Ziqing listened and hurriedly said: "I was about to go over, I guess you were busy preparing dinner at the little four family, so you didn't go over to make trouble." ”

After Ziqing finished speaking, she followed the Liu family and the others out, and went directly to Zilu's house. When Ziqing entered, she was listening to Zifu smile and said, "This round of the reception banquet has not been finished yet, and the next round of congratulatory banquets should start again." ”

"When did the eldest brother look like the fourth, he just ate it." Lin Kangping entered the door and said with a smile when he heard Zifu's words.

Shen saw Ziqing and said, "Qing'er came to my mother's side." ”

Ziqing sat next to Shen, Shen took Ziqing's hand and said: "My Qing'er has finally survived, and there is also this day, my mother is at ease, really relieved, and my son-in-law is really good."

"Can I be wrong?" Zeng Ruixiang said with a smile on the side.

"Thank you for your father's praise, my son-in-law can have today, thanks to Qing'er." Lin Kangping said busily.

"Okay, don't boast about it here, let's do something real first, right?" Liu said with a smile.

Shen looked at her and asked, "What is really?" ”

"What's more, when will we invite everyone to dinner, what kind of makeup will we add to Yonglian's marriage, and when will we pay back the embroidery we owe?" After Liu finished speaking, he looked at Chen and smiled: "I only thought of this, and you can add the rest." ”

Lin Kangping listened and asked, "What embroidery?" ”

Ziqing smiled and learned what happened at the dinner table yesterday, Lin Kangping listened and said: "This can't sell this silver, it's too small, one or two thousand taels is possible."

My big ones took two or three years to complete. ”

Shen Shi listened and hurriedly said: "Qing'er is not short of silver now, don't be busy with that, after two or three years, your eyes should be burned." ”

"Don't worry, mother, I will watch her and don't let me embroider large pieces." Lin Kangping replied.

Ziqing smiled: "Don't worry, the handkerchief promised to you can still be done." By the way, my family will go back to Linzhuang tomorrow to worship their ancestors, and the matter of the treat can only be postponed in three days. ”

Everyone talked and laughed again, Ziqing glanced at it, and didn't see Zixi and Fu, so she asked.

Yang said: "The mother of the fourth brother and sister is here, and the fourth brother seems to have a guest. ”

When Shen heard this, he frowned, but looked at the daughters-in-law in the house and didn't say anything.

Zifu asked Lin Kangping: "Today's face saint, can you talk about the Fu family?" ”

"Where is the opportunity to say this? But after talking about business, the saint waved his hand and we hurried out, and there were still people waiting outside. ”

"It's not easy for me to say, the best result is to wait for next year's assessment, with performance, the emperor is happy, maybe let them come back, this emperor clearly does not let Xiao Si speak, Xiao Si wants to open his mouth rashly, wouldn't it make it difficult for the emperor?" Zifu said.

Zeng Ruixiang listened and said: "You tell Xiaosi about the stakes, don't make a good meritorious person, unless the emperor has doubts in his heart, it will be bad if he has more heart." ”

"Don't worry, Xiao Si understands." Lin Kangping said with a smile.

As soon as Zifu was about to speak, Zixi and Fu led the children over, and everyone changed the topic.

Early the next morning, Ziqing packed up her things, and the family went to Linzhuang, this time to Linzhuang, there was another big event, Lin Kangping was a five-grade righteous official after all, and he should open an ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, and Shurui was also a Xiucai, and he could be regarded as a scholar in the Lin family, and he should also worship his ancestors.

Ziqing, they went directly to the grave first, and returned to the Lin family after worshipping at the grave. When the Yu family knew about it, they wiped their tears with joy and said, "It's a pity that your uncle didn't wait for this day." ”

In less than half an hour, the elders and Li Zheng gathered in the hall of the Lin family to discuss the opening of the ancestral hall on July 15 to worship their ancestors.

There was an old man who had studied for a few years, and asked Lin Kangping: "Since you are a five-grade righteous official, it can be regarded as changing the lintel of your branch, why don't you get a piece of land in the village and build the ancestral house, how to say, this is also your hometown, is your root, and you also have to come back when you worship your ancestors every year." ”

Lin Kangping got up and said after hearing this: "I have this intention, I didn't mention this before, because I wanted to wait for the dog to change the lintel one day and then build this ancestral house, but I didn't expect the emperor's grace to be vast, and he didn't care about my background and rewarded me with a righteous official, and it was still a five-grade, which is not an insult to the ancestors." ”

Li Zheng said on the side: "How can this official mansion be bigger than the private house, the vacant land in the west of the village is about five or six acres, it is better to give it to you, closer to your father's grave." What do you think? ”

"That's very good. It's exactly what I want, but, this land, I can't ask for it in vain, it's better for me to build the house, leave it to the village for school, and we have less time to come back, and I can do my best for the children in the village, sir, we spend our own money to invite, all the children in the village study, will not charge money, just ask everyone to help me take care of the house," Lin Kangping said.

Li Zheng stood up excitedly and asked, "Is this true?" Sure enough, the children in my clan have also met nobles. ”

"Naturally, all of you here are witnesses. Tomorrow you can go to the county government to get the title deed, start construction in August, and start building a house, and in the spring of next year, the children can go to school. Lin Kangping said.

Several elders got up slowly, and the old tears were about to bow to Lin Kangping, but Lin Kangping stopped him and said, "This must not be done, it will torment me." ”

Several brothers of the Lin family also persuaded on the side, and several concubines of the Yu family and the Lin family were accompanying Ziqing to sit on the kang and talk, and when they saw the movement outside, others were okay to say, but the second daughter-in-law moved her mind again and asked: "Third brother and sister, has the third brother been sent again in the past few years?" Tsk, it doesn't count to build a house for the village to do a school, and you also ask Mr. for nothing, this year, can't it be a few dozen taels of silver? It's a pity that the third brother didn't come to run the school earlier, my sons are all older, and they are used to being wild, where is the material for studying? I wonder if the third brother can take them out to meet them too? ”

Ziqing said with a smile: "My father-in-law has been out for a few years, and I don't want to live that kind of busy life anymore, so I put the silver money on a few acres of land, and we will wait to collect rent in the future." ”

Yu Shi listened and said: "According to me, this is better, Kang Ping is not young, this silver is not enough, it is serious to live a few years of leisure, and it is not a lack of food and clothing." ”

When Ziqing heard this, she responded with a smile like an old man should say.

Yu said to Hu's concubines again: "You are the same, you have not been idle in the past two years, and you have a few pieces of silver in your hands, and you have married a few daughters-in-law seriously, and I have seen my great-grandson a day earlier." ”

After Yu finished speaking, he glanced at Xing, who got married in March this year, and now there is no movement, and Yu is a little anxious.

Ma Shi smiled: "Isn't it just to marry a daughter-in-law, otherwise who cares about those hearts?" This daughter-in-law costs a lot, and the mother is not unaware. ”

Yu glanced at Ma and said, "What's big?" How big a bowl to eat, how big to eat, touch your own home. ”

When Ma heard this, he stopped squeaking.

At this time, the people outside also discussed it, and Lin Kangping sent the guests back.

Asked the Yu family what to prepare, Shu Rui wrote it down, and the family went back to live in Kangyuan.

Early the next morning, Lin Kangping told Lin Xing to buy things, and he rushed back to Linzhuang alone, and he went to Yamen to apply for the land deed.

On the morning of the fifteenth morning, Ziqing's family rushed to Linzhuang, the men worshipped their ancestors in the ancestral hall, and the women prepared to eat at home.

Because Shurui and they were going to school early in the morning of the 16th, after the ancestor worship was over, they didn't care about eating, so they asked Dajiang to send a few of their brothers home, and Mama Hua took Yanran and left first, leaving Lin Kangping, Ziqing and Caiyun alone.

In the evening, when Lin Kangping and Ziqing returned to Kangyuan, the sky was already full of stars, Lin Kangping held Ziqing's hand, paced in the garden, and asked, "Qing'er, did I do the right thing?" I didn't consult you, so I decided to scoop the ancestral house as a school, you won't blame me, right? ”

Ziqing said angrily: "This is a good thing for the benefit of future generations, how can I blame you?" It doesn't take much silver a year, but I invite a gentleman, when we were in Qingyuan, Mr. Liang's family invited it was only twenty taels of silver a year. ”

"Well, I thought the same way, when you asked me if there was a private school in my village that year, I had this thought, but I would be nothing, and it was not good to force this head, but I didn't expect God to really give me this opportunity."

"If you want to build a house, you might as well let the eldest brother and them help you keep an eye on it, and you also have to invite people, the eldest brother and they have done a lot of things in Kangyuan in recent years, and listening to Lin Xing, they are all good. They have made entries, and we can rest assured, what do you say? "After all, they are the brothers of the Lin family, they can take care of some, Ziqing still wants to take care of some, listening to Yu's words today, it seems to be much more reasonable.

Lin Kangping naturally didn't want to be unreasonable, the two talked and laughed, Ziqing asked some more about Lin Kangping overseas, Lin Kangping also picked up some interesting things and said a few things, seeing that Ziqing seemed to be sleepy, he took Ziqing back to the house.

When I returned to the city the next day, Ziqing didn't expect that even the Fu family and the Qin family also sent congratulatory gifts to themselves, and of course the Xia family, Ziqing discussed with the Shen family, so they also treated a few tables of wine.

As for Grandma Luo and Grandma Wensan, Ziqing asked Grandma Hua that there was no need for a treat, but she returned a gift and picked two foreign goods from the foreign goods brought back by Lin Kangping and sent them. What Ziqing didn't expect was that because of an English wool, she made herself friendly with Grandma Luo.

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