Retracting his thoughts, Lin Qian pushed a wooden box in front of Lin Ruo and motioned for her to open it.

"What is this?"

Lin Ruo took the wooden box with some weight, and did not open it directly, but looked at his uncle with a pair of black eyes, hoping that he could answer his answer.

Lin Qian smiled gently: "Your courtesy." ”

The smile on her face instantly rippled, and at this time, the smile on her face was like a reaction at the age of fifteen: "This great gift from my uncle is not light!" ”

The onion-white fingers carefully unlocked the wooden box, and a faint fragrance wafted away, refreshing and refreshing.

"Rosewood?"

Lin Ruo looked at the delicate thirteen volumes of books in the box and was slightly surprised.

The red sandalwood is solid and heavy, the wood is delicate, the texture is beautiful, the toughness is good, and it is resistant to carving. However, because rosewood is extremely rare, it is expensive and is known as the "imperial wood". However, Lin Ruo is particularly fond of this rosewood, and she spends much more time in the study than in the boudoir, so after Lin Ruo recovered from a serious illness, Lin Qian built such a low-key and luxurious study for this niece, instead of her bedroom.

The boudoir of the girl's house, if it is all made of red sandalwood, looks dull and old-fashioned.

Small leaf red sandalwood, is the red sandalwood in the boutique, if you say "an inch of red sandalwood an inch of gold", then this small leaf red sandalwood, is a treasure that is hard to find.

There is a common saying: ten sandalwood and nine emptiness, a hundred years of sandalwood.

Because the environment where the rosewood grows is extremely harsh, the barren land forces it to sacrifice its heartwood nutrients in order to survive. And the largest small-leaved red sandalwood seen so far is less than seven inches long. As you can imagine, the price of these thirteen volumes!

But Lin Qian sipped the tea comfortably and motioned for her to continue looking.

Carefully take out one of the rolls and unfold it gently. She can't afford not to be careless, and the value of each of these books is more than 10,000 taels of gold; Moreover, such a thin sheet is much more fragile than gold, and it can be damaged if you are not careful.

She is very familiar with the text inside: The third part of Sun Tzu's Art of War, plotting to attack.

The famous sentence "A soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a good man who is good" is from this article. This sentence is also what Lin Ruo admires the most, she once mentioned to Lin Qian that whether it is a battlefield or a shopping mall, it is the best choice to be able to "surrender without a fight". When she created the "Xiangxue Sea", she firmly implemented this point.

Thirteen volumes of books and thirteen articles on the art of war are all priceless small leaf red sandalwood!

Although it has been ten years since the Lin family made money every day, Lin Ruo's heart still couldn't help but feel uneasy because of this priceless courtesy.

In Lin Qian's eyes, Lin Ruo's niece has always been different from ordinary women, she is not popular, she doesn't like piano flute, she learns so-so, and compared with the noble lady next to her, she is definitely a failure.

In addition to painting, settling accounts, and cooking, Lin Ruo's favorite thing is the art of war, especially Sun Tzu's art of war.

Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters of the art of war have been passed down to the world, and Lin Ruo has already memorized them well.

Of course, Lin Qian couldn't imagine that Gu Mengyao, who had once reached an executive in the workplace, and her best friend Pei Nian, were all loyal fans of Sun Wu's old man!

Although the two good girlfriends occasionally talk about gossip and fashion, the most talked about is indeed the art of war, of course, this is the reason why the relationship between the two of them is so iron.

Compared with the officialdom of Donglu, the modern workplace is not inferior in any way, especially the "white bone spirit" like Gu Manxue who sits in the position of chief designer. In a place like a design company, there are many women, and there are many rights and wrongs, and they are in no way inferior to the emperor's harem. After this round of baptism of open guns and dark arrows, Gu Mengyao knows the importance of scheming better than anyone else, after all, the heart of defense is indispensable! It's just a pity that she is as shrewd as she in the workplace, but she loses everything in love.

Retracting his thoughts, Lin Ruo put the Xiaoye Rosewood book in his hand back into the box, got up, shook his sleeves and bowed, and respectfully bowed to Lin Qian: "Thank you, uncle." ”

Lin Qian hurriedly helped her up and sat back on the chair: "Girl, how can you make such a big gift?" And not an outsider! ”

"Uncle, Ah Ruo is blessed and loved by you, and regards me as his own, so that I am what I am today. Now, my uncle has bothered to send such a heavy gift, how can Ah Ruo not be grateful? ”

"You," Lin Qian poked Lin Ruo's forehead dotingly, and sighed secretly, "If it weren't for your mother, how could I earn these properties of the Lin family so smoothly?" And you, now the Lin family has become the richest man in Bian'an City, inside and outside the house, you are working hard, if Qi'er has half of your ability, I will be satisfied. ”

Lin Qi, Lin Qian's only son, is also his old son, the young master of the Lin family, four years younger than Lin Ruo. His mother was a music girl Lin Qian met on the way to business, who was good at playing the piano and zheng, kind and simple, but had a poor background. Lin Qian fell in love at first sight, ransomed for her, and got married.

It's a pity that when the woman accompanied him to do business, she contracted a cold and died.

After her, Lin Qian never married another woman. The young Lin Qi, including Lin Ruo, who was later raised in the Lin family, was brought up by Lin Qi's mother's maid Yun Niang. The sister and brother have a good relationship, which also makes the Lin family happy.

"Uncle, what are you talking about! Xiao Qi is honest and upright, and diligent and studious, given time, he must be extremely good, you, don't ask too much of him. ”

"That's right, hehe. He is diligent and studious, but only you can make him studious. ”

Lin Ruo covered his mouth and chuckled, noncommittal.

Lin Qian brought the topic back to Lin Ruo: "Today, the Queen Mother specially summoned you to the palace to hold a ceremony for you, it must be very grand, right?" Look at the rewards you have brought back, they are all rare and high-quality products! ”

"It was also my mother's blessing that made the emperor's grandmother and the emperor look at me differently."

"The emperor and the queen mother are indeed not thin on the Lin family. By the way, the Li family, the Ji family, the Meng family, the Ye family, and several uncles and brothers of the Jinling Wang family have prepared gifts for you, and I asked Ah Ping and Lao Qi to send them to your room. ”

In addition to ordinary congratulatory gifts, the Li family, the Ji family, and the Wang family sent them all strange things specially collected; The Meng family sent a set of copybooks, as in previous years, which were written by Meng Jiushao himself; Only Ye Ling is the most eccentric, in addition to a large box of rice grains and gold, she also sent a person, and this person, she has not met yet!

"Well, I've already seen it, Uncle Tuoping and Lao Qi have prepared a return gift, and they will be sent in a few days. But...... There is something today, Ah Ruo has exceeded the rules, and he wants to ask his uncle for sin. ”

Lin Ruo lowered his head, and there was a hint of guilt in his eyes.

Lin Qian didn't mean to blame on his face, he knew that Lin Ruo had always had an idea, and many of her considerations were far-sighted and comprehensive than him, so he didn't care very much, just because Lin Ruo took the initiative to talk about it, so he asked very casually:

"What?"

Lin Ruo looked at Lin Qian's face, although there was nothing to worry about, but she was still a little bottomless in her heart, and her voice was lower: "Today...... Ah Ruo begged the emperor for marriage. ”