Before Lin Ruhai died, he told his family that when he did it in the salt business, the situation in Jiangnan would usher in great changes, but it might bring them a crisis, so he repeatedly told them to leave Jiangnan and go to the capital after he was buried.

Therefore, the family has no objection to Lin Jin's large-scale handling of Yangzhou's industry, but Daiyu has some opinions on her generous handling of Gusu's industry. This has an opinion, not only because he is dissatisfied with Lin Jin's sale of his ancestral property, but also because at least half of these properties are pocketed by Jia Lian.

On this day, since knowing that Jia Lian had taken away so much of the family's property, Daiyu, who had been worried about it, finally ran into a Lin Jin at home and had free time, and Aunt Lin and Yang Wan were not there, so she hurriedly ran over.

Because you can't eat meat during the filial piety period, but in winter, there are no fresh dishes, Lin Jin, who was explaining the method of Yuzi tofu to Sister-in-law Liu under the kitchen, saw Daiyu's rushing appearance, waved her hand at Sister-in-law Liu, signaled her to go down first, and then let Daiyu sit down, ordered Yuzhu to serve tea, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?" What's the matter? ”

Daiyu subconsciously glanced at Yuzhu who came over with tea, bit her lip, and didn't speak.

Lin Jin waved his hand at Yuzhu, and when Yuzhu withdrew, he called all the maids in the house very knowingly.

When only the two of them were left in the house, Daiyu couldn't wait to speak: "Brother Jin, it's no problem for you to sell Yangzhou's property, but why do you want to sell most of the ancestral property in Gusu?" Are you worthy of your ancestors in doing this? And even if you want to make a move, why is it that Second Brother Lian has collected so many industries in our family? ”

In fact, Lin Jin has always disapproved of Lin Ruhai's attitude towards his family, blindly concealing it, refusing to tell them anything, and only after there is nothing to hide it, will they face the cruel truth. If it weren't for some things that required her son, and she would have to take on the burden of the family in the future, it is estimated that she would also be the object of concealment.

Looking at Daiyu, Lin Jin decided not to let her continue to hide in the ivory tower. "Sister. In fact, we have been back to Gusu for a while, you should have noticed that the relationship between the clan and our family is not very good, right? Its practical 'not very good' description has been embellished a lot. ”

Telling the grievances between his family and his clan back then, Lin Jin sighed: "After so many years, the relationship between our family and the clan has not only not been repaired, but has become more and more stiff. ”

After hesitating for a moment, she didn't say what the clansmen and Yang Wan said that she would be buried with Lin Ruhai in the same cave a hundred years later, she only said the door-to-door performance of the clansmen during this period of time: "During these days, there have been many clansmen who have come to the door, and the things in the living room, from the furniture to the dim sum and tea dishes on the plate, have been taken away. Are they really lacking these things? Although Gusu is our ancestral home, the things in this living room are not precious items.

From the time our ancestor left home to assist Zhenlong, all the way to our father, these elders of our family were officials in other places even if they did not live in the capital. According to the regulations that local officials in Daqin are not allowed to serve in the clan location, therefore, only after the death of an elder on the clan side will they return to Gusu. Therefore, the furnishings in the home are very ordinary.

And the reason why these clansmen who came to the door did these things without face and skin was to disgust us, not only did they mean to drive us away, but they even wanted to provoke our family and make us and the clan propose to divide the clan. Just like proposing to be buried with Lin Ruhai with Yang Wan before, I wanted to ruin her reputation and thus ruin the Lin family.

Although Daiyu seems to be weak, her resilience is still very strong, and after hearing the facts, although she was deeply shocked, it was not to the point of being unacceptable. Thinking of the reaction of the rest of the family, she couldn't help but ask, "Is this something other than me, everyone else in the family knows?" Why didn't you tell me? ”

"Brother Lin'er doesn't know either. As for my mother and I know, it's because although our family had a bad relationship with the clan before, we were able to maintain a semblance of peace while my father was still there. At the very least, when my father was still there, I came to Gusu to participate in the imperial examination and the big sacrifice in the clan, and my mother came to the clan to worship.

It's not that I didn't tell you, but when you were young, you were sent to your grandmother's house by your father. Actually, if it weren't for my father's death, I wouldn't have told you this. Because I, who have been to the clan twice before, actually had expectations for me here, until after my father passed away this time, Fuling returned to the clan, and I didn't see the true face of the clan. ”

Thinking that it was precisely because of this expectation that Lin Jin had blocked the idea of sending women to the backyard of the royal mansion in Beijing on the clan's side, and also let the chamber of commerce do business with the clan. Thinking about it now, she felt that she was really ridiculous at that time, and she was a complete fool.

Seeing Lin Jin's depressed appearance, Daiyu called out worriedly: "Brother Jin—"

Hearing this, Lin Jin turned her head and smiled at Daiyu, "I'm fine, don't worry, sister." As for disposing of most of the family's property, it is because after my father passed away, our family was just an ordinary squire's family.

Clans cannot be relied upon; And I'm not very old, and I only have the fame of showing talent; The relationship between the maternal grandmother and the mother and the Yang clan was even more stiff; However, my father made a lot of enemies in salt affairs; Therefore, if our family does not hurry up to sell the property in their hands, it will also be forcibly seized by others. At that time, not only will all the family property be taken away, but I am afraid that even my life will not be guaranteed.

Compared to sorry for the dead ancestors, I think it is more important to be alive. Therefore, it is worth it for me to sell most of the family's property as long as I can keep my family safe. ”

When she was in the Lin family, Daiyu thought that the death of her mother Jia Min had made her see the malice in life. But Jia's mother wrote letters one after another to take her to Jia's house, but after arriving at Jia's house, she found that Jia's mother, who had always shown love for her in the letter, did not love her purely, and she also received a lot of hostility from relatives at her maternal grandmother's house, which made her feel that after the Lin family died because of her mother, the occasional grievances were nothing; But when she heard what Lin Jin said to her, she suddenly felt that what she had suffered in the Jia family was not worth mentioning.

Looking at Lin Jin, Daiyu suddenly thought of when the two of them studied with Jia Yucun, Lin Jin once said such a sentence to her - how can there be any real quiet years? The reason why you feel that the years are quiet is because someone is carrying the weight for you. Life is never easy.

Originally, Daiyu thought that Lin Jin had sold a lot of the family's property to Jia Lian, and thought that they had made an agreement privately to protect part of the family's property in this way, but after listening to Lin Jin's words at this time, she didn't think like this anymore, so she asked: "What happened to the second brother Lian buying our family's property at a low price?" ”

"We're just using each other."

Facing Shang Daiyu's questioning eyes, Lin Jin thought for a while and explained: "Second Brother Lian is just an ordinary person, if you don't have too high requirements for him, then from my point of view, Second Brother Lian's words and deeds are acceptable to me."

I have just told my sister about the current situation of our family, at this time, those wolves who covet our family's property will only take advantage of the fire to rob our family when it is in trouble, and the price given is only one or two percent of the original value, and some people don't even want to pay. Therefore, the second brother Lian bought it at about half the price, which was already for the sake of the love of the Jia Lin family. ”

Although Daiyu was already prepared, hearing the fact that Lin Jin spit out of her mouth still hit her hard. She hesitated for a long time and asked, "Second Brother Lian just sent me back to Yangzhou, where did I get so much money in my hand?" He should have been prepared when he left the capital, right? Tears poured out involuntarily, "At my grandfather's house, I received the news that my father was seriously ill and wanted to ask me about coming home, so they started planning at that time, right?" Does my grandmother know about this? ”

Lin Jin felt that Jia's mother, who had experienced a lot of worldly affairs, even if she didn't know it beforehand, she couldn't be unaware of it afterwards. Just like Daiyu's situation in Jiafu is not as transcendent as Baoyu's status because of her love, whether it is the original history or this life, doesn't she know that Daiyu is not liked by Mrs. Wang, and doesn't know that Mrs. Wang secretly targets Daiyu? But do you know it works?

In the case that Jia Mu can't separate Mrs. Wang and Daiyu, and can't divorce Mrs. Wang, she can only let this situation continue to exist. It's not that she can't beat Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang can't face her mother-in-law openly, doesn't mean that she can't take Daiyu? will not hold a grudge against Daiyu, and will not dislike Daiyu get deeper and deeper because of this.

"Does it matter if you know or not? It's true that she is your own grandmother, but she is also the second brother Lian, the grandmother of the second brother Bao. She is a member of the Jia family, and the interests of the Jia family are the first thing to consider. Lin Jin accentuated her tone on the word "Jia".

Looking at Daiyu's stunned appearance, Lin Jin sighed and said, "I'm sorry, sister, it's a little cruel for you to face this bloody truth." Actually, I don't think I need to say it at all, you know a lot of things in your heart, it's just that you deceive yourself and refuse to admit it. ”