In December of the fourth year of Xiping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the New Year was approaching, the Chen family in Anyang County began to be lively, and the people who went out returned to Anyang one after another, and every year in the Chinese New Year's Eve, Old Lady Chen would gather hundreds of thousands of people in the Chen Mansion in the nursing home * practice ground, and for these people who had worked for the Chen Mansion for a year, they would be rewarded for their merits, and the entire Runan County would belong to the Chen Mansion to have a lively life.

Today, Chen Lin is busy in Chenjiabao and is busy with the conductor Ding Numaid, who is about to return to Chenfu, the county seat, with the old lady. Chen Lin saw that it was almost over, so he went to Mrs. Chen and saw Grandpa: "Grandpa, the castle has been set up, leaving six people to guard it, and the rest will go back to the county seat." Old lady Chen nodded with satisfaction: "Well, the family Ding nursing home left here, each person will be rewarded with 500 Wen, and a pig and dolphin can be killed during the New Year, so Bo Zhi will arrange it." ”

After Chen Lin heard this, he went out again to announce the order of the old lady Chen, and the six people who stayed behind were overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank the reward. Chen Lin went back to the old lady again, and came out with the grandfather, the big housekeeper and Huang Long only followed behind, Chen Lin thought that the old lady was too old to take a carriage, so he specially arranged a sedan chair for the old lady, and a long line of people came out, and returned to Anyang lively.

Before entering Chen's mansion, Chen Li and his wife were waiting in front of the mansion, Chen Lin hurriedly stepped forward to visit, and saw his two younger brothers beside him, Chen Lin was very happy, Chen Ze Chen arrived, and finally settled a group of people. Chen Lin hurriedly found Chen Ze and Chen to the two: "Huzi Leizi, go drinking with the eldest brother." ”

The two were also very happy, Chen Ze said: "My cousin is back, it's better to be together." Chen Lin was also happy when he heard that Lin An, who had gone on a caravan with Linde, had returned, and he hadn't seen Lin An for several months: "Hehehe, I want the family to call him, and he will call him with that Zhang Ba." ”

Several people met at the inn and laughed, as if they had returned to the days when they were messing around together. Chen Lin only took Zhou Cang and Huang Yan with him, and the two of them are almost inseparable from Chen Lin now, just like the big housekeeper and Huang Long are to Old Lady Chen. Lin An saw Zhou Cang, stared at Zhou Cang with a pair of bull's eyes, Zhou Cang looked at Lin An in general, the two of them were three or five thick, and the other was strong and broad, and they could see that they both had brute strength.

When Chen Lin and the others saw it, they laughed loudly, and opened their mouths quickly: "Hahahaha, a certain person has some strength, but he is not as ugly as you and the others." Zhang Ba has a sturdy figure, he looks better than the two, he is called a bull by Chen Lin on weekdays, but when he sees these two people together, he looks handsome, and he is busy making fun of it, and everyone laughs again.

Lin An wanted to pull Zhou Cang to sit down, but Zhou Cang didn't dare, Chen Lin pretended to be angry when he saw this: "Today is a brother's gathering to talk, if you treat me sincerely, Zhou Cang and Huang Yanru will sit down." Zhou Cang and Huang Yan were moved for a while, seeing the pride of everyone, the two of them were also passionate, and sat down busily, Lin An and Zhang Ba were unharmed, but Chen Ze and Chen were stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed freely. Chen Lin and his entourage drank until the sun set.

For a few days in a row, Chen Lin just asked people to go to the street and go out of the city to mess around as before, except for Lin An and Zhang Ba, there were many previous playmates, and the old lady Chen didn't care, Chen Lin was going to Luoyang after the year, just let him go wild, the old lady thought to himself.

Chen Lin can't go out today, because the Chen family's annual meeting is today. I saw a sea of people in the training ground, the family members of the Chen Mansion, the slaves, the guards, the personnel of the three caravans, and the 368 little family members of Chen Lin, nearly a thousand people gathered together, all with smiles on their faces, they all knew what they were doing today, and some of the little maids who had just entered the Chen Mansion were even more excited to see such a grand scene.

Everyone was silent for a while, it turned out that the big butler had come to the stage, and it was not a very high platform, but only two or three feet of ground. I only heard the big butler come to the stage, glanced at everyone with a smile, said the opening words loudly, and picked up a paper booklet: "Fortunately, the old lady of the Chen Mansion, the old master and the three young masters ......" Chen Lin was next to him, uh, also has his own? Hehehe, the chief butler summed it up, and said excitedly: "The leader of the caravan Lin, the second butler, and the third butler each have fifty taels of gold, and ten horses of Shu brocade." The two housekeepers knelt down and kowtowed, and Linde also smiled and nodded in thanks.

The chief steward went on to say, "All the caravanserais, each of them will be rewarded with 800 wen and two sackcloths. "Rumbling underground to kneel." The nursing home in the Chen Mansion will be rewarded with 600 yuan per person, two horses of linen, 300 yuan per person for the maid of the house, one horse of linen, and the little family will be backward, and I hope to do a good job for the eldest young master in the future, and there will also be a reward of 100 yuan. ”

Every time the big housekeeper finishes a reward, there are a group of people kneeling, to say that these rewards, but they are additional, other families do not have it, the people of the Chen Mansion have already found out clearly, only the Chen Mansion has, after the reward every year, go out to buy vegetables and do goods to meet the people of other families, it is necessary to be proud and show off, and soon there are people from other families to inquire about the people of the Chen Mansion, and the Chen Mansion can recruit people recently.

In the end, the chief housekeeper also announced that the tenant farmers of the Chen family would each be rewarded with two catties of meat, but it was a pity that the tenant farmers were not here. And when they had received their reward, they declared their dispersion. Chen Lin will be in the old lady's room, and there will only be the big housekeeper, Chen Li, a total of four people.

Old Lady Chen spoke: "This year, my Chen family has received a total of 12,367 taels of gold after deducting various expenses, but it is more than 3,000 taels less than last year. Just because Beishang wants to buy a BMW in the second half of the year, there is less trading, and 50,000 stone grain is allocated to recruit displaced people, and now there are nearly 20,000 grain leftovers. "The old lady didn't ask Chen Li or Chen Bao, only asked Chen Lin, because the 50,000 stone grain was originally arranged for Chen Lin, not to mention the intention of cultivating Chen Lin.

Chen Lin thought for a while, saw that the house was full of his own family, and said, "Dig deep holes, accumulate grain, and prepare for famine." After Chen Lin finished speaking, the three of them had different expressions: the chief butler Chen Bao smiled as before, Chen Li was thoughtful, and the old lady looked surprised. Old lady Chen thought to himself, I really didn't teach him, this son has enlightenment, and then he was overjoyed.

Chen Lin continued: "My emperor is deceived by the crumbs, the eunuchs and relatives compete for power, there are many corrupt officials in the localities, the people are becoming more and more difficult to live, the number of displaced people is increasing, and thieves are everywhere. If my Chen family is in the future, every year in the future, they will recruit displaced people with grain, think that they will be in the fields, and hide the grain in the cave to prepare for emergency use in times of great disasters. ”

Mrs. Chen: "It's a good tuntian, well, good, but I can't let the outside world find out, my Chen family is a big family in Anyang, with tens of thousands of acres of granges, wouldn't it be suspicious if I don't sell grain. After the old lady finished speaking, the chief housekeeper was busy writing. He also said: "After the year, Bozhi will go to Luoyang, I am old, and the Chen family will be taken care of fairly after the New Year, so I can go to the countryside with peace of mind." ”

After the old lady finished speaking, everyone was shocked, obviously no one knew about Old Lady Chen's plan, and finally it was a discussion, the big housekeeper was unwilling to leave the old lady, Chen Li also had to find a housekeeper of Chen Mansion, and finally set Chen Zhong of Ren Anyang Shaofu, Chen Zhong is Chen Li's loyal family, reliable, good at money and food, counting, but he has a big responsibility.

At this juncture, the Chen Mansion had a good time, and Chen Lin personally sent meat to the Grange, and he was even more supported by the tenant farmers. Just after the New Year, the county government came to the official document, Chen Lin brought down the documents of filial piety, and ordered Chen Lin to go to Pingxing to see Lord Taishou, and he was going to Luoyang, and handed over the documents to Guanglu doctor Yang Ci before February 10.

The joy of the New Year has not passed, Chen Lin's filial piety documents have come down again, the Chen Mansion is jubilant, and the old lady Chen is happy, and each person will be rewarded with 20 yuan, which is even more happy for the Chen family. Within half a day, Lin An, Zhang Ba and others ran over to congratulate their fathers.

Chen Lin was called into the room alone by the old lady, Chen Lin knew what the old lady must have ordered, so he only stood aside respectfully. The old lady opened his mouth and said: "Bo Zhi, this trip to Luoyang is not allowed to go with one person as said before, I think a lot, now the world, want to be smooth, Bo went to Luoyang to get acquainted with high-ranking officials and celebrities from all sides, and take the opportunity to spread fame." Therefore, I want to take people with me, go with Yishan, find a house in Luoyang City, settle down in Yishan and go back, and then Luoyang's affairs are Bozhi to think about it alone, but if there is a need, let people come back and say. ”

Chen Lin thought about it and understood what the old lady meant, Chen Lin had to go to Luoyang to be magnificent, and he had to look like the Chen family was extraordinary, so that he could not be despised by others. Chen Lin also knew that it was difficult for the people of Kuhan to get ahead, so he did not object to the old lady's arrangement, and the old lady also instructed Chen Linmo to worry about the little family members who stayed in Chenjiabao, and only took Zhou Cang and Huang Yan and more than a dozen other old people to go with them, and even the Savage Ridge Chen Guo couldn't forget it. Chen Lin has not been able to come back for a year and a half, and for the first time he is alone, Chen Lin is a little uneasy and has a lot of expectations.

A group of people were only sent outside the city, and Lin's eyes were red and swollen from crying, Chen Lin even said relieved words, and said to Chen Ze and Chen to the two: "Huzi Leizi is at home to take care of Grandpa's father and mother, and he can't slack off in his studies, and he can't fall behind in martial arts. Chen Zechen nodded, afraid that he would not see his eldest brother for a few days.

Zhang Ba was also there, and ran over and secretly said: "Bo Zhi must remember my sister" Chen Lin was helpless. The big butler came over and said, "Young Master, let's go." "A group of nearly 40 people dragged a few trucks and set off, but more than half of them were nursing homes, just because Chen Lin went to Luoyang and brought 20,000 taels of gold, so there was no need for more nursing homes, where to rest assured. But he said why did he bring so much money, what Mrs. Chen said, it is more convenient to deal with all parties, good guys, take away the Chen family's income for a year.

The team walked slowly, Chen Lin rode on a horse, turned around and looked at the blurred figure under Anyang City from afar, and there were some tears in his eyes. Chen Lin played a little naughty, he was all cooking for his own parents, and later he had always been guided by his grandfather, this time he went to Luoyang, Chen Lin was empty. Thinking of Grandpa's expectations and the expectations of his family, Chen Lin gritted his teeth, kicked the horse's belly hard, galloped away, and shouted in his heart: Luoyang, Chen Lin is here.