Uncle Zhong moved five pots of begonias to Lin Qingwan, "Grandma, these five pots of begonias bloom the best, you move these pots back first, and then send them to you when you have a new old slave." ”

Lin Qingwan accepted the flowers and told him: "Uncle Zhong, there is no life outside recently, you restrain your subordinates, let them not go out if they have nothing to do, stay in the clan, and the clan can shelter you somewhat." If something happens, it's important to save your life. The rest of the stuff can be soothed. ”

Uncle Lao Zhong smiled and said: "Auntie, don't worry, the old slave can go through a lot of things, and he will definitely keep the family business for you." You also have to pay attention to safety," he looked left and right, and lowered his voice and said: "If you can't trust the clan, then go back to the Lin Mansion in the city to live, after all, you are the county lord, and when you enter the city, the assassin will not dare not protect you." ”

Lin Qingwan nodded slightly, said "take care" before getting in the car and leaving.

Bai Mei asked in a low voice, "Grandma, where to go first?" ”

Lin Qingwan thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the Assassin's Mansion first." ”

The news of Zhou Tingshi is much better than that of the Lin family, and it is through official channels, which is more accurate.

In fact, he only received the news yesterday, and when he saw Lin Qingwan today, he came to the door, thinking that most of their family's property has been donated now, and the source of information is limited, so he didn't expect to receive the news so quickly.

Zhou Tong ran out to play first after the holiday, and didn't go home at all, so Zhou Tingshi didn't know that the Lu family had reacted to this.

Zhou Tingshi only thought that Lin Qingwan had her own channels, and because of her identity, she didn't dare to slack off, and when she asked about the south, he picked up what he could say.

Of course, Zhou Tingshi naturally didn't dare to mention things that involved confidentiality.

Lin Run only knew that Lü Jing had rebelled and Chen Bing was on the border, but he didn't know that Lü Jing had actually succeeded in rebellion.

Now the royal family of the Southern Han Dynasty no longer exists, and in order to divert the domestic contradictions, Lu Jingcai Chen soldiers at the border, this battle must be fought, but I don't know how big and how long it will be fought.

Zhou Tingshi's advice to Lin Qingwan was to enter the city as soon as possible, so as not to take care of things outside the city.

Lin Qingwan thanked Zhou Thorn Shi and went to Shang's house.

The news that the Shang family got was similar to Lin Run's, and in this comparison, the Lu family's movements were faster.

Lin Qingwan sat in the carriage and thought, worthy of being a family, when everyone received the news, they had already reacted and indirectly reminded others.

It's just that I don't know how much Lu Zhen really credits this.

It seems that she can no longer be confined to the land of Suzhou, this is a troubled time, and it is not that she can be well after guarding that part of the field.

She must have the capital to survive in troubled times, in addition to food, there are also sources and ...... Force!

can't do the Lu family's part, and it's not as good as when Lin Jiang was still there, but at least it's not worse than the four major families in Jiangnan now.

When Lin Qingwan left the city, the sky had completely darkened, and Bai Mei and Bai Feng lit the lanterns in the car to illuminate the road.

The accompanying guards rode tightly around the carriage, nervous.

Although they didn't know what exactly happened, their aunt and grandmother ran away from the clan for half a day, stabbing the monk's house in Shifu, and they knew that something was wrong with their toes, and it was not a trivial matter.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth, although the speed was slow, but everyone returned to the other courtyard safely.

Mrs. Xie and Lin Yubin were waiting in the door, and when they heard the door ringing, Lin Yubin rushed out without thinking, and when she saw the sister-in-law who got out of the car, her eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she pounced on her and hugged her, "Auntie, didn't you say it's okay?" ”

Lin Qingwan patted her back and smiled: "It's okay, I'm just going back to the clan, and I'm just delaying on the way." ”

Mrs. Xie stood behind, and when she saw her looking over, she bowed her head slightly and said, "It's good to come back." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled slightly, and pulled Lin Yubin and Mrs. Xie into the door, before the two of them had dinner, Mama Lin saw that they were back and hurriedly went down to order the kitchen to bring the meal.

Lin Qingwan glanced at Mama Lin, Mama Lin gave Bai Mei a look, and most of the people in the room immediately retreated, only Mama Lin and Mama Yang stayed to serve.

Mrs. Xie gave Lin Qingwan a chopstick dish and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Lin Qingwan told the news she had collected and said, "Mother, you can go back to Yangzhou, or go back to the capital." ”

Mrs. Xie frowned and said with a cold face: "I'm not feeling well and don't want to walk." ”

Lin Qingwan sighed and looked at Mama Yang.

Mama Yang also wanted to persuade her, but seeing Madame's cold face, she knew that she had made up her mind to stay here, so she couldn't help lowering her head to avoid Lin Qingwan's gaze.

Lin Qingwan frowned, and could only press this matter first.

"Are you going back to the Lin clan, or are you going to the city?"

Lin Qingwan lowered her eyes and thought for a while, "The city may not be safer than the other courtyard, I want to stay in the other courtyard first." ”

Mrs. Xie wondered, how could the city not be safer than the outside?

But the next day, she vaguely understood that it was not that the city was not safer than the outside, but that the courtyard could be safer.

Yesterday, Chief Steward Zhong had informed the short-term workers that this year's employment was temporarily over, and everyone could go back in advance to prepare for the New Year, and today they can settle their wages in advance.

The workers were surprised that they did not expect this year to end so quickly, and last year they had to settle their employment period until the end of the Chinese New Year.

Lin Qingwan didn't hide it from them, and when she gathered the people, she confessed: "The Southern Han Dynasty is in turmoil, there is an influx of displaced people, it may not be safe outside recently, and you all have parents and relatives at home, so let's go home." ”

There are short-term workers who are puzzled, "The owner, what does the matter of the Southern Han Dynasty have to do with our Daliang, it is far away from Suzhou, and even if the displaced people cross the border, they will not be able to come to our Suzhou." ”

For them, it is far away from Suzhou, let alone from one country to another.

But the older man did not speak, but stood silently in front, intending to take his things home.

Of course, Lin Qingwan couldn't tell them how grim the form was, it would only make people panic, smart people would naturally listen to her words and be prepared, stupid people, no matter how much they talked about it, it would just make them lose their sense of proportion due to panic.

So she smiled slightly: "This is only one aspect, the most important thing is that there is not enough money in the house." As you know, I have bought a lot of wheat seeds, a lot of farm implements, and the livestock, fruit trees, and wages I have paid you, and the rows of houses I have built, so that this autumn harvest will be passable, and the money will be a little out of hand. I have made a promise that the salary will be settled in ten days, and I will settle it as I go, and now that the money is not enough, I will not want to keep you any more. ”

Lin Qingwan saw that they were a little nervous, and the smile on her face became softer, "Anyway, this fruit tree will be planted after the beginning of spring, so it is better to wait until the end of the year and then invite you." At that time, the cloth woven in my house will also be sold, and I will have more money on hand. I just hope that everyone will still be able to come when the time comes, and that the price will not be raised because of the busy farming. ”

Everyone was relieved when they heard this, and hurriedly promised: "Don't worry, the salary you give now is very fair, and we will not raise the price." ”

As long as they are invited, they have made a lot of money working here for more than a year.

Now that Zhuangzi has been reclaimed, only fruit trees and mulberry trees are left unplanted, so if I miss this time, I don't know when I will find such a good job next time.

Seeing that she had persuaded everyone, Lin Qingwan took a step back and said to Chief Steward Zhong: "Let's start settling the wages." ”

Lin Shun led people to carry out a basket of copper coins from the courtyard, and the chief steward Zhong and Lin Quan and Lin An divided the booklet, and each of them set up a table, and shouted: "Come in order, whoever calls the name will come forward to calculate the working hours and settle the wages." ”

Although the Lin family promised to settle the salary once every ten days, except for the first period of time, few people will come to settle it once every ten days.

Because it is not safe to put the money on you, it is better to stay in the Lin family and wait until you go home to settle the settlement.

Some people come to settle every ten days when they are close to here, and take the money home to their families; Some people are far away, so they settle once a month and take two days off to go home and come back; What's more, because it's farther away, it may only be settled once in two or three months, so the working hours recorded by everyone are different, and the wages are not the same.

shouted their names, and the short-term workers came forward to check the working hours they had been issued, and then calculated their wages after calculating the working hours, and the family members on the side took out strings of copper coins from the basket.

A string of copper coins is 100 Wen, and a day's salary is 20 Wen, and many people directly take off their clothes and put up the copper wallets they have issued, and hold a large bag in their arms.

Brothers, neighbors, and people of the same village gather together in one place, so that they may not be robbed.

When the name of the companion was read, he stepped forward and said to the chief steward of Zhong: "I will pay for ten days' wages first, and the rest will be left to you, is it okay?" ”

Chief Steward Zhong glanced at him and said, "Yes, just draw a charge." ”

The short-term worker breathed a sigh of relief, took two hundred dollars, pressed his handprint and quietly retreated.

He also has a lot of salary, and he has to go home and call his family, otherwise he wouldn't dare to carry so many copper coins on the road alone.

An old man hunched forward, rubbed his hands and asked in a low voice, "Steward, do you think I can exchange it for grain without copper coins?" ”

Lin Qingwan was flipping through the booklet, and when she heard this, she looked up at the old man.

The old man's face was a little black and red, he bent over, smiled at Lin Qingwan flatteringly, and bowed his waist, his eyes showing pleading.

is a smart person, Lin Qingwan turned her head and said to Chief Steward Zhong: "Exchange it for him at the market price." ”

"But I don't know what the price of food is today." Chief Steward Zhong hesitated, now food is much more expensive than money, and he specially exchanged the money back yesterday.

Lin Qingwan said lightly: "I don't know today's, just change it according to yesterday, let people go to the grain depot to move the grain out, and change everything they want to change." ”

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Qingwan, "Thank you, thank you, owner." ”

Lin Qingwan took two steps forward to help the old man up, and said with a light smile: "The old man doesn't have to be polite, it's the same price anyway." But grain is much heavier than copper coins, and you might be able to bring it back? ”

"Yes, there are many children and nephews in the family, so you can go to the city and hire a few donkey carts."

Lin Qingwan bowed slightly, but couldn't help but remind: "Be careful on the road, if the road is far away, it is better to exchange it for money." ”

The old man was grateful, bowed his head and answered, "Yes." ”