Chapter 110 The Dust Settles
In the room, Old Man Zheng and Meng looked at their eldest son who had been silent since entering the room, and they didn't know where to put them.
I just experienced the pain of being disgusted by my two biological sons. The two old men in their twilight years were like frightened birds, and it was difficult for them to bear the blow of being disgusted again.
However, the two knew very well that compared to the two sons who had been raised by their side since childhood, their eldest son had no feelings for them after they were sent away not long after they were born.
The two of them did not expect their eldest son to support them in their old age and see them off. They just hoped that their eldest son would leave them a place to live for their sake. Otherwise, they would have to wait for death at such an age.
Their thoughts were all written on their faces. How could Zheng Lin, who was used to seeing the worldly styles, not understand?
Zheng Lin felt resentful about this couple who had abandoned him, especially after learning the reason for his abandonment, he was even more unable to forgive their ignorance and ignorance.
Originally, he joined the army for his father, but his original intention was to repay his kindness through this, and he would no longer have any connection with them in the future. Later, he officially joined the army and saw many soldiers of all kinds and heard more bizarre stories than his life experience. This resentment gradually dissipated when he was ignorant.
Compared to the kindness of the gods, the resentment is really slim, especially after experiencing life and death on the battlefield, what else can't be understood? Apart from being unable to get close to his parents like ordinary children, Zheng Lin never thought of shirking away the responsibilities that his eldest son should bear.
After breathing a long sigh, Zheng Lin took out two chairs from the table and said to Old Man Zheng and Meng, who were waiting for the "verdict" nervously: "I have two very important things to say, sit down!"
Old Man Zheng and Meng were flattered and supported each other and sat carefully on the chair, only half of the chair.
Seeing this, Zheng Lin didn't say anything, and took out another chair and sat opposite the two of them, and directly threw out the first thing: "Wait a moment, the clan leader and the clan elders will come to preside over the division of the family. I plan to separate the second and third brothers. What do the two elders have any ideas?"
"The third brother and the other couple will be separated?" Old Man Zheng and Meng asked in unison. They only knew that the second brother and the other family had already been decided to be separated, but they did not expect that the eldest son would also be separated.
Thinking of the faces of the couple just now, their mood was very complicated.
Zheng Lin nodded and said unquestionably: "Since we want to separate, we can separate completely. Perhaps we have less dependence and they can stand up on their own."
Old Man Zheng and Meng remained silent. Not to mention that their opposition was useless, even if it was useful, they would not object to their eldest son's decision.
Zheng Lin’s statement of this was indeed not to ask the two elders for their consent. The next sentence expressed the real purpose: “How to resettle the two elders after the separation of the family? I have a preliminary charter here, and how to choose depends on the two elders’ wishes.”
Old Man Zheng and Meng, who had just relaxed, looked at each other and became nervous again. They looked at Zheng Lin without blinking, wondering how he would arrange the two old guys.
Zheng Lin did not go around the corner and expressed his first thought: "If the two elders are reluctant to part with the second and third brothers, after the separation, the two elders can take turns living in their families. I will give the two elders five hundred cents of pension money every month."
For two elderly people living in the countryside, the amount of 500 liters is already a lot. Not to mention the rich and elegant clothes, they can eat white rice every day without working, but they can wear clothes.
But just because he was disgusted by his two biological sons, the two old men were completely discouraged and shook their heads and rejected them without considering it: "No, don't live with them, and not one of them."
Zheng Lin was a little surprised. He thought the two elders would be hesitant, and maybe they couldn't let go of the second and third brothers, so he agreed to his proposal with soft heart.
However, he didn't want the two elders to regret it again in the future, so he reminded: "The two elders have figured it out. If the two elders don't want to live with them this time, they will be afraid that they will not be able to go there in the future."
"Think it clearly." The two of them were unexpectedly firm, and Old Man Zheng said with even more heartbroken: "A Lin, the second, third, and your mother didn't teach you well. If we two old guys still live with them, the 500 cents you promised every month will eventually fall into their pockets.
Their hearts grow bigger and bigger, and they will be in countless troubles in the future, so we can no longer drag you down.”
Meng nodded as well, obviously she was completely heartbroken by her two sons, making her unwilling to live with them, and to live a life with their faces.
Seeing that the two elders had made up their minds and really saw the positive face of the second and third brothers, Zheng Lin stopped talking and immediately told the remaining two ways to resettle them: "I am the eldest son and should support the second elders. If you are willing, I will continue to live here in the future. If you don't want to, I can set up another room for the second elders in the village and let the second elders live alone. I will still give the second elders 500 cents a month, and then hire someone in the village to help the second elders. If there are any inconvenience or inability to do, let this person do it."
Now the two elders can move, so there is no problem with washing and cooking by themselves. He will spend a hundred cents a month to hire someone to take care of one or two. Even if he is not at home, he doesn’t have to worry about the two elders having a headache and fever.
This is the most suitable method Zheng Lin can think of at present. He privately felt that after experiencing what happened just now, it is unlikely that the two elders would live with him.
"Ah, A Lin, what did you say?" Meng looked at her eldest son in disbelief, almost unable to believe that she was willing to raise them two old things that could only eat, drink and work for nothing. This was something they didn't dare to think about before.
Old Man Zheng also stared at Zheng Lin with wide eyes, for fear that he would hear it wrong.
Looking at the reaction of the two elders, a sourness suddenly surged in Zheng Lin's heart. He smiled concealedly, repeated what he had just said, and finally said: "No matter which one the two elders choose, the clan leader and clan elder will come to preside over the separation later, and the two elders will propose it in front of them. Even if the second and third brothers regret it in the future, if the clan leader and clan elders look at it, if I am not at home, they will not dare to come to make trouble."
Not only did the two elders of the Zheng family see the positive faces of their two sons, but Zheng Lin was also fucked by these two brothers and did not want them to have any chance of remorse, but also allowed them to completely cut off all the ideas that could be taken advantage of.
"Old man"
"Old Woman"
Old Man Zheng and Meng were so excited that they could not be more excited. After a brief encounter, their eyes saw the same thoughts as themselves from each other's eyes.
After the two of them took a deep breath and calmed down their excitement, Meng asked uncertainly: "Alin, are you really willing to let us two old guys live with you?"
"Of course it's true, otherwise I wouldn't have spoken this." Zheng Lin said seriously.
It was also thoughtful that the two elders suggested that they live with him. If they do not mention the responsibility for the eldest son, they would also need to go to Sang's house to propose marriage the day after tomorrow. He wanted the woman he liked to marry him in a legitimate manner and could not give up any slander from others.
After getting married, he will be running around outside for a long time, and he will not be relieved to let his wife be alone at home. With the two elders here, this worry will be much less.
Of course, all this is based on the disappointment of the second and third brothers, otherwise he would not let the second brothers live under the same roof with his wife, and he would not have given the two houses a chance to cause trouble for his wife, causing trouble for the family.
The old couple of Zheng didn't know what their eldest son was thinking, and they wouldn't feel uncomfortable even if they knew it. After all, in this case, the eldest son did not dislike them and was willing to let them live with him, which surprised them.
"Okay, okay, I'm willing, I'm willing, my mother and your father!" Meng said three "goods" in a row, and cried with joy and agreed to his eldest son's proposal: "As long as your parents are together for a day, you will have a hot meal when you come out in the future."
Zheng Lin felt relieved, and the smile on his face became a little real: "It's good if the second elder is willing. As for how the second elder and third elder should be filial to each other, I will mention it with the patriarch and the others at that time."
Old Man Zheng and Meng nodded in irresistiblely, no longer had any expectations for the so-called filial piety of the second and third brothers.
"By the way, A Lin, didn't you say there were two things? What was the other one?" Meng thought of his eldest son's previous words and asked on his own initiative.
Old Man Zheng also looked at his eldest son and couldn't guess what another thing would be.
Now, Zheng Lin's smile on his face was not concealed, and his eyes looked at the two elders of the Zheng family softened a lot: "I plan to get married, and I will ask the matchmaker to come to propose marriage the day after tomorrow. At that time, I hope my parents will go to the woman with me.
Home."
"What? What did you say, Alin?" Old Man Zheng sat up from the chair with a rubbing rub. The expression on his face was even more shocked than when Zheng Lin suggested that they live together.
Meng also stood up and stared at her eldest son who was smiling in an instant, and was also shocked.
How could we not be shocked? These two people have already prepared for their eldest son's lonely life, otherwise they would not have listened to the second son's words and went to the patriarch's house to persuade the patriarch to adopt the eldest grandson to his eldest son. Isn't it just that the eldest son is afraid that he will not be able to take care of his elder son when he is old in the future?
If they had known that their eldest son had planned to marry, they would not have had any trouble, and they would have almost ended up being in a relationship with their eldest son again!
Zheng Lin felt a little uncomfortable when the two elders looked at it like this. He coughed dryly and continued, "The day after tomorrow is a great day. This time I came back specially to take advantage of this auspicious day to make the marriage reservation in advance."
Hearing this, the two elders of the Zheng family finally believed that their son was about to get married. Although it was just an engagement, there was no accident. They would welcome their eldest daughter-in-law into the house next year.
But when he heard this news, he looked at his future eldest daughter-in-law and looked at his future eldest daughter-in-law. The two elders of the Zheng family were inevitably a little nervous. Especially Meng, the second and third brothers were the first to live under the same roof as the eldest daughter-in-law in the future. She was panicked in her heart.
"Dad, mom, she will be a good wife, don't worry." Seeing the two elders' worries, Zheng Lin said with a rare comfort.
Of course, it cannot be said to be comforting. In Zheng Lin's heart, the woman he likes is the best, and he doesn't have to cover up anything for her.
When Meng heard this, a sourness appeared in her heart, but she said, "The person who can be seen by Alin will naturally be good."
She knew very well that her eldest son's comfort was because she was worried that the two old guys would give her future eldest daughter-in-law a look. She probably never thought that they would live in the face of the eldest daughter-in-law in the future. Even if they were dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law, they would endure it and hold it.
Besides, the eldest son finally took a fancy to a girl and finally wanted to get married, so they asked the two of them to offer their daughter-in-law who had not yet passed the door as a Bodhisattva, and they were willing to do so.
However, Old Man Zheng was worried and curious, and couldn't help asking: "Boss, which girl is this daughter-in-law? If you tell me, maybe my dad knows her elders."
Zheng Lin felt very happy about the three words "daughter-in-law". He was about to say "You will know the day after tomorrow." His tongue suddenly turned around and he looked at the two elders of the Zheng family and said calmly: "Her family is in the Lijia Village in front, and she is not a girl. She already has a five-year-old son under her knees. But the husband in front passed away, so she took her son to her parents' home."
As soon as these words were said, the two elders of the Zheng family opened their mouths in surprise. Even if they wanted to break their minds in advance, they would never have thought that the eldest son was not a girl, but a widow, or a widow with children.
"Ah, A Lin, what you said, is the woman you mentioned surnamed Sang?" Meng's tongue seemed to have tied a knot, and he stammered and asked the guess in his heart.
Lijia Village is too close to Shangzheng Village. What happened in the two villages? It was almost the first day of birth, and it was spread the next morning.
The Sang family in Lijia Village has had too many things in the past six months, and it is famous throughout the Zheng family. What's more, Shangzheng Village, which has a geographical advantage, can be heard by Meng, who doesn't like to talk about the shortcomings.
"Mom, you are right. Her surname is Sang, and she is the Sang family you know." Zheng Lin admitted openly. The moment he decided to say it, he never thought of hiding it.
After confirming her guess, Meng's expression was a little hard to describe. She looked at her eldest son, opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say. She just looked at her husband with her eyes, hoping that her husband could say a few words.
Old Man Zheng received his wife's gaze, but unexpectedly said: "The Sang family has a good family tradition. The son he raised is diligent and filial, much better than our family, so naturally this daughter is not much worse."
Zheng Lin loves to hear these words very much, and the smile on his face became stronger: "Anyway, parents are at ease. When the marriage is settled, parents should not tell you anything else. Let's talk about everything after the wedding is set.
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After the marriage was settled, he would return to the city. He was not afraid of anyone laughing at him for being blind. He would not look down on a widow when he kept the young girl, but he could not stand others' remarks about her.
Even if he couldn't stop the outsider's mouth, at least he would have to block her and prevent those people from hurting her. At the moment, he could only hide the marriage between the two families.
"Oh, you, just like you, don't worry, your father and I won't spread the word randomly. I will go to the Sang family the day after tomorrow, and it won't delay your major affairs." Meng knew that his son's marriage was just informed of them, and he did not really ask about their opinions. Even if they objected, he would not change his mind. He would not say those despicable words, which would make people disgusted.
In short, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. As long as the son likes the person he likes, he likes it himself. As long as Sang is able to live a down-to-earth life, he can have a son and a half of his daughter in the future and not let his eldest son die, she will have nothing to say.
"Okay, then let's do it first. After the details of the engagement will be discussed after the separation of the family, the clan leader and clan elders are probably coming soon, so let's go out!" Zheng Lin stood up, his eyebrows slightly curled up, obviously in a good mood.
He temporarily changed his mind and deliberately revealed his future wife's identity, just to find out the reactions of the two elders, which was a small test.
If the two elders object and question their vision of their wife, in order to avoid trouble in the future, they will inevitably be unable to live under the same roof. Fortunately, the result did not disappoint him.
Looking at the smile on his son's face, Old Man Zheng and Meng were a little dazed. It seemed that this was the first time they saw such a burden-free smile on their eldest son's face.
The three of them walked out of the room and waited in the main hall not long after they arrived, the leader of the Zheng clan and four clan elders arrived. The five followed him with a look of flattering Zheng Shanqing, probably because they wanted to let the leader and clan elders compete for more benefits for him.
Off topic
Deep in Xiao Linzi's heart, he actually longs for complete fatherly love and motherly love. Even if he has a knot for Zheng's father and mother, he still can't let go when things come to an end. He is not a holy father. He just longs for a complete family affection that he has not even noticed, to make up for the regrets in his heart.
People’s psychology and personality are very complicated. They will have different thoughts about the same thing and the same person. It is really difficult for people who have never experienced it to understand this point of Xiao Linko.
Chapter completed!