paid, fourth sister, you still have to send Xiao Pan to school in the future. How can you send Xiao Pan to school without money?”

Shi Lin had thought about the salary issue on the way just now. He not only had to pay the fourth sister a salary,

but also the fifth sister’s salary. These can be used as a dowry for the fifth sister in the future, and they can’t be missing.

“Since we are talking about the salary issue, I will talk about the fifth sister’s share. For the fifth sister, I plan to give her a share. As the main force of honey digging, I will take 70%, and the fifth sister will take 30%. What do you think?”

“Ah?”

Shi Yuying was stunned. She didn’t expect that he would talk about her.

She knew how much money honey digging can make recently. One trip is more than 200 yuan. If you are more diligent, you can go twice a day, which is more than 400 yuan.

If you give her 30%, that would be 120 yuan…

Thinking of this, she waved her hands quickly.

“No, no, 30% is too much. If you want to give me, you should also pay me a salary, just like the fourth sister, two yuan a day will do.”

Huh?

Hearing this, the fourth sister Shi Yushu was also stunned. Two yuan a day will do? How dare Lao Wu speak so boldly?

In the end, it was Shi Zhengang who spoke up and made the final decision.

“Let’s do as Xiao Liu said about the salary.

Xiao Wu also needs to save some dowry for himself, so you can take 30%.

Xiao Si will help at home first. No matter how much salary Xiao Liu gives you, you don’t have to refuse, just take it, he can make money now.”

After saying that, Lao Shi hung the gun in his hand back on the wall, took out the gunpowder and steel balls again, and walked out of the house with a cane.

The family members just watched him silently, and after a while, they heard him say,

“I’ll return the bicycle to your uncle and be back soon. You guys should go to bed early. Tomorrow we’ll go up the mountain and make honey.”

After that, he put his crutches on the bicycle, got on the bicycle with one foot, and rode out, looking very agile.

Shi Lin watched from a distance, and only felt relieved when he saw that he was really going to his uncle’s house, and went back to the house to invite Xiao Pan’er to eat.

In the current atmosphere at home, Xiao Pan’er and the swaddled Xiao Lai Di were the easiest to amuse.


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