Since Lin Jin came out to help Yang Wan take care of the house, Lin Ruhai slowly began to hand over the social affairs outside the home to her. At the end of the year, Lin Jin became busier, not only at home, but also at the Chamber of Commerce, so busy that she couldn't wait 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 2 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 set a box down." ”

Lin Jin always remembered that Yang Wan went out to see the lanterns during the Lantern Festival before, but she couldn't make the trip because she was pregnant, and then because she gave birth to a child, plus Jia Min's death and filial piety, she was a lantern; I haven't seen it for several years, but now that Brother Lin is old and there is filial piety in the family, how can she fulfill 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 he couldn't rest, he greeted him with a smile and asked, "Uncle Li, no matter what, just send a little guy over and tell him, where is the need for you to run in person?" ”

Li He shook his head and said, "But I don't dare." Hand her the list in his hand, "This is a New Year's gift from the Gusu tribe, 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 was because in Cao Gong's pen, Daiyu seemed to have no clansmen to rely on except for the Jia family, so she took it for granted that her family had no dealings with the clan.

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

Although the Lin family is not prosperous, the descendants are limited, although there are a few families, they are only cousins with Lin Ruhai, and they are not very close to the clan, but a clan is a clan. For example, in the Jia family, Jia Zhen, as the patriarch, after receiving the New Year's goods from Zhuangtou Wujinxiao, divided a part of it and distributed it to the poor clansmen.

Therefore, if the Lin family did not cut off the relationship with the clan and still have contacts, when Daiyu's parents died, although according to the blood relationship, the Jia family should take care of Daiyu, but in this clan-dominated ancient society, the Lin clan should first take over Daiyu's life, and the Jia family wants to take Daiyu to support, and they must obtain the consent of the Lin clan.

Although Cao Gong did not mention this, when Zijuan tested Baoyu, he once said, "You look at the small person too much." Your Jia family is a large clan 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! When our girl came, the old lady felt sorry for his youth, and although he had an uncle, he was not as good as his own parents, so she took him to live for a few years. When it is time to leave the cabinet, it is natural 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 house of relatives, and they will be laughed at. Therefore, as early as next spring, or as late as autumn, even if it is not sent here, someone from the Lin family will come to pick it up. In this case, it can be seen that this rule is also 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 pressed the questions in her stomach and asked curiously: "In this case, why do I hardly hear my father mention people or things in the clan?" ”

Li He showed embarrassment, thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "The old lady of the old man's father had an unpleasant quarrel with the clan, and after that, the younger generations not only did not untie this knot, but became deeper and deeper, and now the relationship between the family and the clan is average, although the clan helps the tomb sacrifice, but the family does not treat the clan badly, not only sends a lot of money and food, but also relies on the power of the lord in Gusu to live a stable life." ”

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

Although many years have passed, as the head of the family, the most important thing is that although he can't say that he knows all about the affairs of the main family, at least the things that are closely related to the family must be clear, so Li He knows the grievances and entanglements in this clearly.