Chapter 251: A Thunderbolt from the Clear
After Lin Yu made a request, Mrs. Zhixian was happy again, happy that she finally stopped insisting on not marrying, but the sad thing was that her request was too difficult, I wonder if Han Gongzi would agree?
Originally, she was going to stay for two more days to persuade Lin Yu, but now that she was like this, she couldn't wait to go back and discuss with the adults, and ask him to send a letter to Han Gongzi to find out his tone.
So that day, after eating in the afternoon, she went back non-stop, just for fear that Lin Yu would still be unhappy in her heart, so she only vaguely told Apricot and Ling'er that someone proposed to their eldest sister, but did not mention Yan Gu's name.
Lin Yu saw that Mrs. Zhixian was gone, and the irritability in his heart was better, but because Xingzi and Ling'er knew that someone was proposing, they both laughed and asked her who it was? Lin Yu really didn't want to tell them that it was Yan Gu's stupid boy, so he only smiled bitterly and said that he didn't know......
The days passed quickly, and soon after the proposed incident, he entered the New Year's Pass, perhaps because Yan Gu was still angry with Lin Yu, or after listening to her request, he felt that she was whimsical, this year, he did not come to Lin Yu's house on New Year's Day for the first time, and even Qi'er did not come back for some reason.
As for the county office, Lin Yu only let Ling'er and Apricot bring New Year's greetings for the first time, and he stayed at home.
Mrs. Zhixian also didn't come to tell Lin Yuyan Gu's reply after she left for some reason, and even after Xingzi and Ling'er went, they were silent.
After the Lantern Festival was finally over, Lin Yu began to get busy, leaving all this unhappiness behind him for the time being.
At the beginning of spring, Lin Yu bought another batch of calves. Then she began to hatch chickens and ducks, and then the townsman came to her again, saying that a family needed to follow her son to Beijing to take the exam. He wanted to sell his family's eighty acres of land, but he saw that everything was good, so he came to find Lin Yu first.
Lin Yu was still thinking about pooling money to pay off the money owed to Yan Gu at one time, but there was still a gap in how to make it up, so he thought that he would make up it when the rent was collected, so he bought the field, and it didn't take long for him to make up. Bought some more......
The purchase of the forest fish became more and more uncontrollable, and it was too long for the mango seed. After collecting the rent, I found that there was still a lot of surplus after the money returned to Yan Gu, and Lin Yu bought it in a big way, and in a blink of an eye. The fertile land in his hand is more than 1,000 dumps. It is one or two hundred acres more than Qin Juren.
The cave on the mountain, Lin Yu and Uncle Yutian quietly filled it with grain, about one or two thousand stones, and if there was really a disaster, it would be able to withstand it for a while.
Just when Lin Yu was ready to enjoy life, he suddenly heard that the Jin soldiers were attacking on a large scale, the border was in a hurry, and the imperial court was collecting grain everywhere. A circular was also issued that the landlords and rich gentry in the townships and towns must give their full support. When the national crisis is at hand, those who cover up grain and hide their own interests should be punished as forming a party for personal gain......
For a while, people everywhere were panicked, and even the forest fish, who had not been out for a long time, felt the nervous atmosphere.
Lin Yu was about to enter the county to find the county magistrate to ask how to donate grain, but the magistrate sent someone to find Lin Yu one step earlier, because it involved confidentiality, the magistrate did not pass on the word orally, but wrote a secret letter to the forest fish, saying that someone told the emperor that Lin Yu was the richest man in one party, with good land, family wealth, and a lot of grain to rival the country, and now the emperor attaches great importance to this matter, and will send someone down to check it in the near future, and it is estimated that she will donate ten thousand stones of grain......
The more Lin Yu looked, the more angry he became, this was killed by God! Where did she come from? Where did the family wealth come from? It's pure nonsense! Although he had already guessed in his heart that this matter was done by Qin Juren, Lin Yu knew that now was not the time to settle accounts with him, and he needed to come up with a way to deal with the person sent by the emperor as soon as possible.
Now the most important thing is to hide all the money first, and then find another place to hide some food, otherwise when the emperor's people come, all these things in their own house will have to be charged to the treasury......
The matter was urgent, Lin Yu hurriedly asked Zhang Qing to call Brother Sanshun, Brother Quande, Uncle Yutian, and called another person to go to Jiahe County with the official to invite Uncle Qi back.
While everyone was still in the future, Lin Yu quietly found Xingzi and Ling'er, and asked the two of them to avoid Qiu Su and them, quickly find out the family's money, and then find a place to bury it when it gets dark!
Uncle Yutian and the three of them came soon, and after listening to Lin Yu's words, they were also very anxious, and immediately agreed with Lin Yu's approach, went to find a few trustworthy guys, and hurriedly went to the cave on the other side of the mountain to hide grain.
When Uncle Yutian and the others just found a spacious and dry cave, Uncle Qi came back quickly, and when he heard Lin Yu's words, he was naturally shocked, and discussed with Lin Yu that the grain in the grain village in the county town would not move for the time being, and the money would not move, and the grain in the granary at home needed to be hidden quickly, otherwise if the people who came were really in the same group as the prime minister, they would all be unable to keep it......
Lin Yu nodded with satisfaction, it seems that she really didn't see the wrong person, Uncle Qi and Uncle Yutian can always put forward some pertinent suggestions at important moments.
What she is most glad about now is that most of the silver money has been exchanged for fertile land, if the emperor really only collects grain and silver money, the land will still be retained, even if the person who comes is a traitor, he has the proof of buying land in his hand, and he can get justice for himself no matter what......
Because of the large number of people who were hiding grain this time, the cave was quickly filled, and more than a thousand stones were hidden in the cave in front of it.
It's just that this cave was found in a hurry, but the location is not very hidden, and the forest fish only prayed for mercy and kindness to the people who came, and not to push people too hard......
The second news of the county magistrate was brought by the county lady, because she was worried about the forest fish, she couldn't sleep in the mansion, this time when she saw that the lord was going to deliver the news, she volunteered to send it.
She originally wanted to talk to Lin Yu about Yan Gu, but when she saw that Lin Yu was haggard and thin, she couldn't bear to bother her anymore.
The magistrate told Lin Yu in the letter that the people sent by the emperor had come down, and it was estimated that they would arrive at Quhe Village tomorrow, and they would go with him at that time, so that Lin Yu should not worry too much......
How could a forest fish not be worried? It's just that Mrs. Zhixian is here, so she has to hide her thoughts, try to make her look natural, and not let Mrs. Zhixian worry.
Even if he knew that the visitor was not good, Lin Yu still made enough preparations for hospitality, and asked his daughter-in-law and mother-in-law to tidy up the courtyard and dam house, and prepared some ingredients for hospitality......
That night, Lin Yu had something in his heart, and he couldn't sleep over and over, and when he waited for dawn, he fell asleep in a daze.
When she got up, it was already early hour, and Qiu Su had just finished giving her water and freshening her hair, when she saw Apricot running to her in a hurry to tell her that it was the magistrate who had sent a servant to tell them that he and the father-in-law sent by the emperor were already on the way, and it was estimated that they would arrive...... (To be continued......)