Lin Zhaoxian didn't mind paying for the long house alone, but the second sister-in-law's widowhood was afraid that it would make Yiyi sad.

Ma Shi pulled his daughter back in a hurry, thinking that everything was prosperous in late spring and early summer, and he took a few coins of silver to find the local fresh materials, and cooperated with the regular vegetables and vegetables in the big kitchen to save face. Save more money, buy a few new and expensive clothes and jewelry for your daughter, and take her to the high gate more at this age to walk around and see more distinguished guests.

Originally, I received a letter from Uncle Huang to return to China at this time, and when I made new clothes according to the routine in the spring, the master of the second room only did one inside and outside, and the second master went to the official office every day to wear the official uniform issued by the imperial court, and he didn't care much.

Counting on the foreign clothes and ornaments brought back by the uncle, the long face of the second room chief was ultimately lost, but in the end, he still had to rely on his own family!

The uncle and nephew went with her, Yiyi's face was gentle, and she couldn't see anything unusual, so Lin Zhaoxian felt a little relieved.

"The second sister-in-law has always lived a careful life, if you just came back, if there is any shortage that you can't take advantage of, just look for the third uncle." The Lin family has four disciples, and all of them are famous, which is very rare in Mi Yan and even in the entire Daxun. Lin Zhaoxian misses the harmony of his parents when they were safe, and he is reluctant to think about maintaining this kind of harmonious and selfless feelings as much as possible.

"Well, it's just that the third uncle doesn't think that I will only pit you alone." These three uncles are just out of college in modern times, and they are sincere and generous to Yiyi, and Yiyi is no longer restrained and laughing.

"After the emperor's birthday, I will go to my hometown to welcome my sister-in-law and Yang En back." Liling County is not very far from the capital, and the hometown to Beijing is only more than 200 miles away from Liling.

When Yiyi knew that her parents were corresponding, she talked about her eldest brother's many years of overseas practice and neglect of schoolwork. Therefore, I do not plan to participate in this year's Enke, which is opened by the emperor this year, which is an additional exam on the basis of the triennial exam due to the emperor's birthday.

When the father and daughter came back this time, Lin Zhaode sent a letter to his brother, but he didn't disturb his wife and children, thinking that his son was having a hard time in schoolwork, and it was the time when it was critical.

Yiyi relayed this to the third uncle: "My father is seriously injured, and I should let my mother know." But my father had the intention of putting his eldest brother's studies first and refusing to bother, so I was at a loss. ”

"I returned to Beijing on leave in early March, and my family was only a thousand miles away from Beijing, and it would take less than a few days to make a round trip. Then it's better for me to go to the ministry for a 3-month long vacation, to help take care of the eldest brother for a period of time, if the vacation is over, the eldest brother still needs someone to take care of it, and then take the sister-in-law back. You don't have to worry! Lin Zhaoxian is willing to discuss all matters with his niece, but he does not expect his niece, who has reached the age of marriage, to shoulder the burden of the family on his shoulders.

"The third uncle is now the ruling party, and being trapped in the capital will delay political affairs." Yiyi didn't expect the third uncle to take care of the long house so much.

"This year, the wind and rain are smooth, and all the agricultural mulberry have been deployed, at most when the summer harvest is in June, I will let the green bamboo go back and watch." Lin Zhaoxian is not embarrassed, it seems that the local government affairs are really quite organized.

"Then everything depends on the third uncle." Yiyi feels that her luck is really good, and with such a family, life can be tasteful.

"Well, I want to cook a few more good meals to treat the third uncle." Lin Zhaoxian also likes the atmosphere of this long-lost home.

Yiyi nodded and said, "The third uncle will eat in Songyuan in the future, and your entourage will not be good at eating on the big stove, so they will all be sent over in Songyuan together." ”

"It's all up to you first, if you work too hard, you don't have to be embarrassed, just tell the third uncle."

"Good!" Responding to nature is like facing a family member who has relied on him for many years. The uncle and nephew said these words, and then walked from the entrance of the second house to the old house, which was first purchased by the grandparents and now occupied by the step-grandmother Ho.

Qingyunli, where Lin Fu lives, is located in the easternmost part of Baiyun Street, the westernmost of the four main streets that run through the east and west of Miyan City, in the east and west of the city - Qinglong direction, and is called Qingyunli in the south of the three strips. In Beijing, it is a cost-effective area, close to the West Market, where the Hu people are infested, and there are a number of civil officials who dislike the Hu people here, and some people like the novelty and lively things here.

Among Lin Yun's colleagues, he chose the area within the North Fifth Road that is close to the imperial city, and the houses are generally smaller. Now that three generations are in the same house, they live tightly.

Although Lin Jiannan Sanjo is a little far away from the imperial city, it takes more than two hours to commute to and from the imperial city yamen, but the life is convenient, the prices and housing prices are relatively reasonable, but the living is spacious and comfortable.

My mother often lamented that my grandfather had been quite generous in buying a house. The family did not buy a shop, and the area of the small village was only slightly larger than the third uncle's vocational field, about 400 acres. However, he bought a three-entry house in Minamisanjo and two of them side by side, which is really unusual.

Several officials in the Lin family have basically not been fully staffed according to the routine system; At present, there is only one second uncle in the concubine room, and it can be called a simple family. The area of the detached house is spacious and the location is also ideal.

It seems that this grandfather has his own unique standards for living and enjoying life. No luxury, no hardship, a bit of the golden mean.

The layout of the house also seems to have abandoned some of the current customs, simplified the impractical range, and expanded the functional and practical range.

As for where Jane has saved and expanded, I haven't heard it very clearly from her mother Jiang's daily jokes. Yiyi thought about paying more attention for a while, and the situation in some directions had been blurred in the memory of the early years.

I also know the layout of the old building, and if I want to live in this house in the future, I naturally have to figure out the prescription positions.

I just remember hearing by chance that my mother and my father seemed to joke in private: If the brothers in the family like to take concubines, if there are many concubines and maidservants, it will be difficult to arrange.

At present, it seems that the old lady's prediction back then was very accurate.

The second uncle and concubine are currently unique in the Lin family, and the father and brothers in the capital are currently only the original partner. The old family basically lived in the countryside, and the great-grandfather was rich, but it was not easy to take a concubine, after all, if you have a heart, you have to be rich. With such a support, the second uncle is quite prominent at home.

Grandfather didn't seem to have a seizure in this matter, and the original Yiyi also felt that it was common for men not to take concubines; It is not surprising that those who take concubines are not surprised. Mo said that his wife could not interfere, and even his grandfather, who was a learned Confucian, never said a word, and only left his sons' will.

The current Yiyi feels that this grandfather, who seems to have a casual style of doing things, has a very prominent personality in the officialdom of Xunguo.

Not only do you want to manage your finances, but you don't advocate deliberately enduring hardships, and the comfort of life is the first priority, which is very good for Yiyi's temper.

The main house and the secondary house of the Lin family are in the same pattern, divided into left and right side by side, and there are two sets of three-entry courtyards. Standing in the main house, the main house is on the left and the second house is on the right.

The doors of the house were originally opened in the second largest room at the east end of the south outer wall of the street, and the three doors were about six meters.

Each house is 37 meters wide; Fifty-five points deep, combined to about three acres of each house. There is a ten-meter-wide alley between the main house and the second house, separated by the same depth, and two carriages can usually go hand in hand.

My grandfather reported to the head of the Li Society, and after paying some silver, he incorporated more than 500 square meters of alleys between the two mansions into the residential territory.

So far, the Lin family has two houses side by side in Nansantiaoli Society, the western district of the capital, with a total area of 4,662 square meters, covering an area of 6.99 acres.

Among the officials who came to the capital, it was considered a spacious residence.