The coffin was placed in the ancestral hall of the Lin family, and Lin Xi held on to the three sticks of incense and bowed to Lin Qing's tablet three times before solemnly inserting it into the incense burner, and then got up and thanked Li Zheng and the other people who were present one by one.

Lin Qing's coffin needs to stay in the ancestral hall for seven days, and after seven days, it will be buried in the ancestral grave.

Lin Qing does not belong to the Zhengzhi of the Lin family, and his blood relationship has already been out of the five suits, but it is because he is angry, he has been admitted to the Jinshi Master and become a big official, so that he can have a place in the center of the Lin family ancestral hall. Everyone also saw that although Lin Xi was plain and white, wearing sackcloth and filial piety, his every move revealed the temperament of the son of the family, and the Lin family was well-trained in and out, never talking much, never looking at much, and the rules were not cultivated by big families with money.

So although Lin Xi was lonely and weak, no one dared to provoke him, and he was polite.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the winter in Liangzhou is even colder, although Jiangnan is wet and cold, the temperature is really not so low.

The kang has already burned, Lin Xi doesn't like to move, and now he is nesting on the kang all day and night, Zhou's mother and a few maids feel sorry for him, and take turns to serve, even eating and washing are solved on the kang, in addition to convenience, he has no choice but to go to the kang, but it is also in the house, so arrogant and lascivious that even he can't look at himself.

Now his cold has gradually improved, but the decoction still can't be broken, and Zhou's mother is even more intense than before, and every time she looks at him expressionlessly after drinking the residue at the bottom of the bowl, she sends a hot heart with a smile.

The gradual improvement of his health made Lin Xi full of confidence in the future and live a new life, he swore that he would never be a corrupt official like in his previous life, but he never thought of sacrificing himself for the righteousness of his heart like his father in this life.

So if you think about it, it's better not to go on a career path, so what to do?

Although he didn't want to choose the first one, he didn't plan to go to the latter two. Lin Xi is originally from the countryside, and he knows very well how hard it is to shave food, and with his current identity is not suitable, there is no shadow of work. And the last business ...... Rich is rich, that is, cheap, if Daddy Lin has a spirit in the sky, it is estimated that he has the heart to kill this unfilial son.

Lin Xi's eyes unconsciously revolved with the busy reunion, but his thoughts didn't know where to fly.

Because Lin Xi decided to stay in this Liangzhou for three years, although Zhou's mother felt that it would be good to stay for three months with her young master's pampered temper since childhood, she still commanded the big and small girls to clean up the house, open the cage, and prepare to live for a long time.

The eyes of the two girls named Lin Xi looked a little uncomfortable, and remembered that Zhou's mother often said that the young master was fifteen years old, and he hadn't decided on a marriage yet, and he was not in good health before, so it was useless to talk about it, but now it's not getting better...... Every time she finished speaking, her gaze towards the two maids was a little meaningless.

The maid in the young master's room......

Yuan Yuan was holding the small box and was looking for a place to put it, when she felt the eyes of the young master of his family slip over, she had always been simple, and immediately turned around and said, "Young master, why do you always stare at the slave maid." ”

Yuanyuan's face was a little red, and Tuan Tuan was also startled by her dryness, and the guy in his hand who suddenly put down his hand listened with his ears pricked up.

Lin Xi was a little inexplicable, but he had just read a wild history recently, and now no one cares about him, but he also sees it above board, so he looked at Tuan Tuan Tuanyuan's erratic eyes and the blush that slowly appeared on his face, and suddenly realized.

That's too precocious, isn't it?

Hurriedly waved her hand and said: "What are the dead girls thinking, how old a child is, she thinks about these all day long." ”

Seeing that Lin Xi's eyes were clear and there was no ambiguity, the two girls were also relieved, but they felt a little bit of loss in their hearts. Yuanyuan muttered quietly, "There are fourteen people too." ”

You're just in the first year of junior high school, girl...... However, for everyone in this era, it is time to talk about marriage, and there are several rooms in some young masters' rooms.

"Come on, let's lose some meat on your body first, it used to look fine, but now I'm getting fatter, I don't know if this place in Liangzhou can make you slimmer." ”

Tuan Tuan Reunion was suddenly unhappy, this has always been a scar in their sisters' hearts, and the young master of his family poked hard.

Lin Xi didn't care about them, just beckoned to Yuanyuan, "Bring the box in your hand." ”

Yuan Yuan pouted, but obediently held the box and sent it to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi opened it, and immediately revealed a brown and yellow parchment bag and other small objects inside, as well as a few books, which were left to him by Dr. Min.

Dr. Min and Lin Xi have been together day and night for five years, and in these five years, he has taught Lin Xi almost everything he has mastered all his life, but he also saw through that this young man is not a compassionate character, so he did not ask him to be able to walk on this road before he died.

And Lin Xi has always been utilitarian, and following Dr. Min to study medicine is just for his poor body, and he is also prescient, and now he can match those life-saving pills and medicinal soup by himself, no matter how carefully he studies it, he is not that interested.

He touched the old but well-preserved medical book, but in the end it was not opened, and told Yuanyuan to put it away carefully.

He has three years of filial piety and is not in a hurry.

When the two girls saw that Young Master Lin was lying back on the bed and closing his eyes to recuperate, they had no choice but to relax their hands and feet, tidy up and go out. As soon as he turned out, he saw Steward Lin walking in, and when he met the two of them, he asked, "Young Master, is he resting?"

"Just lying down, the housekeeper is in a hurry?"

"If the young master doesn't sleep, I'm afraid I'll bother the girl. ”

Tuan Tuan Yuan nodded, turned around and went into the back room, and after a while, Yuan Yuan came out and said, "You go in." ”

Lin Xi got up under the service of Tuan Tuan and put on a thick cloak.

"I've seen the young master. Steward Lin bowed.

Lin Xi smiled and said, "Is Uncle Lin's health better?" The medicine was taken on time, the weather is so cold, you must pay attention not to catch a cold." ”

Steward Lin's cold face that was blown by the wind suddenly softened, and he said with a smile: "Let the young master worry more, and his body will be well a long time ago." ”

Steward Lin is an orphan, and he followed Lin Qing with the surname Lin in his early years, and it didn't take long for Mrs. Lin to marry Zhou's mother to him after entering the door, which is very important. In Huaizhou before, when the officers and soldiers forcibly searched the forest house, they were kicked and beaten, and their bodies were injured, and they slowly recovered some of them.

"It's better to rest more, there are few things here, and don't work yourself too hard, otherwise Mother Zhou should be distressed, and if you have something, send Lin Fang to do it." "Lin Fang is the son of Steward Lin and Zhou's mother, and now he is Lin Xi's personal servant, often doing some errand boys, and he is also clever.

Speaking of his son, Steward Lin's face was even gentler, and when he saw Lin Xi reusing him, he was very comforted, but he said: "That little beast is frizzy and irritable, which makes people not feel at ease at all, and the young master should not get used to him." ”

Lin Xi took Tuan Tuan's hand stove, held it in his arms, smiled and asked, "Uncle Lin is looking for me, is there something wrong?"

Steward Lin immediately said: "Seeing that this day is getting colder and colder, and there is some light snow today, the kid below asked the croppers in the field, it won't be long before the heavy snow comes." Although there are not many people here, there are seventeen or eighteen people, this old house is really small, and we have temporarily built a shed to settle down, but it is windy on all sides, and it is not cold-tolerant at all. The men are hot, and it doesn't matter if they stay for a few days, but after a long time, they will inevitably get sick. ”

Seeing that Lin Xi was listening carefully, Steward Lin continued: "I was just about to discuss with the young master, whether to take advantage of these days to repair a few rooms, at least to give them shelter from the wind and snow." Especially a few people from the Yongning Hou Mansion, this way is to escort the way to explore the road, and they are to live in the store, they all rushed to the front, followed to Linjia Village, and had to let the house out to live in the shed by themselves, although they didn't hear complaints, but it was not good to slack off. ”

Tuan Tuan looked out through the window, but no, he looked carefully at the snow that was already drifting, "Young master, it's snowing again." ”

Lin Xi didn't get to this, he didn't feel guilty in his heart, not to mention the Lin family brought out, the few people in Yongning Hou knew that they were not ordinary people by looking at their actions and behaviors, they were clean and neat, they had strong survival ability in the wild, and they knew kung fu, it was very likely that they were from the military, but they were sent to take care of themselves, obviously wronged them, and it was rare that they didn't show it.

"Uncle Lin is still thoughtful, I have been hiding in the house and don't feel cold, so I ignored it, let's do it quickly. Lin Xi thought for a while, and said, "Now there is no work in the field, you might as well give some silver and invite some croppers to come over to help repair it, we must repair a few more houses, and build the kang as well, it is hot every day, since we want to do it, we must do it well." ”

Steward Lin saw that Lin Xi agreed, how could he not be, "What the young master said is, I will do it." ”

"Uncle Lin, it's not easy for farmers, you can't leave anything after paying taxes all year round, it's almost the New Year, let's calculate more wages, just give the New Year's money in advance, as long as you are willing to work hard and do well." ”

Steward Lin said with a smile: "The young master is kind, generally the main family is in charge of food, come to us, chicken, duck and fish may not be available, but it is certain that the master is full, and it is estimated that he will scramble to come." ”

Lin Xi nodded, "Uncle Lin look at it, we can't always stop dealing with the village." ”

Steward Lin got Lin Xi's approval, and sent someone to see Li Zheng that afternoon, and told him everything about repairing the Lin house, the Lin family had left the Lin family village for too long, and they always had to say hello to the village when they did anything, especially the expansion of the house.

If it is cold and freezing today, I can't get off the ground this season, and I am looking forward to the spring of the next year. Who's earthen house is not built by himself to help the neighbors, and the work is not limited to how much salary, I want to cut a few more catties of meat in the Spring Festival, and pull a few new materials for the children, so there are a lot of people who come to work.

It was not far from the heavy snow, so Steward Lin picked up a few more neat and strong ones, and immediately went to work and got busy.

Zhou's mother hired a few daughters-in-law to cook for these men, and at noon the white steamed buns were enough, and the chickens and ducks were eaten at intervals.

Although the weather is cold, the yard is busy.

Lin Xi was impatient in the nest of the house, so he strolled out curiously, Yuan Yuan happened to come over with a freshly fried medicine bowl, as soon as he saw his young master standing alone in the cold wind, his face immediately changed, and he hurriedly walked a few steps, "Ouch, my young master, why did you come out, your body has just improved a little, this cold day, what to do if it freezes, Doctor Min said, you can't catch a cold." If Zhou's mother sees it, the slave will be scolded to death. ”

As he spoke, he urged Lin Xi into the house, "I just arrived at the dining point, and there is chaos in front of me, so people don't know the rules, what if they collide." ”

Lin Xi went back to the house, took the medicine bowl, and saw Zhou's mother come in, and under her extremely strict gaze, Lin Xi finished drinking the medicine. But seeing that Zhou's mother was still unmoved, staring at the bowl in his hand, Lin Xi muttered, and then shook the medicine bowl and drank the last medicinal juice.

This next week, my mother smiled happily, "Young master is bored?"

"I'm not a lady who doesn't want to see a man, I stay in the house all day, and I'm bored, I don't know how busy I am, I want to go and see. ”

After Yuanyuan finished collecting it, he smiled in a low voice when he heard the words, and said in his heart that the old master wanted the young master to go out of the gate to make friends, but the young master refused to move the nest.

"It's okay, God opened his eyes today, the sun is good, and the young master went out to bask in the sun at this time. Yuanyuan, put the white fox fur cloak on the young master, don't freeze. ”

Yuan Yuan responded crisply, found a cloak and went to the front to call Lin Fang, and then he was relieved to accompany Lin Xi out.

It's lunch, a few steaming steamers are ajar, and a daughter-in-law in her thirties and forties wrapped in a headscarf is handing out steamed buns to the working men. Five or six big white steamed buns, plus a bowl full of meat and vegetables, each of them smiled with a smile, only the owner was kind.

Lin Xi stood not far behind, looking at the honest and rough face, his heart couldn't help but feel sour, his parents in his previous life were the same, as long as there was any opportunity to make money, they would not let it go, just to send him to school.

His gaze swept over the faces one by one, until he was drawn to a stout, swarthy man, who was dressed in a cotton coat that was not too thick, and which looked old, the color of the grey was washed white, but the patches on it were neat.

Lin Xi thought that he must have a clever and capable wife, the man was not well dressed, but clean, and ...... His eyes paused, he saw this man alone holding the big sea bowl, holding the steamed bun to the side of the grass shed and squatting, biting the steamed bun left and right as if casually watching for a while, before he quickly broke open a good one, picked a few large pieces of meat in the bowl and stuffed it, slowly groped out an inconspicuous cloth bag from his arms and put it in, so that he filled three steamed buns stuffed with meat slices, and then carefully stuffed the cloth bag into the corner of the grass shed behind him, buried it with dry grass a few times, and then suddenly accelerated to eat the rest of the steamed bread and meat dishes.

He must have two children and a virtuous wife, Lin Xi thought.