"Quick, a little higher, a little higher, too high!"

"Brother, you go down a little further, to the left. Not enough, further to the left! ”

"Anning, you go a little further into the middle. Okay, stop. Did I see if it was correct? ”

"Hmm... Almost, that's it! ”

"Look at a few of you, and you keep saying that you are martial arts practitioners, how old is this for a while, and you are tired like this?"

A crisp and pleasant voice came from the Lin Mansion, and it turned out that Lu Qingya was directing Lin Fan and a few people to paste Spring Festival couplets.

Lin Fan gasped and said, "I said my Miss Lu, you are too difficult to wait." Isn't it just a Spring Festival couplet, as for that? You can't be wrong at all! ”

Lu Qingya crossed her waist and said to Lin Fan angrily: "Of course it won't work!" You're about to go out to be an official, and this is about your good luck in the coming year, so you can't take it lightly! ”

As she spoke, she seemed to have discovered that she had accidentally exposed her careful thoughts, and her face turned red.

Lu Qingya lowered her head embarrassedly, staring at her toes, with an indescribable playfulness and cuteness.

Lu Shaofu looked at his sister, then at Lin Fan, and quipped: "It's really a big girl!" With that, everyone forgot about his brother, and I was caught as a coolie when I was a brother, and no one felt sorry. ”

When Lu Qingya heard this, she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, she peeked at Lin Fan weakly, and saw that there was nothing abnormal about him, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that she couldn't help but faintly flash a trace of loss in her heart!

Lu Qingya raised her head, glanced at Lu Shaofu fiercely, and changed the topic: "Brother, you are embarrassed to say, if it weren't for the fact that your handwriting is so bad that even your father can't stand it, will we go to Uncle Lin's house to get the couplet?" Will it be involved, will I also be caught by Uncle Lin to post Spring Festival couplets here? ”

Lu Shaofu has always had no tricks at all with his sister, and this time in the face of Lu Qingya's sharp teeth, he was naturally no exception, and he was defeated again.

He hurriedly begged his sister for mercy, and saw Lin Fan and An Ning snickering on the side. He had no choice but to look up to the sky and sigh stupidly, sighing that he was unladylike when he met someone.

But after a while, I couldn't pretend anymore, and I couldn't help laughing.

"Don't laugh! Oh, you are not allowed to laugh! I'm! Seeing a few people laughing at herself, Lu Qingya became angry and threatened the three of them with her teeth and claws.

However, although he tried his best to make a vicious appearance, he only looked more lovable, and he really had no deterrent effect on Lin Fan and the others.

A few of them were unscrupulous, but they laughed even louder. Lu Qingya, who was angry, stomped her feet, turned her head with a red face and angrily, and no longer paid attention to these people.

What is happening now is just a small episode in their lives, warm and beautiful!

The few of them grew up together, and although no one ever mentioned some things, they were quietly buried in their hearts.

But they all know that such a peaceful and peaceful time is short after all, and it is impossible to keep it. And the day of separation, perhaps, will come soon!

Unlike previous years, the Spring Festival Couplet was posted by the people below, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve, the large and small Spring Festival Couplet in the mansion were all written by Lin Ruxian and Lin Fan, and then pasted by Lin Fan and a few of them.

After a busy day, the Spring Festival couplets of the Lin and Lu families were finally pasted.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the red lanterns in the house were also hung high.

Since the beginning of Laba, the people of the two families have been busy, and today, all kinds of New Year's goods needed for the New Year at home are also fully prepared.

Everything is ready for the new year.

At this time of year, the entire Jiangyuan Town is also dressed in red. Families are preparing for the New Year, and a breath of New Year's breath is blowing in their faces.

No matter what the beings in the world think, time never stops itself. Whether one wants it or not, the New Year's bell is coming as scheduled!

Chinese New Year's Eve! The sound of firecrackers seems to never stop, crackling and crackling. It wasn't until the next morning that the sound of firecrackers, which had been ringing all night, quieted down a little.

When it was dawn, the townspeople began to step out of their homes. Dressed in new clothes and hats made of coarse cloth woven at home, they greeted everyone they met on the road.

It can be seen that the weather-beaten, dry and thin faces of the people on the street are unconsciously blooming with that long-lost and pure smile.

Some children are in groups, going door to door picking up the remaining firecrackers that have not exploded, and the laughter and laughter are spread far and wide.

Everyone flipped through the piles of red paper one after another, and every time someone picked up an intact one, they would shout excitedly, take it in their hands and wave it vigorously, showing off to other companions. Then he put the firecracker in his pocket in the envious gaze of his companions, and then devoted himself to the next search.

For children who have not yet experienced the hardships of the world, joy and happiness are always so easy to satisfy.

As for the adults, they are all walking the streets and alleys, greeting each other for the New Year.

Ordinary people, the hard work of the whole year from beginning to end, isn't it just for this day?

The days of poverty are day after day, from generation to generation, and it seems to be never-ending.

For the commoners at the bottom of the social ladder who are not from a family background, wealth may not be more than three generations, but poverty and hardship are always passed down from generation to generation.

Perhaps it is the anticipation of the New Year year after year that supports the lives of countless toiling people.

On this day, everyone will have the utmost kindness towards whoever they meet. Whether it is a familiar neighbor or a stranger, they will give each other their hearts and blessings.

While ordinary townspeople are jubilant for the New Year and firecrackers are ringing out, the Lin family, as a local prominent family, will naturally not be idle.

However, this year's Lin clan seems to be different from usual.

For hundreds of years, the Lin family has been prosperous for a long time, and it can be said that it is a first-class family in Jiangzhou.

Since the imperial examinations of the former dynasties, the traditional clans that were originally so high that they could ignore the supremacy of the emperor have gradually declined.

After hundreds of years of imperial examinations, the foundation of the clan collapsed. In addition, there were several troubled times and disputes that affected the world, weakening the major clans again and again, and many clans failed to restore the glory of their ancestors until they died.

Today, the great clans have long since lost their former prosperity. Even the king, Xie, Pei and other gate valves who have been able to change dynasties several times and survive for hundreds of years have disappeared in the long river of time.

Nowadays, the influence of the clan on the general trend of the world and the situation of the dynasty has long been minimal, and it is difficult to influence the overall situation. For this, the Lin family is naturally no exception.

The Lin clan was originally just a clan of Hanmen, and even when the Lin clan was at its most prosperous, it still couldn't be compared with the king, Xie and other high-ranking lords.

Once upon a time, the Lin family also experienced a period of ups and downs in the troubled times. However, the Lin family was able to prosper for a long time, and even went further in the declining dynasty, which naturally made sense.

Unlike other big clans who were complacent and blindly resisted the imperial examination, the patriarch of the Lin clan at that time foresaw that today's situation was the general trend at the beginning of the imperial examination.

At that time, the family still had a respected status. However, at that time, the Lin clan already understood that the decline of the clan had become a settlement.

With the imperial examination open, with this sharp weapon, the emperors of the past dynasties will inevitably spare no effort to suppress the major clans by taking advantage of this matter.

In the hundreds of years that followed, even if the power of the world was repeated, it was only a return to the past.

Those clans who chose to fight hard-line were crushed and wiped out under the general trend. And the Lin family, which is taking advantage of the trend, can protect itself.

Therefore, after that, the Lin clan put down the so-called clan shelf, and let the clansmen participate in the imperial examination together with those inferior people who originally looked down on them.

After all, the world is a world race, and it has the heritage and influence accumulated for hundreds of years that the common people do not have.

With this background, the people of the Lin clan often have more advantages in the imperial examination. Although there is no longer the power to be directly recommended as an official through the Jiupin Zhongzheng system in the past, under the imperial examination, there is no shortage of officials in the past dynasties. Among them, there is no shortage of people who will enter the phase.

After several generations of operation, the people of the Lin clan have long since branched out. In addition to the main vein of Jiangzhou, the branch lineage of the Pan clan is also all over the place, and the influence of the Lin family is no longer limited to a corner of Jiangzhou.

Among the clansmen of the Lin clan, the superior is the official, and the second is the businessman. If the qualifications are worse and you can't even take care of the clan industry, then don't be afraid. Under the care of the clansmen, how can you have a worry-free livelihood.

Under the protection of the main line of Jiangzhou, most of these side branches have a certain influence in the local area. Although it is not as good as the main line in terms of status and financial resources, it should not be underestimated.

This New Year, the Lin family is particularly lively. Just a few years ago, the patriarch Lin Ruxian summoned people from all over the country in the name of worshipping ancestors, so that the Lin clansmen who had been scattered all over Jiangzhou for many years rushed back and regathered in the ancestral land of the Lin family in Jiangyuan Town.

Those elderly clansmen still vaguely remember that the last time the Lin clan gathered clansmen was when Lin Ruxian inherited the position of patriarch fifteen years ago.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, in the Lin clan ancestral hall, the Lin clan held an ancestor worship ceremony that has been followed for thousands of years.

The ceremony was first read out by the patriarch, and then led by Lin Ruxian, the contemporary patriarch who was born in the Changfang, and the rest of the people worshiped the ancestral shrine in turn in the order of the eldest and youngest.

After the ancestor worship ceremony, Lin Ruxian asked all the clan elders to stay in the ancestral hall to discuss matters, and the rest of the people, including Lin Fan, withdrew.

After Lin Ruxian and several clan elders sat down, one of the clan elders smiled and said, "I don't know what happened when the patriarch summoned us here?"

Lin Ruxian smiled: "A few clan uncles, the reason why I brought everyone here is indeed because there are important matters to discuss."

"Presumably, several clan uncles have also heard about it, and I will enter Beijing as an official in the next year, and serve as the imperial history of the left capital of the imperial history platform. There is no delay in this matter, and I will leave next month. ”

"Uncles, it's a long time to go to the capital, my wife and I are old, and we need someone to take care of us on the way. Besides, the capital is not as good as Jiangzhou, many things are not as convenient as at home, and all kinds of affairs need to be taken care of. So I want to choose two young juniors from our Lin clan to enter Beijing with me, I wonder if there are good candidates for a few clan uncles? ”

When the clan elders heard this, a gleam flashed in their eyes, and they knew that if their juniors could follow Lin Ruxian, an important minister in the court, they would naturally have a bright future.

As long as Lin Ruxian is promoted, even if there is no fame in the future, it is not completely impossible to enter the career of an official.

Even if he can't be an official in the future, as a descendant of Lin Ruxian, he is a high-ranking official and the son of a powerful person in the capital, and he can also use this to broaden his horizons and accumulate contacts. Going to the capital to experience it is also a good thing for them in the future.

After a moment of silence, one of them said: "The patriarch is reasonable, when he goes out, where can outsiders have his own family to use it reliably and comfortably." I have a grandson, Lin Shao, who is loyal and diligent, diligent in his hands and feet, and has a bright mind. Now that I have begun to take over the family's business, with him taking care of the patriarch, my old bones can also rest assured! ”

Lin Ruxian nodded: "I have also met Lin Shao's child a few times, and this son is quite smart. At a young age, he took care of the family business in an orderly manner, and treated people very politely, making him a suitable candidate. ”

Another clan elder said at this time: "Lin Shao, this kid is naturally very good, but since the patriarch intends to cultivate the younger generations in the clan, everyone should not hide it, take out the young talents of each family to dry, and choose two suitable ones."

The rest of the clan elders also nodded in agreement, and recommended their juniors to Lin Ruxian.

After some debate and exchange of interests, it was finally decided that Lin Shao and Lin Qingyang, another descendant of the clan elder, would follow Lin Ruxian into Beijing.