Because Yang Wan failed to straighten out, when socializing with the outside world, she would inevitably be despised by some of the main wives, so Yang Wan handed over some matters of diplomatic entertainment to Lin Jin.

Although Lin Jin has always said that she will not meddle in the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, no matter what she says, no matter what, there are some things after all, she still can't avoid them. At the end of the year, Lin Jin was so busy that she was so busy, not only at home, but also at the Chamber of Commerce, so busy that she couldn't wait to be able to divide her body into eight petals and grow four more hands.

Finally finished the affairs at hand, Lin Jin stretched her waist, and when she wanted to take a break for a while, she suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped Zhang Mu, who was about to go down: "Uncle Zhang, Mrs. Fifteen and Twelve of the first lunar month is going out to see the lanterns, you can see which restaurant in Yangzhou City has the right location, and give a private room." ”

Lin Jin always remembered that Yang Wan went out to see the lanterns during the Lantern Festival before. It's just that she couldn't make the trip because she was pregnant, and then because she gave birth to a child, coupled with Jia Min's death and filial piety, she didn't see this lantern for several years, and now Brother Lin is older, and there is filial piety in the family, how can she meet her wish.

Zhang Mu agreed and retreated, and ran into the opposite side of the oncoming butler Li He.

After seeing Li He, Lin Jin couldn't help but sigh secretly, knowing that she couldn't rest, she greeted her with a smile and asked, "Uncle Li, no matter what, you just send a little guy over and tell me, why don't you run in person?" ”

"But I don't dare." Li He's posture was not high, and he handed her the list in his hand, "This is a New Year's gift from the Gusu clan, uncle, take a look." ”

Hearing this, Lin Jin was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Why, we still have contact with the clan?" ”

The reason why she asked like this is really because in Cao Gong's pen, Daiyu seems to have no clansmen to rely on except for the Jia family, and she has not seen any clansmen come to the door over the years, so she takes it for granted that her family has no contact with the clan.

Hearing her words, Li He said inexplicably: "Of course, our family is not independent from the clan, so we naturally have dealings with the clan. The lord is an official outside, and the ancestors' tomb sacrifices are all taken care of by the clan. ”

Hearing this, Lin Jin was very surprised. The Lin family is not prosperous, the descendants are limited, although there are a few families, but they are just cousins with Lin Ruhai, and they are not very close to the clan, but no matter what, a clan is a clan. For example, in the Jia family, Jia Zhen, as the patriarch, will take out a part of it and distribute it to the poor clansmen after receiving the New Year's goods from Zhuangtou Wujinxiao. This was his duty as patriarch.

Therefore, if the Lin family did not break off the relationship with the clan and still had contacts, when Daiyu's parents died, although according to the blood relationship, the Jia family should take care of Daiyu, but in this ancient society dominated by clans, it should be the Lin clan to take over Daiyu's life, and the Jia family wants to take Daiyu to feed, and they must obtain the consent of the Lin clan.

Although Cao Gong did not mention this explicitly, when Zijuan tested Baoyu, he said, "The Dujia family is a big family with a large population; In addition to your family, others only have one father and one mother, and there is really no one in the family! It turned out that the old lady felt sorry for the girl's young age, although she had an uncle, she was not as good as her own parents, so she took her to live for a few years. It's time to leave the cabinet when it's too big, so naturally I have to return it to the Lin family. In the end, the daughter of the Lin family will not succeed in your Jia family! Although the Lin family is so poor that they have no food to eat, they are also the family of generations of scholars, and they will never leave their family in the homes of relatives. In this case, it can be seen that this rule is recognized.

From this, Lin Jin thought of Jia's mother's sentence "The Lin family is dead", can it be inferred that Jia Lian and the Lin clan were very unhappy because of Daiyu's upbringing?

Lin Jin asked curiously, "In that case, why don't I usually hear my father mention people or things in the clan?" ”

Li He looked embarrassed, thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "Back then, the great-grandfather of the grandfather had a bit of a quarrel with the clan, and after that, the juniors not only did not untie this knot, but became deeper and deeper. Now the relationship between the family and the clan is average, although the clan helps the tomb sacrifice, but the family has not treated the clan badly, not only the New Year sent a lot of money and grain, but also the clan in Gusu also relies on the power of the lord to live a stable life. ”

"You know what's making you unhappy?" She got to the bottom of it.

Although many years have passed, as the head of the family, the most important thing is the affairs of the main family, although it cannot be said that the big and small things are well known, but the things closely related to the family must be clear no matter what, so even if it has not passed through that period, Li He still inquired about the grievances and entanglements in it clearly.

When asked by Lin Jin at this time, he hesitated, thinking that Lin Jin, as the future head of the Lin family, even if he didn't know it now, he would definitely know it in the future, so he would tell it in 1510.

The Lin family is a family of the world. What is the Jingshi Family? It's the kind of family that has survived several dynasties.

Such a family, when experiencing a dynastic change, does not put its eggs in one basket, but bets on several sides. Because only in this way, no matter which side of death, the family can pass it on.

For example, during the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang followed Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang's elder brother Zhuge Jin came out of Sun Wu, and Zhuge Jin, a son of the same clan, was an official in Cao Wei. The Zhuge family bet on the three most powerful forces at that time, and no matter which one wins, the family can continue.

That's how the Lin family followed. In the last years of the previous dynasty, rebel armies rose up one after another, and several children sent out by the Lin family joined several rebel armies.

Aunt Lin's great-grandfather was also one of them, but he was not sent out by the family, but because the orphans and widows were bullied in the clan, he abandoned the poetry book and joined a rebel army in a fit of anger.

Coincidentally, in the end, it was Aunt Lin's great-grandfather who voted for the rebel army that won the world, replaced the previous dynasty, and established a new dynasty, the Qin Dynasty. After the meritorious reward, Aunt Lin's great-grandfather was knighted.

In this clan society, it stands to reason that Aunt Lin's great-grandfather has come to prominence, and the entire clan should have a situation where "one person has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven", and the children of the clan will follow suit.

But Aunt Lin's great-grandfather hated the days when he was bullied in the clan, not only did not bring the children of the clan with him, but also severely punished the few families in the clan who bullied his family back then.

If Aunt Lin's great-grandfather lived a long life, he died shortly after his only son married a wife.

At that time, the Lin clan was still very profound, and several clan children passed the imperial examination and became officials in the new dynasty. It's just that the official position is not high, and it is not enough to confront Aunt Lin's great-grandfather.

After Aunt Lin's great-grandfather passed away, the clan wanted to subdue Aunt Lin's great-grandfather, and not be like his father, unruly and make a scene of cannibalism within the clan.

The clan's idea was good, but the means used were skewed, the soft side had little effect, and the hard side, that is, when he suppressed Aunt Lin's great-grandfather, annoyed him.

He was a little arrogant before he reached the age of the weak crown, holding the idea of "you don't let me feel better, I won't let you feel better", and broke off the official career of the children in the clan through the connections left by his father.

After listening to Li He talk about his ancestors' actions, Lin Jin couldn't help but say "ah", those who block people's wealth are like killing their parents, and those who block people's future are even worse! This feud is great.

Li He heard her exclamation and knew that she realized the seriousness of the problem, and said with a wry smile: "Originally, the great-grandfather of the old man acted like this, just for a moment, but those who made the move were afraid that the Lin family would rise up again and turn back to take revenge on their own family, plus if the Lin family could be suppressed, then the family would be able to share a lot of benefits vacated because of the Lin family, so while cutting off the official career of the children of the Lin family, he made a move to suppress the children of the Lin family except for our family, and the other two generations were not allowed to take the imperial examination." ”

Damn, there is no more ruthless, only the most ruthless! Hearing this, Lin Jin didn't know what to say anymore. This move is definitely a lore for a big family like the Lin family. Because once the family does not have an official, the successor cannot take over, it will inevitably decline, and once it falls, it is not easy to think about it again.

"When the great-grandfather of the old man learned what those people had done, he was full of remorse, but the holy order had been made, and there was no possibility of changing it. And these people were originally begged by the old lady to come to the door in person, and they were beaten up in the name of being angry for him, so the old lady could only suffer this dumb loss.

Originally, the old lady had the idea of separating his family from the clan and setting up a small sect alone, but after this incident, he knew that if his own clan was divided, the Gu Sulin family was afraid that it would not be long before it would be swallowed by other families and thus defeated, so not only did he not divide the clan, but also punished several families who coveted the Lin family. ”

I'm afraid that if you want to do something, you have to do it thoroughly, and you will give up halfway, like something. Lin Jin sighed and said, "It's just that even if my great-grandfather took action to protect the clan, I'm afraid the clan may not be grateful to him, right?" ”

Not only was he not grateful to him, but he was afraid that he would hate him to death, but in the clan, except for her family, which was still an official, the other houses were not only full of tabula rasa, but also ordered not to take the imperial examination for two generations, which meant that it was impossible for the family to produce another official for at least fifty years, so if she wanted to protect the clan and the various industries and properties, she had to rely on the strength of her family.

After being told by Li He, after Lin Jin figured out the origin of the grievances between himself and the Lin clan, he only felt that it was really a big pit, and at the same time, he also understood why Lin Ruhai would entrust the orphan to the Jia family, but he didn't even mention the clan.

It's not just because the Jia family is Daiyu's maternal grandmother's family, it's not just because of Jia Min's brainwashing credit, and it's not just because he doesn't know Jia Fu,...... It's really the relationship between his own family and the clan that he can't and doesn't dare to trust at all.

Lin Jin looked at the New Year's gift list in his hand, and asked with some confusion: "Although I don't know the time to send New Year's gifts to the clan in previous years, but compared with the time to send New Year's gifts to other families, this year should be a lot earlier, and the letter from the clan said that the things that my father told me have been completed." What's the matter, Uncle Li, do you know? ”

Li He smiled and told her that Yang Lin was on the family tree of the Lin family under Lin Lin's name, and Yang Wan was corrected and became Lin Ruhai's stepfamily, and from now on, she could be directly called "Mrs."

Hearing this, Lin Jin was surprised and delighted, and after repeatedly confirming that it was correct, she didn't care about anything at the moment, and rushed to the backyard to tell Aunt Lin the good news.