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Chapter 174 1 Silver Ingot

With a creaky sound, the black shadow pushed the door open.

It was half dark outside.

A tall man came in, rubbing his almost frozen hands.

The moment when Old Mrs. Lin picked up the broom to hit him, she shouted "Mom".

The voice couldn't be more familiar.

"Big river?"

"Mom, it's me."

"I was so scared. I thought it was some sneaky guy."

Mrs. Lin put the broom back in place, and suddenly felt something was wrong. She turned around and stared at Lin Dahe, "Old Third, what's wrong with you? Why are you sneaking home?"

The closer Lin Dahe got, the deeper Mrs. Lin’s frown became.

His eye sockets were sunken, with dark circles around them, like old marks left by a few punches. His chin was covered in scraggly beard, his hair was messier than a chicken coop, and he looked slovenly, with a sour and rotten air all over his body.

Old Mrs. Lin was startled. "Dahe, were you robbed?"

"Mom, what do you mean by robbery? I just came back from outside with my boss. I have been sleeping in the open for the past few days. Isn't it so dirty? Mom, I didn't even see Zhou Mei before I came to tell you the good news."

"What, you went out with the boss? It's so chaotic outside, too dangerous. No, don't go next time, your life is more important."

Old Mrs. Lin felt that it was too dangerous outside and that even if she made a lot of money, she had to be alive to spend it.

The boss's affair has been widely discussed in the village these days.

She doesn't dare to hang around the boss now, for fear of being implicated by the officials.

"Mom, what are you afraid of? The boss always invites martial artists from the escort agency when he goes out. We are just following the team. There is no danger."

Lin Dahe said very clearly, "Mom, I made a lot of money on this trip. I brought back the money you gave me last time!"

As he spoke, he took out a small silver ingot of five taels from his bosom and placed it in Old Lady Lin's hand with a smile, "Mother, look carefully, it's a full five taels of silver! You didn't do anything, but you earned two taels of silver."

Old Mrs. Lin excitedly took a bite of the silver ingot and said in disbelief, "Can it really make money?"

"That's right, mother. Guess how much I earned this time?" Lin Dajiang said proudly, "I earned ten taels."

Hearing that the third brother had earned ten taels, Old Lady Lin became very excited in the cold twelfth month.

She was overjoyed and said, "My son has really made it!"

"Mom, just wait and enjoy your retirement. Keep your money. Mom, do we have anything to eat at home? Eating soaked cakes every day is so disgusting!" Lin Dahe said, touching his belly.

"Yes, yes, your eldest brother brought some meatballs yesterday. Your father and I didn't eat much, so it's not a bargain for you. Please sit down first. I'll heat them up for you and make you a pancake."

Old Mrs. Lin hid the silver ingot close to her body and hurried to the kitchen to heat up some food and make cakes for the third son.

The only two people left were Old Man Lin and Lin Dahe, who had remained silent.

Lin Dahe couldn't figure out his father's thoughts and was a little scared.

Only then did I remember that I was so busy talking to my mother that I didn't call him "Dad".

So, Lin Dahe said dryly, "Dad."

Old Man Lin hummed, but his voice was not loud.

"Where did you go with the boss?"

The sudden question confused Lin Dahe.

"We're going to Lin'an Prefecture." Lin Dahe calmed himself down and spoke hesitantly. Fearing that Old Man Lin would ask more questions, he added, "Dad, I haven't been away from home for a long time. I don't recognize many places. I only know that I stayed in Lin'an Prefecture for a few nights at the end."

"I went to a few places in between. Anyway, I did whatever my boss told me to do..."

"Dad, I haven't been out for a long time. I'm not used to it. Look at me, I'm so dirty. I'm not used to it. Zhou Mei will scold me again..."

When Old Mrs. Lin came in, she heard Lin Dahe chattering.

He put down the bowl, told the third child to eat quickly, and gave Old Man Lin a look.

"Old Third has been sleeping outside and is starving. Don't ask him any questions, old man. Wait until he's full before you tell him."

After saying that, he hurried to make pancakes.

Lin Gui looked at the third brother who was eating voraciously and felt something was wrong.

According to the third brother, he earned ten taels of silver in half a month, so how come he didn't even buy a meat bun for three cents to fill his stomach?

Besides, the third brother is not the type of person who would mistreat himself.

If this happened to the second brother, he would have no doubt.

But the third one...

"Third brother, you can save money on everything when you are away from home, but don't starve yourself. If you starve yourself too much, you will get sick." Lin Gui stared at the third brother, trying to find any flaws in him.

Lin Dahe could feel the inquiring gazes falling on him. He didn't dare to look up and pretended not to care: "Dad, I was ignorant before. I went out with the boss and realized how hard and tiring it is to make money. It's not easy for you, Dad and Mom! Not to mention the three-cent buns, even the water in the water bag was cooked in a pot in the dilapidated temple."

"Everyone is like this. If I go out to sell buns, it will attract a lot of attention. When you are out, it is better to have less trouble than more. It's okay to go hungry for a few days. I am in good health!"

Lin Gui didn't find anything wrong, but he felt something was wrong and planned to ask a few more questions, "You went out, and your wife didn't prepare cakes for you?"

The last time Jingzhe went to the county town, the old family wanted to prepare a basket of food for him.

When the eldest brother goes out to collect eggs, the eldest brother's family will make a few pancakes for him to take away. Even so, he will keep muttering to her before going out.

The third brother’s family is a little too ambitious.

"Dad, you know my wife has two children to take care of, and there's no one to help. She has no hands free to do it for me."

Lin Dahe was a little nervous at first, but he spoke more and more fluently as he went on.

Finally, he raised his head and smiled at Lin Gui, "Dad, don't worry. Are you still worried that I'll be cheated?"

Lin Gui said with a dark face: "If you are deceived, all the money I have spent on your studies in the past few years will be wasted!"

"Dad, even if I was cheated, I will get Mom's hard-earned money back even if I risk my life."

When Old Lady Lin entered the room, she sensed the unusual atmosphere between the father and son. She put down the plate, pushed the old man out of the room, and lowered her voice to say, "Old man, why are you angry with the third son? I gave him three taels of silver, but he took back a five-tael silver ingot."

Lin Gui knew that the old woman always believed whatever the third brother said, so he shook his head and disagreed, "How can money be earned so easily? You can only earn two taels of silver in half a month? Look at those who work at the old man's house, they don't even make one tael of silver in a month."

Old Mrs. Lin didn't like to hear this.

Even though the boss is making some money now, to put it bluntly, he is still working for others.

Those who go to work at the boss's house are all peasants who can't read a single word and are even worse than the boss.

"The third brother is a scholar, why are you comparing them with him?"

Lin Gui said in a muffled voice: "Why can't we compare? Isn't there a saying that goes, a scholar is good for nothing."