After repairing the boat in Cangzhou for a few days, Lin Jin and his party continued to hurry. Along the way, Lin Jin found that the etiquette and rules in the north were stricter than those in the south, and the closer to the capital, the more powerful it became.

"Mother, after passing through the two wharves of Zhigu and Tongzhou, I will go to the capital." Lin Jin came to the cabin where Yang Wan, Aunt Lin, and Lin Ge'er were and said: "Although there are two docks, the distance between these two places is not far, and it is about the same distance as the one pier we walked before, so if we don't delay, we will be able to reach the capital in about three or five days." ”

Yang Wan's face was full of incredulity, "You're about to arrive in the capital so soon?" Don't we stop in the two places of Zhigu and Tongzhou? ”

Aunt Lin laughed and teased, "Fast? We have been walking for more than four months, and we arrived in Cangzhou, which is still because the two girls of Fan Gongzi and He family joined in halfway, and the speed was much faster than before. If we follow Sumire's original plan, maybe we can go for more than half a year. ”

"The two places of Zhigu and Tongzhou are too close to the capital, although my father has a relationship with several local officials in these two places, but the officials who serve here not only have people watching their every move, but they can be sent to such a critical place as officials, and there are people behind them, but who it is, I'm afraid that even the one sitting on the dragon chair can't tell." Lin Jin told Aunt Lin and Yang Wan that their group would not stop and go anymore, but went straight to the capital, "The matter here is very complicated, and it is difficult for us to get involved in it, so as not to cause trouble, therefore, for the sake of safety, we will not stop in these two places, and I will not visit my father's old friends." ”

Yang Wan didn't understand the things outside, and since Lin Ruhai passed away, she was in charge of everything inside and outside the house, so when she heard this, she just nodded and didn't speak.

The roads around Gyeonggi are relatively well repaired, so it is faster to travel by land than by water. Aunt Lin heard this, and hurriedly said: "In this case, when it comes to Zhigu, I will send someone to inform the people of the Yang family in Beijing, so that they can quickly clean up the house, and when they arrive in the capital, I will take Brother Lin to live in." ”

Without waiting for Lin Jin to speak, Yang Wan said hurriedly, "What? Mother, are you going to take Lin Ge'er to live alone? How can this be? You two, old and young, how can I be reassured by this? ”

It is not easy to live in Beijing, and this has not changed since ancient times. Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty saved money for ten years, and he could only buy a house in Weinan County, a satellite city of Chang'an City; The two brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe in the Northern Song Dynasty failed to buy real estate in Kaifeng all their lives. Therefore, most of the officials in the capital of the Daqin Dynasty were either local house-owning families in the capital, or like Jia Yu and Jia Zheng, they lived in mansions given by the emperor, otherwise, most of them rented houses, and those who could afford to buy houses were a minority of the few.

The title of the Lin family is gone, so the mansion originally given by the imperial court was also returned, but the Lin family is not short of money, as early as Lin Ruhai's grandfather's time, he bought several mansions in the capital, one of which is a courtyard with a garden, which is intended to be lived in for the eldest son and grandson of his own grandson, and Lin Jin asked Li He to clean up this house.

The Yang family, which Aunt Lin married, although it is also the family of the eunuchs, and the family can be called wealthy, but before Lin Jin's uncle was admitted to the Hanlin Academy, there was no Beijing official in the family, so naturally there was no house in Beijing.

Lin Jin knew about this, so when she heard that Aunt Lin was going to take Brother Lin to move to her own house, she raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise: "When did the Yang family buy the house in Beijing?" Why don't I know anything about this? Grandmother, you're hiding it too tightly, aren't you? ”

"This thing was done by your father, as for when you bought it, I don't know, if you want to know, go and ask your housekeeper Li He, he handled this matter."

"Where is the house, grandmother, do you know?"

Aunt Lin didn't see what the situation was with her own eyes, but just retold Lin Ruhai and what she said to Lin Jin at that time: "My house is behind your house, but your house is located in Baisui Lane, and our house is in Guliang Lane. Your father found someone to replace the private land that connected you and me, and as a result, your garden was enlarged. ”

The distribution of mansions in the capital follows the principle of "rich in the east and rich in the west". Back then, when Lin Ruhai's grandfather bought a house, considering that his family was originally a scholarly family, he had always taken the imperial examination route, but the ancestors caught up with the change of dynasty and followed Zhenlong, so he got a knighthood and became a nobleman.

However, this title was inherited by a lower rank, so after a few generations, it was gone. Lin Ruhai's grandfather didn't think about letting his family have been mixed in the ranks of Xungui, he had already thought about it, and he wanted to return to the route of the imperial examination that he was familiar with, so he bought a house in the place where the officials who came out of the imperial examination, and because even if he came out of the Hanlin Academy, which is known as the "storage minister", but the people who can be the first and second rank of the court and the central government can't just have talent, and they need the right time, place and people, because it is more difficult to know, so he set his house around the residence of middle and senior officials.

Although Lin Jin has not seen his own house in the capital, since the Lin family bought this house, because they want it to be the ancestral land of the Lin family in the capital and the descendants of the lineage, every Lin family member has taken care of it very carefully even if they have never moved in; And because everyone has their own requirements for the construction of the mansion, the Lin family has many similar floor plans about this mansion.

Moreover, after Daiyu went to Beijing, Lin Jin wanted to arrange for the family members of the people who came to the capital with her to enter Beijing, so she inquired about the information of her own house with Lin Ruhai, Aunt Lin and the housekeepers who had stayed in this house very clearly, and knew all the information about her house.

When I heard Aunt Lin say that the Yang family's house was at the back of her house, she was stunned for a moment, and then thought that when Jia Lian secretly married Second Sister You, she placed Second Sister You in Xiaohuazhi Lane, two miles behind Ningrong Street. From Jia Lian's economic situation, it can be inferred that the house in Xiaohuazhi Lane is relatively cheap. Even the location of Ning Rong's mansion can have a relatively cheap house, not to mention the vicinity of the Lin family's house, so she doesn't think that the price of the Yang family's house is too expensive, but feels that Lin Ruhai can buy a house that can be connected to her own family is by no means a coincidence, it should be painstaking.

After all, although Lin Ge'er was passed on to the Yang family, he still had the blood of the Lin family on his body, and later, Lin Ruhai also put Lin Ge'er on the Lin family's family tree, so Lin Ge'er was also a child of the Lin family, therefore, Lin Ruhai didn't want him to leave the Lin family, but if Lin Ge'er was left in the Lin family and let him grow up in the Lin family, he was worried about touching Aunt Lin's sensitive nerves, so he took great pains to buy the Yang family's house at the back of his own house. In this way, even if Aunt Lin moves out of the Lin family with Brother Lin and lives in the Yang family, it doesn't matter.

Thinking of Lin Ruhai's plans for Lin Ge'er and various arrangements for herself, as well as her plans for Daiyu's future, Lin Jin couldn't help but think of the sentence "The beloved son of parents has a long-term plan." I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart, not wanting Aunt Lin and Yang Wan to see her tears and sudden vulnerability, so I hurriedly turned around and went out of the cabin.