Entering the wax moon, everyone in the Lin family began to get busy. Jia Min is more than eight months pregnant, and she still has to meet the shopkeeper of the shop and the head of the village every day, check the accounts, reconcile the accounts, and give New Year's gifts to various acquaintances. Thanks to Wan Mo, Liu Mo and a few maids are all capable, otherwise she would really be tired and sick. Lin Ruhai felt sorry for her, and helped to read the account books when he came back from the office every day.

"I feel that there are too many industries in my family now, and it is not necessarily a good thing, this has to come for a while every year, and I can't be busy even if I have three heads and six arms!" Jia Min complained weakly.

"This is the Lin family's property and your dowry, and there are many secrets that have not been handed over to you!" Lin Ruhai smiled and shook his head.

"Don't, I'm too busy with all of this!"

"Don't worry, how can I be willing to make you tired. This year, you are married for the first time, and many shopkeepers have never seen them, so they all chose to come at the end of the year, one is to give away interest, and the other is to meet you, the head of the house! Next year, if you see them separately, let them separate and give away the interest, so that you will not be so tired every month. ”

"That's a good idea. I'll let Hongmei sort it out tomorrow, and the second half of the year in the field will come to the first half of the capital. In other words, how can our family have so many industries, I looked at the roster, there are a lot of real estate, not to mention the capital, only in Suzhou hometown there are six gardens, as well as Jinling, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, large and small There are more than a dozen gardens, this annual maintenance cost is a lot of silver. ”

"Alas! I also know that there are a lot of real estates, but most of them are dowries from mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, grandmothers, and ancestors. Isn't that all there is to this generation? After I took over, I had the garden planted with precious flowers and medicinal herbs, and the annual income was enough to cover the cost of repairs. ”

"I thought, our garden is idle and idle, so it is better to give some gardens to students for free, so that they can have a place to gather and meet friends."

"It's good, it's good, but now there is only one person left in this garden who looks after the garden, planting flowers and plants, cleaning the courtyard is okay, and the rest is not enough!"

"That's not simple, whoever is the host will be responsible, we only provide the venue, and nothing else matters."

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, "It's indeed feasible, this can also open up the situation in the Jiangnan area for us in advance, and it will also help us collect news." Min'er has helped me a lot again! After speaking, Lin Ruhai hugged Jia Min and kissed her the lips.

Jia Min patted her with her hand and glared at him with a red face, "The maid is still there......" She swept into the room, how could there be anyone else, thinking that she had been designated by Yao Huang and them just now, she slapped Lin Ruhai twice in shame. Lin Ruhai, who provoked him, laughed again and again.

The days pass quickly in the busy, there are two days, there is going to be a sacrificial stove, after the sacrificial stove emperor will also seal the pen, and the pen opening ceremony will be held on the first day of the New Year next year. The emperor considered that Lin Ruhai had no one to help at home, and he relied on Jia Min alone to support the human exchanges, and Jia Min was about to give birth, which was really hard, so he allowed Lin Ruhai to take annual leave in advance and let him go back to help Jia Min. Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are grateful to the emperor, and Jia Min also prepared a lot of home-grown tea, snacks, and specialties for Gonggong Shi to bring to the emperor.

The emperor liked Jia Min's attitude towards him like relatives and friends, and asked Gonggong Shi to send Jia Min the good skins he made during the winter hunt and all kinds of pastries made in the imperial dining room.

Lin Ruhai is very satisfied with Jia Min's behavior. In the previous life, Jia Min was deeply influenced by Jia's mother, her mind was not open-minded enough, her vision was a little small, and she didn't feel as comfortable as she does now. Now Jia Min has really become his virtuous helper, not only does he not have to worry about the affairs of the inner house, but she can also give good advice to Lin Ruhai on some things outside, and she can easily deal with those official wives and noble ladies. Lin Ruhai had to sigh that Jia Min had changed too much after experiencing a lifetime!

On this day, Lin Ruhai was accompanying Jia Min to look at the account books of her dowry shop, and the little maid in front of her came to report that the Four Princes' Mansion had come to give New Year's gifts.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min glanced at each other, and they both saw surprise and incomprehension in each other's eyes. Lin Ruhai didn't care about it, so he changed his clothes and went to the side hall in the front yard.

The person who came was the steward eunuch Liao Gonggong next to the Four Princes, and the Old Man Liao Gonggong was the old man of Concubine Jing, the biological mother of the Four Princes, and he was already a person who knew the destiny of heaven, he saw Lin Ruhai and hurriedly saluted, "The slave has seen Lord Lin!" ”

"Father-in-law Liao, please get up quickly, if you don't have a courtesy from your father-in-law."

"Lord Lin is the emperor's hand-picked Tanhualang, and he works beside the emperor, so the old slave should give you a salute." Father-in-law Liao is a thin old man, his beard and hair are white, and his eyes are shining, Lin Ruhai knows that this is a very urban person. After Concubine Jing's death, he was able to protect the four princes in the palace and grow up safely, which shows that his methods are clever.

"Father-in-law Liao is polite! You may be seated! ”

The two sat down according to the guest and host, the maid served tea again, and Father-in-law Liao drank two sips of hot tea before speaking: "Lord Lin, the old slave came to give Lord Lin a New Year's gift today on the order of His Royal Highness the Fourth Highness of my family, this is a gift list." As he spoke, Father-in-law Liao took out the gift slip from his arms and presented it to Lin Ruhai with both hands.

Lin Ruhai didn't immediately accept the gift list, he looked at Gonggong Liao for a moment and smiled and said: "Gonggong Liao, this is really embarrassing, I have no contact with the princes, including His Royal Highness the Prince, how can I accept gifts?" ”

Father-in-law Liao was not annoyed, but said: "Lord Lin is too worried!" His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince just admires Lord Lin's talent and character, and wants to befriend you, so that he can get your advice in his homework. ”

"Gonggong Liao praised it falsely, he was wrong to love the four princes, he was honored to be under the next, how can he be a shallow learner in the next, but he is just a tanhua, how can he have the face to point out the four princes? Please don't joke with Father-in-law Liao! Lin Ruhai said expressionlessly.

Father-in-law Liao didn't expect Lin Ruhai to be so faceless, his face was not good-looking, he was silent for a moment, and said in a cold tone: "Lord Lin is about to become a father, and he will soon experience the happiness of being a father, don't destroy this happiness because of impulse!" ”

Lin Ruhai stood up angrily after hearing this, staring at Gonggong Liao's eyes There seemed to be countless ice needles, and Gonggong Liao, who was stabbed, shivered, he had never seen a literati with Lin Ruhai like this, as if he was murderous in substance, at this time he regretted the threat to Lin Ruhai just now.

"Father-in-law Liao, if you don't send it away, Lin Xing Lin'an, take someone to throw all the things that Father-in-law Liao brought to me outside the gate!"

"You...... You ......" Duke Liao was speechless angrily, he never thought that Lin Ruhai would dare to slap the face of the fourth prince like this, so that before tomorrow, the entire capital would know about it.