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In the quiet courtyard, the pine and cypress willow trees are shady, in the early spring, lush, blocking the sun, there are few people in the inner courtyard here, it seems a little quiet.

Lin Ruhai changed into a plain suit, waved off his subordinates, and walked here with only his daughter.

There was an attic here, and in front of the door there were three rough servants napping, and some of them were looking at the door, and a few elderly mothers were sitting in the shade of the trees and chatting by the well.

At this time, the weather is still a little cold, and they generally wear thicker, and when they wear several layers of thick clothes, they look even more bloated.

This place is a place where the Lin family specially prepares for the elderly servants, and it is considered a place for the elderly, and I don't expect them to do anything, that is, to clean and clean when they have nothing to do.

Of course, the monthly money is also a little less, only 70%, and there are 700 Wen. Sancheng sent it to the home, Sancheng sent it directly, and the rest was kept for them, and then they went to support it when they needed it...... Otherwise, they won't be able to save. If there is a mistake, the monthly penalty will be deducted from this account first.

There are not many people in the Lin family's direct family, and there are only two left, Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu.

Since Lin Daiyu lost her mother at a young age, this family has to rely on Lin Ruhai's support, and he usually has to take care of officialdom and official business, so he can't help but take poor care of his daughter.

At this time, it was rare to be busy, Lin Ruhai took her daughter's little hand and told her about the rules and the truth behind the family, and she understood them one by one, for fear that her daughter would not understand.

"Yu'er, do you understand?"

Lin Daiyu nodded obediently.

"Daddy doesn't give them a full month's money at one time, it's for the sake of rules. Rules are where the family inheritance lies. It can be changed, it can be less, but it must not be without the word reward and punishment. The head of the family has lost the power of reward and punishment, just like the prefect being set aside by the government......"

Daiyu blinked her bright eyes and said crisply.

"Yes, Yu'er has almost comprehended. Your mother should have taught you these things in the back house, but now you have to do it for your father. It's a pity that a father is not a woman after all, and many things are separated by a layer, and only the skin is obtained. ”

"The privacy of the back house, the means of fighting in the house, the communication between Mrs. and Miss, the gifts of major events and the gifts of the four o'clock, these are all very important, but my father doesn't know much about these and can't help you."

Lin Ruhai regretted.

The eunuchs, who come and go with each other, according to the financial status and family background of each family, the gifts given are different, a few more or a few less, or what to give in case of something, there are certain conventions and rules, only circulated in the circle, it is difficult for outsiders to understand the mystery.

Lin Ruhai was born in a family, and his wife Jia Min is the head of the four major families in Jinling, and their ancestors are all rich and noble, so these rules are naturally clear.

can be clearly summed up, Lin Ruhai is not a woman in the end, these things are usually handed over to Jia Min to prepare, and he does not handle it himself, so he can only roughly mention one or two points, and he really can't think about it in detail.

"Yu'er, your grandmother has a letter and wants to take you to the Guogong Mansion in the capital to accompany her old man. For the sake of the Father, I, I intend to send you there, just to learn to be a housekeeper......"

When Lin Ruhai said this, he burst into tears.

Lin Daiyu didn't understand why her father was crying, she just took a handkerchief and wiped her father's tears.

“…… In short, when you marry someone in the future, you will always have to take care of the back house. Outside the male protagonist, female protagonist inside, it's better to learn it now. Your grandmother is the wife of the old man, and she manages a large family of hundreds of people, so it is more than enough to teach you. ”

Lin Ruhai smiled reluctantly and wiped her tears with her daughter's handkerchief.

With such a daughter by his side, he is really reluctant to send her to the capital thousands of miles away, so he can't rest assured!

But the strangeness of his promotion this time is quite ominous, the previous salt officials did not die in office, Lin Ruhai launched a relationship to inquire about the inside story, and only knew that many Jiangnan salt merchants were involved, and the Jinling Zhen family loomed behind it.

Although the Lin family has some connections in Jinling, he doesn't know what to do.

It's just that the king's order had to obey, and Lin Ruhai had to go to the post.

For fear that his daughter would be implicated, he could only send someone to the capital first.

"That's your own grandmother, and she won't treat you badly. Daddy prepared a gift for Yu'er, took it to the Jia family, loaded two boats, Yu'er went, followed the fleet of the Water Monarch along the way, and it has always been safe and worry-free. ”

Saying something that he didn't believe, Lin Ruhai touched Daiyu's head lovingly.

The next day, Lin Ruhai said goodbye at the pier.

The people who came from Jia's house to receive him had already come, and Lin Ruhai didn't look at it, but just bowed his hand to a brocade-robed military general on the side.

"Vice General Wu, the little girl is safe, please!"

The forty-year-old man was busy returning the salute, and his bronzed forehead was sweating, as if he had just exercised.

"Lord Lin is tormenting my old Wu! I'm sure I'll do it for you! This time, I was ordered to mobilize the navy to patrol the canal, and no thief would dare to appear in front of me! Your daughter's boat will follow, and it will not be safe! ”

While patting his chest, he promised.

"Back then, Lord Lin said righteously, Lao Wu and I have always remembered this favor, so I thought about how to pay it back, otherwise I would always think about it, and my heart would not be comfortable."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said.

"Favors return to favors, accidents return to the world. This gift is not much, it is always a heart, and so many people under General Wu always have to eat. ”

could not refuse, Lin Ruhai gave a thick stack of silver tickets on the spot, about 100 or so, all of which were 100 taels of silver tickets from major banks in the capital, and Vice General Wu suddenly became a little more enthusiastic.

A few years ago, Vice Admiral Wu drank and made a mistake and was cosmetic. Originally, he was going to be unlucky, but Lin Ruhai felt that this person had a good character, so he said a few words for him, and he was exempted from a lot of responsibility, and this favor was owed.

This time, Vice General Wu got the order of the general of the military department to transfer the water army to inspect the canal, and Lin Ruhai took the opportunity to hang the two boats of the Lin family behind this fleet and went to the capital together.

Subsequently, Lin Ruhai gave a few instructions, and several senior grandmothers who listened nodded again and again, and instructed more than a dozen servants and little maids with big shoulders and round waists to get on the boat with some small objects.

In the end, holding Lin Daiyu's hand, Lin Ruhai instructed a few more words, and I don't know what to say, Xiao Lori listened with tears in her eyes.

Lin Ruhai said in the ear of his youngest daughter, like a mosquito.

"Yu'er, Daddy also left some things for you, just in case, Yu'er is so smart that she must know where they are. If there is any discord, none of these people can believe it......"

In the end, Lin Ruhai was still not at ease, hesitated, looked at his daughter's immature face, and said ruthlessly.

"Your grandmother is old, and she is not alone in the Jia family, sometimes, she will inevitably be old and confused. You, you, alas! Your grandmother will not protect you by then! ”

"Remember, if you notice something is wrong, open what I left for you...... I hope I don't need it! ”