Although the Lin family is nominally Mrs. Lin's housekeeper, in fact, Mrs. Lin is also in charge of the house, and Mrs. Lin is doing the usual etiquette exchanges, but major events such as ancestor worship, rent collection, lashan treats, and court rewards are all in charge of Master Lin. Even occasionally, if Master Lin is interested or idle, he will randomly check the various expenditures of the house, and if he finds out that something is wrong, he will deal with it mercilessly on the spot.

Therefore, Mrs. Lin knows that the family is rich, and she can also know what the amount of each input in the family is, but she doesn't know how the income came from, and how many granges and shops the Lin family has.

In fact, this is the norm of large families in ancient times, the state of the housekeeper of the Jia family is completely abnormal, if the man doesn't care about things, then the people below will be lawless, and even people like Wang Xifeng can't hold it down, it is definitely because the male servant is too dignified in the house, and even the female servant has learned to behave.

It stands to reason that Mrs. Lin should not know about Master Lin's occasional Ji clan, after all, most of the family's income is in the hands of Master Lin, but Mrs. Lin's surname is Zhang, and the Zhang family is a big family in Gusu, so it can be said that she knows the affairs of the Lin family.

Although Mrs. Lin is a member of the Lin family, she is the daughter-in-law in the end, and most of the clan's sayings are above board, so she has not said anything on this matter on the surface, and she is occasionally mentioned by outsiders and is full of approval, but she still has some opinions in her heart about this group of relatives who come from time to time to fight the autumn breeze and stain their own light, and they are not good for themselves and are not hindered.

Of course, Mrs. Lin has the qualifications to have opinions on the Lin family, not to mention that the Zhang family is a flourishing family, her father's eldest brother is an official in the court, one is the fourth rank of the left of the imperial history, and the first is the fifth grade of the Ministry of Labor, all of them are official positions with real power and weight, and the second brother is also going to go to the township test this year, the Zhang family is very prosperous, and she has enough capital.

However, Master Lin and Mrs. Lin obviously didn't know that the reason why the Lin family clan was like this was completely because of their son, and I was afraid that no one would know about this except Lin Liu.

"Since we met, then wait for us to show filial piety, I will go to her next post to catch up with her." Seeing Master Lin's expression, Mrs. Lin knew that he had guessed his thoughts, and hurriedly brought up a new topic to distract Master Lin's attention, so if she said it, it would be unfilial and unkind.

This was a normal procedure, but I didn't expect Master Lin to shake his head and say, "Don't you know, Mrs. Jia was suddenly diagnosed as pregnant before leaving, and now she is staying in the capital to raise the baby." ”

In other words, even if there is a female housekeeper in Jiafu, most of them are aunts and housekeepers' daughters-in-law, how can Mrs. Lin condescend to be a person with a fate, and take the initiative to rush to see such a low-status person, and lose her own character, besides, if she meets an aunt and housekeeper, she personally goes to visit and spreads out, that is, Mrs. Lin beats this Mrs. Jia's face, and the two will definitely break off their friendship directly.

"I see." Mrs. Lin knows in her heart, it is not uncommon to meet in such a situation, there is no proper housekeeper and mother-in-law, so it is enough to send a housekeeper and mother-in-law to greet her.

Master Lin and Mrs. Lin talked, not to mention Lin Liu, the concubine, even Lin Ruhai, the eldest son, was not qualified to interject, so the two of them sat quietly and listened. This is the unique tutor of the Lin family, who makes the Lin family's heirs not abundant, it is generally a single seedling, and most of the men of the Lin family are frail and sick and died young, if you don't teach these mundane things to your son as soon as possible, I'm afraid the Lin family will be defeated a long time ago, and where will there be the daughter of the prince of the country who Lin Ruhai Da Dengke will marry in the future, and then become the fat and poor beauty of the salt imperial history.

Listening to Master Lin say "Brother Jia", Lin Liu looked at him slightly, this Brother Jia can't be Rong Guogong, right?

Judging from the status of the Lin family, it is very possible to know the Jia family before, and "Dream of Red Mansions" once said that the Jia family once took over the emperor's royal drive in Jiangnan, so there must be someone in the Jia family who is an official in Jiangnan, and there are only a few places in Jiangnan that are easy to play, and it is not surprising that someone is an official in Gusu.

It was the first time that Lin Liu complained that he had crossed over and became the concubine of the Lin family, obviously although on the surface, Master Lin and Mrs. Lin were the same to him and Lin Ruhai, but it was not his turn to show his face and make connections. However, this is also the norm of the family, who will put the son-in-law without cultivating the concubine, especially when the son-in-law is smart and motivated, Lin Liu can't help but be more determined in his heart on his path to the imperial examination.

In a trance, I heard Mrs. Lin say: "I have prepared a birthday gift for my father, and my lord will see if I want to write a letter and send it together." ”

What does a letter do?

Combined with the previous words of Master Lin, the reason is obvious, that is, for Master Lin to be able to recover immediately after his filial piety.

Shouxiao was a big killer for ancient officials, and it was very likely that they would ruin their brilliant future, after all, the timing did not wait for anyone. A person like Mr. Lin who has a way to go has started to go a few months before his filial piety, so that he can take office immediately after his filial piety. Otherwise, you can wait slowly, and there may be no vacant position for you to take office for several years.

Master Lin smiled: "I know your intentions, but it doesn't have to be like this, and my father-in-law must have a number in his heart." I heard Brother Jia say today that the emperor intends to revive the children of the courtiers, if this is true, then our emperor will never forget it. "Naturally, there is no problem for him to return to being an official, a person who is remembered by the emperor, even if there are people in the ministry who are hostile to the Lin family, they will not dare to make a big move, at most, they will arrange Master Lin to go to a poor and remote place.

Mrs. Lin showed a happy look when she heard this, the prosperity of her mother's family is naturally a good thing, but she has become the daughter-in-law of the Lin family, and naturally the better the Lin family, the better it is.

Lin Liu didn't remember many things, firstly, because he was young, and secondly, because he was a concubine, so Lin Liu listened with a confused look and didn't know what they were talking about.

Okay, as soon as the aura of the protagonist of the traverser is opened, you can figure out your own situation with a few casual questions?

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In fact, if you think about it, the Lin family has attacked the liehous, and the fifth generation is still glorious and rich, and it will be finished if there is no wealth but three generations, and Lin Ruhai, the son of the fifth generation, is still a very talented imperial examination tanhualang, how can such a family not have a little dark privacy.

However, none of these can be known by Lin Liu for the time being, after Da'an, Lin Liu started a hard study career, although he did not ask a formal master to teach, but Master Lin is the best teacher. Because of filial piety, Master Lin generally doesn't go out when he has no major events, and he has a lot of free time, so he naturally has the energy and time to keep an eye on Lin Ruhai and Lin Liu's homework.